When Xu Weimin arrived home, Xu Jingui couldn't wait to tell him, "Dad, they're getting married on the 6th of next month. Today, Xu Junhui deliberately ignored me and embarrassed me!"
"I'm determined to get married on the same day as him. I'll make sure none of his relatives come. I want to see if he can still be so arrogant!"
When Xu Weimin returned, he saw that Xu Junhui was sullen and guessed that Xu Junhui must have provoked him. Regardless of whether he was really wronged or not, he tacitly agreed with what Xu Junhui said.
"Since we've decided to have our wedding banquet on the same day as them, we'll inform our relatives tomorrow that you're getting married on the 6th and ask them to make time to come and have the banquet."
Xu Jingui didn't understand why they had to be notified so early, and asked in confusion, "Why the rush? We'll be resting in a couple of days, can't we just go then?"
Xu Weimin looked at Xu Jingui and carefully analyzed the situation with him: "Since you can think of it, you should inform them when you are on leave. Then their family must think the same way, since taking leave will result in a deduction of wages."
“But think about it, if everyone goes there on their day off, our two families might run into each other. If we go tomorrow, we can get ahead of them and persuade those people to come over to our side.”
"Secondly, since we notified our relatives first, even if they find out later that we are holding our banquets on the same day, who can say anything against us?"
"We'll be in the moral high ground then, and we can turn the tables on them, saying they deliberately clashed with our schedule!"
Sure enough, experience counts. Xu Junhui never expected that there would be so many different interpretations surrounding just one notification.
However, although he couldn't think of it, his father had, so of course he would do as he was told. As for Chen Ermei, Xu Jingui and Xu Weimin didn't consider their thoughts at all; they just made their decision.
......
After getting off work today, Huang Eryuan wanted Chen Zhaodi to accompany him to the supply and marketing cooperative to see if the bicycles had arrived.
However, Chen Zhaodi didn't want to go because she didn't think she would have any goods in one day. She felt like she would have made a wasted trip. It was so hot that day, so she might as well go home and rest.
Looking at their years of marriage, Chen Zhaodi earnestly advised him, "Forget it, don't go. There's no way you'll have the goods so quickly. Go in a couple of days."
"If you're not going, fine, I'll go by myself. What if we happen to have stock today, but it's sold out tomorrow?"
Huang Eryuan would worry about not being able to buy a bicycle for a whole day, and he wouldn't feel at ease unless he went to check on it.
Seeing that she couldn't persuade him, Chen Zhaodi gave up, since it wasn't her who would be exhausted anyway.
......
Huang Qinqin noticed that only Chen Zhaodi had returned and asked curiously, "Mom, why did you come back alone? Where's Dad?"
"Don't even mention it, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative again to see if they had any bicycles, and we couldn't stop him."
"Where are your brother and the others? Haven't they come back yet?"
Chen Zhaodi discovered that only Huang Qinqin was home. She had already come back relatively late today, yet they still hadn't returned.
Before going to work in the afternoon, Huang Jianjun told Huang Qinqin that he would be staying at the factory to work overtime with Master Chen that night.
"My second brother said he has to work overtime today. Master Chen said he can try to take the Level 1 Fitter exam in two months. It's best to practice more now."
Hearing that Huang Jianjun could take the certification exam in two months, she was still a little incredulous and excitedly confirmed it again: "Really? That's great! If I pass, my salary will be high, and maybe I can find a partner soon!"
Sure enough, no matter what it was, it always ended up being related to finding a partner in Chen Zhaodi's mouth.
It's unclear whether it's because Huang Qinqin is about to get married that she feels her eldest and second eldest brothers are a major problem.
"Mom, don't be too anxious. The more you pressure your brothers, the less they might want to find partners."
"Besides, although we can still fit in the house now, when we're really getting married, we can't let my eldest brother and second brother live in the same room, can we? Even though there are partitions, the space is too small."
Chen Zhaodi was well aware that her family's house was not big enough, but she didn't put it that way: "But everyone goes through this, we've calculated it all. How many families have five or six people living in a small room? They still get married and have children, don't they?"
Huang Qinqin felt that just because everyone else was making do, she shouldn't expect herself to do the same.
I plan to patiently talk to Chen Zhaodi: "Mom, you shouldn't think like that."
"Think about it, a few years ago during the famine, we only ate one meal a day and we still survived, didn't we? We can't expect you to live like you did when conditions were bad now that things are better."
“If my brothers can’t get housing in the future, that’s fine with me. But at least we have to try. If my second brother passes the fitter’s exam, he’ll be a skilled worker. Have you ever seen a factory where skilled workers don’t have dormitories?”
“We should look forward. You handle everything else very well and are very clear-headed, but you panic when it comes to our weddings. You're just too worried about us. But we've all grown up and will gradually be able to take responsibility for our actions.”
Chen Zhaodi opened her mouth, as if to speak: "I—"
However, Huang Qinqin interrupted her and continued.
"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings; who knows, fate might bring them together someday."
Huang Jianguo listened to his younger sister's words at the door and felt that she had really grown up. She was no longer the little dumpling who used to follow behind them and stumble along.
He had always thought that after his last conversation, his parents were no longer so insistent on him finding a partner.
He only realized now that his parents just didn't want to bring it up in front of him to avoid putting pressure on him. But he really has no intention of getting married right now. He can't just date a girl for several years and not get married, can he? That would be like being a scoundrel!
"Mom, my little sister is right. That's one of the reasons why I don't want to get married yet."
Huang Jianguo walked over to Chen Zhaodi, squatted down to look at her, and relented, saying, "But I promise you, I will also pay attention to the people around me. If I meet someone suitable, I will get married. I won't be like before, completely resistant to finding a partner."
Chen Zhaodi opened her mouth as if to explain something, but in the end she didn't say anything and just nodded.
Chen Zhaodi: I just got carried away and the topic of marriage came up. I've talked about it so much before, it's gotten into my habit, and I can't seem to stop now. It makes it sound like I'm really heartbroken. My two sons are so grown up and have jobs; I can't be bothered with them anymore.
Urging someone to get married is all about enjoying the process. Otherwise, if everyone else is urging her to get married and she doesn't, she'll feel out of place!
But given the current atmosphere, it wouldn't be appropriate for her to explain further, so she simply acquiesced.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
