Chapter Thirty-six: Uncle and Auntie Fly into a Rage

  He glanced at the time, which was exactly 11 o'clock in the morning. He then said goodbye to Shang Yang and went out to buy some gifts, planning to visit his uncle's house. However, he didn't know his uncle's address, so he called his mother to ask.

  His mother, Lu Hongmei, immediately became worried when she heard that Zhang was going to visit his uncle. "Son, your third aunt is a bit mean-spirited," she said. "If you're going to go, be careful not to say anything that will offend anyone, or it'll make things difficult for your uncle again."

  Zhang Junyi was taken aback and said, "Mom, now that you mention it, I recall that since childhood, I haven't seen Third Uncle much. Is there a conflict between you two?"

  Lu Hongmei smiled wryly and said: "You were young at that time, adults' troubles wouldn't be told to you. Son, do you still remember when mom was ill when you were little?"

  Zhang Jun suddenly remembered that when he was in the third year of junior high school, his mother had a serious illness and needed surgery, which required a large sum of money. At that time, his parents had just helped his uncle buy an apartment, so they didn't have enough money, and they borrowed from his wealthy uncle.

  He thought of this and asked: "Mom, didn't Third Uncle help you cure your illness?"

  Lu Hongmei sighed, "That money wasn't from your third uncle, it was collected by your father from his colleagues at work, a total of 50,000 yuan. At that time, although your third uncle had the ability to lend us money, your aunt was reluctant and worried that our family wouldn't be able to pay it back, so they didn't lend it to us. When your father was in a hurry to get me treated, he was a bit rude, which offended your aunt, and even your third uncle turned against him."

  Zhang Jun felt uncomfortable in his heart, but he understood that others were not willing to lend money and it was not wrong. He asked: "After all, he is your own brother, just because of this matter, for several years, he will not even care about our family?"

  "Actually, your third uncle is very kind. In the past few years, he secretly called mom several times. When you were in college, he even sent 20,000 yuan anonymously to support you, saying it was for living expenses. The computer you used was bought with your third uncle's money. However, your aunt has always held a grudge and your third uncle is afraid of his wife, so he didn't dare contact us directly."

  Zhang Jun shook his head and said, "So that's what you mean, Auntie is indeed very careful, still holding onto that matter until now. Alright, I understand, Mom, I'll be careful with my words and won't make Third Uncle uncomfortable."

  "That's good, by the way, I'll ask your uncle on behalf of your mother." Lu Hongmei gave a few more instructions and then told him the address.

  Zhang Jun's third uncle is named Lu Jianjun, who is over 40 years old and runs a building materials business in Dongling. He lives in the Yu Jing Yuan community of Dongling City.

  Yu Jing Yuan community is located in the golden area of Dongling City, with a house price of over 15,000 yuan. Lu Jianjun can buy a house here, proving that he has considerable economic strength.

  As they were about to arrive at the residential area, Zhang Jun dialed Lu Jianjun's phone number. After a ringtone, Lu Jianjun's voice came through: "Hello, who is this?"

  "Third Uncle, I'm Zhang Jun, currently at Dongling, and was just thinking of dropping by to see you. Are you home?"

  As soon as he heard it was Zhang Jun's phone call, Lu Jianjun was very surprised and said: "Is that little Jun? I'm at home. Where are you? Uncle will drive to pick you up."

  "Never mind, Uncle, I'll be at the entrance of the community soon."

  "Okay, I'll be right there, wait for me."

  After hanging up the phone for about five minutes, the car arrived at Yujingyuan Community. Through the window, Zhang Jun saw a familiar person standing at the entrance of the community looking around. He quickly got out of the car and shouted: "Third Uncle!"

  A middle-aged man with a slightly dark complexion, a stout body, and an obvious beer belly, saw Zhang Jun and smiled as he came over, saying: "Little Jun, you didn't even give me advance notice that you were coming, Uncle could have prepared some good food for you."

  Zhang Jun smiled and said, "The food at your uncle's house is all delicious, no need to prepare anything special." Then he pulled out the gifts from the trunk, six bottles of 15-year-old Feitian Maotai and ten boxes of Jinling's most expensive cigarettes.

  Maotai 5800 yuan per bottle, cigarettes 1800 yuan per pack, a total of Zhang Jun spending more than 40,000 yuan. He is so generous in order to ease the tension between his parents and aunt.

  Lu Jianjun usually sent famous cigarettes and wine to get business, he took a glance at these gifts worth at least 30,000 to 40,000 yuan. His face changed, saying: "Xiao Jun, what are you doing? Why buy such expensive cigarettes and wine? Where did you buy them? Come on, I'll go with you to return them."

  Zhang Jun smiled and said, "Uncle, I won the lottery a few days ago and after taxes, I had over 3 million left. Now that I have some money on hand, I thought I'd come visit you."

  Lu Jianjun was taken aback and asked uncertainly: "Really?"

  Zhang Jun pulled out the fake lottery ticket from his pocket and said seriously, "How dare I cheat my uncle? Of course it's real. Look at the numbers, they were just drawn a few days ago. If you don't believe me, Uncle can check online."

  Lu Jianjun was only slightly convinced, but still said: "Even if you have the money, you can't spend it like this. Several tens of thousands a day, do you think 3 million can last for several days?"

  Zhang Jun said repeatedly, "This is not what I wanted to show respect to Uncle, if it were someone else, I wouldn't even give them a box of cigarettes worth three dollars."

  "You've become quite glib, young man." Lu Jianjun burst out laughing and thought for a moment before saying, "Let's not talk about that now. Your aunt has just finished cooking lunch, let's eat first."

  Lu Jianjun pulled Zhang Jun along the way, saying: "Xiao Jun, you also know that your aunt is a bit temperamental. If she says something unpleasant later, don't take it to heart."

