Mrs. Huang Dong laughed at her, "Silly child, how can eggs be so cheap? This is tofu, made from soybeans."
"Tomorrow, let's go to Santa Alley to eat wontons. The wontons there are also very delicious. Your aunt loves them the most. Your aunt wasn't as lucky as you. At that time, grandma was an old-fashioned person and was very strict. She wouldn't let her go out to eat."
Zhenzhen blinked and asked, "What do you mean by 'old antique'? Isn't grandma an antique now?"
Mrs. Huang slapped her thigh and said firmly, "An antique is old-fashioned. The uncle you met yesterday was an antique! Now grandma is not an antique anymore. Grandma has even been to Shanghai. 'Paris of the East' means it's similar to foreign countries. It means grandma has been abroad and seen a lot. That's quite impressive. Look at my clothes, darling. Doesn't it look good?"
Zhenzhen nodded seriously, "It looks good. Grandma is the most fashionable old lady."
"Oh," Mrs. Huang happily touched Zhenzhen's little face, "Our sweetheart has a good brain, I agree with you on this."
The two were talking at the breakfast stall when Zhen Dongshi and Zhen Shuncai came out for a walk.
Mrs. Zhen pointed at Mrs. Huang, who was sitting on the small bed with a big smile on her face, and asked, "Isn't that my fifth sister?"
Zhen Shuncai glanced in the direction she pointed and sneered, "Your eyesight is getting worse and worse, and your hair is all white. How can your fifth sister look so young? Just look at the way she's dressed, and you can tell she's a Westerner. She has nothing on your fifth sister! Let's go!"
Mrs. Zhen stood still, tilting her head to look at him for a long moment, then said, "Looks like him, really looks like him. How could there be someone so similar? I'll go over and talk to him."
"There are so many things to do!" Although Zhen Shuncai complained, he did not leave. He stood there waiting for Zhen Dongshi to come back.
"Hey, ma'am, are you having breakfast? Chef Liu's tofu pudding is incredible, isn't it delicious?" Mrs. Zhen came over hunched over and started to chat. Mrs. Huang heard her voice, looked up, and was immediately startled. "Fourth sister? How come you're so old?"
"Xiaowu? Are you Xiaowu?" Mrs. Zhen took two quick steps excitedly, approached Mrs. Huang, and held her hand. "Didn't you say you were going to Shanghai? Why are you back?" As she spoke, tears welled up in the corners of her eyes. She turned her head to look at Zhenzhen, who was sitting neatly on the crib. "Isn't this the eldest girl from Wanshu's family? She's grown up so fast? Didn't you say you gave birth to another son? I'm not letting you take care of him?"
Mrs. Huang, who had just been clapping her hands on the table and laughing with such pride and arrogance, stood up, hugged Mrs. Zhen and started crying, "Wuwuwu, Fourth Sister, my life is so miserable."
Zhenzhen was stunned by the speed at which his expression changed.
At this time, Zhen Shuncai came over and asked, "What's going on? Is it really the fifth sister?"
Mrs. Zhen put one arm around Mrs. Huang, raised the other arm, pointed at Zhenzhen, and then at Master Xiao Liu.
Zhen Shuncai touched his cheek with his tongue, paid for Huang Dongshi's breakfast, and came back to pull Zhenzhen up.
Mrs. Zhen watched him finish all this, then she felt relieved and hugged Mrs. Huang towards the house, patting her back as she walked. "Okay, it's all over. No matter how hard your life is, it's not as hard as mine."
Zhen Shuncai was about to follow them with Zhenzhen when Zhenzhen tugged at his hand. Zhen Shuncai lowered his head and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhenzhen pointed at the two dried and two fresh foods at her feet and said, "Grandma bought these, you have to take them."
Zhen Shuncai's expression improved a lot, "Hey! Little guy is more reliable than your grandma."
When I arrived at the Zhen family's house, it was deserted. The yard was not small, and I didn't see anyone all the way into the main hall. "Fourth sister, why is the house so deserted? Where are Weiwei and the others?" Not only was there no servants, but my niece Zhen Weiwei gave birth to three daughters and a son.
"She went back to her husband's home." Mrs. Zhen's face was long, as if she was telling Mrs. Huang that this matter was not simple.
Mrs. Huang Dong was also well versed in the ways of the world and immediately asked, "Didn't they say there was no house for the son-in-law? Where will he live there?"
Mrs. Zhen's voice suddenly became louder. "I don't care where they live. The Zhen family won't let them stay anyway. They're all ungrateful bastards."
As he was speaking, an old woman with half-white hair came over to greet him. "This old servant greets the Fifth Miss. You are so young."
Mrs. Huang Dong hurriedly said, "Hurry up, Xinghua, you should change the way you address us. We are all old, and it is not appropriate to call us that anymore."
Mrs. Zhen glanced at Mrs. Huang. "Didn't you say Xinghua called you that before? Were you happy? And now you're blaming her again? It's not easy for her. She's been with me all her life. I won't tolerate you bullying her." Then she waved at Xinghua. "Go make some tea! Don't stand there like an idiot. She might tell you."
After Xinghua left, Zhen Dongshi and Huang Dongshi held hands and sat on adjacent armchairs.
Zhen Shuncai also walked in with Zhenzhen by the hand and arranged Zhenzhen on the chair to the right of Huang Dongshi. "You guys chat, I'm going to go out for a walk and buy two dishes. Fifth sister, don't leave for lunch, eat at home."
"Hey! Listen to Fourth Brother-in-law." Huang Dongshi agreed straightforwardly. After Zhen Shuncai left, she asked anxiously, "We spent so much money to recruit a son-in-law, but now we let them go just like that. Whose surname will our grandson take?"
Mrs. Zhen Dong's face was covered in wrinkles. At fifty, she looked as if she had run out of energy. "Alas, in my life, I only enjoyed a few days of happiness when I was a girl at home. The rest of my life was full of suffering. The child I worked so hard to give birth to and raised despises me and her father. Her father had a serious illness a few years ago and almost died. At that time, the old doctor at Zhenhetang suggested that I go to a foreign hospital to try to remove the growth in my stomach."
"Your fourth brother-in-law and I were terrified, but since he was dying, we decided to give it a try. We sent him to Union Hospital. They said they could save him, but they'd have to open his stomach and asked for money up front. Your fourth brother-in-law and I are both indecisive. When Weiwei got married, we handed over the housekeeping to her. Shouldn't I have come back to ask her for the money? She actually said she didn't have any."
"Bang—" Mrs. Huang slammed the table fiercely, "What an ungrateful person! I've raised her in vain."
Mrs. Zhen immediately agreed, "Yes, they say daughters are outgoing, and that's true. She thinks about her in-laws all day long, using the Zhen family's money to support them. My biggest regret in this life is that I didn't have a son. If I had a son to support the family, I would never have ended up like this."
Huang Dongshi then asked, "Then how did my fourth brother-in-law get cured?"
"Don't be anxious, just listen to me slowly," Mrs. Zhen sighed uncomfortably. "Hey! I went back to the hospital and told your fourth brother-in-law about this. He was furious. After all, he's a man, much tougher than a woman like me. He came back in a car and wanted to sell the house. He said he would sell the house if I didn't give him money for treatment."
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