Chapter 824 - 823: Birthday
The three people are not procrastinators; since they decided to return to the county town, they started packing the remaining unpacked luggage.
In the evening, Old Granny Zhang made a table full of dishes and called the members of the first, third, and fourth household to the back courtyard for dinner. She also had some things to say.
Halfway through the meal, everyone learned that tomorrow, Old Granny Zhang, Wang Yongzhu, and Song Chongjin would be heading back to the county town.
This time, it was uncertain when they would return.
The Wang Family Brothers felt a bit reluctant. In the past, if they were to say they were unwilling to part with their mother and sister, they wouldn’t have believed it themselves.
But now, they realized the goodness of their mother and sister only when they were no longer around.
"Mother, when will you come back after going to the county town?" Wang Yonggui asked.
"Come back for what? To see you all still being useless and get angry? I am very comfortable living in the county town, so why would I come back to get annoyed? Do you wish your mother to die young?" Old Granny Zhang snorted.
"Mother, you have your fiftieth birthday coming up in the second half of the year; you must come back for that, right?" Wang Yongfu said sullenly.
Old Granny Zhang was startled. She didn’t expect her eldest son to remember her birthday. After a while, she said, "Your father hasn’t passed his anniversary yet, what birthday celebration are we talking about? You trying to let others gossip behind Mother’s back?"
It’s true. In these times, if someone in the family has recently passed away, you don’t hold celebrations like birthdays within the year to avoid bad omens.