Unknowingly, it was the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Early in the morning, Wang Yuelan started loading things into the car for her daughter.
Today Cao Huifang is going to visit Tong Jiayi's house. This was agreed years ago. Tong Jiayi came to their house to pay New Year's greetings. Cao Huifang will go there after the new year.
Wang Yuelan and Cao Jianguo were very satisfied with Tong Jiayi, their prospective son-in-law, and could not fault him.
From their perspective, they also considered settling their marriage as soon as possible.
The things they brought there were prepared by the couple. They didn't take any more meat or other things. Wang Yuelan kept telling her daughter to be calm in everything after she went there and not to lose her temper.
Cao Huifang felt helpless when she heard what her mother said. She always felt that her mother still treated her like a child.
I saw my daughter-in-law's bodyguard Wu Shangying get into the driver's seat, and her daughter Cao Huifang get into the passenger seat and drive away in her Magotan.
Wang Yuelan still felt a little uneasy, and Cao Jianguo looked a little disappointed.
In the past, he was worried that his daughter would not be able to get married, but now he always felt that his daughter might get married at any time and leave the family. At this time, Cao Jianguo began to worry about gains and losses again.
He couldn't explain how he felt in his heart, but Cao Jianguo knew that there would come a time.
Cao Shujie and his wife Cheng Xiaolin did not come out to see them off at home. For Cao Shujie, these things were already a given and he could no longer stop them.
Besides, he is quite satisfied with Tong Jiayi.
At this time, Cao Shujie could only wish his sister a better life in the future.
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"Dad, is my aunt getting married soon?"
"Dad, will my aunt have a baby after she gets married?"
"Dad, how can my aunt give birth to a baby?"
"Auntie, will you still play with me in the future?"
"Dad, why don't you speak?"
Mengmeng, who was standing next to her, was asking a million questions, which annoyed Cao Shujie: "Why don't you ask your aunt?"
Cheng Xiaolin took her daughter downstairs.
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On the way from Caojiazhuang to Hejian, the total distance is more than 340 kilometers. If the journey goes smoothly, it will take about 4 hours.
On the way, Cao Huifang and Wu Shangying talked. Cao Huifang was very grateful to Wu Shangying for accompanying him to the river.
She also knew that her brother was worried.
As for her sister-in-law's bodyguard, Cao Huifang had also seen her kung fu, and Cao Huifang was shocked at that time. She didn't expect that a chopstick in Wu Shangying's hand could penetrate the thin iron sheet.
According to this power, it is very easy for a chopstick to penetrate into the human body. There is no need to think too much about the consequences.
Because of this, Cao Huifang was curious about how she did it?
But Wu Shangying didn't say anything, so Cao Huifang didn't ask any more questions.
Halfway there, Tong Jiayi called Cao Huifang and asked her where she was.
After Cao Huifang looked at the road signs and told him a place name, Tong Jiayi also told her to pay attention to safety on the road.
They had breakfast at home in the morning and set off at 8 o'clock. It was already 11 o'clock in the morning when they arrived in Hejian. They drove from Hejian City for more than half an hour to the countryside where Tong Jiayi's home is located.
Finally, the car parked in front of Tong Jiayi's house. Seeing Tong Jiayi standing at the door waiting for her, Cao Huifang smiled unconsciously on her face.
But when she saw a middle-aged woman standing next to Tong Jiayi and another young woman who was much older than Tong Jiayi, she became nervous again.
She knows Tong Jiayi's mother, but has never met Tong Jiayi's sister.
"That should be his sister, right?"
While Cao Huifang was thinking about this problem, Wu Shangying had already opened the car door, and Cao Huifang also got out of the car from the passenger side.
Tong Jiayi saw her coming down and quickly walked around the front of the car to greet her. Mother and daughter Zheng Suying and Tong Qingmei first saw Wu Shangying coming out of the driver's seat, and then saw her son (brother) going to the passenger side to greet someone. They
He also followed.
Although Cao Huifang had already had a WeChat video chat with Zheng Suying before, when they actually met, both parties still felt a little embarrassed and didn't know how to speak.
