Chapter 16
"What do you mean by that?"
After being surprised, Zhao Shufen couldn't help but ask.
What do you mean Lu Chen can't possibly marry Meng Zhiqing? Could it be that he likes someone else, or is he already engaged, or is there some other reason?
Seeing that the Wang family was attracted by what Lu Xiujuan said, Lu Xiujuan was actually a little nervous.
After all, this was the first time she received so much attention in the Wang family except for her wedding day. This made her nervous, but at the same time, she couldn't help but feel a little surprised and satisfied.
Taking a deep breath, under the curious gaze of the Wang family, Lu Xiujuan said: "Because Lu Chen...his family conditions are not particularly good, and there are also some things when he was born, so he will not marry anyone."
Not to mention that Meng Yinyin is a girl who is obviously not someone that an ordinary family can afford to support.
Of course, the most important thing is that Lu Xiujuan knows that her parents, as the only elders of Lu Chen now, will never let Lu Chen get married casually.
After all, if Lu Chen wanted to get married, they would help with money and effort; otherwise, they would lose face and be ridiculed and blamed by other relatives.
In order to save money, her parents would definitely try to dissuade Lu Chen from getting married in various ways.
Although Lu Xiujuan sometimes felt that her parents' behavior was not good, she thought about the fact that Lu Chen had lived alone for so many years, and that several lives had been lost when he was born.
Perhaps it is best for him not to get married. At least it won't affect the person next to him.
After listening to Lu Xiujuan's explanation, Zhao Shufen felt a little unconvinced.
After all, she is an educated person and knows that those so-called "disaster stars" and "fate" are not necessarily true. In addition, since Meng Yinyin is willing to be with Lu Chen, she must be aware of his family situation.
Therefore, these two reasons would not make them believe that Lu Chen would reject Meng Yinyin.
After all, looking at Meng Yinyin's face, there are probably not many men who can refuse her.
However, Lu Xiujuan is Lu Chen's cousin after all, and the two families live so close, she should not lie.
For a moment, the Wang family members became hesitant and then looked at each other.
Finally, Zhao Shufen couldn't help herself and asked her again: "Is what you said true?"
"Lu Chen and Meng Zhiqing, is it really impossible?"
Lu Xiujuan was actually also hesitant. She did grow up with Lu Chen, but the relationship between them was at most a little more familiar than strangers.
Especially after her grandmother passed away, Lu Chen was driven away to next door by her parents, and she dared not talk to Lu Chen anymore.
So she was not sure what her cousin, who is now in his twenties, was thinking.
It's just that he really didn't want to contact other people before, because he was worried that he would really be implicated, or that the bad rumors about him would affect other people.
Now that he has grown up, he should be accustomed to living and existing alone, so it is even more impossible for him to change his living habits because of a strange educated youth he has just met.
And even if Lu Chen was really attracted to Meng Yinyin and was willing to change his lifestyle of the past twenty years to be with Meng Yinyin, she had a way to make Lu Chen give up.
After all, she knew very well what Lu Chen had been asking for from her parents.
At worst, she could persuade her parents to return some of her uncle and aunt's things to Lu Chen, so as to dissuade Lu Chen from having any thoughts about Meng Yinyin!
She knew that there was no way that Lu Chen would refuse the relics of his parents!
Finally, she nodded, her tone more firm than ever before: "Well, they can't get married."
Zhao Shufen's expression changed several times, surprise, suspicion, and finally settled on the eagerness to make a move.
Since it is possible that Meng Zhiqing and Lu Chen are going to die, why not... ?
But just when she was about to ask her son to try again, she saw her second son Wang Chengwu staring at Lu Xiujuan with an inexplicable look in his eyes.
"Sister-in-law, I don't remember you and Lu Chen being familiar with each other."
The implication is that how could she be so sure that Lu Chen would not be with Meng Yinyin?
Especially yesterday when he and his elder brother went to Lu Dashan's house, he clearly saw that almost everyone in his family had a bad relationship with Lu Chen, and her cousin also seemed to be avoiding Lu Chen. Why was she so confident today, as if they had a deep sisterly love, that the relationship between Lu Chen and Meng Yinyin was impossible?
