Chapter 146146 Proposal (I)
Pei Che had two or three candidates in mind, each with a different appearance.
He would have to go back and ask who was willing to accept this blind date, so it was not appropriate to tell Second Aunt Ding too much now.
Huang Meihua wanted to put forward some conditions, but her daughter's appearance, work and cultural level could not compare with Ding Guo's.
It would be great if her daughter Taozi could become a regular worker. With the worker status, she would have more outstanding young men to choose from. But how easy is it to get a worker status?
She had to take advantage of Jianguo's wife's idle attitude to talk to the old family, saying that their daughter-in-law was too harmful.
Huang Meihua acted quickly and asked for leave to go to the commune the next day.
She didn't know that Yue Hongmei had gone to the capital to help Ding Nianjun look after the children. She only knew that Yue Hongmei was no longer working in the factory. It was too troublesome to ask someone to call her to answer the phone, so she found Ding Zhigang.
Huang Meihua's words were tantamount to scolding, so Ding Zhigang was scolded while holding the phone.
After hanging up the phone, the old man's face turned red as if he had been slapped dozens of times from both sides.
For the entire morning, his head was buzzing and his face was constantly hot.
Because that phone call not only got him scolded, but also gave him a piece of news that was like a bolt from the blue: Ding Guo brought his girlfriend to meet his parents, and it turned out that the parent was not him!
Ding Zhigang rubbed his slightly numb face, the second brother's ridicule still echoing in his ears: "... your family is such a rotten fish and shrimp, no wonder even your own daughter despises you. When she finds a partner and meets the parents for the first time, she would rather take a two-day train ride back to the village to visit the third brother's family than even bother to see you..."
The eldest daughter brought her boyfriend to the third daughter's house to meet her parents.
During the Chinese New Year, her boyfriend brought a truckload of stuff to the third brother's house, and this time he brought another truckload of stuff... In fact, Huang Meihua didn't know what Pei Che brought to the third brother's house this time. Anyway, it was not the same as what he brought to his own house. She exaggerated it to irritate Ding Zhigang.
Ding Guo's move really slapped his old face.
Ding Zhigang lay on his back on the sofa. It was time for dinner, but he didn't feel hungry at all.
Of course, there was no one at home to cook for him.
Yue Hongmei is still in the capital, and given the current situation at home, he couldn't bear to go to the cafeteria to eat. Usually he would come back and make something for himself. But today he was in no mood at all. His mind was full of thoughts about his eldest daughter treating the third child's family as the real elders and bypassing him.
Ding Zhigang frowned, feeling extremely resentful towards his eldest daughter who had turned away from them.
No matter how dissatisfied you are with them, you should still come back to handle such an important matter and discuss it with them.
Meeting the third brother's family would be like meeting his parents, so she was not afraid of being laughed at by her boyfriend's family.
Since they don't take their parents seriously, when the man proposes marriage, let them go to their uncle and aunt to propose marriage. Don't let them come to our house. He won't serve them even if they come.
When she loses face in front of her husband's family, she shouldn't come back and blame them.
As he thought about this, his flushed face still had a hint of blue.
After a while, Ding Zhigang, who had finally recovered from his shock, was about to go to the kitchen to get some steamed bread and some water to eat, when the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside: "Old Ding, Old Ding, hurry up, your daughter-in-law has been sent to the hospital and is about to give birth. Your son called the factory and asked you to hurry over to the maternal and child hospital and take some money..."
The person who opened the door was his colleague from the factory, Lao He, who was sweating and panting.
Ding Zhigang's blue face turned even paler: "She's going to give birth? Isn't it too early to give birth yet?"
Lao He said, "How would I know? I heard your son was talking in a hurry. You should go over and take a look. I'll be back first."
After Lao He left, Ding Zhigang stood there in a daze, his mind blank.
Isn't there still more than half a month left for the old house? How come it's been brought forward so much?
He didn't even have time to eat his steamed corn bread and rushed to the hospital.
Ding Jianguo was just spinning around when he saw his father coming over. He hurriedly wiped his sweat and came up to him: "Dad, did you get the money?"
Ding Zhigang was also sweating profusely. He didn't even bother to wipe it off. He hurriedly took money out of his pocket and asked, "Isn't your wife still half a month old? How come it's so early?"
Ding Jianguo's face was not looking good either: "Second Aunt called their factory because of Xiaomei's marriage proposal to Taozi. Xiaomei got pregnant right after she answered the phone."
When he rushed over, he heard from Xiaomei's colleagues at the factory that Xiaomei had been scolded by her relatives from his hometown and had a premature birth.
Ding Zhigang's face turned pale again, and he said angrily: "Your second aunt is really..."
