Chapter 298: Returning to Hometown
"Ahon! Ah Mother!"
When Zhang Ran helped his mother through the small courtyard and came to the main house, as soon as he entered the door, he bumped into an old couple with vicissitudes of face and gray hair.
The moment the two met, Zhang Li could no longer control her emotions, and she burst into tears... Then her delicate body softened, and she couldn't help but bow to the two old men, sobbing and said, "Woooo~ It's too late for an unfilial daughter to come~"
"Moth~"
Looking at the daughter of the pear blossoms, the old woman also looked excited, and she trembled with her hands, holding Zhang Li, and said with tears in her eyes: "My son! You are back, you are back!"
At the same time, a hint of excitement flashed across the eyes of the old man beside him, and his lips trembled slightly, "Not too late, just come back, just come back!"
"Woooo~" Hearing his parents' words, Zhang Li felt even more guilty. Tears in his eyes fell straight to the ground like beads with broken lines...
"Uh..." Seeing that his sister and mother hugged their heads and cried when they met, Zhang Ran's uncle couldn't help but feel a headache. He originally intended to persuade him, but because he was stabbed by Zhang Ran's mother with a needle hidden in the cotton, he felt embarrassed and did not dare to go up and cause trouble.
After hesitating for a long time, Zhang Ran's uncle saw that the mother and daughter were almost crying, so he stepped forward carefully and tried to say, "Ah Weng, mother... Today is a happy day, my sister finally brought her nephew and the others back... We should be happy, but Buxing kept crying!"
"Yes!" After the eldest son reminded him, the old woman seemed to have woken up. She quickly reached out and touched the tears at the corner of her eyes, and pulled her daughter up and said, "Moth, stop crying, get up quickly~"
"Yeah~" Zhang Li wiped his tears while waving to Zhang Ran's brother and sister: "Ran'er, Sui'er, come here quickly, come and meet your grandfather and grandmother..."
After hearing this, Zhang Ran couldn't help but look at his sister Sui'er, and then went up to worship, "Zhang Ran (Sui'er), I've seen my grandfather and grandmother~"
"Okay!" Seeing this, Zhang Ran's grandfather couldn't help but bent down, stepped forward to support Zhang Ran's brother and sister, and said with relief: "Good kid, get up quickly!"
"Thank you grandfather~" Zhang Ran stood up and said.
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The arrival of Zhang Ran and his son made his grandfather and his uncle's family very happy. Especially when he saw Xue Tong and his two cousins, they almost opened the cloth of different colors, boxes of copper coins, and wine jars from the carriage to the yard, their eyes almost widened.
However, to their disappointment, the gifts in the courtyard that looked like hills were not all given to them. In order to show fairness and justice, Zhang Ran did not give them gifts immediately. Instead, Zhang Ran’s other two uncles and an aunt in the same place also brought the whole family to Zhang Ran’s uncle’s house.
After they arrived, they selected some cloth, a few jars of wine, and a piece of money from each family, and gave them all as a gift for the meeting.
As time went by, news of Zhang Ran's family coming to Sangdongli gradually spread, and some of the Li clans who were closer to each other came to visit.
Soon, several waves of visitors came to the courtyard of Zhang Ran’s uncle’s house... On the surface, these people said that “I haven’t seen each other for a long time. I even missed Zhang Li’s daughter, the married Li girl, so I came to visit her.” In fact, the real reason was that I got news from the inner sect prison, and learned Zhang Ran’s current identity and status, and rushed to meet Zhang Ran… Therefore, basically every visitor would come to talk to Zhang Ran intentionally or unintentionally and get familiar with him…
Faced with these endless visitors, Zhang Ran faced them with a smile throughout the whole process, and was extremely generous in his actions. He would never let people return empty-handed. He gave him some souvenirs to the point of giving him a small jar of steamed wine, if he was a woman, he would give him a few feet of cloth, if he was a child, he would give him a string of copper coins, etc.
Although the value of these gifts is not too high, Zhang Ran's attitude made the guests who came to visit feel like they were bathed in spring breeze... Therefore, all the guests who talked to Zhang Ran praised Zhang Ran, so that the praises and praises in the courtyard were heard one after another, almost endlessly.
Outside the crowd, looking at Zhang Ran wearing a crown on his head, wearing a dark black suit, a ribbon on his waist, and silk shoes on his feet. Surrounded by a crowd of visitors, Zhang Ran seemed to stand out from the crowd, and the cousins showed envious eyes, wishing he could replace him with his body.
Even the cousin, aunt and others hiding behind the door secretly looked at the crowd through the gaps in the wooden door. Zhang Ran, who was tall and more extraordinary, showed a little longing on his face, and whispered a few words or laughed in a low voice from time to time, and the atmosphere was very warm.
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However, what everyone didn't know was that although Zhang Ran looked very glorious on the surface, he actually felt a little impatient in his heart, especially on his face. After smiling for a long time, he felt like he was almost cramping!
But because his mother Zhang Li was by his side, Zhang Ran couldn't say he could leave, so he could only smile and welcome the waves of visitors.
After storming for nearly an hour, Zhang Ran finally watched the last wave of guests leave the courtyard! It was not until this time that Zhang Ran had time to rub his face that was a little stiff by the cold wind, and couldn't help but smile bitterly at his mother beside him: "Mother, I didn't expect that there were so many people in my grandfather's family... Fortunately, we brought some more things when we came, otherwise it would be really not enough for them to share!"
"Haha..." The mother couldn't help but smile and said, "Actually, most of the people who came just now were just my mother's cousins, and some were even distant relatives... Ran'er, there is no need for you to give them gifts!"
"That's not possible~" While speaking, Zhang Ran stepped forward to support his mother, and whispered to her mother: "We are here this time, not for anything else, just to let my mother return to her hometown so that her relatives and friends can also see my mother's current scenery! For my mother, let alone a few pieces of cloth or a few jars of wine, even if it's a fortune of a thousand gold, my son will be willing to give up!"
"Ran'er~" Mother was slightly moved when she heard this. She couldn't help but hugging Zhang Ran's shoulder and said in tears: "My mother knows all my son's feelings! Thank you today, thank you for your hard work!"
Chapter completed!