"Minjun, Lao Chen, you're here! Come in quickly!"
When Jiang Zemin saw Professor Chen and Professor Wu get out of the car, he greeted them with a smile.
"Old Jiang, I'm so sorry, these two kids haven't had their wedding banquet yet, so we shouldn't be able to go to your house with them."
Professor Chen stepped forward and shook hands with President Jiang.
"Haha, what's the big deal? There are plenty of opportunities. What Cixiu has been doing lately is really to my liking. Not bad. I thought he was reliable the first time I saw him, except for fishing."
Jiang Zemin laughed heartily as he spoke to Professor Chen.
Professor Chen was naturally pleased to hear his in-laws praising his son so highly, but he still said, "Old Jiang, if my son does anything wrong, feel free to take action. Don't worry about saving face. If you're reluctant, just tell me and I'll handle it. I've also told Cixiu that if Xiaoyu really did something wrong, he can't act recklessly. If there's anything wrong, just tell us. In short, don't worry, if my son really makes a mistake, you can deal with him however you like."
President Jiang pulled Professor Chen by the hand and walked towards the small pavilion on the side, while Professor Wu went to chat with his idol's in-laws.
After sitting down, President Jiang had already arranged for tea to be prepared. While pouring tea for Professor Chen, he said, "Old Chen, although we haven't been in-laws for long, I know Cixiu's character very well. Cixiu is quite good, which shows that your family has raised him well, so I'm relieved. But we're not here to talk about that today. We need to discuss the wedding of these two children."
"Yes, we are not very familiar with the customs of your area, Lao Jiang. You can tell me directly and I will write them down."
Professor Chen took out his notebook.
When Old Jiang saw this, he found it a bit funny that the father and son were both carrying laptops. He said, "Old Chen, we don't have many customs here. The real customs are just so-so. But I'm thinking, weddings are always held in our hometown, but our two families live too far apart. Do you think we should change the way we do it?"
Snap!
Professor Chen closed his notebook, gave a thumbs-up, and said, "Old Jiang, I came here for this very reason."
There was a hint of rebuttal in Jiang Zemin's eyes.
Although they belong to the same province and have similar local customs, they are still very different, and no one knows what the other's customs are like.
President Jiang Zemin certainly wouldn't want his daughter to suffer.
Professor Chen said, "In the past, weddings in our village did require returning to the village. If the bride was from a distant place, she could go to the village home first, then go to the town, and the groom would pick her up the next day."
Jiang Zemin was only refuting the old man's arguments a little bit, but now the rebuttal has completely taken over his eyes.
But Professor Chen hadn't finished speaking, so he was too embarrassed to directly refute him.
“Here’s what I think. Xiaoyu is pregnant and shouldn’t be traveling around. That’s true according to family customs, but we live too far from our hometown. We’re all here. So, I’m thinking of having our wedding here. Also, I can arrange for someone to hold the banquet at my hometown. What do you think?”
Professor Chen said to President Jiang.
Jiang Zemin, whose eyes were originally filled with rebuttal, suddenly had a clear look in them.
He smiled and said, "Okay, actually that's what I was thinking too. But this girl is the same. She said you planned to hold the ceremony after the baby is born, but she doesn't want to. She wants to hold it during this period, right?"
Professor Chen nodded. "Originally, I didn't agree with holding the wedding during this period, but Cixiu really supports Xiaoyu, so I shamelessly came over hoping you can agree. However, if you don't agree, we can still make introductions. After all, Xiaoyu is your daughter. What parent doesn't want their child to be well and not suffer so much?"
Old Jiang poured Professor Chen a cup of tea and nodded. "That's what I was thinking too. Who knew that Xiao Yu would call me while you were on your way? Since that's the case, I've already asked someone to come over. Shall we go and do some calculations together?"
"Okay, let's calculate it."
Professor Chen readily agreed, then took Old Jiang's hand and said, "Old Jiang, thank you so much. I thought I was going to get a beating from you today."
"Old Chen, do you think I'm such an unreasonable person?"
The two middle-aged men exchanged a smile and returned to the villa, where they saw that Professor Wu and Ms. Liu Xian were having a very pleasant conversation.
It seems that a united front has been formed.
The two middle-aged men asked their wives for their opinions and found that everyone was on the same page.
Immediately afterwards, a fortune teller came and chose a date for Chen Cixiu and Jiang Yu.
After calculating the date, both President Jiang and Professor Chen felt it was a good day. The date was a month later, and at that time, Jiang Yu's belly would not be very noticeable, which also met their desired timing.
He then told Jiang Yu the news.
One month. In this month, we'll have to start working on the next steps.
Invitations, betrothal gifts, dowry, wedding photos, etc.
Actually, Jiang Yu and Chen Cixiu haven't even taken wedding photos yet.
After hearing the news, the two looked at each other.
For them, wedding photos don't necessarily have to be taken elsewhere; taking them in their own city is not a problem.
Besides, for Jiang Yu and Chen Cixiu now, they don't even need to make an appointment to hire a photographer.
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