"Auntie, beat them."
Taotao always stirs up trouble and loves to watch his aunt punish his two younger brothers, smiling slyly and cheering.
Han Zheng smirked at him and pouted his cheek, "You'll get spanked sooner or later."
"I'm not naughty." Taotao considers himself well-behaved.
"Well, you're not naughty, you're just mischievous."
Han Zheng felt that his nickname was not wrong. To be more precise, the nicknames of the three brothers were not wrong. He was a little rascal, Lebao was lively and cheerful, an optimist, and Pippi was a real mischievous kid.
With three children at the dinner table, no one could have a quiet meal. Everyone was shouting and fighting over food, and Long Wei was shouting loudly to suppress them. Every night, dinner was like a war.
After dinner, Han Zhe and his brothers went out to take a bath and took the three little dumplings with them. The women stayed at home to clean the house and were busy with their own things.
Five days passed in a blink of an eye, and Han Zhangping and his wife and Han Xiao came back. As soon as they arrived home, the three little dumplings pounced on them and stuck to them like glue and wouldn't come off.
Han Zhangping and his wife love their three grandchildren very much. They hold them in their arms every day and are reluctant to let go. They take them out to visit relatives and friends during the day. They don’t mind their noise at night and sleep with their three precious grandchildren, taking care of them tirelessly.
The day before New Year’s Eve, the whole family was at home, preparing the fresh food they had just bought.
Han Lin had gone out early in the morning for something and had just returned in the snow. As soon as she entered the house, she said with a slightly strange expression: "Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, Mom, I have something to tell you."
"What's the matter?" Li Suyao spoke first.
Han Lin's cheeks flushed a little, and the tips of her ears were also red. She looked shy and hesitated for several seconds before saying, "Someone came to propose marriage, and he's outside."
When she said this, the whole family was stunned. Han Zheng was the first to react, "Xiao Lin, are you dating someone?"
Han Lin didn't dare to look at everyone's faces and nodded stiffly.
"You kid."
Li Suyao finally realized what was happening. Thinking that someone was still standing outside, she quickly put down the things in her hands and said, "Please invite someone in."
She poked her head in from the gate, grinning playfully: "Auntie Yao, I'm coming in."
"Yeon-chul!"
The Han family was stunned again.
Xu Yanzhe often came to the Han family. Today, he came in a different role. He was not nervous at all and felt at ease as if he were at home. He came in with bags of gifts in his left and right hands, and smiled a little bit like he wanted to slap: "Uncle Zhang Ping, Aunt Yao, am I a good son-in-law?"
"When did you start dating?" Li Suyao was very surprised. She had never heard her daughter reveal any secrets before.
She didn't know, and neither did the other members of the Han family. Long Wei even said, "Xu Yanzhe, when did you kidnap my sister-in-law? You're an old cow trying to eat young grass, and you didn't even ask for our consent. Are you asking for a fight?"
"How am I old? I'm only six years older than Linlin." Xu Yanzhe gritted his teeth.
"You're only six years older. How dare you say that."
Long Wei rolled his eyes at him, rushed to him, clasped his hands together, and cracked his knuckles. "You treacherous fox, you want to sneakily kidnap Xiaolin? No way."
The other Han brothers didn't need anyone to give orders. They stepped forward almost at the same time. A group of tall men stood side by side, and their momentum crushed Xu Yanzhe into a pulp.
"Auntie Yao, help!"
Xu Yanzhe knew that he was no match for them in a fight, so he had made preparations before coming. So the moment they took action, he immediately rushed behind his future mother-in-law.
Li Suyao glanced at him with a smile, and saw that her daughter was pursing her lips and laughing. It was obvious that these two had been secretly together for quite some time.
Now the eldest and second sons have already started their own families and careers. The youngest son is still young and can consider his lifelong affairs in a year or two. The daughter is already 19 years old and it is time for her to consider marriage. She originally wanted her parents-in-law to help her find a suitable man.
Now they are in a free love relationship and have confirmed their relationship. Xu Yanzhe is also a child who has grown up in their eyes. His family background is comparable to that of the Han family, and he has outstanding personal abilities. Except for being a little older, they are indeed a good match in other aspects.
They young people recognize each other, and the elders naturally support them.
Xu Yanzhe came today with a new identity, so Li Suyao naturally had to protect him. She smiled and stopped her son, daughter-in-law, nephews and nieces, saying, "Guests are welcome, so treat them well."
"Mom, you go ahead and do your thing. We will treat him well." Han Xiao glanced at Xu Yanzhe with a creepy smile.
Old Man Han sat down on the sofa, smiling kindly, "Yanzhe, you've kept this a secret. We haven't heard a word of it, and your family probably hasn't heard anything either, right?"
"I told them before I came."
Xu Yanzhe discussed the betrothal proposal with Han Lin in the morning. They bought gifts together outside. Five minutes ago, he returned home and told his grandparents and parents about it. Before they even opened their mouths, he came to Han's house with the betrothal gifts.
Just as he finished speaking, he heard a series of footsteps outside, as well as the scolding of the elder: "You little bastard, if you had told us five minutes in advance, we wouldn't have prepared anything. You should at least learn from Xiaozi and come three days in advance."
"Grandpa, I'm the one getting married, not you. There's no need to tell you in advance." Xu Yanzhe sat on the sofa and started to argue.
The elderly couple and their son and daughter-in-law all came over. Except for Xu's mother who had a jewelry box and a cloth bag in her hands, everyone else came empty-handed, but they all had smiles on their faces.
The elders of both families were happy to see their two younger generations dating. In fact, Xu's mother had asked her mother-in-law to ask Grandma Han, but Xu Yanzhe worked in Haicheng and Han Lin went to school in Kyoto, and they didn't seem to have much contact with each other, so they didn't talk about it much. Little did they know that the two children had been secretly dating for a long time.
The two of them recognized each other and decided to spend their lives together. The elders were the happiest. Xu's mother also gave Han Lin a pair of jade bracelets that she had prepared earlier as a gift, and another cloth bag also contained the betrothal gift they prepared for their son.
Xu Yanzhe's marriage has always been a major concern for the elders of the Xu family. They had arranged countless blind dates for him before, but he refused to go to any of them. This time he and Han Lin fell in love freely, and the elders of the Xu family were very happy. Finally, they no longer had to worry about him being single and living alone for the rest of his life.
They decided to propose marriage today. The two young people did not plan to get engaged. They had already agreed to get the marriage certificate in the afternoon and hold the wedding on the first day of the first lunar month.
Of course, Xu Yanzhe also considered it carefully. His future father-in-law and mother-in-law were busy with work, and their vacation back in Beijing was not long, so he hurriedly set the wedding date on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Han Zhangping and his wife have no objections, and they respect their children's choices when it comes to marriage partners.
As for their daughter's dowry, they had already prepared it. The bedding and other items were still in Jinling, and they planned to mail them after the New Year.
Although the schedule was tight, Xu Yanzhe and Han Lin's wedding was particularly lively. The wedding venue was beautifully decorated, with ribbons and balloons hanging all over the house, making it much warmer and more romantic than other young people's weddings.
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