Chapter 20 Blind date (1) ()

While driving, the driver called someone and waited for them at the east entrance of the city. Hearing his tone, the man should be his wife's brother-in-law.

After chatting a few more words along the way, the driver's impression of Zhang Can was better, because what Zhang Can said was very authentic local and the place where he said was very accurate, without any errors. It was said that he was from Zhangjiazhuang, which really didn't look like a lie.

The driver's brother-in-law is a big man of about 1.8 meters. Huaiwu's figure looks like an iron tower. When he sat in the passenger seat, the body of the car seemed to sink a little.

After leaving the city, the driver's wife and brother talked to Zhang Can a few words. Zhang Can was absent-minded and answered without saying a word. The man was no longer interested and fell asleep soon. Zhang Can stared at the car window and stared at it in a daze, and became more and more anxious.

It was still very fast on the main road of the asphalt road. The driver drove to 80 miles. After an hour, he entered the rural trail and the speed became slower. However, although the road was narrow and only more than four meters wide, it was all the same color of cement roads, which were very flat, but there were many curves, so the speed could only slow down.

Zhang Can looked at the country road that he should have been familiar with, but felt unfamiliar. When he left a few years ago, these roads were still broken, but now they are all cast in concrete. There are also homemade machines that were not seen in the fields on the roadside.

When we arrived at the entrance of the village, the road was at the end. As soon as the driver stopped the car, his wife and brother were still sleeping. Zhang Can first paid him 600 yuan and paid him, and then said "Thank you". Without much words, he got off the car and hurriedly went into the village path. His house was at the west end.

The old street in the village is still a stone road, only three meters wide. At this time, every family was basically cooking lunch, and there was a lot of smoke on the chimney on the rooftop.

Zhang Can was worried and quickened his pace to walk home. On the way, he met two villagers carrying hoes. He didn't pay attention. Instead, he called him: "Hey... isn't this the second child of Guonian?"

When Zhang Can took a look, he felt a vague impression and said casually: "Uncle Guoxing, Uncle Guocheng!"

These two people are both cousins ​​of Zhang Can's father's generation. They have not lost their blessings. In Zhangjiazhuang, 80% of the people's surname are Zhang. Zhang Can's seniority is considered low. His father Zhang Guonian has the most people in his generation, so he has to call him uncle when he meets people. When he was in elementary school and junior high school, the Zhang family in the same class had his grandfather and ancestor. At that time, he was young and did not rely on his seniority and called him the name directly. The young uncle and nephew were brothers, but he felt a little embarrassed when he grew up.

Zhang Can was worried about his mother at this time and was not in the mood to talk to these cousins ​​in the neighborhood. After shouting, he hurried home. It seemed that he could hear Zhang Guoxing vaguely say behind him: "The second son of Guonian has made a fortune in Jincheng... He is capable and has a promising..."

After Zhang Can hurriedly walked for dozens of meters, he suddenly remembered, why didn’t he ask these two cousins ​​how his mother was sick?

I turned around and saw my old house. I entered the house three times. There was a main room in the middle and a wing room on both sides. The room on the left was occupied by the eldest brother Zhang Jiye, and the room on the right was occupied by his parents and sister Zhang Hua. The main room in the middle was public. The eldest brother has been married for six years. His sister-in-law is named Zhu Hongyu, and he is also from the village. His little nephew Zhang Liang is five years old this year. The family split up in the second year of marriage.

At the door of the main hall, there was an old woman in her fifties and sixties holding a small dustpan to pick beans, and there was a little boy in her five or six years old who stretched out his hands to tug it inside.

Zhang Can's mind was almost confused. Isn't the one who was working at the door doing this job? He widened his eyes in surprise and walked up to him, and asked in a daze: "Mom..."

Liu Chunju was stunned, raised her head and looked at it, and then turned her head happily to the room and shouted: "Guanian, Jiye, Zhang Hua, come out quickly, Liangliang's second uncle is back, Liangliang's second uncle is back!"

Zhang Can stared at his mother and watched carefully. His mother shouted loudly, "I am so angry that I don't look like a seriously ill person?"

Liu Chunju turned around and taught the little boy: "Longliang, hurry up, call me Uncle Second!"

The little boy stared at Zhang Can, and screamed in a low voice: "Second Uncle!"

"Why!"

Zhang Can responded, and his mind was still on his mother. He touched a hundred yuan bill and handed it to his nephew: "Longliang, buy candy!"

Then he asked his mother: "Mom, you... have you recovered from illness?"

Liu Chunju smiled and said, "How can I get sick? These are all the tricks that your father and your brother have come up with. If you don't say that, you won't come back!"

Zhang Can immediately breathed a sigh of relief. My mother was not sick. This was fake news, which was good news. Then he became annoyed again. What excuses are hard to say, and he should use my mother's body to make a statement?

"Mom, look at dad and brother are really good. I don't talk about this, but today I almost scared my soul!"

Liu Chunju didn't care whether her son complained or not. She complained: "You are an unfilial son for several years. You said you won't come back, but you just sent money. What's the use of sending more money? Don't your parents want to see you? I see, your father and brother did the right thing!"

My mother complained, and Zhang Can was gone. She smiled embarrassedly, and then said, "Mom, even if you want to come back, you have to choose the right one. Isn't this scary?"

