Chapter 0 Extra 9 Call my daughter-in-law quickly
"Xiaoye, didn't you say you had a girl you liked? Now that you're back, can you ask that girl when we can go and propose marriage?
You can't let the woman take the initiative when it comes to marriage. Why don't you seem to be taking it seriously?"
In the Kyoto Military District compound, Tang's mother in the old Tang family residence looked worried, looking at Tang Jianye with some disappointment in her eyes.
Tang Jianye lazily lay back on the sofa, "Oh, Mom, you have to prepare for this in advance. I haven't told them yet. I'll ask them in the next two days, but their family is not in Kyoto. If we want to propose marriage, we have to go to the Northeast."
Tang Jianye's mother, Liu Cuilian, nodded hurriedly. "Northeast China is Northeast China. It doesn't matter where it is, as long as the girl is willing to marry you. Call and ask to set a time so I can talk to your grandfather and your father and ask them to arrange it."
Tang Jianye just came back from the battlefield last night. He originally wanted to go back to the Northeast directly, but his grandfather said that if he didn't come back, he would break his legs.
In order to save his legs and prevent Lai Xiang from having to take care of him for the rest of his life, he had no choice but to follow his grandfather's wishes and return to Kyoto.
At night, his grandfather and father took turns interrogating him, forcing him to confess everything that happened on the battlefield. He had only slept for two hours before his mother woke him up again. Now he couldn't even open his eyes.
No matter how good Xiangxiang is, he still has to ask, "Mom, your son looks half dead right now. Is it appropriate to call your future daughter-in-law? What if she thinks your son is not good enough and turns around to marry someone else?"
Liu Cuilian slapped him in anger and said, "Look at what you are saying. If you kill my daughter-in-law again, I will show you how I will deal with you.
Your grandfather doesn't need to break your legs, I will just break them, so that you won't be so useless that you can't even get a wife."
Tang Jianye jumped aside in fear. "Ah! Where is my gentle and quiet mother? Tell me! Where are you from? Did you switch my mother?"
Liu Cuilian slapped Tang Jianye a few times, angrily and amused, "Alright, stop talking nonsense with me. I'm not sleepy anymore. Tell me about that girl's situation so I can prepare and figure out what gifts to send.
When we meet for the first time, we must make sure that they feel our sincerity. We cannot let them think that we do not value their daughter."
Tang Jianye had endured this for the past few years, never contacting Lai Xiang once, but he still knew the general situation there. With the help of his comrades, their family should have been doing well in the past few years.
Now he straightened his expression, "Mom, Xiangxiang is such a good girl. You should have heard of Nie Youyu."
Tang Jianye's mother's face darkened. Could it be Nie Youyu's daughter? What was her name? She had some impression of her, but they didn't live in the same compound and weren't familiar with each other. If it was really Nie Youyu's daughter, Liu Cuilian gritted her teeth.
Forget it, as long as her son likes her, no matter what the girl's identity and background are, she has to help her whitewash herself.
Tang Jianye stared at his mother's changing expression and said teasingly, "Ms. Liu, what are you thinking about?"
Liu Cuilian looked up at Tang Jianye with a serious expression, "Xiaoye, don't be afraid. Even if Nie Youyu's daughter is not from a good background, as long as you ask your grandfather and your father to come forward and exchange their military merits for her, I will definitely marry her to you."
Tang Jianye backed away again, but there was nowhere to retreat on the sofa, so he stood up in a hurry.
"Mom, what are you talking about? When did I fall in love with Nie Youyu's daughter? You can't just match us up randomly."
Liu Cuilian was confused. She stood up angrily and pointed a finger at Tang Jianye.
"Tang Jianye, you came back just to piss me off, didn't you? Since the girl you like isn't from Nie Youyu's family, why did you mention Nie Youyu?"
Tang Jianye was speechless. His mother's imagination was really strong.
"Mom, mom, no, it's Xiangxiang I like. Lai Xiang! She's the daughter of the Lai family. Her mother is a sister of Nie Youyu's wife, and Lai Xiang grew up in Nie Youyu's home when she was little. I just wanted to ask if you have any impression of her."
Tang Jianye's mother thought about it and seemed to have no memory of this person. "I seem to have heard of such a person, but Mom has never met him. Oh? So the girl you like is called Lai Xiang."
Tang Jianye puffed out his chest proudly, "That's right. Mom, let me tell you, she is not only beautiful, but also very filial and a responsible girl.
Her parents were implicated by Nie Youyu and sent to a cowshed in the Northeast. In order to take care of her parents, Xiangxiang decisively signed up to go to the countryside as an educated youth, just to take care of her parents.
As Tang Jianye said these words, he was quietly paying attention to the changes in his mother's expression, especially when she mentioned the cowshed and going to the countryside.
He was afraid that his mother would have prejudice against Lai Xiang because of Lai Xiang's family background, which was not what he wanted to see.
Tang Jianye's mother didn't let him down. She sighed softly, "It's all because of this world. Xiangxiang is so pitiful. Are they still in the cowshed now? Should we go to the cowshed to propose marriage?"
"Is this route far? I need to see how many days it would take for your grandfather and father to arrange."
Tang Jianye nodded, "I haven't contacted them since I went to the battlefield. I don't know what's going on over there now."
I'll call you later to ask about the situation, and then you can make the reservation here, okay?"
Liu Cuilian was anxious. "Tang Jianye, you're so careless! Huh? You've been on the battlefield for so many years, and you haven't contacted my daughter-in-law once?
Are you sure she is still my daughter-in-law? She won't forget you, she will just dump you if she thinks you are dull."
Tang Jianye...
This is my biological mother, there is no doubt about it!
"Mom, can't you just hope for me a little bit? Your daughter-in-law ran away, and I'll never get married in my life. If you want to have a grandchild by then, you can do it yourself."
Tang Jianye's mother glared at him angrily and pulled him over to the phone. "Why should I waste my time talking to you? Hurry up and call my daughter-in-law. Ask her where she is now. We'll be there in the next two days."
Tell her so she can be mentally prepared."
Lai Xiang was shocked when he received the call. "Tang, Tang Jianye, you're back? When did you come back? Are you injured anywhere?"
Hearing Lai Xiang's voice, Tang Jianye felt a warm warmth well up inside. His wife was so kind. When she heard he'd returned, the first thing she cared about was his health. Unlike his grandfather, his father, and his mother, who hadn't said a single word of concern for him and instead acted like they were out to accuse him.
"Xiangxiang, I'm in good health. I'm fine. Don't worry. I just miss you. I miss you every day and every night. I think about you all the time."
Lai Xiang's ears were red on the other end of the phone. Her mother, sitting on the side, seemed not to care about her gossip, but her pricked ears and serious expression showed that Wu Jinghua was listening to her daughter's call very carefully.
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