novelraw Chapter 219 Utterly Foolish, Doesn't Know Whether He's a Man or a Woman
Chapter 219 Utterly Foolish, Doesn't Know Whether He's a Man or a Woman
The group of people who had just gotten into bed were startled by a loud banging on the door.
"Zhang Changyao, your dad's calling your soul again. I bet your sister-in-law's family is out of money again."
Yang Wuni was feeding Xiao Wenda with a baby bottle when she heard Zhang Kaiju banging on the door and shouting. She said irritably.
"Wu Ni, there must be something urgent at your father's house, otherwise they wouldn't be coming to see us in the middle of the night. You guys go to sleep first, I'll go check on them."
Zhang Changyao put on the clothes he had half-taken off and got out of bed to open the door for Zhang Kaiju.
"My dear son, your Aunt Xiulan took all the money and clothes from the house."
"Please help me find her, I can't live without her!"
Zhang Kaiju patted his chest repeatedly, his face covered in soot, as if he had crawled into a stove pit.
"Dad, don't worry, Aunt Xiulan might have gone to visit some distant relatives."
It's too dark now, you should go home and get some sleep. I'll ask Ma Pengsheng tomorrow morning.
Zhang Changyao tugged at his sleeve to help Zhang Kaiju wipe the dust off his face.
The few tears Zhang Kaiju squeezed out mixed with ash and were smeared on his face by Zhang Changyao, turning it into a big mess.
"My dear son, I can't wait any longer. I'm so restless, I can't sleep."
Why am I so smug? Why did I go and help someone build a kang (heated brick bed) for no reason?
Zhang Kaiju squatted on the ground, leaning against the wall, sobbing, "Ugh... ugh..."
"Dad, tell me where you're going, I'll go with you. We can't be searching house to house in the middle of the night, can we?"
Having no other choice, Zhang Changyao bent down and pulled Zhang Kaiju up.
"I went to ask Ma Pengsheng, and he said that your Aunt Xiulan is no longer living with me and is going to find your father-in-law."
He also said, "If she can't find your father-in-law, she'll die out there."
Zhang Kaiju remained calm and refused to follow Zhang Changyao, instead mimicking Ma Pengsheng's words while crying.
"Dad, then go ask my father-in-law. Maybe it's just an excuse from Aunt Xiulan."
My father-in-law has a lover in Ganggang Village, but he can't accept her.
Besides, Wu Ni had also told Aunt Xiulan that my father-in-law had gone to stay at my second brother-in-law's house, not in Ganggang Village.
Zhang Changyao looked troubled, pondering how to get Zhang Kaiju to go back to sleep.
"My son, hitch up the cart now and take me to find your Aunt Xiulan."
If you're not coming with me, lend me your donkey cart, and I'll go by myself.
Zhang Kaiju stopped crying, got up, and was about to hitch up the donkey cart.
"Wu Ni, something terrible has happened! Your father-in-law is going to hitch up our donkey cart."
You should go out and stop them right away, or have Zhang Changyao go with you.
I remember you said that this old man turned our old horses into their own donkeys.
This could be another trap; we need to be careful.
Liao Zhi, who has good hearing, quickly told Yang Wuni, who was squinting and about to fall asleep.
"What the hell? Trying to take advantage of my donkey cart again? I've been spoiling him."
Yang Wuni was stunned for a moment, then sat up from under the covers and went out of the room barefoot.
"Wu Ni, the ground is so cold, what are you doing?"
Seeing Yang Wuni's long face, Zhang Changyao knew she had overheard his conversation with his father.
"Zhang Changyao, have you forgotten our old horse and foal?"
Yang Wuni placed both feet on the threshold and moved Zhang Changyao's head over to tell him.
"Wu Ni, don't step on the threshold, that's stepping on the head of the family's neck."
"Dad and I are going to check if Zhao Xiulan is at your dad's house in Ganggang Village. You guys go to sleep first, don't wait for me."
