Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space-Chapter 442 - 334: Gaining Wisdom Through Experience

"Now I believe you guys are really doing well in Beijing! Our Old Zhang’s family really has smoke rising from our ancestors’ graves—this would have called for a huge feast in the past. Oh, dear, let’s go home first and offer incense, let the clan leader and captain uncle be pleased." Mr. Zhang said excitedly and incoherently, immediately pulling Mother Zhang to go outside.

Zhang Guoqing quickly grabbed him, "Dad, don’t get too excited! Sit down first. There are photos too, take a look at the people in the New Year paintings, we have them all. It’s nothing special."

With a "pa," Mr. Zhang slapped his eldest son’s shoulder hard, laughing, "Silly boy! What could be more special than this? Your father-in-law is practically flying. Ah, why isn’t he smiling when he’s with them? Look at him with such a stern face. I’ll have to give him a good pounding later!"

His words made everyone burst into laughter. Indeed, one of the photos showed Zhou Xiaozheng with a stern face, looking very serious.

"It seems like you all really are better off in Beijing, it’s better for Ping’an to stay in the big city in the future. Look how happy he is in this photo. Where is this place? Why does it look so beautiful inside?" Mother Zhang exclaimed repeatedly.

Zhang Guoqing sat both of them down again on the kang, introducing each photo one by one. Mr. Zhang and Mother Zhang were left agape, with many things they couldn’t quite process at once.

Seeing this, Zhang Guoqing was more determined to take his parents on a trip soon. Far places are currently not feasible, but nearby cities can still be visited.

Zhou Jiao saw her son listening to everyone talking, happily babbling along. She turned to walk outside, taking advantage of Mother Zhang being at home to hand over a few things to her.

The trip to S City, Huaihai Old came across some second-hand fur coats, at a cheap price. She bought five, which cost her quite a bit of money. To keep a low profile and not show off, she turned them all into fur-inside jackets. Sadly, her parents despised anything worn by others, but the two for her in-laws should be fine.

Mother Zhang saw Zhou Jiao carrying a pile of stuff, practically buried in it, slowly moving inside. She hurriedly stepped up to take some of it. Upon seeing that they were all clothes and sweaters, she shouted angrily, "You two spendthrifts. Can your father and I even wear these? How much did these sweaters cost? There’s a pile of yarn at home, why buy sweaters? It’s over, it’s over, a rat finally got the chance to get into the rice jar. Did you buy any for your parents? You’re foolish, what are you giving us this mound for? We deal with dirt and mud all day, how can we wear such nice clothes?"

Zhou Jiao expected her to say this and laughed, "It’s very cheap. If you don’t believe me, ask brother. Some are bought by my mom for you. We always remember your words, didn’t spend much money."

Mother Zhang glared at her, seeing she was still wearing old clothes, she couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

"Don’t buy them in the future. The clothes you mailed before the new year, your mother wasn’t willing to wear them, they’re still in the box. A couple of days ago, she went to your uncle’s house for the New Year, she wouldn’t wear them and was only persuaded by the second child to change. If she hadn’t come to the county today, she probably wouldn’t have worn them again." Mr. Zhang said with a chuckle. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Zhang Guoqing pulled out the coats from inside, said, "We bought them to wear, why not wear them? Looks a lot but didn’t cost much. Many were made by Jiao Jiao herself. My mother-in-law even suggested buying cashmere coats for mother, I reckoned she’d think they’re too youthful and wouldn’t wear them. So I stopped her.

These two coats, Dad, take a look inside, aren’t they classy? Second-hand ones. We disinfected them at the hotel after buying them, Jiao Jiao found them too flashy and altered them. They’re warm, you wear these first."

Mr. Zhang touched the fur, nodded happily. He knew well although it’s second-hand, the price couldn’t be low. This is only possible in a big city, you wouldn’t even see this in small places. Since the kids bought them for them, he gladly accepted. No one can stop his own eldest son’s filial piety.

Mother Zhang touched the things, smiling broadly, complained to Zhou Jiao about Zhang the Second secretly giving away their old clothes. Inside their jackets were all new cotton added by Zhou Jiao, very warm, she was so angry she couldn’t sleep all night.

Zhou Jiao listened to Mother Zhang rambling about household chores, realized everything was fine except for that lunatic Huang Yaozong. Then hearing Mr. Zhang adding some issues, she understood that Eldest Zhang was aware, only considering the past care from the Yue Family, he couldn’t face it. But Huang’s family had no care for Xiao Wu, why involve Xiao Wu?

Zhang Guoqing quietly listened on the side. After a while, cautiously observing his father’s expression, he began to talk about Huang Yaozong running around under his name. As expected, he saw Mr. Zhang’s face turn black with anger, while Mother Zhang shouted for old companion to go find the in-laws to reason.

He looked at his parents, both amused and helpless. The reason he told them this was worrying the Huang Family would come to seek help, and his parents not knowing the details would agree—having to step in himself again would be foolish.

"Dad, Mom, just pretend you don’t know about this, don’t go seeking reasoning. Next, you just watch the show slowly. They pestered their daughter to buy a house without consulting you. If they come looking for help in the future, you can say you don’t know anything. They really think our Zhang Family is dictated by their Huang Family." Zhang Guoqing advised gleefully.

Mr. Zhang pondered over the meaning in his eldest son’s words for a while, then nodded with a smile. Since the eldest son is back, he won’t care anymore.

The Huang Family did support the eldest, but their deeds were too inconsiderate. Xiao Wu barely managed to find good connections to get Xi Zi and his two brothers to schools in the county, yet they pushed it directly without even consulting him—that’s his grandson. If not for worrying about old companion’s anger, after so many things, he would have long kicked the eldest’s household out of the Zhang Family.

Mother Zhang furrowed her brow on the side, said, "Xiao Wu, what about your eldest brother?"

"Mom, it’s alright. There’s a lesson learned with every incident. Eldest brother caught onto the money, he isn’t foolish. This time you and Dad don’t go back and see what sister-in-law will do. Since Xi Zi and those still study locally, let her take care of them."

Anything said by the eldest son, Mother Zhang always felt was reasonable. With his words, she decided to deal with future matters later. Seeing her mood recover, Zhang Guoqing and his wife’s couple finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Zhang Guoqing, Mr. Zhang shook his head with a smile—he knew it always required Xiao Wu to console her. Now he could finally sleep peacefully.