Sitting in the warm house and drinking hot rice porridge, Zuo Youcheng felt like he was dreaming.
I thought I would be someone else's slave for the rest of my life, and my daughter would never have a chance to make a name for herself.
Who knew that at this performance, I would be able to meet my son, whom I had always thought had disappeared in the Huai River, and sit in this warm house, drinking rice porridge that I hadn't had in many years.
"Xiao Heng, I'm not dreaming, am I? You are real, everything here, everything tonight is real, right!"
Zuo Heng's eyes were slightly swollen. He hugged his father's arm and patiently answered him, "Yes, it's true, Dad. Our family will be reunited soon."
Zuo Youcheng's eyes moistened. "Great! Dad is happy. He can finally live a normal life."
"Dad! Everything will be fine."
I will work hard, study hard, support my family, and earn money for Zhou Xiang. It was she who saved herself and her family.
Mother Zhou sat in the main room, and after hearing what her daughter said, she felt that human nature was truly unbearable.
Isn't controlling others to make money for him the same as the slaves and animals of the past?
"What about Zuo Heng's mother and sister?"
"Ling Ran has already called back, and someone from their team will come to interrogate and deal with it. We just need to wait.
However, I don't know if Mr. Zuo is willing to live in Huai County. Also, I bought the courtyard of the Water Conservancy Bureau using Zuo Heng's household registration book, so I think that courtyard should be for his family to live in! We can live upstairs, or I can ask Director Song for my two houses. "
"No need. We live in the building at the Water Conservancy Bureau. Just consider it my rent."
Zuo Heng supported Zuo's father and walked into the main room.
Zhou's father and mother stood up and said, "Oh! Don't you want to go to bed early?"
Zuo Youcheng said, "I can't sleep. I heard from Xiao Heng that all of us in my family were saved by Miss Zhou Xiang. I don't know how I can repay Miss Zhou Xiang's kindness."
As he said this, he was about to kneel down.
Zhou's father and mother quickly pulled him up and said, "No, the child is too young to accept such a big gift."
Zuo Youcheng was put on a stool and sat down. "But, I, I have no way to repay you!"
Zhou Xiang was shocked by his behavior. He glared at Zuo Heng, but did not stop him and just watched the show.
"Dad Zuo, you don't need to repay me. Isn't it said that a son repays his father's debts? Zuo Heng sold himself to me a long time ago. He promised to work and earn money for me for the rest of his life."
Zuo Youcheng nodded, "Okay, I'll sell him to you. You can do whatever you want with him."
"dad!"
"It's okay, Dad! I've opened my eyes this time and found a good master for you."
Zhou's father and mother both laughed. Zuo Heng's father is a good guy and easy to get along with.
"Since I'm your master, does living in my house still count as rent? Besides, you know you should have a share in that house.
Also, doesn't Zuo's mother have mobility issues? Living in a building is unreasonable."
"Then..."
Zhou Xiang waved his hand, interrupting him, "Don't refuse. Let's make this decision first. The Water Conservancy Bureau is safe. Your mother and sister will definitely not recover from the shock they suffered. They will live in the courtyard of the Water Conservancy Bureau. I will discuss other matters after I go back and take a look at the situation.
My eldest brother and mother won't go back yet, and my third brother is still living at the Water Conservancy Bureau. Once I've found a house, my eldest brother and mother will go to the county town."
Zuo Youcheng felt very embarrassed, "This has caused you a lot of trouble."
Mother Zhou waved her hands. "Let's not be polite. We've seen all that Zuo Heng has done for Zhou Hua. During that time, thanks to Zuo Heng's care, we were able to have a happy life together. So, there's no need for us to exchange thanks. We'll just be relatives from now on."
"Okay, no need to be polite, relatives, just treat each other like relatives."
Finally, he persuaded his father to go to sleep, but Zuo Heng was not sleepy at all. He thought that he could find his father and rescue his mother and sister in the future. These were what Zhou wanted to give him.
Without the financial resources, she wouldn’t have bothered to set up a table, and wouldn’t have recognized her father.
Without financial resources, even if I find my parents, I will have nowhere to stay. Should I go back to my hometown to farm?
I have been with Zhou Xiang for two years. I have seen her use money to crush others, I have seen her use money to suppress the domineering villagers around her, and I have also seen her use money to change the character of her family.
Money is not everything, but without money, nothing can be done.
When Zhou wanted to rescue me, she told me clearly that I would work for her for the rest of my life. I was willing to do so, and it is even more so now.
So, no matter what Zhou wants me to do, I have to try my best to do it.
Especially for money, which she loves the most, I must work hard and follow her instructions.
The next day, Wu Haotian and the others returned with Zhou Niao and Zhou Hua. "The boss told us what happened last night this morning. What are your plans?"
"I'm going to the county town to look for a house first. Brother Wu, come with me. You can go around and find out where there are houses available."
"Okay! I'll go with you."
"Tell my second sister and brother-in-law to live over there for the next few days and not come back. This place will be demolished soon, so ask my brother-in-law to come over and help pack up and move over."
Zhong Xiong nodded, "Okay! Let's help pack up here and move slowly."
Seeing that his sister had assigned them all tasks, Zhou Niao hurriedly asked, "What should I do?"
"Brother, pack up your paintings and toys and move them to Second Sister's room on the third floor first. Don't move the bedding on the kang first, and move it last."
"Okay! I understand."
"Third brother, stay home with Zuo Heng and see if he needs anything."
Zhou Hua nodded, "Okay!"
Zhou Xiang and Wu Haotian went to the county town together. Wu Haotian took her to Chengbeidong Lane, east of No. 1 Middle School. "There's a yard for sale here. I think it's a bit too far north. Didn't you say that the county town will develop southward in the future?"
Looking at the familiar alley, Zhou Xiang couldn't be more familiar with this place after spending sixteen years of his youth and more than five thousand days in and out of it.
"Which one?"
"Go into the second alley and turn right, it's the third house." Wu Haotian felt that Zhou Xiang suddenly became cold.
"Okay! Let's go in and take a look." Zhou Xiang raised his foot and walked inside.
Wu Haotian quickly caught up with her, "The mistress of this family wants to return to Shanghai. The husband can't bear to leave her, so he applied for unpaid leave and plans to sell the ancestral home and go to Shanghai to work hard."
Zhou Xiang nodded. Feng Kaiyi was a good man who was very obedient to his wife. Jiao Yuying, who was sent down to the farm, could be said to have fallen into a lucky zodiac by marrying him.
More than ten years later, they drove back in their car and wanted to buy back the ancestral house, but the Shi family, who had bought their family's ancestral house, was unwilling.
How can the Shi family's three sons live in one courtyard? Moreover, living close to their daughters-in-law makes it easier to manage them, and they can also monitor whether their daughters-in-law come home on time for their sons.
No matter how much money Feng Kaiyi offered, the Shi family would not sell. Even if he promised to give the Shi family two houses and add 200,000 yuan, the Shi family still refused.
One reason is that the Shi family’s house is also the ancestral home, and it has been built into a two-story building. The other reason is that there is some grudge between the two families.
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