That day, Chang Pengfei once again accompanied Li Daniu back from a trip.
Although Zhou Hongyu told him to take his work seriously, his colleagues were not friendly and he was not interested in his current job. So recently, in order to save money as soon as possible to buy the big house that the Wu family wanted, he almost put his work aside and only did side jobs to make money.
Li Daniu got out of the car and stood on the ground smoking.
He smoked his cigarette, watching his diligent new apprentice bustling about, finishing up the work.
He nodded appreciatively.
What a fine apprentice! He's observant and down-to-earth. He even wanted to introduce his unmarried daughter to Chang Pengfei, but unfortunately, he knew the boy already had a girlfriend as soon as they met.
Chang Pengfei finished his work efficiently, and seeing his master's incredibly satisfied expression, he immediately wished he could shrink back and behave himself.
During this time, he accompanied Li Daniu past the Li family home and met his master's wife and his master's unmarried daughter.
After meeting him, he figured out that the Li family wanted to marry their daughter to him!
Thinking back to this, Chang Pengfei shuddered.
The Li family's daughter is even more terrifying than the biological mother of the most shrewish woman in Shuangdong Hutong!
She's burly and thick-waisted, walks with a swagger, and her stomp can shake the earth. She speaks in a roaring voice, and you should be prepared for your eardrums to shatter if you talk to her for even a couple of sentences.
Master and Mistress kept praising their daughter's robust physique, saying she would definitely be able to give birth to five or six sons when she got married. Chang Pengfei shook his head, saying that the Li family's daughter had such big buttocks that someone could sit on her and die; he didn't want her!
He thought the same as his mother: a son would only drive people crazy. He wanted a sweet and gentle daughter, not as quiet as his older sister Shuying, nor as lively as his younger sister Meiying. He wanted to have a daughter as cute as Wu Minjun.
Li Daniu finished his cigarette standing up, while Chang Pengfei tidied himself up by the pool and walked back.
"Master, I have something to do later, so I won't be able to have dinner with you tonight!"
"Alright, alright, you've been working hard these past few days, take a break. I'm going to find my old buddies to play cards and have a few drinks!"
Li Daniu laughed.
After saying goodbye to his master, Chang Pengfei carried a box of things and walked towards Shuangdong Hutong.
Upon returning from out of town, he didn't rush to see Wu Minjun, whom he had missed for so long; instead, he went home first.
Before I returned, the locals gave me a box of fruit, which, to be exact, consisted of fruits that my family loves to eat.
Thinking about the mistakes he had made recently, Chang Pengfei just wanted to get the fruit back to his family as soon as possible.
"Second Brother!" "Pengfei!"
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Upon arriving home, Chang Pengfei's fruit was warmly welcomed by his family.
"Shuying, where's Mom?"
Zhou Hongyu doesn't like going to work. Chang Pengfei happened to come back and found her at home, but she wasn't there.
"Mom is going to her new workplace. She'll be back in a little while. Her office has been closed down, and the factory has transferred her to the cultural center, which is very close to Grandma's house!"
"oh!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Chang Meiying urged them to eat the fruit.
As usual, Granny Chang took a few bites and then declined, ignoring the others' earnest invitations. She shook her head and went into the kitchen to start preparing dinner.
My grandson, whom I haven't seen in a long time, is finally coming back. Let's have a good meal tonight.
Before entering the kitchen, Granny Chang glanced at Chang Pengfei, who had changed a lot, and blurted out, "He looks just like your father when he was young!"
His eyes had lost their former clarity and naivety; they were now tinged with other colors, and his gaze had become sharp.
This is thanks to Chang Pengfei, who has been frequently accompanying Li Daniu on road trips lately, experiencing various kinds of adventures and gaining a different perspective.
Old Man Chang shook his head, neither confirming nor denying: "The second son wasn't like this when he was young. He's far from it!"
After saying that, Old Man Chang picked up the newspaper and went out to meet his old friend.
He stopped eating as well.
The old woman always does this, and he stays behind as a negative example, making it seem like he's very greedy.
Chang Pengfei watched his grandparents leave, sighed, and shook his head.
He was thinking of bringing the fruit back to share with his family and have a good time together, but the elderly couple were a bit disappointed.
"Second brother, this apple is delicious. Where did you get it?" Chang Meiying asked curiously as she ate the apple.
Her honest and upright second brother changed a lot after being beaten.
In the past, it was so bad that people could suffocate from holding their urine. Even if someone in the family wanted to eat fruit, he couldn't find it.
Now he made a special trip home to deliver fruit that is hard to find even in Beijing at this time of year.
Wow, what a big change! It's like this person suddenly developed a brain!
Chang Pengfei glanced at Chang Meiying indifferently, then casually shared some of the dates she liked with his younger sister. He instructed, "Shuying, the dates are delicious, you should eat some too. If your younger sister eats too many, she'll get indigestion."
Chang Shuying nodded with a smile.
Chang Meiying glared at him angrily, "Second brother, you bad guy!"
Chang Pengfei watched his two younger sisters enjoying their meal, then looked at the fruit they had brought back. Thinking about the origins of the fruit, he became somewhat lost in thought.
Fruit isn't cheap; the box of fruit he brought back was worth quite a bit of money.
This was given to him for free by the local fruit farmers because he had done them a great favor.
The fruit farmer couple were busy making a living and neglected to discipline their daughter. Due to the weak awareness of education in rural areas, their daughter did not study well at school, got involved with some delinquents, and became pregnant at a young age, which led to a dispute between the two families.
The petty hoodlum was an orphan whose family was so poor they only had underwear left. The fruit farmer's family disagreed with his marriage, but their daughter, siding with outsiders, threatened suicide and insisted on marrying him.
When Chang Pengfei and his master went to load goods, they encountered this chaotic scene. Although Chang Pengfei was not particularly talented, he had learned a little bit from Chang Rihui. He happened to have a trick to deal with the situation. With the consent of the fruit farmer and his wife, he used his cleverness to help drive away the thugs and others, and only then did he receive a gift from the fruit farmer.
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