Siheyuan: I am Jia Dongxu's cousin

It was sunny on the weekend.

Zhang Weiguo planned to take advantage of the weekend to go back home to tell Lou Xiao'e about his affairs and visit his younger brother Zhang Huguo and his two younger sisters Zhang Meimei and Zhang Lili.

Zhang Weiguo first rode his bike to Dong'an Market (one of the largest department stores in the city at that time) to buy some gifts for his parents and some food for his younger brothers and sisters.

In the department store, he bought a pair of calfskin shoes for his parents for 18 yuan. He also bought a piece of cloth for his younger brother and sister, just enough to make a set of clothes. He also bought three canned food, a box of malted milk, and a pound of White Rabbit for 19 yuan. Finally, Zhang Weiguo bought a strip of Peony (one strip counts as 10 boxes) for 5 yuan, and two bottles of West Wind for 5 yuan. When he finally checked out, he spent a total of 47 yuan, which shocked the people around him.

The uncle who was checking out next to me asked, "Young man, can't you live with all these things you buy? It's enough for my monthly salary."

"Uncle, I'm going back to the village to visit my parents. I want to bring them some gifts."

"You can't spend money like that. I'm telling you..."

Zhang Weiguo didn't want to talk to him any more, so he said, "Uncle, my monthly salary is 112 yuan."

After hearing this, the old man stopped talking and just muttered, "Young people have no martial ethics."

As soon as Zhang Weiguo arrived at the village entrance with his bags, he saw the village chief and the village secretary playing chess.

There is generally not much to do in rural areas in the north during the winter.

Zhang Weiguo greeted the two men, "Uncle Chutou, Uncle Qingshu, you two are playing chess here."

Uncle Chutou responded: "This is Weiguo, come and see your parents. Look at all the bags and stuff."

"Weiguo is the only college student in our village, and he has even gone abroad. You must be envious." Uncle Qingshu said to Uncle Chutou. Although he was angry with Uncle Chutou, he also wanted to have a son like Zhang Weiguo.

Zhang Weiguo did not refute, they were all his elders, so he took out the Peony cigarettes he had bought earlier and gave each of them a cigarette.

Uncle Qingshu looked at the cigarette with a cigarette holder in front of him and said, "Hey, it's just Peony, Weiguo"

"Yes, it's Peony, Master Qingshu."

Uncle Qingshu said, "You, this box is 5 cents."

Zhang Weiguo did not refute. Who asked for the hardship in the village now? A strong laborer could earn less than 5 cents a day.

At this time, Uncle Chutou came out to smooth things over, "Uncle Qingshu, don't worry, Weiguo is not short of money."

"You are really generous, kid. Get another one for your uncle and your grandfather. Today we will have a good experience of the price of these 5 cents cigarettes."

Zhang Weiguo hurriedly handed a cigarette to each of them, and at the same time took out a lighter to light them for the two of them.

Uncle Qingshu saw the exquisite lighter in Zhang Weiguo's hand and said, "You are really rich now."

"Hehe, they are all ordinary things." Zhang Weiguo said Versailles.

Uncle Chutou listened to Zhang Weiguo's words and pretended to be angry and said, "Get out of here, kid, get out of here quickly. How dare you pretend in front of your uncle?"

"Then I'll be leaving first. Uncle Chutou, Uncle Qingshu, please come to my house for a drink later."

"Oh, Zhang Goudan's son has really made it." They both sighed at the same time.

That’s right, Zhang Goudan is Zhang Weiguo’s father.

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"Dad, Mom, I'm back." Zhang Weiguo shouted outside before he even reached the house.

At Zhang Wei's house, the youngest sister Zhang Lili was the first to recognize her brother's voice and immediately ran out, shouting into the house as she ran: "Dad, mom, big brother, come back."

Zhang Weiguo looked at his little sister who ran out first and said to him, "Lili, come and help your brother get his things."

"Brother, where is my gift?"

"It's all in here. I'll give it to you inside the house." Zhang Weiguo lifted the bag in his hand and showed it to his younger sister. At the same time, he called out to the house, "Dad, Mom..."

Father Zhang asked first: "Weiguo, how come you have time to come back today?"

"I have something to do, so I came back to see you guys."

"By the way, these are the shoes Dad bought for you and Mom. Try them on later to see if they fit." Zhang Weiguo handed the shoes in his hand to his father.

"Spending money recklessly again." Although Zhang's father said this, the smile on his face never stopped.

"Old man, Weiguo, stop standing in the yard and talking. Let Weiguo come into the house."

