In addition to sugar cakes, Chen Ying also brought wife cakes, roast goose, Cantonese sausages and other special delicacies from Guangzhou.
To Chen Wang, these are nothing new.
He had been to Guangzhou many times in his previous life and had basically eaten there.
The little girl and Lin Xiuqin both saw it for the first time, and they both praised it highly after tasting it.
Chen Ying loved the little guy very much. Even when the little guy fell asleep, she would hold him in her arms and not let go.
"Sis, if you like children so much, find a boyfriend and get married and have kids!"
Chen Wang joked with a smile.
Chen Ying was stunned when he heard this, and gave him a blank look with a red face.
Seeing her reaction, Chen Wang's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Is this...something going on?"
"What's going on? You're overthinking it."
Chen Ying flatly denied it.
Chen Wang felt that something was wrong when he heard this. He smiled with interest and said, "Sis, we are all family, so why don't you hide it from us?"
Lin Xiuqin also looked at her curiously.
"Does Sister Ying have a boyfriend?"
The little girl was chewing on a goose leg, blinking her big eyes at Chen Ying.
Chen Ying's face turned even redder, and she confessed, "Oh, okay, I do have a boyfriend. In fact, we've been dating for more than two years. Before the Chinese New Year this year, he will come to our place to meet my parents!"
"Are you planning to get married? Where are you from? Is he handsome? What do you do?"
Chen Wang asked four questions in a row with a smile on his face.
Lin Xiuqin smiled, reached out and patted him, signaling him not to ask that question.
"Ah? Sister Ying is getting married too?"
The little girl's face was full of surprise.
She was still young and didn't know what marriage meant specifically, she just knew it was fun.
She went with Chen Dazhuang when he got married, and Yan Yulan treated her very well after she got married.
In the little girl's worldview, getting married is a very interesting and happy event.
"Just meet his parents first. He is from Yangcheng. He is definitely not as handsome as you, Awang. He is in the clothing business."
Chen Ying answered four questions at once.
Seeing that Chen Wang wanted to ask something, she immediately rolled her eyes and said, "Don't ask anymore. I won't answer anymore. When he comes, you can ask him yourself."
"Okay, okay, I won't ask anymore."
Chen Wang smiled and shrugged.
"I haven't told my parents about this yet, and I don't know if they would object."
Chen Ying frowned slightly.
"Why are you against it? Isn't this good? He's in the clothing business, so his family should be well off, right?"
"Yes, but you don't know that my parents don't really want me to marry far away. They've mentioned it to me many times before, asking me to come back and find someone nearby."
"This is not considering you at all!"
Chen Wang also frowned.
Obviously, the uncle and aunt wanted their daughter to contribute more to the family, and they might even want to use their daughter's marriage to help their useless son get married.
It’s no wonder that Chen Wang thought so badly of that family. It’s mainly because he had seen too many such things in his previous life.
Furthermore, my uncle and aunt have always been patriarchal, otherwise my cousin would not have chosen to go out to work so early, and went to Guangzhou, thousands of miles away.
"Sister, how does your man treat you?"
Chen Wang asked seriously.
Chen Ying's pretty face flushed slightly, and she nodded, "It's fine. His parents treat me very well, and they don't mind me being from another place."
"Oh, you've already met the adults!"
Chen Wang teased with a smile.
"You must meet the boy's parents first!"
Chen Ying glared at him with some embarrassment and anger.
Lin Xiuqin and the little girl looked at the two of them with bright smiles on their faces.
"Sister, don't worry about what uncle and aunt say. You have to fight for your own happiness. This is not the old society anymore. The sayings like parents' orders and matchmaker's words are outdated."
Chen Wang said in a serious tone.
Hearing this, Chen Ying's eyes became firmer and she nodded, "I thought so too. On the way back, I decided that my marriage would be decided by myself. As long as he can come to propose marriage, I will marry him no matter what my parents say."
"No problem, that's how it should be."
Chen Wang smiled and gave her a thumbs up.
"Sister Ying, you are the best!"
The little girl smiled and raised her thumb, her fingers still stained with oil from the roast goose.
Lin Xiuqin also smiled gently and nodded to Chen Ying.
"Well, with your support, I'm not afraid of anything."
Chen Ying smiled confidently, and his eyes became brighter.
After sitting and drinking tea and chatting for a while, it was time for lunch.
"I have to go back."
Chen Ying handed the little guy to Lin Xiuqin and said goodbye.
"No, just have lunch here. I'll go cook."
Chen Wang hurriedly tried to keep him.
"No, I just got back this morning, and I still have to go home for lunch."
"Then let's have dinner. Come over for dinner later this afternoon."
"Can!"
Chen Ying nodded and agreed.
"That's a deal, I'll make two more delicious dishes this afternoon."
Chen Wang said with a smile.
"Well, I'm leaving now."
"I send you."
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After the Little New Year, the atmosphere of the Spring Festival becomes even stronger.
In the past few days, people in the village have occasionally invited people to do good deeds, and Chen Wang has attended two banquets.
One was when his younger sister, whose blood relationship could be traced back to his grandfather's generation, got married, and the other was when Erniu turned ten years old, and Chen Wang went to the town to help order a birthday cake.
Local children usually celebrate their first and tenth birthdays.
Some families will also hold a full-month banquet, but most of them are just to collect some gifts.
Chen Wang did not make any arrangements for his son, as he felt it was unnecessary.
In his opinion, doing good deeds and entertaining guests at home should not be for the purpose of making money, and he does not lack that little money.
On the afternoon of the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, the little girl who was playing outside suddenly ran back and shouted that her cousin's boyfriend was here.
Chen Wang and Lin Xiuqin were both surprised and asked her what she saw.
The little girl said excitedly that the man bought a lot of things, and they were delivered on a tricycle.
More than two hours later, Chen Ying came over with a man.
The man looked to be around 30 years old, which was considered relatively late for marriage in that era. He was about 1.75 meters tall and a little overweight. He always had a faint smile on his face, which made his eyes look a little small.
"This is my cousin Chen Wang, who I told you about, and his wife. This is his sister Chen Xiaoyu."
Chen Ying first introduced them to the man, and then said to Chen Wang: "This is my boyfriend, Dong Qinghua."
"Hello!"
Chen Wang chuckled and extended his right hand.
"Hello, hello."
Dong Qinghua shook hands with him with a smile and said, "This year, I kept hearing Chen Ying mention you over there. He said you are very good at hunting. You are really capable to build such a big yard here!"
"You're joking."
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