Lu Xiujuan had not expected Wang Chengwu's intuition to be so sharp. She panicked and lowered her eyes to avoid his probing. She pretended to be calm and explained: "In fact, he and I had a good relationship before, but later I grew up and then..."
This makes sense. Even siblings will have a gap with age, let alone cousins.
The only thought in Zhao Shufen's mind now is that Meng Yinyin and Lu Chen can't be together, and she doesn't want to consider anything else.
However, her son's worries were not unreasonable, so the next second, Zhao Shufen turned and looked at Lu Xiujuan.
"Xiujuan, this matter is related to Chengwu's marriage, so it's better to be cautious. How about this, you take some time to go home in a couple of days and ask your cousin what he thinks?"
This was the first thing her in-laws asked her to do. Lu Xiujuan was very excited and agreed to it without hesitation.
"Mom, don't worry, I will definitely find out everything about this matter. I will definitely not let my second brother down!"
As long as she does this job well and lets Wang Chengwu and Meng Yinyin get married, she will have a status in her husband's family!
Wang Chengwu said nothing more, but he still had many doubts in his heart.
Ever since he came back from Lu's house yesterday, he always felt that something was not right with Lu Xiujuan's family. And at this moment, given her timid personality, it was even more impossible for her to take the initiative to take on this matter. Moreover, her expression was so firm, as if Lu Chen would refuse no matter what.
He was really attracted to Meng Yinyin's face, but after all, they had only met once and had never even spoken to each other, so it was absolutely impossible for him to say that he had to be with her.
But at this moment he did not interrupt his mother's suggestion, because he also wanted to know what kind of secrets Lu Xiujuan and the Lu family were hiding.
This secret will not implicate the Wang family, but if the opposite is true... he will definitely not let his own family be implicated!
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Meng Yinyin and Lu Chen were completely unaware of this. After returning to the team, it was time for lunch break. After the break, Meng Yinyin and Lu Chen went back to work.
However, their situation remained the same as before, with Lu Chen working in the fields and Meng Yinyin trying to slack off on the shore.
What made her happy was that maybe Song Yue saw that they were not at home in the morning, so he did not come in the afternoon. Meng Yinyin caught fish smoothly in the afternoon and got two work points from Lu Chen.
Song Yue couldn't come over to stare at her, nor could he find any evidence to prove that Meng Yinyin had done nothing. He could only smile and write down two work points behind Meng Yinyin's name.
But Meng Yinyin noticed that when he smiled, his eyes were cold.
This pervert!
Meng Yinyin cursed Song Yue a few words angrily in her heart while quickening her pace towards the educated youth point.
She is no longer the same person she was before. She now has a very important mission, and her mission is, of course, to make clothes for Lu Chen!
Although she had never done it before, after a whole afternoon of careful observation, she felt that she already knew how the coat on Lu Chen was made.
So after returning to the educated youth center, Meng Yinyin borrowed the formation from Yu Xiaoyu, sat at the window and began to work seriously.
Half an hour later, looking at the two pieces of cloth she had cut into one large and one small, Meng Yinyin put down the scissors with a guilty conscience.
Although one side of the shirt is longer than the other, it shouldn't be a big problem as long as Lu Chen doesn't button it up.
Moreover, this is her first time making clothes, so it’s good enough if she can make it 80% similar. The most important thing is the thought!
So just like that, Meng Yinyin finally picked up the needle and thread and started sewing clothes. When Yu Xiaoyu entered the room, she saw her holding two pieces of black cloth in her hands with a crooked thread sewn in the middle.
Yu Xiaoyu was silent for a while, and finally asked cautiously: "Yinyin, are you sewing a cloth bag?"
She actually wanted to ask if she was sewing diapers...
But you know, they don't have any children, so there's no way Meng Yinyin could sew this thing.
But I have to say, this thing really looks like a diaper.
