As for the laboratory, since it was the end of the year and there was nothing important to do for the time being, and the project would not be started until after the new year, Chen Ming had some free time, which was just right for preparing for the wedding.
The only two really idle people in the family are Xu Manman and Xu Jianguo, a brother and sister. Actually, they are not too idle, after all, besides the eldest cousin, the second cousin is also getting married in the family.
But my second cousin and his wife were busy at work, so a lot of errands were left to these two idle people.
On the weekend, Xu Manman went back to the compound with her uncle and aunt.
Xu Manman and Chen Ming also stopped by to visit the Zhou, Wang and Zhao families. When their uncle was away, they took care of him. Now that he has returned to China, it would be a bit unreasonable not to visit them, right?
Especially Chen Ming, the Zhou Ming family is her official matchmaker.
Zhou Ming and Liu Li actually moved out after they started working. Now the couple and their child live in the dormitory assigned by Zhou Ming's unit.
It was a coincidence that day. Just as Xu Manman and her family sat down at Zhou's house, Liu Li and her husband took their children back to her husband's home.
Liu Li looked at the person sitting in the living room and was extremely surprised. "Manman, you're back home?"
"Well, isn't this my eldest cousin getting married? I came back to join in the fun."
Liu Li threw her second child to Zhou Ming and walked over to sit next to Xu Manman. "From what you said, you're going abroad? When are you leaving?"
Xu Manman studied abroad from a master's degree to a doctorate. Because of Xu Lei's relationship, everyone in the compound knew about it.
"We have to leave after the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month."
Zheng Xiaohui, who was listening, asked, "Why? We can't even celebrate the New Year at home. Why don't people celebrate the New Year in foreign countries?"
Xu Manman explained with a smile, "Foreigners don't celebrate the New Year in our country. They celebrate Christmas and New Year's Day, so they have their holidays early, basically in mid-to-late December, so school naturally starts earlier."
"But this is too...Manman, you haven't spent the New Year at home for two years, right? How many years will you study this time?"
"At the earliest, it will be the summer after next year."
Zheng Xiaohui silently calculated and asked Li Fang, "Manman was born in 1958, right? He'll be around 25 or 26 when he graduates. Not young anymore."
Li Fang smiled and said, "She's the one who makes the decisions about her studies. Even though I don't understand the papers she publishes, I know she's really learned something. As parents, we can't really help, but we just need to stay out of her way."
Li Fang knew what Zheng Xiaohui was hinting at. It was that girls would have a hard time finding a partner when they got older.
But those who have difficulty finding a partner don't want their niece to be so beautiful and to be able to study for a doctorate abroad. Li Fang is not bragging, but in Beijing, or even in the whole country, there are few men and women who are better than her niece.
Liu Li's question was much more direct than her mother-in-law's. "Manman, didn't you meet any good guys abroad? What about those who went abroad with you?"
"Although there were 60 of us who went there as a group, we were scattered when the schools were assigned. We were all busy with our studies on weekdays and couldn't even see each other, so how could we have thought about those things?"
Liu Li gritted her teeth and said, "Study hard. After all these years, you still say the same thing. You haven't gotten the hang of it at all."
Xu Manman smiled and took her arm, "Of course it can't compare to Sister Li's. She got smart earlier and her dick can crawl all over the floor."
Zheng Xiaohui said to Li Fang, "Is your eldest child about to be born?"
Li Fang nodded. "The due date is in March. My mother-in-law is taking care of her. I'll ask for leave and go over when the time comes."
"It's better to have children early. You should also urge your second child to have a baby after he gets married. Now the authorities are promoting family planning again." People of their class know about some of the policies from above earlier than ordinary people.
Li Fang naturally knew this, "Let's just let fate take its course when it comes to having children. It's their business when they want to have them. Once they have their own families, our mission is complete."
Her two sons are doing well now and will not go astray in the future anyway. As a mother-in-law, she has no intention of interfering in the couple's affairs.
However, this family planning policy is indeed a bit worrying. She didn't give birth to a third child before because she was afraid that if it was still a son, she would not want to have more children. Now, according to what the higher-ups said, you have to queue up even to have the first child, and there is no way to have a second child. If you give birth secretly, you will lose your iron rice bowl.
Xu Manman didn't care about these things. In her previous life, she was a product of the family planning policy in the late 20th century. Because her first child was a daughter, she was allowed to have a second child within the scope permitted by the policy, so she gave birth to her younger brother a few years later.
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