Ever since the big pot of rice, Wen Liangliang would receive calls from Old Lady Zhou every weekend. The Shing Wong Temple arranged activities for its employees every weekend. Other than the Daoists who did not have to work, the Zhou Family would also participate.
Old Lady Zhou said that the Zhou Family's scope could be big or small. On a small scale, Zhou Bocan's grandfather's family only consisted of Zhou Bocan's father and second uncle's family. On a large scale, the people who managed the Shing Wong Temple in the whole country and overseas were of the same origin. Although many of them had changed their surnames due to heirs or inheritance problems, they still maintained cooperation in the large-scale Shing Wong prayer activities.
Of course, there was a historical reason for this. The Shing Wong Temple was originally located in Beijing Road and belonged to the Guang Zhou Prefecture. Later on, with the support of the government, it was upgraded to the Shing Wong Temple in Guangdong. Therefore, many local Shing Wong Temples followed their lead. Especially overseas, many new temples were built or believers who wanted to worship a deity in their own homes. They would travel thousands of miles to participate in the Ancestral Temple Spirit Splitting Event. After a special ceremony, the newly sculpted deity statue would be bestowed with the same spiritual power as the deity. Every year, they would come back to offer incense and mow the fire to maintain the spiritual power.
"Therefore, other than the Shing Wong's birthday, the Shing Wong Temple is the liveliest!" Old Lady Zhou picked up the prettiest chicken wing from the oven and gave it to Wen Liangliang.
Wen Liangliang had missed a few appointments before, so she thought that she should participate this time. Especially since Old Lady Zhou said that the location of the barbecue was in the convenient Lu Lake Park. From her apartment, there was a direct bus, so it was not far.
Old Lady Zhou treated her really well. Even if she did not participate in the activities and left the renovation to her colleague Xiao Huang, she would occasionally ask Xiao Huang to bring delicious food for her. For example, the chocolates that Zhou Bocan's father brought back from Italy, the Shandong sausages given by a good person, and the iced seafood that the Zhou Family brought back from Zhanjiang.
Wen Liangliang sometimes wondered if she should consider surrogacy. Old Lady Zhou was afraid that she would be embarrassed, so she explained to her, "I'm not forcing you to sacrifice your body. I'm asking you to go to a proper hospital for artificial insemination."
However, from Grandma Zhou's tone at that time, it seemed that she was referring to having sex.
"Is it delicious? Try this grilled shrimp! " Old Lady Zhou handed her the barbecue fork and continued, "Next week, it's Third Aunt's turn to set an event. We'll soak in the hot spring and have a seafood buffet! I'll book you two a family suite with a crib, a slide and a swing. It'll be fun! You can bring Xiang Xiang and her mother along. I haven't paid Xiang Xiang's appearance fee yet. Why don't we take advantage of this trip to settle the score? "
Wen Liangliang smiled embarrassedly and didn't comment. She thought to herself, "How can I bring Tang Tang? If Tang Tang finds out that I'm entangled with Zhou Bocan, Shan Yueling and her husband, Fang Shiqi, will know. Will Fang Shiqi not tell Zhou Bocan? "
Speaking of the devil, "the devil" came up. Third Aunt, who was dressed in jewelry, took the opportunity when Old Lady Zhou was far away to answer the phone. She smiled and asked, "Miss Wen, are you from the Bai Family? Are you Can's cousin? "
As for how to describe her identity, Old Lady Zhou didn't discuss it with her. Wen Liangliang didn't dare to rashly make up a story. She planned to brush past it. "Something like that."
Hearing Wen Liangliang's reply, Fifth Auntie, Sixth Auntie, Seventh Auntie, Eldest Auntie and Third Auntie also squeezed over to the stove. Third Auntie said, "I told you, Zhou Yuyuan's second wife can't be that young! She looks like she's only 25 or 26, right? "
Wen Liangliang nodded. Actually, she was already 27. Zhou Yuyuan, whom all the women were discussing, was Zhou Bocan's second uncle. Second Aunt had just passed away last month, and they were already talking about remarriage at the end of this month.
"Second Aunt died of anger!" While discussing, the women talked about Second Uncle and Second Aunt's tragic marriage and family conflicts in front of Wen Liangliang. They also said that it was because of this that Grandma Zhou didn't want to give the position of the heir to Second Uncle's family.
"He didn't say it on the surface, but he actually hated it! He arranged for his son to go abroad to study, and even asked Grandma Zhou to give a sum of money to Zhou Zhongxin to start a business! "
Wen Liangliang was frightened when she heard this. Zhou Zhongxin was Second Uncle's son, and she had met him once during the family dinner. Maybe it was because his overseas school was on vacation, so he returned to China for a short time. The conversation went deeper and deeper, and it involved the fight for the position of heir, property, and separation of the family. These women were so intoxicated that they almost forgot that Wen Liangliang was on Old Lady Zhou's side. They were so unscrupulously gossiping. Weren't they afraid that she would tell Old Lady Zhou?
Seeing that Old Lady Zhou had returned, the women went their separate ways and left one after another. Old Lady Zhou welcomed them with a smile, and rebuked them, "You didn't let me join in the fun again!" Then, she picked up her handbag and rummaged through it. Finally, she found Zhou Baican's ID in the pocket. Just as she was about to get up, she sprained her ankle and groaned in pain.
Wen Liangliang also felt that it was strange. Old Lady Zhou's foot was shot without touching any branches or stones. The women came to comfort her and said, "When you reach a certain age, your bones will be brittle. You are the oldest, so you should take more liquid calcium."
