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Chapter 23: sister

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"Promoted?" Zhang Songjie saw his son's first sentence which sounded a little flat, but Zhang Feng caught the pride in his eyes, and said warmly in his heart: "How did you know? No outsider has been here yet."

"Your brother just called and said," Zhang Songjie didn't sell it. He quickly solved the mystery and said: "Your brother and your sister-in-law are back at noon. You will drive to pick up your sister and brother-in-law later, and drink at home at noon. Order a wine to celebrate, but it's a pity that Xiaosan and Wenwen are not at home, so our family finally reunited."

"Okay, I'll take you and mom home first? It's almost noon." Zhang Feng moved slightly in his heart, but on the surface he agreed, "Sister, it's best to make a phone call first, so as not to cook the meal first. "

"I've already called Fangzhuang's agency and asked the old Liu family to tell your sister. You can go directly now, over there. When you come back, your mother and I are almost ready at home. "Zhang Songjie waved his hand, and his home was only three or four miles away from the town. It would not take a few minutes to walk, not to mention all riding bicycles.

Zhang Feng said: "Then I will go to Fangzhuang, and I will go home directly later."

Driving the Mitsubishi, Zhang Feng got off the roadbed and turned to the north, ready to go to the house of Sister Fangzhuang.

Zhang Feng has five brothers and sisters. The oldest sister is married. The brother-in-law is from Fangzhuang and teaches in the village elementary school. He is a half-literate person. He has no specialties, but he is quite good. He and his sister Zhang Jing are middle school classmates. Although the days are not rich, they win in harmony. There is only one daughter under his knees, so they don’t make peace with their in-laws.

The patriarchal thinking in rural areas is still very serious. Zhang Jing is not unwilling to have a second child, but her health is a bit weak. Therefore, her husband Fang Lan insists on not allowing his wife to have a second child. Besides, given their family conditions, they have a second child. In the case of a child, not only Fang Lan’s education is not available, but he can’t even pay the fine. Family planning in rural areas is also very strict, and law enforcement is rude and brutal. Fang Lan also has a lot of concerns about not allowing his wife to have a second child. But obviously there is a contradiction with the family.

Zhang Feng’s eldest brother, Zhang Ke, was two years older than Zhang Feng, but he got married very early. He got married within a few years after graduating from junior high school. At that time, Zhang Feng was still in high school. Now Zhang Ke’s son is eight years old. Zhang Ke was not yet the legal age. After marriage, the couple went to the county town to set up a small cigarette cart to do business. Not to mention, they really let them catch up with the opportunity. After these years, they have long since been on the street. Tobacco carts have developed into a tobacco and liquor gift shop, and they are also considered to be the best in the industry in Zhou'an County.

In the past two years, Zhang Feng changed his career and drove to the secretary of the county party committee. He also took charge of the small treasury of the county leader of the Comprehensive Department. He took care of Zhang Ke’s business, which caused Zhang Ke’s business to expand extremely rapidly in the past two years. Influence has brought great convenience to Zhang Ke's business. The government procurement alone can make Zhang Ke a lot of money.

But that sudden dream made Zhang Feng extremely disgusted with his brothers and sisters. This is why when he heard his father talk about his brothers and sisters coming back to help celebrate his promotion, he involuntarily showed a look of innocence, but then he thought about his own destiny. It has changed, and the experience in the dream will not happen again, not to mention that it is in a dream after all, so I force it to endure it without objection.

In a dream, after Zhang Feng was sentenced to death, his parents rushed to ask. Not only did they spend the savings in their hands, they also sold the Zhang family’s old account. When Zhang Feng Yumei’s secret assistance was given, the sentence was changed with a suspended death sentence. Kong Lingshan had already worn down because of excessive anxiety, and soon left the world. In the process, Zhang Ke and his wife spent a total of 1,000 yuan.

During the twenty years of Zhang Feng’s imprisonment, Zhang Songjie’s life has always been very difficult, relying on serving as a doctor in other pharmacies to provide for his younger son and daughter to study. Zhang Feng’s younger brother, Zhang Yi, completed college through a work-study program, and the youngest My sister Zhang Wen, because she didn't want to see her father make a living, she dropped out of school when she was just in high school and went to work alone.

During Zhang Feng’s twenty years in prison, Zhang Songjie relied on his eldest daughter Zhang Jing and son-in-law Fang Lan to support him. Zhang Ke and his wife hardly did much. In the words of Zhang Ke’s wife Wang Hui, Zhang Songjie did not just give birth to one. Son, the elderly should have a share, not to mention the fact that the mother-in-law’s next life was the funeral of the two of them, so the father-in-law can’t be in charge of her. She is not only Zhang’s daughter-in-law, but also Wang’s daughter, over there. Parents and brothers should also be looked after.

What left Zhang Feng from this dream experience was unforgettable regret, and he also disliked his brother and sister to the extreme.

But now, that period has not happened, so it is impossible for Zhang Feng to express the emotion in his heart.

This year, his younger brother Zhang Yi and sister Zhang Wen both had graduation exams. They were both in college and in high school. Zhang Feng always felt owed to them. After all, in their dreams, both Zhang Yi and Zhang Wen’s lives were influenced by him. It can be said that He was ruined by him, but from the beginning to the end, neither Zhang Yi nor Zhang Wen had the slightest resentment towards him. This has been verified in his experience after he was released from prison.

Although reality and dreams have diverged and have taken different forks, Zhang Feng can't forget the life in the dreams.

Perhaps, my present is just a compensation for that period of life, so that all regrets will come again

Therefore, Zhang Feng's mentality has quietly changed without knowing it.

Among his relatives, in addition to his parents and younger siblings, Zhang Feng now cares most about his eldest sister and brother-in-law's family.

The distance from Luocun Town to Fangzhuang is about fifteen or six miles, but the road conditions are surprisingly poor. The bumpy roads are all dirt roads, and some places are so narrow that off-road vehicles can only barely pass, and Zhang Feng has no driving skills. Said that this car is also the standard equipment of the armed police force at this time, so it was relatively smooth to reach Fangzhuang before noon.

The car can only be parked at the entrance of the village. I don’t know what kind of concern it is. In this village ten miles away from the highway, there are several concrete roadblocks at the entrance of the village, the widest place. Just let the rack trucks in the countryside pass, don't think about motor vehicles. There is no Mitsubishi cross-country opened by Zhang Feng.

Parked the car on the roadside of the village entrance, Zhang Feng locked the car down, but from a distance he saw someone rushing towards the village in a hurry at the entrance of the village, and shouted as they ran: "I am unreasonable! "

Turning his head and glanced at the police lights on the roof of the car, Zhang Feng was a little helpless. It seemed that after he went back, he had to have someone remove the police lights on the roof and replace them with a movable one. If needed, they would then be sucked on the roof. Otherwise, , Let’s not talk about the prestige of plain fashion on the top, it is very unlucky to be called "unreasonable".

Moreover, this incident gave Zhang Feng the feeling that it was a very embarrassing thing to be a police officer. Looking at the reactions of the people, it was almost the same as the legendary bandit.