Chapter 294 291. Zhang Family Great Sage

"You're not home even though your daughter is back. What important things are you busy with?"

The old queen finally said something sarcastic and stopped scolding.

Zhang Xiaoru hurriedly served the old lady tea and water and massaged her shoulders, being very servile.

Zhang Feng then smiled and said flatteringly, "I thought you guys couldn't come so early. A truck of coal powder came to the welfare home and they want to make honeycomb coal. I'll go and help."

"See, I told you, my dad is going there to make contributions." Zhang Xiaoru was a little proud.

Just like it wasn't her who complained about her dad just now.

"Oh, you."

Do good things and the old queen can't say anything.

But he was still angry and added, "You also paid for the coal."

"No, no." Zhang Feng waved his hands repeatedly. "The coal money is paid by the government. I just go to lend a hand and contribute a little effort."

"Don't listen to him, he must have sent something." Zhang Xiaoru changed again at this moment, and the wind was leaking from her little cotton jacket.

"Hmm?" The old queen snorted.

Zhang Feng immediately confessed, "It would be inappropriate to go to someone's house without bringing some gifts. I just killed a pig and made some bacon. I'll bring two pieces over for everyone to try."

"It's getting late, big sister, Hangwa, you must be hungry. I'll go cook. You can try the bacon I made. The meat is very good this year. I also made sausages. Steam them with the rice. They are delicious."

He also wanted to take the opportunity to escape.

How could the old empress not know him? She glared at him and Zhang Feng stopped immediately.

"You know it's getting late, what have you been doing?" Zhang Guiqin said with a sly tone, "You're covered in coal dust, go wash yourself, change into clean clothes, and take a good look at your daughter. I'll go make dinner."

Although she was harsh in words, Zhang Guiqin still felt sorry for her brother.

"Sister, elder sister, how can I let you cook for me..."

"Go quickly."

"Hey."

In the end, it was still four people who cooked the meal together.

However, Zhang Guiqin didn't treat Zhang Feng well the whole time, which made Luo Yihang a little scared.

Until the food was served.

Luo Yihang picked up a piece of bacon with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

Take some time to think about breaking the deadlock.

"Uncle, the bacon you make is really great."

"Right. This is black pork." Zhang Feng first stole a glance at Zhang Guiqin, then smiled heartily, "We raised two black pigs this year. We killed one during the New Year and kept half of it, which we made into bacon and sausage. We have the other one left, and we plan to kill it ourselves next year so that we can eat the New Year pig."

"You still want to eat the New Year pig? How can your family of three eat a whole pig?" The old queen mother was sarcastic again.

"We have your family here, as well as relatives and neighbors. Let's all eat, let's all eat." Zhang Feng laughed and was still thinking about paying for it.

"I see you're planning to give it away." The old queen put down her chopsticks, frowned and looked serious, and started to persuade people earnestly, even calling out their names.

"Zhang Feng, I'm telling you for the last time. I don't mind you doing good things, but you have to do it within your means and take care of your family first. You get up early and go to bed late every day, do you have any money left?"

"Xiao Ru went to college, but you didn't even buy her a computer. She had to work and save money."

"What a nice girl, so young, she was still wearing her high school clothes when she came back last year."

"And you, this dress you're wearing must be seven or eight years old."

"I was cooking just now. The kitchen in your house is made of adobe and there are cracks at the base of the wall. It might collapse again."

"You are already an adult, and your daughter is already 20 years old. Can you save some money?"

As soon as the old queen spoke, no one else dared to speak.

I only dare to make small movements.

Zhang Xiaoru stretched out a finger from under the table and lip-synced, "A few last ones"

Luo Yihang quietly gestured a six, meaning, 'The sixth and last time.'

Zhang Xiaoru pointed to her father and gestured, "Three, two, one."

The last finger was just retracted.

Then Zhang Feng said in a very sincere tone, "Sister, I understand. I will take Xiaoru to buy clothes tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow I will buy a few bags of cement and plaster the wall."

After hearing this, Zhang Xiaoru stuck out her tongue, curled her lips, and shook her head, expressing her disbelief.

Then she mouthed to Luo Yihang, "But." "But, sister, let me tell you something." Zhang Feng said, "I'm still young, and my mother can earn money. We don't have to worry about food and drink now, and I'm saving money. Don't worry, there's still a long way to go."

Oh, I didn’t listen again…
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Luo Yihang's uncle Zhang Feng only went to elementary school and has a low level of education.

But he has a pig-raising skill passed down from his father, Grandpa Luo Yihang.

He has been raising pigs with his family since he was a child. Later, when the old people passed away, he started to raise pigs by himself.

I am in my forties and have been raising pigs for almost thirty years.

He raises twenty to thirty pigs every year and breeds them. When he has nothing to do, he goes up the mountain to dig some medicinal herbs.

In addition, his wife, Luo Yihang's aunt, also receives a monthly salary from work.

The couple earns more than 100,000 yuan a year, which is a very high income in this mountain village, and they should live a good life.

But he can live like this because he uses his money to do good deeds, not only spending money but also working hard. He has been doing this for 17 or 18 years and cannot save any money.

He became the well-known philanthropist Zhang.

It also made Zhang Xiaoru a "little money-grubber".

And Zhang Feng is not born kind.

When he was young, he was just an ordinary person. If he encountered a problem, he would help if he could. But if you ask him to take the initiative to do good things, I'm sorry, he doesn't have the time for that.

His transformation began in 2003.

In March 2003, the massive wildfire in Foping shocked the entire country.

The fire broke out in Guanshan, less than one kilometer north of Zhang Feng's home.

The fire burned very quickly that day.

The fire started at around 1:00 p.m. and only smoke was visible.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, a strong wind suddenly blew, and the fire swept from north to south. Flames more than ten feet high shot up into the sky and quickly spread to the pigpen on the mountain behind the house.

The pigs in the pigsty screamed and pushed open the fence, and several of them rushed straight into the fire.

It was also on that day that Zhang Feng realized that when people face such a natural disaster, their whole body becomes limp and they can’t even run away.

There's no way I can outrun it.

Zhang Xiaoru was still very young at that time and had just learned to crawl. She was so scared that she burst into tears.

Zhang Feng and his wife supported each other, holding the child, and almost crawled out of the house without caring about anything else.

He struggled to escape by rolling and crawling for dozens of meters.

Boom! The house was engulfed in fire...

They were all soft.

At that time, Zhang Feng really felt that he was doomed and there was no way to escape.

At the last moment, he prayed to all the gods and Buddhas and swore to heaven that if he could escape death, he would do good deeds all his life.

Then the fire department came up.

The wildfire took two days to be put out, killing ten people and seriously injuring many others.

And then.

Zhang Feng kept his promise and did good things for more than ten years.

It may have started as a way to fulfill a vow, but later it became a habit.

A few years later, Zhang Xiaoru grew up a little.

Zhang Feng's wife Zheng Xuehong found a job as a cook at the Xixiang County Fire Department and worked there for ten years, doing her best and treating those young people like her own children.

The firefighters all enthusiastically called her Mother Red.

She is also repaying a favor.

Because it was the fire brigade from Xixiang who rescued their family.

So, the old queen mother Zhang Guiqin never opposed her brother to do good deeds. She repeatedly told him to do things within his ability and take care of his own family first.

No matter what.

I've said it six times, but Zhang Feng has never listened. Every time he agrees, he says yes, yes, yes, but then turns around and says what to do, and he never changes his mind.

Do what you can (×)
Do your best ()

This is the saint of the Zhang family...

(End of this chapter)