Cao Huifang and Tong Qingmei met for the first time. Fortunately, Tong Jiayi introduced them. After the initial embarrassment between the two parties, Zheng Suying enthusiastically held the hand of her future daughter-in-law and asked her to go home first.
They were also very confused about Wu Shangying who was driving. Who is this person?
Then they heard Cao Huifang introduce that it was her Sister Wu. Zheng Suying and the others had many questions in their minds, but they did not neglect Wu Shangying.
When she saw Wu Sangying opening the trunk and taking things out, Zheng Suying asked why she was taking so many things.
Tong Qingmei has been observing her sister-in-law at this time.
It was the first time for her and Cao Huifang to meet each other. There was no definite feeling between the two of them, but they were not in a position to show off to each other as soon as they met.
Tong Qingmei was particularly enthusiastic about Cao Huifang's arrival. She hoped that her brother would quickly find a suitable partner to get married, and her parents would be relieved of this worry. How could she kick out the 'prospective sister-in-law' who came to the door again?
After a while, Tong Zhanxin and Du Xuexing, who were at home, heard the noise outside and followed them out.
Tong Jiayi's family attached great importance to Cao Huifang's arrival.
The meal had already been prepared, and they were also counting the time for Cao Huifang to come over. Not long after Cao Huifang arrived, they welcomed her to the dining table.
Wu Shangying sat down together.
As Cheng Xiaolin's bodyguard, Wu Shangying was not used to eating with her, but Tong Jiayi's family did not regard her as an outsider. In addition, Cao Huifang never introduced Wu Shangying's identity as a "bodyguard". During the meal, Tong Jiayi
Her parents, sister, and brother-in-law have always treated Wu Shangying as Cao Huifang’s family.
Wu Shangying and Cao Huifang were two women, so they stopped drinking. Tong Jiayi's sister, Tong Qingmei, brought out the juice she had prepared in advance.
Everyone from Cao Huifang came over, naturally with the goal of finally getting married.
After the meal was almost finished, Zheng Suying also expressed her desire to meet Cao Huifang's parents.
Cao Huifang did not express her position directly, but said that she would talk to her parents after returning home.
Tong Jiayi didn't dare to be so impetuous and start setting a time for his parents to meet, because it also involved his boss Cao Shujie. Tong Jiayi couldn't think that just because Cao Shujie would become his uncle, he could be unscrupulous and not have to pay attention to any rules.
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On the contrary, at this time, Tong Jiayi became more cautious and must seek his boss's opinion in advance.
Zheng Suying was a little suspicious of her son's behavior and always felt that her son still maintained a certain distance from them when they wanted to meet their in-laws.
I couldn't figure out what was going on, but Zheng Suying didn't express her position in a hurry.
Originally, Zheng Suying thought that her son and Cao Huifang were already living together. After all, many families in their village came back with their wives. Although the wedding had not been held yet, they all lived together.
As people of the new era, they don't have the traditional stubborn view, but Cao Huifang came with Wu Shangying. After the two of them had dinner and chatted for a while, they also expressed their intention to go back in the afternoon.
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Zheng Suying was surprised when she learned about this incident, but she was not surprised when she saw her son. Zheng Suying could not help but have other thoughts in her heart.
Could it be that her son and each other are still 'pretending to be a couple' as the neighbor said?
However, before Cao Huifang left, she said to Zheng Suying: "Auntie, I will tell my parents when I go back. Then you can choose a day and come to our place for two days."
Hearing what Cao Huifang said, Zheng Suying suddenly felt a little ashamed and felt dirty for her own thoughts.
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Watching Wu Shangying and Cao Huifang come in a hurry and then go back in the afternoon, Tong Qingmei squinted as her future sister-in-law's car disappeared from sight. She turned around and asked her brother: "Chiayi, tell me honestly about your partner's family.
What is it for?"
"Her brother is an orchardist and cattle farmer." Tong Jiayi re-introduced what he had told his parents before.
He heard her brother say that his sister-in-law's family planted hundreds of acres of orchards and raised more than 2,000 beef cattle and more than 2,000 cows. This was exactly the same as what his mother had told him before.
But Tong Qingmei felt that this matter was not that simple: "That's all?"
