But she was also very happy that Chen Ming could find a satisfactory partner. As I said, it's too early to do anything since things haven't been decided yet. Let's just wait and see.

Xu Manman's mind was full of thoughts, but at this moment, she was sitting in the living room of Zhang's house, with just a well-behaved smile on her face, answering the questions raised by Zhang's mother.

"You guys are going back to Hai City the day after tomorrow. Isn't this summer vacation nearly two months long? Can't you stay in Jing City for a few more days before returning?"

"The main reason is that my aunt is in a hurry, and we can't stay in Hai City for a few days. Sister Wenjun and the others have the same long summer vacation as us, so it's okay for them to stay at home all day. In fact, they can go to Hai City with us to play for a few days." Xu Manman made a counter-invitation.

Mother Zhang did not fail to notice the longing looks in her daughters' eyes, but after all, they were not formal in-laws. If the children went there, it would certainly alarm the other side, so she refused.

"This... let's forget about it this year. They're all people who can't even tell the difference between east, west, south, and north after leaving the capital. Let's wait two years and then let them go."

Although he knew Zhang's mother wouldn't agree, Chen Ming still tried to persuade her, "You should have fun while you're still a student and have the winter and summer vacations. Otherwise, when you graduate and start working, you'll be busy all year round."

Chen Ming and Xu Manman used to be able to hibernate in the countryside and rest for several months at a time, but Zhang Wenhua had been in class for two years and could strongly resonate with this statement.

"Yes, Mom, we are still in school and have long holidays. We have time to go out for a walk. Besides, we are not children anymore. How can we be locked up at home all day and not allowed to go out?" It can be heard that Zhang Wenhua really wants to go out and play.

"Why can your eldest sister stay here, but you can't?" Zhang's mother absolutely couldn't let her children leave an image of street urchins in Chen Ming's mind.

"Besides, the ride is free? The food is free? The accommodation is free? Do you think it's that easy?"

This is also the truth. Now both children in the family are in school. Although the school provides subsidies, it can only cover their daily life. There is not much more. The family cannot afford to let the Xu family's children run around as long as one of them has a day off if they don't have some financial strength.

Zhang Wenwu works as a purchasing agent in the factory. In fact, he only travels around Beijing and has never been to far places.

Zhang Wenhua calculated his savings. After all, he had only been in school for two years. Although most of it was handed over to his family, he had saved some money over the years. However, this money was not enough to cover his expenses if he really wanted to travel far away.

For a moment, she felt a little depressed. Seeing her like this, Xu Manman felt a little embarrassed. After all, she was the one who brought up this matter first.

Fortunately, it wasn't long before Zhang's mother was busy preparing lunch and took the sisters Zhang Wenjun and Zhang Wenhua away, leaving Zhang's father and Zhang Wenwu to chat with the siblings. It was the men's home turf, so Xu Manman didn't need to deal with the situation. She just had to quietly serve as a background board and wait for dinner to start.

Zhang's mother must have put in all her efforts in preparing this meal, with dishes like stewed local chicken with mushrooms, stir-fried tofu with green onions, eggplant omelet, stir-fried celery with dried tofu, and stir-fried green beans.

I probably learned from Zhang Wenjun that the brother and sister often eat rice, so the staple food prepared today is also white rice.

Mother Zhang wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief. It was really hot cooking in the kitchen that day. Fortunately, she sent her two daughters out while she was cooking, otherwise Wenjun's eyebrows would have been smudged.

"Although Auntie's cooking skills may not be as good as Xiaoming's, this chicken is really good. It was killed this morning. Let's try it." As she said this, she gave each of the two chicken legs, one each.

Xu Manman was finding it difficult to eat even with the bowl in her hand, let alone Chen Ming. A chicken only has two legs, and if the two of them ate them, what about the others? He wanted to give the chicken leg to Zhang Wenjun, so should he eat it or not?

He still touched Xu Manman lightly, then picked up the chicken leg in her bowl and put it into Zhang Wenjun's bowl. Xu Manman then gave hers to Zhang Wenhua.

"Sisters Wenjun and Wenhua have worked hard today. Please enjoy this chicken drumstick."

When Zhang's mother saw this action, although she felt that it was a bit bad, she was more satisfied with Chen Ming. She thought of Wenjun when she saw something good. This child was quite considerate.

Not intending to let the children fight over a chicken drumstick, he took a spoon and scooped a large spoonful of meat for each of Chen Ming and Xu Manman. "You two kids, you're fighting over a chicken drumstick. Come on, eat more. These are the meaty pieces. I'm throwing away the leftovers."

The brother and sister then obediently took the call and buried their heads in eating.