Chapter 341: Practicing walking, Zhang's father is shocked
There were only a few clothing stores in the town, so Zhang Wanwan drove her mother to look at them one by one. When she found something her mother liked, she would ask the clerk to take it out for her to look at and test it, without her mother having to get out of the car.
After going around like this, she bought Zhang's mother a new set of clothes for the Spring Festival, as well as a set of pajamas. She also went to the market to buy some fruits and snacks. She only took Zhang's mother back home when she found that the electric bike had no more space.
After going out, Zhang's mother was tired and went back to lie down.
While Zhang's mother was asleep, Zhang Wanwan went back to her room, turned on her computer, and logged into WeChat to contact Tian Sen.
Zhang Wanwan: How are things going recently? How are the product sales?
Tian Sen replied after a while: My dear aunt, you are such a hands-off boss! Do you know what day it is today? It's the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month! I've been so busy with company matters this year that I haven't bought a plane ticket to go back home yet!
Zhang Wanwan: (with an apologetic expression) There’s nothing I can do! I can support you with the technical aspects, but I really can’t help you with sales.
Tian Sen: Forget it, I don’t count on you. Let’s get back to the topic. Considering the high competitive pressure in Beijing, we started to develop customers from neighboring provinces. Now we have won over two commercial insurance companies. Xiao Jian and his team are now stationed at the clients’ places. It is estimated that the company will be online in April. We will not distribute dividends this year. Do you have any objection?
Zhang Wanwan: No problem, as long as there are no major issues. If you have any problems, just give me a call and I can provide remote technical support.
After communicating with Tian Sen, Zhang Wanwan turned off the computer and began to think about how to make money. It would take at least a year to wait for the dividends from there, and she couldn't just live off the savings this year. She had already spent more than 20,000 of the 100,000 yuan. After the Chinese New Year, she would have to take Zhang's mother back to the city center hospital for a follow-up check-up, which would probably cost several thousand more. In the summer, the old house would definitely have to be equipped with air conditioning. Without air conditioning, she really couldn't live in this slate house. After doing the math, the little money she had on her really couldn't withstand the spending.
Around 3pm, Zhang Wanwan was tinkering with her vegetable patch in the yard, wondering if she could sell some agricultural products on WeChat. She heard some noise behind her and looked back. She was shocked to see Zhang's mother holding onto the wall and sitting on the doorstep with difficulty. She hurried over and asked, "Mom, why didn't you call me when you woke up? Can you walk?"
Mother Zhang shook her head. Although some cold sweat appeared on her forehead, she smiled very happily. She panted and said, "Your father will be here tomorrow. I want to try to see if I can walk, and then give him a surprise... Ever since I got sick... he hasn't smiled sincerely..."
Zhang Wanwan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt her nose a little sour. She took a deep breath and said, "Okay, then I'll help you. By the way, are you hungry? You didn't eat at noon and went to sleep. How about I go get you some snacks?"
Zhang's mother nodded, and she felt very hungry when she thought of the egg custard with a lot of ingredients added. "I want to eat egg custard."
This was the first time that Zhang's mother took the initiative to order food. Zhang Wanwan stayed for a moment before nodding hesitantly, "The egg custard is simple, but the shrimp needs to be taken out to thaw. I guess it will take a while."
Zhang's mother had no objection. While Zhang Wanwan went to the kitchen, she slowly stood up with the help of the wall, took a slow step, and sat on the ground to rest after taking two steps. Even so, she enjoyed it.
It was only a few steps from the room to the living room, but she walked and stopped many times and it took her more than half an hour to get there.
Zhang Wanwan had already thawed the shrimps and put the egg custard that Zhang's mother had ordered on the shrimps to steam. She came over to take a look and said with some concern, "You should wait for me for a while. I'll put those small stools along the way so that you can sit down and rest when you're tired without getting dirty. Now don't move. You'll be able to eat soon."
"Okay, I won't leave." Zhang's mother said as she wished.
In fact, she was too hungry to walk now.
When the egg custard came, Zhang's mother's appetite was whetted. She finished the whole bowl of egg custard but still felt hungry. Zhang Wanwan gave her another half bowl of noodles, this time adding spiritual spring water.
Mother Zhang got up and walked after eating, but she couldn't stand it anymore after a while and had to go to the toilet in a hurry.
Zhang Wanwan hurried to help.
When it was time to take a bath, Zhang's mother insisted on doing it herself, so she could only watch from the side and hand something to Zhang's mother from time to time.
After taking a bath, Zhang's mother sat in the yard refreshed and watched Zhang Wanwan wash clothes. She said to her, "Girl, I feel like I'm feeling much better. How about I go to the hospital for a checkup after the New Year? If that's okay, I won't take the medicine anymore."
Zhang's mother has been thinking about this matter all the time. She has to take medicine for a long time, and it is the imported medicine. One bottle costs several hundred yuan. Her medicine expenses alone are one or two thousand yuan every month. If she has a headache or fever and sees a doctor, it will cost at least three thousand yuan a month, which is almost Zhang Baiyan's monthly salary.
No matter how capable they are, they cannot withstand her squandering.
Zhang Wanwan was speechless. She originally thought that Zhang's mother wanted to go to the hospital because she had thought it through, but she didn't expect that she wanted to save money...
But as long as she is willing to go to the hospital, Zhang Wanwan doesn't care about the reasons.
"Okay, then how about we wait until the eighth day of the first lunar month when the hospital opens for business?"
"Okay." Zhang's mother nodded in agreement. Now that she felt better, she could not sit still and insisted on getting up and walking around. Zhang Wanwan had no choice but to give her a bamboo pole and let her try to walk around in the yard with the pole as support.
Zhang's mother walked around for more than an hour, and only returned to the living room and sat down when she was tired.
Zhang Wanwan went to prepare dinner again, and this time the "ingredients" were a little bigger.
Sure enough, Zhang's mother, who had dinner at 8 o'clock, had to go to the bathroom again before 8:30.
At around seven o'clock the next day, Zhang Wanwan got up and checked the vegetable garden, then went up to the roof to feed the chickens and ducks breakfast before going to wash up.
Just as she and Zhang's mother were about to have breakfast, there was a knock on the door.
Zhang Wanwan quickly put down her chopsticks and ran out to open the door. She saw Zhang's father standing outside the door. He was wearing a dark blue turtleneck sweater with a jacket on the outside, a pair of old black cloth trousers on the bottom, and a pair of military cloth shoes for work on his feet. He was holding things in both hands and grinning at her.
His dark face full of wrinkles was full of the vicissitudes of time, and the sight of his graying hair made her feel very uncomfortable.
Zhang Wanwan shouted excitedly: "Dad! Why are you here so early?"
As he spoke, he took the luggage from Zhang's father.
Father Zhang walked in and took a look at the completely changed old house. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. "Hey! How did the old house become so beautiful? If you hadn't opened the door, I wouldn't have dared to go in! Where's your mother?"
Zhang's father asked.
Before Zhang Wanwan could say anything, her mother's voice came from the living room, "Old Zhang, I'm in the living room."
Zhang's father froze, and rushed towards the hall with eyes wide open. He saw Zhang's mother sitting on a chair, looking at him with a smile. Warm tears rolled down his cheeks, and he murmured in disbelief, "Lan, are you...able to speak?"
(End of this chapter)
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