Rebirth and making money first

Chapter 128 Zhang Zhi Returns

Zhang Jing looked at the cute little baby in front of her with curiosity, and asked softly: "Baby, do you think the baby in your aunt's belly is a brother or a sister?" The little baby blinked his big watery eyes and blurted out without thinking: "A brother and a sister." This ambiguous answer made Zhang Jing stunned for a moment. She didn't understand what the little guy meant at all.

So, Zhang Jing touched her chubby face again and said softly, "Xuan'er, let me tell you something. I have two babies in my belly. Think about it carefully. Are they two brothers or two sisters?"

The little girl tilted her head, thought for a moment, and then answered seriously, "Two younger brothers and sisters."

Hearing this answer, Zhang Jing was completely depressed and couldn't help asking, "Is it a brother and a sister?" However, Milk Ball still firmly repeated the words, "It's two brothers and sisters!"

At this point, Zhang Jing was at the point of laughing and crying. She could only curse with a helpless smile: "Oh, I find you are such a little fool!" After that, she shook her head and turned over. She completely didn't believe that a child could have such predictive ability.

Unexpectedly, the fat girl next to her was not happy about it. She pouted and retorted angrily: "Auntie, I'm not stupid, I'm smart!" Zhang Jing was amused by her cute and stubborn look and laughed, "Okay, okay, our smart girl, go to bed quickly, you have to go to work tomorrow!" The milk ball nodded contentedly and fell asleep hugging Zhang Jing's arm.

Days passed, and Zhang Zhi finally returned. She rushed home from get off work in the evening, and upon seeing her daughter, the mother and daughter hugged each other affectionately. The little girl burst into tears, and Zhang Zhi was in a panic: "Why are you crying? I, your mother, don't abandon you! Your aunt takes good care of you. Look at your face and buttocks, all covered with flesh!"

Zhang Jing asked Zhang Zhi to stay for two more days before leaving, and advised her: "Why not move your family to Shenzhen? You haven't bought a house anyway. Your husband also works in Shenzhen, so it will be convenient for you to cross the border. With the children here, everyone can help."

Zhang Zhi said, "It's easy to move here, but I still have a job." Zhang Jing said, "Your insurance salesman, it doesn't matter where you work." Zhang Zhi said, "Let me think about it."

At night, Zhang Jing asked Naituanzi to sleep with Zhang Zhi while Zhang Zhi was taking a shower. She said loudly that she was too tired and asked Naituanzi to sleep with her aunt. Zhang Jing said, "You've been leaving her for more than half a month! Shouldn't you cultivate some affection? The child won't be close to you by then."

Zhang Zhi said, "I'm relieved she's with you. I'm her mother whether I feel for her or not. I'm considering letting her stay here and go to kindergarten. I'll discuss this with my husband when I have time; he'll pay for the tuition!"

Zhang Jing still asked Naituanzi to wait, "You sleep with your mother tonight! Don't you miss your mother? She is back now, you two can be close to each other."

"I don't want to, I want to sleep with you!" Milk ball refused.

"I don't want you, your mother is back." Zhang Jing ignored her and lay down on the bed alone.

Unexpectedly, the little girl started crying, hugged her pillow and went to the bathroom door to complain, "Auntie doesn't want me anymore!"

Zhang Zhi was anxious and shouted at her across the shower room: "Why did you make my daughter cry so late at night? What's wrong with you just taking her to bed for one more day?"

Naituanzi was also smart. She ran to Zhang Jing's room, hugged her little pillow and sat on the floor, crying, "I wasn't naughty today, and the teacher didn't criticize me. Why don't you want me?" Zhang Jing saw her crying so passionately and said, "Look at you crying like a little shrew! Hurry and stand up!"

The little guy said, "Then let me sleep with you!"

Zhang Jing thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then come up and sleep!"

When the little girl heard this, she burst into laughter and climbed onto the bed with tears on her face. Zhang Jing sighed and found a tissue to wipe her face and nose. Seeing her lying down with a smile on her face, she couldn't help but ask her, "Don't you want your mother anymore? Are you so happy sleeping with your aunt?"

"Oh, my aunt is also my mother, and my aunt is also my mother. They are all the same, I like them all!" The fat child said to Zhang Jing the same words she had said before, leaving her speechless. "I still have to recite the Guanyin Sutra for my younger brothers and sisters!" Zhang Jing compromised: "Little ancestor, you can start reciting now."

Zhang Zhi came out of the shower and saw her daughter was already fast asleep. Zhang Jing suggested that she check out the kindergarten when she dropped her child off tomorrow. After all, she was the child's real parent.

After Ah Chen finished reciting the sutra, he saw that the two sisters had something to talk about, so he simply slept in the other room. Zhang Jing asked Zhang Zhi to sleep here as well, as the two had a lot to talk about.

