Chapter 128
Zhang Lin raised his eyebrows.
She was her great aunt in her previous life, her eldest aunt in this life, Zhang Yaowen’s younger sister, Zhang Manqin.
Zhang Manqin is the second child and the only girl in the family. When she was a child, the bookstore was in the provincial capital. She was a high school student, joined the provincial dance troupe, and married into the provincial capital.
Zhang Lin hasn't seen this great aunt since he traveled through time.
A few minutes later, a still charming woman, accompanied by two teenage girls and a little boy of a few years old, entered the yard with a smile on her face.
"Mom and Dad, Brother and Sister-in-law, I'm back with the children."
Zhang Manqin had a friendly smile. Although she was dressed very elegantly, she looked at the simple courtyard without any disgust, and did not look like a top-notch person.
Of her three children, except for the youngest son who looked a little arrogant and dissatisfied, the two daughters were polite and well-behaved.
Zhang Lin shook her head secretly. The mother and daughter were a good couple, but it was a pity that the youngest son was too spoiled and had become a little crooked.
Zhang Changshun and old lady Jiang Li looked delighted.
Although generally speaking, girls visit their relatives after the New Year.
But some will come back early to give New Year gifts.
In recent years, city workers have not had holidays during the Spring Festival, so many rules no longer apply.
Zhang Yaowen and Chen Yuwei don't mind those customs, they are the same before and after the New Year.
They don't have the custom of not allowing married women to live in their parents' home, so they were very happy to see Zhang Manqin.
“This is Linlin, right?”
Zhang Manqin greeted her elder brothers and sisters-in-law and looked at Zhang Lin.
"Aunt."
Zhang Lin called for help obediently.
"Hey, Linlin, come and have some candy."
Zhang Manqin hadn't been home for many years and wasn't very clear about the situation at home, so she grabbed a handful of pretty good White Rabbit tea and gave it to Zhang Lin.
Zhang Lin didn't mind and took it and put it away.
"Linlin, this is your eldest cousin, Xu Jiaojiao, your second cousin, Xu Xiuxiu, and your youngest cousin, Xu Guangrong."
"Hello, cousin, second cousin, and little cousin."
Zhang Lin looked so innocent and well-behaved that Chen Yuwei secretly laughed at him.
Her family started performing again.
"Hello, Linlin."
Xu Jiaojiao and Xu Xiuxiu smiled warmly and touched Zhang Lin's head.
"Um."
Xu Guangrong snorted casually and didn't pay any attention to Zhang Lin at all.
Zhang Changshun and the others stared at each other calmly, so quickly that even Zhang Manqin didn't notice it.
But she still frowned and glanced at Xu Guangrong, her eyes full of helplessness.
"Why did you come back suddenly?"
Zhang Yaowen saw something, but didn't say much, just asked curiously.
There was no news. In the past, when Zhang Manqin came back, she would usually write to them in advance.
Zhang Manqin's face froze for a moment before she smiled again.
"My job has been taken over by my sister-in-law. I just happened to have nothing to do, so I brought the kids back to see you."
Everyone in the Zhang family frowned.
How did Zhang Manqin's job end up being taken over by her sister-in-law?
Her sister-in-law is the daughter of her parents-in-law who is 20 years younger than Zhang Manqin and about the same age as Xu Jiaojiao.
Even if someone is to take over, it should be Xu Jiaojiao or Xu Xiuxiu, how could it be Xu Lingling's turn?
"The job was given to Xu Lingling, so what about Jiaojiao and Xiuxiu?"
Zhang Yaowen's expression remained unchanged.
"Humph, it would be fine if the elder and second sisters got married earlier. My mother has such a good job, it would be most suitable for my youngest aunt."
Xu Guangrong snorted coldly, looking proud.
"My grandma said that my aunt is a gifted girl and the lucky star of our family. All the good things in our family should be given to my aunt and me!"
At this moment, Zhang Changshun and his wife and Zhang Yaowen and his wife could no longer hold back their expressions.
This child is only eight or nine years old, but he has been completely distorted.
Zhang Lin almost sneered out loud, what a lucky star, she didn’t think she was the heroine of a Kinki novel, did she?
Zhang Lin looked at the arrogant Xu Guangrong, grinned with mischievous smile, then looked at her great aunt with a confused look on her face.
"Aunt, is Xu Lingling your daughter? Are the eldest cousin and the second cousin someone else's children? Why don't you give your family's things to them, but give them to Xu Lingling?"
Zhang Manqin didn't know whether to laugh or cry as she looked at her little niece whose face was full of curiosity.
"No, your eldest cousin and second cousin are your eldest aunt's children. Xu Lingling is your uncle's sister."
"But, if she is not your child, why does she need your job? Doesn't she have her own mother?"
laugh!
The old lady laughed and looked at Zhang Lin encouragingly.
Her son Guaiguai is a shrewd person and even knows how to curse people secretly.
Xu Guangrong frowned and looked at Zhang Lin fiercely.
"Don't talk nonsense, you little girl! My aunt's mother is my grandmother, and you don't have your own mother!"
Bang!
Zhang Manqin slapped him with a frosty face.
There was a hint of reluctance in his eyes, but more of it was heartache.
In the previous ten years, she had only given birth to two daughters, and her parents-in-law had long been dissatisfied with her.
Her husband is the eldest son of his parents-in-law. He has been their favorite child since childhood. The lack of grandchildren has always been a thorn in their hearts.
Although her husband didn't say anything, she knew that he also wanted a son.
When she was thirty years old and gave birth to Guangrong, her husband's family began to look much better.
The whole family dotes on Guangrong very much, and as she is busy with work, the children are raised by her parents-in-law.
Excessive pampering will lead to their development astray.
After she found out, she tried many times to teach her child back to normal, but the child was so severely brainwashed that he simply didn't listen to her.
In fact, every time she criticized the child, the mother-in-law would spoil the child even more, causing the child to look down on her and have no respect at all.
This time she came back, firstly because a family cheated her out of her job and tricked her into giving it up, which made her unhappy.
Plus, I want my youngest son to stay away from that family, to see if I can teach him to come back...
Okay, they know what's going on.
Zhang Changshun and others sighed.
If the in-laws are not good, you can still divorce. But it is no wonder that Zhang Manqin can't stand staying in that family when her son is taught like this.
"Sister-in-law, I didn't educate my child well enough, and he has learned bad things. I am so sorry for offending you."
Zhang Manqin looked at Chen Yuwei apologetically.
Chen Yuwei was the senior schoolmate she admired most when she was a child.
She was a gentle, ladylike, independent and capable girl. When she knew that Chen Yuwei was about to become her sister-in-law, she smiled even in her dreams.
After Chen Yuwei got married, he was also very good to her.
When she first got married, her sister-in-law secretly gave her a lot of good things so that she could keep them in the bottom of the box and live a good life.
Unexpectedly, his son started talking nonsense as soon as he came back.
As for what her little niece said, she thought it was absolutely right.
Doesn't her sister-in-law have no mother of her own?
At least, when others need to give, my sister-in-law's mother is like a transparent person, always clinging to her.
Growing up, most of the good things of her two daughters were taken away by her sister-in-law.
Her husband also indulged her, saying that she was his only little sister and he should pamper her.
She had quarreled with them, but the whole family said that she and her daughter were ignorant and that she was not generous enough to argue with the little girl.
She is always unwilling to accept it.
What's the matter? Your little daughter is a little girl, but my two daughters are not little girls!