"Yes, yes, let's go inside and talk, Weiguo." Father Zhang patted Zhang Weiguo on the shoulder.

Inside the house, Zhang Weiguo's younger brother Zhang Huguo was doing his homework. He would take the high school entrance exam this year. The older sister Meimei secretly looked at Zhang Weiguo. This older sister and the younger sister had completely different personalities.

The older sister is shy and doesn't like to talk; the younger sister is lively and likes to run around.

"Brother," Zhang Huguo greeted Zhang Weiguo.

The eldest sister also called out timidly, "Big Brother."

Zhang Weiguo put down his things, first asked about Zhang Huguo's grades, then touched his eldest sister's head, which made both of them a little dissatisfied.

The elder sister was just shy. Zhang Huguo was simply frustrated by Zhang Weiguo. It would be so embarrassing if he couldn't get into a technical secondary school when he grew up because his brother was so capable.

Yes, it was a technical secondary school. At that time, junior high school graduates could take the entrance exam for a technical secondary school or a high school to go to university. However, Zhang Weiguo skipped a grade and went directly to university.

"Weiguo, come sit here and talk." Zhang's mother wiped the stool and continued, "Tell me what you want to eat for lunch."

"I love to eat whatever my mother cooks."

Father Zhang immediately made the decision: "Old woman, go kill the chicken at home and stew it for Weiguo at noon."

"Okay, you and your son can chat first."

"Weiguo, didn't you come home after you returned home last month? Why did you come back so soon this time?" It's no wonder that Hu Zhang's father asked this question. After all, the son of San Gouzi from the same village works as a worker in the city and only comes home once a year. His son is a bit diligent to come back once a month. Moreover, he also thinks that San Gouzi's family is an ordinary worker, and his son is a college student who has studied abroad, so he should be busier than him.

Zhang Weiguo directly told the story of himself and Lou Xiao'e: "Dad, I'm dating someone, and I want you to go and propose to her family when you are free."

"I... this..." Father Zhang was a little shocked. His son was so efficient. Not only was he an incredible student, but he was also so good at finding a partner. He had only been back home for a month and they were already talking about marriage.

"Weiguo, tell me about the girl's situation first."

Zhang Weiguo told his father about Lou Xiao'e and the Lou family.

After hearing this, Zhang's father asked worriedly, "Well, will marrying a capitalist's daughter be detrimental to your work?"

"Don't worry, your son knows what's going on."

"Okay, as long as you know what's going on. Then your parents will come and propose marriage to you."

"Thank you, Dad."

At lunch.

"Weiguo, eat the chicken leg." Zhang's mother picked up the largest chicken leg in the pot and put it into Zhang Weiguo's bowl.

The younger sister said dissatisfiedly: "Mom, you are biased. You gave the biggest chicken drumstick to the eldest brother."

How could Zhang's mother care about the little girl's resistance? "Eating meat can't stop your mouth. If your big brother doesn't come, you won't even get to eat meat."

In fact, this kind of situation is very normal in rural areas, where men are favored over women. However, Zhang Weiguo's family lived a good life because of the money given by Zhang Weiguo, so this kind of situation did not happen. However, Zhang's mother was still the best to Zhang Weiguo.

"Come, let me give you some." Zhang Weiguo picked up the chicken leg from the bowl and gave it to the younger sister, and at the same time picked up one from the pot for the older sister.

The younger sister said happily: "Hey, thank you, big brother, you are still good to me."

The eldest sister also said, "Thank you, big brother."

"Weiguo, just spoil her." Zhang's mother said helplessly.

The younger sister even made a face at Zhang's mother.

"Dad, let's have a drink." Zhang Weiguo took out the Xifeng wine he had bought earlier and poured a glass for his father.

"Okay, I'll try this West Wind wine, too."

After eating and drinking, Zhang Weiguo distributed the food he bought. Otherwise, he would be hidden by his mother after he left. At the same time, he told Zhang's mother to make clothes for the three of them when she was free.

"Dad, it's getting late. I'm leaving now. You guys go back."

Zhang's father and mother said with concern: "Weiguo, be careful on the road."

"Goodbye, brother." His younger brothers and sisters also came out to see him off.

"Go back, I'm leaving." After saying this to his parents, Zhang Weiguo rode his bicycle towards the city.

Zhang family.

Mother Zhang said to the three of them, "You guys, take out all the food your brother gave you and I will save it for you."

"My brother bought this for us, you can't do this to me." The younger sister tried to resist, but it was useless, and Zhang's mother took it away. However, she still left a few White Rabbits for each of them.