Chapter 90 Knocking on her window at midnight

As for the Wang family, they had just seen off their in-laws in the afternoon. They had been busy entertaining them during the day and the whole family was tired. Lin Xiuying was closing the door and preparing to go back to her room to sleep.

Seeing Chen Pingping's mother suddenly come, Lin Xiuying quickly let her in and asked with a smile: "What's the matter with you coming here so late?"

They also knew that Chen Pingping had a big fight with her parents in the afternoon.

"Uh, I came here to discuss the matter between Ping Ping and Zong Hao..."

Chen Pingping's mother was not as shy as her younger daughter, so she told Lin Xiuying her intention, hesitatingly expressing her hope to become relatives with the Wang family.

"Pingping's mother, what did you say? Become our in-laws?" Lin Xiuying didn't expect that Chen Pingping's mother would take the initiative to come to their house and secretly arrange the marriage of the two children.

If this had happened a few years ago, not only would the adults be happy, but I'm afraid her little son would have been unhappy.

But now, the marriage between their youngest son and the daughter of the Zhu family has been arranged.

"After discussing with Pingping's father, we both feel that your Zonghao is more reliable. Rather than letting my daughter marry into the Zhang family and live a homeless life with Zhang Kang, your Wang family is more suitable to be our in-laws. Why don't you ask Zonghao what he means?"

Wang Zonghao had already laid down to sleep.

Hearing someone coming home, it was Chen Pingping's mother, he got curious and eavesdropped.

As a result, he heard from Chen Pingping's mother that the Chen family decided to cancel the marriage with the Zhang family and wanted to marry Chen Pingping to him, Wang Zonghao.

"Auntie! Is this what you adults want, or does Pingping herself... want to marry me?"

Wang Zonghao suddenly came out, and the two mothers who were sitting on the high stools next to the wooden table and talking were both stunned.

The first person to react was Chen Pingping's mother.

She was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses and smiled, "Pingping must have wanted to marry you too. Alas, it's all our fault for forcibly separating the two of you."

Inside the stone house, the three people had different expressions on their faces.

Lin Xiuying originally planned to find an excuse to persuade Chen Pingping's mother to go back.

Who would have thought that the youngest son had also heard it, and said with a wry smile on his face: "Mother Pingping, I think this matter is still..."

Before she finished her words, she heard her youngest son say shamelessly, "Mom! I want to talk to Ping Ping."

"No, what else is there to talk about?" In front of Chen Pingping's mother, Lin Xiuying couldn't say anything bad about the girl in person. She wanted to go over and kick her son back to his room to sleep.

When Chen Pingping's mother saw this, she immediately realized that her daughter still had a place in Wang Zonghao's heart.

The tone of her voice changed, and she said, "Since the matter has been brought to light, I will not hide it from you. What we mean is that if the two of them still have that intention, you can just take a symbolic amount of the betrothal money. After they get married, Pingping will have nothing to do at home alone, so she can follow Zonghao to the county town to do some work."

Lin Xiuying suddenly realized that the Chen couple had set their sights on Wang Zonghao's going to the county to work.

As the old saying goes, there is no gain without early action. The Chen family will not marry off their daughter unless there is benefit.

But Lin Xiuying didn't want to have any special connection with the Chen family anymore.

She smiled and waved her hand, "Zonghao's work in the city has not been decided yet. This is also because my daughter asked for help. Who knows if he can go? If he can't go in the end, it will be a waste of such a good girl like Pingping."

Even after saying this, Chen Pingping's mother still insisted on marrying into the Wang family.

"Zonghao, go find Pingping and talk to her about this first. Say some nice things to her!" Chen Pingping's mother completely accepted Wang Zonghao as her future son-in-law, and urged Wang Zonghao to go to the Chen family and talk to Chen Pingping about their marriage.

How could Wang Zonghao not be moved?

Without waiting for his mother Lin Xiuying to speak, he turned back to his room, quickly put on his shirt, and went out to Chen's house.

"Xiuying, don't blame us. This kind of thing is destined by heaven." Chen Pingping's mother sat on a high stool, chatting and laughing, and asked Lin Xiuying to make tea.

In the inner room, Wang's eldest daughter-in-law Li Hui heard the noise coming from the main room outside.

I quietly opened the door and came out, listened for a while, and was shocked.

When she heard that her brother-in-law had really gone to Chen's house, she hurried back to the house to tell her husband about it.

Wang Zongming sighed for a long time, "This Wang Zonghao! He really has no moral integrity. When Chen Pingping turned her back on him, he seemed to have forgotten it at all. Now, if he really wants to marry Chen Pingping, I'm afraid that Chen Pingping's soldier boyfriend will come and smash our Wang family."

"Oh! My brother-in-law really handled this matter in a disgraceful way! Not only is the Wang family disgraceful, but my sister-in-law and her husband will also be implicated." Li Hui said with a frown.

"Wait, maybe this is just Pingping's mother dreaming alone."

After all, it was his younger brother's marriage, and had nothing to do with him as the older brother.

It was not easy for Wang Zongming to stand up and express his opposition.

Over there.

Wang Zonghao hurried to Chen's house, but he didn't dare to really knock on Chen's door in the middle of the night.

He tiptoed to the window of Chen Pingping's room. The stone houses in the fishing village were relatively low and had small windows, so people standing outside could see the entire house.

Wang Zonghao was so overwhelmed by the sudden joy that he leaned against the window and called out several times, "Pingping, Pingping, are you asleep?"

