"Old man, a few days ago, I collected a painting by Tang Yin. It is absolutely authentic. When you are discharged from the hospital, I will take it over and give you a hand."
"It's real or fake. Don't lie to me, kid. There aren't many genuine paintings by Tang Yin, and paintings like these are difficult to preserve."
"You can rest assured that it is not only authentic, but also perfectly preserved. You will know when I show it to you."
"Then I'll wait. I found that your luck is really good. In recent years, you have received so many good things. Chunming has been talking about it in my ears many times."
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Zhou Chen and Mr. Guan chatted in the ward for twenty minutes. Most of the time, Zhou Chen was the one doing the talking. Mr. Guan has not fully recovered yet, and talking takes quite a lot of energy.
Mr. Guan rested for a while and did not see Han Chunming coming back.
"Where's Chunming? How come you haven't come back yet after fetching water?"
Zhou Chen was also confused. The boiling water room was not far from here. It took more than 20 minutes. A dozen round trips were enough.
"Maybe he's on the phone, I'll go out and take a look."
But he stood up, and before he could reach the door, the door to the ward was already opened, and Han Chunming walked in first, followed by several people.
Han Chunming winked at Zhou Chen and whispered: "The old man's son and daughter-in-law are back."
Zhou Chen narrowed his eyes and saw that Guan Xiaoguan's parents, although they didn't appear much in the TV series, were definitely characters that could make people hate them so much that they would bite off their molars.
He can be called a representative figure of ‘disrespectful’ in the daughter-in-law world.
After everyone came in, Zhou Chen saw that in addition to Guan Xiaoguan and Li Chengtao, there were two middle-aged men and women in their fifties.
Both the man and the woman are a little chubby, and the man's face looks a bit anxious.
The lovely woman had a straight face and was carrying a bag. She was not young, but she was wearing gold, silver, and earrings. Her face was expressionless, and she couldn't seem to be worried at all.
When these two people saw Zhou Chen, they acted as if they hadn't seen him.
Zhou Chen curled his lips, stepped aside, and watched silently as the two men walked to Mr. Guan's hospital bed.
"Dad, I'm back, how do you feel now?"
Guan Xiaoguan's father greeted cautiously.
Immediately afterwards, Guan Xiaoguan's mother was one meter away from the hospital bed and did not get close at all. She also shouted in a low voice: "Dad."
Mr. Guan, who had been talking and laughing with Zhou Chen just now, no longer had any smile on his face, and his face was cold. Especially after hearing his daughter-in-law's voice, he simply closed his eyes and pretended not to see or hear.
Han Chunming wanted to go over, but Zhou Chen held him back and shook his head at him. Han Chunming thought about what Guan's mother said just at the door, and his expression changed, so he silently retreated to Zhou Chen's side.
Seeing their father ignoring them, Guan's father and Guan's mother were very embarrassed.
Guan's father spoke again: "Dad, we heard from Xiaoguan and Taozi about your situation. We were particularly worried. We booked our air tickets at that time. As soon as we got off the plane, we went straight to you and wanted to know.
How are you, are you feeling better?"
Mr. Guan still didn't open his eyes or speak. Guan Xiaoguan couldn't stand it anymore and could only shout: "Grandpa, my father and mother are very worried about you, please don't be like this."
Only then did Mr. Guan open his eyes, without looking at his son and daughter-in-law, he just said coldly: "Are they worried about me? If they were worried about me, they wouldn't go abroad for decades and not come back. Once they heard that I was dying,
He ran back in a hurry, I think he was a drunkard and was not interested in drinking."
Guan's father hurriedly explained: "Dad, how can you say that? You are my dad. I care about you. Isn't it normal?"
"Hmph!"
Mr. Guan snorted twice, and then shouted: "Chunming, where is Xiaozao?"
Han Chunming hurried over and said, "Master, Xiaozao has gone back to cook for you. He will be here later."
"Okay, I understand. Come over and help me sleep."
"okay."
Han Chunming hurried over, laid the old man down, and then covered him with a quilt.
Guan Xiaoguan said: "Grandpa, I think it's better to let our hotel cook the food and deliver it to you. Meng Xiaozao is wasting too much time running back and forth like this."
Mr. Guan said: "It's just the chef of your restaurant. Forget it. Who knows whether the food is fresh or not? I just want Xiao Zao to make it. I can rest assured that she will cook."
"Grandpa~"
"Okay, I'm going to bed. There are other people waiting, so hurry up and leave. Don't be an eyesore here."
Mr. Guan yelled a few words loudly, and then closed his eyes, as if he was going to sleep.
Although he didn't say it explicitly, everyone present knew that he was talking about his son and daughter-in-law.
Zhou Chen has also rarely seen Mr. Guan have such an attitude towards anyone. One can imagine how badly this son and daughter-in-law hurt him.
