the longest dream

Chapter 45
The days of Chinese New Year always pass quickly amidst the hustle and bustle.

Zhang Qing accompanied her parents to visit her close relatives to pay New Year's greetings. After the worship in Bayi Village, on the fifth day of the new year, Fu Sheng, who was sober, drove a tractor and sent them back to Jiefang Village.

"Grandma Mao, happy new year!"

"Qingwazi, you're promising!"

Next door to Zhang's old house, Zhang Qing went with his parents to pay New Year's greetings to the old lady with a box of milk and a box of eight-treasure porridge.

In those years when the Zhang family was so poor that they couldn't solve the problem, this silver-haired, hot-tempered and cursing old lady was always willing to give some convenience, borrow a few dollars, or send a bowl of chicken or a bowl of noodles as long as Zhang Qing could remember.

After Grandma Mao made Zhang Guozhong and Sun Yuehe sit down, she poured some tea while giving way, and then she pulled Zhang Qing and began to chat: "Is it really hairy? Why did you make it so hard all of a sudden?"

Zhang Qing shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not counted as hair. I made so much money after writing this story. After I bought a house and lent money to my uncle's family to buy a car, I didn't have much left, but I can still make money in the future. "

Grandma Mao was upset, and said: "Cry poor with me, afraid that the old woman will borrow money from you?"

Zhang Qing said with a smile: "No matter when, if Grandma Mao spends money, I will definitely be ready. I am not in Xijiang, and my parents will also send it."

Then Grandma Mao became happy again, she patted Zhang Qing's hand and said, "Grandma Mao is very happy if you have this thought. I knew that Qingwazi is not a person who will be crazy when he gets his ambition. Twenty-eight years ago, I was in The medical center heard your second aunt talking about your family there, and I scolded that rotten tongue in front of so many people. I still kiss my second uncle and aunt, and I have been pointing at your house all these years. If it weren’t for the second elder San those two short-lived wives, how can your family be so poor?"

He stared at Zhang Guozhong and said, "Guozhong, others envy you for having a good son, but I don't. If you want me to say, the luckiest thing for you is to marry a good wife. Did He eat with you all these years?" Eat, wear or not, and ask your sister-in-law to be your mother to help you marry your two younger brothers. You are sorry for your brother, you are sorry for your daughter-in-law, and you are sorry for your baby. I will do stupid things in the future, and I will go to the village department Scolding you at the gate of the office. You don’t have the ability to play football, and you still want to be a parent for the rest of your life?”

Zhang Guozhong's face was red when he was scolded, and he was so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to sneak in, and said with difficulty: "Auntie, don't worry, I can no longer be confused."

Only then did Grandma Mao give up, and said to Sun Yuehe who was wiping away tears: "You are also a worthless person, so you just want to see how good Guozhong is?"

This is true, Zhang Qing and Zhang Lan are both like Zhang Guozhong, if Sun Yuehe was not so good looking, the Sun family would not agree to marry their daughter to such a poor man.

After both of them scolded, Grandma Mao smiled again: "Okay, now I've finally made it through. I have suffered so much before, but now I can enjoy the blessings. But Qingwazi, you still have to be frugal in your life. Only earn a little money. It’s fine to buy a house for your parents, but why buy it for your uncle? Your two uncles really have the guts to ask for it. How can there be an uncle living in a nephew’s house in this world, and it’s not like they don’t have a son.”

Zhang Qing hurriedly talked about the good things about the Sun family over the years, and Grandma Mao smiled and said, "It's true, I sell skins, my mouth is really annoying, and I have nothing to do all day long."

All three members of Zhang's family laughed, and after sitting in Mao's house for a while, when they were about to go to another house, someone unexpectedly came to the door...

"Zhang Qing, do you still recognize me?"

A girl who was so beautiful that it was hard to imagine that she could be a rural girl struggled to look at Zhang Qing and asked.

Grandma Mao recognized her and said, "Isn't this the daughter of Zhou Zhutou's family?"

