Chapter 223 Discussion?
"Brother, don't..."
"Where do you get all that nonsense from? Give it all to Ningning!"
“…”
Zhang Qi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry and said yes repeatedly. After all, it was for his own sister, so he had no reason to be reluctant. He asked because he was afraid that Ningning would not accept the extra money.
However, since his father had spoken, Zhang Qi didn't think any more about it. He took out a passbook from his pocket and stuffed it into her hand.
"The password is 987654."
"No, brother..."
"Ningning, be obedient. Your elder brother is a bachelor in his thirties. How can he spend money?"
"Yes, yes, yes, you are right."
Raising his hand to block the hand that was pushing him, Zhang Qi turned his head to look at her, her face flushed with anxiety, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became even brighter.
"We agreed on this yesterday. Take it. I'll be angry if you continue to be polite to Big Brother."
It was a light sentence, as if the deposit in the passbook was not tens of millions of yuan, but just a large black ten-dollar note.
This is real stuff, it’s the money I’ve saved for many years.
Well, she will wait for her future sister-in-law to appear, and then she will return the passbook to him for safekeeping.
Thinking this in his mind, Suning stopped arguing with him and reluctantly put the passbook in his hand away.
"Well, that's right. It's only natural for a brother to raise his sister. The extra ones are your engagement gift to Ningning."
"ah?"
What...an engagement gift?
How come she didn't know she was getting engaged?
He was so shocked by these words that his eyes were dizzy and mosquito coils appeared in his eyes. He had a rare dazed expression.
"You're the only one who talks too much!"
Raising his hand, he slapped him on the back of the head. Zhang Fuben was thinking of waiting until he met someone tomorrow and then discussing the matter with Ningning after thinking it over.
Before I could even think of a word, this big mouth started yelling.
But since it has been mentioned, Zhang Fu thought about it and decided to have a good talk with her about it.
"Ningning, come here, let's go inside and talk."
"Ah, yeah, okay."
Still dizzy, Suning subconsciously followed him to the main room.
She hadn't come to her senses yet when Hu Yingtao and Xiaoqiu finished seeing Jinhua and Wu Meng came out of the room and excitedly joined in the conversation.
"Ningning, don't blame your godfather and godmother for being too nosy, it's really because a girl's reputation is too important.
We know you don't care what outsiders say or think, but we can't bear to see you being criticized in the slightest."
Nowadays, the old-fashioned way of arranging a marriage based on parents’ orders and matchmaker’s words is no longer popular. Couples only meet for the first time on their wedding night.
Nowadays, everyone is talking about freedom of love and freedom of marriage.
After confirming their relationship, the parents of both parties will meet, and if there are no problems, they will discuss engagement and then jointly choose an auspicious day to get the marriage certificate.
This is basically the process.
Ningning's situation is special. None of her elders are around, and she is alone in Xiangnan.
Now that you are dating someone and his/her elders are around, if you don’t finalize these things, the longer you delay, the girl will be the one who suffers whether the relationship succeeds or not.
"Godfather, godmother, I know you are doing this for my own good..."
But how should I tell them that I have no plans to get married?
Does that mean she wants to be a hooligan who only dates but doesn't get married?
Clenching his palms, Su Ning looked a little embarrassed and his eyes showed a hint of distress.
Zhang Qi, who was standing aside holding Xiao Qiu, looked down at her expression and couldn't help wondering: Why does it feel like... his sister doesn't want to take responsibility?
With a smile, Zhang Qi shook his head to get rid of the weird thoughts in his mind. Who would want to be in a relationship for a lifetime without getting married?
If he is a scumbag who wants to have multiple relationships, then that is possible, but how could Ningning be that kind of person?
I guess it's because the girl is too shy, or maybe they have just started dating and haven't thought these things through.
"Ningning, if you haven't thought it through, then let's investigate first. If he passes the test and can be entrusted with the engagement, then we can discuss it later."
"..."Anyway, once you're dating someone, you can't avoid getting engaged and married, right?
Putting on a helpless smile, Suning could only nod and say "OK".
If anyone knew this, Yan Bei would be the happiest person.
Thinking about the two months of getting along since we confirmed our relationship, the tacit understanding between the two of us...
The person whose eyes seemed to light up all the stars and the sea when looking at him.