Although Mr. Guan sometimes has a strange temper, Zhou Chen knows that the relationship between the daughter-in-law and her father-in-law is not good, mainly because of the disrespect for the daughter-in-law, and secondly because of the problem of Mr. Guan's son.
I have only had one son in my life, and ended up having to deal with such a thing. Fortunately, Mr. Guan and Han Chunming were filial, otherwise they would definitely suffer in their later years.
As for Guan Xiaoguan, forget it. As a biological granddaughter, she is not even as good as her grandson-in-law, let alone Han Chunming, an apprentice.
She only has one mouth left, so just think about it if she is expected to serve Mr. Guan.
Zhou Chen said hello to Mr. Guan and left.
In the next few days, Zhou Chen went to the hospital once, and not long after, Mr. Guan was also discharged from the hospital.
In the villa, Zhou Chen and Han Chunming sat together drinking tea, Li Yuejin sat aside, while Meng Xiaozao and Han Chunyan ran to the kitchen to cook.
Li Yuejin and Meng Xiaozao originally lived in Mr. Guan's yard, but after Guan's father and mother came back, they told Han Chunming that they did not need Meng Xiaozao to serve Mr. Guan anymore, so Meng Xiaozao had nowhere to go.
Zao's family of three temporarily lived in Zhou Chen's former single-entry courtyard house.
During the few days that Mr. Guan was hospitalized, Meng Xiaozao and Han Chunming took care of him. Guan's father and mother, including Guan Xiaoguan, only visited him occasionally, and then left the hospital after only a few minutes.
But today was the day when Mr. Guan was discharged from the hospital. Guan's father, Guan's mother, and Guan Xiaoguan began to perform. They did not let Han Chunming and Meng Xiaozao go to help. They helped Mr. Guan go through the discharge procedures and sent him back.
"Well, Zhou Chen, your tea making skills are really getting better and better. Even a person like me who doesn't drink tea thinks it tastes good."
Han Chunming sipped the tea and then said to Zhou Chen with emotion.
Although Zhou Chen has not specifically trained in tea art, he has learned it on his own over the years and has his own set of methods.
Of course, a large part of the reason why it can be brewed well is that the tea leaves are good enough.
Zhou Chen put down the cup and said: "It tastes so good. Just drink it in one sip. It's like drinking. What kind of taste can you taste?"
Han Chunyan looked at the cup Zhou Chen put on the table with jealousy: "Zhou Chen, you are definitely the first to drink tea from a colorful chicken cup. Aren't you afraid of bumping into this kind of treasure?"
"This doucai chicken jar cup was originally made to be used as a drinking utensil. Now I use it to drink tea, and it doesn't make much difference."
Of course the treasure is a treasure, and Zhou Chen must care about it, but it is too wasteful to keep it in the system backpack or the treasure room, so he took it out and used it.
"You just handed over your master to the Guan family, can you rest assured?"
Speaking of this, Han Chunming's face turned gloomy and he said melancholy: "Then what can I do? They are my biological son, daughter-in-law, and biological granddaughter. I am just an apprentice and have no blood relationship at all. Even if I want to take care of them, they don't want to take care of them."
Jean, what can I say? I have no rights at all."
"Aren't you afraid that they will abuse your master?"
"How dare they? I don't trust the Guan family, but Taozi is there. With him here, this kind of situation will never happen."
Although he was squeezed out by Guan's father and mother and was unable to take care of his master, he secretly told Li Chengtao that he still had great trust in Li Chengtao.
Zhou Chen suddenly smiled and said: "You didn't tell me the truth. I think you did it on purpose. You knew very well that your master couldn't let them take care of you, so you let them go so easily. You were waiting for them to come to you."
Bar?"
"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from you. You're right. Don't they want to take care of the old man? I'll let them try. It's strange that they can take care of the old man well. Even the old man won't let them take care of him.
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On the surface, Han Chunming did not have any dispute with Guan's father and Guan's mother, but in fact, he looked down on them very much.
He has followed Mr. Guan for decades and knows very well what kind of people that couple is, especially the daughter-in-law Yu Jinxian. With such a woman, no matter what kind of family it is, it is impossible to live a peaceful life.
Zhou Chen reminded: "You, I know you are angry, but you still have to pay attention. I can see that this time the old man is sick and his mental state is not very good. He is likely to have random thoughts. You still need to spend more time with me."
He does his ideological work."
"Really?" Han Chunming looked nervous.
"I just want to remind you to pay attention to why the old man's son and daughter-in-law came all the way back. The old man knows it in his heart, and you must also know it in your heart. But no matter what, I still want to make the old man feel better now."
"I understand what you mean, I will definitely pay attention to it."
To be continued...