Chapter 397
What Old Mrs. Tao said was half true and half false.
They did eat noodles, and they did eat all the noodles at home, but the noodles they ate were super luxurious, with not only a lot of shredded meat and vegetables, but also two eggs for each person - after all, today was Chinese New Year, and they could not treat anyone badly, but they could not treat themselves badly.
When Old Man Duan saw the look on Old Lady Tao's face, he felt like vomiting blood in his heart, regretting how he could have been so blind to fall in love with such a vicious old woman.
"It's New Year's Day, and I'm not going to eat anything and just go hungry?!" Old Man Duan raised his voice.
"It's not that I don't let you eat, it's just that there is really nothing left at home. You have a pension, you have money, why don't you use the money to buy food yourself?" Old Mrs. Tao said sarcastically.
Old Man Duan was so angry that he glared at her, but because of Sanqing and Siqing, he didn't dare to do anything to Old Lady Tao.
It's Chinese New Year, and even if he goes out with money, there's nowhere to buy it!
It was obvious that Old Lady Tao meant to let him go hungry!
In the end, the angry old man Duan could only return to his room in a depressed mood.
Old Mrs. Tao smiled contemptuously and called Sanqing and Siqing: "Come, let's continue eating melon seeds."
Sanqing and Siqing sat opposite Old Mrs. Tao with a smile on their faces and started cracking melon seeds.
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The Duan family is not at peace, and the Peng family in the neighboring compound is not at peace either.
So, Peng's father and mother urged Peng Jianxiang to get married during the New Year's Eve dinner.
"After the New Year, you're one year older. Isn't it time for you to consider your own marriage?" Father Peng raised his wine glass, clinked it with Peng Jianxiang's, and said.
"Don't keep saying that you don't want to find one. You're getting older. If you delay any longer, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to find one." Peng's mother also said earnestly.
Father Peng continued, "Your first wife didn't even give birth to a child. If you don't get married and have a few children, do you really intend to end our Peng family?"
Peng's mother asked, "I noticed you weren't opposed to this at all before. Why are you so reluctant about us finding you a wife now? Could it be that you still can't forget your first wife?"
Peng's father said, "What was so good about your first wife? Your mother would say a few words to her, and she would argue with her. Fortunately, she died early, so you can choose a more virtuous wife. Otherwise, you would have been delayed by her for the rest of your life."
Peng's mother nodded and said, "That's right. The more I got to know your first wife, the less I liked her. She didn't do much housework, couldn't get pregnant, and was always feeling unwell. She's been dead for ages, why are you still thinking about her? This time, we'll find you a better wife!"
Peng Jianxiang, who was drinking and eating, didn't say a word.
After his parents had finished speaking, he finally said, "It's not that I can't forget my first wife."
"Then why have you always been reluctant to go on blind dates?" Peng's mother asked.
Father Peng also looked at him intently, waiting for his answer.
Thinking about his trysts with Ye Fuyun during this period, and the obvious gap between them, Peng Jianxiang took a sip of wine and said, "I already have someone in my heart."
Upon hearing this, Mr. and Mrs. Peng's faces lit up with joy.
They had thought Peng Jianxiang was reluctant to go on a blind date because he couldn't forget his first wife or had some unspeakable problems. Now that they knew Peng Jianxiang didn't want to go on a blind date because he already had a girl he liked, they were greatly relieved.
"Whose family is she from? Are you married? Do you have children?" asked Peng's mother.
Peng's father also asked, "How did you two meet? Does she have feelings for you? Do you want your mother to ask a matchmaker to go to that girl's house and propose marriage after the New Year?"
"She..." Peng Jianxiang paused and said, "She's already married."
Both Peng's father and mother were stunned and didn't quite understand what Peng Jianxiang meant.
"She's married? You mean, she's divorced?" asked Peng's mother.
Peng's father thought that was what Peng Jianxiang meant. He asked, "Do you know why she divorced? Could it be that she was disliked by her in-laws or too lazy, so they kicked her out?"
"She didn't get divorced, she got married," said Peng Jianxiang.
Peng's parents' hearts were pounding. Peng Jianxiang's words were exactly what they were most reluctant to believe.
"You've fallen in love with someone else's wife?" Peng's mother's voice couldn't help but rise a few notches.
Father Peng glared at her and signaled her to speak more quietly so that the neighbors wouldn't hear her.
He asked anxiously and sternly: "Tell me quickly, is this what your mother meant?"
Peng Jianxiang lowered his eyes and nodded.
Peng's father was so angry that he wanted to hit him, but he managed to hold himself back.
"Why do you like someone else's wife when there are so many people you can like? What are you thinking?" Father Peng said angrily.
"You have always been reluctant to go on blind dates, just because of her?! But she is married, do you want to be a widow for her forever?! You like a married woman, do you want to kill yourself?" Peng's mother was also anxious and angry.
Peng Jianxiang didn't say anything.
Seeing him like this, Peng's father and mother became even more furious.
"What's wrong with you? How could you fall in love with someone else's wife?" Peng's mother said, "I thought you didn't want to go on blind dates because of your first wife. The way you're acting now, it might as well be because of your first wife that you didn't go on blind dates!"
Peng's mother was so anxious that tears were about to come out: "Do you really want to be a widow for the rest of your life? Do you really want our Peng family to die out?"
Peng Jianxiang remained silent.
Father Peng glared at him and said, "Don't think about other people's wives. No matter how much you like them, it's impossible. Unless you want to go to jail and never see your mother and me again in your life."
After saying that, Peng's father said to Peng's mother, "Hurry up and arrange a blind date for him. Whether he likes it or not, he has to go."
Peng's mother nodded heavily: "I will go to the matchmaker tomorrow to discuss the blind date."
Peng's father then said to Peng Jianxiang, "You have to go on this blind date your mother has arranged for you. If you don't go, your mother and I will force you to go! There are so many good girls in this world. Don't be obsessed with other people's wives and ruin yourself!"
Peng Jianxiang still didn't speak.
He felt that his parents didn't understand him at all.
How could he be thinking about other people's wives? It was Ye Fuyun who came up to him first and seduced him. But after Ye Fuyun gave birth to the child, he was not willing to accept the status quo and wanted Ye Fuyun to marry him with the child, but Ye Fuyun was unwilling to give up Wu Longfei.
This New Year's Eve dinner made the three members of the Peng family feel heavy-hearted, and Peng's father and mother sighed from time to time.
After eating the New Year’s Eve dinner, Peng Jianxiang didn’t want to stay at home and went out.
Peng's mother asked him, "Where are you going during Chinese New Year?"
Peng Jianxiang didn't say anything, just closed the door and went out.
Peng's father smoked a cigarette and said to Peng's mother sullenly, "Don't worry about him. Let him go outside and sober up. He could like anyone else, but he has to like someone else's wife. I really don't know what he's thinking!"
Peng's mother cleared the dishes and suddenly thought of something. She said to Peng's father, "Whose daughter-in-law does Jianxiang like? I was so angry just now that I forgot to ask him."
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