Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 660 Chapter 659 Untie the knot
Before going in, Tang Zhitong thought about many things, and when he came out, he felt dizzy.

She came out dizzy, got on the car dizzy, returned to the Women's Federation dizzy, and got off the car dizzy again.

I can only say that this event has great momentum...

"Hey, Xiao Tang, you're back to life." The meeting was a success. Luo Qingquan felt relieved. After getting off the car, he waved his hand in front of Tang Zhitong and started joking.

"Xiao Tang has been laughing ever since he walked out of the meeting hall." Someone nearby said.

"Comrade Xiao Tang, come here, let's shake hands." Someone didn't joke and went straight to the point.

"I want to shake hands too. I shake hands too."

"Don't push, don't push, line up, come one by one, can Xiao Tang still run away?"

……

For a moment, the air in the Women's Federation courtyard was filled with joy.

"Okay, okay, the cafeteria has prepared lunch for everyone. You can go and eat now." At this moment, no one complained about the cold in the yard. They chatted and laughed for half an hour, and only dispersed in groups of two or three until Ye Zhijuan spoke.

Tang Zhitong didn't move. He stood in the yard, grinning and looking at his right hand with a silly smile.

"Are you so happy?" Ye Zhijuan came over with a smile on her face. Apart from Tang Zhitong, she was the one who smiled the longest today.

"Well, it still feels like a dream. I can't believe it." Tang Zhitong raised his hand to scratch his head out of habit. He raised his right hand halfway, then put it down and switched to his left hand.

"It's all true. Didn't I encourage you? Keep up the good work and contribute more to social development." Ye Zhijuan rubbed her face. She laughed too much today and her facial muscles were sore and a little stiff.

"That's a must!" Tang Zhitong assured again.

"Xiao Miao just told me that your cousin went to your house. Are you going to eat here and then go back, or are you leaving now?" As soon as Ye Zhijuan came back, Miao Xiaoqin told her about classmate Xiao Wang's phone call, but Tang Zhitong was surrounded by people at that time and couldn't tell him.

"Cousin?" Tang Zhitong was dizzy and couldn't remember where his cousin came from.

"Yes, that's what Wenwen told Xiaomiao on the phone," Ye Zhijuan confirmed.

"Oh, oh, my cousin. I'll go back now." Tang Zhitong finally realized who it was. The only children of three kinds of relatives, namely aunt, uncle and uncle, can have the word "cousin" in front of the word "brother". He has no aunt, and no brother older than him in his aunt's family. So the cousin can only be his eldest uncle's cousin.

Tang Zhitong still has an impression of this cousin. He came to his house when he was a child and took him out to play. He was a few years older than him.

Tang Zhitong rode home very quickly. Although he didn't have lunch, his daily energy intake was still good enough to support this amount of exercise.

After putting the bicycle under the gate, Tang Zhitong entered the main house, but did not see Zhang Chengping.

Tang Zhitong gave Xiao Wang a look. What does that mean?
Student Xiao Wang made a sound towards the gate, indicating that he had left.

Tang Zhitong didn't understand what happened, so he pretended that Xiao Wang had never called him and started with Feng Zhi: "Mom, why are your eyes so red? Did Feng Zhi make you angry again?"

"It wasn't me!" Feng Zhi suddenly felt like she was being blamed, and she argued angrily, "It was a brother I didn't know. After he left, my mother started crying."

"Mom, who is it?" Since Fengzhi had already pointed out the person, Tang Zhitong quickly took over the conversation.

"Your brother Xiaoping." Zhang Guifang had calmed down a lot at this time. She spoke calmly and without any emotional waves.

"Brother Xiaoping? Oh, the one from my uncle's family?" Tang Zhitong pretended to suddenly remember and asked as if he had suddenly realized something.

"Yeah." Zhang Guifang nodded.

"Well, he finally came here, why don't you invite him to have a meal?" Tang Zhitong asked.

"This child is just like your uncle. He is so stubborn and wants to leave no matter what you say." Thinking of this, Zhang Guifang got a little angry again. Her nephew refused to eat here no matter what, and he left before his daughter-in-law came back from cutting meat.

"Is there any emergency at home? How is my uncle? Is he okay?" Tang Zhitong tried to persuade Zhang Guifang.

Classmate Xiao Wang was watching her husband playing tricks on her mother-in-law and wanted to laugh, but she knew this was not an appropriate occasion, so she pulled Fengzhi over and started rubbing her sister-in-law's face.

"Oh, your brother Xiaoping said that your uncle is suffering from edema." Zhang Guifang sighed, with a look of concern on her face.