Zhang Guozhong and Sun Yuehe also knew each other, and said to Zhang Qing, "Your elementary school classmate...you look so good!"

Yes, even if the clothes are shabby, the cotton jacket is torn, and the mending is not very good. The whole body of this New Year's Eve is old, but the face seems to be naturally shiny, not as white as a peasant girl.

Zhang Qing nodded and said, "Zhou Yanyan, Happy New Year."

Zhou Yanyan pursed her lips, looked at Zhang Qing and said, "I have a bad New Year, my father wants to marry me to Huozi. Do you know Huozi?"

Zhang Qing nodded in surprise, and said, "It's...that cattle dealer?"

He was also a ruthless man, born with a poorly developed mouth, and cut half of it, but he was able to fiddle with money, and he was one of the few wealthy households in the village.

Zhou Yanyan said: "Huozi's wife is dead, and she has taken a fancy to me, so give my father ten thousand yuan as a bride price."

After hearing the words, Zhang Qing was silent for a while, and said puzzledly, "Zhou Yanyan, you came looking for me for... this matter, what can I do? If you don't want to, you can call the police."

Zhou Yanyan showed a look of sadness on her extremely beautiful face, and said, "Call the police? They don't care about such things. Who doesn't know about the daughter-in-law bought by Mao Sansan? What's the use? Zhang Qing, I heard that you are capable now." Now, I can make money again, I want to go to my hometown in Kouli with you. I can’t marry Huozi as a wife, even if I die.”

Zhang Qing shook his head and said, "I can't..."

Before he finished speaking, the old lady Mao on the side had already scolded: "Qingwazi, do you still wear handles? You don't help with this kind of thing. If you earn a mountain of gold, my old lady still looks down on you!"

Zhang Qing smiled wryly, and knew that the old lady who was anxious and righteous was not just cursing.

When he was young, he saw with his own eyes that some very bad people in the village were chasing a young girl to take away after drinking.

There were many people in the village at that time, both men and women, but no one dared to stand up.

Until the old lady Mao stood up trembling with anger and asked the young girl to hide in her house, while she stood at the door of the house, crying and scolding, not only the bad guys, but also the men in the village, saying that they They're all eggless cowards, they deserve to be poor all their lives, they don't dare to show their heads about such things.

Then the roll call started, and finally the bloody men in the village were aroused, and together they arrested those unscrupulous villains.

It just so happened that the crackdown started, and none of those people survived.

Zhang Qing looked at Mrs. Mao and said, "Grandma Mao, don't worry, listen to me."

Sun Yuehe also persuaded the old lady, "Look at what Qingzi said."

Zhang Guozhong was a little worried: "Huozi is not easy to mess with, I'm afraid he will make trouble."

Sun Yuehe sneered and said, "Let him come to Bayi Village to make a fuss. I have four brothers and four nephews, and relatives are all over the village. You can't kill him!"

Right now, her eyes are on Zhou Yanyan's face, and she doesn't care about the rest.

Sun Yuehe didn't have much culture, but at this moment, she suddenly thought of an idiom: Beauty is a disaster.

This girl looks really, so demonic!

It's not an undignified demon, but a demon who likes to see no reason.

Qi Juan relied on her good-looking eyes to add points, so that people can get close and like them when they look at them.

But this week Yanyan, it doesn't make sense that everything looks good.

This girl is worthy of my son!
This is Sun Yuehe's only voice now, as for Huozi...

The Sun family can and must fight him!
"Zhang Qing, my dad got drunk and ran out through the window secretly. If you can't help me, I can only drink medicine and die on my mother's grave. I'm ready for dichlorvos..."

Zhou Yanyan stared straight at Zhang Qing, wanting an answer.

"Don't worry, it's not a big deal. This is the way of the world that talks about the king's law. How can a Huozi in a village cover the sky with one hand?"

Zhang Qing smiled and comforted in a warm voice.

