The next morning, Cui Lanzhi took half a day off and accompanied her second brother to book a hotel. After that, she called Gong Wantang at a roadside telephone booth.
"Second brother, Wan Tang answered the phone. She said yes and the whole family will come on time."
Cui Lanzhi told him as soon as she hung up the phone. Seeing his complicated expression, a mixture of happiness and guilt, she didn't know how to comfort him. She just patted his shoulder gently and changed the subject: "Are you going to see them now?"
"Let's go to the hospital first. I'll take you for a physical examination and prescription. We'll go to their place later."
Cui Zhiyuan took her matter more seriously and called out to his nephews, "Xiao Lei, Xiao Yue, let's go to the hospital together and ask the doctor to prescribe some calcium supplements for you. You are all growing up, so you need to eat nutritious food to grow taller."
Both the brother and sister are of medium height. Their living standards have been average in recent years. They both look pale and thin, and look like they are malnourished.
"Thank you, second uncle." The two children were very sensible and polite.
"Let's go."
Cui Zhiyuan put his arm around Xiaolei's shoulders and planned to take the nearby bus.
Cui Lanzhi took two steps before she remembered something. "Second brother, Wen Dong sets up a stall outside every day. He usually sets up a stall at Tongluo Street Square, not far from here. Do you want to go over and meet him first?"
Although Cui Zhiyuan hadn't been back for twenty years, he still knew the general direction of Kyoto and the place names. He nodded and said, "Okay, let's go meet him now."
Cui Wendong usually sets up his stall early. He goes to the warehouse to get goods at dawn every day and sets up the stall to sell them early. This morning, he rode a tricycle to get watermelons, apples and dried seafood. At this time, there were many women comrades in front of the stall selecting goods, and he was patiently selling and weighing them.
He bought a lot of dried seafood today, with many varieties, including dried shrimp, seaweed, kelp, cuttlefish and squid. They all looked very good, no worse than those in state-owned stores, and were affordable, without invoices. They were quite popular among the women who cooked at home.
When Cui Lanzhi and the others came over, he was busy. She asked Cui Zhiyuan and the others to wait nearby while she went over to help. "Wendong, didn't Pan'er come to help you this morning?"
"Hey, aunt, why are you here?"
Cui Wendong was squatting, and Cui Lanzhi was standing, blocking the people behind him, so he didn't see Cui Zhiyuan.
"I came here specially to find you. You go ahead and do your work first. We'll talk to you after you finish this." Cui Lanzhi stepped forward to help.
After about ten minutes of busy work, the goods in the tricycle were almost sold out. The goods sold well this morning and the profits were high. Cui Wendong was in a good mood and asked with a smile: "Auntie, have you had breakfast? If not, I'll treat you."
"We've eaten." Cui Lanzhi curled her lips slightly.
Cui Zhiyuan now came over with the younger generation. Cui Wendong also saw him. Seeing this man in a suit and tie, with a refined and shrewd temperament, who looked somewhat like him, his pupils shrank and he blurted out, "Second Uncle."
"Wendong."
When Cui Zhiyuan went abroad, there was only one nephew, Cui Wenhao, in his family. Today was the first time he met his second nephew.
Cui Wendong didn't expect to see his second uncle today. He glanced at Cui Siwei standing next to him and smiled, "Is this my cousin?"
"Yes, my son Cui Siwei."
Cui Zhiyuan introduced him to his son, "Siwei, this is my second cousin Cui Wendong, my eldest uncle's cousin."
"Hello, second cousin." Cui Siwei called out politely.
"Hello, Siwei."
Cui Wendong took a few apples from the basket on the ground and gave one to each of them. He asked, "Second Uncle, when did you come back? Did you go to see grandpa and grandma?"
"I arrived at noon the day before yesterday, but I haven't gone yet. Your grandparents sent me a letter, but it didn't include your current address. I asked a friend to find out where Lanzhi lives yesterday, and I was planning to go over there later."
Cui Wendong nodded and asked, "Second Uncle, are we going over now?"
"Let's go later. I have something to do. Let's go around ten o'clock." Cui Zhiyuan planned to go to the hospital first.
Cui Wendong didn't ask any more questions, but nodded and said, "Okay, Uncle, I'll go back after I close the stall and tell Grandpa and Grandma. We'll be waiting for you at home."
Cui Zhiyuan nodded slightly and chatted with him casually: "Does the family rely entirely on you to make a living by setting up the stall now?"
"almost."
Cui Wendong's mouth was a little stiff. He gave his family 30 yuan every month for daily expenses, and Pan'er would also give 5 yuan. As long as his grandparents didn't buy medicine and go to the hospital, it was barely enough to spend.
He knew that his grandparents and mother still had a lot of money, but they didn't use it. They probably had to wait for his brother and third uncle to come out before distributing it.
Cui Zhiyuan didn't ask anything else, just nodded slightly and said, "You go ahead and do your work. We're going to do something. See you later."
"good."
Less than ten minutes after they left, Lu Jingchuan arrived with the triplets on a tractor and stopped at the stall next to him. When the triplets saw him, they called out, "Uncle Wendong."
"You're here."
Cui Wendong's expression was a little complicated at this time. Song Tao knew his identity, but he didn't tell Lu Jingchuan and his son. He himself didn't take the initiative to bring it up. He just treated him as an ordinary stall partner during this period.
Lu Jingchuan first brought the three children down. Seeing that Song Tao and Li Chong hadn't come over, he asked them, "Why didn't Taozi and the others come today?"
"I heard that the goods arrived today. They have to unload and sort them in the morning and will come over in the afternoon."
Cui Wendong had seen the two of them when he went to the warehouse to pick up goods in the morning. Seeing the triplets helping skillfully, he hesitated for two seconds and finally walked over to Lu Jingchuan.
"What's wrong?" Lu Jingchuan felt that he had something to say.
"Um, my name is Cui Wendong."
Cui Wendong's expression was a bit conflicted. Seeing that he was staring at him without saying anything, waiting for him to continue, he could only say frankly: "I am Cui Ningyuan's son, and your wife and I are cousins by blood."
Lu Jingchuan knew that Cui Ningyuan had two sons and a daughter, but he hadn't looked into Cui's family affairs in detail and didn't know his identity before. When he saw him take the initiative to talk about it, his tone was indifferent: "What do you want to say?"
"My second uncle is back. He just came to my place and left ten minutes ago."
"We know he's back. Your aunt called home."
When Lu Jingchuan came out, he heard his mother-in-law answering the phone. It was Cui Lanzhi calling, and she knew that they had agreed to meet tonight.
Seeing that they understood, Cui Wendong didn't say anything else, "Okay, you guys get busy."
They spoke without avoiding the triplets. At this time, the three brothers all looked up at him with their necks tilted. Seeing Cui Wendong smile awkwardly, they also tacitly returned an awkward smile.
After the two parties separated, the triplets didn't ask any further questions and continued to help display the goods.
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