Old Lady Zhou gently rubbed her foot and said, "What should I do? My son is waiting for me to take the ID in the parking lot. "
The women said, "Hey, you have a brittle bone, don't waste it. Let cousin take it!"
Wen Liangliang blinked. She didn't say she was cousin, but this group of people treated her as one.
Old Lady Zhou looked at Wen Liangliang in embarrassment. She promised Ning Ning that she wouldn't let Zhou Bocan meet his fake marriage partner. She didn't keep her promise last time because she had no choice. How could she do it again this time? She was about to call the little Daoist when Wen Liangliang volunteered, "Auntie, let me run." She was implying that she didn't want her to be the most "lazy" person in everyone's eyes.
Under the strict gaze of the women, her "cousin" sped up and went down the mountain. Fortunately, Luhu Mountain wasn't big. She arrived at the parking lot quickly, but she forgot what Zhou Bocan's car looked like. Suddenly, an unknown number called. She wouldn't usually pick it up, but at this moment, she had a strange feeling.
"Hello?" she asked carefully.
"It's me." He paused and looked through the windshield at the woman with long hair blown up by the hot mountain wind. She stood at the entrance of the parking lot with a hesitant expression. He didn't want to make the call immediately, but his mother asked urgently, "Have you seen Miss Wen? She just came back from Australia and is unfamiliar with the place. I'm afraid she's lost. It's all my fault … "
He interrupted Old Lady Zhou's self-reproach and asked, "How did you get along with her? Why is she participating in our family activities? " Old Lady Zhou stammered. She said she was a devout believer in one moment, and then said she was a designer who renovated the wedding house. However, Zhou Baican recalled the gossips of the aunties when they were eating from the same big pot of rice. He suspected that Wen Liangliang was the second wife of his Second Uncle. But wasn't she already married and had a child?
"Where are you?" Wen Liangliang stood on her tiptoes and scanned the cars one by one, but she couldn't see him.
Zhou Bocan pressed the horn and the lights. Wen Liangliang held her phone and walked towards the white car suspiciously. In her memory, five years ago, Zhou Bocan drove a dark blue car. Last time when they were having dinner together, the car he drove was black. So she just stared at the dark car and couldn't find him.
She walked to the driver's window and handed him her ID. She turned around and was about to leave when she heard him say, "Here to freeload again?" She pursed her lips. He deserved a beating!
"Wrong, I'm not freeloading. I'm freeloading barbecue." She didn't have the strength to fight and just wanted to end the fight quickly. "Goodbye, drive carefully!"
"Don't tell me you want to see me?" He said casually and glanced at her coldly.
He really hadn't changed. He was always so thick-skinned! Wen Liangliang sneered. "You have a wife, and I have a husband. Please know your boundaries. You have to know when to stop joking."
She thought that he would retort, but he said, "You've changed. You've grown up." Then he drove away. She stood still and thought about this sentence over and over again. Yes, she had been fighting to grow up every day for the past five years.
Zhou Bocan parked the car by the roadside. When he was in a bad mood, he wanted to drink a cup of coffee that was not good for his body. Xu Wenqiang called at the right time. "My good brother, are you eating instant noodles at home again? Please, don't spoil your stomach. Come to my private restaurant and get a mahjong leg. Everyone is chatting in full swing! This episode is really exciting. Ding Hai's ex-wife came back and asked to get back together. Everyone still has the same attitude. A good man doesn't go back to the grass! We made a bet that whoever goes back to the grass will be worse than a pig or a dog! "
Zhou Bocan had just met a "grass", but he couldn't be called a "grass". Xu Wenqiang was still waiting for a reply when the eSports Bro called to rush him. He had agreed to participate in the competition today, but he realized that he didn't have his ID with him before he left. So he looked for Old Lady Zhou and drove to Luhu Park. Unexpectedly, he bumped into someone he didn't want to see.
The cafe was located next to the west entrance of the shopping mall. It was full of floor-to-ceiling glass, and the situation outside could be seen clearly. Zhou Bocan thought that he was seeing things, but he really wasn't. Although they had only met once, that man was indeed Wen Liangliang's useless husband!
Yuan Weiming couldn't see Zhou Bocan. He pushed the two-seater BB cart and caught up with Tang Tang, who was walking quickly in front of him. The two of them had quarreled again. It was about their daughter, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and other trivial matters. Yuan Weiming grabbed Tang Tang and hugged her tightly. He didn't want to let her run away like a blind fly before he comforted her.
Zhou Bocan chased him to the elevator, but her useless husband was nowhere to be seen! Although the woman also had long hair, it was black, which was different from Wen Liangliang's flaxen hair color. Also, how could the person who was having a barbecue at Luhu Park suddenly come to accompany her husband to go shopping?
After rejecting Xu Wenqiang and the eSports Bro's invitation, Zhou Bocan drove up the mountain and found the Zhou Family in no time. Everyone was shocked to see Zhou Bocan, who never participated in family activities, suddenly appear. He was panting as if he had just run up the mountain. They quickly made way for him and gave him the cooked food.
Zhou Bocan pretended to take the barbecue fork and casually scanned the crowd. He asked the young Taoist beside him, "Where's my mother?"
The young Taoist asked him back, "Did she go up the mountain?" Zhou Baican lowered his head and took a glance at the little Daoist. He realized that it was the same Meng Chacha who had said that Wen Liangliang was someone else's wife on the day when they were eating from the same big pot. He warned Zhou Baican in an unfriendly tone, "Can't you be more considerate?"
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