Su Congwu seemed to have guessed that his family would react this way after he revealed the girl's family situation. He quickly explained, "Although Shuhui has many sisters, she doesn't have much of a burden. Her two elder sisters are already married, both in the city. Now only she and her younger brother are left."
"Her father died in a work-related accident at the factory, so the factory gave him compensation. The family still has some savings."
After hearing this, Zhang Xinlan's expression finally improved a little. Now that her two sisters were married, there were two less mouths to feed, which lightened a huge burden.
"How old is her brother? Does he have a job?" Zhang Xinlan asked again.
Su Congwu's expression changed subtly again. "Her brother will be eighteen soon and will have a formal job soon."
"That's more like it." Zhang Xinlan breathed a sigh of relief.
There are four brothers and sisters in the family. Two of them are married, two have formal jobs, and they have some savings. This is considered a decent family in the city.
She immediately smiled and patted Su Congwu's shoulder, saying, "Congwu, you finally did something to make me happy."
Su Congwu moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't open his mouth.
Su Qingyun frowned. She felt like her third brother had something left to say.
Wu Guixiang had been eating dry rice for decades, and she noticed Su Congwu's abnormality. She found something amiss, and narrowed her eyes and asked Su Congwu, "Congwu, tell me, are you hiding something from us?"
What are you hiding? Zhang Xinlan wondered.
"No...no, grandma." Su Congwu's heart skipped a beat and he said reluctantly.
"Really?" Wu Guixiang's eyes were oppressive. "You're not a child who tells lies. I can see it at a glance. Tell me, is there anything else about that girl that you haven't told me?"
Su Congwu was silent.
Zhang Xinlan suddenly felt something was wrong. The smile on her face dropped and she asked Su Congwu, "What's going on? Congwu, explain it clearly."
Su Congwu hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke.
"Shuhui's job is actually the one her father took over. When her younger brother turns 18, the job will be given to him."
"What?!"
"However, Shuhui graduated from high school and is preparing for the factory's next recruitment exam. She has the foundation and will definitely pass." Su Congwu saw his mother's expression change instantly and immediately added.
Zhang Xinlan's face was gloomy, and a storm was about to come. The pleasant expression she had just had disappeared.
"Then the job is not hers? That means she will be the current boyfriend soon. You said she is preparing for the recruitment exam. Does that mean she will definitely pass? If she fails, she will have to rely on you for support in the future?" Zhang Xinlan spoke in rapid succession, leaving Su Congwu speechless.
Su Congwu hesitated for a moment before saying, "I believe she will definitely pass the exam."
"What's the point of believing her? Do you think she will pass the exam? If she could pass the exam, why didn't she take the exam when she graduated but took her father's job instead?" Zhang Xinlan flatly denied Su Congwu's idea and was very angry.
"Do you know how you would live in the city if she didn't have a job? You're living in the factory dormitory now. If you marry her, will you live in the dormitory together?"
Su Congwu became more and more silent. In fact, he had already prepared himself mentally for his family's disapproval, but when he thought of the girl with the bright smile, he really liked her in his heart, so he still tried his best to make his family accept him.
Wu Guixiang listened for a while before finally speaking, "Why did she take her father's job in the first place?"
Su Congwu explained, "Her father has been gone for several years. Although he still has his job, as time goes by, no one has taken over. It's inevitable that someone will keep an eye on the factory, so Shuhui took over first. From the beginning, her family had agreed that when her brother turned eighteen, the job would be returned to him."
"Shuhui has been working for so long, there is a great possibility that she will pass the recruitment exam." He tried his best to speak for the girl named Shuhui.
Wu Guixiang said nothing, frowning and thinking about something.
After listening to this, Su Qingyun sighed in his heart. This is how the times are now. A job can be passed down, so in this era, workers and jobs in other units are iron rice bowls that everyone envies.
The job that a father earned at the cost of his life can only be left to one child in the family. Most families will definitely leave it to the boy, and no one will find it strange. Naturally, no one will think there is anything wrong with the girl named Shuhui returning the job to her younger brother.
But the key is that Zhang Xinlan refused.
"No, I don't agree to this marriage." Zhang Xinlan said directly with a sullen face.
"What marriage?"
Just as they were talking, the three Su Aiguo brothers came back, and Su Aimin asked curiously.
But when he saw Su Congwu in the room, he immediately understood and said with a smile: "Oh, Congwu is dating someone? Someone from the factory?"
"...Yeah." Su Congwu responded.
"Then why aren't you happy?" Su Aimin looked at Zhang Xinlan with a sullen face, puzzled. Didn't the second sister-in-law look forward to the marriage of Congwen and Congwu every day? Now that Congwu had found a girl from the factory, why was she still not happy?
Su Qingyun pulled her father over and said, "Dad, stop talking. Second aunt is already very unhappy."
Su Ai Dang looked at his wife, then at his youngest son, "What's going on? What happened to Cong Wu's boyfriend?"
"Let him tell you." Zhang Xinlan said unhappily.
Wu Guixiang spoke first, "Everyone is hungry. Let's talk about it when we eat."
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