Su Yu hummed in agreement.
Liu Mei grimaced; her mother was now using her sister-in-law's influence too.
After Old Lady Liu left, Liu Mei asked, "Big Sister, is it appropriate for my mother to go?"
"It's appropriate. After all, she's your mother. We should at least give her face, right?" Su Yu said. Of course, she should bring her. The Song family has already begged for forgiveness. It wouldn't look good if the Su family didn't even have an elder present. If she wasn't home, it wouldn't matter. Since there's a ready-made actress, it would be a waste not to have her act.
Of course, the key is that this old lady behaves well at home and is presentable when taken out.
Although that's what she thought, Liu Mei didn't know that she just felt comfortable hearing those words.
She decided to reconcile with her mother and ask her to be more sincere towards the Su family in the future, as her sister-in-law was so good to her. Even better than her own son and daughter-in-law.
The engagement banquet was held in a borrowed space in the municipal party committee canteen. After all, Old Song's living room was too big, and there wasn't enough room to set up a large table.
There were quite a few people who came this time. Besides those familiar with the Song family, even those familiar with Su Yu were invited. For example, Director Zhou's mother and wife.
First, Song Ma warmly greeted the Su family, and then, with the Zhou family members who were acquainted with them accompanying them, she took Su Yu around to meet various relatives. This was a formal introduction of Su Yu, their prospective daughter-in-law, to her family.
These days are tough, and the fact that the Song family is willing to hire people for a marriage engagement shows how satisfied they are with their daughter-in-law. They are also exceptionally affectionate towards Su Yu.
The engagement banquet didn't end until the afternoon.
The Su family was a little nervous while eating, since they were surrounded by families of government officials. The only one who wasn't nervous was Old Lady Liu.
She was overjoyed at seeing the world.
In all these years, the highest-ranking official she had ever met was the director of the subdistrict office. This time, she was really lucky to meet so many officials, any one of whom was some kind of section chief. She felt like she had wasted the past few years.
On the way back, she pulled Liu Mei aside and tried to reason with her, "Meizi, you have to be good to your sister-in-law. She's a very capable person. Our family hasn't had anyone as capable as her in generations. How could we have been so heartless back then, even sending your sister-in-law to the hospital? Oh dear, what a sin. We must have been blinded by greed back then."
Liu Mei: "..." Mom, you're kidding me, your sister-in-law is just trying to scam you.
On the other side, Su Yu and Secretary Song rode their bicycles not towards the Su family's house, but secretly went to the plum garden they had visited before.
Secretary Song is about to leave, and every time the two meet now, it will be one less time together.
Even though Su Yu considered herself to be as hard-hearted as iron, she felt a little reluctant at this moment. So after the event, she left with Secretary Song.
I originally planned to watch a movie, but I felt it would be inconvenient with so many people, and a waste of this precious time. So I decided to come to Plum Garden instead.
Secretary Song easily got the key from the old man, opened the gate, and led his girlfriend into the garden.
They didn't get a good look last time, but this time they had the chance, so the two of them strolled around inside hand in hand.
"These old rich folks really knew how to enjoy life. 'Behind the red gates, meat and wine go to waste; on the streets, frozen corpses lie.'" Su Yu sighed.
Secretary Song chimed in, "Exactly, that old rich man is heartless."
"But if I had a garden like that, I would like it too. Comrade Dongzheng, when conditions are better, let's build a garden like that too."
Secretary Song looked at it. He felt it was an impossible wish.
Su Yu didn't care what he thought. They had just gotten engaged and were about to part ways, so she had some expectations for their future life. "After we retire and have some free time, we'll make a garden like this, plant flowers and tend to the grass, and when we're tired, we'll put up two deck chairs, lie on them, look at the blue and white clouds, listen to the birds singing and smell the fragrance of flowers, with our children and grandchildren surrounding us..."
Listening to Su Yu's description, Secretary Song suddenly felt a sense of longing; he also wanted to be a ruthless old tycoon.
Su Yu asked, "Do you like it?"
Secretary Song nodded. "I like it."
Su Yu smiled and put her arms around his neck. "Comrade Dongzheng, when you go out to work in the future, when things are tough or difficult, just think about the future."
Hearing this, Secretary Song felt a warmth in her heart, reached out and hugged her tightly, lowering her head to touch her forehead. "Thank you."
Su Yu smiled and bit his lip.
Comrade Dongzheng, life is about to get tough.
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