Chapter 313

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Seeing Wang Zhanggen's attitude, Li Xiulan really wanted to scold him a couple of sentences; making a phone call to her own son wouldn't make her lose two catties of flesh, so why was he unwilling to call?

However, she also couldn't say this to Wang Zhanggen in front of an outsider; she knew Wang Zhanggen cared deeply about Face (reputation), and if she tore down his platform face-to-face, he might get angry again.

After waiting with difficulty until they finished eating, Wang Zhangtian and Zhao Lifen both left.

Only then did Li Xiulan speak up:

"Why don't you still give Dashan a call and ask? In case Sixth Brother Dashan really has no time, saying so in advance is better."

Wang Zhanggen, however, pulled a long face and said coldly:

"I'm not calling. Sixth Brother picking up Yaohua to go to Guangzhou was his own proposal, his own promise; why should I be the one to remind him? He's not a child anymore!"

Wang Zhanggen's words seem to have a bit of principle on the surface; if an outsider said them, there'd be no fault, but he is Wang Dashan's father, and this attitude of his makes Li Xiulan unable to help rolling her eyes when she sees it.

"If you won't call, I'll call. I'll talk to Dashan; that works, right?"

Li Xiulan was worried that something might go wrong at the time, leading to unnecessary misunderstandings; her having this worry is normal, after all Wang Dashan is her son.

As the saying goes, when a son travels a thousand li, the mother worries; her son making a living outside, as a mother Li Xiulan hasn't had a single day without missing him, without worrying.

Li Xiulan found her old flower glasses in the drawer, put on the old flower glasses, then took out her mobile phone, clumsily searching through the contact list on the phone.

She fiddled for a good long while before finally dialing Wang Dashan's phone number.

"Hello, Dashan."

Li Xiulan shouted at the top of her voice, afraid Wang Dashan on the other end of the phone wouldn't hear her voice.

"Mom, what's up?"

Wang Dashan answered the phone and asked.

Li Xiulan didn't get straight to the point, but first chattered a few sentences:

"Have you eaten dinner?"

Wang Dashan just said:

"Just ate."

"What did you eat?"

"White cut chicken rice."

"Outside food isn't clean; when you have time, cook more yourself."

"Mm-hmm, got it, Mom."

"Last time you left in a rush; originally I planned to have you take some winter melon and sweet potatoes down, and the chickens raised at home could actually have a few caught and taken down to raise and eat — whenever you want to eat, just kill one."

Hearing these words, Wang Dashan felt a bit like crying and laughing; his mother's number of trips to the city in this life could probably be counted on the fingers of one hand; she fundamentally doesn't know that the city isn't like the rural area; city rental rooms are incomparably cramped, how could they raise chickens, ducks, and livestock? Even if you wanted to raise them, the landlord wouldn't be willing; making it stinky, who would be willing?

"Mom, next time I go back, I'll bring some more down."

Wang Dashan didn't go explain to Li Xiulan that the city doesn't allow raising poultry, because he knew explaining wouldn't be of much use; his mother has been detached from society for too long, the pace of life in the outside city, she probably couldn't imagine it even if she exhausted her brainpower.

"Didn't you say before that Sixth Brother was going to pick up Yaohua to go to your company? How about when Sixth Brother comes back, he makes a trip home again, and at that time takes the winter melon, sweet potatoes, and chickens down together."

Wang Dashan immediately gave a bitter smile:

"Mom, you don't need to worry about my meals; I eat pretty well in the city. I'm going back to the county town tomorrow. The car repair boss called me today saying the car is already fixed. Tomorrow morning I'll go back to pick up the car, and on the way pick up Cousin. In the afternoon I still have to be busy taking clients to view houses, so I won't be going home."

"Oh oh, like that..." Li Xiulan's heart couldn't help feeling a bit lost.

She had originally planned to pick out the best sweet potatoes at home to send down with Wang Dashan, so the brothers could occasionally eat them; they used to love eating sweet potatoes, especially purple sweet potatoes.

And those few chickens at home were originally raised to feed the several sons; now Wang Dashan doesn't want them, she can't eat that many herself, and if raised until Spring Festival they'll probably be too old; if too old, the meat gets tough and unappetizing.

"Did you tell Yaohua about picking him up tomorrow?"

The loss in Li Xiulan's heart flashed past, and then she busily asked with concern:

She was just afraid Wang Dashan hadn't greeted Wang Yaohua in advance; tomorrow returning to the county town, Wang Yaohua might be unwilling to go with him to Guangzhou.

After all, it was agreed before that Sixth Brother would do it; now the time is changed, a greeting must be made in advance.

"Mom, rest assured, I have a sense of proportion in doing things. Just now I sent Cousin a WeChat and told him I'm picking him up tomorrow morning; he'll reply to me when he sees the WeChat. I've grown up; I know how to handle this without you reminding me."

Hearing this, Li Xiulan could only say with a smile:

"I'm just worried about you; afraid it'll cause misunderstandings and strain the relatives' relationship."

Wang Dashan then said:

"Got it, got it. I'll handle it well."

Facing Li Xiulan's chatter, Wang Dashan couldn't help feeling a bit impatient.

Because he felt this was just a very small matter; Li Xiulan completely didn't need to come remind him how to do things; if he couldn't even handle this bit of a small matter well, there'd be no need to do business.

"Mom, if there's nothing else, I'll hang up first."

"Alright alright, then you go be busy."

Li Xiulan hung up the phone and gently sighed.

This matter that was extremely small in Wang Dashan's eyes, placed in Li Xiulan's eyes, was an extremely important matter.

She really worried Wang Dashan would mess it up and create some misunderstandings.

But now hearing Wang Dashan had already planned to return to the county town tomorrow to pick up Wang Yaohua, and had sent Wang Yaohua a WeChat, she felt much more at ease.

"Dashan said, tomorrow he's going back to the county town to get the car, and on the way pick up Yaohua."

Li Xiulan said this sentence to Wang Zhanggen beside her who was watching TV.

"Mm, got it."

Wang Zhanggen had heard it long ago, so his reaction was very flat.

"It's just a phone call, and you won't even make it—I really don't know what you're thinking!" Li Xiulan couldn't help but complain, and added: "You won't take the initiative to call your son, you don't communicate much, no wonder they're so distant with you."

Wang Zhanggen said coldly:

"I am their biological father; if anyone calls, it should be them calling me. What logic is there in me calling them?"

Li Xiulan felt Wang Zhanggen was simply unreasonable.

What's wrong with making a phone call?

What's the big deal!

She couldn't be bothered to deal with Wang Zhanggen, turned around, and went to wash the bowls and chopsticks.

That said, Wang Zhanggen's temper, as his age increased, indeed became more and more irritable and more and more stubborn.

He wasn't like this before; before, although he also had a bad temper, at least he wasn't emotionally unstable like now.

I don't know if it's a sequela caused by his previous sudden cerebral infarction.

Seems I need to find a time to take him for a physical examination.

How about taking him to Renmin Hospital in the County Town tomorrow to have a look?

Coincidentally, Dashan is coming back tomorrow morning to pick up his car, so then I can bring the sweet potatoes, winter melons, and such down to him along the way.

Li Xiulan thought this in her heart.

So after she finished washing the bowls and chopsticks and returned to the Living Room, she said to Wang Zhanggen:

"I see your complexion hasn't been good lately; how about I take you to the County Town Hospital for an examination tomorrow?"