Chapter 114: Huan'er's Placement (7,000 words)(1/2)
The Sang and Zheng families each have their own ideas and concerns. The first formal meeting was quite successful, and they had a preliminary understanding and recognition of each other. It was just that the Sang Ye was sandwiched in the middle, either being politely praised by Meng or being praised by her own Mu family in disguise. In this short period of time, she was praised more than in recent years. Even if she was thick-skinned, she could not hold on.
Mu was racking his brains to think about how to praise his daughter again. His eyes accidentally saw the little grandson standing in the corner with his grandchildren. His eyes turned, and he waved to the little grandson and shouted, "Huan'er, come here for grandma."
When Old Man Zheng and Meng heard this, they couldn't help but follow Mu's gaze and saw two little boys in the corner who looked about the same age, wondering which one would live with them in the future.
Before Zheng Lin left, he briefly told the situation of the Sang family to the two elders of the Zheng family, including the fact that after getting married, he would ask his wife to bring her son to raise him.
People have selfish thoughts. Old Man Zheng and Meng did not want their son to raise a grandson who was not related to blood. However, they knew their son's personality very well. Once they said it, they would not change it and did not say anything against it.
Since they will become a family sooner or later, Old Man Zheng and Meng also want to know what it is like to be their grandson's children.
The rest of the Sang family had guessed Mu's plan and took their breath to pay attention to the faces of the two elders of the Zheng family. If the two elders of the Zheng family were unwilling to accept their grandson and nephew, this also represents the meaning of their future son-in-law and brother-in-law to a certain extent, and they had to ignore it.
Sang Ye was also a little nervous. Zheng Lin left anxiously yesterday, and she didn't have time to ask him how he planned to settle Huan'er. This time, if she could understand the attitude of the two elders of the Zheng family, she would be mentally prepared.
Since she has assumed the responsibility of raising Huan'er, she must have hoped to give Huan'er a good environment for growth. If the Zheng family refuses to accept her, she will have to make other plans.
When Huan'er heard his grandmother's voice, he looked up and noticed the eyes of the two elders of the Zheng family. However, he didn't want to be watched by these two people at this time. After hesitating for a moment, he still took a small step to the Mu family.
"Grandma." He shouted a little, his big black and bright eyes quietly staring at Mu, trying his best to ignore the gaze of the two elders of the Zheng family.
Huan'er covered up so well. Mu did not notice his strangeness. He smiled and touched his little head to introduce to the two elders of the Zheng family: "This is my grandson. He just turned five not long ago. His name is Huan'er, and he is followed by my Sang family's surname."
Huan'er is a polite child. After her grandmother introduced her, she walked up to the two elders of the Zheng family openly despite being very nervous, bowed to the little adults with her hands and said, "Huan'er has met Grandpa Zheng and Grandma Zheng."
"Okay, okay, good kid!" Seeing that Huan'er is not only polite, but also has a moderate behavior that is very different from that of ordinary children raised by others, Old Man Zheng and Meng had a very good first impression of him. He couldn't help but say three good things in a row and pulled Huan'er to praise him.
Seeing this, the Sang family felt a little relieved. Mu felt that this was far from enough, and said to the two elders of the Zheng family with a smile: "It's not that I praise you, I can't find a second child like my grandson in the whole village! This child is also good-natured, sensible and well-behaved, and never causes trouble. He is much better than the two brats of my elders. People feel unconsciously affecting him!"
At this time, the two elders of the Zheng family did not see the thoughts of the Sang family. They thought their eldest son had already said to the Sang family how to settle Huan'er. When they heard Mu say this, Meng echoed: "No, I feel this child as soon as I see him. He is obviously only one year older than my eldest grandson, but he looks like a little adult."
Mu's heart moved and he tried harder: "No, I'm not the case. Whenever I come back from the field, the child will bring me tea and water. If his back hurts, he will still know how to beat me. If he leaves this caring child one day, I don't know what to do."
When Meng heard this, she gradually came back to her taste. She looked at Mu, who looked at Huan'er who was very serious and listened to them. She mistakenly thought that Mu would not want his grandson to go to his house with his daughter. She was silent for a moment and didn't know how to answer the conversation, for fear that her son would come back to blame her if he answered the wrong one.
