Unexpectedly, his mother asked so anxiously, Tong Jiayi said quickly: "Mom, I will call Fangfang after the Chinese New Year, and we will let you know when we set a date."

"You haven't discussed it yet." Zheng Suying had a very anxious expression on her face.

She remembered something and then asked: "Jiayi, are you lying to me? You haven't found a partner at all?"

Zheng Suying has been disappointed several times since her son graduated and stayed in the capital to work.

Every time, she thought that her son would be able to find a partner and get married as soon as possible, but in fact, it was delayed year after year.

Some time ago, Zheng Suying was very happy when she heard her son call and tell her that she had found a partner. She told the whole family about it at that time.

She thought her son could bring her daughter-in-law back during the Chinese New Year, but she didn't know that her son told her to wait until after the Chinese New Year.

In fact, this is normal, but Zheng Suying desperately wants to see her daughter-in-law, and she is anxious.

She also said: "I have told your sister and brother-in-law that you will bring someone back this year. If you still lie to me this time, if your sister and brother-in-law come over after the year, I will ask your sister to break your legs."

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Hearing his sister's name, the corners of Tong Jiayiyi's eyes twitched.

His sister's name is Tong Qingmei, who is 6 years older than him.

When Tong Jiayi was a child, he was often bullied by his sister, and it was hard to look back on the past. This was also the memory that Tong Jiayi least wanted to remember.

My mother was very disrespectful today, and she kept bringing up those ridiculous things during the Chinese New Year.

If it were anyone else, Tong Jiayi would have a fight.

Zheng Suying nodded: "Yesterday your sister and your brother-in-law came to deliver New Year's goods and asked you if you really brought your partner back. They will come to see you after the new year."

"Mom, this is the truth. Didn't I send you WeChat photos?" Tong Jiayi said, defending herself again and again.

His father, Tong Zhanxin, saw that his wife never came back, so he also came out.

Seeing his son at the door, a smile appeared on Tong Zhanxin's old face: "Chiayi is back. It's cold outside and the stove is lit in the house. Come in quickly."

"Dad." Tong Jiayi shouted.

"Dad, I brought a lot of things, please help me get them." He then asked his father to help him get things from the trunk.

Seeing her son open the trunk, which was filled with all kinds of things, Tong Zhanxin said to him: "Why did you buy so many things? How much did it cost? You have everything at home. You kid, isn't this a waste?"

After Zheng Suying saw it, she also said: "That's right, didn't I call you and say you don't need to buy anything? It's not easy for you to make some money outside. Why do you have to spend this money?"

"Mom, it's okay, here are not only the things I bought for you, but also the things Fangfang bought for you, and there are also things Fangfang's brother asked me to bring back." Tong Jiayi said to his parents.

Hearing what their son said, Tong Zhanxin and Zheng Suying looked at each other in confusion, and then looked at their son.

"Have you been to their house?" Zheng Suying asked anxiously.

Tong Jiayi told his parents: "I have been there, and Fangfang's parents agreed to our talks, saying they wanted to meet you after the new year."

This time Zheng Suying looked at her husband with a happy smile on her face.

What my son said about this must not be false.

"Old Tong, we won't visit relatives this year. We'll just wait at home." Zheng Suying said this.

Tong Zhanxin thought for a while and nodded. He also felt that his son's marriage was more important than visiting relatives.

When he was getting something out, he saw two heavy bags of meat. Tong Zhanxin asked his son what kind of meat they were.

"That's the beef and venison brought back by Fangfang's brother. There are also three boxes of preserved fruits and four boxes of fruit wine. The remaining clothes were bought by Fangfang for you."

"Oh, you kid, why are you so ignorant? How can you have the nerve to ask for things from others?" Zheng Suying complained, fearing that her son's bad behavior would make her in-laws think too much.

Especially after hearing from my son that there are 50 kilograms of beef alone and 20 kilograms of sika deer meat.

Because of the Chinese New Year, the cheapest price for a pound of beef is more than 40 yuan, and just 50 pounds of beef costs more than 2,000 yuan.

There is also venison, which they have never eaten before, but just hearing about sika deer makes them think that this kind of meat is not cheap.

Zheng Suying asked nervously what her son had bought for her daughter-in-law's house.

"Mom, I also bought them a lot of new year's goods, just don't worry." Tong Jiayi said this.

Zheng Suying slapped him: "Jiayi, please be serious and don't be confused. This is a big deal?"

Tong Jiayi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he also knew that his mother was doing it for his own good.

After taking the things home and putting them away in categories, Tong Jiayi saw two large basins in the yard with meat, bones and pig meat soaked in water. He knew at a glance that his parents were preparing to buy new year goods.

He thought that he couldn't finish 50 pounds of beef, so he might as well cut off part of it to make braised beef, and make dumplings stuffed with beef fillings, and then give some to his sister and brother-in-law when they came over.

"Mom, these beefs are raised by Fangfang's brother. The price of their cattle is 30% higher than the market price, and the meat is more delicious than ordinary beef. You will know after you try it." Tong Jiayi gave it to his mother.

