Cousin Salted Fish Dressed as a Heroine

Chapter 74 Discord caused by a pot of chicken soup
In the half month after the engagement party, everything was calm.

If the Tang family hadn't sent someone to announce the funeral, Zhang Jiao would have almost forgotten that Tang Ao was actually a seriously ill person who only had a short time left.

The next day after receiving the news, Zhang Jiao put on plain clothes and went to Tang's house with her aunt and others.

The Tang family's house is a courtyard with three entrances.

The mourning hall is located in the main hall of the second entrance, and the two side rooms on the left and right are used as rest areas for receiving guests.

As soon as she stepped into the mourning hall, Zhang Jiao saw Tang Qiu, with red eyes and wearing white linen clothes. He stood upright and bowed to the guests who came to burn incense and worship from time to time.

Chu Yan also stood beside him with red and swollen eyes, bowing with him to thank him.

Zhang Jiao followed her aunt, took the three sticks of incense from the person beside her, held them solemnly in her hands, and bowed three times piously.

After the incense was put into the incense burner in front of the portrait, several people came to Tang Qiu and Chu Yan.

Zhang Yun said apologetically: "Xiaochan went on a business trip and couldn't be contacted for a while, so she couldn't come over to offer incense."

Tang Qiu shook his head. He could understand Chu Chan's working environment, "It's okay, Auntie. Xiaochan is doing business, and my dad won't blame her. You and your uncle go and sit over there first!"

He pointed to the wing on the left and asked people to lead Chu Ting and Zhang Yun there to rest.

Zhang Jiao fell two steps behind and stopped in front of the two of them. She reached out and patted Tang Qiu on the shoulder, "My condolences! Take care of yourself!"

She still remembered the twinkling light in Tang Qiu's eyes every time she mentioned Tang Ao when she was a child. He admired and loved his father very much.Tang Ao should be very sad now.

"I know, don't worry about me." Tang Qiu nodded.

Zhang Jiao pursed her lips, not quite believing what he said.

She looked at Chu Yan again, leaned over and hugged her, and whispered in her ear, "Take good care of yourself and take care of yourself."

Chu Yan understood what she meant and whispered, "Okay, I will definitely put my body first."

Zhang Jiao sighed, these two people were pretending, but she had no choice but to persuade them.

At the end of the funeral, both Tang Qiu and Chu Yan had lost a lot of weight, and Zhang Yun felt extremely distressed.

From time to time, he would call them back for dinner, and even ask someone to stew a pot of nourishing chicken soup for them.

Zhang Jiao can occasionally take advantage of it, like today.

And there is one more person at home today.

"Brother! When did you come back?" Zhang Jiao was very surprised to see Chu Kuo sitting in the living room watching TV. She had not seen Chu Kuo for more than a year. "How was your inspection abroad? There are new results. ?"

She jumped up and down and sat down next to Chu Kuo, constantly asking about his current situation.

Chu Kuo turned off the TV and impatiently tapped her forehead with two fingers, "Why are you still so reckless and talk so much? You haven't made any progress at all."

Zhang Jiao protected her forehead to prevent him from knocking her a second time. She pursed her lips and complained, "Some people are quite advanced. They stayed outside for more than a year and never came home. As soon as they came back, they took it out on their sister."

"When did I not go home for a year? It's obvious that some people didn't see me because they were not at home! Try to arrange people."

Okay, this is Zhang Jiao's fault. Chu Kuo returned to Hong Kong City during the Spring Festival last year, and even stayed at home for a long time, but Zhang Jiao was having fun in Collin County at that time.

Zhang Jiao felt guilty and no longer held on to this point. "Then are you done with this? Can't you get out yet?"

Chu Kuo nodded. After his trip last year, he not only broadened his horizons, but also discovered new business opportunities.

Then I came up with the idea of ​​setting up my own company overseas, and I have been struggling in the past six months.

Originally, when Chu Yan got engaged, he, as the eldest brother, should have stepped in, but there was a serious problem in the company at that time, and he couldn't get away from it at all, and he was unable to play his role as an older brother.

He was quite guilty.

It just so happened that Zhang Jiao also felt that what he did was wrong.

"Okay, then have you apologized to Yanyan and Senior Brother Tang? It's your fault this time. As the eldest brother, not only did you not attend the engagement party, you didn't even make it to Senior Uncle Tang's funeral.

Just tell me, do you feel guilty or not? "Zhang Jiao touched Chu Kuo's heart and asked him to ask himself.

Chu Kuo: "... I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I brought them an apology when I came back this time. I will definitely show my greatest sincerity to win their forgiveness."

Zhang Jiao's eyes were strange, "Why do I think you are teasing me?"

