Chapter 53
When Cheng Jun returned home, his two elders were sitting in the living room.
He was also mean: "Hey, are you waiting for me?"
Tao Zhi waved to him to come over, and as soon as he got close, Tao Zhi punched him several times.
Cheng Jun jumped away quickly, but was held down by his mother and took the punches.
He hissed in pain and rubbed the place where he was hit, feeling that he would definitely break out in the next day. He looked aggrieved and said, "Mom, why did you hit me?"
Tao Zhi was afraid that if she opened her mouth, she would transform into a Tyrannosaurus Rex and spit all over him. It was late at night, and she had already vented her anger, so there was no need to curse again. She ignored Cheng Jun and dragged the old man back to the next building.
Cheng Jun had been so excited, but now he was completely disappointed. Ms. Tao's ambiguous attitude made him doubt his own assumptions.
The next morning at breakfast, Cheng Jun was unexpectedly at home. When he saw Tao Zhi, he asked, "Mom, did you sleep well last night?"
Don't hit someone who smiles at you. Tao Zhi replied, "Not bad."
Cheng Mingcheng complained: "Grandma, I didn't sleep well. My uncle kept tossing and turning and he disturbed me."
"Then punish him by not letting him sleep with you tonight."
Cheng Mingcheng thought about it distressedly, "Then I'd better forgive my uncle."
Cheng Jun climbed up the bamboo pole and immediately put on a flattering smile: "Mom, you've already forgiven me. Can you also carry forward our family's good traditions?"
Tao Zhi took a sip of porridge and then took a bite of the dried radish. It was so crunchy and delicious.
She ate with relish, while Cheng Jun stood by, watching dryly, vividly demonstrating what it meant to be unable to swallow.
"mom--"
Tao Zhi put down her chopsticks. Cheng Jun swiftly handed her a tissue. She took it, wiped her mouth, and said, "I don't blame you. What's the point of talking about forgiveness?"
Cheng Jun's eyebrows lit up with joy: "Mom is still so generous."
Tao Zhi interrupted him: "Forget about asking for money."
Cheng Jun almost couldn't hold back his laughter: "Mom, I haven't said anything yet."
"Needless to say, in a word, I have no money."
"Your son is getting married, and you don't care about such a big thing?"
"It's not me getting married." Tao Zhi blew on the tea, took a sip, and it was still hot.
"Mom... Mom..." Cheng Jun moved closer, trying to get closer to his mother. Tao Zhi raised the cup, "Stop, or I'll pour it all over your face."
Cheng Jun sat back down: "Mom, do you have any opinion about Hongxia?"
Tao Zhi glared at him: "Don't say such nonsense."
"So... you have something against me?"
Tao Zhi felt relieved: "You finally realized it."
"No," Cheng Jun turned to his father, "I didn't do anything."
The old man was also angry: "It's because you don't do anything. Have you ever seen a family like yours, where you've already met the parents and still don't know the girl's situation?"
Cheng Jun suddenly felt guilty, as he had indeed concealed a lot of things.
Tao Zhi waved her hand and said, "That's not important anymore. Go do what you need to do and don't bother us at home. Anyway, if you don't make money quickly, how will you get married?"
"Mom, I have the money to get married, but I don't have a place to live."
"Including the betrothal money?"
Cheng Jun was shocked, "Mom, you know everything?"
"I just tricked you. Your reaction tells me that your father and I were right."
Cheng Jun sat down dejectedly: "I didn't mean to hide it from you, I just wanted to tell you later, because I was afraid that once you knew, you would not agree with me and Hongxia being together."
Tao Zhi snorted coldly, "What era is this now? You're calling me an old antique and thinking I'm going to break up a couple?"
"That's not what I meant." Cheng Jun explained quickly.
Cheng Xiangqian asked, "Is she really Wei Youcai's daughter?"
Cheng Jun nodded dejectedly.
The old man asked again: "Do you know his family tradition?"
"I know, but it doesn't matter. I can afford it."
"According to what you said, the rule of a 100,000 yuan betrothal gift for anyone who wants to marry into their family is true?" The old man felt unbelievable. Is this a fixed price?
Tao Zhi laughed heartily instead: "Who cares if it's hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands? It's not like we're living with them. As long as they don't ask me for money, I don't care about their business."
The old man was infected by the laughter. He thought about it and it made sense, so he shut up and stopped asking questions.
Cheng Jun secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Mom, it's not because of the betrothal gift.
"Just tell me what you have to say."
"If I get married, I don't have a house now."
"Once your community is built, you can have as many houses as you want."
"That will take at least two years. After it's built, it needs renovations. You're putting it off until three years from now."
"You are still young, it's only three years, you can definitely wait." Tao Zhi was very calm.
Cheng Jun was anxious: "But I want to get married soon."
Tao Zhi said, "I asked you about this at the beginning, and you yourself said that the value of the house you bought was going down."
"I was young and ignorant at the time."
Tao Zhi spread his hands: "I am old and incapable now."
Cheng Jun asked cautiously, "Can I take Big Brother's apartment first?"
"Then you should discuss it with your brother. I can't make the decision for him."
Cheng Jun smiled and said, "I need your approval before I can speak to you, big brother."
Tao Zhi gave Cheng Jun enough face because he helped Cheng Hui: "I have no objection."
Cheng Jun turned to his father, and Cheng Xiangqian also said yes. He jumped three feet high with joy and bowed to Tao Zhi and the others, "Thank you, Dad, thank you, Mom, you will have a daughter-in-law soon."
Tao Zhi was a little surprised: "Don't you need your father and I to propose marriage?"
"That's still necessary."
Tao Zhi waved her hand at him, signaling him to get out quickly.