Meng Yinyin took a moment to look up at Yu Xiaoyu, then sternly corrected her: "No, I was sewing clothes, but do you think I have a talent for sewing bags? How about I sew a bag for you!"
Speaking of the latter part, Meng Yinyin's eyes lit up because of Yu Xiaoyu's "affirmation" of her craftsmanship.
Yu Xiaoyu: “…”
I was touched, but I declined.
"No, no, I have my bag. Besides, you bought some new cloth with great difficulty, so you should use it sparingly."
After saying that, Yu Xiaoyu felt strange again.
"Why did you buy such a piece of black cloth? Don't you like pink?"
Meng Yinyin's hands trembled and she almost stabbed herself. She quickly found an excuse and said vaguely.
"Well, change the color occasionally to change your mood, and black is very resistant to stains."
Yu Xiaoyu thought so too, so he didn't ask any more questions. He just looked at Meng Yinyin's needlework, which was so unbearable to watch, before turning around and leaving.
Meng Yinyin was completely unaware of this and was still concentrating on the excitement of making a loving cloth coat that contained her countless efforts and sweat.
In the next two days, Meng Yinyin continued to work in the dormitory whenever she found the chance. She had a lot of time during the day, but she didn't dare to do it in front of Lu Chen, so she could only continue sewing clothes when she returned to the dormitory.
However, as she watched the clothes become more and more presentable and were soon finished, her work points had not made any progress for two consecutive days.
Meng Yinyin was extremely anxious. It was because the team leader was too busy these two days that he had no time to check the work points. Otherwise, she felt that she would have been called aside by him to be educated.
Tomorrow, tomorrow she must make the clothes and give them to Lu Chen, and express her feelings at the same time!
Otherwise, if she drags on, she will really be finished.
That night, Meng Yinyin didn't even have dinner. She worked quickly and finally finished making the clothes.
Although the final product looked really unpresentable, Meng Yinyin still comforted herself that as long as Lu Chen knew how much effort she had put in, that was enough.
The gift is small but the thought is great. She gave him the first piece of clothing she made by herself in her life. He will definitely be so happy that he will cry!
Perhaps because Meng Yinyin was looking forward to tomorrow too much, the night passed quickly.
Early the next morning, Meng Yinyin packed herself up, carefully put the thing that could barely be seen as a cloth jacket into her small bag, and carried it to work.
At the same time, Lu Xiujuan also rode her bicycle towards her mother's home in Nanjiao Brigade.
She was shouldering the heavy responsibility of stopping Lu Chen and Meng Yinyin from being together, so when she went home she went to the supply and marketing cooperative to pick up some things.
These things were specifically told by her mother-in-law Zhao Shufen when she was leaving the house in the morning. Zhao Shufen's original words were that although she asked Lu Xiujuan to go back and find out what Lu Chen was thinking, she couldn't let her go back empty-handed, so she also wanted to bring some things back to visit her in-laws and say hello to Lu Dashan and his family on behalf of the whole family.
After all, if Lu Xiujuan went home empty-handed, people might ask her what she was doing there. At least if she took something, she could explain that she was simply going home to visit her parents.
It was the first time for Lu Xiujuan to get so much money, and it was also the first time for her to buy so many things by herself.
She was riding her bicycle on the road leading to the Nanjiao Brigade. Hanging on the handlebars were two packages of gifts that she, a married lady, was bringing back to her parents' home. People passing by couldn't help but take a few more glances at them.
Looking at the gazes of the others, Lu Xiujuan tried hard not to let the smile on her face be so bright.
Even before she joined the team, she seemed to have noticed that the other people in the team were looking at her with admiration.
Especially her parents!
Seeing how many things she brought back and how successful she is, I will never again say that she is a “useless thing” or “a freeloader”!
Not only is she useful, but as long as the matter of Lu Chen is successfully resolved and Meng Yinyin is allowed to marry her younger brother-in-law, her status in her husband's family will be even higher in the future. Then she will see if her parents still dare to look down on her and think that she is not as promising as her younger brother!
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