"We're not going. Your great-grandmother and third great-grandmother are both in the capital. We're not going back."
"Then let's go back and burn paper money for our maternal grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-grandmother."
Zhang Hongmei nodded. "When have you decided to go?"
"My older brother said he would leave on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, burn paper money, and then come back."
"Okay, you can arrange it yourselves."
“Chongyu, Yuhui, their godfather, and their second uncle all went back together.”
Zhang Zhenye and his three brothers all returned home in the evening, and the house finally became lively.
On the 29th, Zhenye and his seven brothers, along with all their brothers in the capital, had dinner at a hotel.
On the 30th, the whole family gathered together, and no one was so inconsiderate as to disturb them at this time.
At four o'clock in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the seven brothers set off and returned to Liujiatun.
Liu Aimin had already arranged for someone to buy paper money for burning.
When the group of eleven disembarked from the plane, Liu Yuqiang came to greet them.
The bodyguards unloaded the gifts Zhang Hongmei had prepared from the plane. These were welfare items for the elderly and children in the village, and they were given out every year.
The eleven of them, carrying paper money and prepared offerings, first went to burn paper money for the old lady and Liu Changhe and his wife. Afterwards, the seven brothers went to kowtow and burn paper money for Zhang Aiguo and his wife.
Liu Yuqiang invited them to stay for dinner, but they declined, as he had many things to do at home.
The whole village came to see them off at the airport. The young women all had smiles on their faces. How could they not have feelings for such an outstanding man?
After the plane took off, the villagers went back to their respective homes and headed to the brigade headquarters, where the welfare distribution was about to begin.
"This year, each household will still receive a bonus of 20 jin of pork. If any household wants to sell pork, please register in a moment."
Everyone was even happier now. Those who worked outside knew how capable Zhang Hongmei was. She was so successful, yet she didn't forget her fellow villagers. How could they not be grateful?
The eleven people on the plane were discussing what they saw below from above.
It's the 1990s now, and the national per capita income has reached 1,500 yuan per person. It's not uncommon to have 10,000 yuan in income, and some wealthy families in the village are driving cars.
Everything is moving in a positive direction.
When they returned in the afternoon, Zhenye and the other three, along with Xiao Wu and the others, went to the cemetery again to burn paper money for Zhou Shixiong.
Xiao Wu and his two brothers had never met Zhou Shixiong before, so their relationship wasn't very close. However, through their brothers' accounts, they knew that he was family.
Zhou Shixiong is not alive now, otherwise he would be so moved. It's impossible to say that he had no ulterior motives in his kindness to Zhenye and the others, but in the end he truly received their complete sincerity.
He also earned the love and remembrance of Zhenye and his colleagues.
In the second year of junior high school, all the relatives and friends who had visited came over.
Zhao Qingyu proudly announced that he also had a wife and was getting married soon.
Xiao Qi found his appearance truly offensive. "Brother Xiao Yu, you're older than my older brother and the others. My nephew can already run around. What's there to be so smug about?"
"Hehe, Xiao Qi, you don't know this, do you? How can I compare to you guys? Just by standing there, you girls would all lose their hearts."
I'm not good-looking, I'll be content if I can find a wife.
Everyone burst into laughter after hearing Zhao Qingyu's words.
They didn't stay home for lunch either; the courtyard was too small and there were too many people. In the end, they all went to their own restaurant for lunch, except for Zhang Hongmei, Zhang Shouyi, and the two elderly people who stayed home. Let the children play to their hearts' content.
Because Zhang Zhenye and his friends never drink outside, but today was a special case, as their wives were with them, so each of them only had one drink. However, Zhao Qingyu and the other nine started a drinking contest.
Today is the second day of the Lunar New Year. There weren't many people eating at the restaurant, but there were some too. It's just that there was a small problem.
Yang Lijun rolled her eyes at the two girls who came in, thinking to herself, "They really have no shame."
These two girls knew Kong Xiaodong and knew they were having a gathering here, so they shamelessly followed him in.
Zhang Ruifeng has a very direct temper; his expression immediately darkened when he saw the woman behind Kong Xiaodong.
When the two girls saw Zhenye and his three brothers, their eyes widened. They introduced themselves in a sweet, coquettish voice, but their eyes never left Zhenye and his brothers.
Zhang Ruifeng jumped to his feet. "Get out."
Zhang Zhenye glanced at him, and then Zhang Ruifeng sat down.
Kong Xiaodong's face was extremely ugly. This was his mother's niece; she was truly disgusting.
"Alright, you two get out of here right now."
"Cousin, it's lively here, shall we stay?"
"No, there won't be a next time. Get out."
Looking at her cousin's gloomy expression, Kong's cousin said, "Cousin, how could you do this? I'm going back to my aunt."
"Get out! Don't ever show your face in front of me again!" Kong Xiaodong was furious. All the brothers present were looking at him, making him feel utterly ashamed.
Kong's cousin glanced at Zhenye with tears in her eyes, an expression that disgusted Yang Lijun.
However, she was an easygoing person. Even though she was upset, she felt better when she saw that her husband wasn't even looking at them, and she stopped paying attention to the two girls.
In the end, Kong Xiaodong pushed them out. Then, dejected, they went back into the private room.
All the brothers knew that Kong Xiaodong's mother had some problems, but this was a sad thing for him, so no one said anything, and the atmosphere returned to its previous liveliness. However, given the earlier incident, no one continued drinking.
On the way home, Zhang Zhenye held Yang Lijun's hand and said, "Wife, don't worry, no other woman can catch my eye."
Yang Lijun chuckled and said, "Yes, I believe you."
The same conversation took place in the other three cars.
Kong Xiaodong drove home, slamming the car door shut with a loud bang. He saw his mother sitting in the living room, along with two other women who had embarrassed him. He was absolutely furious.
"Xiao Dong, you're back?" Kong's mother asked her son with a smile. This niece was really silly; she had no sense at all.
Kong Xiaodong didn't answer his mother's question. "Don't let any shady people come to our house in the future. We can't afford to lose face like that." He then turned and left.
Kong's mother was filled with resentment. Her husband didn't care about her and never came back. If things continued like this, she guessed her son would never come back either.
He looked at his niece and grandniece with a gloomy expression. "You two leave, and don't come here again."
"aunt?"
"Second Aunt?"
"Go back, and don't come here again. Blame yourselves." Mother Kong waved her hand.
"Auntie, we didn't do anything wrong. We just greeted my cousin's friend. What did we do wrong?"
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