Because of the heavy snow, the muddy road down the mountain was quite difficult to walk on. For the sake of grandma's health, this time the family members did not agree to let grandma go with them to Yuan Fangmin's girlfriend's house.
"I want to see my third grandson's wife." Qin Mingzhen's face was full of longing.
Chen Yongying took her mother-in-law's hand and said, "Don't worry, Mom. We will definitely bring your third grandson's wife back to you."
"She's coming over?" Qin Mingzhen looked surprised.
Chen Yongying smiled and nodded, "Of course I have to come. She is our Yuan family's unmarried daughter-in-law. Is it possible that I can't come and see her?"
"Okay, okay." Qin Mingzhen was as happy as a little child.
Grandma couldn't go, and similarly, the family unanimously didn't allow Yuan Fangan to go. Yuan Fangan had no choice but to pout and watch the backs of his parents and two brothers disappear from his sight.
The family walked down the mountain step by step, and when they reached the foot of the mountain, it was already past ten o'clock in the morning.
Each of them was wearing rain boots, so after getting down the mountain, they quickly took off their rain boots and put on their shoes.
Yuan Chengzhu had been walking very fast just now, and a lot of mud was thrown off his back. After changing his shoes, he came to the river again, took off his coat, picked up a piece of white cloth and started to wash it carefully.
The same is true for Chen Yongying.
Looking at his parents squatting by the river washing the mud off their bodies, Yuan Fangguo suddenly felt extremely sad.
He couldn't help but lower his voice and said to his second brother: "Second brother, do you think we should buy a house in the city?"
Yuan Fangtai nodded without hesitation. "Brother, I think it's necessary. First, it will make it easier for Fourth Sister to go to school. Grandma's health isn't good, so we can let her live in the city. Second, isn't Dad planning to start harvesting Coptis chinensis after the New Year? Running up and down the mountain every day won't be easy for him."
"Okay, then let's buy one." Yuan Fangguo made up his mind and decided to go to the county town to take a look in the next two days.
After washing off the mud on their bodies, the family got into the car and headed straight for Xiuxi Town.
When we arrived at Zhang Qiuling's house, it was already past eleven o'clock in the morning.
Zhang Qiuling and her friends also learned from an acquaintance that Yuan Chengzhu's family would come to pay New Year's greetings today, so the couple got up early in the morning. Zhang Delong also woke up Yuan Fangmin who was immersed in his sleep.
I don’t know what’s going on. Although Zhang Delong knows that his daughter will marry Yuan Fangmin in the future, he looks down on him in his heart. He always feels that he is a child from the mountains and has not been to school. What future can he have?
Furious, Zhang Delong scolded his daughter as well.
Zhang Qiuling was naturally angry after being scolded by Zhang Delong. She told Yuan Fangmin privately that after his parents came, she would follow them back to their hometown in the mountains.
Yuan Fangmin was very skeptical about this. "Wife, will your father agree?"
Zhang Qiuling thought for a moment and said in a firm tone, "How can we know if we don't try? Anyway, I don't want to stay at home anymore. I want to visit your hometown."
"Then we will talk to him when the time comes." Yuan Fangmin also became unusually determined.
"Hmm..." After saying that, Zhang Qiuling snuggled in her fiancé's arms with a sweet look on her face.
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Zhang Delong originally wanted to keep this matter secret, but unexpectedly, at around nine o'clock in the morning, his eldest sister and brother-in-law happened to come home.
"Why is it so grand?" Zhang Delong's eldest sister looked at the couple busying around in the kitchen early in the morning and couldn't help but look surprised.
As soon as he finished speaking, a strange boy came in from outside holding a large bundle of firewood.
"What is this?" Zhang Delong's eldest sister looked puzzled again.
Zhang Delong saw that the truth could no longer be hidden, so he had no choice but to tell his elder sister the whole story.
After hearing this, Zhang Delong's eldest sister complained, "Why don't you let Qiu Ling read more books?"
"Don't ask me about this, ask that little bastard." Zhang Delong said angrily, "Sister, you have to keep this a secret for me first."
"What's the secret? Didn't you see how big Qiu Ling's belly is?"
"Let this silly girl go with us to the mountain today." Zhang Delong said with gritted teeth.
"Go to that boy's house?"
Zhang Delong nodded and took a deep drag on his cigarette. "This is the only way. Otherwise, if all the relatives come during the Spring Festival, wouldn't I be completely embarrassed?"
"You guys are not reliable at all." Zhang Delong's eldest sister didn't know what to say.
His eldest brother-in-law, on the other hand, seemed quite open-minded. "Qiu Ling is already 18 years old, so this kind of thing is normal. I think the boy is good-looking and tall, and he might have some strength. Let him learn about your wood processing factory. After a few years, you can hand over the factory to him, and you can just take care of the child."
When Zhang Delong heard what his brother-in-law said, the anger in his heart once again gathered from all parts of his body.
He shook his head with a straightforward expression and said loudly: "How is that possible? That kid is so lazy. If you don't call him, he won't even bother to sweep the floor for you."
"You should train more. People nowadays don't suffer as much as we did in our time."
"This kind of mountain stick is useless. I will only give him this lumber processing factory if he behaves well. If he keeps being lazy, I won't give it to him."
"Okay, stop talking, he's coming." Zhang Delong's elder sister quickly reminded in a low voice.
Yuan Fangmin didn't know what they were talking about, but he felt that they were most likely discussing him. After all, as soon as he entered the room with tea, the three of them stopped talking.
"Uncle and aunt, please have some tea." Yuan Fangmin looked very respectful.
Zhang Delong's eldest sister and brother-in-law couldn't help but nodded, but Zhang Delong snorted coldly. He looked down on this son-in-law from the mountains from the bottom of his heart.
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This time, the Yuan family came to pay New Year's greetings with great sincerity. They bought two pork thighs weighing dozens of kilograms, two bottles of Hongtashan and two bottles of Luzhou Laojiao for Zhang Delong, and a red woolen coat and a scarf for Zhang Delong's wife.
Of course, the gift they gave to Zhang Qiuling was the most grand, a jade bracelet and a pair of gold earrings.
After Zhang Delong's eldest sister and her husband met, she couldn't help but pull on Zhang Delong's wife's clothes and whispered, "Aren't they from the mountains? How can they be so generous?"
Zhang Delong's wife whispered, "Their eldest son is a college student, and the second son is an officer."
This time, Zhang Delong's eldest sister and brother-in-law understood everything. They couldn't help but feel that Zhang Qiuling's ability to find such a promising family was definitely a blessing for their family that they had accumulated over several lifetimes.
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