Lost in thought, the door to the room was pushed open from the outside.
Zhang Jizhou walked in carrying a metal lunchbox and a few steamed buns. "Are you all awake? Go wash your faces and come eat."
After a night's sleep, and having just woken up without seeing Zhang Jizhou, the baby had already automatically forgotten about "Dad".
Seeing him return, he immediately ran over to Fang Yan with his short legs, hugging her leg tightly as if he had encountered a big bad guy.
How can a boy be so timid?
Zhang Jizhou's brows furrowed again, and his lips moved slightly...
Before he could scold the child, he noticed Fang Yan glaring at him again.
He hesitated for a moment, then silently swallowed back the words he wanted to say to the baby.
Children who have experienced hunger don't need adults to worry about their meals.
For him and the original owner, steamed buns and thick white porridge were delicacies.
The baby held half a meat bun in his left hand and a spoon in his right, taking a bite of the bun and then a sip of white porridge, eating with great relish. "Mommy, is today Chinese New Year?" he asked.
"no."
"Then why can we eat such delicious porridge and meat buns today?" the child asked in confusion.
Zhang Jizhou was startled and stopped chewing his bun.
Fang Yan glanced at him discreetly. Seeing his expression, she knew that he probably didn't quite believe her story from yesterday about the Zhang family bullying her and her son behind his back.
Hearing these words from a child now might make them question the meaning of life.
Fang Yan had no intention of taking the opportunity to "kick the Zhang family when they were down".
Anyway, they'll be heading back to the village after they finish eating.
When the time comes, it will be time for him to see the truth.
"Because Daddy came back! Daddy earned money and gave us meat buns and fragrant white porridge," Fang Yan explained to her baby while eating.
The child asked, puzzled, "Didn't Daddy earn money before? Is that why Grandpa and Grandma didn't feed us?"
Zhang Jizhou couldn't eat anymore. He swallowed the last bite of the bun, then suddenly stood up. "You guys take your time eating. I'm going out for a bit."
He always assumed that his wife and children were well taken care of at home, so he sent back all of his allowance, except for five dollars which he kept to buy some daily necessities.
result!
As a result, his wife and children couldn't even get food!
The moment he moved, the baby huddled closer to Fang Yan, watching Zhang Jizhou's departing figure, and whispered, "Mommy, what happened to Daddy?"
"It's okay, Dad's full, let's keep eating."
Fang Yan thought to herself, "Your father's view of family has collapsed; he's questioning the meaning of life."
Zhang Jizhou was a very filial son. Even when he married Fang Yanyan, he followed his family's arrangements, took leave from the army, went on a blind date, and had a whirlwind marriage.
Because of his outstanding performance in all aspects, Zhang Jizhou was specially recruited into the army at the age of sixteen.
After that, I rarely returned to the village, and each time I did, I didn't stay for long.
Every time he came back, the Zhang family would put on a show for him, making him mistakenly believe that everyone in the family treated him, his wife, and his children very well.
Now, reality is far from what he imagined, so he has to go and calm down his chaotic feelings.
Fang Yan and her baby leisurely enjoyed breakfast before packing their things to return to the village to fight—no, to act.
Aren't the Zhang family members good at acting?
Then she'll go back and put on a good show for them.
After packing her things, Fang Yan was still worrying about where to find Zhang Jizhou when, unexpectedly, he pushed the door open and entered from the outside.
Fang Yan had deliberately observed his expression, but he remained expressionless as always, making it impossible to discern his mood from his demeanor.
She didn't really want to be his confidante, so she didn't bother comforting him.
Yesterday, Zhang Jizhou borrowed a handcart from a neighbor and pushed his wife and son back home.
Today, of course, I still have to push the cart back.
A handcart is a primitive means of transportation made of wooden planks nailed together, with two round wheels underneath.
"You sit on it too." Zhang Jizhou put the bucket he bought on the cart, turned around and picked up the baby, then looked at Fang Yan and said.
When he arrived, the original owner was unconscious and lying on a cart, so it was understandable that he had to push it.
Now that I have all my limbs intact, even if I'm thin, I'd still weigh around 70 pounds, which is quite a lot.
Fang Yan was too embarrassed to climb back onto the cart.
However, since Zhang Jizhou insisted, she stopped being coy, climbed onto the cart, and sat with the baby.
It was Fang Yan's first time riding in a handcart, and she was initially quite excited.
Damn it!
Ten minutes later, she couldn't take it anymore.
This body is too thin; it's so thin that even the buttocks are all bones.
The county town was small and poor; there were no paved roads, not even ordinary cement roads.
The original dirt road, after being exposed to wind and rain, and trampled by people and cattle, inevitably became bumpy and uneven.
Being bounced around like that made my butt hurt so much it felt like my bones were going to break.
"I need to get off and walk around for a while." Fang Yan couldn't take it anymore and sheepishly climbed off the cart again.
The baby is amazing; he's lying on it and having a blast.
"Comrade Zhang! Comrade Zhang!" Suddenly, a voice called from behind, "Comrade Zhang Jizhou! Please wait a moment!"
The other person was calling out urgently, so Fang Yan stopped and turned around to look. Judging from the clothes the person was wearing, they should be a police officer from the county police station.
He was riding a bicycle with a large crossbar at the front. When he was almost in front of them, he stopped the bicycle quickly and got off. "Comrade Zhang Jizhou, I have your phone number. It's an emergency call. I was originally going to go to your village to find you, but I didn't expect to run into you here."
Outstanding personnel like Zhang Jizhou always leave their contact information so that the military can quickly reach them if there are any urgent missions requiring their immediate recall, ensuring that nothing goes wrong.
Previously, they would send telegrams, but ever since the police station installed telephones, Zhang Jizhou has always left the police station's phone number.
The village where the Zhang family lives is called Gouzi Village. The village is applying to install telephones, but they haven't been installed yet, which is why the police officers had to ride their bicycles to specifically notify Zhang Jizhou.
Luckily, we ran into each other here.
Why would someone ride a bicycle for over twenty minutes just to call someone else to answer the phone?
Fang Yan sighed inwardly, marveling at the importance of mobile phones and the internet!
Upon hearing that it was an emergency call, Zhang Jizhou disregarded everything else and ran after the police officers.
Fang Yan: ...
Did he just leave the mother and child on the street like that?
Damn it!
This man is absolutely outrageous!
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