With three more people in the kitchen, Wang Cuixi felt more relaxed. She covered the pot with the stewed meat and asked her brothers to watch the fire and stir the pot from time to time. She walked over to talk to Meng Zhehan and Meng Tao, teased Xiao Yunhai, and then took them to the main room to see Xu Yulin's girlfriend.

Meng Tao still has the mentality of a little girl and is quite curious about the newcomers. Meng Zhehan doesn't want to go because he has been arranged to go on a blind date before and has a traumatic experience with blind dates. So she takes Xiao Yunhai to visit the kitchen, and Xiao Wangcai follows them eagerly.

Wang Cuixi took Meng Tao to the living room and whispered to her, "The three people who came with Miss Xiaoshi today are her eldest aunt, second aunt, and a aunt. They are all educated people who are good at speaking and have a lot to say. I was worried that I might neglect them, so I asked two aunts from the neighborhood to help entertain them. They are both old Beijing people, and they had a lot to talk about with the girl's aunts. Everyone was laughing and happy."

Meng Tao: "Since he has come to visit us, we will just entertain him according to the etiquette. You don't have to worry too much."

"That being said, we are getting married, and in the future our two families will be relatives and will visit each other frequently, so we should follow their habits."

The two walked into the living room. Xu Yulin was peeling apples for the guests. When he saw them, he immediately stood up and said, "Taotao is here." Then he smiled at the young girl sitting next to him and introduced her:

"Come and meet me, this is sister Meng Tao. You know Liu Jianye and I are like brothers, and the same goes for Tao Tao and me. This is my real sister."

Then he said to Meng Tao: "Taotao, this is Comrade Shi Huixian, my girlfriend."

Meng Tao smiled and looked at the pretty girl in a beige Lenin suit with two pigtails, and extended her hand: "Hello, Comrade Huixian, nice to meet you."

Xu Yuting had already told Meng Tao the details of his brother's girlfriend. Shi Huixian was 23 years old and worked as the financial officer of Beijing Mingguang Machinery Factory as well as the most beautiful girl in the factory. Half a year ago, she was on a business trip and her wallet was almost stolen by a pickpocket. Xu Yulin happened to pass by and helped her. He also served as her bodyguard for half a day until she finished her business. Shi Huixian was very grateful and asked Xu Yulin to leave her contact address. They then exchanged letters. Three months ago, Shi Huixian proposed to Xu Yulin to officially date her. Xu Yulin reported his relationship to the team and the two confirmed their relationship.

Xu Yulin believed that after falling in love, the next step was to prepare for marriage, so he wrote a letter asking Xu Yuting to tell his mother Wang Cuixi the good news. Wang Cuixi was naturally very happy, as she had been looking forward to her son getting married and having grandchildren.

Later, when they heard that the girl was from Beijing, the elders in her family were a little unhappy, and they disliked that Xu Yulin was not of high enough rank and was from another province.

Wang Cuixi was glad that she had bought the courtyard in Hongshun Hutong earlier, and Grandpa Xu had said that it was only a matter of time for the whole family to settle down in Beijing. Now that the house had been renovated, Wang Cuixi moved in quickly, just to reassure the girl's family that the girl would not marry far away and would still stay in Beijing after marriage.

Here, Shi Huixian saw Meng Tao wanted to shake hands with her, and wanted to stand up according to etiquette, but a fat middle-aged woman next to her pulled off her clothes and winked at her.

Shi Huixian understood and sat still, showing a faint smile, and nodded to Meng Tao in a reserved but polite manner: "Hello, please take a seat."

Meng Tao: “…”

Suspecting that he was too enthusiastic and frightened the girl, he quietly withdrew his hand.

Xu Yulin's smile disappeared, and he looked at Shi Huixian, who was sitting elegantly and gracefully, with complicated eyes, not knowing what she was doing.

Wang Cuixi tried to smooth things over, saying, "Taotao is eating fruit, so ask your brother Yulin to peel it for her."

Xu Yulin handed over a freshly peeled apple: "Taotao, this one is big and red, it must be sweet."

Meng Tao: "Give it to the guests first."

“Yes.”

Meng Tao waved her hand to refuse, saying that there were plenty of fruits in the space and she could eat them at any time, but she didn't want to eat them now.

The plump white woman who was pulling the corner of Shi Huixian's clothes said with a smile: "Then put it aside for now. This girl is quite sensible. She doesn't eat or take anything casually when visiting other people's homes. She knows that the food for guests is precious."

Meng Tao: “…”

Wang Cuixi's smiling face froze for a moment, and she pulled Meng Tao and said, "Taotao, come and meet me. This is your...Sister Huixian's aunt, this is your second aunt, and this is your aunt."

Wang Cuixi continued, "Her eldest aunt, second aunt, and aunt, you may not know the situation in our family. Grandpa Taotao, Liu Yongsheng, and my old man have been as close as brothers since they were young. Taotao and Yulin Jianye are also close brothers and sisters! Taotao is not coming here to visit relatives, she is just like returning to her own home."

The fat aunt said, "So, when Huixian gets married, we'll have an extra sister-in-law?"

Wang Cuixi smiled and said, "Yes."

Next to the fat aunt was the second aunt. The two sisters looked alike, both with round faces and blessed looks. They smiled and said, "There's only one of us, or... it's better to make it clear, so that after you get married, there won't be more sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law."

Aunt Shi Huixian also said, "Yes, Huixian is kind and gentle. She has to be the head of the family after she gets married. If her younger sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law have to take care of their families, she won't be able to handle it!"

Wang Cuixi: “…”

Xu Yulin lowered his head and peeled apples with skill. He peeled a large basin of apples.

Sitting opposite were two middle-aged women, Aunt Ma and Aunt Duan, neighbors Wang Cuixi had invited to help entertain the guests. Aunt Ma interrupted and said, "Oh, don't worry, my dear in-laws, there is a younger brother-in-law who is studying for a master's degree and has a bright future. The younger sister-in-law doesn't need you to take care of her, she's already married."

After saying that, he looked at Meng Tao and said with a smile, "You and your lover drove here on the night of August 15th, right? I thought I saw a fairy that night, but it's even more beautiful to see it in broad daylight now!"

Aunt Duan also laughed: "Yes, the young couple are both beautiful, I can't get enough of them. Girl, Sister Wang said you gave birth to a baby, can you bring the baby with you?"

Meng Tao nodded: "I brought it, let's go play outside now."

Wang Cuixi smiled and said, "It's a pretty fat baby, very lovable. Yu Ting and the others will take him out to play, and he will be here soon."

Aunt Duan: "Oh, I like fat babies the most, I want to hug them later!"

Shi Huixian sat quietly and secretly glanced at Meng Tao. She thought Meng Tao was an unmarried girl, but she didn't expect that she even had a child.

Aunt Shi also exchanged glances with her eldest and second aunts, then stood up and took Meng Tao, smiling and said, "She's a good girl. Her name is Taotao, right? How old is she?"

Meng Tao: "More than 20 years old."

Wang Cuixi: "This year is twenty-one."

The fat auntie continued: "You are so young and you are married and have a child. What kind of job do you do?"

Meng Tao: "I don't have a job."

"No job? Then your husband will have to work harder. Where does he work?"

"My lover...he's a driver."

"What car are you driving?"

Meng Tao thought for a moment and said, "He drives a big truck."

(End of this chapter)