Chapter 179: Making a Fuss, a Call from Prison
"Oh my God!" Zhang Baiyan wailed. After finishing drinking the bird's nest, he suddenly said seriously, "Mom and Dad, I'm not lying to you. My younger sister bought two cars and a garage today. It's in our community. The address is..."
"Cough cough cough" Zhang's mother coughed violently due to being choked by the bird's nest and looked at Zhang Wanwan in disbelief.
Father Zhang also looked dazed. He came back to his senses and frowned, "Girl, where did you get the money?"
"I earned it!" Zhang Wanwan said as if it was a matter of course, and looked at Zhang Boyan with disdain, "I made a lot of money in just a few months, brother, learn from me!"
Zhang's mother was no longer calm and asked, "What did you do to make so much money?"
Of course, Zhang's mother did not suspect that Zhang Wanwan had done anything bad, but she was worried that she, a young girl who had just left home, had been cheated.
"Mom! Don't listen to my brother, you're just scaring yourself! After I went to Beijing, I opened a flower shop specializing in selling some precious flowers and trees that I raised myself. By chance, the flowers and trees I raised participated in two auctions, and I made a lot of money." Zhang Wanwan said proudly.
The three members of the Zhang family were unable to understand for a moment. What Zhang Wanwan said seemed extremely unfamiliar to them. Even Zhang Baiyan didn't quite understand it. He asked in confusion, "So how much did you earn to be able to spend more than one million at once?"
"More than one million!" Zhang's mother jumped up in shock. "Two cars and a garage don't require that much! There's even one million left! Were you cheated?"
Father Zhang couldn't sit still any longer. "No, we have to go ask, otherwise the child will be fooled by others."
Zhang Wanwan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Mom and Dad, calm down. I bought the garage from Manager Lin. We're old acquaintances and he won't rip me off. As for the car, it was bought from a 4S store and was introduced by my brother's friend. The price is clearly marked, so I won't be ripped off. As for the other car, it's very cheap, so I won't be ripped off either."
Only then did Zhang's father and mother slowly sit down, their eyes still examining Zhang Wanwan.
"Girl, what kind of car did you buy that's so expensive!" Father Zhang probably knew the price of the community garage and had learned about it before. Since the garage price was there, the price of the car was beyond his imagination.
"It's just an SUV and a van. The van only costs tens of thousands of dollars. It will be convenient for you to set up your stall in the future, and it can also carry things. It's most suitable for you!" Zhang Wanwan said.
"What about the other car?" Zhang's mother was not someone who could be easily fooled.
Zhang Wanwan looked at Zhang Boyan, "Brother, you say, I'm going to wash the dishes!"
Zhang Baiyan was anxious, secretly cursing Zhang Wanwan for running away, but he had to endure the threatening gazes of Zhang's father and mother and said, "It's an Audi, 900,000."
"What!" Zhang's mother's hair stood up, her eyes widened like bells, and she chased him to the kitchen, blocking the kitchen door and asking, "Tell me honestly how much money you made? You don't spend money like this! How can a small family like us need a luxury car like that?"
"Mom! I like it!" Zhang Wanwan said depressedly.
Zhang's mother was silent for a moment, then asked seriously again, "How much money did you make?"
"Not much, just tens of millions." Zhang Wanwan replied weakly.
As soon as the words fell, the world fell silent. Zhang Wanwan waited for a while but her mother didn't say anything. She looked back suspiciously and saw that her mother was standing there stupidly as if she was frozen in place, with empty eyes.
It took a while for Zhang's mother to come back to her senses. She looked at Zhang Wanwan with a complicated expression, then silently left the kitchen and staggered to the dining table.
Zhang's father and Zhang Boyan were also silent. They looked towards the kitchen from time to time and continued to sit still. When Zhang Wanwan came out, Zhang's father spoke up, "Girl, tell Dad what kind of flowers and trees are so valuable that they can make you tens of millions in a short time."
Zhang's mother and Zhang Baiyan also looked at her.
Zhang Wanwan had to tell the story of her orchid farming, but she omitted many details and only gave a general idea. Even so, it was enough to shock the whole family.
Zhang Baiyan looked at Zhang Wanwan with envy, beating his chest and stamping his feet, saying, "What kind of shitty luck is this! Why don't I have such a fate?"
Zhang's mother rolled her eyes at him and took her half an hour to digest what Zhang Wanwan said.
She was so shocked that she couldn't sleep all night and suffered from complete insomnia.
Zhang's father was quite open-minded. He talked with Zhang's mother until the middle of the night and couldn't hold on any longer and went to see Zhou Gong.
The next day, when Zhang Wanwan got up, she saw that there was a black eye under Zhang's mother's eyes. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she coaxed and tricked her into going into the room to sleep. Anyway, business was not busy during the day in the winter, so Zhang's father could just look after the stall alone, and there were several part-time workers there!
In the next few days, Zhang Wanwan and Zhang Baiyan were running around regarding the car, discussing insurance and license plate registration. They were so busy that by the time all the car procedures were completed, it was almost the Chinese New Year.
Zhang Wanwan told her father and mother about her proposal, and received strong support from her father. Zhang's mother thought about how she had not been back for so many years and felt sorry for the ancestors of the Zhang family, so she agreed.
Speaking of such an important event as ancestor worship, Zhang's father couldn't help but think of Zhang Jianguo's family and sighed.
Zhang's mother also knew what Zhang's father was thinking, but she didn't say anything. That family had now disappeared, and the only person still left in Pu City was serving his sentence in Pu City's political prisoner prison. He could not do anything, so there was no need for her to care about anything.
However, just because Zhang's mother doesn't care doesn't mean trouble won't come.
As the Chinese New Year was approaching, Zhang's father suddenly received a call from the prison, saying that Zhang Jianguo had applied to see him and the request had been approved.
After Mr. Zhang hung up the phone, he was completely stunned.
Mother Zhang frowned and asked, "Lao Zhang, who is it?"
Father Zhang swallowed and recounted the contents of the call. He was undecided for a moment, "Do you think I should go or not?"
Mother Zhang rolled her eyes at him. "You already have the answer whether to go or not, yet you're asking me? You wanted to cut off all ties with us before, but now that you're in trouble, you come to find you. Humph!"
Having said that, Zhang's mother did not stop it.
The next morning, Zhang's father did not go to the stall with Zhang's mother. Instead, he packed up his things and had Zhang Baiyan drive the van to take him to the prison.
There is a prison for political prisoners in Pu City, which is specially used to detain public officials who have committed crimes. The prison for ordinary criminals is not here, but in the neighboring city. It takes only about an hour to drive there from the city center, but the place is a bit remote and the traffic is complicated. Zhang Baiyan didn't dare to drive fast at all, and it took him an hour and a half to drive an hour.
After finally arriving at the place, Zhang's father said to Zhang Boyan, "Let's go, you come too. We are all members of the Zhang family, so go meet him."
Zhang Baiyan was not very happy at first, but when he met Zhang's father's pleading eyes, he finally compromised.
The father and son parked the car on the side of the road outside the prison, got out and walked slowly inside.
(End of this chapter)
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