Zhang Changyao picked up Yang Wuni, carried her back to the kang (a heated brick bed) inside the house, and tucked her in under the covers.
He put on Yang Deshan's dog-skin hat, then took his own green army cap, and closed the doors inside and outside the house.
"Father, here, you can wear my hat." Zhang Changyao handed his hat to Zhang Kaiju.
The two of them didn't say a word the whole way, heading straight for Ganggang Village.
It was already past midnight when they arrived at Ganggang Village, and the light was still on in Yang Deming's house.
Zhang Changyao's heart skipped a beat. He knew that something must be wrong in Yang Deming's room, who was reluctant to turn on the light at night.
"Dad, this is your first time visiting my father-in-law's house, so you can't just mess around like this."
Zhang Changyao tied up the donkey cart, grabbed the fuming Zhang Kaiju, and whispered some instructions to him.
"Hmph! I shouldn't have been soft on him. I should have just smashed him to death with a stool."
Zhang Kaiju was blinded by anger and forgot about Tang Deming's beating of him.
"Dad, are you asleep?" Zhang Changyao gently patted the door to wake the person inside.
"Who? Is it Changyao?" Yang Deming, inside the house, thought he had misheard and asked to confirm.
"Dad, it's me. My dad came here to see if Aunt Xiulan is here."
Zhang Changyao gave Yang Deming a heads-up beforehand so that he could be mentally prepared.
"Here I am, come in!" Yang Deming put on his clothes and opened the door latch.
"Xiulan, how could you be so heartless as to leave me like this?"
When Zhang Kaiju saw Zhao Xiulan sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed), he knelt down with a thud.
The two corrugated caps shuffled forward, alternating, and cried in a mournful tone.
"Zhang Kaiju, what are you doing? The child is right here!"
"Aunt Xiulan, I'm fine. As long as you, my dad, and the rest of you are doing well, that's all that matters."
Zhang Changyao thought the child was talking about him, so he waved his hand to signal them to continue.
"Hey, hey, hey! Wedding ceremony, marriage, having a baby, and delicious food."
Wang Fengxian's silly son, with a flat-topped haircut and a chubby black head.
Two small eyes peeked out from the hole in the blanket behind Yang Deming, staring intently at Zhang Kaiju.
"Dad, why is Shadun sleeping in our house?" Zhang Changyao sat down next to Shadun and patted her head.
"I don't know what's wrong with this child, he's been clinging to me lately."
Do you think it's appropriate for her, a girl, to sleep on the same kang (heated brick bed) as me?
Yang Deming poured out his grievances to Zhang Changyao, full of complaints.
"Huh? Sha Dunzi is a woman? Isn't he Wang Fengxian's son?"
Zhang Changyao abruptly removed his hand from Shadunzi's head.
"Who says otherwise? I also thought she was a little egg."
Just as I was about to go to sleep, I saw that the blanket was covered in blood, and that's when I realized she was a woman.
That Wang Fengxian is such a stupid woman; she doesn't even know when her daughter gets her period.
"You know, I'm an old man, and I still have to wash her clothes and bedding tomorrow." Yang Deming looked at Shadunzi with a look of disgust.
"Brother Deming, what did you say? This dark, shiny thing is a woman?"
Zhao Xiulan, who had just tried to kick Zhang Kaiju away, immediately turned her head and looked at Shadunzi.
"Hmm! This child doesn't even know if she's a boy or a girl, she's completely clueless."
She spends all her time rolling in the dirt and sitting in the mud; she doesn't act like a girl at all.
This is all the karma his mother created, and it's being passed down to the younger generation. That shaman is causing trouble in the family.
If she can find a good man to manage things in the future, things might get a little better.
Yang Deming tore off a few sheets of pink toilet paper, which was about the size of a child's waist and full of wrinkles, from a bundle of paper next to him.
He cupped his hands into a fist-sized ball and handed it to the simpleton.