Rebirth 90: The Long Road to Finding a Son

Yuan Jie and her companions, as well as the entire Zhang family, were all present in a famous restaurant in Mafang City.

Sun Aimin picked up the menu, handed it to Zhang's father, and said, "Brother Zhang, Sister Zhang, although we are in your territory, we have to treat you to this meal. What do you want to eat?"

This time, Zhang's father and mother didn't continue to be polite. They took the menu and looked through it. The exquisite pictures of food made Zhang's father and mother drool. Are these foods for people to eat? If I could eat such high-end meals every day, I wouldn't trade it for anything even if I were a god!

When they looked at the price again, their eyes widened even more.

The two sons of the Zhang family are now 23 years old, and they are both waiting to get married. But now the bride price has risen sharply. Ten years ago, you could get a wife with a bride price of or yuan, but now it costs more than or yuan, and you also have to prepare a house and a car.

In the family of six, except for Zhang's mother who is retired and Zhang Ling who cannot go to work because she is taking care of the children, the other members do not have a stable job and only earn about three to five thousand yuan a month.

Zhang's mother required her sons Zhang Shuai and Zhang Jun and daughter Zhang Miao to hand over their wages every month. Zhang's father's salary was also collected by her mother. The whole family worked hard to buy a house for her son.

Among them, Zhang Miao had the biggest objection. Obviously, her salary also had to be used to subsidize her brother, and she would most likely not get any benefit at all.

Zhang's mother asked her to hand over 2,000 yuan of her monthly salary of 3,000 yuan, leaving her with the pitiful little money, which she spent on buying two new clothes.

It's not that she didn't raise objections, but Zhang's mother said that if she didn't pay, she would have to rent a house and eat and drink on her own. It was better to eat and live at home, so she had to compromise.

She has been working for five years since she graduated from high school. Her salary has increased from 3,000 yuan to 3,800 yuan now, and she will get some holiday allowances during the Chinese New Year. But she was cautious and kept the salary increase a secret from her family. Even so, the amount she can save in a year is pitifully small.

So many people go to work and earn money, but after deducting the cost of food and drink, a family can only save 40,000 to 50,000 yuan each year, and this is assuming the family can live a stable life.

This speed of saving money will never keep up with the rising housing prices. I don’t know when I can prepare the wedding houses for my two sons.

Under the control of Zhang's mother, the whole family has developed the habit of saving money. Zhang's mother usually saves as much as possible when buying food and daily necessities, and tries to choose the cheapest ones. She only eats out a few times, and buying a stir-fried dish worth 20 or 30 yuan to bring home is considered to improve the family's meals.

So when they saw the prices on the menu, their hearts were pounding. Especially when there was a waiter standing next to them waiting for their order, the two of them were actually very nervous and didn't dare to open their mouths for a while.

Zhang Shuai, the eldest son of the Zhang family, seemed to be more active. Seeing his parents' cowardly looks, he shook his head in his heart and snatched the menu from his father's hand, muttering: "Mom and Dad, why are you dithering? You show your weakness at the critical moment."

Then, he smiled at Yuan Jie and the others, and said with a chuckle: "Don't be surprised, uncles and aunts. My parents have been poor all their lives and have never seen the world. They must be shocked by the price of the food. We are all family, I won't be polite to uncles and aunts, I will help them order a few dishes..."

When Zhang's mother heard her son's words, she smiled awkwardly and patted Zhang Shuai on the back: "This child has no respect for his elders."

The interaction between mother and son made the atmosphere a lot more relaxed. Yuan Jie and Sun Aimin looked at Zhang's parents, who had a large house full of children and grandchildren, and felt a little envious.

If the child had not been switched, I should be able to live a life surrounded by my children and grandchildren, right?

Sun Aimin squeezed Yuan Jie's hand, signaling her not to think too much, and said, "Everyone, please don't be polite. Then the children can see what they want to eat first, and the waiter will recommend a few signature dishes to us later."

After ordering, Zhang Shuai actively invited the two families to take a group photo. Yuan Jie and Sun Aimin readily agreed to this proposal. They mainly wanted to take more photos with their two children, as these memories were too important to them.

What they don’t know is that this gathering will once again push them to the forefront of public opinion.

After finishing their meal, the Zhang family members were still smacking the taste of their food. They packed up the remaining food and took it home, without wasting any of it.

If nothing unexpected happens, these meals will appear on the Zhang family’s table for one or two days in a row.

A group of ten people, plus two babies, walked out of the hotel in a mighty procession. Media personnel had been waiting outside the hotel, following and secretly photographing these people.

As for why the media knew the whereabouts of Yuan Jie and Sun Aimin, it was thanks to Zhang Shuai's arrangement.

After graduating from high school, he was admitted to a junior college, majoring in marketing. He is currently working in sales, but his performance is not ideal and his monthly income is unstable.

Unexpectedly, by chance he was connected to the parties involved in the hot event a few days ago, which gave him a sudden inspiration and an idea.

In this way, without Yuan Jie and Sun Aimin knowing anything, they once again became Internet celebrities, for the public to comment on at will.

All of this naturally could not be hidden from Sun Xiaohao. Yuan Jie and Sun Aimin originally planned to come to see the two children, stay in Mafang City for a day or two and then rush back.

Sun Xiaohao will soon be hospitalized for another round of chemotherapy. This time, he is in a good mood because his biological parents promised that a blood relative will come to do a bone marrow matching.

After Yuan Jie and Sun Aimin returned from Mafang City, the first thing they did was to visit Sun Xiaohao who was about to be admitted to the hospital for treatment.

"Hehe, you still remember that you have a son like me? What's so shameful about going to see your grandson? Why do you have to do it secretly without telling me?" Sun Xiaohao was full of jealousy and gave Yuan Jie and Sun Aimin a warning.

Yuan Jie and Sun Aimin had long experienced Sun Xiaohao's jealousy.

When he was still a little kid, he knew how to compete for favor and did not allow his parents to be nice to other children. His cousin Yuan Sihan even suffered from his "harmful hands" because of this.

Yuan Sihan still trembles with anger when she thinks of this unhappy experience in her childhood. Since that incident, Yuan Sihan has always been very cold to Sun Xiaohao and tried to avoid meeting him. Even if they met, she would stay away from Sun Xiaohao.

After Sun Xiaohao was diagnosed with leukemia, he became more sensitive. That was why Yuan Jie and Sun Aimin did not tell him about their trip, but he still found out about it.