"It's not surprising. When I went to Wuhan, I had a lot of edema. I ate some beans to replenish my body, and I recovered in a week." Tang Zhitong wanted to get some useful information from his sister to see if she had brought anything for his uncle. When he turned around, he saw Fengzhi being pinched by Xiao Wang.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? You didn't bring beans for your uncle! Xiaoping is the same. He didn't even ask for money and just left with some cornmeal." Zhang Guifang was so anxious that she clapped her hands on her thighs.

Tang Zhitong opened his mouth and was about to say that he didn't know his uncle had edema, but when he saw his mother's anxious look, he swallowed the words back and said, "It's okay, Mom, don't worry, I'll run over and give some to my uncle."

"Xiaoping, that kid. I gave him money and asked him to take your uncle to the hospital, but he refused to do so. He is just as stubborn as your uncle!" Zhang Guifang was so disappointed in her that she didn't know whether she was saying this to herself or to her son.

"Yes, yes, you are stubborn." Tang Zhitong agreed, but what he was thinking in his heart was that you are stubborn enough too.

"You kid, when I talk about your uncle, what do you say? Is your uncle someone you can talk about?" Zhang Guifang was unhappy and started to find fault with her son.

"Yes, yes, you are right. I will go and apologize to my uncle later." As a son, Tang Zhitong could only coax him.

"Well... I packed some food for your brother Xiaoping." Seeing her son's appearance, Zhang Guifang felt that she had gone too far. She took a breath and said a little embarrassedly.

"Well, just pretend if you want. You are the one who makes the decision in our family." Tang Zhitong waved his hand, looking indifferent.

"Wenwen, tell your mother-in-law later that the missing grain can be taken from this side." Although she said so, Zhang Guifang felt that she still had to tell her daughter-in-law. After all, the corn in the house was shared by both families.

"Mom, didn't Anzi just say that you are the one making the decision at home? No need to talk about this." Xiao Wang then smiled, a bright smile.

"That won't work. I still have to tell you." Zhang Guifang didn't wait for her daughter-in-law to respond. She stood up and started to talk: "We don't have many soybeans at home. How many soybeans are needed to cure edema?"

Seeing his mother's worried look, Tang Zhitong went forward and pressed her down on the stool again, squatted down and said to Zhang Guifang seriously: "Mom, don't worry, I'll take care of everything. I'll find a way to get something to send to your uncle's house, okay?" "Okay." Zhang Guifang saw her son's determined eyes, as if he had a backbone, and said stubbornly: "Actually, I don't want to care about your uncle's side. I feel upset when I think about it, but Xiaoping doesn't come over easily, and I finally opened my mouth..."

"Yeah, yeah, you're right." Tang Zhitong echoed from the side. His mother was stubborn, what could a son do?
"It's so annoying. I don't have edema in the morning or in the evening. What a stubborn person!" Zhang Guifang was upset today. She complained about this and that but didn't find any fault with herself.

Student Wang knew that his mother-in-law was not a cruel person. The reason she treated his brother like that was that she was still brooding over the past and had not really let it go.

Seeing her mother-in-law's twisted expression, Xiao Wang said, "Mom, no one wants to have edema, right?"

"Well, edema is uncomfortable. If it swells three times and disappears three times, the person will be gone." Zhang Guifang followed up on what her daughter-in-law said, and then felt that it was unlucky to say so, so she said "Pooh, pooh" twice.

Seeing her mother-in-law's behavior, Xiao Wang felt more confident and advised, "Mom, Anzi and I have been married for a year and have never met my uncle. It was only today that I learned that we have such a relative. I don't know if you have any unhappiness with my uncle, but judging from your appearance today, you must be thinking about him."

"Who cares about him, you stubborn guy." Zhang Guifang muttered weakly.

Xiao Wang pretended not to hear and continued to persuade him: "Even if you don't think about your uncle or yourself, you should at least think about Anzi's future, right? If Anzi moves up, the organization will investigate the family relationship."

"Then... it's not okay to have a quarrel?" Since her son's future was at stake, Zhang Guifang listened this time.

"It's okay to bicker, but it's not okay to never have anything to do with each other again. Think about it, we all come from poor backgrounds, and all the conflicts are conflicts among the people. If you keep going like this, won't you be standing on the opposite side of the people?" Student Xiao Wang changed the concept and made up reasons to persuade them.

Xiao Wang could see that his mother-in-law had actually softened her attitude, but after so many years of estrangement, she needed a suitable reason as a stepping stone.

Tang Zhitong knew that Xiao Wang was making up stories, but he knew that in two years, a condition that was not written on paper would be added to the review: there must not be "someone who has died" in the family.

Although Tang Zhitong knew that this rule had little effect on him, his family was fat and plump, while his uncle's family was swollen from hunger, and even...