When Tong Qingmei saw her brother nodding, she seemed to be saying to herself: "Why do I feel that the woman named Wu looks like her driver?"
Tong Qingmei observed for a long time, and she found that Wu Shangying had been following Cao Huifang, almost never leaving.
In Tong Qingmei's opinion, this is very abnormal.
Tong Jiayi glanced at his sister in surprise, thinking that you were observing very carefully, but he did not say more about this issue.
When Zheng Suying heard her daughter's question, she thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed the same as what her daughter said.
But she didn't think much about it at the time.
But Tong Qingmei kept chasing her brother and wanted to find out what was going on.
Tong Qingmei always felt subconsciously that her brother must be hiding something.
Tong Qingmei's intuition was really accurate this time. Tong Jiayi was so annoyed by his sister, and thought that his parents and Cao Huifang's parents were about to meet, this time he didn't hide it anymore and spoke out.
"Her brother is my boss." Tong Jiayi said.
This sentence made Zheng Suying and Tong Zhanxin who were drinking tea dumbfounded.
The old couple never expected this outcome.
Even Du Xuexing, who was drinking tea with his father-in-law, had a dull expression on his face and looked at his brother-in-law Tong Jiayi in disbelief.
After Zheng Suying came to her senses, she was very anxious and then asked him: "Chiayi, isn't it? Didn't you say that her brother's family raises cattle and grows orchards? Didn't you go to a new laboratory? Didn't you go to give
Their family raises cows? Then they can’t give you 1 million a year, right?”
No matter which aspect you look at, it doesn't make sense.
Tong Jiayi scratched his head, thinking about how to better explain this matter to his family.
At this time, Tong Jiayi thought that if he confessed from the beginning, there wouldn't be so many things and he wouldn't have to worry so much?
In the end, Tong Jiayi explained the situation from the beginning.
It would be bad if there were any misunderstandings between his parents, Cao Huifang's parents, and his boss Cao Shujie when they actually met.
When Tong Jiayi told these things, Zheng Suying, Tong Zhanxin, and Tong Qingmei felt that it was even more outrageous than watching a TV series.
"Chiayi, you mean it was Fangfang's brother who spent 1 million to poach you?" his brother-in-law Du Xuexing asked.
Tong Jiayi nodded and said crisply: "My boss did grow orchards and raise cattle at first, but after he made a fortune later, he set up a fruit deep-processing factory in the town, and last year he started to build a laboratory. Our main
The research direction is nutrient solutions for crops."
"Are you talking about the advertisements that are always on TV, which ones are your products?" Zheng Suying asked.
As a real farmer, Zheng Suying is more concerned about this aspect.
Before her son confessed, she really didn't know which product her son was researching.
When she saw her son nodding in recognition, Zheng Suying felt that the amount of information today was too much and she couldn't accept it.
"Then is your relationship with Fangfang real? Or is it fake? Does your boss agree?" Zheng Suying is more concerned about this.
If the relationship between her son and the other person is a farce, Zheng Suying thinks it is better to let her son come back and find a new job, and then honestly find a partner to get married and start a family.
They don't covet 1 million a year.
No one knows how wronged my son will be inside!
Tong Jiayi couldn't laugh or cry, and quickly clarified to his mother that this income had nothing to do with his relationship with Cao Huifang.
"Mom, these are two different things." Tong Jiayi said with certainty.
But Zheng Suying was still very confused. Today's incident made her unable to calm down for a short time.
Even Zheng Suying is no longer in a hurry to meet her in-laws to discuss the marriage of her two children.
There was only one thought in her mind: "Her prospective daughter-in-law's family has such good conditions. Is it really suitable for her son to be together? Will her son really be happy in the future?"
Zheng Suying has not yet reached the point where she doesn't care whether her son is happy or not in order to get her son married.
Zheng Suying couldn't sleep tonight.
Not to mention her, even Tong Zhanxin, Tong Qingmei and Du Xuexing are not so optimistic about Tong Jiayi's relationship at this moment.
They thought this didn't make sense. They were just an ordinary family. How could Tong Jiayi find a partner with such good conditions?
