Chapter 78 Three Generations Return to the Clan 2
Chapter 2
Zhang Junzhuo knew clearly what would happen next.
This scene was a lifelong pain for him.
From this day on, Zhang Junzhuo became the Xu family's son-in-law. He would lose all his dignity and see his children take the surnames of his father-in-law and mother-in-law until they died.
Everyone called him not Mr. Zhang, but the son-in-law of the Xu family.
This title will accompany him throughout his life.
"Xiao Zhang, like we said before, you have to think it through carefully. After you get married, all your children must have the surname Xu. But don't worry, our family is not unreasonable. We won't look down on you, nor will we deliberately torture you. As long as you agree to our terms, we will let you marry Mingyan, and we promise that after we die, everything we have will be left to you two."
Zhang Junzhuo nodded and said seriously, "Don't worry, uncle and aunt, I will treat Mingyan well."
Qi Qi suddenly spoke up, "Mom and Dad, I don't think this is a good idea. If the child takes my last name, they'll be looked down upon, and Big Brother Zhang won't be happy either. The money in the house belongs to you two, so we should keep it for your retirement. We have our hands and feet, so we can work hard on our own."
Whether it is the present Zhang Junzhuo or the future Zhang Junzhuo, their expressions became very ugly.
One is the discomfort of having one’s little idea fail, and the other is the discomfort of having the current situation be different.
Zhang Junzhuo looked at Qi Qi and said, "Mingyan, why are you..."
"Brother Zhang, I know that all you want is respect. Don't worry, money is just material possessions. Compared to those things, I care more about your thoughts. As long as you want, I can endure any hardship with you."
Xu's parents looked at each other and said, "Since you have made up your mind, we can't say anything. As long as you two are happy, we don't have any demands."
They sighed. As for whether or not to continue the family line, both of them actually held a nonchalant attitude.
Both of them are highly educated, and the reason they chose to marry into the family was because they considered various aspects, and this would be the best thing for their daughter.
Now that their daughter and Zhang Junzhuo are in love with each other and have their own plans, they are willing to respect their daughter's choice.
"Mom and Dad, not only that, but I also don't want a dowry." Qi Qi looked at Zhang Junzhuo affectionately, "As long as I can be with Brother Zhang, I don't mind anything. I can endure hardships. I believe that Brother Zhang can give me a happy life."
Qi Qi smiled, emitting the glow of a love-brained person. Her gaze seemed to see through Zhang Junzhuo's appearance and see the heart of Zhang Junzhuo's future self.
Zhang Junzhuo screamed in fright. He stepped back in panic and opened his eyes again, only to find himself back in modern times. He was wearing tattered clothes, sitting on a small stool at the street corner, holding a pair of ladies' leather shoes in his hand.
A fashionable girl stood opposite, lowering her head in confusion. "Uncle, can my shoes be repaired? Take a look. It will cost me two thousand yuan to repair them at a specialty store. If they can't be repaired, forget it. I don't want them."
Zhang Junzhuo stood up quickly, threw away his leather shoes, and watched from a distance as his two sons, also with confused looks on their faces, walked towards him.
"Dad, what's going on? Why are we suddenly here? Where is our villa? And where are the servants?"
Zhang Junzhuo's eyes widened. He was even more frightened than his two sons. He looked around and said, "I don't know. Come on, go home and find your mother. She must know what's going on."
Although Zhang Junzhuo is old, he still runs very fast.
The fashionable girl looked at the father and his two sons running very fast and shouted in confusion: "Who are you? Are you still doing business?"
Zhang Junzhuo took his sons to walk around the streets, but they didn't know where their current home was. They just subconsciously walked from the familiar neighborhood to the old house.
The old house, the three thatched houses of the Zhang family, were later gradually built into high-rise buildings with the money given by the Xu family, and other foundations were purchased. The brothers' lives became better and better.
But the closer he got to the old house, the more depressed Zhang Junzhuo felt.
Looking from a distance, the thatched house has just become a three-story building covered with cement. It is a simple three-story building without any decoration, with a small courtyard made of a fence casually surrounded by wood.
As soon as I approached the small building, I heard a noisy clanging sound inside.
"Hey, Zhang Chunhui and Zhang Xiayang are here!" A sharp, sarcastic voice instantly cleared Zhang Junzhuo's mind.
Zhang...Chunhui?
Zhang...Xia Yang?
Zhang Junzhuo looked at his two sons, who also looked confused.
Have they changed their surname back to Zhang now?
"You have such a narrow-minded eye. If you had married into my family, would you have lived so poorly? You had to insist on your male dignity. Ha, how are you doing now?"
The woman came over and flicked the quilt aside, and the cold water splashed, hitting the faces of the three people instantly.