Why is the second brother’s family like this? Don’t they know that Jianguo’s wife is pregnant?
Oh, they didn't seem to write to their hometown to tell them about this. But Ding Tao lived at home, didn't she tell her parents about Jianguo's wife's situation?
If the eldest daughter-in-law gets angry and gets hurt, let's see how the second family will explain it.
Ding Jianguo also hated those relatives in his hometown, but he was too angry to say anything else. He told two colleagues from Xiaomei's factory and asked them to help take care of her while he went to pay the money and then go back to get his things.
Xiaomei started in a hurry and didn't even take the things she had prepared for the child. After paying the money, she rode her bike home in a hurry and stepped on the bike chain, causing sparks.
His mother was still in the capital, so he asked someone to go to his mother-in-law's house to pass on a message, but his mother-in-law had not come yet.
He also asked someone to send a letter to his eldest sister. He hoped that his eldest sister could put aside her prejudices and come to help him.
No matter what, this is the first grandchild in the Ding family.
My eldest sister is going to be an aunt. For the sake of the children, she should know the importance of things.
It's really terrible everywhere.
Ding Jianguo, who was so busy at this time, couldn't help but feel a little resentful towards Ding Nianjun who always protected him.
Although he knew that Nianjun didn't have any elders to help him, when it came to things he was not good at, he longed for a mother to help him. But his mother was taking care of his sister, and no matter how much he loved his sister, he couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.
When Ding Jianguo returned to the hospital, he looked like he had been fished out of the water. Apart from the faint screams of Lu Xiaomei, there was no other sound from the delivery room.
Ding Zhigang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his son coming.
He felt a little embarrassed.
Why is he, an old man, here while his daughter-in-law is giving birth?
Fortunately, two female comrades from the union of his daughter-in-law's factory were there, otherwise he would have been even more embarrassed.
Ding Zhigang looked around and found that his mother-in-law had not come yet. Why didn’t she come yet?
Although Lu Xiaomei had previously said that she would let her mother-in-law take care of her during the confinement period, her mother-in-law was somewhat reluctant, and Xiaomei's sister-in-law was also not very happy. But as a mother, wouldn't she be worried about her daughter giving birth to a child?
My eldest sister... didn’t come either.
They are so ignorant. Why are they all so ignorant?
Ding Jianguo felt a little cold in his heart, and a sense of grievance came up from nowhere. He squatted down, covering his face and started crying.
Ding Zhigang thought he was worried about his wife and children, and just as he was about to say a few words of comfort, the door of the delivery room was opened, and a nurse poked her head out and said, "Lu Xiaomei's family, go buy some food for the mother."
Ding Jianguo didn't care to cry, he stood up and asked blankly: "What does my wife want to eat?"
"What? Eat something to have strength to give birth."
Ding Jianguo hurried out, bought two steamed buns, knocked on the door and handed them in.
Lu Xiaomei almost died of anger.
Steamed buns? She was driven into premature birth by the man’s relatives. She took huge risks to give birth here and now she has no strength left, so they give her steamed buns?
With the money she pays every month, can’t she buy a few buns or eggs?
"Ding Jianguo, you bastard, I want to split up the family, I want to split up the family!"
Lu Xiaomei screamed hysterically, and the people outside felt their scalps tingling...
Ding Zhigang was so overwhelmed that he went to borrow the doctor's phone to call Pan Dingfeng to see if he could get Yue Hongmei back.
My eldest daughter-in-law didn't take good care of herself during the confinement period, so our family will have no peace from now on.
There was a person walking towards the stairs. Ding Jianguo felt relieved when he saw him and hurriedly went up to him: "Mom!"
Great, his mother-in-law is here.
Mother Lu didn't delay on purpose. She went out to buy groceries. When she got home, she heard the news from her neighbor and rushed over: "How is Xiaomei? Why did she start the disease early? Did you call your mother?"
She was worried about her daughter, but if she was asked to take care of her during the confinement period, she would not be able to explain to her daughter-in-law at home unless her in-laws gave an explanation.
Ding Jianguo didn’t know what to say, but he certainly couldn’t hide this matter.
He also knew why Second Aunt made this call. It should be because Ding Tao told the family about the guy Xiaomei introduced to her. It was indeed a bit unkind to introduce him to such a family, but Second Aunt also didn't know the seriousness of the matter. Xiaomei was pregnant. If she had any dissatisfaction, couldn't she wait until Xiaomei gave birth to the baby before saying it?
Over at Yangjiawo, the wheat harvest is in full swing.
Huang Meihua, who was rushing from the commune to the village under the scorching sun, looked a little panicked.
She forgot that Jianguo's wife was pregnant.