Hearing this, and looking at Zhang Qing's face, Zhou Yanyan felt relieved, she shed tears, and said, "It's easy for you to say, he is so rich, and those gangsters in the village are his friends, and they drink and eat meat at his house every day." , who in the village can beat him? He collected cattle and fought with people, cut off his tendons, and came back within a few days after entering. My father wanted to lick the hook for him, so that I would rush to marry him .what can I do?"

Zhang Qing thought for a while and said, "I'll write you an address and give you some money as travel expenses. Do you dare to go to Jiangjing City alone? I will call someone. When you arrive, someone will be there Hold a sign at the station to pick you up."

"I'm not afraid of death, but afraid of leaving? As long as I have a place to go, I dare to leave!"

Zhou Yanyan said hurriedly.

Zhang Qing asked Grandma Mao to borrow her pen and letter paper, and wrote down the address of his rented house in Jiangjing City. He left the key in the bar, and then wrote down a phone number: "If the train station doesn't answer, just call this number." Contact, there will be no problem. Later you take a piece of cloth to cover your hair and leave the village with your head down. During the Chinese New Year, there is a shuttle bus from the village entrance to the city. Don’t stop after you go to the county seat, go directly to the passenger station and buy a ticket to go to the capital .When you arrive, take a taxi to the train station. When you arrive at the station, buy a ticket and call this number, tell me the arrival time, and I will arrange someone to pick you up. Do you remember?"

Zhou Yanyan couldn't speak, just kept crying and nodded.

Zhang Qing took out the wallet from his pocket, and took out a wad of money from it. There were three one-hundred-dollar bills, and there were a lot of loose notes in the rest. After handing them to Zhou Yanyan, she said: "The money is divided, don't leak money. People on the road should not talk too much. Except for public officials, don’t believe a word of other people. Men and women are the same. There are too many human trafficking. Let me tell you, you are likely to encounter kidnappers on the road. Don’t drink food and drink given by others, don’t be afraid to spend money, eat at the restaurant on the train, remember?”

Zhou Yanyan still nodded, and after Zhang Qing handed her the money and letter paper, she finally said: "There is not much I can do, after all, you still have to rely on yourself. A child from a poor family can only improve himself, go."

After Zhou Yanyan borrowed an old scarf from Mrs. Mao to wrap her face, she turned around and went out.

After she left, Zhang Qing said to the old lady Mao who was looking at him with a happy smile: "Grandma Mao, you are here again."

"What work?"

The old lady asked puzzled.

Zhang Qingdao: "You always go out with me now, and after watching Zhou Yanyan leave in the car, go to the shop next to the gate of the village meeting to promote it for me, saying that the book I wrote will be bought by Hong Kong City TV Station to make a TV series. It will be next year in Hong Kong City Returning to the country as a gift. The songs I wrote were all on the Spring Festival Gala. It said that I was interviewed by many big leaders, and my skills are beyond the sky."

Although Sun Yuehe was willing to rely on her natal family to fight fiercely with that boy, Zhang Qing felt that it was unnecessary, and he was unwilling to leave this issue to his parents, so he didn't leave now.

The Sun family really might not be able to afford a ruthless character who dares to compete with his peers to poach people's hamstrings.

But such a person is ruthless, but he is not a desperado.

His colleague is not a good guy, he fights fiercely in private, and the police station is too lazy to bite the dog, so he just needs to pay more fines.

But Zhang Qing is different, if he is moved, Huozi will definitely not come out in three or two days.

Once he enters, the ten thousand Guan family wealth will definitely not be kept.

A naughty old bastard like Huozi would not fail to think of these things.

If it was a younger one, Zhang Qing would persuade his parents to leave now.

So after Zhou Yanyan left, the Zhang family went to another neighbor's house to pay New Year's greetings with a calm expression.

Not only the old lady Mao felt that Zhang Qing was different, but even Zhang Guozhong and Sun Yuehe felt that their son was really a general, and that someone else would definitely run away now...

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(End of this chapter)