Not only is it unpleasant to talk about this kind of thing, but Zhang Guifang will probably regret it when she gets old, and by then there will be no way to remedy the situation.

Tang Zhitong is not so concerned about whether his mother forgives his uncle, but there is a prerequisite: his own mother must be at ease.

Now let’s say that my mother hates my uncle, but she still thinks about him. If she says that she doesn’t hate him, she still keeps scolding my uncle as a “stubborn guy”.

On the whole, it gives people a twisted feeling, wanting to care but still feeling a little brooding over the past.

"Mom, Wenwen is right." If he continued to be so stubborn, his mother would end up getting hurt. Tang Zhitong simply cooperated with Xiao Wang and gave his mother a way out.

"Well, then... okay." Zhang Guifang sighed and also breathed a sigh of relief.

The couple looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, let's eat. I'm starving." Tang Zhitong stood up and stretched.

Fengzhen had been standing silently by the side, and when her brother said this, she stood up and started preparing lunch.

"How was your meeting today?" Student Wang really wanted to ask her husband where he went for the meeting, but her husband did not betray her by making a phone call just now, so she naturally had to pretend that she didn't know that her husband was out attending an event while he was in the meeting.

"Very successful and smooth. Hehe, guess where we opened it?" Seeing Fengzhen go to prepare lunch, Tang Zhitong started to show off in the house, which could be regarded as entertaining his parents with colorful clothes and diverting Zhang Guifang's attention.

"I can't guess it. Which one?" Student Xiao Wang cooperated very well and joined in the joke.

"Hehe, it's that auditorium that can accommodate a lot of people." When Tang Zhitong mentioned this, the corners of his mouth almost stretched to the back of his head.

"Who received me?" Student Wang opened his eyes wide in surprise.

"Guess?" Tang Zhitong's eyes were almost narrowed into slits due to his smile.

"Could it be Him?" Student Wang pointed at the portrait on the north wall of the room.

The Tang family also hangs portraits at home. It is precisely because of the portraits that the portraits of Tang’s grandmother and Tang’s father are hung on the west side. They are only placed above the main table during festivals and sacrifices.

Tang Zhitong didn't say anything, just grinned and nodded.

"Have you shaken hands? Have you shaken hands?" Xiao Wang asked anxiously.

"Come, come, pass on some warmth. Before you go home, you've been shaken by the comrades on the editorial board." Tang Zhitong stretched out his right hand.

"We have to share in the good fortune." Xiao Wang shook her husband's hand openly, and at the same time called out to her two sisters-in-law: "Come on, your brother has made it big, come over and share in his glory."

Fengzhen usually doesn't say anything, but she was very proactive in this matter. She put down her steamed bread, bowls and chopsticks, and appeared next to Tang Zhitong in a flash, even faster than Fengzhi.

"No, that's impossible. I'm far worse than you. You shook hands with me several years ago." Tang Zhitong thought of the photos hanging in the compartment. He didn't know if there were any photos this time. He was so nervous at the time that he didn't pay attention to them at all.

"Brother, did you really shake hands with the elder who lives forever in our hearts and has been blocked by certain platforms, just like Voldemort in Harry Potter and cannot be mentioned?" Fengzhi imitated her sister-in-law and shook her brother's hand, but she didn't feel any difference from usual.

"How could I lie to you? We were standing in three rows at that time, and I was assigned to the first row. The comrades behind me envied me so much." At first, Tang Zhitong really felt that he had taken advantage of the seating arrangement.

If they were arranged according to height, I would definitely be assigned to the last row, but when arranging the seats, Luo Qingquan deliberately pulled me and left me in the first row.

No one spoke in that kind of situation. Tang Zhitong, standing in the front row, thought of the titles that Luo Qingquan listed for himself when he introduced him to the translator. Perhaps it was for this moment?
What happened next made Tang Zhitong feel that he didn't really take advantage of it, but rather that he deserved it.

"Brother, you are so awesome!" Fengzhi didn't feel there was anything different in his attack, but she could distinguish good from bad. She knew this matter was unusual and would bring honor to the family if she told others about it.

Zhang Guifang had never shaken hands formally with others since she was a child, so at this time she awkwardly pulled her son's hand.

"Thanks to our ancestors for blessing us, smoke is coming out of our ancestral graves." Zhang Guifang burst into tears again, but this time she was happy and wept for joy.

Tang Zhitong didn't know whether there was smoke coming out or not, but he didn't want to make it public, so he said, "It's enough for our family to know about this, don't tell anyone else. Even if you tell them, they won't believe you, as if you're just bragging."

(End of this chapter)