But she just couldn't control her anger. After hanging up the phone with her uncle, she couldn't help but call the textile factory.
Jianguo's wife almost harmed Taozi, and she can't even say a few words of scolding?
But I didn't expect Jianguo's wife to be so resistant to scolding. After a few scoldings, she actually complained of stomachache, and it sounded like she even threw the phone.
Could it be that he is pretending?
Ding Guo, who was preparing mung bean soup at home, was reminded by Haozi that her stepfather had created income for her.
Ding Guo went backstage and took a look. He was somewhat shocked by the speed at which the name Ding Zhigang scrolled. "What happened?"
It's also about her.
Could it be that he knew that she was going back to her hometown?
Pei Che went to the fields again today. She hadn't been to the fields yet, so she didn't know that Huang Meihua had gone to the commune, and the reason for going to the commune was to prepare to curse people from a distance.
When she cooked the mung bean soup and brought it to the field, she found that Huang Meihua was not there. Then she guessed something.
Ding Dazhu was not in the field either. He was sent by his third aunt to go shopping. Although Ding Guo and Pei Che tried to stop him again and again, they failed.
Pei Che was wearing a camouflage vest today, with a towel draped around his neck. He wiped his sweat with the towel, then took the teacup that Ding Guo handed over and drank most of it in one breath.
Ding Guo looked at him and smiled: "Are you tired?"
“Not tired!”
How can you be tired when you act at your mother-in-law's house?
Whenever he thought that the people arranged by the old man at home were on the way, he felt full of energy and felt that he could conquer ten acres of land in one breath.
Peng Guihua came over and looked at the two children with a smile in her eyes. She asked Pei Che to go back and rest again, but was rejected again as expected.
It was already past dinner time when Huang Meihua got home. She was so nervous that she didn't even have time to eat. She went to Ding Guo to inquire about Jianguo's wife's pregnancy.
"How many months has Jianguo been married?"
Although Ding Guo did not take the initiative to care about the affairs of the Ding family, he had heard Ding Tao talk about Lu Xiaomei's situation.
"She should be giving birth soon, right? What's wrong?"
Huang Meihua's expression changed a little.
Could it be that he was not pretending? Did he really piss off a pregnant woman who was about to give birth?
When she curses someone, she can be as vicious as possible, but if something really happens, she would also be afraid.
"It's just... I was talking to Jianguo's wife, and I heard a bang over there, and heard Jianguo's wife screaming that her stomach hurts. I didn't make her angry, did I? Do you think she was pretending?"
It's not easy to agree with such words.
Who knows what nasty words Second Aunt said. Given Lu Xiaomei's condition, she might really be angry.
"Call Taozi and ask her to go check it out. If there's anything, ask her to send a telegram back to let you know."
"Yes, yes, why didn't I think of this? I'm back, you say..."
Huang Meihua was a little confused. She knew she had gotten into trouble, so she rushed home to escape and even forgot to call Ding Tao.
She left anxiously and returned to the commune.
Because she was thinking about the news from Fengning, Huang Meihua forgot about Pei Che's family proposing marriage.
He didn't even notice that the third family didn't come to work after their morning shift. He just buried his head in his work, waiting for the postman to deliver the telegram.
When two military jeeps drove into the village, the villagers who were harvesting wheat in the fields couldn't help but stand up and look towards the widest road in the village.
"What happened?"
“It’s the army’s car!”
"Oh my god, two cars came at once, what happened in our village?"
The village cadres were also alarmed and rushed to the brigade headquarters.
When I took it to the brigade headquarters, I couldn't see a jeep or even a wheel.
At Ding Zhicheng's home, Ding Guo looked at the old man getting off the car and was stunned. The old man was here too!
“Grandpa Pei!”
The old man, wearing a military uniform and looking energetic, got out of the car with a smile. He responded first and then looked at the middle-aged couple next to Ding Guo who were a little confused.
Pei Che naturally did not wait in the village today. He went to pick someone up early in the morning. At this time, he whispered in Mr. Pei's ear, and Mr. Pei hurriedly greeted Ding Zhicheng and Peng Guihua: "Hello, relatives, I am Pei Che's grandfather."
"Hey, grandpa-in-law, come in, come in..." Peng Guihua greeted him enthusiastically.
Ding Zhicheng looked at the old man in military uniform. The old man smiled kindly, but his temperament could not be hidden. It was obvious that he was a high-ranking official.
Coming down with the old man was a young woman who looked to be about 27 or 28 years old and who looked somewhat similar to Pei Che.
Two middle-aged men got out of another car, both around 40 years old. Ding Guo only knew one of them, Song Chengli, Uncle Song.
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