As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw Zheng Peilan sitting in the yard, holding a letter in her hand, her face full of anticipation.
Seeing them come in, Zheng Peilan quickly stood up and greeted them with a smile: "Shishi, Xunzhou, you are finally back. The notice just arrived. I read it many times and it is correct. It is the notice from Jingshi University."
Song Shishi quickly stepped forward, took the notice, gently stroked the envelope with her fingers, took a deep breath, and then slowly opened it.
Although I already knew that I had passed the exam, the feeling of opening the letter of admission with my own hands and seeing with my own eyes that I was actually admitted to Jingshi University was still different.
Meng Xunzhou and Zheng Peilan both held their breath and stared closely at her movements.
When she saw the words "Jingshi University", Song Shishi's eyes instantly moistened, and the corners of her mouth turned up, revealing a happy smile: "Mom, I passed the exam!"
Zheng Peilan's eyes were red with excitement. She hugged her daughter in her arms, her voice trembling.
"Good boy, you did it. All the hard work you put in to prepare for the exam was not in vain."
Meng Xunzhou also smiled and patted Song Shishi's shoulder, his eyes full of pride.
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...
“My wife is excellent.”
The atmosphere of joy had not yet dissipated when Meng Xiaoqi ran over and said that Meng Xunzhou's old leader heard that he was injured and came to visit him.
Meng Xunzhou and Song Shishi hurried back to the Meng family.
The old leader was wearing a military uniform that was a little faded from washing but still straight, and the military medal on his chest was shining brightly.
When he saw Meng Xunzhou, he asked about his injuries with concern and praised his performance in the mission.
"Xunzhou, although you were injured in this mission, you still deserve all the credit for your achievements. You should stay at home and recover from your injuries. The troops are still waiting for your new contributions."
Meng Xunzhou stood straight, saluted with a standard military salute, and said firmly: "Thank you for your concern, I will return to the army and resume my duties in two days."
"Why the rush?"
The old leader glanced at Song Shishi, who was talking and laughing with Fu Shuxian not far away, and said in a low voice:
"You have been married for almost a year, and you still don't have a child.
Your grandfather has come to me several times for this matter.
This time you should just take advantage of your recovery and rest at home for a while to get this done, otherwise my door will be crushed by your grandfather. "
After hearing this, Meng Xunzhou finally understood why his old leader came here today.
It turns out that it was the work of his grandfather.
But then again, didn’t his old man go to the deep mountains and forests to collect herbs?
When did he return to Beijing? Why didn't I hear his father mention this?
But considering the old man's temper, I guess his father Meng Guanru is not aware of this either.
"yes."
Meng Xunzhou saluted again, then whispered back: "I will talk to Grandpa about this in person, don't worry."
Having said almost everything he needed to say to Meng Xunzhou, the old leader turned his gaze to Song Shishi.
"This is Xunzhou's daughter-in-law. If I remember correctly, her name is Song Shishi, right? I heard that you did very well in the college entrance examination this time. Your future is limitless."
The Beijing circle is so small, and Song Shishi's father Song Zhenhua had such a big thing happen. Even if other people didn't know who Song Zhenhua's daughter was before, everyone knew it after Song Zhenhua was brought down.
Everyone thought that after Song Zhenhua's downfall, his wife and daughter would live a miserable life.
But who would have thought that this little girl would become the apprentice of the top leader of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on her own and even recognize him as her godfather.
She also married Meng Xunzhou, a promising young man favored by military leaders, and now he has achieved excellent results in the college entrance examination.
It can be said that this girl is good at everything.
She and Mr. Meng's grandson are a perfect match made in heaven.
Nowadays, the person people talk about most after dinner is Song Shishi.
Song Shishi smiled a little embarrassedly and responded politely: "Thank you for the compliment, leader."
After the old leader left, Meng Xunzhou told Meng Guanru that the old man had returned to Beijing.
"Are you telling the truth?"
"What the old leader said just now, how could it be false?"
Meng Guanru was a little bit unconvinced, but there was no need for Meng Xunzhou to lie to him about such a thing.
"Okay, I'll go to the old house tomorrow."
Meng Xunzhou looked at Song Shishi who was about to go back to her room to rest, and said with a smile: "Let's go together. After Shishi and I got married, we haven't visited grandpa yet."
Meng Guanru paused slightly and nodded.
"That's good. With you guys here, the old man should be more considerate and won't say such harsh words."
Meng Xunzhou smiled and didn't respond.
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The next day, their family of five went to the old house together.
Meng Guanru walked in front, while Song Shishi and Meng Xunzhou walked at the end.
Song Shishi, who was originally talking in a low voice with Meng Xunzhou, was startled by a loud noise.
She looked up and saw Meng Guanru had just stepped one foot over the door railing, his forehead was red.
Meng Guanru sighed and bent down to pick up the dusty book at his feet.
It was this book that just hit Meng Guanru on the head.
"Who allowed you to come here?"
The old man spoke in a bad tone and had a serious look on his face.
Meng Guanru continued to walk into the courtyard, "I knew you were back, so I came back to see you."
Just as Mr. Meng was about to speak, his eyes suddenly fell on Song Shishi who was standing next to Meng Xunzhou.
"Is this the little girl who was engaged to Xunzhou? She has grown up to be so pretty now."
As he spoke, Mr. Meng brushed Meng Guanru aside and walked straight towards Song Shishi.
Song Shishi stood there obediently, waiting for Mr. Meng to approach, and called softly, "Grandpa."
"Hey, my dear granddaughter-in-law, when you and Xunzhou got married, I happened to be in the mountains and didn't receive any news. They couldn't contact me either. I didn't expect that this delay would take so long."
Old Master Meng spoke to himself, and then he took out a washed, neatly folded handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to Song Shishi.
It felt heavy in my hand, and there must be something wrapped in the handkerchief.
"Grandpa, what is this?"
Old Master Meng smiled mysteriously, "This was passed down from Xunzhou's grandmother, who said it was given to every daughter-in-law of the Meng family."
Song Shishi opened the handkerchief and found a jade bracelet wrapped inside.
You can tell from the quality of this item that it is quite old and worth a lot of money.
But since Mr. Meng said so, Song Shishi couldn't refuse.
Seeing this, Meng Xunzhou took the jade bracelet directly, then took Song Shishi's hand and put the jade bracelet on Song Shishi.
He turned and looked at Song Shishi, and they smiled at each other.
"It's really beautiful." Meng Xunzhou praised.
"Well, you just got a wife and you come to show off in front of me. You are really promising."
Old Master Meng looked at Meng Xunzhou and spoke without mercy.
"Thank you, Grandpa."
As soon as Song Shishi finished thanking him, Mr. Meng waved his hand and sent them away.
"Okay, I've seen it all, and I've given away the gifts. You can go now. Don't ruin the herbs I picked with so much difficulty."
"Grandpa, I haven't seen you for more than a year. You're sending me away before I even say a word?"
Meng Xiaoqi rushed over regardless, grabbed Grandpa Meng's hand and shook it left and right.
"Okay, okay, stop shaking. I won't chase you away."
Faced with Meng Xiaoqi's coquettishness, Old Man Meng gave in without any resistance.
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