Chapter 346: Scared, Scared, Going Out on the Second Day of the New Year
Zhang Baiyan shook his head. "Crab porridge should be fine. Didn't you see that my little sister is fine? She ate a lot. I guess it's because we are not in good health and can't handle it!"
Father Zhang nodded blankly and muttered, "Doesn't that mean we can't eat good food?"
"What?" Zhang Wanwan came in from outside and asked everyone, "Are we going to have hot pot tonight? You'll be hungry in the middle of the night if you don't eat something after all this trouble."
To be honest, Zhang Baiyan really wanted to eat it, but he was afraid of having diarrhea again after eating. He really wanted to die.
Seeing him hesitate, Zhang Wanwan looked at his father and mother, "Mom and Dad, what about you?"
Mother Zhang was already used to this kind of experience. Besides, Father Zhang and Zhang Baiyan were both like this today, so she had nothing to be embarrassed about. She nodded and said, "It's New Year's Day. Eat something. It's not right to be hungry."
After she said this, Zhang's father also nodded.
Seeing that none of them wanted to move, Zhang Wanwan decided to prepare the food herself. It happened that Zhang's father had already prepared the base for the pot, so all she had to do was wash the vegetables and put them on the plates.
After the hot pot was served, the three people who smelled the aroma felt hungry again.
Seeing that her mother really wanted to eat, Zhang Wanwan prepared some egg sausage and beef for her. She ate them with the bone broth and she enjoyed them very much.
Zhang Baiyan was worried at first that he would have diarrhea after eating hotpot, so he ate a little and found nothing happened half an hour later. He stopped worrying about it and ate as much as he could.
After many years, it was the first time for the family of four to celebrate the New Year in the old house. The novelty lasted until the second half of the night. Zhang's mother was the first to go to bed as she couldn't hold on any longer. Zhang Wanwan then went back to her room. It was unknown what time the father and son sat there until they left.
The custom in my hometown is not to disturb or wash clothes on the first day of the first lunar month. All the clothes that the family took off last night were hung out to dry in the house. Zhang Wanwan woke up in the middle of the day and moved the clothes out to dry.
After finishing my work, I was completely free, so I just took a chair and sat in the yard to daydream.
When Zhang's father came back from visiting friends, he rushed to the living room to talk to Zhang's mother.
"I went to my uncle's house today. My cousins and their families also came back to celebrate the New Year. My cousin's eldest son married a Vietnamese wife. She is good-looking and hardworking. The whole family would praise the new wife whenever they saw someone visiting. I asked him about it and found out that the Vietnamese wife only cost 15,000 yuan. No gifts were required. The 15,000 yuan covered everything!"
Zhang's mother's eyes lit up immediately when she heard this. "Is there such a good thing? You can marry a daughter-in-law for 15,000 yuan? Is there any hidden secret?"
"I don't know about that, but he looks normal and doesn't seem to be ill." Father Zhang muttered.
If his family wasn't really broke, he wouldn't be jealous of others who spent 15,000 yuan to marry a Vietnamese daughter-in-law.
Zhang's mother became more thoughtful and tugged at Zhang's father's clothes, saying, "Why don't you go and ask around and ask your son what he thinks. If he agrees, we can find him a Vietnamese wife."
"That's what I thought!" Zhang's father laughed and turned to run to Zhang Baiyan's room to discuss.
Zhang Wanwan sat there calmly. Seeing Zhang's father like this, she frowned slightly, but she didn't deliberately go over to ask.
Not long after Zhang's father went in, he came out with a gloomy face.
As a result, the atmosphere at home was weird all day long. Zhang Wanwan roughly guessed what happened, but she didn't ask any further questions.
The next day was the day when Zhang's mother went back to her parents' home. Li Zhijie came to pick them up early in the morning. His motorcycle could carry two people, and Zhang Wanwan's electric car could carry one, which was just right.
It takes about half an hour to get from Xiqiao Village to Li Yongfu's home. Li Zhijie drove Zhang's father and mother first, while Zhang Baiyan rode an electric bike and went slower.
On the way, Zhang Wanwan couldn't help asking, "Did you have a fight with Dad yesterday? I saw that Dad didn't smile the whole day. Although Mom didn't say anything, she was worried. You were even worse. You just hid in your room the whole day! What can't be said in a nice way? Is it necessary?"
After a night of settling down, Zhang Baiyan has calmed down a lot. He can be calm when talking about that matter, but he doesn't want to talk about it. He said concisely: "Dad came back yesterday and said that a relative in the village spent 15,000 to marry a Vietnamese wife. He praised her to pieces. It's clear from the way he looked that he wanted me to marry a Vietnamese wife too. How could I agree to that!"
Zhang Wanwan was stunned for a moment, and tried hard to recall the relatives in the village. After Meng Ran wanted to die and was reborn, she did hear Zhang's father mention that there was a Vietnamese daughter-in-law in the village. It was said that she was really impeccable when she first came, but she changed her attitude after giving birth to a son. Not only was she lazy and picky, but she also tried to find ways to drive her parents-in-law out. Her husband was controlled by her and dared not say a word. In the end, the old couple had to move out with their youngest son. The youngest son had not yet married and didn't even have a house, let alone relatives. For the house issue, the couple finally sued the eldest son's family and completely broke up before they wanted the house back.
When they were in trouble, Zhang's father gave them tens of thousands of yuan to support them. Now I think it must be that family.
Thinking of this, Zhang Wanwan's expression became extremely serious, and she reminded Zhang Baiyan in his ear: "Many wives bought with money have problems. They are either sick or have ulterior motives. Very few of them really want to live honestly in a foreign country. You can't take such wives no matter how cheap they are."
"I know that too. This is a rejection! Dad said I was ignorant and that I was always causing trouble for Mom. How could I feel comfortable hearing such words?" Zhang Baiyan was a little angry when he talked about this matter.
Zhang Wanwan also felt that Zhang's father was too anxious this time, and said thoughtfully: "How about this, I will talk to him in detail when I come back from my uncle's place tonight. Our family is not really unable to make ends meet. You are only 26, why are they so anxious? If you were 35 and still single, I can understand their anxiety!"
Zhang Baiyan felt much better when he saw Zhang Wanwan standing on his side.
When the brother and sister arrived at Zhang Yongfu's house, they found it extremely lively. Zhang's mother and Li Meili and others were gathered together talking and laughing.
Zhang's father drank tea with Li Yongfu and Zhao Guoqing, talking about how much money they made last year and the major expenses of the family.
When the group of people saw the brother and sister come in, they immediately stopped. Li Meili said to Zhang Wanwan, "My darling niece, you are really amazing. Come and tell auntie how you take care of your mom, and let your cousins hear it too. You are so old, but you don't know how to share my burden!"
Zhao Xiaojun and Zhao Xiaoqin looked like they didn't want to pay any attention to Li Meili.
Zhang Wanwan really couldn't say anything, so she just sat obediently next to her mother and listened to everyone talking.
Over there, Zhang's father started telling Li Yongfu and the others about a relative who had married a Vietnamese daughter-in-law.
Zhang Baiyan's face immediately fell when he heard this. If he wasn't a guest in someone's home, he would have wanted to walk away in anger.
Zhang Wanwan quickly turned around and saw that Zhang Boyan's face was not right, and Zhang's father was still asking relatives to help persuade Zhang Boyan. She quickly said to Zhang's father loudly: "Dad, didn't you watch the news?"
Father Zhang was stunned for a moment, "What news?"
(End of this chapter)
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