Li Chunmei was sitting on the edge of the kang, and Wang Xiufen and Zhang Tiejun were sitting opposite, chatting casually about family matters.
"Xiaomei, how old is your mother this year? I heard from Xiaopeng that she has a younger brother at home, right?" Zhang Tiejun asked
"Well, uncle, I have a younger brother at home who is in school, and my mother is 53 this year," Li Chunmei replied
"Oh, he's one year older than us. It's been really hard, raising you up."
"Well, yes, my mother has a strong temperament and thinks she can raise us well, so she has to go to great lengths to send my brother to school and make him knowledgeable," Li Chunmei said
Zhang Peng, who was accompanying him, also nodded. When he mentioned Orchid Osmanthus, Zhang Peng also admired her. She had shouldered the burden of the family by herself. The hardships involved were very difficult to think about, but she managed to get through it.
She gritted her teeth and sent her two children to school, thinking that her children would grow up to be educated and not suffer hardship. She has been living for her children all her life.
Zhang Tiejun and Wang Xiufen were also in awe when they heard this, and they also looked at Li Chunmei.
As the old saying goes, what a child looks like depends on his family, and the education of his parents at home is the most important thing. It doesn’t matter whether the family is rich or poor, as long as they can do business and don’t mess around, that’s a good family. They are educated.
Children are no different.
Generally speaking, Zhang Tiejun and Wang Xiufen have a good impression of Li Chunmei, and her nagging is also crisp and crunchy, so that’s fine.
"Mom and Dad, okay, stop nagging. Let's eat. I'm hungry. I have to send her back soon," Zhang Peng said beside her
Li Chunmei glanced at Zhang Peng with hidden gratitude when she heard this. She was so stressed now that her forehead was slightly sweaty.
"Oh, that's right. I'm just chatting. I'll pick up the table and eat right away." Wang Xiufen patted her forehead and said, almost forgetting this.
After Wang Xiufen finished speaking, she hurried down to the ground and prepared to take out all the food in the pot, which had been heating in the pot before. Zhang Peng also hurried down to the ground and moved the table to the kang.
When Li Chunmei saw this, she quickly went to the ground and went to the outhouse to help Wang Xiufen.
"Oh, why are you down too? Come in quickly. I'll go in after I've packed up." When Wang Xiufen saw Li Chunmei coming to help, she quickly stopped her.
"It's okay, Auntie, I often help with cooking at home. It will be faster for us to work together." Li Chunmei rolled up her sleeves and took over to continue helping.
When Wang Xiufen heard this, she smiled and nodded to her, and then observed secretly. Seeing that Li Chunmei didn't look like a novice, she felt relieved and felt more satisfied. After that, Zhang Peng would always be able to give Zhang Peng something when he returned home from work.
Peng has a hot meal to eat.
In order to entertain Li Chunmei today, Zhang Peng's family also put in a lot of effort. The first dish was braised bear paws. It happened that Zhang Peng and the others brought back Xiong Xiazi. Although there was no meat, the bear paws were also a good thing. Then they were stewed in sauce.
Small miscellaneous fish, old hens stewed with dried hazel mushrooms, home-style stewed tofu, roe deer meat stir-fried with chili, home-style salads, fried peanuts, cabbage stewed with pork. When this table was laid out, Li Chunmei was a little surprised. The specifications were too high.
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Wang Xiufen is actually also very troubled. There are some dishes that can be made that are perfect and easy to make. But if there are too many, they will be wasted, which is not good. Eight dishes is also an auspicious number.
In this way, Zhang Peng's family, plus Li Chunmei, were all gathered at the table. Zhang Peng's two sisters were also sitting on one side, looking at the dishes on the table and secretly drooling. They no longer cared about observing Li Chunmei.
, Zhang Peng poured wine for Zhang Tiejun, and as Zhang Tiejun gave the order, everyone started to eat. During this period, Wang Xiufen also kept picking up vegetables for Li Chunmei. Seeing that the bowl was full of meat, Li Chunmei could only eat it hard. It was really
The trouble of happiness.
After dinner, Li Chunmei rushed to clear away the dishes, put on an apron on the pot and put them away. Wang Xiufen couldn't resist her, so she could only stand behind and watch Li Chunmei working and chat with her.
"Hiccup...how do you feel about your new sister-in-law?" Zhang Peng burped and asked the two sisters on the kang.
"Well...it's good. It looks good when you smile." Zhang Xiaoxia thought for a while and tilted her head.
"Brother, I think it's pretty good. He even gave us candy before," Zhang Xiaolan said naively
"Haha, you, you can't stand any sugar-coated bullets," Zhang Peng said jokingly
After Li Chunmei finished cleaning up the area, she followed Wang Xiufen back to the east room. After resting and chatting for a while, Zhang Peng looked at the time and was about to send her back.
If it was too late, Zhang Peng would be fine, but Lan Guihua would be anxious.
Just like this, Zhang Peng pushed the bicycle rental car with two bear paws and a large piece of roe deer meat hanging on the handlebars. Li Chunmei waved goodbye to them and embarked on the return journey.
"Huh... It's finally over. How was my performance today?" Li Chunmei took a breath and asked Zhang Peng worriedly
"It's good. Don't worry. My whole family has a very good impression of you. I'm just waiting for you to get married, haha" Zhang Peng also said with a smile
"You're just talking nonsense, let's go back." Li Chunmei lightly hit Zhang Peng on the shoulder, then said with a chuckle
"Okay, yes, get in the car." Zhang Peng said and got on the car. Li Chunmei took two quick steps and jumped on the car. Zhang Peng deliberately shook the handlebars to make the car feel unstable. Li Chunmei was so anxious that she jumped on the car.
He hugged Zhang Peng's waist, which was also the result Zhang Peng wanted.
As Zhang Peng laughed loudly and stepped on the pedals hard, the bicycle moved forward quickly, leaving only a exclamation that did not dissipate for a long time.
By the time Zhang Peng sent him home, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. Zhang Peng sent the person there, chatted casually with Lan Guihua for a while, and then prepared to go back. Lan Guihua did not stop her. After all, it would have been too late.
, the road is not safe, and there are only mother and daughter at home, so it is not that good for Zhang Peng to stay. Then, in the eyes of Lan Guihua and Li Chunmei, Zhang Peng gradually rode away.
"How's it going, Mei Zi, have you found it easy to get along with me this time?" Lan Guihua asked anxiously when she returned to the room. She was more worried that Zhang Peng's parents were not easy to get along with. After all, they would marry him in the future, and they would not be hers.
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"It's good. Zhang Peng's parents are very enthusiastic, and they talk to me in a harmonious way." Li Chunmei took off her floral cotton-padded jacket and red scarf, and put on her usual clothes. She will also wear these new clothes when going out.
Wearing it at home will cause irritation.
"Well, that's good. What did you say?" Lan Guihua was slightly relieved after hearing what Li Chunmei said. This shows that the Zhang Peng family does not look down upon them.
"I didn't say anything, I just asked about our family's situation, and the rest was just chatting," Li Chunmei said truthfully
"Oh, that's good. This means it's okay. There shouldn't be any big problems." Lan Guihua said reassuringly. If there are no problems, then the two parties will meet to set a date and then pay the bride price.
It was already dark when Zhang Peng got home. Fortunately, he didn't stay too long at Li Chunmei's house. He rushed back after sending him there, otherwise he would have come back in the dark. When he got home, he found that Zhao Decai and his family were all sitting on the kang.
Chatting and eating, when they saw Zhang Peng coming back, they all looked at him with a smile.
Zhang Peng is a little confused. What is going on?