If I had written to him directly, wouldn't he have to stay in the Zhang family with so much money? With the money, he would have taken his younger brothers and sisters out long ago. With the money, couldn't he go out and build a house to live in?
"I've written letters to all of you, with money stuck inside. Didn't you receive it?" Zhang Hechen was surprised.
"Never received it." Zhang Hewu shook his head.
The two of them were silent for a moment. They both guessed why they didn't receive it.
Zhang Xingrong said, "It seems the money is still in the old man's hands. There's no one left in the Zhang family now. We'll go look for him later."
Uncle Si glanced at the outsiders and said quickly, "Let's eat first. We made some jelly at home. The villagers said it was Rongya who taught us how to make it. Rongya, let's see if yours tastes good!"
In fact, he didn't know that Zhang Xingrong and his siblings didn't regard Su Ying and Xu Danhua as outsiders at all. They were all capable and could speak for themselves!
The group had a hearty meal with vegetables, meat, white rice and jelly. Everyone was very full.
After eating, Zhang Hewu Rongya wanted Zhang Hechen to take Xu Danhua for a walk in the mountains. The two of them planned to go to Zhang's house to look for money. Zhang Hechen hadn't been back to the Zhang family for several years and wanted to go and see them.
Finally, Zhang Hewu and Zhang Hechen went, and Zhang Xingrong took Xu Danhua and others to the mountain to see the oranges.
Fourth Aunt went with the others: "Rongya, you don't know this, but the villagers were so happy when they saw that the fruit trees on the mountain were actually bearing fruit. The team leader quickly asked everyone to plant more fruit trees. Now that mountain is covered with fruit trees. The villagers are planning to plant fruit trees on another abandoned mountain as well!"
"Really?" Zhang Xingrong was delighted to hear the news. Her grafted fruit tree actually produced fruit. She'd wait a month and a half for the fruit to ripen before she knew if it was sweet. If it was, the fruit would generate income for Lugou Village.
After selling the fruits, everyone can share the money, and Lugou Village is no longer the poorest village, but the richest village!
"That's right!" Fourth Aunt was very happy. "The fruit is getting bigger and bigger. Now it's very big and it's just waiting to be ripe!"
I don’t know why, but when she saw such a big orange, she believed it was sweet, just like the villagers.
A few people walked through the village. It was noon and everyone was having lunch and resting at home.
"Oh, Rongya is back?" A surprised voice came from the front.
Zhang Xingrong looked up and saw Aunt Changzhu. She greeted her happily, "Yes, Aunt Changzhu!"
Although I haven't seen her for half a year, Aunt Changzhu looks much better. Probably because she hasn't been working in the fields much for half a year, she's become a little whiter and more confident.
Aunt Changzhu was very happy and went up to me and shouted, "You're finally back! We haven't seen you for a long time. I have steamed some brown sugar rice cakes at home. Come on, come to my house and have some."
In the past, her family couldn't make any rice cakes. The rice was not enough to fill their stomachs, and they had to eat rice bran mixed with corn to fill their stomachs. There were always a few days in a year when they had to eat wild vegetables and go hungry. Now it's better.
She called out again, and everyone in the other houses came out. When they saw that it was Zhang Xingrong who had returned, they were overjoyed and began to clamor for Rongya to come home for dinner.
Zhang Xingrong and the others were surrounded by so many people, and they didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "We've already eaten at home. Thank you all for your kindness. I want to take my friends to the mountains to have a look, and then we can go to everyone's house for dinner after the New Year. How about that?"
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