Looking back, he found that the hundred-dollar bill in his right hand was still in his hand. His nephew Zhang Liang did not reach out to take it and said in surprise: "Longliang, take it!"

Zhang Liang shrank his body, but still didn't reach out to pick it up, and said weakly: "I don't want it, mom won't allow me to take other people's money!"

Zhang Can snorted: "I am your second uncle. What does it mean to be someone else? Hold it, your mother won't blame you. Hold it, I won't give it to others. Liangliang be good, take it quickly!"

Because I was anxious to come back, I didn't bring anything. I haven't been home for several years and I didn't buy any gifts to my family. Zhang Can was so embarrassed. I thought my mother was fine. It was a blessing. It was a bit late today. I went to the town or county town tomorrow to withdraw some money and buy some things for my family. Anyway, I didn't have to hurry when I came back. So I stayed for a while and then went to Jincheng.

Zhang Can put the money into Liangliang's hand, and Liangliang refused to ask for it. When Zhang Can was angry, several people came out one after another, including father, brother, sister-in-law, and sister.

Zhu Hongyu called out, "Uncle is back!" Then she said to her son, "Lingliang, this is the second uncle. Just take it if you give it to me!"

Liangliang was told that his mother was willing to take the money. Zhang Jiye dragged one hand of Zhang Can, and his sister Zhang Hua held Zhang Can's other hand, and hugged him into the house with a smile.

Sitting down in the main hall, my sister-in-law Zhu Hongyu quickly made tea, and she brought it over and said with a smile: "Dad just called my uncle in the afternoon. It's only been a few hours. I got home before the weather was dark. It's so fast. I remember that Liangliang's father and I went to Jincheng to work, and the train took a day and a night!"

Zhang Can smiled and said, "I took the plane and arrived at the provincial capital in two hours. I got off the plane and took a taxi to rush back. It was only an hour and a half, and it was only more than three hours in total, which was fast enough!"

Sister Zhang Hua blinked and asked, "Second brother, what does it feel like to take a plane? Then... aren't you worried about falling from the sky?"

Zhang Jiye reached out and knocked his sister on her head, and said with annoyance: "Don't talk, curse your second brother!"

Liu Chunju came in with beans and urged Zhu Hongyu: "Hongyu, mix the glutinous rice flour, I'll cut the filling. Liangliang's second uncle is back. Our family is reunited and we can make dumplings!"

"Mom, I'll make dumplings for you!" Zhang Hua also quickly got up and went into the kitchen.

Zhang Can looked at his sister's back and smiled and said, "Dad, brother, the third sister is nineteen this year, and she has become a beautiful girl!"

Zhang Guonian sighed and said, "Son, it's a pity that your sister has good grades in school, but at that time the family had no money and could not send her out. This is my father's sorry for her. Now in the countryside, what good prospects can we have? We have little land and we don't have much income in farming. We are busy all year round and we don't have enough fertilizer money. If you are okay in Jincheng, you can take your sister to find a job, which is better than being at home!"

Zhang Can nodded indifferently and replied: "It's okay, my real sister, who cares about me, Dad, brother..." After pondering for a while, he said: "Dad, brother, you did this today so inauthentic, and I really scared me!"

"I think it's pretty good!"

Zhang Guonian replied to Zhang Can's words and laughed: "You bastard, your mother misses you in the past two years, and her hair is half white, but are you back? What a bastard, you are 25 years old this year, look, in the village, Zhang Ze from the third uncle's family gave birth to a fat son last year, Zhang Kuan from the second master's family, they all have two children, you... what about you..."

When he talked about this, Zhang Can's face turned red and he felt a little uncomfortable.

Zhang Guonian said again: "Oh, it's not your fault. Dad, my dad is not capable, my family is poor, and I can't even marry a daughter-in-law. Now this is the world, but you asked me to borrow 50,000 yuan in usury some time ago, and then paid it back a few days ago. I gave me 5,000 yuan in interest for free. Dad feels sorry for this 5,000 yuan in a year. Our family's annual income is only 8,000 or 9,000 yuan. Fortunately, you sent another 500,000 yuan back. Son, you don't know, your money scared your dad, your brother, your mom, your sister-in-law!"

Zhang Can comforted with a smile: "Dad, brother, don't worry, this is my legitimate income. I am a master of antique shop in Jincheng. I have an annual salary of one million, and I am not short of money!"

"Brother, what is called a palm?" Zhang Jiye said in surprise. He had never heard of such a name before.

Zhang Can was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Brother, this... is, it's called a manager in the company. That's what it means. In an antique shop, it's called Zhangyan, which is responsible for the identification and identification of antique jade, etc.."

Zhang Guonian also breathed a sigh of relief and nodded and said, "You are doing this legitimate job, so I feel relieved. You suddenly sent such a large sum of money. The post office staff in the town is Xiaozhu, the daughter of your third uncle's family. You sent 500,000 yuan. It's only one day. Almost everyone in the town knows that you sent 500,000 yuan and came back. They are talking everywhere. I don't know what you are doing outside. I can make money so much. Now I feel relieved!"

Zhang Jiye smiled and said, "Dad, you are not worried about anything. My brother has never been a steal since he was a child. Hehehe..."
Chapter completed!