Zhang Weifang originally wanted to stay a few more days, but after a week, she began to feel bored. Looking at the busy figures of others, she felt that it was not suitable for her to stay any longer.
It happened that Lu Shi called her that day and urged her to go home, so Zhang Weifang asked Hu Zi to pick her up.
When passing by Nanshan City, Zhang Weifang also went to visit her second uncle, Zhang Jiuling, who is now over 80 years old. Although he is very old, he is still in good health and in good spirits.
However, as he grew older, his hearing gradually deteriorated and his ears began to become deaf. In order to better communicate with his family and friends, he wore hearing aids.
When Zhang Weifang saw her second uncle, he was sitting in the yard basking in the sun. When he saw his niece coming, a happy smile appeared on his face.
The two chatted about family matters. Zhang Weifang asked about his second uncle's recent life and expressed concern for his health.
Zhang Jiuling told his niece that he takes a walk every day to exercise and participates in community activities. His life is fulfilling and happy.
A few years ago, his wife died suddenly of an acute illness. Although she was a dozen years younger than him, she passed away much earlier than him.
After his wife passed away, Zhang Jiuling's life became simpler. He hired a nanny to take care of his daily life. During the day, he would stroll in the park or play chess with others, and go home to sleep at night.
Both sons wanted to take him home to take care of him, but Zhang Jiuling refused because he thought it was too troublesome.
After meeting his second uncle, Zhang Weifang truly realized that they were all old, even his second uncle had white hair.
After returning home, Zhang Weifang was sad for a while before she recovered. Seeing that she had been daydreaming all day, Lu Shi took her to the cinema to watch a movie.
The cinema was full of young people, and everyone found it novel that people as old as them came to watch a movie. However, both of them were thick-skinned and didn't care about other people's eyes at all.
The two of them sat in comfortable seats, concentrating on watching the comedy movie playing on the screen.
From time to time, bursts of happy laughter from the audience could be heard in the cinema. Zhang Weifang was amused by the plot of the movie and laughed out loud. He gradually relaxed and forgot his previous troubles.
As the story progressed, she became more and more immersed in the plot, as if she were in a happy world.
When the movie ended, Zhang Weifang's face was filled with a satisfied smile, and she had long forgotten the sadness of the passing of time.
Seeing how happy she was, Lu Shi decided to come to the movies more often in the future.
This year is September 29th, the old lady’s 90th birthday, so all the descendants, big and small, returned to her hometown to celebrate for her.
For this birthday celebration, Zhang Weibao set up several banquet tables in the yard and invited the neighbors to join in the fun.
Zhang Nailin brought back a giant nine-layer cake from Taipei City, which amazed everyone present.
Not only does this cake look stunning, but each layer has a different flavor and decoration.
Zhang Shijie brought a cameraman to record the lively scenes of the day.
They captured the moment of everyone laughing and sending their blessings, as well as the children excitedly surrounding the cake.
These precious shots recorded this special moment and witnessed the happiness and unity of this family.
This time, the whole family also took a new family portrait. In the photo, six brothers and sisters stood behind the old lady, and other descendants were on both sides. The old lady was holding her great-grandson in her arms. It was a real four-generation family living under one roof.
Moreover, this family photo is also the one with the largest and most complete members of the Zhang family.
This time, when the old lady celebrated her birthday, Zhang Weicun's family kept a low profile. The three of them came back by car. The son-in-law did not show up. It was said that he went out to do business and had no time to come back.
Everyone was immersed in the lively atmosphere, so they didn't think much about it. When they returned home, Lu Shi said to Zhang Weifang:
"Lingling's man didn't come back this time. Do you know why?"
Zhang Weifang was confused and asked casually:
"Aren't you going out of town on business? What's going on? Is there something else?"
Lu Shi looked at the innocent Zhang Weifang, sighed, and said:
"I don't think that's right. Your brother always held his head high before, but this time he's so low-key. Something must have happened. Maybe Lingling will get divorced soon."
Zhang Weifang was horrified:
"What? You can't talk about things like this. Who told you that?"
"Do I need to hear it? Word has spread throughout the compound that Lingling has been living at her parents' house for several months."
The next morning, Zhang Weifang went to Zhang Weicun's home. After asking about the truth of the matter, she found out that Zhang Lingling's husband had been away for almost a year and had no contact with his family. He was nowhere to be found, alive or dead.
Zhang Lingling was simple-minded and didn't dare to tell her family about this. In the end, it was Zhang Weicun who felt something was wrong and came to her to ask about it, and she told her family about it.
Zhang Weicun originally wanted to call the police, but Zhang Lingling's parents disagreed. Everyone is not stupid, so what is there to understand? It is obvious that the other party wants to divorce and deliberately found an excuse to hide away. How can they be missing and cannot be contacted?
It was also because Zhang Lingling was stupid. If it were any other woman, they would have fallen out long ago. Zhang Weicun was very angry. He took his daughter back directly and asked the other party to come back quickly to go through the divorce procedures and stop hiding.
Zhang Weifang was furious when he heard this. What kind of family is this? They said their house would be demolished and they moved Zhang Lingling's household registration there. But when the demolition compensation came, they wanted to go back on their word and didn't want to pay, so they came up with such a bad idea.
Zhang Weifang looked at his cowardly brother and sister-in-law and said with disdain:
"What are you two afraid of? Isn't Maotu very powerful normally? Why are you so clueless now? Just take people to his house and ask for an explanation. Our Lingling is not at fault, so what are you afraid of?"
Zhang Lingling was still at work, so Hu Zi drove Zhang Weifang and Lu Shi for a walk.
The other party was very arrogant and disliked Zhang Lingling for not having children and being unable to win over her man. Zhang Weifang called the police without saying a word. She didn't believe that this man didn't have some trouble outside, otherwise why would he hide and not come back.
After the police arrived, they quickly contacted the man. Zhang Lingling also rushed over. As soon as both parties appeared, the police began to mediate.
At this time, just talk about divorce, everything else is fake. The other party wanted Zhang Lingling to leave the house with nothing. However, under Lu Shi's insistence, Zhang Lingling got 200,000 yuan, 100,000 of which was the original betrothal gift, and 100,000 yuan in compensation.
The other party didn't want to pay, so Zhang Weifang threatened him that if he didn't pay, she would send someone to follow him every day to see what he was doing outside.
In the end, the man paid the money reluctantly, and the two of them went through the divorce procedures.
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