The Chinese New Year is the festival that Zhang Wei, who grew up in a small northern county, cares most about every year. Even if he cannot buy train or plane tickets, he will definitely find ways to return to his hometown to celebrate the New Year.

No, early in the morning of New Year's Eve, he drove his small Tutu, which had been in service for nearly ten years, and drove his beloved Shirley to Shanxi, thousands of miles away.

Because the company was busy with various things, Zhang Wei didn't buy any New Year's goods. He hurried to the supermarket last night and bought two bottles of good wine and two good cigarettes. This was all his New Year's goods.

Of course, Shirley was quite dissatisfied with him for traveling without advance planning and arrangement. She kept complaining to Zhang Wei along the way, why he didn't prepare earlier, why he didn't discuss it with her, why he had to go back to celebrate the New Year...

It stands to reason that Shirley and Zhang Wei are fellow villagers. Their hometowns are only about thirty companies apart, and the distance from home to the company is shorter than Zhang Wei's. Therefore, their living habits and tastes are very similar. The only thing is that they go back to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year.

, the two are simply the opposite poles of the earth - Zhang Wei especially wants to go home to celebrate the New Year, but Shirley really hates going home to celebrate the New Year.

There are parents, relatives, and friends who grew up playing in my hometown. On New Year's Eve, I spend time with my family. After having a neat New Year's Eve dinner, I watch the Spring Festival Gala making dumplings together. This is the taste of the New Year in Zhang Wei's heart.

But Shirley is different. She hates the dry winter climate in her hometown, hates spending a lot of money on travel expenses, gifts from relatives and friends, and the seemingly endless New Year's money...

According to Shirley, instead of spending so much "unjust money" on going back to celebrate the New Year, it is better to invite the family to come to Shanghai to celebrate the New Year. In this way, while the whole family is reunited, they can also take the family to play nearby during the holiday. It is worse than spending all the money. It's much better to spend meaningless New Year's money.

However, Zhang Wei's grandma is still there. According to his father's words, "As long as your grandma is still alive, I will not go out during the New Year."

So in the past years, the two of them always quarreled over this, and Zhang Wei could compromise with Shirley on everything, but he would never let go easily when it came to returning to his hometown for the New Year. Therefore, the two of them would not get angry, and in the end they would definitely not be together.

There is a consensus on the method.

Shirley was especially angry this year. Zhang Wei didn't discuss the matter with her in advance. She thought she wouldn't go back to celebrate the New Year this year. But when she woke up early in the morning, she was dragged back to her hometown by Zhang Wei to celebrate the New Year. Do you think she could not be angry?

Zhang Wei had a very uncomfortable year this year. He drove all day and all night, and finally got home before the New Year's Eve dinner. As soon as he got home, he caught a cold and a fever and couldn't sleep. In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore and went to the county all night.

The hospital has an emergency call.

As a result, when other people set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year on New Year's Eve, he was in the hospital on an intravenous drip, with Shirley accompanying him, nagging and complaining...

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, when others wearing new clothes came to visit to pay New Year greetings, he was hanging on;

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, while others were feasting and drinking to welcome the God of Happiness, he was hanging on;

When Zhang Wei finally recovered from his cold, it was already the third day of the Lunar New Year, and there were only a few days before the end of the Spring Festival holiday. So many things that he had not done before due to illness could only be concentrated on these remaining days.

Do it in the sky...

Starting from the third day of the new year, Zhang and Shirley kept visiting relatives and attending friend gatherings. They never had lunch or dinner at home. Sometimes there was even a second and third party after dinner...

...In the past few days, Zhang Wei was drunk and dreaming every day without talking about it, and he also spent a lot of money. This is what Shirley resented the most.

It's okay to have a gathering of friends. It's all about eating, drinking, bragging, and playing cards all night at most, which is just one night. But visiting relatives... Gee, Zhang Wei was a little timid when he thought about it.

You can’t go empty-handed when visiting relatives, you should always buy some souvenirs;

When you meet someone with children at home, you should always give them lucky money...

The key is that there are many relatives in Zhang Wei's family, and there are also many relatives in Shirley's family. Every relative in the family of the two families cannot be beaten by anyone worth ten thousand or twenty thousand, and this always makes Shirley feel distressed for a long time. After all, this

It's equivalent to more than a year's worth of medicine.

If it was just that the expenses were higher, Shirley actually gritted her teeth and didn't complain too much. Everyone was happy and there were no relatives who were particularly annoying. As soon as they met, they started nagging about things they didn't want to hear, like how much do you earn in Shanghai?

Ah, why does your wife work, why don't you two have children... Zhang Wei really wants to say something to them, do you need to care about how I live my life?

Time passed very quickly, and it was the sixth day of the Lunar New Year in the blink of an eye. Zhang Wei said goodbye to his parents and younger brother, drove his little Tutu and set off back to Shanghai with Shirley and a car full of New Year's goods prepared by his parents for him.

the journey.

Zhang Wei drove the car in silence, while Shirley seemed to be in a good mood, probably because she was going back to Shanghai, and sat in the back seat eating snacks.

The car drove for more than an hour. Seeing that Zhang Wei seemed to be thinking about something, Shirley couldn't help but ask: "David, what are you thinking about?"

Zhang Wei replied casually: "I didn't think about anything."

"Are you reluctant to leave your parents?" Shirley continued to ask tentatively. There was actually no need to ask. After just a few days of gathering with your family, there must be thousands of ways to be reluctant to leave.