When Zheng Suying heard her son talking about these things, she was very curious and asked her son: "What does Fangfang's family do?"

Tong Jiayi was afraid of scaring his parents, so he never mentioned the situation at Cao Huifang's family to them.

When his mother asked about this, Tong Jiayi thought about it and said selectively: "Their family is an orchardist, with hundreds of acres of orchards."

"Hundreds of acres of orchards?" Zheng Suying was a little confused, it was too much.

But before she was done, her son continued: "Mom, her family also has three cattle farms, raising more than 2,000 beef cattle and more than 2,000 cows."

The old couple Zheng Suying and Tong Zhanxin have been living in the countryside. There are also cattle raising families in the village. They know very well how much a cow can be sold for.

When their son said that the daughter-in-law he was looking for had more than 2,000 cows at home, and more importantly, more than 2,000 cows, they were a little confused.

Originally, I heard my son say that his new job would bring him an annual salary of one million yuan a year, and even after tax was deducted, he would have an income of hundreds of thousands. I was quite happy, thinking that her son could find any kind of daughter-in-law, but now I hear it.

After her son introduced the situation of the 'prospective daughter-in-law''s family, Zheng Suying lost her confidence.

Tong Zhanxin's first reaction: "Chiayi, isn't their family very rich?"

Tong Jiayi thought for a while and realized that his boss was indeed very rich, so he nodded and said, "Absolutely."

"Then do they have any requirements for us? For example, a house? A car? And a betrothal gift. Do they want a lot? For such a wealthy family, do they think our family is poor?"

Tong Zhanxin instantly felt the pressure on his body increase greatly.

Don't talk about him, his wife Zheng Suying doesn't feel so relaxed now.

They originally thought that their son would be very happy that they found a daughter-in-law for them, but when they heard that their daughter-in-law's family conditions were so good, they felt heavy pressure on their shoulders.

Tong Jiayi really didn't expect his parents to think this way, but he also understood that their family was a very ordinary rural family. Under normal circumstances, his parents would consider this aspect.

This time Tong Jiayi did not dare to say that his boss still ran a factory, nor did he dare to say that his boss had built a park by himself.

Just a few hundred acres of orchards and a 2,000-head cattle breeding farm were a bit unbearable for his parents. If they knew more, they wouldn't let themselves find a new daughter-in-law now, right?

But to be honest, Tong Jiayi also knew in his heart that the family conditions of his and Cao Huifang's families were indeed very different, and there was no comparison at all.

"Mom, it's okay. Aunt Wang and Uncle Cao are very nice people. When I went there, they didn't mention any conditions. They said that Fangfang had already bought the car and house, and they didn't need us to buy any more." Tong Jiayi said to his parents.

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After listening to their son's words, Tong Zhanxin and Zheng Suying sat down directly on their chairs and became lost in thought. They did not say a word for a long time.

Before this, their son had never mentioned anything about his daughter-in-law's family situation to them, but now after hearing what his son had to say, they had a thought, are they trying to get ahead of themselves?

Is it possible that my son is getting married?

Will I be bullied by others later?

The old couple had a lot on their minds.

When Tong Jiayi looked at his parents like this, he could probably understand that his parents were worried about him. Tong Jiayi explained it hard, and even took out his mobile phone to make a video call with Cao Huifang. In the video, Tong Jiayi chatted with Cao Huifang for a while, and also asked her

I had a video call with my parents for a while.

Zheng Suying had already seen photos of Cao Huifang, and she was even more happy when she saw that the person in the video was the same as the photos she had seen.

Zheng Suying also asked her when she would come over after the New Year. When Tong Jiayi heard it from the side, he felt that his mother was too anxious.

But Cao Huifang said generously: "Auntie, I'll wait for the fifth day of the lunar month, and I'll go there when I finish my work on the sixth day."

"Okay, Fangfang, we can wait for you at home." Zheng Suying said this.

However, this time they did not speak to Wang Yuelan and Cao Jianguo's in-laws.

After all, they are still prospective in-laws who have never met, so meeting via WeChat video chat for the first time seems very informal.

However, after talking to their prospective daughter-in-law on the phone, Zheng Suying and Tong Zhanxin were relieved.

The rest became very simple.

Zheng Suying immediately called her daughter Tong Qingmei and said to her: "Qingmei, your sister-in-law is coming over on the fifth and sixth day of the new year. I will let you know the specific day then. You and Xuexing are also in the second year of junior high school."

Don't come, come together when the time comes."

"That won't work, these are two different things." Tong Qingmei told her mother on the phone.

She also told her mother: "Mom, when Xuexing Chu Er and I went over, we first brought you some donkey meat. When his partner from Chiayi comes over, you can ask her to take it back."

The most famous thing in Hejian is donkey meat roasting.

As the saying goes, dragon meat in the sky is as good as donkey meat on the ground.

Tong Jiayi, his sister Tong Qingmei and brother-in-law Du Xuexing opened a donkey meat barbecue restaurant in Hejian City.

Seeing that his parents accepted the situation at his partner's home, Tong Jiayi didn't say anything else, thinking about it later in the year.
To be continued...