Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Good advice is hard to persuade

But it is hard to refuse the enthusiasm of relatives.

The next day, Ye Yu and Ye Baoguo accompanied Ye Lan on another blind date. Ye Yu felt that she was more or less useful, while Ye Baoguo was just a mascot who got free food and drinks.

The blind date location may not be in Yesterday Park, but in a state-owned hotel in the center of Yanjing City.

If it were last year, Sun Shizhong might not even look down on state-owned hotels and go directly to the legendary Su Feng Restaurant. He was still forced to stay in a state-owned hotel due to the current situation.

Ye Yu was not making this up. From the moment they met and ordered food, Sun Shizhong, dressed in a neat seven-layer green army uniform, had hinted at this intention.

Elm leaves:

...Yeah!

Of course I ordered more than yesterday.

As for Ye Yu and Ye Zhongguo, Sun Shizhong didn't seem to mind the presence of these two light bulbs at all. They were his audiences to show off his family background and personal strength.

He first briefly introduced Sun's family. His grandfather was a member of the Red Army. His uncle was named a martyr after his death. His father was also a soldier and retired. He is now a minister. His family named him to make him loyal to the party and the country. He did not join the army, but his sister married a deputy regiment commander...

Blah blah blah.

Ye Lan and Ye Baoguo listened with great interest. This was a world they had no chance to come into contact with. Their thoughts were also being led astray. They felt that the Sun family was indeed amazing.

Looking outside of her perspective, Ye Yu felt that the content was vast and empty, all lofty and suspended, not down to earth at all. Sun Shizhong was like a boastful idiot, but she was not Ye Lan and could not make decisions for her. She could only try her best to show the real Ye Shizhong to him.

For example, piercing the falsehood and getting to the point of connection: "In other words, your ex-wife was the daughter of your mentor?"

Yes, no matter how much Sun Shizhong boasted, he could not change his despicable behavior of abandoning his wife and daughter.

Sun Shizhong's description of his ex-wife was very brief. His ex-wife was named Xiang Yan, who was also a student at Yenching University and his classmate.

Xiang Yan came from a family of the five black categories, and was forced to marry her by her father, who was a professor at Yenching University. At that time, he had to respect his teachers.

Respect teachers?

Haha, back off!

The Sun family was accustomed to the background benefits of Grandpa Sun's son and Uncle Sun, so they chose to marry into the Xiang family because the Xiang family had a very good family background, a typical family of intellectuals. However, at this time, they suffered due to the limitations of the times and were labeled as one of the five black categories. His ex-wife went from being a daughter of a wealthy family to a tainted person. Sun Shizhong was unwilling to be dragged down and forced her to divorce.

In this chaotic era, many couples divorced for this reason. Not only couples, but also mothers and daughters, and fathers and sons severed their relations. The newspapers were filled with tragedies and comedies every day, and Sun Shizhong's name might even be mentioned.

Sun Shizhong's despicable behavior of abandoning his ex-wife was despicable enough. Even a tiger does not eat its own cubs. How old is his daughter, but he doesn't even want her anymore. Doesn't he know that his daughter will also be labeled as the descendant of the five black categories like his ex-wife?

It's hard to say whether such a young child with this identity can survive in this chaotic world.

In response, Sun Shizhong replied with great righteousness: "I am a descendant of the Red Army. I will not lean on the powerful, will not accept the corruption of capitalism, and will never associate with the five black categories. I have already published an announcement in the newspaper to sever all ties with the Xiang family."

In the end times, Ye Yu has seen a lot of such disgusting things. Why didn't his grandfather shoot his father against the wall?

Sun Shizhong's cunning was almost stabbed in the face. It was obvious that Sun Shizhong, who was a "high and mighty" cadre family, chose an ordinary family like the Ye family because he wanted the Ye family's special background of workers and farmers to help Sun's family wash away the stain of marrying into the five black categories and help him rise.

In fact, he could also choose to marry someone who was of good family background and eighth generation poor, but the girls who worked in the fields under the sun and rain might not meet his personal aesthetic standards.

"How old is your daughter?" Seeing that Ye Lan was still confused, Ye Yu reminded her again.

Ye Lan really couldn't fully understand the twists and turns here. The current crackdown on intellectuals was just in line with the trend, and many people were following suit. But even if Ye Lan couldn't fully understand it, she still understood what it meant to abandon his wife and daughter. What could be wrong with a child?

Thinking of this, the smile on Sun Shizhong's face became hideous.

"You are just making a fuss!" Sun Shizhong didn't expect that today's blind date would be so unsuccessful. How could he, a son of a prominent cadre, be rejected by them?

Originally, Ye Lan was pretty and barely to his liking, but unexpectedly, she had a troublesome sister and they were not on speaking terms, so the blind date was almost over.

Although the time was short, Ye Yu did not waste any of the food on the table! When Sun Shizhong came to his senses from his anger and shame, he was faced with a pile of CDs.

Both parties ended the meeting very unhappily.

The one who was unhappy and resentful was Sun Shizhong, and the one who went home after the show was Ye Lan and her two siblings.

After Wang Lai Di and Ye Hong Jun learned about the whole situation of today's blind date, they also felt that the Sun family was not very reliable. The machinery factory had newspapers, and they actually saw Sun Shizhong's letter of severance in the old newspapers they borrowed, severing all ties with his daughter.

They had such a hard time during the three years of famine that they never thought of abandoning their child. But this cadre family actually beat their own daughter into a "stinking ninth" position. No matter how good the conditions are, you would not dare to marry into such a family. Who knows, they may kick them out at any time.

After learning that the blind date had failed, Ye Cuihua once again ran to the Ye family and lamented that the couple was so stupid.

