"Most of the stalls won't open until the ninth day of the Lunar New Year. Don't be in a hurry. You can practice your skills or make some char siu and peanut candy as stock first." Zhou Xiang suggested to him.
"Okay, that's right. Can I rent a house here? The days are short in the winter, and I don't have enough time to travel back and forth."
"Wait a moment, I'll ask you."
"Okay." Zhang Jiazhong sat down and waited stiffly.
Zhou Xiang went upstairs first, took off his down jacket, washed his hands, and then sat down and picked up the child.
"Ling Ran, ask Lu Jin and the others to help look in town for someone who has a house for rent that needs a resident, not just a storefront."
Ling Ran, who came up later, was hanging up his coat. He couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
"Wife, your memory has become worse. The Zhu family's house is empty!"
"That's right! I completely forgot about it. I bought that house like it was junk and then forgot about it. Go down and tell Uncle Zhang about the Zhu family's situation. He'll charge him ten dollars a month for the yard. If he's averse to it, you can ask Lu Jin and the others to look for it on the street."
"good."
After Ling Ran left, Zhou Xiang sighed deeply and asked his mother, who was holding the child beside him, "Mom, do you think there's anything wrong with the Zhang family? Is it about the feng shui or the ancestral graves? In your previous life, did you help lend money to Zhang Lian's business? He loses money in everything he does. My second sister's salary is used up, and even in his old age, he still has a lot of debts to pay off.
In this life, I found him a formal job, but he is controlled by his current wife. His family is in such a difficult situation! He doesn’t even care about it.”
Mother Zhou also sighed, "It's not the reasons you mentioned. Those are excuses made by incompetent people. I can see that it's all because of your uncle Zhang. He protects the children under his wings and fights for them himself, wanting to give them a good future.
But his ability was not enough and time was not waiting for anyone. Before he could save enough money, his children had all grown up and were about to spend a lot of money.
If he was willing to give up his children, he should have scolded Ryan. His other two sons were 26 and 24 years old respectively, so he should have sent them out to work. What future could they have by just digging the fields at home?
Now that you've given him a chance, he and his wife are still the only ones working together."
Zhou Xiang handed Haohao in his arms to his mother, took Dangdang from her hand and continued to feed him, "Don't worry about him, he's here, I've given him the opportunity and the discount, if he still can't get out, then it's really doomed."
Ling Ran went upstairs to get the key from his wife. "Uncle Zhang is willing to rent that house. I'll take him to see it."
A key immediately appeared in Zhou Xiang's hand. "You should also tell him to keep an eye on the Zhu family. If Zhu Qin's house in the county town is not transferred to her name, when they get tired of her and take back everything she owns, the Zhu family will still come back to claim the house."
"Yeah! I'll remind him."
Ling Ran came back quickly. The family was preparing to have dinner. Zhou wanted to look behind him and asked, "Where's Uncle Zhang?"
"He went back and said he was going to get some stuff and asked Aunt Zhang to come over to clean up the house. He also said he wanted to do some basic work here."
"It's quite good. The yard is no worse than his house. It's spacious and has a pressurized water well. It's much more convenient."
"Yes, that's what he said."
"Okay, sit down and eat!"
After lunch, Zhou's mother started looking for something and said she wanted to visit Grandpa Ling.
Zhou Xiang didn't care. He let the old man take whatever he wanted. The old man couldn't eat these things at the moment, so he was just pretending.
However, my mother went to see it, so I should show up too. She brought two bags of dried fruit for herself.
"Ling Ran, are you going back?"
Ling Ran had to follow, "Sister Guo, go upstairs and help look after the three babies. My mom might not be able to take care of them alone."
"OK."
Old Master Ling sat at the head of the bed, with a quilt stuffed behind his back, leaning sideways. When he saw his grandchildren, granddaughters-in-law, and in-laws coming, he wanted to get up from the bed.
Mother Zhou anxiously put down everything in her hands and said, "Dad Qing, can you get out of bed?"
"Yes, I've already gotten out of bed twice and moved around. I'm recovering quickly."
Erniu came over with great foresight and helped the old man up.
After exerting force, both the old man and Erniu felt a lot more relaxed. Erniu just had to hold his arm.
Ling Ran did not help, but just observed Erniu's behavior.
The old man walked a few steps and then returned to the bedside. Erniu helped him sit down and said, "See! In a few days, I will walk on my own. When I celebrate the 100th day of Sanbao, I will definitely walk there on my own."
Mother Zhou nodded repeatedly. "Not bad, it looks very strong, but the strength in the legs is a little lacking. Aren't three meals a day enough? The afternoon is a bit long, how about I bring you another meal in the afternoon?"
The old man waved his hand, "That's enough. My stomach hasn't recovered yet. Wait two days. If it's not enough, tell Ling Quan."
Zhou Xiang handed the bag in his hand to the old man, "Grandpa, drink this in water, it will help you recover faster."
Old Master Ling smiled and said, "Okay, okay, ask Erniu to make me some water to drink. I've tried this before. It makes me feel better."
"If you've finished drinking it and Ling Ran hasn't brought it over, ask Brother Erniu to get it."
"good."
The old man is in good spirits, but he lacks strength. It must be because his muscles are weak. He needs some time to recover!
After chatting for a while, the old man sent people away, "Go back and take care of the children. I have Erniu here to look after them. Erniu takes good care of them and chats with me, telling me interesting stories. He is very good. Don't worry."
"Then, we'll go back."
"Go back! Go back!"
On the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, when everyone upstairs was still busy, Aunt Wang came to report. "Oh! It's fun to come and do some work. We are the only two old people at home. You look at each other and don't even want to talk."
"Isn't Brother Wang back yet?" Zhou Xiang, who was feeding the baby, had the most free time and answered her question.
"He came back, but left again on the second day of the New Year. It would have been better if he hadn't come back. I raised this son in vain. I might as well have married him in the first place!"
Dong Yunrong laughed at her, "Can you bear to do that? Besides, you're stubborn too. You won't go live with your son, will you?"
Aunt Wang snorted lightly, "Huh! Do you think I haven't thought about it? When I went to take care of my granddaughter before, my in-laws were always fussy. They said I did something wrong here and there. Whenever I held the child, they would ask me to wash my hands.
It's normal to change into slippers when entering the house, but what about the floor? Is it normal to mop it three times a day? And you specifically mop the places I walk on. I'm surprised. I've already changed into slippers, so why are you mopping after me?
They just think I'm from a small town and my apartment building isn't as clean as theirs! I won't go there anymore. I'll die in this market town."
"Pfft, pfft, it's Chinese New Year, what are you talking about? If you don't want to go, then don't go. You can't make things too difficult for your son. You have hands and feet, you are very flexible! Why do you have to live your life according to other people's wishes?"
Dong Yunrong spitted three times and kindly comforted Aunt Wang.
Aunt Wang narrowed her eyes and smiled. "Of course, I can still make a lot of money! Who would care? I thought about it for a long time after I came back. My in-laws must have done this on purpose. They were afraid that I would dislike her daughter giving birth to a girl, so they played the villain and got rid of me. If I don't go to take care of her during the confinement period, they will definitely think that I dislike her granddaughter. Oh! Being a mother-in-law is so difficult!"
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