As soon as he smelled the aroma of meat, he immediately understood what was going on.
"Brother Zhang Peng!"
When the children saw Zhang Peng, they all greeted him.
"The sun is so strong now, don't run around outside, go home quickly." Zhang Peng said with a smile.
"Uh... okay..." Several children swallowed their saliva. Although they looked reluctant, they still left embarrassedly.
Children in rural areas mature precociously. When they heard Zhang Peng say this, they knew he was trying to chase them away.
Although they gathered here, they also hoped to get a few bites.
But even though their owner had clearly told them to leave, these kids weren't shameless enough to refuse to leave.
Watching the children leave, the smile on Zhang Peng's face disappeared instantly.
A bunch of gluttons, but luckily they had some tact and knew that if they stayed any longer they would be annoying, so they left.
The meat at home is not enough for him to eat alone, so how can he share it with these outsiders?
Zhang Bin's wife heard the noise outside and hurried out to see that it was her son who she had been thinking about. Her face was filled with joy: "Son, you are back? Are you tired? Give me the food in your hand, and come in to eat. I made braised pork for you and have been waiting for you!"
"Hmph, Mom, there were so many kids outside our house just now, why didn't you come out to chase them away? I don't know what their parents taught them to wait outside when someone cooks something delicious? It's really embarrassing!" Zhang Peng couldn't help but complain.
"Look at what you said. How can I, an adult, bother with these children? If I really chase them away, our family's reputation in the village will be ruined. We still have to live here, so we don't want to offend anyone."
Zhang Bin’s wife was also feeling miserable.
Although her family has roots in this village, they have gone out to make a living since Zhang Bin’s grandfather’s generation, so they have face relations with the villagers in the village.
In the past, the villagers envied the Zhang family for their respectability and their promising children and grandchildren. Later, when Zhang Bin’s family had to return to the village, these villagers secretly laughed at them.
In addition, Zhang Bin had a broken leg, so even more people came to watch the joke.
Life in the countryside is different from life in the city. You have to have good relationships with the villagers, otherwise they will gang up on you and exclude you.
Their family is considered outsiders in this village, so everyone wants to get involved.
Zhang Bin’s wife still remembers that when they first returned to the village, whenever their family ate better food or used better things, they would always attract gossip from the villagers.
The children in the village would wait at their door for every meal, waiting to get a bargain.
There are even some shameless people who, seeing that there are no elders in his family, come to his house with a shameless face and want to teach them how to live.
During that period, Zhang Bin's wife's life was extremely miserable.
Later, Zhang Bin realized that the situation was not right and decided not to reveal their family background, so the family completely kept a low profile.
The Zhang family had money but didn't dare to spend it, or they didn't dare to spend it openly. Later, their family gradually integrated into the life of the village and became the same as the villagers, so the villagers no longer stared at them.
Fortunately, their son worked hard and went on to high school.
Thinking of this, Zhang Bin's wife sighed, looked at her son and said, "When you graduate from high school, just find a job in the city."
Zhang Peng didn't understand the difficulties his family members faced. He just thought his parents were afraid of trouble. He said uneasy, "It's all because of you that you have raised these kids' appetites."
"Okay, come in quickly, wash your hands and then we'll eat." Zhang Bin's wife didn't want to explain any more to her son.
Zhang Peng had hardly had any oily food in school for a month and was growling with hunger. Upon hearing this, he had no mood to talk to his mother and rushed in impatiently.
"Dad." As soon as he entered the door, Zhang Peng called Zhang Bin first.
"Well, you're back? How were your studies this month?"
"fine."
"Well, that's good. Come over to eat after washing your hands." Zhang Bin nodded with satisfaction.
"Okay." Although Zhang Peng spoke casually with his mother outside just now, he did not dare to be presumptuous in front of his father Zhang Bin.
Obviously, his father is just an ordinary farmer and even has a lame leg, but Zhang Peng just doesn't dare to make him angry.
The Zhang family's dining table was unexpectedly quiet, with only the sound of chopsticks colliding with dishes.
This is very different from other families in the village.
Zhang Peng was eating the braised pork he had been craving for, thinking to himself that this was probably a habit his parents developed when they grew up in a wealthy family.
The villagers didn’t know why the Zhang family came back to the village, but Zhang Peng could probably guess that his parents must have done something they shouldn’t have done.
When he returned to the village that year, he was already fifteen years old and was no longer an ignorant child.
But every time he brought up this topic, his father's face would become ugly and he would look at him grimly.
As time went by, Zhang Peng no longer dared to mention the past.
"Son? Son!"
Zhang Peng suddenly came back to his senses and saw his parents looking at him worriedly.
"What's wrong with you? Your father is talking to you, how can you be distracted while eating?" Zhang Bin's wife looked at her son with a reproachful look.
"Are you too tired from school?" she asked again with concern.
Zhang Peng shook his head quickly: "No, I was just thinking about school. Dad, what did you say?"
Zhang Bin said leisurely, "I'm asking if you have any plans for the future? You're about to graduate, so you should consider some things."
"This..." Zhang Peng didn't expect to be asked this question at the dinner table.
He had been studying step by step before and had never thought about the future.
Seeing that his son hesitated for a long time and couldn't explain clearly, Zhang Bin couldn't help feeling angry.
"You're already this old, haven't you ever thought about what you want to do in the future? Do you want to go back to the village to farm after graduating from high school?"
Zhang Bin put the chopsticks in his hand on the table and looked at his son angrily.
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