Chen Pingping knew that her mother had gone to Wang's house and had just been lying in bed for a short while.

Hearing someone knocking on the window, she thought for a while, then turned around and asked, "Why are you knocking on my window in the middle of the night when you're not at home to sleep?"

"Well, your mother went to our house. You know about this, right?" Wang Zonghao asked, suppressing his anxious mood.

"The whole village knows about it! How could I not know?"

"Ah? You mean the whole village knows that your mother wants to marry you to me?!"

Wang Zonghao's heart was shaken.

How come he just heard about this?

"So what do you mean? Are you still willing to marry me?" Wang Zonghao asked the girl in the room boldly.

Chen Pingping closed her eyes and thought seriously.

If she were asked to choose between Zhang Kang and Wang Zonghao to be her husband, she would definitely choose Wang Zonghao first.

Apart from anything else, this boy looks like the type she likes, and he is also smart and capable.

They went to school together with their schoolbags, went home together after school, and secretly held hands and kissed each other...

On the other hand, her current fiancé Zhang Kang is a bit fat, stubborn and one-track-minded. Take the issue of the bride price for example, he did not inform her in advance.

If she had known that the army had such a strict order, she would have told her parents everything in advance.

Now, the two sides are in a state of confusion, and the Zhang family must have some opinions about her.

"Pingping, can you please say something? I came to see you after careful consideration..." Wang Zonghao's voice came in from the window again.

After a while.

Chen Pingping complained, "What were you doing earlier? You're thinking of me now, right? I saw you holding Zhu Yan's hand that day, and you still have the nerve to come to me and beg for mercy?"

"Are you jealous?"

“Get lost!!”

"No, that day, I saw you letting that bastard Zhang Kang hold your hand. Why didn't you mention it?"

"Wang Zonghao! Get out of here! Get away from me!"

…

Wang Zonghao tossed and turned all night long.

My heart was like waves rolling in the ocean. After making various comparisons, I found that I still liked Chen Pingping more.

After all, the two grew up together, and childhood sweethearts understand each other's temperament and character better.

But this time he learned his lesson and decided not to be careless. He got up early in the morning and went to the stove room to explain the situation to his mother. "Mom, I'm going to Hongmei Village to see my sister and ask her what to do about this matter."

"Uncle, please don't put your brother-in-law in a difficult position." Li Hui warned while making breakfast.

Lin Xiuying felt that it would be difficult for a woman like her to deal with such a situation, so she allowed her son to go talk to his sister. "Zonghao, don't stay too long, come back early. Pingping's mother said last night that she would give you a day to think about it."

"I understand."

Wang Zonghao didn't even bother to have breakfast and went to Hongmei Village early in the morning.

A young man like him walked fast, and in just two hours he reached Hongmei Village and appeared in the Zhai family yard.

Just at this time, the second son Zhai Jiahao was going to the next village to do carpentry work after dinner.

Seeing the third brother-in-law suddenly come to the Zhai family, he asked in a somewhat sinister tone: "Hey! Zonghao, do you Wang family hold banquets every day? Are you here to pick up your sister to go back to her parents' home for a banquet again?"

"Brother Jiahao! You are right. Our Wang family is indeed going to hold a wedding. But, unfortunately, I will not invite you. I will invite my sister and brother-in-law instead." When it comes to talking, Wang Zonghao never gives others the chance to mock him.

Turning around and seeing Zhai Qingsong again, Wang Zonghao called out, "Brother Qingsong, are you okay?"

"Ah? Come to see your sister-in-law?"

"Yeah, I came to ask my sister something."

Wang Zonghao felt suddenly proud and walked straight into the main room and went to his sister's side room.

As soon as I entered, I ran into my brother-in-law.

Zhai Ximo was feeding the chickens, holding a bowl of chopped grass and sprinkling it into the chicken coop.

Seeing his brother-in-law suddenly come to their house, he was stunned, "Zonghao, why are you here?"

Wang Zonghao smiled and nodded, walked to the door of the thatched stove room, and took a look inside. He saw his sister cooking and his little nephew sitting obediently at the stove to help his mother add firewood to the fire.

"Baoer! My uncle is here."

Both mother and son looked towards the door and saw Wang Zonghao walking into the kitchen with a smile on his face. The little boy was so happy that he quickly stood up from the small stool and rushed into his uncle's arms.

"Jonghao, what are you doing here?"

Wang Ziru was steaming glutinous rice when she saw her brother from her mother's family coming. She wondered if something had happened at home.

But seeing her brother's happy face, Wang Ziru was a little puzzled, "Did mom ask you to come over?"

"No, I came here specifically to ask you, sister. This is what happened..." Wang Zonghao immediately picked up his little nephew and walked to the stove to sit down, telling his sister what happened between him and Chen Pingping last night.

Before he finished, Zhai Ximo walked into the kitchen and said in surprise, "Zong Hao, what are you doing? Don't you know that Zhang Kang is a soldier? If you take Chen Pingping away, you are destroying the military marriage."

"You'll go to jail for destroying a military marriage."

Wang Zonghao's joyful face froze, "Ah? But they haven't gotten married yet!"

He looked at his sister and frowned: "Sister, say something."

Seeing his brother-in-law's anxious look, Wang Zonghao became furious and immediately brought up his brother-in-law's "scandal".

"They were just engaged, not a military marriage! Brother-in-law, according to what you said, my sister insisted on marrying you, and only after you got married did my parents go to the county to cancel the engagement! You also married my sister without saying a word, didn't you ruin the marriage of the military? Didn't you go to jail?"