  Zhang Jun hastily nodded: "I understand."

  Lu Jianjun lived in a duplex house, over 200 square meters. As soon as Zhang Jun entered the room, he found that it was decorated luxuriously and grandly, with a high grade. He couldn't help but praise: "Uncle, your house is really big, didn't you spend a lot of money on decoration?"

  Lu Jianjun was quite pleased with himself, saying: "It was just bought a couple of years ago, the house alone cost over 3 million, plus renovations, it must have been close to 4 million. Xiao Jun, the house is big, you can stay for a few more days, and we two old men can chat some more."

  Zhang Jun smiled and said, "Okay, I still remember when I was a kid, my uncle often told me stories. This time, I'll review them carefully."

  When Lu Jianjun heard this, his nose slightly turned sour. Before Zhang Jun was eight or nine years old, he wasn't married yet, and at that time, he often took the young Zhang Jun out to play, saving money from his meager salary to buy him good food, and at night, he would hold his little nephew in his arms and tell him stories.

  He turned his face away and laughed loudly: "The stinky boy still has some conscience, remembering the good things Uncle did for you."

  At this time, a middle-aged woman in her forties with thin lips and a pointed chin walked out of the living room. She looked at Zhang Jun and said indifferently: "Oh, isn't this Big Sister's nephew Little Jun? You've grown so big, Auntie almost doesn't dare to recognize you."

  "Ah, Auntie, it's been years since we last met. You look just the same as before, still young and beautiful."

  Her aunt had previously heard that her nephew was coming to the door and thought he had come to borrow money again, so she was a bit unhappy at the time. Fortunately, as she grew older, her temperament also changed from being as cold-blooded as before, and she suppressed her anger all along. At this moment, hearing Zhang Jun's sweet talk, she felt relieved and said lightly: "Don't stand there, go inside and sit down."

  Lu Jianjun flashed out from behind Zhang Jun, and his aunt saw the cigarettes and wine in his hand, frowned and said: "Where did you get it? Are you going to give gifts again?"

  Lu Jianjun smiled and said: "This is what Xiao Jun brought."

  Aunt was taken aback, thought for a moment, and suddenly got angry, staring at Zhang Jun: "Xiao Jun, your family is so poor, how can you afford such expensive cigarettes and wine? Are they fake?"

  Lu Jianjun was annoyed as soon as he heard it and scolded: "Yi Zhu, how can you talk like that! Xiao Jun kindly bought cigarettes and wine to entertain us, and you treat him like this?"

  Auntie Yi Zhu saw Lu Jianjun yelling, and she was also furious. She sneered: "Alright, Lu Jianjun, isn't your poor sister causing enough trouble for us? In the past when you weren't successful, they would ask for 50,000 yuan as soon as they opened their mouths. I said we didn't have money, and they got anxious, even to the point of not recognizing you as their own brother. Is that something a human being would do?"

  "Don't even mention those trivial matters." Lu Jianjun's face had already turned dark, he hadn't expected Yi Zhu to stir up trouble as soon as she came, making him extremely annoyed.

  Yizhu's temper flared up, and it was hard to extinguish. She "haha" laughed and said: "How could I not mention? Let their son know how his parents didn't do the right thing back then."

  Zhang Jun only felt two strands of anger rising from the soles of his feet, burning fiercely to his heart, but he still suppressed it, thinking that this aunt was indeed formidable, and his parents must have been furious back then.

  He calmly said, "Aunt, although I'm not very capable, I wouldn't stoop to buying fake cigarettes and wine to cheat Uncle. As for what happened in the past, I don't want to hear about it, that's a matter for adults, and as a junior, I shouldn't interfere."

  "Oh, you're quite eloquent for your age." Yizhu sneered, "I don't believe it, your family can afford to spend tens of thousands on fine wine and cigarettes as gifts. The money spent on these things, your whole family would have to work hard for a year to earn, right?"

  Zhang Jun didn't say a word, he picked up a bottle of Maotai, opened it on the spot, and suddenly a strong aroma of liquor wafted out. He said calmly: "Uncle's income is high, I suppose you haven't drunk less of this wine, Auntie should be able to smell its scent."

  Yi Zhen usually drank some wine too, and only good wine. She could naturally smell that this wine was real, her expression changed suddenly.

  Zhang Jun said: "If Aunt thinks the cigarettes are fake, she can also open them and smoke a few."

  Yi Zhen's expression changed, and for a moment she couldn't speak. Lu Jianjun also looked embarrassed. At this time, a 12 or 13-year-old boy ran over, holding a tablet computer in his arms.

  He looked at Zhang Jun and said: "Mom, who is he."

  Lu Jianjun hastily said: "Xiao Long, this is your aunt's cousin, quickly call him brother."

  The boy curled his lips as soon as he heard it, and never looked at Zhang Jun again. He said to Yizhu: "Mom, it's the child of that poor devil, coming to our house to cheat for money again?"

  Zhang Jun's heart turned cold, and it was clear that Yizhu had mentioned something to her son that made him think that his aunt's family were all poor devils, cheaters and annoying people. He had thought that if he treated others with kindness, they would treat him with kindness in return, but now it seemed that wasn't necessarily the case!

  He suddenly felt a pang of sadness, thinking about how his parents had been treated when they came to borrow money all those years ago. He forced a smile and turned around, saying to Lu Jianjun: "Uncle, I just remembered something important that I need to take care of, so I won't stay any longer. I'll come visit you again another day."

  After finishing speaking, he pushed the door and left without looking back, ignoring Lu Jianjun's shouting behind him. He didn't let out a long breath until he walked out of the neighborhood, feeling that his emotions had calmed down a bit.