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Wu Shangying and Cao Huifang left Tong Jiayi's house at around 3 p.m. After getting on the expressway, things went smoothly at first. However, before they left the border of Beihe Province, they encountered a car accident and were blocked, and there was a traffic jam.
Just over two hours.
After the expressway opened, the sky darkened, and since she didn't have a good rest today, Cao Huifang was not in a hurry to go home. They got off the nearest expressway intersection and found a hotel to stay.
Cao Huifang called her mother Wang Yuelan for a video chat on WeChat and explained the situation to her, especially what happened at Tong Jiayi's house at noon today.
This is what her mother has always wanted. When her daughter said that Tong Jiayi's parents also wanted to meet them, Wang Yuelan would definitely agree.
He also told her daughter that she would have an auspicious day.
"Mom, Brother Tong is still at home. I will call him later." Cao Huifang said.
On the other side, Cheng Xiaolin also received a call from Wu Shangying. After listening to Wu Shangying's report on today's events, she also specifically talked about the accident that happened on the highway when returning this afternoon, and that they were currently stranded in Beihe Province and had not yet returned.
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Cheng Xiaolin also told them to pay attention to safety.
At this time, Cheng Xiaolin was also a little lucky. If her sister-in-law had gone alone, this matter would have been a bit troublesome.
Wu Shangying and Cao Huifang continued their journey after breakfast on the second day, and did not return to Caojiazhuang until noon.
Seeing his sister coming back, Cao Shujie also teased her about why she didn't come back with Tong Jiayi.
"Brother, I'm not married yet."
"I know, I know, will you come back together after you get married?" Cao Shujie continued.
Cao Huifang couldn't stand her brother. She didn't even want to take the things in the car and was ready to go home.
Cao Shujie also asked her if she still wanted the homestead in the village?
"Yes, do you want to divide the homestead now?" Cao Huifang stopped walking home, looked back at her brother and asked.
She has never forgotten the homestead in Caojiazhuang.
Moreover, Cao Huifang did not think that she would have to transfer her household registration after getting married.
Besides, she and Tong Jiayi also discussed that moving Caojiazhuang's household registration to Yiling City would be a stupid move since they would spend more time in Yiling City in the future.
Cao Shujie told his sister that the village plans to re-allocate a batch of homestead sites during this period and is applying for them.
It is said that it is an application report, but in fact it is just a facade.
Everyone knows that this is the case, and the town knows that it was Cao Shujie who brought it up, so they will not deliberately refuse to approve it.
There is no way, Cao Shujie has a lot of face.
"Okay, I'll leave a piece for you when the time comes." Cao Shujie happily agreed.
This was one of the few times he misappropriated personal rights, but Cao Shujie felt there was nothing wrong with it.
No matter who said this, Cao Shujie has such a moral character.
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Xuemeng Food Factory opened as normal.
Cao Shujie also ended this year's Spring Festival holiday and came to the factory. As in previous years, he first distributed Spring Festival start-up red envelopes to all employees.
This is also a scene that all employees in the factory are looking forward to.
For them, no matter how much money the boss pays, they are happy. The main thing is to create an atmosphere.
But when they received the red envelope and opened it and saw the 500 yuan inside, everyone was still so happy that they couldn't find it.
The boss is very generous, this is the consensus of everyone in the factory.
If other people said that the money earned would be shared with all employees, they would definitely not believe it.
But if Cao Shujie said this, the employees in the factory believe that Cao Shujie has always done this.
However, after receiving the red envelope for the start of work, another email was also sent to various departments.
It was sent by the general manager's office, informing all departments to hold a company-wide employee meeting on the tenth day of the first lunar month. Cao Shujie will share with everyone in the company the achievements of Xuemeng Food Factory last year and the challenges it faces this year.
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This is what most people in the company are looking forward to. They only know that the company's business was very good in the first half of last year, and it added export trade in the second half of the year.
According to common sense, as long as we continue to develop steadily, the future will not be too bad.
But with the trade war launched on the other side of the ocean at the beginning of this year, the domestic economic situation took a turn for the worse, and their factory's shipments were also affected compared to last year, making everyone feel uneasy.
Don't even know where to go.
At this time, everyone needs a shot in the arm. They want to hear about the company’s brilliant achievements last year. ()
