Chapter 138 It's over. I'm afraid I won't be able to maintain my position as a husband anymore!

Deng Changyuan came home from the tile factory and after dinner, he went to Jiugong's house to wait for news.

Today, Jiugong went to Poxin Village to propose marriage to him. Although he and Ou Guohua had already established a foundation for further relationship through Zhang Xiuping's introduction, he could not predict what her parents thought about this matter.

Since this concerns his own lifelong event, Deng Changyuan must of course stay at Jiugong's house so that he can be the first to know the situation.

While waiting, Deng Changyuan couldn't help asking, "Aunt Ping, you know Ah Hua's family situation better. Do you think her parents will object to this?"

According to the normal way of addressing, Deng Changyuan should call Zhang Xiuping Aunt A Tai.

In Shuangwang territory, when addressing elders, one should either put the elder's family ranking in front of the name, or address them with a character from the elder's name plus the generation. For example, Deng Changyuan should address Deng Yuntai as Uncle (Deng Yuntai's ranking) or Uncle A Tai, and Zhang Xiuping should be addressed as Aunt or Aunt A Tai accordingly.

However, because Deng Changyuan and Deng Yuntai have been good friends since childhood, Deng Changyuan has always called Deng Yuntai "A Tai" and he couldn't change it even after growing up.

It’s not a big problem what to call a childhood friend, but it’s a bit of a headache to know how to call his wife.

Calling by name is definitely not an option. No younger generation would call an elder by name. Calling her sister-in-law is not in the right generation, and calling her Aunt A Tai is not appropriate either, because then he would have to call Deng Yuntai Uncle A Tai instead of A Tai.

So after much thought, Deng Changyuan simply called her Aunt Aping.

"Ah Hua's parents treat her very well, especially her mother, who treats the four siblings equally and doesn't favor one son over another."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xiuping couldn't help feeling a little envious. Her parents were far inferior to Ahua's parents in this regard. Even though she was the only daughter in the family, she was not as favored as her four brothers.

This was also the main reason why her parents "sold" her at a high price, intending to use her wealth to help her two younger brothers marry wives. If she was not lucky enough to marry into the Deng family, but married into another family, she would probably never be able to hold her head up in her husband's family for the rest of her life.

"So her parents' criteria for finding a partner for her is not to find someone who is very wealthy, but to find someone who can truly love her and not let her suffer any injustice. If you can do this, then this marriage will most likely be a problem."

Upon hearing this, Deng Changyuan patted his chest and said, "I guarantee that I can do this."

Zhang Xiuping smiled and said, "I heard what you said. If Ah Hua marries you and you can't do what you said, I will let Brother Tai deal with you."

Deng Changyuan smiled bitterly and said, "How dare I? If I can't do it, I guess even Jiu Gong won't forgive me."

Zhang Xiuping couldn't help laughing and said, "It's good that you know."

Deng Yunzhen also laughed and interrupted, "That's right. My dad worked so hard for you, saying all the nice things he could to help you find a wife. If you don't treat her well, it would be strange if my dad would forgive you!"

Deng Changyuan wailed, "It's over. She hasn't even married yet, but she already has so many backers. If this happens, I'm afraid I won't be able to rule as a husband anymore!"

Deng Yuntai retorted: "You can also change a young wife who can make you more powerful as a husband and who dares not say anything when you say one thing."

Deng Changyuan touched the back of his head and said in a mean way, "Forget it, I still want this..."

Just as a few people were chatting, Deng Shirong came back on a bicycle.

"dad!"

"Jiu Gong!"

The sons, daughters-in-law and Deng Changyuan all greeted Deng Shirong.

Deng Shirong responded with a smile and parked the bicycle.

Deng Yunzhen asked, "Dad, why did you come back so late?"

Deng Shirong said: "I went to the mountain pass, so I came back late."

Zhang Xiuping asked, "Dad, have you eaten?"

“I haven’t eaten yet!”

Deng Shirong handed the big net bag to his eldest daughter and said with a smile, "These are the oysters I bought at Yamaguchi. Zhen, take them and clean them with a brush first."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked towards the large net bag, only to see that it was filled with stones that looked like they had been corroded.

Deng Yuntai asked curiously, "Dad, this stone-like thing is called an oyster? What are oysters used for?"

Deng Shirong did not laugh at his eldest son for being ignorant. Although they were only a few dozen kilometers away from the sea, in an era when transportation was inconvenient and everyone had to rely on walking, the people in their Bangjie Brigade had very limited knowledge of seafood.

In his previous life, Deng Shirong also didn't know what oysters were. Not to mention he had never seen them, he had never even heard of them.

It was not until the 1990s that Deng Shirong saw oysters for the first time.

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Therefore, when hearing his eldest son's question, Deng Shirong explained: "Oysters are a kind of shellfish seafood, which tastes very good. I will grill them for you to try later."

Hearing that this stone-like thing was edible seafood, everyone gathered around to take a look with curiosity. Even Deng Changyuan temporarily put the matter of his wife aside.

Zhang Xiuping took a look at the oysters in the net bag, then turned back to her father-in-law and said, "Dad, you haven't eaten yet so late, and you rode such a long way. I'm afraid you must be hungry. I'll go get you some hot food. Eat some rice first, and then grill the oysters!"

Deng Shirong shook his head and said, "No, I just had lunch at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and I was quite full. I don't feel very hungry now. I might as well wait until these grilled oysters are ready, and then I can eat."

"Then I'll go get you a bowl of rice soup."

"All right!"

After drinking the drink poured by his eldest daughter-in-law, Deng Shirong told his eldest son to prepare chopped green onions and minced garlic, and asked Yuan to use the basin used for roasting fire to get some charcoal and light it, while he found the leftover iron wire from building the house and made a simple barbecue grill.

After everything was done, the eldest daughter also freshly cleaned all the oysters.

"Yuntai, Yuan, you two are responsible for prying open the hard shell of this oyster. I will show you the specific method." As he said that, Deng Shirong took a screwdriver and found the narrow gap in the oyster and inserted it into it. Then, with a little force, he pried open the hard shell of the oyster.

Zhang Xiuping looked at the pried open oyster meat and said, "Is this the oyster meat? It looks so ugly, but I didn't expect the meat to look so white."

Deng Shirong handed the screwdriver to his eldest son and said to his eldest daughter-in-law, "These oysters are very nutritious, but you can't eat too much at one time. I'll grill them later and you can try them. If you like them, I'll go to Yamaguchi from time to time to buy some for you."

Zhang Xiuping smiled and said, "Dad, just try this. The mountain pass is so far away, and it takes several hours to go back and forth. It's not necessary to eat this."

(End of this chapter)