Seeing this, the Sang family raised their hearts high, and even Huan'er clenched her fists, and the eyes of her mother showed a little fear, fearing that the Zheng family would not want to
Accepting him will make your mother embarrassed.
The originally harmonious atmosphere gradually became stagnant, and such changes made the two elders of the Zheng family a little confused. The two quickly read Mu's words in their minds, and soon the problem was found.
If the Sang family is unwilling to let their grandson go to their house, they can make it clear that after all, this child is not the child of their Zheng family, and there is no reason for their Zheng family to have to ask for it.
At the moment, the Sang family first praised the child, and said they were reluctant to let the child leave. They were afraid that it would be difficult to ask directly, and then they turned around and tested their attitude, to see if they were willing to accept the child!
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this was possible. Old Man Zheng looked at Meng and carefully said: "Huan'er's child is a good person at first sight, and we like him very much. A Lin also said before that the child is still young and cannot live with his mother. In the future, the two families will officially become in-laws, so they will take the child to the Zheng family for raising him. Of course, this depends on what you and the child mean. If you are willing, then make a decision like this. If you are unwilling, discuss a charter. You can't let the child suffer."
The Sang family was stunned, and did not expect that things would turn around and get this unexpected result. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a happy event from heaven.
Sang Hushi first reacted, and was so happy that he didn't know where to put his hands: "I'm willing, I'm willing, we're naturally willing. Just as Brother Zheng said, my grandson is still young and can't live without my mother, so I can't let my children suffer if they get better."
Old Man Zheng also breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at the face: "This is the reason, this is the reason!"
"Girl, don't worry. In the future, this child will be my grandson when he comes to my house. We will definitely not treat her badly." Meng also held Mu's hand and said earnestly.
If Meng was initially a little resistant to Huan'er, a grandson who had no blood relationship with her, then after hearing her husband's words, she began to reflect and remember her eldest son who was treated unfairly.
If she had the chance to choose again, she would never listen to her parents-in-law and send her eldest son away from afar. Seeing Sang Ye and Huan'er now, she seemed to see her former self, and she could understand the mother and son's unwillingness to separate, and was willing to accept Huan'er as a grandson from the bottom of her heart.
"Sister Meng, this, your Zheng family is willing to recognize Huan'er. I don't know what to say." Mu could hear that Meng was saying the truth, and for a moment he was moved and guilty.
Before this, she didn't have a good sense of Meng's senses, and was afraid that she would be a warm and cold person, otherwise she wouldn't have left her child. But now with Huan'er, she felt that there was no one more reasonable than Meng's.
Sang Ye, who had been unable to talk, also changed his mind to Old Man Zheng and Meng. As they were willing to accept Huan'er, they would marry him and become the Sang family's wife in the future, and she would also respect them well.
Not to mention Huan'er, she instantly felt that Grandpa Zheng and Grandma Zheng became friendly and said solemnly in a tone with a numb voice: "Thank you, Grandpa Zheng, Grandma Zheng, in the future, Huan'er will be as filial to you as she is to your grandparents."
"Hey, grandparents are waiting." Old Man Zheng and Meng were very moved, feeling that the grandson had not admitted his mistake. They were very kind to their grandson at the beginning, but their grandson had never said to them that they should be filial to them.
Mu was in a very good mood, so he wanted to tease Huan'er, so he deliberately showed a sad look: "Oh, Huan'er doesn't want grandma if she has grandparents. Grandma's heart hurts so much."
When Huan'er heard this, he grabbed his grandmother's hand and said anxiously: "Yes, Huan'er wants grandmother, Huan'er likes grandmother."
Seeing this, Meng also started to tease her and said in Mu's tone: "Does Huan'er likes grandma, but doesn't like grandma? Grandma is so sad too!"
Huan'er became more anxious and his little face turned red: "No, no, Huan'er also likes Grandma Zheng." As he said that, he looked at his mother as if he was asking for help, hoping that her mother would speak for him.
Mangye spread her hands, showing a "unhelpful" look, but the corners of her curled mouth revealed her mood for watching the show.
Huan'er did not miss the smile on her mother's face. She finally realized that she had been fooled by her grandmother and Grandma Zheng, so she simply started a show, showing that she wanted to cry or not, which made people feel distressed when she looked.