She quietly covered her chest, which was beating faster unconsciously: If it was him, after all, she didn't have much rejection in her heart.
Then, let it be.
She also shouldn't deny Yan Bei just because of someone like Xu Zixin.
This is not fair to him.
"Auntie!"
"Um?"
The little guy who had come down from Zhang Qi's body and was holding onto her legs was shaking with great effort, blinking his big eyes.
He put away his thoughts, picked her up and placed her on his lap, touched her upturned nose with his fingertips and smiled lovingly, "What's wrong, Xiaoqiu?"
"Aunt, grandma said you'll be free tomorrow and will take Xiaoqiu out to play, right?"
"Yes, tomorrow my aunt will take Xiaoqiu to the countryside to play. There are many, many things there..."
…
The next day, the family got up early and had breakfast. Zhang Fu and his wife packed up the things they needed to take back to the team, while Zhang Qi acted as a laborer and accompanied Suning to the post office to mail the things.
When the two came back, the house had already been tidied.
After saying hello to the two grandmas next door and leaving a good message for Zhang Ze, the group set off for the bus station in a mighty manner.
This is when the convenience of installing a telephone in the team is demonstrated.
As soon as they arrived in Yong County, Su Jianqun was already waiting at the intersection driving a ox cart.
"Thank you for your hard work, little brother!"
"Oh, it's not that hard. I'm fine staying at home. I'm almost growing mushrooms. It's so comfortable to be out and about!"
Su Jianqun, with his teeth bared and acting funny, looked like a silly boy who had not yet grown up, and made several people laugh.
After giving them a brief introduction and a few polite greetings, Su Jianqun carefully drove the ox cart back.
Unlike the city where the first snow has yet to arrive, several high-altitude teams around Yong County have already experienced a number of heavy snowfalls, causing the mountain roads to freeze and become more difficult to travel on than before.
"The temperature inside and outside the mountain is different, and there's so much snow!"
She gathered Xiaoqiu's thick cotton-padded jacket in her arms, and pulled her scarf up to cover her mouth and nose. After she was done, Hu Yingtao hugged the little girl tightly in her arms again.
It is rare to see snow in Shanghai in winter, and it is common to not see a snowfall for several years.
Suddenly seeing the snow-capped mountains with green mountains hidden among them, I couldn't help but feel surprised and happy.
"It's not so bad now. After a few days, there will probably be several more snowstorms in the middle of December. Then we should close the mountain."
"Close the mountain? How long will it last?"
"It's hard to say. It depends on how heavy the snow is. Last year, the mountain was closed for more than half a month."
Everyone sighed a few times but didn't think much about it. After all, there were still more than ten days until the middle of the twelfth lunar month as he mentioned, and no one expected that they would be so unlucky to encounter a severe snowstorm and close the mountain in advance.
…
It took one or two times longer than usual for the ox cart to slowly drive into a group and finally stop steadily at the Su family's ancestral home.
After helping to move the things on the ox cart into the yard and putting them away, Su Jianqun sniffed and was about to drive the cows back to the cowshed so he could go home early to warm up his almost frozen bodies, when he saw Suning trotting towards him with something in his hand.
"Wait a minute, little brother!"
"What's wrong, Ningning?"
"Take these candies back to Nizi and the others to sweeten their mouths. And by the way, tell my uncle and aunt that I will be over there with my godfather and godmother later."
"Okay, I'll bring it to you, but this candy..."
Su Jianqun swallowed his saliva. It was not because he was not greedy anymore but because his grandfather had spoken.
He said he had done some small things for Ningning and dared to put all kinds of expensive things in his pocket, so he was given a delicious meal of stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots!
"What's wrong?"
"My Lord will beat me!"
“Poof~”
Thinking of that lovely old man Su Qingshan, Su Ning smiled with her eyes curved. When she found that the young man's facial features were almost squeezed together, she couldn't help but laugh even more happily.
"Hey, little brother, can't you hide it and quietly share it with everyone? Don't worry, I won't know unless you and I tell anyone."
In the end, Su Jianqun still couldn't resist the temptation of candy...
Ah, that's not right. According to him, it should be for the happiness of his brothers and sisters, and it is worth sacrificing him even if they are discovered. He drove away with an expression as if he was dying a heroic death.
That look made her so happy that her laughter was interrupted by two shouts one after another.
"Ningning!" "Su Ning!"
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