The next day, when I went to the hospital to see Li Yuan's mother, she was already well again, speaking normally. Except for some restrictions on her movements, which required help from others, she was almost like a normal person.

There were many people visiting. After Zhang Lan checked and found that there was nothing wrong, she left the hospital.

When he came back, he went home to take a look. After telling Li Yuan, he originally wanted to take a taxi home, but Li Yuan arranged for a driver to take Zhang Lan back to Canghe.

As soon as Zhang Lan got home, she saw her mother sitting at the door chatting with an old lady as soon as she got out of the car.

After seeing Zhang Lan coming back, the other party hurriedly stood up and greeted with a smile: "Zhang Lan is back, Zhang Lan's mother, I will leave first, and I will come over when I am free."

Zhang Lan smiled and nodded in response, then searched his mind and realized that he had never seen this lady before.

Zhang Lan's mother said with a smile: "Sit here and rest for a while. Zhang Lan can come back if he wants. He is not someone else."

"No, I just happened to have something to do at home, so I'll go back first."

"Okay, then I won't see you off." Zhang Lan's mother said with a smile.

"No need to see me off, just go and greet Zhang Lan."

Seeing the driver getting off the car behind carrying two large bags, Zhang Lan's mother quickly reached out to take them, but the driver quickly dodged and said with a smile, "No thanks."

After putting the things in the house, the driver drove away.

Zhang Lan's mother asked, "Who is this? You didn't even let them spit when they sent you back."

"Don't worry about it. I threw a cigarette into his car. This is my friend's driver and he has something else to do when he goes back." Zhang Lan said casually.

"Why are you back at this time?"

"A classmate in Shangshi had an accident, so I went to check on the situation. After it was resolved, I came back to see if anything happened at home." Zhang Lan explained.

"There's nothing going on at home. How many days will you stay at home?" asked Zhang Lan's mother.

"I'll stay for a few days. What's wrong? Is there anything?"

"If you have time, stay for two more days. Your uncle will have something to do at home in two days, so it's a good opportunity for you to come with me." Zhang Lan's mother said.

"Which uncle?" Zhang Lan was a little confused.

"Your uncle is from Beihe Province. When you were a child, your whole family moved there with your uncle. We haven't seen each other for many years." Zhang Lan's mother said.

"Then what are we going to do?" Zhang Lan was a little confused.

"We haven't met but we're still related. When you got married and had your child, your uncle sent people to bring gifts. Now your uncle is in the hospital. I heard his cancer is not serious anymore. So I have to go and see him," Zhang Lan's mother explained.

"Okay." Zhang Lan nodded to show that he understood.

After thinking about it, I became curious about the situation in my uncle's family, so I asked my mother what was going on.

Zhang Lan's uncle originally lived in the mountains. Later, his eldest son, Zhang Lan's uncle, joined the army after he became an adult and had a smooth career in the army, serving as a soldier for more than ten years.

Afterwards, he transferred to a government agency in Beihe Province. After getting established, Uncle Zhang Lan and his family went to live with his eldest son.

Before this, my uncle's other adult children had already started their own families and careers in Canghe, and some of them did not follow him over there, so after that, whenever there were weddings or funerals of relatives here, my uncle's family would visit them.

Zhang Lan's uncle is already in his eighties and almost ninety. After this visit, if the old man dies, the relatives might not be able to keep in touch with each other anymore.

Another very important reason is that this uncle and Zhang Lan's family are relatives on both sides. Zhang Lan's mother calls Zhang Lan's uncle's wife her cousin, so other families can say they don't want to visit the relatives on Canghe's side, but if Zhang Lan's family doesn't send anyone, it will be too embarrassing to tell others.

Moreover, Zhang Lan's family is not short of money now, and there is nothing they cannot get away from. It is such a long distance, so if one more person can go, Zhang Lan's mother would like to send one more person.

Zhang Lan nodded to show her understanding. As her parents got older, the family was no longer short of money, and they had gained some status, so Zhang Lan's parents paid more and more attention to the opinions of others.

Especially Zhang Lan's mother. Among the relatives on Zhang Lan's grandfather's side, she gradually became the one who had the final say in what she said and did, and she would also take the initiative to be the head of her own family.

Zhang Lan's aunt called Zhang Lan not long ago and said that Zhang Lan's uncle Sun Zenglin had an argument with her because the child was not doing well in school.

As a result, when Aunt Zhang Lan's mother-in-law found out, she was unhappy and thought that Aunt Zhang Lan was making things difficult for her grandson. She instigated Sun Zenglin to beat Aunt Zhang Lan, and because of this, Aunt Zhang Lan was so angry that the two wanted to divorce.

After Zhang Lan's mother found out, she called Zhang Lan's aunt that night. Then she asked someone to drive her to the city. She ran to Zhang Lan's aunt's house in the middle of the night and scolded Sun Zenglin's family.

Zhang Lan's mother threatened that if Sun Zenglin's family could not tolerate the daughter of their Li family, then they should tell them as soon as possible and not think that no one would support them. As the eldest sister, she could always support her younger sister for the rest of her life.

The Sun family was completely obedient after the scolding. Afterwards, Zhang Lan's aunt secretly called Zhang Lan and asked her to persuade her mother when she was free.

It was not a big deal, she just complained twice on WeChat, and before Sun Zenglin had time to say anything, he quickly admitted his mistake and apologized as soon as Aunt Zhang Lan asked for a divorce.

That night, Zhang Lan's aunt just said a few words on WeChat about her mother-in-law fanning the flames at home, and didn't say anything else, but Zhang Lan's mother got angry, and Zhang Lan's aunt always felt that she was making a fuss out of nothing afterwards.

Zhang Lan was speechless after listening to his aunt's explanation of the whole story. How should he put it? Zhang Lan had nothing to say about his aunt's character that was unable to help him.

After Aunt Zhang Lan and her husband got married, their first child was a daughter. However, due to an accident during delivery, they were unable to get pregnant again for a long time.

Because when Zhang Lan's mother and grandmother were alive, they often asked people for help to see doctors and look for folk remedies.

Aunt Zhang Lan's parents-in-law have been in disarray for many years because Aunt Zhang Lan failed to give their son a grandson.

Even Zhang Lan's uncle, Sun Zenglin, was beaten or scolded by her aunt, Zhang Lan heard from her mother privately countless times.

The couple lived a chaotic life until Zhang Lan went to college, when her aunt became pregnant again and gave birth to a boy.

At that time, Aunt Zhang Lan was already in her forties, an elderly mother herself. Moreover, because of years of seeking medical treatment, taking medicine and folk remedies in order to have a child, her physical condition had already been riddled with holes.

In order to give birth to a son, Aunt Zhang Lan was admitted to the hospital to protect the fetus when she was less than three months pregnant, and was not discharged until after the child was born.

After the child was born, Zhang Lan's aunt and her family treated the child as a treasure. Zhang Lan's cousin had a weak constitution since childhood and had to stay in the hospital twice a year.

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