Chapter 203 Zhang Jianguo's Ending, the Way of Relatives
Zhang Wanwan understood that since she was going to use the third and fourth floors herself, she requested wooden floors, of a better quality material that required a lot of attention to detail when laying them and careful maintenance. For Li Yongshou and the others, this was probably their first time using this type of floor, so they could not be careless at all. As a result, it would take a relatively long time.
After looking at those rooms, she went to the balcony on the fourth floor. The balcony was almost ready. The floor tiles had been laid and the sun room had been repaired. All that was left was cleaning.
Father Zhang stood beside her and said with emotion: "Look, you can still see the old house from here. There are not many families in the village who can build a house like this now. We are the first!"
Zhang Wanwan heard a lot of emotions in Zhang's father's words, including pride, pride, and a hint of melancholy.
"Dad, what are you thinking about?" Zhang Wanwan asked curiously.
Father Zhang touched her head lovingly and sighed, "I was thinking of inviting relatives to come over to liven things up after the house is built, and also your uncle."
"What's wrong with him?" Zhang Wanwan's nerves couldn't help but tense up when she mentioned Zhang Jianguo. That family really became her shadow.
"He passed away two months ago." Zhang's father said calmly, but his eyes were a little red.
Zhang Wanwan was full of surprise, "So sudden?"
Father Zhang nodded. "That's right! No one expected it to happen so suddenly. When I went to see him before the Lunar New Year, he told your brother that he didn't have much time left. I thought he was just trying to gain sympathy, but I didn't expect him to be gone just like that! The prison explained that it was a cerebral hemorrhage. He had an operation before the Lunar New Year. Although he survived, his condition was not very optimistic. I didn't ask about the specifics. It was the best outcome for him to die like this."
Zhang Wanwan had no feelings for Zhang Jianguo. She was more surprised to hear the news of his death. Other emotions were very mild, almost negligible. But seeing Zhang's father wiping tears, her mood also became heavy, but she didn't know how to persuade him. She could only pat Zhang's father on the back gently and comfort him silently.
Father Zhang was just upset, but he cheered up after a while. He looked at the fields in the distance and said, "Your aunt's operation was quite successful. After knowing that your uncle passed away, they went to pay their respects and then left. As for where they went, I don't know, but I guess we won't see each other again in the future!"
"This may be the best choice for them." Zhang Wanwan said calmly.
The father and daughter sat on the balcony enjoying the cool morning breeze for a while until the sun was about to rise.
When they drove to Li Yongfu's house, only Lu Cui came back. Hearing the sound of a car at the door, Lu Cui hurried out to see that it was Zhang's father and Zhang Wanwan. She immediately asked in surprise: "What brings you here! The child's father is still at the market and he probably won't be back until twelve o'clock."
"It doesn't matter, we just need to wait for him." Father Zhang said nonchalantly.
Zhang Wanwan politely called out to her aunt and smiled, "Aunt, you go ahead and do your work. Don't worry about us. My dad and I will go in and wait for my uncle. We will discuss some things with him and then go back to the city."
"Okay, okay, okay! Then you can eat here at noon. I'll go to the market to buy two more dishes. Help yourself!" Lu Cui said, and ran away in a hurry.
Zhang Wanwan was startled and worried that the fire in the kitchen was not turned off, so she went in to check.
It was not until noon that Li Yongfu came back on his motorcycle with a bunch of stuff. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Jianye, have a couple of drinks at noon!"
Father Zhang subconsciously looked at Zhang Wanwan. Zhang Wanwan nodded at him, and Father Zhang immediately smiled.
At the dinner table, Zhang Wanwan discovered that Lu Cui had prepared a large seafood feast for them, including crabs, shrimps, eels, yellowfin fish soup, stir-fried squid with green peppers, stir-fried clams, fried clams, and two plates of green seasonal vegetables.
Seeing that she was still preparing the meal, Zhang Wanwan hurriedly said, "Aunt, please stop working. How can we finish it with just a few of us?"
Li Qingqing and Li Zhijie usually don't come back at noon because of work, so the four of them can't eat so much even if they eat their hearts out.
Only then did Lu Cui give up.
After three rounds of drinks, Zhang's father finally got to the point. "Brother, this is it. We have been asking you to buy those dried seafood before. Now we plan to build this business. We will still buy the raw materials from you. Wanwan said that if we want to do business seriously, we can't treat our relatives unfairly. Brothers should settle accounts clearly. So we thought about it and planned to purchase goods from you according to the purchase in the secondary market. What do you think?"
Li Yongfu's happy face froze for a moment. He couldn't understand for a moment and asked, "What does this mean?"
Zhang Wanwan was afraid that her father might not have explained it clearly, so she quickly explained it in detail.
This time Li Yongfu finally understood. Lu Cui laughed and said, "We are all relatives. Why do you have to calculate so much for such a small amount?"
Zhang Wanwan replied seriously, "Aunt, that's not the way to say it. We are just starting out and the demand is indeed low, but it will be different if we succeed in the future. We can't always take advantage of you. My parents will feel more at ease if we buy from you at the market price. When the business picks up in the future, maybe uncle and aunt can open their own store to sell dried seafood wholesale!"
"Oh! I dare not even think about that!" Lu Cui said with a smile on her face.
When I woke up this morning, I heard the magpie calling. I didn’t expect that there would be such a good thing.
Perhaps because she was too happy, Lu Cui couldn't sit still and ran to the kitchen to cook.
Li Yongfu was also very happy, thinking that even though Zhang's father had become rich, he had not forgotten their poor relatives and was a sentimental man.
The two of them kept drinking and didn't eat much. Lu Cui served new dishes and could only put all her enthusiasm on Zhang Wanwan, which made her scared of eating. In the end, she had to call Zhao Xiaojun and others and ask them to come over to help.
With the addition of Zhao Xiaojun and the others, Zhang Wanwan had no choice but to stay in Qingpu for a longer time. It happened that Zhang's father got drunk and went to rest.
It was not until the evening when it was almost dark that Zhang's father woke up. When Zhang Wanwan heard that Lu Cui wanted to keep them for dinner again, she was so scared that she ran away quickly. She had not yet fully digested the food she had eaten at noon!
After solving several major issues, Zhang Wanwan felt completely relaxed. Taking advantage of the few days left in the holiday, she went to the store that sold lamps and selected some lamps she liked. She also went to the furniture market and picked out some satisfactory furniture. She just strolled around and a day or two passed.
It was almost time for her to go back to school.
Perhaps they are used to their child coming and going so quickly, Zhang's parents no longer cry and grieve over their child's departure like they did in the beginning. At most, they suppress their emotions in their hearts and express their concern and reluctance through actions.
(End of this chapter)
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