After a few days, Chen Xianghong left, and it seemed that the absence of someone in the family had no impact at all.
Old Mrs. Xia repeatedly reminded Old Chen not to tell anyone about Chen Xianghong's boyfriend. At that time, Old Chen got angry at her and said that he was so old and didn't he know what he could and couldn't say?
But three days later, everyone in the compound, including Old Chen's unit, knew that her family's Xiang Hong was very powerful and had found a battalion commander as his partner. Old Mrs. Xia was so angry that she almost sharpened her knife to settle the score with him.
"Why are you so mean?" Old Mrs. Xia cursed while sitting in the house.
Old Chen felt guilty for a moment, then smiled and tried to shirk responsibility, "I didn't tell anyone about it. I'm keeping my mouth shut."
"If it's not you, then who is it? If Xiao Liu from your factory hadn't told me about this, I'm afraid I still wouldn't know about it."
Old Chen said, "That kid Chen Xiangbei must have let the cat out of the bag while he was out having fun. He's young and can't stand being tricked."
Chen Xiangbei felt so wronged that he yelled, "It wasn't me. How could I go out and play and tell others that my sister is dating the battalion commander? My friends wouldn't ask. They don't care about such things. Who has time to care about who's dating in my family?"
Old Lady Xia glanced sideways and asked, "Even if Xiangbei let the secret slip, why didn't the news come from the school or his friends, but from your factory?"
Old Chen squeezed the cup tightly, "How could I not know? Anyway... Anyway, it wasn't me. I... I'll go take a walk outside."
He ran out with the cup of tea in his hand, fearing that Old Lady Xia would beat him to death.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw my neighbor, Old Lady Wang, coming to visit, accompanied by Old Lady Yin. "Hey, where have you been, Battalion Commander? When can I attend your Xiang Hong's wedding? You've found such a wonderful son-in-law, you should prepare a few good meals in our compound so that we can have some fun too."
Old Chen: ...You old women, just shut up.
He smiled casually and ran away. It was all the fault of Old Zhao from the next workshop. If he hadn't come to him and blamed his daughter for marrying the factory director's son, and looked down on him by saying that their family had bad feng shui, he wouldn't have told others about Xiang Hong so quickly.
Old Chen is a man of integrity, how could he be looked down upon by someone like Old Zhao?
I hope his daughter Xiang Hong will get together with Yu Hongzhen, otherwise what will happen to his face?
Old Lady Xia poured water for the two people who came to visit her. "What's going on? Tomorrow is a day off. Why did you two come to see me today?"
Aunt Wang happily took her hand and said, "I asked Donghua to come with me. Tomorrow, my son Dahai's girlfriend will officially come to our house, and her parents will be coming too. I asked you to help me with some ideas. What should I buy tomorrow, what clothes should I wear, and how much red envelope should I give."
Old Mrs. Xia was surprised, "So fast?"
Old Lady Wang: "That's too fast! My dad Dahai is already so big! In a few years, people will laugh at me for being an old bachelor. It's not fast enough!"
Old Mrs. Xia: "Has your Dahai told you about the girl's situation?" For example, she wanted Dahai to be a live-in son-in-law.
Old Lady Wang: "They did, but they didn't go into detail. That girl's family is quite powerful. Her father is now the deputy director of the Industry and Information Technology Bureau, and he and my father used to work in the same unit. What a coincidence! How could our family be so lucky as to have the daughter of a deputy director marry into our family?"
Old Mrs. Xia: ...Forget it, it seems this kid doesn’t have the courage to tell the truth.
She wanted to tell Old Lady Wang, but she was afraid that Wang Dahai and the girl had reached an agreement again during this period. Instead of being a live-in son-in-law, he would marry the girl. Wouldn't it increase the conflict if she said this now?
Forget it, let’s not talk about it anymore. Let’s just wait and see tomorrow. If a fight really breaks out, the worst that can happen is that she will go and break it up!
Old Lady Yin was also delighted. "Your Dahai has found a treasure this time. That's great! That girl is obviously a good girl, eloquent and well-spoken. She's a perfect match for your Dahai!"
Old Lady Wang: "That's not the case. This is a match made in heaven. I tried to introduce him to so many girls before, but none of them worked out. Now he unexpectedly found me such a good one. I will definitely be a good mother-in-law in the future."
The three of them were talking excitedly about the preparations for tomorrow, interspersed with gossip about Xiang Hong from Old Lady Xia's family.
Old Lady Xia really had nothing to hide from the two of them, so she expressed her concerns frankly.
Old Lady Yin consoled her, "Why are you worried about this? Didn't you say Xiang Hong is tough now and won't suffer any big losses?"
Old Lady Xia: "Look at me. When I was a girl, I had such a hot temper. After I got married, I became a nanny for their family. Who else can see my grievances except you? You all have so many ways to make me suffer so much."
"When things aren't going on, they're all trivial. If I bring them up, everyone thinks I'm nitpicking, that I, as a mother-in-law, don't understand my children. But if I don't, I feel really resentful. I've given so much, only to raise an ungrateful old man and a few little ones who boss me around like crazy."
"What happens after marriage, what happens within a family is nothing. If someone is in a relationship with you, you have to work for them for free. If someone gives you money, you say that they support you. Isn't that disgusting? Is it because I didn't bring any money home that I should be the only one working? Is this family just mine?"
Old Lady Yin felt the same way. "Once we women get married, we start to suffer all kinds of losses. When we talk about some of these losses, people will say, 'Don't other women go through the same thing? Why can't we endure the hardships that other women can endure?' When people say this, if they think they can do it but we can't, it seems like they are looking down on themselves. But when we really do it, we're exhausted, wronged, and can't get any good out of it."
However, Mrs. Wang doesn't have this worry. Her husband rarely complains and has plenty of energy. "If you ask me, men are better suited to housework. Look at my husband. He's desperate to go to work. Even getting up to go to work is a struggle, let alone taking exams. He often asks for leave when he has a headache or a fever. But when it comes to doing housework, he's in a very good mood. Sometimes when I go to help him, he tells me to put it down. This is his job, and no one else can take it away."
"Men are strong and energetic, and they don't have to bear children. When we women are pregnant, they should take care of our excrement and urine. When the elderly can't move, they should take care of them. How perfect!"
When Old Lady Xia and Old Lady Yin heard this for the first time, they actually thought it made a lot of sense, as if men were born to do these things.
Old Chen outside the door suddenly felt a chill on his back.
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