A deep footprint was immediately left in the snow that was higher than the ankles.
Mai Miao walked forward with his body bent, tightening his bulky coat. Braving the cold wind, he looked ahead in the dim light of the distant street lamp.
Where did her father and her second uncle go?
At night, the sound of "knock knock knock" was heard in the yard of Zhang Guofu's house.
After a moment, Zhang Mingzuo's voice echoed, "Who is it?"
Mai Miao continued to knock on the door with increasing force. It wasn't that she didn't want to answer, but once her voice got louder, some things would become hard to hide from her sisters-in-law.
Zhang Mingzuo cursed inwardly, but still walked to the door worriedly, "Who is it? If you don't say anything, I won't open the door."
"Brother, it's me, keep your voice down."
Zhang Mingzuo was startled and immediately opened the door quickly. He didn't even bother to ask her why she didn't bring her key. He hurriedly pulled her arm and looked around. "Did the Dong family kid bully you? This bastard is looking for death!"
"No! Keep your voice down."
Zhang Mingzuo quickly pulled her inside and said, "Let's go upstairs and warm up first."
Mai Miao grabbed him and said, "I can't go in. You have to find a way to get Third Brother out with you and hide it from Sister-in-law. The sky is falling on our family, wuuuu..."
Zhang Mingzuo shuddered in shock when he heard that, and slammed the gate behind him. "Little sister, don't cry. I'm here. The sky won't fall. Don't cry. Tell me what's going on."
"Dad is getting a divorce from Mom. Ugh... I can't find Dad or Second Brother. I've been looking for him for ages, everywhere, but I can't find him or Second Uncle."
Zhang Mingzuo was even more confused by this nonsense. "Who said they were getting a divorce? Didn't I tell you to let Mom stay at Grandma's for a few days, and when Dad calms down, I'll go get her back? Dad also sent someone to say tonight that he couldn't come back because of something. Don't listen to other people's nonsense."
"No, you don't know. My uncle originally wanted to ask Dad to go to his house today, but he changed his mind and asked Second Uncle to go too... Then Mom and Second Uncle got into an argument... I don't know why Dad was at the door..."
Zhang Mingzuo frowned after hearing this, and without saying anything, he pushed open the courtyard door with one hand and pushed her inside with the other hand, "Keep your voice down, let's go to the study and talk."
"Don't you want to go find Dad first?"
"No need, he's fine with his second uncle by his side."
Zhang Mingzuo pushed her into his father's study and found an excuse to call Zhang Mingyou out. His eldest brother was still working in the provincial capital today, so the three siblings had to discuss it first.
As soon as Zhang Mingyou entered the study, he saw Mai Miao with red eyes and immediately cursed, "Fuck his Dong family ancestors for eighteen generations! Did he hit you?"
This pair is indeed twins!
Zhang Mingzuo pushed him and said, "Keep your voice down. This has nothing to do with my brother-in-law. It's my mother who's making a fuss again."
"You can't let my little sister go out alone so late at night." Zhang Mingyou muttered, frowning, "Mom came to complain to you again?"
Zhang Mingzuo sighed and interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "Little sister, my uncle is a bit exaggerated. This time he will definitely side with our mother, so don't believe everything he says."
Mai Miao nodded. "I know what kind of person he is. So when my aunt came to see me, I asked her about it, and then I asked my mother again. They were almost all right."
"Then tell us more about it, so your third brother can also hear what's going on."
This time, after drinking hot water and in the warm room, Mai Miao regained some composure and recounted what had happened in more detail than before.
After listening to this, Zhang Mingyou scratched his head and looked at the silent brother and sister. "Don't you feel speechless too? Uncle is really sick! Why is he meddling in other people's business? We said we'd go get Mom back when Dad calmed down. What exactly did he mean by that?"
"You changed your mind and wanted to talk to our second uncle? Is he crazy and afraid that things won't get out of hand? Well, now he gets what he wants, right?"
Zhang Mingzuo patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't blame others. I think it's most likely that Mom asked him to intervene. She might have even told him that Second Uncle looked down on her."
Mai Miao looked worried. "Second brother, third brother, I didn't expect Second Uncle to know everything. I know him too well. He has really reached the end of his patience. If Dad wants a divorce, he will definitely support him."
Zhang Mingyou looked at Zhang Mingzuo. The two brothers looked at each other with unclear meanings in their eyes. They both understood that there was something else. They wondered if their second uncle had noticed it?
Zhang Mingzuo thought about it and shook his head slightly at his brother. Impossible. With his uncle's temper, if he knew, he would have gone to the Huang family and turned the table over. How could he drink with him?
"I did some calculations on the way and found that if Dad decided to divorce, there might not be a single elder who would support Mom."
"Grandpa won't allow his daughter-in-law to sow discord between his sons. If Grandma knew that Mom didn't care about her son's life or death, and we're all grown up, she wouldn't object. There's no need to talk about Second Uncle and Younger Uncle. Second Aunt can't make the decision, and Younger Aunt won't interfere."
"My uncle actually asked me to persuade Dad more and ask him to think carefully about my future. What will my in-laws think? What will my colleagues think? How can I say that? If Dad hadn't been thinking about the four of us siblings all these years, he would have given up long ago. But what about Mom? What will Mom do if I don't persuade her?"
"Ever since I was nine, my biggest fear every day was that Mom would mess up again. Every time, I either kept it a secret from my grandparents or worried that Dad would get so angry he'd beat me up.
When others go out to play, I dare not stay out for more than a day, for fear that if I am not there, they might quarrel and get divorced, and we will be homeless. "
Mai Miao wiped the tears from her face and took a deep breath.
"On my tenth birthday, my dad said he could grant me one request. I knew he meant to buy me something, but I played tricks on him.
I told him that I wanted our family to live happily like this, and that Mom and Dad would never quarrel or separate... Dad agreed with a smile, but I knew he was in a daze in this room all night..."
At this point, Mai Miao was already crying.
Zhang Mingzuo turned his back to her, wiped away his tears, walked forward to hug her, and patted her gently, "Don't worry, your second brother will make your wish come true. I will kneel down to get our father's consent."
"No, second brother, before entering this room, I also wanted to find Dad and Second Uncle and kneel down until they agreed to let Mom come back, but now I don't think so."
"Little sister?"
"Third brother, let's let Dad go! Let him make his own choice this time. He lived for us for the first half of his life, and now it's time for him to live for himself."
After Mai Miao finished speaking, he pushed Zhang Mingzuo aside and looked around the room. "Have you noticed something? This is Dad's room. He lives here three hundred days out of the three hundred and sixty-five days a year."
Mai Miao wiped away her tears with both hands, put on her coat, and silently fired a bomb and left, leaving the two brothers sitting there in a daze...
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