She is indeed Zhang Jin's sister-in-law. Wen Minghua has been married to Zhang Jin for ten years, but she has only heard of her but never seen her.

"Sister-in-law."

Zhang Jin greeted her warmly, supported her, and introduced her and Wen Minghua to each other.

Wen Minghua hurriedly welcomed her into the room, and Zhang Xinlan walked out behind her with an exaggerated tone:

"Sister-in-law, why are you so old?"

"Go get a towel to wipe my sister-in-law's hands, and add two pairs of dishes and chopsticks."

Will you speak?
  My sister-in-law is almost sixty, how can she not age?

Zhang Jin glared at Zhang Xinlan fiercely, and then spoke to his eldest nephew who had been supporting Zhou Mei:

"You should hang up before you come here. I'll pick you up."

Supporting Zhou Mei was Zhang Chong's eldest son Zhang Tanjun, who was about thirty years old. When he saw Zhang Jin and Wen Minghua, a wry smile appeared on his face:

"My mother didn't want to come over, but I forced her to come."

Zhou Mei sighed and was helped to walk in, not forgetting to talk to Wen Minghua:

"My health is not up to par. I didn't even want to seek medical treatment at first. It was Tan Jun who found out that there was a doctor at the Beijing Hospital who said that my disease could be operated on, so he insisted on sending me here."

A wry smile appeared on her face. She didn't originally want to bother Zhang Jin. After all, they haven't seen each other for so many years. Who knows what his situation is now.

But after arriving, I learned that the doctor had gone abroad and his return date was uncertain. Then I thought, since they are all in Beijing, it would be unreasonable not to come to see my brother-in-law.

Zhang Jin nodded appreciatively at Zhang Tanjun:

"You did the right thing. If your mother is not in good health, you should take her to see a doctor."

He turned to look at Zhou Mei, who looked very old, in a very bad mental state, and was almost skinny:
  "Sister-in-law, you are not in good health. You should have told me earlier. Even if I am no longer free, I will book a ticket for you and I will still have time to pick you up at the train station."

As he said that, his eyes lit up.

After his eldest brother left, his eldest sister-in-law first accompanied him to support and send off their parents, and then returned to her parents' home with a pair of children.

Because she said that when she was young, she had to stay far away from her parents' home for the sake of her husband and her husband's family. She had to go back and be filial to her parents while she could still move.

In this way, she sent away the parents who gave birth to her at her parents' home.

It's just that her natal family is too far away from Beijing. Zhang Jin has never visited her in these years except sending her some food. He only knows from her letters that she lives a very happy life with her two children. good.

Zhou Mei smiled and patted Zhang Jin's hand that was supporting her:
  "I'm not fine now, silly boy, don't be like when you were young, crying whenever something happened and making your wife laugh."

She looked at Wen Minghua with satisfied eyes and a smile on her face:

"My brother-in-law has a bad temper and a stubborn temper. You have to take care of the family and him all these years. It's really hard on you."

To be honest, Zhou Mei was extremely satisfied with Wen Minghua, her new sibling, especially after knowing what Wen Minghua had done over the years, she felt even more appreciative.

There are not many women who can create an enviable family business in their forties while not neglecting the upbringing of their children and the care of their husbands.

At least all she heard from relatives and friends of the Zhang family were good things about Wen Minghua, but instead...

She shifted her gaze to her sister-in-law and frowned secretly. When she was young, she and her former second sibling had all kinds of problems with her, but she didn't expect that even at this age, she still hasn't changed.

Thinking again about the letter Zhang Xinlan wrote to her before, Zhou Mei sighed in her heart:

"You are getting old too." ˆ ˆ ˆ "..."

Zhang Xinlan, who was unwilling to admit that she was old, her smile froze for a moment, but she still respected her sister-in-law whom she had not seen for more than ten years:

"Look what my sister-in-law said, I'm almost fifty, can I not age?"

When she said this, she subconsciously glanced at Wen Minghua again, and unconsciously touched her face with her hand. She had to admit in her heart that even though she was ten years younger than Wen Minghua, they seemed to be about the same age.

Zhou Mei obviously knew her sister-in-law very well. Looking at her actions, she just smiled, and then followed Wen Minghua's guidance and sat down at the dining table.

Just now, she had calmly looked at the people in this family and knew that those standing next to her now were Wen Minghua's children, son-in-law and daughter-in-law.

She smiled and took the towel from Zhang Jin and said to Wen Minghua:
  "Let the children sit down. We came at a bad time and disturbed everyone's meal."

After another introduction and greeting, everyone happily sat down to have lunch.

……

After the meal, Zhou Mei's energy was obviously low, so Wen Minghua and Wen Hehua took her to the guest room to sleep.
  "You are a good sister-in-law."

Coming out of the guest room, Wen Hehua said softly.

At least from this short time together, she seems to be much better than her sister-in-law Zhang Xinlan.

Wen Minghua smiled and nodded, but did not express any opinion. After all, they had just met, who knew what the situation would be.

In the living room, Zhang Jinzheng and Zhang Tanjun were talking, while Yang Jianmin and Liu Hongjun, as well as Huang Shengli, Zhang Xinlan and Guo Changde were all listening.

At the dining table on the other side, Guo Mingfeng and his wife, Chen Shuangnan, and Yang Manchun were sitting.

Seeing Wen Minghua coming from the guest room, Zhang Jin waved to her:

"Sister-in-law, is she asleep?"

Wen Minghua nodded, sat down next to him, and then looked at Zhang Tanjun who stopped talking when she came out:
  "What's wrong with your mother?"

By asking this question, Wen Minghua actually already had a guess in her mind. After all, Zhou Mei didn't use her chopsticks during the entire lunch.

Zhang Tanjun's face looked tired and full of sadness:
  "Stomach cancer was diagnosed in several of our local hospitals before."

But their local medical conditions are poor, and even the treatment plan given in the provincial capital says that surgery is not possible.

His mother had been taking medicine to relieve pain in the past few years, but in the spring of this year, the pain became even worse. He really couldn't bear it, so he thought of bringing her to Beijing.

"As for the doctor in Beijing Hospital, I actually tricked her out of it. I just wanted to coax her to come to Beijing first, and then find a way to find a doctor to treat her."

Wen Minghua nodded understandingly, but also felt strange:
  "Why didn't you bring your mother to Beijing before?"

Didn't she even tell Zhang Jin that she was seriously ill?
  Zhang Jin also asked Zhang Tanjun this question just now.

I saw Zhang Tanjun holding his head and letting out a painful and desperate sob:
  "My mother won't let me."

She said that when she brought her brother and sister back to her hometown, she didn't want them to gain anything by relying on the Zhang family's connections.

Even when he graduated from high school, he wanted to inherit his father's career and become a soldier, but his mother gave up the idea by forcing him to die.

In the past few years, he has proposed countless times to come to Beijing to see his brother-in-law, not for anything else but because of her illness, but she still refused, saying that she could not cause trouble for his brother-in-law, and his brother-in-law also changed his job and returned home. In this place, life is definitely not easy either.


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