Walking on this loess road and entering the village, Lin Xiaoman recalled the location of his home and also sorted out the relevant relative network.
Li Yanying's husband who died early was named Shen Fuqiang. He was the third child in the family, with an older brother and older sister, and a younger brother and younger sister.
There is also an old man named Shen in the family, who lives with the eldest son Shen Fuguo, while the fourth son Shen Fumin moved to the town.
Li Yanying can only meet people during the Chinese New Year, and she hasn't seen her married elder and younger sisters-in-law for several years, but she does have their WeChat accounts on her mobile phone.
These are the only close relatives that Shen Fuqiang has, but there are too many cousins.
Li Yanying has two older brothers and a younger sister. Her parents passed away a few years ago, and there is not much contact between the siblings.
This is roughly the situation of relatives.
By the time they had sorted out this relationship, the two had already returned to the doorstep of their old house, a red-tiled house with three rooms surrounded by a small wall of more than one meter, forming a small courtyard.
There are many fresh vegetables planted in the yard and in the small vegetable garden next to the yard.
This was planted by Mr. Shen. Mr. Shen is still in good health and likes to grow vegetables. It would be a waste to leave the land idle, so he just planted vegetables.
From time to time, Mr. Shen would help clean the house to make it feel more lively and not look too shabby.
"Oh, my sister-in-law and Xinyi are back!"
The two men stood in front of the courtyard gate and were about to go in when a woman shouted from the second-floor balcony of a two-story building a few meters away.
Looking back, Lin Xiaoman replied, "Hey, sister-in-law."
Shen Xinyi politely called out, "Auntie."
In the countryside, the houses of several brothers are connected together. This two-story building is Shen Fuguo's home. The person speaking is Shen Guofu's wife, Meng Jianfen.
"Hey, you guys go home first, I'll be there soon." Meng Jianfen shouted loudly and left the balcony in a hurry.
The gate to the yard was not locked. Lin Xiaoman and Shen Xinyi walked in. The large bungalow was divided into three rooms. The smallest one on the right was the kitchen, the middle one was the living room, and the last one was the bedroom, which was divided into a large room and a small room.
The bungalow is quite old, but it was considered a good house more than ten years ago. Since she only stays there for a week during the Chinese New Year, Li Yanying, who plans to settle down in Wu City, is not prepared to spend money to build a small building.
After putting my things away and still tidying up, Meng Jianfen came in and asked, "Yanying, you just arrived?"
"Yes." Lin Xiaoman nodded and gave Shen Xinyi a look. Shen Xinyi understood and took out the prepared gift and handed it over respectfully, "Aunt, this is for you and uncle."
"Oh my, I feel so embarrassed. Xinyi is so polite." After a few polite words, Meng Jianfen quickly put the things away.
"Sister-in-law, is Dad home?"
"He's not here. If he were home, he would have come earlier. What a coincidence, I just had lunch, and Dad thought you wouldn't be here so early, so he went out to visit some friends. But he should be back soon. Um, have you had lunch yet?"
"Not yet. I bought some noodles on the way back. I'll just have to make do with this."
"Then let's go to my house. You don't have firewood or gas at home."
"Okay, sister-in-law, I won't be polite to you."
They picked two vegetables directly from the yard and went next door. Lin Xiaoman went into the kitchen to cook noodles, and Shen Xinyi was pulled by her aunt Meng Jianfen to ask her all kinds of questions.
What Meng Jianfen asked most about was Zhou Yang's situation. Although Zhou Yang had come once, the two of them were not in a relationship at that time, so she didn't ask too many questions.
Now that we have obtained the marriage certificate, it is natural to ask for clarification.
After thoroughly understanding Zhou Yang's family situation, Meng Jianfen was so happy that she kept praising Chen Xinyi for being well-behaved and finding a good family.
Lin Xiaoman had just brought the noodles out of the kitchen when a woman came over to visit. "I didn't see you in the next room, so I knew you were here. Oh, you haven't eaten yet."
"Sister Dahua, it's been a long time since we last met." Lin Xiaoman greeted her familiarly.
"Yes, it's been quite a long time. As soon as I heard that you were back, I came to see you. Oh, don't worry about us, you guys eat first." As he said that, the man pulled Meng Jianfen aside and started talking to her in a familiar manner.
Lin Xiaoman greeted Shen Xinyi, and they ate noodles first. It was almost 1 o'clock and they were really hungry.
During the ten minutes or so of eating noodles, the aunts and uncles from the village came to visit one after another...
Zhang Lai Di was obviously a loud speaker. It was obvious that after she shouted a few times, all the women in the village who were idle at home came rushing over. The house was so lively, just like a tea party. Meng Jianfen moved out all the old stools that were not used on weekdays.
Three women make a play, a group of women chatter.
Everyone was talking to each other, it was so lively.
Everyone unanimously exchanged a few polite words, saying, "Xinyi is so pretty," "Xinyi is really promising, she will be a city dweller in the future," and "Oh, I'm so envious."
After praising Chen Xinyi for a while and praising Lin Xiaoman for her good fortune, the topic naturally turned to Lin Xiaoman's son-in-law.
There was no need for the two to say anything, Meng Jianfen rushed to show off and revealed everything about the Zhou family.
The man is 1.8 meters tall, looks energetic, and is a local!
We live in a villa!
The man is a regular employee of a public institution and can earn 10,000 yuan a month. His future is limitless!
The man's parents are teachers and public institutions, both of which have stable jobs. Their pensions will be very high in the future! They don't need the young couple to support them in their old age. Instead, they can subsidize them.
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As soon as Zhou Yang put forward the conditions, all the women talked about it with relish and praised it.
It has to be said that Zhou Yang's family background is considered a standard good family in the eyes of the people in their village.
In particular, Meng Jianfen mentioned the Zhou family’s villa, which is worth tens of millions.
The best location in the city here costs less than 5,000 yuan. As a rural person in an economically underdeveloped area, when I heard about a villa worth tens of millions, I was amazed, "Wow! A mansion!!"
For them, those with assets exceeding tens of millions are definitely big bosses.
After Meng Jianfen showed off like that, everyone was completely certain that Chen Xinyi had found a rich family.
After a round of compliments, the question came around, "So how much gift does the man's family give? It must be a lot."
Shen Xinyi knew that betrothal gifts were important back home. They often kept gifts for their daughters and gave them to their sons as gifts to marry off. Although Shen Xinyi felt this was a bad habit of favoring sons over daughters, she wasn't stupid enough to yell, "I won't accept the betrothal gifts."
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