Chu Yan came down from upstairs with a smile. She had been watching the excitement for a long time, "You just realized it? Why do I think your brain is getting harder and harder recently? Could it be that you have Alzheimer's disease in advance?"

The eldest brother actually came back when she was engaged and even when Tang Qiu's father passed away, but he arrived in Hong Kong very late, had a quick meeting, and went back soon.Zhang Jiao didn't live with them, and no one thought to mention it, so she didn't know anything about it and thought Chu Kuo really never came back.

But from Chu Yan's point of view, even if her eldest brother really can't come back, she can understand the difficulty of his eldest brother's career at the beginning, and she won't blame him for this at all.

"You're so smart! I'm so smart. Where is Tang Qiu?" Zhang Jiao asked when he saw her coming down alone.

Chu Yan calmly sat down next to her, "He has something to do and won't be able to come back today!"

He also told her about the time when his eldest brother came back.

"So you guys are going to gang up on me?"

Zhang Jiao pouted unhappily, crossed her arms over her chest, and hugged herself aggrievedly, "I don't know anything about eldest brother's return, huh, I'm not happy!"

Chu Yan and Chu Kuo looked at each other and pulled her up together. Each of them carried her with one arm and dragged her to the restaurant. They pressed her down on the front seat and said, "Don't be angry. I'll give you the first bowl of chicken soup today."

"Who cares?" Zhang Jiao looked at Chu Yan and then at Chu Kuo suspiciously, "Oh, I know, you must have given it to me because you didn't want to drink today's soup!"

The expressions of Chu Yan and the two of them turned out to be uncomfortable, and neither of them dared to look at Zhang Jiao.One looked up at the ceiling, and the other looked down and counted the number of floor tiles.

Zhang Jiao shouted, she must know it!
"So why don't you drink?"

Chu Yan quietly looked into the kitchen, and then tiptoed outside the restaurant to listen to the noise. When she saw no one was there, she returned to Zhang Jiao, "Today's soup was stewed by my mother herself."

Zhang Jiao: "!"

She stood up suddenly, "What, Zhiyuan went to the martial arts gym to box today, and now it's almost time. I have to pick Zhiyuan home, so I'll leave first!"
Brother, I'll come over to see you tomorrow. I really can't make time today! "

As soon as she raised her feet, the brother and sister held one shoulder down, "Don't even think about escaping! If we die, we will all die together!"

Obviously everyone knows Zhang Yun's cooking skills, how could he easily let go of any relative who can share the burden.

Zhang Jiao made a sad face, "Auntie didn't even mention this matter when she called me!"

Chu Kuo said sharply: "If I want to mention it, can you still come?"

Zhang Jiao shook her head.

Chu Yan immediately spread her hands and said, "That's alright. Everyone knows this, and of course my mother also knows it."

Zhang Jiao held her chin with one hand, "So why is Auntie interested in making soup again today? Can any of you tell me."

"It's all my fault, brother!"

“It’s all Yanyan’s fault!”

Chu Yan and Chu Kuo denied each other and accused each other, and then they had a disagreement and quarreled.

"If you hadn't lost weight, how could mom make soup?"

"Why didn't you say that you came back suddenly and mom felt sorry for you and suffered so much outside, so she made the soup for you?"

……

The bell rang several times in the living room, but neither the quarrelsome people nor the bystanders heard it.

Zhang Jiao put her face on her hands instead and couldn't help but sigh. Whether it was because Chu Yan became thinner or because Chu Kuo returned home, it had nothing to do with her!

Why should she suffer?
Chu Kuo: "Who made you my sister?"

Chu Yan: "Who made you my sister!"

Zhang Jiao: "...Okay, I am really lucky to have a big brother and sister like you!"

"Thump thump thump—" Someone quickly ran down from upstairs.

"Ah Kuo! Ah Kuo! Where are you? Come on, take me to the hospital!" Zhang Yun shouted as she rushed downstairs.

Chu Kuo stopped making trouble and hurried out, "Mom, I'm here. What's wrong with you? Why are you going to the hospital?"

"It's your sister, Xiaochan. She was pushed down from upstairs while chasing the prisoner and was sent to the hospital. Please drive me there quickly!" Zhang Yun explained anxiously in the shortest possible words.

When Chu Kuo heard that it was so serious, he became anxious, "Okay, you wait for me, I'll drive right away!"

Chu Yan and Zhang Jiao just walked to Zhang Yun, and suddenly they looked at each other in tacit understanding. Someone drank the soup stewed by their mother/aunt!
Chu·Tou·Cicada suddenly felt cold all over: "..." Someone wants to plot against me!
(End of this chapter)