Chapter 395 Zhuang Hualin Returns to Suzhou 1
During the last few days of summer vacation, Zhuang Hualin came to see Pengfei from Guizhou.
She worked for three months straight and finally got a few days off. Pengfei was about to enter his third year of high school, and she really wanted to come and see him. She wanted to see him in person and give him a few words of advice before she would feel at ease.
Pengfei was afraid that she had too many things with her, so he bought a platform ticket to go in and pick her up.
Sure enough, she brought a lot of things with her. Pengfei carried them on one shoulder and took her home.
"Pengfei, it's just you and your aunt living here now, and your uncle hasn't come back yet," Zhuang Hualin asked.
"Yes, I made the bed yesterday. My aunt told you to live at home and not over there." Pengfei pointed to the bed in the big room in front.
Zhu Xiu Yu had been living in Hong Bin's room. After Hong Bin came back, he and Peng Fei lived in the same room. No one lived in the big room and it was used as a living room.
"Okay." Zhuang Hualin sat down on the edge of the bed, feeling a little awkward.
"You take a rest for a while. We will go to Suihualou for dinner tonight. My aunt, Aunt Huang, and Aunt Song will all be there." Pengfei told her the next arrangements.
Zhuang Hualin knew Suihualou. He had heard Pengfei mention it when he called him before.
"Well, then we can just take the gifts to them all."
"Okay." Pengfei nodded.
Zhuang Hualin held the hand of his son whom he had not seen for a long time, and tears began to fall down his face.
"Mom, look at me, I'm strong and my grades are okay, why are you crying?" Pengfei held Zhuang Hualin's hand with one hand, stretched out his arm with the other hand, pulled a towel and handed it to her to wipe her tears.
"Mom is happy, but don't blame your parents for being cruel. You have no future in Guizhou!"
"Mom, I know I can stay in Suzhou in the future, don't worry. I will bring you and dad over when I get a job and a house. How are your and dad's health? Is my dad's waist okay?" Pengfei comforted her.
Zhuang Hualin wiped away his tears and said excitedly:
"We're all the same. Don't worry about us. Just focus on studying hard and getting into college. That's the only thing you need to worry about."
"Okay, okay, Mom, Mom, calm down. I know I can definitely get into college, okay! If I don't, I'll be sorry for you and Dad, and I'll also be sorry for my aunt, Aunt Huang, and Aunt Song... I understand."
Pengfei can recite these words by heart; they are the ending remarks of every phone call between mother and son.
Zhuang Hualin stopped talking: "Mom knows you are sensible, so I won't nag you anymore."
She changed into clean clothes, tied the gifts she brought for them to the back seat of Pengfei's bicycle, and then the two of them went to Suihua Building.
When they arrived at Suihua Building, Pengfei asked Zhuang Hualin to wait for him at the gate. He pushed the cart through the delivery door into the yard, put all the things in Xiyue Pavilion, and then returned to the gate to pick up Zhuang Hualin.
I only heard it was a restaurant, but I didn't know it was such a big restaurant.
Zhuang Hualin found that it was not yet time to get off work, but the bus had already started picking up passengers.
"How much does it cost to open such a big restaurant..." Zhuang Hualin stood at the door and looked around. Before he could finish his words, he heard someone inside calling "Sister Ling".
After entering the building, Zhuang Hualin saw Huang Ling coming towards him.
"Auntie!" Pengfei called out.
"Hua Lin, I was just about to go see if you guys are here!" Huang Ling called out again, "Xiao Ting, Auntie is here."
Hualin followed Huang Ling's gaze and saw that at the end of the huge lobby, a boy and a girl were standing side by side with their faces close to the glass window, looking out at something.
"Dongzhe picked up a turtle from somewhere and kept it in the pond outside. When he went to check, he couldn't find it and thought it had run away. Just now, a waiter who went to clean said he saw its head sticking out, and the two of them are looking for it there!" Huang Ling introduced.
Xiaoting and Dongzhe came over to say hello.
Huang Ling asked Dongzhe: "Did you see it?"
"Found it. It must have been hiding in the cracks of the rocks all along!"
"Mom, let's go find some food to feed the turtle." Xiaoting suggested.
Huang Ling asked them to feed the fish and turtles. They knew the rules of the building and knew where they could enter and where they could not enter, so they didn't have to worry.
She led Zhuang Hualin into Xiyue Pavilion in the back building.
Along the way, everyone knew Huang Ling and called her "Sister Ling".
Zhuang Hualin probably guessed her relationship with Suihua Tower.
"Sister Ling, my sister-in-law is at work," Zhuang Hualin asked.
"It's the evening market time now and she's busy. She'll come over when she's less busy," Huang Ling told her.
"Oh, yes, yes, it's a busy time now, and it's important to do things." Zhuang Hualin nodded quickly.
There was no one in Xiyue Pavilion. Song Ying came after get off work and she didn't come here usually.
"Sister Ling..." Zhuang Hualin cried with red eyes, "I know you're good to Pengfei. Pengfei has told me everything, and he and I remember it all. I know without you, he wouldn't be the way he is now... This child is thoughtful. With you guys, his temper has become better and better. He's completely different from a few years ago. I know...
You took care of his studies, his clothes all year round, and gave him pocket money and bonuses. My sister-in-law not only helped me take care of him, but also bought him a bicycle... I remember this, and I don't know how to repay you..."
Huang Ling handed her the handkerchief.
"Don't mention it. I've already taken care of everything. Did I take care of her when she was ten, but I stopped caring when she was seventeen? I have one more year to go and it's over. What a shame to let her go now!"
It's also because of this child, otherwise who would care about me? I don't need to tell you, I know he will definitely repay me, I will just treat it as raising another son, and if Tunan and Xiaoting don't care about me in the future, I will rely on him, so don't be jealous or angry when the time comes."
Huang Ling was joking, but Zhuang Hualin shook his head seriously:
"I'm not jealous or angry. I told him the same thing. I only gave birth to you and raised you until you were ten. After that, your aunt and Aunt Huang raised you. You have to treat them the same way you treat me!"
Huang Ling suddenly sat up straight, and Zhuang Hualin looked at her blankly:
"But I really want to criticize you as a mother. Don't nag Pengfei when you call next time. You know he's worried. If you keep nagging him, he'll have to think about it for days, affecting his studies, you know! If you hadn't come, I would have called you. Don't tell him the same things you cried about today this year. It must be a lot of pressure on the child!"
Zhuang Hualin thought about it and nodded: "I understand. I won't talk about this anymore."
"Next time, just ask him if he has any happy things, and then talk about the good things you did there. This way, he will feel that you made him happy, and he will also feel relieved when he knows that you are doing well. Do you understand?"
Zhuang Hualin nodded heavily: "I understand."
"When I see him, I usually ask him if he won the game or the fight, or if there's anything funny, and ask him to tell me."
"Still...fighting!"
"Don't worry, there's nothing strange about boys fighting. He's quite skilled. Our old Zhou taught him. He always wins."
Zhuang Hualin kept his jaw open for a long time, not knowing how to respond.
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