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Having resolved the unpleasant situation with the Lin Family’s coercive buying and selling, Lin Zhaodi felt wonderful.
Mainly because she believed that without spending a cent, she managed to deal with that brute Lin Aiguo, a real asshole. Although her son took all the money from the house, which annoyed her greatly, her beloved son came first. Thinking deeper, since that money was ultimately for her beloved son, she felt better by letting go of her anger.
Her wildly imaginative mind now felt utterly fulfilled in life. She had driven away the most detestable person, come into a windfall, and with her son having so much money, surely he wouldn’t have a hard time. Perhaps he could even make more money and return home grandly with a daughter-in-law and a golden grandson!
The more she thought about it, the more delightful Lin Zhaodi felt. As for Zhang Zhiguo, who completely ignored her, she didn’t waste any energy trying to fathom him. After seeing her daughters leave and the onlookers disperse, Zhang Zhiguo had surprisingly even walked his old uncle’s family out. Left bored at home, feeling both proud and thrilled, she quickly stepped out the door to gossip with her neighbors.
As a result, when Zhang Zhiguo returned, he found there wasn’t a soul in the house, and not even a scrap of food was left on the cold stove!
Fortunately, there was ready-made food at the uncle’s house. Today, Lin Aiguo had come looking for trouble since ten in the morning and kept it going until nearly four in the afternoon. The Zhang Family hadn’t eaten anything all day, but thanks to Zhiming’s diligent house, in just over twenty minutes, they cooked up a pot of dough lumps. Everyone was famished and ate boisterously.
Having not experienced the care of his elders for a long time, Zhang Zhiguo felt deeply touched.
However, upon returning home and finding nobody around, he felt completely disappointed in someone, and whether she was there or not actually didn’t matter anymore!
Zhang Zhiguo also took advantage of her absence to thoroughly search the inner room and finally found the remaining money in the house—only thirty yuan!
Ah, with so little money and all the broken items in the house, who knew how much it would cost to replace everything, and with New Year’s just three months away, who knew if that money could even last until then? And yet Lin Zhaodi actually had the mood to go outside and chat?
She must be sick in the head, and severely so.
At this moment, Zhang Zhiguo truly understood that he could no longer neglect the household matters. As for where Lin Zhaodi had gone, Zhang Zhiguo said he didn’t see and didn’t care.
After thinking it over, he couldn’t simply take all the money from the house. So, he put ten yuan back in its place and tucked twenty yuan into his pocket before leaving home.
Zhang Zhiguo felt that if the money stayed at home, he would never have a say in how it’s used. Over the years, he couldn’t carry the burdens or lift a hand, and he hadn’t as much strength as Lin Zhaodi, let alone compared to Zhang Shanni. Therefore, knowing full well that an argument would erupt after Lin Zhaodi found out he took the money, Zhang Zhiguo decided it was best to avoid and talk about it later.
After some thought, he buried the money in a small hole in the family’s storeroom.
The Zhang Family’s old house had many rooms, a testament to Zhang Honghan’s backbone and hard work. It allowed Zhang Zhiguo to live comfortably for over forty years, and it was after this incident that he truly grew up mentally.
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