Green halls and tiled houses, vermilion lacquered gates, bluestone floors, and a magnificent residence.
The high roof ridges rise from both ends, as if flying, giving a feeling of a phoenix rising from the flames; on the lintel of the vermilion lacquered gate hangs a plaque engraved with the good news "Number One Scholar", which is quite imposing.
"The second brother's house is so magnificent." Mr. Zhu walked to the door of Zhu Ping'an's house, looked up for a long time, and then sighed, as if he was deeply moved. I wonder if he was thinking about the past.
Uncle Zhu Shouren had also expressed the same sentiment as Grandpa Zhu before, but today Uncle Zhu Shouren did not have such sentiment. As long as this matter was done today, he would no longer have to stand in front of the door and look up.
Crunch
Uncle Zhu Shouren straightened his clothes and reached out to push open the vermilion lacquered door.
"Hey? Grandpa and grandma, you are here?" Zhu Pingchuan's wife Juan'er was cooking medicine for Chen in the yard. When she heard the sound of the door, she looked up and was surprised to see Grandpa Zhu and his uncle Zhu Shouren coming in.
Juan'er was a little surprised. Mr. Zhu and his family had just left after the wedding banquet, so why did they come back again
"Why, we can't come?" asked the aunt in a questioning tone.
"No, how could that be." Zhu Pingchuan's wife Juan'er smiled and shook her head. In fact, she didn't like her uncle and aunt's family very much. Whenever her uncle and aunt came, they always caused some trouble, or asked to borrow money or something. They always acted in a pretentious manner, as if it was their right. Also, they borrowed money and never paid it back.
"Sister-in-law, let us help you clean up." Zhu Pingjun's wife said as she rolled up her sleeves and made a gesture as if she was ready to work.
"Oh, thank you so much. We still have to look after our family at the critical moment. But I have just packed it up. Please excuse me, brother and sister-in-law, for making an extra trip."
Zhu Pingchuan's wife Juan'er added a piece of firewood to the soup pot, raised her head, raised her eyebrows slightly, smiled and thanked. But when she talked about the family and the cleaning up, she rolled her eyes in her heart. The wedding banquet just ended. You left faster than other families. It's obvious that you deliberately avoided us. How could you help clean up? How long has it been over? I guess we have cleaned up, and you came back. I believe you, it's strange!
"Oh, that's such a pity," Zhu Pingjun's wife said with regret, as if she had missed a multi-million-dollar jackpot.
"It's a waste of trouble." Zhu Pingchuan's wife Juan'er nodded and said with a smile.
"Everything is packed. Well, since you're all here, let's talk to the second brother." Uncle Zhu Shouren nodded, and then walked towards the main room, as if he was at home, without any restraint at all.
Seeing this, Zhu Pingchuan's wife Juan'er's heart skipped a beat. She quickly added some firewood to the medicine pot, then said, "I'll go get you some tea," and stood up and walked away quickly.
Juan'er's heart skipped a beat because her uncle Zhu Shouren said he wanted to find Zhu's father. In the past, when she borrowed money or caused trouble at Zhu Ping'an's house, she would always run into a wall if Chen was there and return empty-handed. When she succeeded, she would avoid Chen and work directly on Zhu's father. Her uncle often used brotherly love or family responsibility or brought up old man Zhu to get what he wanted from Zhu's father.
Now she heard that her uncle Zhu Shouren was going to look for Zhu's father, so Juan'er thought to herself, "Brother, wait a moment."
"Dad, grandpa, grandma and uncle are here to see you."
Juan'er took two quick steps, calling out to Zhu's father loudly. After calling Zhu's father, Juan'er called out to Chen loudly. "Mom, my eldest aunt and my younger brother and sister-in-law are here."
Although Chen was in poor health, her health would be even worse if she knew that her uncle Zhu Shouren had borrowed money or something from Zhu's father.
"Ahem, no need to trouble the second family." The uncle's face turned slightly red and he coughed.
"Uncle, why are you being so polite? We are all family. Mom has been feeling unwell recently, so you and your sister-in-law could help her out." Juan'er comforted her uncle and then called out to Zhu's father and Mrs. Chen loudly twice. After that, she went to Mrs. Chen's resting room on the pretext of looking for some tea.
Uncle Zhu Shouren looked
A moment later, in the front hall of the main house, Zhu Pingchuan's wife Juan'er poured a cup of hot tea for everyone and placed it on the table. Soon Zhu's father and Chen came over.
"Juan'er, go to the warehouse and get some cloth for dad and mom. The weather is getting hot, so let dad and mom go back and make some clothes." After Chen came in, she glanced at everyone and gave Juan'er some instructions.
"Okay, Mom." Juan'er helped Chen sit on the chair and responded loudly.
"The second family doesn't need it. There are still two pieces of cloth left from the last time we gave you. That's enough." Upon hearing this, Mr. Zhu's face, which was covered with wrinkles from the years, couldn't help but smile, and he kept shaking his hands and saying no, no.
He was halfway through his words when he was pinched hard by Old Lady Zhu beside him. Being pinched suddenly, Old Man Zhu cried out in pain, which was very conspicuous.
Chen glanced at it and said nothing.
When Mr. Zhu saw this scene, he blushed a little embarrassedly as he was sitting next to Chen.
"Dad, is there anything you need today?" Father Zhu asked curiously after Grandpa Zhu finished rubbing his arm.
"Boss, you speak." Old Master Zhu looked back at his uncle Zhu Shouren and asked him to speak.
"Brother, I came here today to talk about the future of your family." Uncle Zhu Shouren stopped talking here, then picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea, looking up at Zhu's father and Chen.
It's so mysterious. It feels like the opening remarks of ancient lobbyists when they go to lobby others: The general is in imminent danger and you don't even know it. I am here to save you.
"What will my family do in the future?" Father Zhu was stunned for a moment, at this move by his uncle Zhu Shouren.
"The exams are coming up soon, brother, you should concentrate on studying and preparing for them. You don't need to worry about my family. We can't afford to be blamed if we delay your success in the exam!" Chen looked up at her uncle Zhu Shouren and said something sarcastically, without trying to hide her emotions.
Chen had always disliked her uncle Zhu Shouren. She felt uncomfortable just by looking at him. She could not help but think of the time when she borrowed money at high interest rates but used Zhu's father's name, which caused Zhu's father to almost have his legs broken by the debt collector! If she had not been concerned about Zhu's father, Chen would have definitely scolded her uncle Zhu Shouren every time she saw him!
From that time till now, he has not apologized at all, as if nothing happened. He does not care about the brotherhood at all, and always uses it to borrow money and take things from Shouyi!
This kind of person is really shameless, taking other people's tolerance as a basis for his shamelessness! (To be continued.)