Cheng Ruzhu on the other end of the phone laughed happily when she heard that she was being asked to be a matchmaker. "No problem, I'll rush over as soon as I get off work tomorrow and we'll talk about it when we meet."
Wen Congxue was absentmindedly flipping through the book in his hand. As soon as his wife put down the phone, he immediately asked, "Do you want to call your sister-in-law? She knows more about this than you do."
"Are you underestimating me?"
Wen Congxue shook her head with a smile, "This isn't a question of whether to underestimate or not. This is the first time that Big Brother's family is having a wedding, so don't mess it up."
Cheng Ruzhu hesitated for a moment. "How about I call my sister-in-law? Ping An and Liu Yi are both offering betrothal gifts this time. I really need to ask my sister-in-law if there are any taboos involved."
Wen Congxue quickly extended her right hand upon hearing this, signaling her to continue the call. She secretly complained to herself that this was really a shameless brother-in-law. Fortunately, this was an engagement; if it was a marriage, it would be a disaster.
There are rules for who enters the house first as a new daughter-in-law.
Especially when one child takes the father's surname and the other takes the mother's surname, it is not obvious at ordinary times. But when the truth comes out, even if your family ignores it, you cannot resist the rumors of people with ulterior motives.
Thinking of this, he focused all his attention on the conversation between Cheng Ruzhu and his sister-in-law. As expected, Liu Xiu's sister-in-law was worthy of being the eldest daughter-in-law chosen by his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
——She can see everything clearly and lay them out one by one. Look how busy his wife is. Hahahaha... I really thought I underestimated her.
The next day after work, Cheng Ruzhu rushed to the compound with a few pieces of paper on her back.
"Aunt, have a cup of tea first. When did you come? I drove to your workplace as soon as I got off work, but the old man at the door said you had already left."
Cheng Ruzhu had no interest in sitting in the cold in the hut and quickly waved her hand, "I'm quite free recently and will leave as soon as get off work is over, unlike you."
Zhou Jiao rolled her eyes speechlessly. What a show-off! She's been busy this whole time, so she'll have a few days off at the end of the year. Do you have any?
Miao Lishan took Cheng Ruzhu's clothes and pulled her to sit down. She said with a smile, "You'd better not mention the word 'free'. She's been very busy these past few days. She just said that life is not a human life."
Cheng Ruzhu raised her chin towards Zhou Jiao in surprise, then looked at Miao Lishan. "What's going on? Is she really busy? I haven't heard of any major projects in her department recently."
"Who knows? That means I have to work overtime tonight."
Cheng Ruzhu shook her head and sighed, "You are still the best."
"What's good about that? You don't have to go on a business trip at the end of the year, right?"
"The New Year is almost here, so even if there's anything, we'll have to wait until next year." Cheng Ruzhu glanced outside and lowered her voice, "The higher-ups have been so busy investigating corruption lately that they haven't been able to take care of other trivial matters."
Zhou Jiao's eyes flashed when she heard that.
"You deserve it! You don't know how busy Brother Zheng has been with all this lately. There are local affairs and military affairs. Xiaowu has been busy at home until midnight every day lately."
Zhou Jiao quickly changed the subject, "Aunt, please take a look at the list my mother and I made first. I don't know what is needed for the engagement."
"Oh, wait, I still have a list made by your eldest cousin. She's very knowledgeable and has listed several items. It's a pity that she's been too busy lately to come back, but she also said that she will definitely come back after the wedding is safe and sound."
"It's okay, we're all family. I know she's busy, and I was planning on waiting for you to come over today so we could call her together. You're the one who's anxious."
"How can I not be anxious? This is a big deal. Who knows if she'll be home if I call her at the last minute? You should take a good look first, and then we can discuss it later."
The three processes of finalizing the contract, carrying out the engagement and completing the engagement are not that difficult to say.
The three families are well matched, know each other well, and the children have been interacting with each other for a while, so the first step of adoption can save money.
As for asking for the name, that is, asking for the horoscope, this process is not popular nowadays, but Zhou Jiao had already shamelessly and secretly sought help from a fortune teller.
Even Wuyi and Xiaojiu had their horoscopes compared together.
When it comes to superstition, it is better to believe in it than not to believe in it.
Because of this, she was almost kicked out by the old lady, who insisted that she had retired? Otherwise, she wanted to force her to read fortunes for her three sons.
Cheng Ruzhu went to the three families twice, and everything went smoothly. For example, the Qu family didn't ask how much the betrothal gift was, and the Yi family was even more convenient because of Da Yi.
If he is fine, I am fine too.
With such a joyful mood, Zhou Jiao would not treat her two future daughters-in-law badly, so she added another piece of jade dough according to the instructions of her aunt from the Cheng family.
In fact, there is no need for the eldest cousin Cheng to point it out. Her family knows better. For the sake of family harmony, no matter what surnames the three children have, they will definitely treat them equally.
After the Chinese New Year, we picked an auspicious day and finally completed the betrothal ceremony in a lively manner on the sixth day of the first lunar month.
As for how their little group would celebrate, Zhou Jiao didn't pay much attention. She then sent two gifts for the future daughter-in-law to her parents-in-law.
There's a sense of finalization.
It’s different after the status is confirmed.
Qu Shengmei and Yi Tangtang came more frequently, cooking a few dishes every few days, which made Aunt Chen so happy that she kept saying that she had found the right people.
Fortunately, they didn't chatter incessantly, otherwise Zhou Jiao would have chased them away, and her peaceful days would have been gone forever.
With two more guests, there were a lot more things to do. She had to take all aspects into consideration, for example, she could no longer act coquettishly in front of her man, and there were also two more relationships to deal with...
However, her father seemed to be very happy. Although he still had a stern face and was too stingy to smile, his appetite had indeed increased a lot.
According to Zhang Guoqing privately, his father-in-law was supporting his daughter!
But he was happy to see that the two girls did not wrongly accuse him. As soon as the Qingming Festival came, he asked Ping'an and Liuyi to bring their partners and go to the mountain to visit the graves as a family.
All right!
Compared to the first time when we went up the mountain with Ping An, who was as little as a bean, there are indeed more people this time. As long as her father is happy, that’s all!
Wuyi kept pestering him on the phone, "Mom, where's my grandpa? You have to come to him every day. His little grandson dreams about him and misses him so much."
Zhou Jiao laughed heartily upon hearing this. "Okay, I'll tell your grandpa this every day before he goes to work. But aren't you afraid we'll get jealous?"
"Of course I miss you, my dad, and my grandma too. As for my brothers, tell them that brotherhood is over and ask them how many letters they have written to me."
"Hahaha...Okay, I'll tell you everything."
"Do they go shopping and watch movies with their wives every time they have a day off? Tell my brothers and others, if that's true, I'll go back and beat them up."
"No, I haven't seen anyone since your brother and his friends celebrated the eighth day of the first lunar month."
"How unfilial! How unfilial! Mom, I'm not with you, or I won't go anywhere."
Wuyi's pretentious tone made Zhou Jiao laugh so hard that she fell backwards. Finally, the phone was taken away by Zhou Xiaozheng who was waiting on the side.
"Come, say something to grandpa first."
"Grandpa, I finally heard your voice. Don't forget the old one when you have a new one. Your little grandson will cry for you."
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