Now
Mu and Meng couldn't hold on anymore and wanted to hug Huan'er.
Mu was close to Huan'er, and his hands were quicker. He hurriedly hugged Huan'er to his knees, saying, "Huan'er, don't cry, grandma knows that Huan'er is the most filial."
Huan'er didn't cry at all. Seeing that she finally settled her grandmother, the little man in her heart felt a little proud. Then he changed his target and looked at Meng with deer-like eyes.
Meng's heart was so soft that she was muffled when she saw it, and she quickly said, "Huan'er's filial grandmother also knows that Huan'er is a good child."
Huan'er was finally satisfied, and a shy smile appeared on her little face. She sat on Mu's knee for a while before jumping down, plunged into Mang Ye's arms, and whispered in her ear while Mang Ye was bent over: "Mom, you're bad!"
Sang Ye slapped Huan'er's butt funny, but she didn't expose the show in public. This brat dared to say that she was bad!
Huan'er covered her butt with her face flushed, and she didn't dare to say that her mother was broken.
This time the engagement was originally a formality, and even if the Zheng family was not satisfied with Sang Ye, the marriage would be settled. What's more, after a short time of getting along, the old couple of the Zheng family had a good sense of Sang Ye, especially seeing that she taught Huan'er so well, she felt that she was not much worse.
Putting aside the widow's identity, just like this, I feel that there is no place to be worthy of my son.
Under the auspices of the matchmaker, the two parties signed a marriage letter on the spot and exchanged their tokens for their confidants. The token of the Zheng family was a jade bracelet passed down from the Meng family, and the token of the Sang family was a jade Buddha accessories. Judging from the size and quality of the jade, the jade bracelet is much more expensive than the jade Buddha.
You should know that this jade Buddha's appearance is only a medium and low-quality product, and it also cost nearly five taels of silver. At that time, the Sang family's token of the eldest daughter-in-law Yu was only a silver hairpin worth only three cents. Of course, the Sang family's conditions were not good at that time, and that silver hairpin was the best thing to do.
Mu did not want his daughter to be looked down upon by the Zheng family, so he cruelly spent a lot of money to buy the Jade Buddha. However, he did not expect that the Zheng family would make a bigger contribution and actually took out the jade bracelet he passed down.
When Meng took out the jade bracelet, mulberry leaves almost couldn't see it and said "huh". She had seen so many good things. This jade bracelet was not the best she had ever seen, but it was not something that the merchants could take out casually.
When Mang Ye learned that this was a treasure passed down from his ancestors from his prospective mother-in-law, his mood became a little complicated.
Since she learned about Zheng Lin's experience of growing up, Sang Ye felt very disgusted with the two elders of the Zheng family. For Zheng Lin's sake, before that, she persuaded herself to maintain superficial harmony and marry into the Zheng family in the future to be a wife.
I just saw their attitude towards Huan'er with my own eyes, which is enough to show that they still value Zheng Lin's son. No matter how much guilt this respect is, it is really undespised from the bottom of my heart.
This time, Meng took out the bracelet from her ancestors as a token. Sang Ye knew that no matter what the real reason was, the other party really regarded her as her future daughter-in-law. Otherwise, she would be a "widow" and a silver bracelet would be used as a token.
Others in the Sang family knew the value of jade bracelets and became more eager to treat the Zheng family.
It’s not that the Sang family is snobbish, what they care about is the attitude of the two elders of the Zheng family towards their daughter and sister. The future in-laws do not dislike their daughter and sister as widow, and are willing to accept their grandchildren and nephew, but they are also valued so much. They will naturally treat the two elders of the Zheng family with the greatest sincerity.
After exchanging the tokens of the relatives, the two parties exchanged the Geng Tie again.
The exchange of Geng Tie is also a formality. Even if the fortune tells the difference between the male and female horoscopes, the man can ask someone to do a "treatment" to ensure a harmonious marriage in the future.
After these two things were done, the two families had officially got married. After the two families negotiated the general date, the Zheng family would choose another auspicious day to set the wedding day, and then they could officially hold the wedding ceremony after the grand ceremony.
At noon, the two elders of the Zheng family and the matchmaker should have stayed for lunch.
