Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space-Chapter 449 - 338: The Huang Family Members (Part 2)

"A few days before you went on your business trip, their family returned. Little brother, do you know where Zhang Guoqing works? At the military department! He’s in a higher position now. I looked for him several times and finally caught him. Do you know what he said? He said he couldn’t interfere in internal affairs of the unit. And Zhang the Second is even worse, he actually told me to quickly confess and take advantage of the opportunity."

Huang Yaoguo heard this and leaned back, stroking his chin in thought. He felt he wasn’t getting enough sleep and his mind was a bit foggy. Logically, Zhang Guoqing isn’t the type of person to outright refuse; he’d first try to find out rather than reject directly. Did last year’s incident really affect the relationship between the two families?

He glanced at his older brother and suddenly asked, "Did you do something to upset Xiao Wu again? Don’t worry about Zhang the Second for now. You’ve taken it upon yourself to arrange the courtyard for our younger sister, which certainly didn’t sit well with him. Xiao Wu wouldn’t usually fuss over trivial matters unless you’ve offended him again, in which case he’s unwilling to lend a hand."

Huang Yaozong’s eyes widened at this, and he hastened to whisper to him, "There’s one more thing I haven’t told you. Don’t get mad. It’s not that I don’t trust you, that’s why I hid it. You’re usually too busy, so I wanted to handle it myself."

Seeing his brother acting so secretively, Huang Yaoguo felt a sinking feeling in his heart—this was bad.

"Before the New Year, I noticed your niece didn’t have a job, so I reached out to a few acquaintances, hoping they’d arrange a job for the child on Zhang Guoqing’s behalf. Don’t rush to respond. I was afraid Zhang Guoqing would get angry if he found out, so I even added our younger sister’s name. After all, she’s his elder sister-in-law, and our family was just hitching a ride."

"Haha..." Huang Yaoguo laughed from anger. He really hadn’t expected that his older brother, having lived so long, would regress like this. He had frequently seen his brother before the New Year, yet he didn’t expect his brother to pull such a move in secret. If his sister-in-law found out, she would definitely cut ties between the two families. Even if Zhang Guoqing wasn’t angry, who was he trying to prevent with this action? Would Zhang Guoqing really compete with his own niece for a position?

"Haha... Am I smart or what? Unfortunately, those people didn’t give me any face. They spoke nicely but didn’t help at all. Now that Zhang Guoqing is back, I wanted to ask for his help, but who knew this would happen? Now I can only deal with my own affairs first. Little brother, you’re on good terms with him, why don’t you ask him to take a look?"

Huang Yaoguo suddenly stood up and smacked him hard several times. Looking at his brother’s surprised face, he eventually dropped his hands powerlessly.

After a long time, he let out a long breath and said, "You’ve outdone yourself, and you’re secretly pleased. No wonder Xiao Wu ignores you—using his name to do things, how could that please him? He probably hates you now, let alone help you. You’ve jeopardized our younger sister. Foolishly following your commotion without thinking. Do you think Xiao Wu will speak to her from now on?"

Seeing his brother about to speak, he shook his hand to stop him from saying anything. He didn’t want to say anything further now. Probably the whole county saw his brother as a joke.

The moment Zhang Guoqing’s family returned, his brother’s position was put on hold—how convenient for some people to take advantage of the situation and test the waters, just waiting for Zhang Guoqing’s reaction.

If Zhang Guoqing intervened, those people would pretend nothing happened, and even arrange jobs for his niece and younger sister. But how is that possible? Why would he throw away his own favors and leave a weakness for others?

Thinking of this, he massaged his temples and whispered, "There’s no hope with Xiao Wu. Ever since you used his name to do things, the relationship between our families stopped there. Don’t involve Dad in this; no amount of pleading will help. Especially concerning our younger sister, don’t bring it up, otherwise, it’ll just harm her. I’ll go find out more first, and then we’ll discuss."

Huang Yaoguo rode his bike to visit all his close friends, finally dragging his exhausted body back home. In the main room, his parents, brother, and sister-in-law all looked at him expectantly.

He glanced at his wife and noticed she was lowering her head sewing, and there was no dinner prepared on the stove—it seemed everything that needed to be known was known.

"How did it go? Did you find anyone to help?" Father Huang hurriedly asked.

Huang Yaoguo smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Let’s first replace the money. Next, it depends on how the leaders above handle it. The best outcome would be to be reassigned to another post and still have a job."

He didn’t mention the worst possible outcome. Today, from the words of several people—it was revealed that his brother had angered someone, causing a lot of dissatisfaction. Especially Secretary Li Aiguo, who had privately criticized his brother for impersonating others and going around making connections. Who knows what the outcome will be?

"There really aren’t any other ways? Second Son, shall we go find Xiao Wu? I’m so old, I’ll kneel before him; he has to show some leniency." Mrs. Huang quickly suggested.

Father Huang angrily slapped the table, roaring, "What face do you have? Do you still have the nerve to go over there? Look at the things you handle just one after another, I can’t even face our in-laws now. What relationship do Zhang Xiaowu and you have? Still using his name to do things, why don’t you use his father-in-law’s name?

Xi Zi’s school matters, you intervene; the son-in-law buys a courtyard, you meddle too. You’re all so capable—you can make decisions for the Old Zhang’s family. Still looking for Zhang Xiaowu, did he even ask you to handle his family affairs? So incapable yet meddling. Still going to find Zhang Xiaowu? Go ahead! See if he responds to you when you kneel."

After a tirade, the main room fell into silence.

After a while, Father Huang stood up, ignored his wife, and walked out the door by himself.

Huang Yaoguo quickly followed, trailing behind his father. Seeing him heading in the direction of home, he hurried to pull him back to eat dinner before leaving. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Don’t hold me back. I still need to go to Zhang Family Village. Not to mention your brother’s situation, I’m worried your younger sister’s issue is the most troublesome. She bought a courtyard but hasn’t moved in and warmed it up, isn’t this dissatisfaction with the in-laws? Which family’s daughter-in-law would secretly buy a house behind her parents-in-law’s back right after separating? It’s just that the in-laws are kind, otherwise, your younger sister could even be divorced."

After listening, Huang Yaoguo shook his head and smiled wryly. His mother came up with the idea, his brother executed it, and who could they blame but themselves? Since his father wanted to go, he could only accompany him.