After Zhang Laoer left, Huang Cuilan looked at the family at the dinner table, then looked at Zhang Guofu, bit her lip, and asked, "Boss, what does my second brother want to see you about?"
When these words were spoken, everyone except the ignorant children was stunned.
Zhang Mingyuan had gone to his grandparents' house early in the morning and had no idea his second uncle was coming. He laughed and said, "I was wondering why I didn't see him at my grandfather's house today."
Being interrupted by him, Zhang Guofu ignored her and continued to drink his porridge in silence.
"I don't know what your second uncle is doing here. He didn't stay in the main room, but dragged your father to the inner room. He didn't even say goodbye when he left."
Zhang Mingyuan: "Maybe it's urgent."
"I'm just worried. I asked your father, but he's just a blockhead and didn't say a word."
Zhang Guofu put down the bowl with a "bang", looked at his daughters-in-law who were not brave enough to even breathe, sighed inwardly, stood up and was about to go out.
"Look at you all, everyone is giving me these looks. Your dad, your dad is like this, your second uncle, your second uncle is like this, what's the meaning? They avoid me when they talk to me..."
Zhang Guofu immediately turned around and said, "If you have the guts, speak louder! Don't be so reckless just because I give you a little face. It's up to you to make the final decision on matters concerning our Zhang family. Who gave you the face?"
Huang Cuilan blushed when she heard this and looked at him in disbelief. He actually slapped her in the face in front of his daughters-in-law?
Zhang Guofu glanced at his shocked daughters-in-law and frowned, but ultimately didn't want to say anything more. "Huang Cuilan, your mother is ill. As a daughter, you should go and take care of her for a while. Xizi, take her over after dinner."
Zhang Mingyuan looked at him, then at his mother. "Dad?"
Zhang Guofu sneered, "Why? My words are no longer effective. You've grown up and even forgotten what filial piety is?"
Zhang Mingzuo, who was standing by, saw this and immediately put down his bowl and stood up. He winked at Xizi and hurriedly pulled Zhang Guofu out. "Dad, let's go see if grandpa and grandma have eaten. Brother, grandma said she liked egg cake last time. Bring some for her."
Zhang Guofu frowned and followed his son's lead to go out.
Zhang Mingyuan sighed and looked at the tearful Huang Cuilan. "Mom, what's going on? Can't there be a little secret between my second uncle and my dad?"
Huang Cuilan choked up and said, "Zhang Laoer looks down on me and doesn't even glance at me."
Upon hearing this, Wei Qiulian quickly winked at her sister-in-law and walked towards her room with her youngest son in her arms. She didn't know what to say. She was really capable of making her gentle father-in-law angry!
Zhang Mingyuan looked at his mother with a headache. After everyone left and only Zhang Mingyou was left, he asked, "Mom, what do you want? There are really not many people my second uncle would like. Even my second aunt is afraid of my second uncle. You live with my father, not my second uncle."
"Your father looks down on me too."
Zhang Mingyuan glanced at his younger brother, and the two brothers scratched their hair at the same time. Wasn't this a fact they had known for a long time? If it weren't for the four siblings, his father would have died long ago.
"...Now you're sending me back to my parents' home in front of my daughter-in-law..."
Zhang Mingyuan coaxed helplessly: "Didn't my dad tell me that my grandma is not in good health and you should go over and keep her company. It's not as serious as you think."
"You mean I have to go back to my parents' home? Great, I gave birth to you in vain. You all side with him..."
Zhang Mingyou slammed the table in anger, "That's enough! You're almost there. If we were on my dad's side, just talking about the college entrance examination, you should have gone back to your parents' home a long time ago.
He just asked you to go stay with my grandma for a few days, so what if you come back? If you really want to make a big fuss, then go ahead. You don’t need my dad, and you don’t need us to keep it a secret. Once my grandma knows what you said, you won’t be able to come back to this family..."
Zhang Mingyuan was startled when he heard this, and immediately stretched out his leg and kicked him, "Stop talking."
Zhang Mingyou gritted his teeth, looked at his mother with disappointment, turned around and walked out.
After being scolded by her youngest son, Huang Cuilan calmed down and kept wiping her tears with her head down.
"Mom, how about you stay at my grandma's for a few days, and then stay at my place for a while?"
"Why would we go to your place? It's such a small place."
Zhang Mingyuan looked at her speechlessly. He understood that his mother couldn't speak, otherwise she would be heartbroken. She even disliked him.
"What did Xiaoyou mean just now? They didn't pass the college entrance examination, which is very strange. I don't know how the others studied, but Xiaozuo and Xiaoyou have such a solid foundation and so many review books. There's no way they can't compare to Dajiang."
"Do you know what Shitou ranked? Tenth in the province, first in the county. They all studied and took the exam at the same time, so how could there be such a huge difference between the three brothers? Can you tell me what's going on?"
Huang Cuilan cried out, "How should I know? How should I know that Xiaohong and the others coming here will disturb your brother's studies? How should I know what notebooks they will steal?"
Zhang Mingyuan was so frightened that he immediately covered her mouth and said, "Keep your voice down, your brothers and sisters are all at home."
Huang Cuilan nodded, wiped away her tears, and said bitterly, "I won't have any nephews or nieces in the future. Why don't those ungrateful people just die? I've been so kind to them."
Zhang Mingyuan didn't believe it. After being coaxed and shedding a few tears, his mother softened her heart again. She had said these words to him countless times.
He was currently concerned about why his brother hadn't passed the entrance exam. As long as he could identify the problem, there would be hope for the next exam. "What did they do to make Xiao You so angry?"
"I don't understand either. When they first came over, I figured everyone was studying anyway, so we could ask each other questions. And once they passed the exam, at least your uncle's family would have a college graduate."
"Later, Xiao Zuo got impatient, saying his child was young and too many people would make a fuss. I must have thought my son was most important, so I told Xiao Hong and the others not to come. They also said they could come back if they encountered something they didn't understand."
"But who knew that one day Xiao You said something was missing, and he said he had just brought it back from Mai Sui not long ago, and it was the only one of its kind. They were all there at the time, so everyone helped look for it, and later found it in the toilet."
Zhang Mingyuan knew exactly what was going on without her having to explain. Of course, he didn't know anything more now. The handwritten exam questions Zhang Guoqing sent back later were basically first written by Zhang Ziwen and Shitou, the cousins who had resigned and were staying at home, and took turns adding the correct answers to everyone to save time.
It was this piece of information, a "divine artifact" of more than thirty pages covered with densely packed small characters on both sides, that his Huang family cousins threw into the toilet after they were worried about being exposed.
"...they started arguing, and then your two younger brothers started looking for things. One said his notes were missing, and the other said his draft paper was missing...
They said your brothers were watching out for them like thieves, so there was no chance… Xiao Zuo complained to me why I asked them to come over. He said they were busy enough with work, reviewing, and helping with childcare every day… I didn’t want to do that either. I was taking care of so many children every day, and I was just worried they would be too busy…”
"They came over to my grandparents and my dad, and he didn't know?"
"Your grandparents don't like them."
What else could Zhang Mingyuan say? At that point, for his mother's sake, everyone had to keep it a secret. Otherwise, his grandmother would probably tear his mother apart.
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