After sending his grandson to kindergarten, Cheng Xiangqian asked, "Do you really agree to Cheng Jun's marriage?"
Tao Zhi smiled and said, "Can't you see? Your son has already fallen head over heels in love. After only a few months of dating, he can't wait to marry her home. I can stop him for a while, but can I stop him forever? There are too many examples that prove that the more opposition there is from the family, the stronger the relationship between young people. Let Cheng Jun go through the hardships ahead on his own."
The old man took her hand and said, "It seems we have to stay away from this in-law."
Tao Zhi patted him on the shoulder and said, "We're still here, so we can't get any closer. The most important thing is to keep our wallets tight."
"What do you mean?"
"Hello son, your hands are looser now. Once this happens, there will be a second time. Let's prepare our own pension."
"Could he still ignore us?"
Tao Zhi didn't want to discourage him: "It's better to have something yourself than for your son to have it. For example, you need to spend a thousand yuan a month, and your son can only give you a hundred. He doesn't ignore you, but is this the kind of life you want?"
"To put it bluntly, what if my son is too busy to leave and gives his retirement money to his daughter-in-law? Then he'll have to make a living from her..."
Cheng Xiangqian's face changed.
"Well, we won't burden our children, and our children won't cause us any trouble. That's what a loving father and a filial son should be. We're both still young, so we can take this opportunity to earn some extra money. We can spend it without having to worry about anyone else's opinion and do whatever we want. Wouldn't that be a wonderful life?"
"Then shall we still build the house?" asked the old man.
"Of course I have to build it. Cheng Man can't make a fortune in the army, so I have to leave her with something to remember after a hundred years."
"Then why don't we just give the apartment we live in to Cheng Jun?"
"You want to huddle with them?"
The old man glared at her: "How is that possible?"
"That's fine, we still have to live here. It's not logical for us to make room just because he gets married."
The old man couldn't answer, "But Cheng Hui has no house."
"Don't worry, wait until he has some money, then transfer this set to him."
"Okay, I'll follow your arrangements."
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When Cheng Hui heard that the house could be used to pay off debts, he quickly transferred it to Cheng Jun. He felt relieved.
Tao Zhi became more determined to make money.
Cheng Jun worked quickly, renovating the house immediately after the transfer, with the couple occasionally checking in to oversee the work. Three months later, when the renovations were complete, Cheng Jun set a date, then drove back to his hometown with his parents to propose to the Wei family.
In consideration of the 100,000 yuan gift money, the Wei family easily relented. Tao Zhi opened the three golds and put them on Wei Hongxia on the spot, earning her a round of envious glances.
The high-end cigarettes, tea, and alcohol were all left behind, and Wei Hongxia's parents, siblings, and each received two new sets of clothes. When the in-laws saw Tao Zhi off, they seemed reluctant to leave, so Tao Zhi had to repeatedly persuade her to stay.
The things she had were neither too few nor too few, as they were all comparable to Cheng Xing and Cheng Hui's. Tao Zhi had prepared everything they had when they got married, and she didn't give a penny more than what they didn't have when they got married.
Everyone was busy and couldn't stay in their hometown for too long, so the wedding was quickly put on the agenda.
The factory was rented out, and since there was no space at home, the wedding was held in a hotel instead. The entire wedding banquet was grand, and Cheng Jun paid a lot of money out of his own pocket. Since Tao Zhi didn't offer a betrothal gift, she didn't accept the gift money either, leaving it directly to Cheng Jun and his wife.
As soon as the work was done, Tao Zhi was eager to go home. She didn't wait for the young couple, and took the old man to take a bus back to S City.
As soon as Tao Zhi arrived home, Cheng Xing quickly disengaged and rushed to work on factory matters. She'd been incredibly stressed out for the past two weeks. With Mom and Dad away, she'd been busy taking care of the kids, but not the factory; managing her career, but not keeping an eye on the little one. Now that Mom was back, she could finally unburden herself of the burden.
Mingming and Xiaojin rushed over, each holding one of Taozhi's legs, and said in a sweet voice: "Grandma, I miss you so much."
Tao Zhi held one in each hand and said, "Grandma misses you too. Have you been good these days? Have you eaten well?"
Cheng Jin pouted: "Auntie's cooking is not tasty."
"Are you the teacher from the kindergarten?" Tao Zhi touched her smiling little face. She didn't look thinner.
Cheng Mingcheng shook his head and said excitedly, "We worked with my aunt and got to know a lot of people and machines. These big machines made such a rumbling sound. It was so cool."
Cheng Jinze whispered, "Dirty."
Tao Zhi cursed inwardly, this Cheng Xing is too unreliable. "Do you want to go next time?"
Cheng Mingcheng climbed into Tao Zhi's arms and said, "No, I don't want to go. I want to be with my grandma and the kids in the kindergarten."
Cheng Jin followed suit: "Me too."
Tao Zhi was so moved that her heart melted. She touched the babies' bellies, which were a little flatter, and asked, "Do you want to go out for morning tea?"
Mingming slurped his saliva, then jumped down to grab Tao Zhi's hand: "Yes, yes, yes, grandma, let's go."
Cheng Jin, the follower: "Grandma, let's go."
Tao Zhi laughed happily, her happiness returned.
A few days later, Tao Zhi received a call saying that Cheng Dachuan and his friends had finished their studies and came to ask for advice from his uncle and aunt.
Tao Zhi said, "Everyone counts. Come quickly. Cheng Jun is short of people."
Cheng Dachuan asked: "Aunt, that child..."
Tao Zhi said firmly: "Bring them all here. Send them to the kindergarten during the day and take them home at night. I'll take care of the rest."
Cheng Dachuan was also very decisive: "Then I'll tell them and tell you after I buy the tickets."
Tao Zhi agreed immediately: "No problem."
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