Qi Qi walked out of the room and said with a smile: "You are back, come in and eat quickly, I have prepared food for you, all of which are your favorite flavors."
Qi Qi turned to the woman who was speaking sourly and said, "Sister-in-law, this happened so many years ago, why are you still talking about it? My parents have come to terms with it and adopted my sister. My sister has also found a son-in-law. Life is good, of course, but life is lived by oneself. Their prosperity is their business, and our prosperity is also our business now."
Qi Qi looked at Zhang Junzhuo and said, "These are all trivial matters. Don't take them to heart. Wash your hands and come eat."
Qi Qi turned and entered a room where a bamboo pole was used to block out the space for a bed. There was a small door on the other wall. Various sundries were piled inside the door, and a small bed of 1.2 meters was placed inside.
When Zhang Junzhuo and his two sons saw this scene, memories of living in this small room immediately came to their minds.
Zhang Chunhui and Zhang Xiayang lived in it. The 1.2-meter bed accompanied them throughout their childhood, adolescence and youth. Zhang Junzhuo and Qi Qi lived on the bed behind the curtain.
The three of them sat on the chairs with dull expressions, looking at a box of pickles, a fried potato, and rice on the table, with a trace of confusion on their faces.
What the hell is going on?
Qi Qi tapped the edge of the plate with his chopsticks in confusion. The crisp sound brought the three back to their senses. "What's wrong? Why aren't you eating?"
"Mom, what the hell have you done? What did you do?"
Qi Qi looked at Zhang Chunhui, his eldest son, who was speaking, with confusion. "What's wrong with me? I didn't do anything. Why are you saying that to me?"
"Mom, what do you want to do? All these years you have been..." Zhang Xiayang's voice suddenly paused, and many memories that were different from before appeared in his mind.
He couldn't quite tell which ones were real and which ones were fake.
He should live in a wealthy family, with his mother working outside and his father accompanying them throughout their childhood and adolescence.
But in my actual memory, it seems that both my parents worked outside, and after returning home, my mother spent more time with them.
How is that possible?
They are the heirs of the Xu family. How could they possibly go to an ordinary public primary school or even go to a junior college because of failing the college entrance examination?
Impossible.
Zhang Chunhui's memory had obviously returned, and he looked at Zhang Junzhuo in confusion.
From the fragments of memory, he seemed to have figured out what had happened.
It seems that everything was different starting from my father's refusal to marry into my family.
Because Zhang Junzhuo refused to marry into the Zhang family, Qi Qi married directly into the Zhang family.
The Zhang family was poor, and with so many children, there was no resources for Zhang Junzhuo, let alone Zhang Chunhui and Xu Xiayang.
Moreover, Zhang Junzhuo also had to respect his parents and give most of his money to the public every month.
Over the years, they have lived a tight life. Others disliked Zhang Junzhuo for not marrying into their family and spoke coldly to their family.
And the Xu family.
After Qi Qi got married, in order to comfort the two old people, he found a girl to adopt.
Now the girl is the same age as Zhang Chunhui. She just married a man two years ago and had a child. The child's surname is Xu.
Therefore, other people in the Zhang family like to mock Zhang Junzhuo, saying that he has the eyes of a rat and doesn't know how to see the long term, which has resulted in his current tight life.
After finishing their meal, the three of them quickly ran to the door, whispering to each other, to confirm the current situation.
"Dad, so it was you who refused to marry into the family back then? How could you do that? What were you thinking? You've already traveled through time, why don't you hurry up and make some money? Why would you refuse to marry into the family? And now look at what our family is like now."
Zhang Junzhuo also felt aggrieved. "I had no control over how things turned out. Who knew in such a short time, it would turn out like this? No, this must have been something your mother did. Otherwise, I would never have ended up like this."
When Zhang Junzhuo thought about how he had gone from being a wealthy bachelor working in brick and mortar to a shoe repairman at the entrance of an alley, the feeling of disparity was like a raging fire, burning his flesh and bones inch by inch, and the pain made him almost scream to the sky.
Zhang Xiayang said, "I'm going to talk to my mom. How can she be so selfish? What on earth does she want to do?"
Zhang Chunhui wanted to stop him, but it was too late. "Dad, please tell me about Xia Yang. He treated me like this. I must feel so bad!"
"Don't talk about it!" Zhang Junzhuo said angrily, "I have suffered enough injustice over the years. I am a grown man, and I am living like this now. Isn't it uncomfortable for me?"
Zhang Chunhui frowned in embarrassment, "But..."
He lowered his head, feeling something was wrong.
Zhang Junzhuo just wanted him and his brother to have the surname Zhang, and hoped that he would not rely on the Xu family and not be the Xu family's son-in-law.
Over the years, Zhang Junzhuo has told him so many times about the hardships of being a son-in-law. Now, hasn't he achieved all of them?
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