Mu said to Sang Ye: "This is the first time your uncle and aunt are here. You go to the kitchen to show off your skills and pick up a table of good food."
Sang Ye was stunned for a moment and quickly responded. He greeted Old Man Zheng and Meng, and then went to the kitchen with Yu and Liu's sisters-in-law.
After the sister-in-law and sister-in-law left, Mu complained to Meng: "My daughter is not growing up in front of me. Apart from being able to do laundry and cook, Nu Hong is not proficient in work in the field. She is so worried."
Meng couldn't hear Mu's voiceover, and hurriedly said, "It's not hard, it's not hard. When Xiao Ye passes the house in the future, I will treat her as my own daughter and will not let her go to work."
The original two daughters-in-law rarely went to the fields, and even she did the laundry and cooking. After the boss came back, all the land at home were hired to be fed, and the two daughters-in-law were the same as the wife at the front door.
It would be great if the eldest daughter-in-law could do laundry and cook. As long as she could take good care of the eldest son, she would give the eldest son a little bit of a daughter in the future. Everything else would be easy to say. She was not a bad mother-in-law who treated her daughter-in-law badly.
After hearing this, Mu's smile deepened a little, and he said with emotion: "With a mother-in-law like you, you will be blessed to be your daughter-in-law."
Meng smiled and said modestly, looking forward to what good meals his wife, whom the boss looked at, could make.
In the kitchen, Mangye was side dishes, and Yu and Liu helped her.
Yu asked while washing the garlic seedlings: "Ye'er, my mother said in the morning that she wouldn't let you cook, why did you change your mind?"
Originally, in order to leave a good impression on the man’s parents, the woman would take the initiative to cook and cook to show her virtuousness.
But the Sang family is different. I am worried that the Zheng family will look down on Sang Ye. This morning, Mu reminded Sang Ye not to go into the kitchen at noon. The purpose is to let the two elders of the Zheng family know that her daughter is very precious. Even if she marrys to the Zheng family in the future, she will not be a mother for the Zheng family.
But no one expected that Mu changed his mind temporarily and let Mulberry Ye cook again.
Sang Ye vaguely knew the reason why his mother changed her mind, but she was not sure, so she shook her head and said, "Mom has a reason to do this. I will know if I ask her later."
Liu, who was cutting meat, inserted it in and said, "In my opinion, my mother probably thinks that the two elders of the Zheng family are good, so there is no need to do this little trick. She changes her mind and lets Yeer show off her skills, so as not to make the two elders of the Zheng family feel that our family doesn't know the rules."
Sang Ye thought so, and agreed: "Second sister-in-law is the same as I think. It seems that my mother was subdued by the two elders of the Zheng family."
Yu suddenly realized and said, "The two elders of the Zheng family looked honest, but they didn't expect to be so powerful that they would settle our mother! Ye'er, you should be careful when you marry in the future. It's not easy to deal with these two."
Sang Ye was so amused and laughed: "Sister-in-law, look at what you said, it seems that the two elders of the Zheng family are the tiger pretending to be pigs, and they can eat me at any time."
Seeing that her sister-in-law didn't take her words to heart, Yu said in a tone of an experienced person: "Some people look good on their faces, but who knows what it looks like inside? You know the daughters of the third family of Li. At the beginning, they said that her parents-in-law were kind and she was lucky to marry her. Now, it's not like a soulless person who makes people feel like they have lost their souls."
After Yu said this, Liu, who had a good impression of the two elders of the Zheng family, was also a little uncertain: "The two elders of the Zheng family probably wouldn't, otherwise Aunt Meng wouldn't be suppressed by her two daughters-in-law over the years."
Yu shook his head: "Who knows, maybe the two daughters-in-law of the Zheng family are so powerful that they can't help but be a mother-in-law. So, I asked Ye'er to be more careful, and it's not bad. After all, there are still a few people like our mother-in-law."
Liu was even more worried when he heard this, so he reminded him: "Ye'er, please be more careful with your sister-in-law. If the two elders of the Zheng family are really good, you can respect them in the future. If you pretend to be on the surface, don't treat them as our parents, just live on the surface."
"Well, I know." Sang Ye felt that his two sisters-in-law had good intentions: "There is still a long time left. You can see if they pretend to be something. You don't have to worry about me."
To be continued...