Yu Bowen was about to say, "So what? There are plenty of people with the surname Zhou in the world. Do you want to claim kinship with them?"
My own child started clutching his stomach and crying, "Daddy, I need to poop!"
Oh dear, if I need to pee, I'll just do it on the roadside. But if I poop on the roadside, people will laugh at me, especially since I didn't bring any toilet paper!
"You silly child, I told you not to come along, but you insisted. Now you're completely lost!"
They had been notified by the construction site in the city to settle their accounts. They had been looking forward to the day they would be paid all year round. They were overjoyed to receive eight thousand yuan in payment and were even thinking of buying their child a new outfit. They were on their way to the department store when this happened.
"Xu... Yu Bowen, stop scolding the child and hurry up and think of a solution!"
"How about we take the kids to the hotel to relieve themselves?" Zhou Xiaochuan's eyes darted around, then he spotted Zhuangzhuang standing at the hotel entrance.
Zhuangzhuang looks somewhat like him, but his face is much more amiable. If you're thick-skinned, you might be able to let them in.
At Zhou Xiaochuan's urging, Yu Bowen actually took the child to try his luck. Zhuangzhuang was kind-hearted and, considering the child's shabby clothes, allowed him to take the child in to relieve himself. He even sent someone to follow him and tell him to come out as soon as possible after he finished.
Zhou Xiaochuan stood not far from the entrance, looking around as people dressed in splendid clothes filed in.
"Damn, he's got money! That outfit must have cost at least several hundred dollars!"
"This woman must have hooked up with a rich guy, otherwise she wouldn't be wearing gold and silver. Damn it, in my next life, I want to be a woman too."
He made comments about those people, a disdainful smile on his face.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up as he was drawn to Lu Wanqing's familiar figure.
Why does this woman look so familiar?
Oh my god, it's that aunt I met when I was a child.
Back then, the school organized a work-study program, which involved digging sweet potatoes at her house. In the end, I also ate the best crab I've ever had at her house.
It's true that different people have different fates. Some people could eat big crabs more than 20 years ago, while I can only barely make ends meet now. They must be over 40 years old, but they still look like young girls, while I'm only 30, but I look like I've been through a lot.
But what is she doing here?
With his cleverness, he asked the gatekeeper and the cleaning lady next door, and found out that the person celebrating the birthday was Lu Wanqing's grandson.
The kind person who let Yu Bowen into the hotel just now was her son-in-law's younger brother.
She's so lucky!
He had heard that when Lu Wanqing returned to her hometown last time, the county and provincial leaders were alarmed and the procession was huge. Unfortunately, he had to work on the construction site and couldn't see it.
As the saying goes, "When one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven," and the people around her also prospered and lived a life of luxury.
If I had a relative like that, he could also become a celebrity and live a life of luxury!
"Young man, you don't know this, do you? I heard that Chairman Lu's son-in-law's mother is from the village where Chairman Lu was sent to the countryside. What was her name again? I heard it was Zhou Ling. It wasn't easy for her to raise her child, but in order to marry into a wealthy family, she forced her child to donate half of his liver to Chairman Lu's daughter. That's how this marriage came about..."
The cleaning lady, I don't know where she heard the gossip from, just made it up on the spot.
Zhou Xiaochuan, however, grasped the key point. His pupils dilated as he remembered his aunt who had been missing for many years. Wasn't her name Zhou Ling?
And what about the place where Lu Wanqing went to the countryside? Isn't that Shengli Brigade, now Shengli Village?
Yu Bowen returned with his child, repeatedly exclaiming:
"Xiao Chuan, you don't know, the hotel bathroom is so nice! It's bigger and cleaner than my living room at home, and there's toilet paper ready-made, and even a sink..."
This was his first time entering such a high-end place. Not to mention the magnificent decoration of the hotel lobby, even the most ordinary toilet seemed luxurious to him.
Zhou Xiaochuan had no interest in listening to him and pulled the two of them to a corner.
"Yu Bowen, let me tell you something. I just learned a shocking secret. Do you know who the main character of this banquet is?"
"That's my nephew!" he said excitedly.
Yu Bowen placed his hand on his forehead to feel it, feigning surprise: "You don't have a fever, do you?"
"If your one-year-old child is your nephew, then isn't his father your cousin?"
“That’s right!” Zhou Xiaochuan pushed his hand away and told him what he had heard.
Yu Bowen fell into a brief silence, then patted Zhou Xiaochuan on the shoulder and said meaningfully:
"Brother, if you ever become successful, don't distance yourself from me!"
Zhou Xiaochuan chuckled: "No, no."
In fact, their thoughts had already changed at that moment.
Yu Bowen was originally He Shujuan's grandson. He later learned that his mother had an affair with the former village secretary, Yu Guanghui, and that he was born.
Yu Guanghui later lost his son, took him back as his father, and changed his surname back to Yu.
The Xu family wasn't much to look after, but they provided him with enough to eat and wear. However, after returning to the Yu family, Yu Guanghui was dismissed from his position as the Party Secretary and had no ability to earn money. He lived a very poor life, guarding a large house.
At that time, Yu Bowen's only friend was Zhou Xiaochuan, with whom he had fought before.
The two spent all their time together and stopped studying properly. After graduating from junior high school, they failed to get into high school and went out to work with their families.
The two of them did all kinds of work, from bricklaying to portering... they didn't pick and choose any kind of physically demanding job that didn't require education.
Through hard work, the two built a house in the countryside and got married.
Later, Wang Guangming developed the countryside, encouraging everyone to plant medicinal herbs on the mountain and set up stalls to sell local specialties. However, they were used to working a day's work for a day's pay and gave up the employment opportunities offered by their hometown.
After several years of development, the two were still screw-driving workers on construction sites, while other villagers gradually became wealthy and became small business owners.
They deeply regret their past actions, but they can't settle down to be street vendors, so they just waste their days like this.
When Zhou Xiaochuan heard that he had such a relative, he was overjoyed. He immediately thought that once he became successful, he must sever all ties with Yu Bowen.
Just because this guy had a son, he acts all high and mighty in front of me. He even wants me to take care of him? Dream on!
He chuckled, deftly shook off Yu Bowen's hand, and walked towards the hotel entrance.
"Brother, I'm Mr. Lu's son-in-law's cousin. I'm here for my nephew's birthday banquet." He walked with a composed gait, feigning calmness.
Zhuangzhuang forced a smile and extended his hand: "Hello, please show me your invitation."
“Invitations? Why would your own relatives need invitations? I don’t see anyone else having those!” he said in a reproachful tone.
Zhuangzhuang remained calm and said, "Those VIPs are friends who often get together; they're all acquaintances, so naturally they don't need invitations. You, on the other hand, are quite unfamiliar to me!"
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