"This is our son-in-law, Sheng Xiping, and this is my daughter, Qinglan." Zhou Mingyuan turned around and introduced them to each other.
Over the years, Zhou Mingyuan and his wife have saved up a considerable amount of money. With the 20,000 yuan guarantee from Sheng Xiping, they have no worries about getting Zhou Qingyue married.
"Oh, good, good, Brother Zhou and his wife are both very particular people."
We don't have any demands. We'll be perfectly content as long as Qingyue and Xue'er live a good life together.
The Han couple were extremely satisfied with the conditions proposed by Zhou Mingyuan and nodded repeatedly.
Han Zhaosheng and his wife chatted with the Zhou family, while Han's four daughters went to the kitchen to cook.
The Han family began preparing for today's engagement banquet before the Lunar New Year, doing their utmost to make it as lavish as possible.
The four daughters of the Han family were busy cooking, while the four sons-in-law went to their neighbors to borrow tables, chairs and benches.
Just past midnight, the food was ready, and three tables were set up in the east and west rooms.
Han Zhaosheng and his wife, along with Han Manxue, ate with the Zhou family on the kang (a heated brick bed). Han Manxue's sister and brother-in-law were also in the east room.
The children were moved to the west room to keep them from being too noisy.
As the banquet began, Zhou Qingyue and Han Manxue first toasted their parents and addressed them as "parents" in a formal way.
After drinking, Zhou Mingyuan and his wife took out pre-prepared red envelopes and gave them to Han Manxue. Similarly, Han Zhaosheng and his wife also gave Zhou Qingyue a red envelope.
After toasting and receiving the "change of address" money, the final step of the engagement is considered complete. Then, everyone can eat and drink as they please.
Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qingyang were driving, and the road was not easy to travel, so the two of them did not drink too much. After three cups of wine, they stopped drinking.
Zhou Mingyuan and Han Zhaosheng drank quite a bit, and the two chatted quite congenially.
After lunch, the Zhou family sat for a while longer.
Han Manxue's mother went to the kitchen, chopped the pork that the Zhou family had sent in half with a knife, kept two pieces with ribs for herself, and took two pieces back to the Zhou family.
Similarly, half of the fish, wine, and tea were left behind, and the other half were taken back to the Zhou family.
After everything was tidied up, the Zhou family members got up to say goodbye.
The Han family members accompanied them to the alley entrance, where the two families shook hands and chatted for a few words before Zhou Mingyuan and the others got into the car.
"My dear in-law, please go back inside. It's so cold outside, don't stand there. Whenever you go to Songjiang River, be sure to come and visit us."
Zhou Mingyuan sat in Sheng Xiping's car, rolled down the window, waved to Han Zhaosheng, and said.
At this moment, Han Zhaosheng looked at the black sedan and suddenly felt that something was not quite right.
Zhou Mingyuan was talking to him, and without thinking too much, he quickly waved his hand at Zhou Mingyuan. "In-law, come to the county often when you have time."
Zhou Qingyang and Sheng Xiping started the car, honked the horn, and drove away from the alley entrance one after the other.
After the car had driven a short distance, Han's second son-in-law suddenly said, "Hey, this car looks familiar. It looks like the car of President Sheng who came to invest."
Han Zhaosheng's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. "Chuanping, what did you say? President Sheng? Which President Sheng?"
"How many more CEOs like Sheng are there? You know, the one who invested millions to build a factory in Songjiang River."
I've seen this car before. It's the same car that General Manager Sheng drove when he came to the county to see Secretary Guan.
Xia Chuanping also works at the county government, but his position is not high. He is young and has a good memory. He has seen the car a few times and remembered it.
"Oh dear, Dad, Qingyue's brother-in-law's surname is Sheng, and he's also in business. Could he be that Mr. Sheng?"
Xia Chuanping finally came to his senses and looked at his father-in-law with an incredulous expression.
"I didn't know, how could it be such a coincidence?" Han Zhaosheng turned to look at his little girl.
"Xue'er, do you know what kind of person Qingyue's brother-in-law is? I saw that the car he drives is not simple. It's an imported car, worth tens of thousands."
Even our county's Party Secretary Guan doesn't ride in such a nice car.
Han Manxue, who had come out to see the guests off, also looked surprised. "I don't know. I didn't ask, and Qingyue didn't mention it either."
When Han Manxue first met Zhou Qinglan, she only heard Zhou Qinglan mention that her husband was a worker at a forest farm.
Later, Zhou Qingyue mentioned it a couple of times. She never asked too many questions, so how would she know if Sheng Xiping and President Sheng were the same person?
"Dad, do you care if he's President Sheng or not? I married Qingyue, and it has nothing to do with his sister or brother-in-law."
We're not trying to curry favor with them, so there's no need to pry into all this.
Han Manxue didn't care. She was marrying Zhou Qingyue, and they would live together in the provincial capital from now on. As for the identity of Zhou Qingyue's brother-in-law, it didn't matter at all.
Xia Chuanping was about to say, "How can it be okay?" when his wife tugged at his arm. He turned around and saw his wife giving him a meaningful look.
Xia Chuanping then shut his mouth and said nothing.
The Zhou family had already gone far away, and the Han family members saw no need to stand outside, so they turned around and went back inside.
Zhou Qingyue and Han Manxue got engaged successfully, which relieved Zhou Mingyuan and his wife of a worry.
They were just waiting for July to arrange the weddings for their children. With all three of their children married, they felt they had accomplished their mission.
Sheng Xiping had previously made an appointment with everyone to go to Heihe to conduct an on-site investigation into trade with the other side of the river.
So Zheng Hua and the others arrived at Songjiang River on the afternoon of the sixth day of the lunar new year, and everyone gathered at the Sheng family's house that evening.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Sheng Xiping, Wu Yucheng, and a group of more than a dozen people set off from Songjianghe in two sedans and three jeeps.
It's quite a distance from Songjianghe to Heihe, so everyone's plan was to try to get to the provincial capital and stay overnight on the first day.
The next day, we set off from the provincial capital, passing through Harbin. If we could reach Bei'an, we would stay there; if not, we would stay in Suihua. On the third day, we would head to Heihe.
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