Zhou Jiao didn't dare accept it! What if the two of them hooked up again in the future, and that damn girl broke the confidentiality agreement and told the truth? It's better to save the money, since he's not short of money.
Zhang Guoqing saw her quickly shaking his head and said with a smile, "Don't mention the money. We'll ask you for it when we need it. We're here now, so time won't pass quickly. Just focus on getting well first. Don't go back and see people. They'll look down on you if they see you looking so shabby."
Zhou Jiao nodded and said, "There's no rush for this. But with this information, as long as she's in China, she should be able to find it."
After hearing what Zhou Jiao said, Li Qinglin felt relieved. If Zhou Jiao could say such a thing, then there was probably no problem. The only thing left was how long it would take.
"Then I won't be polite with you. Just tell me what you need as a gift."
Zhou Jiao nodded at him, thought for a moment, and said, "Don't look for anyone else to help you with this matter except us. It will have a bad impact if it gets out of hand. I will arrange it as soon as possible and send you a telegram as soon as I have any news."
"Thanks, sister."
"Sister-in-law, it's sister-in-law!"
Li Qinglin knew his best friend was teasing him because the atmosphere was so tense. He smiled and shook his head, "You idiot! I'm going back now."
"Okay, I'll take you out. Spend the next few days with Uncle Li and Aunt Li. I went to your house the day before yesterday, and Uncle Li told me he didn't know how you were doing out there."
"As soon as I got home, my dad told me you were back. By the way, did you give him some wine? He was so happy, he kept saying that raising me as his son wasn't in vain."
"It's just a small bottle of wine, it's not worth much." Zhang Guoqing said as he walked away, "I won't keep you here today. The couple will be back in a few days, and we can get together again then."
"You guys go back. We're almost at the village entrance."
Zhang Guoqing jokingly said, "Do you really think you're a distinguished guest? Do we have to escort you out? Brother, we're just looking for a child on the way."
"You'd better not look for it. A group of kids just caught a snake in the next team over, and they might have gone somewhere to cook it now."
"It's okay, let's just take a walk."
After sending Li Qinglin away, Zhang Guoqing wasn't in a rush to find his child. In this rural area, with Xizi and the other older children around, there was really nothing to worry about.
Taking advantage of the good moonlight, he took Zhou Jiao and strolled leisurely, avoiding the villagers.
"Will Lin Zi's matter embarrass you?"
"What do you think? I don't know if I can find her when I go back. If she's out, we'll have to wait. I have an idea about this matter, I'll tell her when I see her. I guess she will secretly keep an eye on Lin Zi. I left her the school address before, maybe now she knows everything about our relationship."
Zhang Guoqing smiled and shook his head. "Lin Zi didn't say how far they've gotten, but I think they've already had a real relationship. If I'm not mistaken, you might not need to step in. With things getting this far, and Lin Zi going through so much trouble traveling all the way from south to north, she'll definitely find a way to contact Lin."
Zhou Jiao thought about that dead girl's behavior, and it was really possible. Others wouldn't dare, but Hu Xiaohui was really willing to take the risk. I just don't know why she fell in love with Li Qinglin, it shouldn't be like this.
"Is that my mother in front?"
Zhou Jiao laughed and said, "If your eyesight is not sure, can I still do it?"
"From the sound of that laughter, it's true. Do you want to go find her?"
Zhou Jiao looked at the old ladies over there, "They should see us coming, so we should go and greet them."
Before the young couple could come forward, Zhang's mother stood up and said with a smile, "Oh, time flies. I have to go back to see the children first. Sister-in-law and sister-in-law, do you want to go?"
"It's getting late, let's go. We have to get up and work before dawn tomorrow morning."
"Dispersed, dispersed, I wonder if my boy has come back yet?"
"I can still not come back if I'm tired."
Zhang's mother and three sisters-in-law chatted with their old neighbors with a smile. When they saw their old son and daughter-in-law coming over, they smiled and said, "Is Linzi gone?"
Zhang Guoqing nodded and greeted the older ladies who had not yet dispersed.
Walking on the road, they arrived not far from Aunt Zhang's house. After watching the two sisters-in-law enter the house and seeing that there were no outsiders around, Zhang's mother asked about Zhou Jiao.
"Why didn't you stay overnight? This kid is really polite. He just came and brought a gift. In the past few years, Xiaowu's friends who are close to him have come to visit me and your father at home many times."
"It's okay. Let me buy them a drink later."
"Of course I will. I'll help you someday. It's not the quantity of friends that counts, but the quality of friends. The friends that Xiaowu and his two brothers make are all honest people."
"Don't worry, Mom. I'll make all the arrangements."
Zhang Guoqing listened to the conversation between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, and then interjected: "No need. I'll just get together with them outside in a few days. They'll be comfortable too."
Zhang's mother didn't object to this decision. Her son was old enough now, and she couldn't just blindly tell him to save money. He was already a father, so how could she control him like she did in the early years?
Arriving at the door, Zhang's mother found that her husband and children had not returned yet. She waved to her son and his wife and said, "You go to bed first. I'll wait for the children to come back. Let Ping'an sleep in the nursing home tonight."
Zhou Jiao shook her head. "How can you be alone at home? I took a nap this afternoon and I'm not sleepy at all now. Let's chat. Mom, didn't you go to watch the fun tonight? What's going on?"
"Let's go back to the house and talk. It's not good for others to hear us. Xiaowu, have you had dinner?"
"have eaten."
After entering the main room, Zhang's mother lit the oil lamp and cut the wick with scissors, making the flame brighter.
Seeing this, Zhou Jiao immediately realized how much she had neglected this matter over the past two days. Given her mother-in-law's penny-pinching kerosene habits, she probably wouldn't bother using them. She wondered if the lights in the county town weren't on either. She said in frustration, "Mom, where's the gas lamp at home? Is it out of oil? I'll bring you some tomorrow."
"No, just make do with it."
Zhang Guoqing laughed and said, "Mom, you wouldn't be reluctant to use electricity even in the county town, would you?"
It's true that the couple is in perfect sync. Zhang Guoqing also realized that he had left cooking oil for his parents and had not paid attention to other small items.
"How is that possible? The electricity bill is more than 50 cents every month."
Zhang Guoqing was speechless as he watched his mother frown in distress. A little over 20 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity, and with two kilowatt-hours of electricity a month, that was still considered shared, so you could imagine how they saved money.
"Mom, don't save this little money. What if you fall in the dark?" Zhang Guoqing saw that she was about to retort and quickly added, "If you and Dad have something to do, we can use the round-trip fare to light up a lot of lights."
Zhou Jiao glanced at him sideways, "Mom, don't listen to me. But we still have to turn on the electricity. Do you think it's free for the two of us to turn on the lights at school? Aren't we taking advantage of the country? You turn on more lights at home, and we won't take advantage of the country."
Zhang's mother smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay. Then I won't save this money from now on. Jiaojiao, I've calculated that electric lights are brighter, but they're not as cost-effective as kerosene lamps..."
Zhang Guoqing stared at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law chatting happily in astonishment. Is this okay? This logical relationship is unreasonable? Forget it, as long as they are happy.
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