The two families were so close that they had dinner happily like one family.

After dinner, Qiao Meng and Huang Qing, mother and daughter, helped Zhou Yu's mother Wang Yufang clean up the leftovers. Then the two families sat down on the sofa in the living room, drinking tea, watching TV and chatting together.

Naturally, the content of the chat was nothing else but talking about Zhou Yu and Qiao Meng.

"Zhou Yu's job has basically stabilized. Although Ruxu is only a county, it is at least an economically strong county. In terms of development prospects, Ruxu is backed by Jiangcheng City, which is much better than our Xiangcheng!"

After taking a sip of tea, Teacher Qiao Luqiao smiled and said to the others, "Also, I have asked someone about Ruxu No. 2 High School. It is a very good school. Just like Zhou Yu said before, it does have a chance to be promoted to a provincial model high school this year!"

As soon as Qiao Lu finished speaking, Zhou's father and Wang Yufang took over the conversation with a look of joy on their faces, "This is even better! Didn't Zhou Yu say before that the school agreed to his request and the contract has been signed!"

"As long as Zhou Yu completes the agreed work, Xiao Qiao Meng will also be admitted to No. 2 Middle School next year, and Zhou Yu will be given a house for free! When the time comes, my husband Zhou and I will pay to decorate the house for them and buy them furniture. In this way, Zhou Yu and Qiao Meng will finally have a settled home!"

The meaning of Wang Yufang's words was very clear. The subtext was that she was telling Qiao Lu and Huang Qing that the relationship between the two children should be settled, and they should find a good day to do everything that needed to be done.

Although Zhou Yu and Qiao Meng are now in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, in the eyes of the older generation, the highlight of a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship is just the word "friends". Without a marriage certificate and a wedding banquet, they are not a formal family.

Not only Wang Yufang and Zhou Dahai thought so, but also Qiao Lu and Huang Qing thought so.

Zhou Yu and Qiao Meng grew up together. Although they have only been dating for a year, if you really count, they have been together for more than 20 years.

Even if they were to hold the wedding ceremony and get the marriage certificate tomorrow, the four old people wouldn't think it was too fast.

Qiao Lu and Huang Qing naturally understood what Wang Yufang meant. Qiao Lu nodded and said to Wang Yufang and Zhou Dahai with a smile, "Indeed, the two children have been together for such a long time. It's time for our two families to sit down and discuss it together."

Hearing what Qiao Lu said, Wang Yufang and Zhou Dahai laughed so hard that the crow's feet on their eyes disappeared, as if they had become several years younger. "Well, that's good! Since Teacher Qiao said so, let's find some time for our two families to sit down and discuss it together!"

"What about the engagement wine? Also, the betrothal gifts and the three golds should all be put on the agenda!"

Wang Yufang mentioned this tonight when she was chatting with Qiao Lu and Huang Qing. This happened suddenly, but she didn't intend to settle everything tonight.

According to the local customs of Xiangcheng, an engagement banquet is also necessary.

Moreover, Wang Yufang and Zhou Dahai have always liked Qiao Meng, so it is impossible for them to make such a hasty decision out of their love for her. The test tonight was just a communication between the two parties in advance. The formal one needs to be discussed by the elders together.

After the basic matters were settled, the four elderly people immediately turned the topic to family matters and had a very happy chat.

Zhou Yu and Qiao Meng, who were sitting nearby, were stunned, as if they didn't understand how the most important event in their lives could be decided in just a few words.

Zhou Yu was even more confused and didn't react.

How come? We were just having a meal together, and suddenly I was going to get engaged and then married?!

Qiao Meng was the first to react. Seeing the expression on her boyfriend's face, she immediately felt dissatisfied and quietly elbowed Zhou Yu.

When Zhou Yu looked at her in pain, Qiao Meng directly gave Zhou Yu a death ray, as if to say to Zhou Yu, what, you are very reluctant to marry me? !

Zhou Yu instantly understood what his girlfriend meant, and quickly gave her a look, saying that he absolutely did not have such an idea. Honey, you are definitely overthinking it! I really, really, absolutely want to be with you!

Qiao Meng understood Zhou Yu's expression, so she snorted, let Zhou Yu go, and listened attentively to the communication between both parents.

Although Qiao Meng kept smiling on the surface when they discussed the matter between her and Zhou Yu, she was very happy in her heart.

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After chatting for a while, seeing that it was getting late, Qiao Lu got up with his wife and children, said goodbye to Zhou Yu's family, and prepared to go home.

When Qiao Lu and his family came, they had nothing in their hands, but when they left, they took away a lot of New Year's goods. Both sides seemed to have no objections. Qiao Lu and Huang Qing thought it was natural, and Zhou Dahai and Wang Yufang were also happy to see it.

Arriving at the entrance of the village, Wang Yufang and Zhou Dahai helped Qiao Lu and his family get into the car. Through the car door, they were still talking to Qiao Lu and his wife about their two children. "Dear... Teacher Qiao, can we contact each other by phone later and find a time to talk about the children?"

Qiao Lu nodded in agreement, and made an appointment with Zhou Dahai to have dinner together in two days to settle the matter.

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While Zhou Yu was expectantly waiting for the parents of both sides to discuss his major life event, far away in Ruxu No. 2 Middle School, a group of school leaders led by Principal Wang Hongwen and Vice Principal Li Jianping were still dealing with winter vacation matters.

Among them, the most important is the final exam for high school students.

The senior year students have finished their exams early, while the sophomores and freshmen are still nervously taking their exams.

Compared with the first and second year students who still have a long time before the college entrance examination, Wang Hongwen and Li Jianping are currently most concerned about the final grades of the third year students who will take the college entrance examination in less than half a year.

Therefore, under the urging of a group of school leaders, the test papers of all subjects of all senior high school students were finally graded on the second night after the senior high school exams, which was also the night after Zhou Yu returned home.

When Wang Hongwen received the news that all the test papers had been graded, he immediately arranged for people to start calculating the scores.

Soon, Wang Hongwen, who was expecting it, got the list he wanted.

After reading the list ranked according to total scores, Wang Hongwen couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

Li Jianping, who was standing by, looked at Wang Hongwen's smile and thought, I don't know how many times the old principal has laughed so happily, maybe more than ten times? Or more than twenty times?

You know, at this time last year, the only thing that made the old principal so happy was that No. 2 Middle School had made progress in becoming a provincial model high school. At other times, the old principal would not usually smile so happily.

While Li Jianping was still daydreaming, he heard Principal Wang say to him, "Jianping, please arrange this list and send it to the head teachers of each class. Make sure everyone is notified!"

Li Jianping nodded and was about to agree when he heard Wang Hongwen say again, "Wait, you should notify the other teachers first. Let me handle Teacher Zhou's case!"

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