"Eat? Where? Geng Biao's house?" Xiao Qi asked.
"They said we'd go to a restaurant to eat." An Hua said, "I've already agreed. It's tomorrow night. You should be able to come, right?"
Xiao Yu nodded, "It's possible, but I don't think it's necessary to go to a restaurant. I can just cook a few dishes at home."
An Hua said, "They are treating us, so of course they are doing the cooking. We should just come here empty-handed."
Xiao didn't say anything more.
The next day, An Hua prepared a basket of sweets and snacks and went to the restaurant with Xiao Chen without bringing the child.
They arrived at the agreed state-owned restaurant. As soon as they got off the car, an old lady with short hair came towards them with a big smile on her face.
"This is Fangfang's brother and sister-in-law, right? I'm Geng Pan, Geng Biao's sister."
Geng Pan is a sturdy man with a big frame, and his old face still looks about 50% like Geng Biao.
It is said that she is sixteen years older than Geng Biao, which means she is only in her early fifties. Logically, she shouldn't be so old.
An Hua smiled and said, "Hello, Sister Geng, my name is An Hua, I'm Fang Fang's third sister-in-law, and this is my husband Xiao Qi, Fang Fang's third brother."
"Okay, okay," Geng Pan said enthusiastically, holding An Hua's hand. "You two are obviously well-educated people, senior officials. No wonder Fang Fang is well-educated and well-mannered. It turns out that everyone in your family is so nice."
Geng Pan complimented her and pulled a girl behind him over, introducing her: "This is my youngest daughter, Chunhua, He Chunhua, she is eighteen years old today."
He Chunhua has a small nose and small eyes, and an ordinary face, but her fair skin makes her look brighter.
Geng Pan asked her to call for help. She stared at An Huan and Xiao Chen for a few seconds, smiled reservedly, and then retreated behind Geng Pan.
Geng Pan smiled at An Hua, "I'm just a country girl. I've never met you before. Please don't mind me, sister-in-law."
Who would have thought that He Chunhua, who had a noble face just now, would say, "What country girl? We are from the big city, Yun County is the country place."
Geng Pan's expression changed. He scolded He Chunhua a few times, and then said to An Hua awkwardly: "Children are ignorant..."
An Hua smiled and said, "It's okay. This is a little gift from us, I hope Sister Geng will accept it." As she said that, she handed the sweets and snacks in her hand over.
Geng Pan was flattered, "Why are you being so polite..."
Let’s start tearing it apart as usual.
Xiao Chen lost his patience and said in a deep voice, "Are Fang Fang and Geng Biao in there? Let's go in quickly."
After a lot of tug-of-war, it finally ended.
Geng Pan was even more attentive to Xiao Chen and An Hua, and even sighed to Geng Biao, "You are so lucky to have such a good wife like Fang Fang, and to have a promising uncle to take care of you."
Geng Biao smiled innocently, "I am very lucky."
An Hua asked Geng Pan, "By the way, when did you come to Yun County? Have you solved the housing problem?"
"It was the night before yesterday. Geng Biao was so thoughtful and found a place for us to stay long ago. When we arrived, we had a place to stay. Oh, that house is really nice, much bigger than our previous one." As Geng Pan said this, he smiled from ear to ear, as if he was really satisfied with Geng Biao's arrangement.
He Chunhua said coldly, "Mom, can you please stop exaggerating? We used to live in a building that was allocated by Dad's company, two rooms."
Geng Biao only found a small room for them. Isn't it obvious which one is better and which one is worse?
He Chunhua didn't finish his words, but his meaning was clear.
For a moment, Geng Biao felt a little embarrassed.
Geng Pan was repeatedly undermined by his daughter and felt a little embarrassed. He finally managed to hold back his temper.
"You kid, you don't know the house where your father works. It's cold in the winter and hot in the summer. It's like a tin stove. It can't be compared to a house."
Perhaps to stop her daughter from talking nonsense, Geng Pan changed the subject, "Chunhua's father is a good man, a truck driver for the factory. Unfortunately, he had an accident and the truck was destroyed and he died... I don't know why my life is so miserable. I married three husbands, and all three died..."
An Hua took the opportunity to ask, "Sister Geng, I heard that you were originally married to someone from a neighboring province. Why did you move to such a far place in the southwest?"
Geng Pan also wanted to talk about her own experience. After traveling for so many years and suddenly coming back, she should explain herself so that her family could accept her. She planned to live out her retirement in Yun County.
"It was all natural and man-made disasters, wars and disasters. People couldn't survive here, so they had to look for a living elsewhere. My first husband had relatives in the southwest, so he went to live with them. But he died of illness just two days after he settled there.
I couldn't survive with three children, so I had to remarry. I married a local man whose wife had died. I gave birth to two children for him. But after we got married, he was arrested again. I waited for two days but he didn't come back. I guess he was dead, so I remarried again. ”
Geng Pan was thirsty after talking for a while, so he drank some water and continued, "The third man is Chunhua's father. Chunhua's father is divorced. After I married him, I only gave birth to Chunhua. I thought life would be so easy, but who knew..."
As he spoke, Geng Pan felt really sad.
Her life is indeed hard.
"Alas, now that I am old, I have no intention of remarrying. I just want to return to my roots, to Yun County, and visit my parents' graves from time to time."
An Hua felt that Geng Pan's last words might not be true.
She never thought of coming back to visit after so many affairs, but she came back as soon as the third man died?
An Hua asked, "Sister Geng, Chunhua is now in his teens, so he should have finished high school, right?"
He Chunhua raised his chin proudly and said, "I am a high school graduate."
Xiao Qi couldn't stand it and actually showed off in front of his wife? His wife is a college graduate.
Geng Pan said, "Yes, fortunately we returned to Yun County and her uncle helped to arrange a job for her. Otherwise, if we stayed in the southwest, there would be no one to help her find a job, and she would have to go to the countryside."
After hearing this, An Hua probably understood.
Geng Pan must have been unable to make it through the southwest, so he returned to Yun County.
The husband died, leaving her without any source of income, and her daughter couldn't find a job.
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