Zhang Wei didn't answer, just let out a long sigh.

Shirley also understood why Zhang Wei sighed and advised: "Your father is recovering well and your mother is in good health too. This is better than anything else. Don't worry too much."

Zhang Wei said: "Can you not worry? My father's illness is fine, but my mother... alas!"

Zhang Wei's hesitation made Shirley very puzzled and asked in confusion: "What's wrong with your mother? I think she's fine?"

Zhang Wei sighed again: "Forget it, it's nothing, I won't say anything anymore."

Shirley was very unhappy: "David, why are you always like this? Either you say it outright, or you don't even mention it at all!"

Zhang Wei simply stopped talking, which angered Shirley even more. She grabbed the napkin at hand and hit Zhang Wei on the head.

"Why are you so angry because you didn't see me driving?"

Zhang Wei looked at Shirley, who was groaning angrily in the rearview mirror, and yelled in dissatisfaction. As a result, he stung a hornet's nest. Shirley stared at the back of Zhang Wei's head, tears streaming down his face.

"You said I lose my temper, so you can't help but make me lose my temper? I'm your wife, not an outsider! Is it wrong for me to care about your family? You don't tell me anything, are you the only one who has your parents and younger brother?

I am your relative, am I not your relative? Woo hoo..."

Seeing Shirley crying more and more sadly, Zhang Wei felt distressed and irritated at the same time, so he said: "Dear, please stop crying. I don't want to hide it from you. I just told you that you can't help.

You are also worried about me, so I feel there is no need to tell you."

"How do you know I can't help you without telling me? You said you were afraid that I would be upset if I found out, but seeing your worried face, will I not be upset?" Shirley continued, wiping her tears.

: "You were in a bad state a few years ago. You said the work matter was over. This time you still said it was fine. You don't want me to know anything. Do you still think of me as your wife? Do you still think of me as a family member?

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Zhang Wei was speechless for a moment, and after a few seconds of silence he said: "Dear, I don't want to hide it from you, but it's useless if you know it... Forget it, since you want to know, I'll tell you..."

This incident started when Zhang Wei went to his uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. After lunch at his uncle's house that day, his uncle took Zhang Wei into the bedroom alone and talked to him about Zhang Wei's mother.

After this conversation, Zhang Wei was very worried.

Zhang Wei's uncle told him two things. The first thing was that Zhang Wei's mother had been deceived into making an equity investment product called Xiangtian in the past two years. After Zhang Wei's uncle explained it briefly, Zhang Wei understood that this

Where is equity investment? This is a pyramid scheme!

Over the past two years, Zhang Wei's mother has invested a lot of money. In addition to investing all her family's savings, she has also borrowed a lot of money from outside. As for the specific amount of money borrowed, his uncle is not sure. He guesses that there may be someone

One to two hundred thousand, maybe.

Zhang Wei was shocked and speechless at that time. No wonder the family couldn't come up with the money for his father's surgery. No wonder the family couldn't even come up with the tuition for his younger brother's schooling. Zhang Wei has never understood the reason, but now he finally understands it all.

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This incident was already a shock to Zhang Wei. However, after Zhang Wei's uncle finished talking about this incident, he then told another incident about Zhang Wei's family, and this incident shocked Zhang Wei even more.

Angry, but even more helpless.

The cause of this incident was that the old house of Zhang Wei's family was about to be demolished. If such a thing happened to other people's homes, it would be a good thing, but if it happened to Zhang Wei's family, it became a troublesome thing. For this reason, Zhang Wei's mother suffered a lot.

Less sin.

This old house can be regarded as a "historical legacy" of Zhang Wei's family. When Zhang Wei was a child, his family was considered a wealthy family in the local area. In addition to this old courtyard in the center of the town, his family also had two or three buildings. Later,

Zhang Wei's parents lost a lot of money in business. Except for this old yard, all other properties were sold to pay off their debts. Zhang Wei's parents still rent a house to this day.

At that time, because he had some money, Zhang Wei's father did not want his family to live a miserable life in the village, so he brought Zhang Wei's grandfather, grandmother and two uncles to the town, and the whole family

People were all placed in this old courtyard with three upper and three lower floors.

A few years later, Zhang Wei's two uncles grew up, married and had children. Zhang Wei's grandfather and grandmother moved out of the yard and left the entire yard to Zhang Wei's two uncles, and the second uncle lived in three rooms.

The third uncle's family lived in the upper room and the three lower rooms for more than 20 years.

Now the sons of the two uncles have married and have children, and four families are now living in the old courtyard. During normal times, the second uncle Zhang Wei and the third uncle get along quite well, but when they heard that it was going to be demolished

, this contradiction will never end.

First, Zhang Wei's second uncle's family wanted to occupy the entire yard, so they started a quarrel with Zhang Wei's third uncle's family. Because the property rights of the yard belonged to Zhang Wei's mother, Zhang Wei's third uncle asked Zhang Wei's mother for comment.

As a result, after Zhang Wei's mother went there, before she could say a word of justice, Zhang Wei's second aunt pointed her nose and scolded her. The words were so unpleasant that it was hard to hear. The main idea was that when you were rich, our family

I flatter you and listen to your words. Now that you are so poor and have nothing, how can you be the one to take care of our family's affairs...

Zhang Wei's mother was immediately furious when she heard this. After a few arguments, Zhang Wei's unreasonable second aunt pulled her hair and beat her. Finally, she vomited blood and fainted. After that, Zhang Wei's mother stayed in the hospital for a month.
Chapter completed!