Zhang Zhi spoke of her mother-in-law and her family with disdain. She bluntly stated that, aside from her father-in-law, the others were completely devoid of humanity. Her mother-in-law, in particular, looked down on her, constantly calling her "mainland mother-in-law" and "northern mushroom" in Cantonese. "She thought I didn't understand Cantonese, and she was always ranting about it at home. I've decided: when that old thing gets old, I'm not going to serve her. I'll treat her the same way she treats me!"

Zhang Jing said, how long have you been here? Can't you be patient?

"It's unbearable! Even her grandfather can't stand it. When they were young, one worked outside and the other took care of four children at home. The conflict wasn't so intense when they weren't constantly facing each other. Now that the old man is retired, the two of them are facing each other 4 hours a day. It must be driving them crazy!"

"My husband went back home last week and we went out to eat. He said sometimes he couldn't stand his mom. I told him, if your dad gets old and lives with us, I have no objection. But as for your mom, it's best for her to go to a nursing home. I won't take care of her!"

Zhang Jing asked, "Isn't your husband angry when he heard this?"

"What the hell are you angry about!" Zhang Zhi said, "My husband said the welfare of Hong Kong nursing homes is very good, so it's okay for his parents to go there." Before Zhang Jing could ask any more questions, Zhang Zhi said excitedly:

"My husband has a classmate who has six siblings. They all signed a collective agreement not to take care of the elderly. After investigation, the Hong Kong government approved the elderly person's admission to a nursing home because they had no bank account and had no income for two years. The siblings and grandchildren all take turns visiting the elderly person, bringing them food and giving them cash."

Zhang Jing said, "This is too unfilial!"

Zhang Zhi said, "You're thinking from the mainland! The nursing home they go to is government-run, a welfare facility. The elderly couple in his classmate's family took it upon themselves to take advantage of the government just to reduce the burden on their children. For the first two years, all transactions were in cash, and there's no bank statement to check."

"Your parents-in-law also have three sons and one daughter. Are they willing to do this?"

Zhang Zhi said: "The old lady in my family favors her youngest son. She even applied for government housing with the youngest son, which is equivalent to choosing to live with the youngest son. My father-in-law went out to play chess with others, and the elderly people said that he was confused. The youngest son is only one person, and the eldest son has three children. He should apply with the eldest son's family. That way, the eldest son doesn't have to buy a house, and the house he applies for is larger."

Zhang Jing asked, can't it be changed?

Zhang Zhi said, "No, so the old man regretted it more and more. He got angry at the old woman and said he blamed her!"

Zhang Jing said, "The head of the family is being controlled by a woman, and he still dares to shirk his responsibility?"

"So, to make amends to my husband for that great wrong he did to me," Zhang Zhi replied, "the old man wanted to give his old house in Dongguan, which is also a building, to my husband! He asked my husband if he wanted it. Guess what my husband said?"

Zhang Jing said, "Of course I want it! If I don't want it, I'm a fool."

Zhang Zhi said, "Who said it wasn't true? That Hong Kong idiot actually told my father-in-law he'd reconsider it?" Unconsciously, Zhang Zhi's voice grew louder with indignation. The baby hummed impatiently, as if threatening to wake him, prompting the two of them to quickly slap the child, one daring to keep quiet.

The child fell asleep again. Zhang Zhi continued, "Do you think my husband got his head stuck in the door? Or is that jerk pretending to be honest in front of his father?"

Zhang Jing said, "I guess your husband doesn't like houses in the countryside! Have you ever been to his hometown in Dongguan?"

Zhang Zhi said, "He doesn't like the countryside, and he can't afford to buy in the big cities. I don't know what he wants to do!"

"Don't be angry. You can just go along next time your father-in-law goes there." Zhang Jing advised Zhang Zhi, "I'm not saying anything bad about you, but when we first got married, your in-laws and your husband asked you several times if you wanted to buy a house. They were clearly paying for it, so why didn't you say no? I've always been puzzled by this."

Zhang Zhi said: "I got pregnant unexpectedly at that time, and I didn't want the child. But he said there's a saying in Hong Kong: Abortion brings three years of bad luck. I was 34 at the time, which is already an advanced maternal age. In fact, even if I had given birth to a daughter, I wouldn't want to live with him! I didn't buy a house because I didn't want to be tied to him."

Zhang Jing was shocked. "You don't want to be with him, but you're hanging out with him? What's your goal?"

Zhang Zhi said, "He was a manager at the time, and I was a clerk. It was an office romance, and we were both lonely after get off work, so wouldn't it be normal to go on a date? Besides, how many marriages are the result of drunken childbirth? I only went on two dates with him, and I was lucky."

Zhang Jing fell silent for a while. Then Zhang Zhi asked, "Are you asleep?" Zhang Jing didn't want to pay attention to her, so she didn't answer her. Zhang Jing felt that her worldview had been washed away again.

Zhang Zhi grumbled regretfully, "How did she fall asleep so quickly? Pregnant women really do love to sleep."