She grumbled, "What's wrong with marrying a cadre? You can have a good life and get married to a grandson. It will also be of great benefit to Ye Baoguo and Weiguo's future."

Wang Lai Di just smiled and said that since Ye Lan was getting married for the first time, she naturally wanted to find a partner for her first marriage. She and the Zhao family had already arranged a time for both parents to meet.

"Why are you so rigid?" It can be heard that Ye Cuihua's words are full of regret that the Ye family has lost a perfect son-in-law. The scary thing is that she really thinks so, and even thinks that if Ye Lan is not good enough, there is still Ye Yu.

"This guy who abandoned his wife and daughter must hate me to death!" Ye Yu shrugged and replied.

Wang Lai Di scolded: "Shut up, San Ya."

Then he turned around and said, "Sister, Erya is quite straightforward, you shouldn't bother with her, but she is right, Comrade Sun was quite heartless towards his last wife and daughter."

"Everyone criticizes the five black categories, but we are just trying to overthrow the stinking old nine. What we are doing is absolutely 100% good. Why can't you understand it?" Ye Cuihua came and left in a hurry, and even did not respond when Ye Hongjun invited her to have dinner.

Wang Lai Di knew Ye Cui Hua better than Ye Hong Jun did, and asked hesitantly, "She wouldn't go to Big Brother's house to ask Bao Ya and Chun Sheng, would she?"

The two looked at each other.

Ye Hongjun hurried over, and sure enough, Ye Cuihua's destination was Ye Changcheng's house. When Ye Hongjun arrived, the whole family was already chatting.

Ye Hongjun simply repeated a few key sentences that Wang Laidie, Ye Lan and Ye Yu had said. Ye Changcheng and his wife felt a little sorry for their daughter after hearing this. However, Ye Baoya didn't care, and neither did Ye Changcheng's son and daughter-in-law. They even thought that the Ye family was saying bad things about the Sun family behind their backs because the blind date was unsuccessful.

Hearing what was said, Ye Hongjun was so angry that his liver hurt: "Brother, sister-in-law, do you think I am that kind of person?"

"No, no, Hongjun, calm down." Ye Changcheng smiled and scolded his son again, but under the firm lobbying of his children, he was still tempted and decided to go on a blind date with his grandson's family to give it a try.

Ye Hongjun could only say this much. When he left, at Ye Changcheng's home, the person involved, Ye Baoya, was arguing with Ye Chunsheng over this "opportunity to enjoy life".

Wang Lai Di knew at a glance that his persuasion was unsuccessful, and comforted him: "Don't worry, my brother and the others think that the Sun family may not be willing. San Ya has offended the Sun family so much, will he still be willing to go on a blind date with the Ye family?"

What she didn't say was that although the conditions of the two Ye families were similar, Ye Baoya and Ye Chunsheng could not compare with Ye Lan.

"In terms of education, our Erya has a high school diploma, Baoya never even got into high school, and Chunsheng didn't even graduate from junior high school. They also look very different. Baoya at least has fair skin and tender flesh, while Chunsheng is skinny because he works too much. Does a man like Sun Shizhong really not care about this?"

Ye Hongjun thought that what Wang Lai Di said was right. They could only put this matter aside. There was nothing they could do otherwise. As the saying goes, good words cannot persuade a damned ghost.

The next day, the Ye family and the Zhao family had a formal meeting.

Ye Hongjun and Wang Laidi took special leave, and all members of the Ye family were present; Zhao Qinggang's mother, younger sister, and married elder sister from the Zhao family were all there, so it can be said that everyone was present.

Perhaps because Zhao Qinggang's marriage had become a concern for the Zhao family, Zhao Qinggang's mother and sisters were very warm and polite, showing that they got along well with each other, and they praised Ye Lan again and again.

Speaking of the betrothal gift again, with the money Zhao Qinggang had accumulated over the years, the Zhao family could buy a sewing machine and a watch. This was mainly Zhao Qinggang's idea. It was quite good to get two of the three items in those days.

Since Zhao Qinggang had limited vacation time, all procedures had to be expedited. After both parties were satisfied with the talks, today's meeting became the engagement day. It was really fast.

Zhao Qinggang will file a marriage application report as soon as he returns, and get the marriage certificate after it is reviewed and approved. However, the banquet and other things can be held in advance, as it is not easy to separate the newlyweds. After the marriage, Ye Lan can follow the army to Zhao Qinggang's unit and stay for one or two months.

Zhao Qinggang's mother only said that she could stay at home alone, and it didn't matter if Ye Lan didn't come back; Wang Lai Di believed that what she said was at least half true, and she also hoped that her son could have a child as soon as possible, but they could not agree to this directly, and only said that it was impossible to keep an elder at home forever.

The blind date came to an end here and it ended successfully.

I thought we would be able to pass through happily, but when I arrived at the door, a big accident happened.

Two officials from the Youth League Office came to visit and said that someone had reported that Ye Lan was over 18 years old but had not yet gone to the countryside. Since the report had been made here, they could not just ignore it.

"Who is so wicked?" Wang Lai Di hurriedly explained that Ye Lan was already half a military wife, "The marriage report has been filed, just waiting."

This made the acquaintances in the Youth League Office breathe a sigh of relief. With Ye Yu's initiative to sign up to go to the countryside, it added a lot of impression points to the Ye family. Since it involved a soldier, this matter was easier to get through.

Ye Yu's fists creaked as he made a reasonable guess: "Could it be the Sun family?"

She was also wrong in this matter. A person with a conspicuous little braid should not be so arrogant. Nowadays, if you have a foreign book at home, you may be criticized and reported. As expected, with her personality, she is more suitable for the relatively free and quiet mountain village.

The people in the Youth League Office didn’t know whether he was Sun or not. They only knew that he was a young man from the G Committee.