Chapter 1209 Son, their family’s conditions are too good, right? (9200) Good night
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.
Besides, it was his boss who made it on his own, and it has nothing to do with his girlfriend Cao Huifang, or even his prospective mother-in-law and father-in-law. Strictly speaking, in the future, it will mainly be up to the two of them to carve out a future for themselves.
Therefore, Tong Jiayi did not feel that there was too much difference between the two families.
After finally coming back, Tong Jiayi was not in a hurry to go out and get together with his former classmates and friends. Instead, he stayed at home with his parents and helped them buy New Year's goods.
Before I know it, it's getting dark, and I haven't finished the New Year's goods yet. I have to work overtime tomorrow to make the New Year's goods.
Moreover, his mother Zheng Suying also said to get more this year and let her take some back when Cao Huifang leaves.
In the words of Zheng Suying and Tong Zhanxin, the things are not worth much, but they are a part of their heart.
During dinner in the evening, they also asked their son if he had considered getting married. After all, their son Tong Jiayi is already 31 years old. It would not be good to delay the marriage any longer and get older.
"Mom and Dad, I also want to get married as soon as possible, but this matter will have to wait until you two elders meet and we can discuss it then." Tong Jiayi said to his parents.
When Zheng Suying heard this, she felt that she was too impatient.
Then I asked no more questions.
Zheng Suying is already thinking about starting to prepare things after the new year.
She also asked her son where he planned to get married. Is it his hometown? Or over there in Yiling City.
They knew that their son had a house in Yiling City, and they said that it was paid for by the factory and that their son did not spend a penny. This matter made the old couple proud for a long time.
Tong Jiayi thought for a moment and said to them: "It's more convenient over there in Yiling City."
Zheng Suying nodded: "That's right. Your dad and I also saved some money for you. We will pay for the wedding, the banquet, the team money and three coins. You can see when the wedding photos are taken and I will give you the money.
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Tong Jiayi: "..."
At this moment, his first thought was to escape from here.
They haven't decided on a date for the wedding yet, and they haven't met to discuss it yet. Why are his parents so anxious to start thinking about preparing for the wedding?
"Mom, let's wait until everything is settled. It's useless for you to be so anxious now. I also want to get married soon, but this is a matter for two families. We can't just go by what we think. We have to consider Fangfang and the others.
Opinions from home.”
"What Chiayi said is right. We must not rush into this matter. If people think that we have evil intentions, won't we cause trouble for Chiayi?" Tong Zhanxin said.
But obviously, this incident has caused a wave of waves in their family.
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On New Year's Eve, gongs and drums sounded early in the morning in the Caojiazhuang Village Committee compound, and then festive music came from the loudspeakers.
When many people were still sleeping in, they heard the sound of the horn and remembered that there was a show this morning. They stopped sleeping in and quickly got up from their beds, thinking of going to the village committee to watch the show.
The program today and tomorrow will be different.
There are both invited performance teams and dances and songs choreographed by the village itself.
But many people from Caojiazhuang came over and realized that they were late. There were many villagers from Zhujiazhuang and Taodong Village in the compound, and even villagers from Qingyun Village, Yelou Village and other villages further away also came.
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This wave of people in Caojiazhuang originally came to occupy a seat with their whole family's mission. They quickly called their homes and urged them to come quickly. They also told them that if they didn't come, they wouldn't be able to attend today.
In the current situation, they couldn't even occupy a seat.
I can't help it, there are too many people.
There was a performance in the courtyard, and there were many people pushing tricycles or boxcarts on both sides of the road outside the compound selling snacks and toys.
Not to mention, they are quite business-minded.
There are so many people gathered together today, and the flow of people is huge.
Even when Cao Shujie and others came over, they saw the crowded crowd and their first thought was: "The performance venue is too small, we should choose a new place."
Cao Jianlong also came over and said to Cao Shujie: "Shujie, I don't think it's possible here. Let's ask others to go to the park to get the speakers first and put them on the stage. Then we can move people to the park."
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Cao Shujie's children's theme park is large enough to perform there, so the venue is not a problem at all. It's just that it's open and too cold.
Cao Shujie was very happy and said to Cao Jianlong: "Uncle Long, please ask Brother Chao and the others to open the door now and arrange the scene. Let's move over there as soon as possible."
Cao Shujie has already seen that there are still people on the north and south sides of the main road in their village continuing to rush here. If they don't get it right, it can easily cause a stampede, which can be fatal.
"Okay, I'll call Shuchao right now and ask them to get it done quickly." Cao Jianlong didn't rush in. He first found a place with few people and called Cao Shuchao and told him to do it.
When it comes to safety, don't dare to be careless.
After receiving the order, Cao Shuchao first went to Cao Shujie's house to get the key, and then took someone to the children's theme park to open the door, select the most open space, and start decorating it.
They discovered that the stage here is natural. When it was originally built, a step was made on the ground. As long as the sound system was moved over, it would be suitable for performances.
There is a large open area in front of the steps. Not to mention the people of the three villages, even if it is doubled, they can easily bear it.
And even if there are too many people here today, the area in front cannot accommodate that many people, and they can still stand in a circle around the stage.
The show at this place is simply perfect.
Cao Shuchao and a dozen people quickly cleared this place.
After finishing the trouble, Cao Shuchao quickly called Cao Jianlong and told him that the cleanup here had been completed and that people from the Caojiazhuang Village Committee compound could move over at any time.
The performance there hadn't officially started yet. After Cao Jianlong got the news, he immediately informed Cao Shujie.
Cao Shujie didn't waste any time, and then went to the loudspeaker and shouted a few times. After explaining the situation, he asked everyone to move to the Caojiazhuang Children's Theme Park.
Some people complained about this incident, but no one openly objected, and everyone moved over in an orderly manner.
All the performers followed and moved to the children's theme park, and some people helped get props for them.
It took more than half an hour to complete. Fortunately, the stage did not need to be erected, nor did it need to install special effects lighting, otherwise this would have been troublesome.
Waiting for everything to be ready, the speakers in the park rang, and the breath of the Spring Festival came to my face.
As Cao Shujie said "The show begins", the wonderful performance began. ()
