After cooking, Mrs. Pei left some for the children at home, as well as Pei Yuanzheng and Ruan Niannian, and put the rest in a basket and took it to the fields.
Today's porridge is thick, so her husband will definitely be full. It's good to have her brother-in-law at home, as he can eat as much as he wants, and her mother won't say anything if she cooks too much.
Ruan Niannian was mixing pickles with the thick porridge in the bowl when she heard Pei Yuanzheng say, "Wife, I haven't met our father yet. What if I recognize the wrong person? You should go with me."
It was originally agreed that he would go to pick it up alone.
What kind of scene has he not seen?
He has never met his father-in-law.
Although what he said on the phone before made him feel that his father-in-law was quite satisfied with him, he still felt uneasy for no reason.
"No, I promised Guohui and the others to give them a lesson today, I can't break my promise, otherwise what if they break their promise in the future?"
How can you go back on your word after you've made an appointment?
Ruan Niannian looked at him with a smile, and her meaning was very clear: I also want to go, but I have to abide by the agreement I made with these little rascals.
This is not that simple.
Pei Yuanzheng finished the porridge in the bowl in just a few mouthfuls.
He went back to his room and called out, "Guohui, Xiaowen, Xiaoli, Jianhui, Hehui, come in."
The little rascals put down their bowls and chopsticks and ran inside regardless of whether they had finished eating or not.
Pei Yuanzheng is the absolute authority in this family. With the admiration of the little kids, his words are much more effective than Li Dani's.
In less than five minutes, the little rascals ran out of Pei Yuanzheng's room cheering, picked up the porridge they had not finished, licked their bowls quickly, and then went out together.
This is... done?
Ruan Niannian finished her porridge in silence, cleaned up the dishes and put them in the kitchen. Mrs. Pei said she would wash the dishes when she came back.
In fact, even if Mrs. Pei didn't say anything, she didn't plan to wash the dishes. Who would go to her husband's house to wash dishes before they got married? Wouldn't this give the man a reason to look down on her?
When she finished cleaning up, she saw Pei Yuanzheng had taken a quick cold shower and changed into a new set of clothes, with water still dripping from his hair.
He wiped it casually with his towel, and said to Ruan Nian Nian: "Let's go, wife, I'm done."
"Did you dress up specially?" Ruan Niannian leaned over with a smile in her eyes.
Pei Yuanzheng's seriousness made her feel valued. Maybe there was no love between them, but the magnetic field was very subtle.
He desires her, and she doesn't resist his approach. She feels sweet in her heart knowing that he cares about her. Her hormones are in place, so love is not far away, right?
After teasing Pei Yuanzheng, Ruan Niannian looked down at her outfit. She was wearing a white silk shirt with a light-colored silk scarf on the upper body, black satin flared pants on the lower body, and a pair of black leather shoes.
It is absolutely impossible to wear this kind of attire to go to work.
Even in the city, she wouldn't be called a "country bumpkin" for her outfit.
She is still very confident about her outfit.
Pei Yuanzheng was touched by what Ruan Niannian said. He pulled Ruan Niannian into the jeep and confessed directly, "Wife, we have both got the marriage certificate. You are mine for life. If I don't treat you well, what if my father-in-law and mother-in-law are not satisfied with me and take you back? Then I will be left without a wife, right?"
"Don't give me that." Ruan Niannian's heart was filled with sweetness, but she couldn't help teasing him: "If I run away, don't you still have those female soldiers in the art troupe? Who knows, they might think you're good-looking and are waiting for you."
What does this have to do with anything?
Pei Yuanzheng didn't dare to say anything else and drove seriously.
His wife is a high school graduate and knows much more than him, so it's not shameful for him to lose the argument.
After driving for half an hour, the jeep finally entered the county town.
"Phew, finally I feel comfortable. The road ahead is too bad. It's inconvenient to drive or ride a bike. Brother Yuanzheng, when you make a lot of money, build a road first. If you want to get rich, build roads first."
She remembered that Pei Yuanzheng's biggest setback in his life was when in the 1980s a successful businessman wanted to return to his hometown to invest. He heard that the free market here was doing well, so he wanted to come and investigate. However, he was discouraged by a lot of bad roads.
If he had succeeded in attracting investment that time, Pei Yuanzheng's road to success would have been smoother.
After talking with Ruan Niannian last time, Pei Yuanzheng's impression of her changed greatly, and he now took her suggestion seriously.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Wife, road construction is not a small matter and requires a lot of money. If I really make a lot of money, I can first suggest to our local government to sponsor some money to build the road."
Sponsoring part of the money, that is to say, Pei Yuanzheng doesn't want to pay the biggest share.
If he doesn't take the lead, given the speed of development in Xi County, how long will it take to repair this road?
Ruan Niannian thought about it and finally gave up trying to persuade her.
It’s still early. The free market has not yet been established, and Pei Yuanzheng’s vision and pattern have not yet developed to that level. Let’s wait a little longer.
If it were Pei Yuanzheng ten years later, he probably wouldn't have so many concerns.
The jeep drove for another ten minutes before arriving at the train station.
There were also many queues waiting to pick up people at the exit of the train station. The most prominent ones were a few ox carts. The people standing next to the ox carts were holding up a sign that read: xx Commune.
Here comes another educated youth.
Ruan Niannian touched the folded manuscript in her inner pocket and decided to go to the post office and mail it later.
"Wife, I'll go see what time my father-in-law's bus arrives. If he wants more, let's go shopping in the county town."
"good."
The county town is very different from the commune. It is much more prosperous and the shopping malls sell a wider variety of things. Moreover, some things that are scarce in the commune's supply and marketing cooperatives can mostly be bought in the county town's shopping malls.
There are two large shopping malls in Xi County, one is Jiefang Shopping Mall and the other is Fenjin Shopping Mall.
Jiefang Shopping Mall covers a large area but has only one floor, while Fenjin Shopping Mall is small but has three floors.
Ruan Niannian thought that her father should have taken the same bus as her, and would not arrive until around four in the afternoon.
She raised her arm and looked at her watch. It was not yet one o'clock, and if she waited, she would have to wait for more than three hours. It would be better to go for a walk and take Pei Yuanzheng to get to know the state-owned market first.
She waited in the car for a while, and Pei Yuanzheng came back after asking questions.
Without waiting for her to ask, he said directly, "Wife, our dad won't be here until around four or five in the afternoon. It's only one o'clock now. Shall we go shopping?"
"Okay." Ruan Niannian agreed happily, not caring about the title "Dad" he called her.
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