Chapter 73 73 That’s it. Hiding things from here and there is not a small thing…
At least I brought some food with me last time. Although I took it away in the end, it wasn't like I came back empty-handed.
Today is August 15th. Ding Guo and Dayong swaggered into the steel plant's staff compound with their heads on their shoulders.
Before I reached the grand staircase, I ran into the aunt named Zheng Xiuhua.
In the past, Ding Guo had spread gossip about his home to his neighbors who were enjoying the cool breeze. Zheng Xiuhua was the one who knew the gossip the best and it was the one who got the most out of it. When Xiao Hong came to visit, she told Ding Nianjun in the corridor that she wanted to marry her ideal husband and let Ding Guo marry a fool.
Aunt Zheng volunteered to expose the incident. Ding Guo and this neighbor did not plan it in advance. It was purely a coincidence, which just hit Ding Guo's heart. Therefore, Ding Guo had a good impression of this aunt. When they met, he naturally called her "Aunt" with a smile.
"Oh, it's Ding Guo. His little face is finally presentable. He has gained some weight compared to when he just came back to the city, and he looks whiter too." Zheng Xiuhua didn't like the Ding family, but for some reason she had a good impression of Ding Guo, and the smile she showed when she greeted him was genuine.
She also knew that the Ding family was the Ding family, and Ding Guo was Ding Guo. The boundaries between the two sides were now very clear. Ding Guo was kicked out of his family and never moved back. He came back today to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
But when she looked down, she saw that Ding Guo came back empty-handed, and she couldn't help but smile knowingly, because it was obvious that the conflict at home had not been resolved.
That's good. She can talk about some gossip about the Ding family. Thinking of this, she hurriedly pulled Ding Guo aside and said with a suppressed smile: "Your parents made a fool of themselves again today..."
Ding Guo perked up when he heard this, and took out a handful of melon seeds from his pocket and handed them over: "What's the joke, auntie?"
Zheng Xiuhua took the melon seeds with a smile, and she knew that Ding Guo would definitely like to hear it.
Ding Guo and Ding Dayong did not return to the steel plant's staff quarters early. They slept until they woke up naturally in the morning, and it was already eight o'clock when they opened their eyes. They cooked and ate, and forced Ding Dayong to do a set of boxing in the yard, which they had accidentally mastered. They also took care of the small vegetable plot they had developed in the yard, weeding, watering, and applying some fermented fertilizer. Seeing that it was already ten o'clock, the two of them locked the door and rode their bikes over here. It was now past half past ten, almost eleven o'clock, so naturally they did not see the bustle of the Ding family.
It is said that early this morning, the entire Ding family went to the station to pick someone up.
Before today, Yue Hongmei had announced in the staff quarters that the man Ding Nianjun was dating from the capital would come to their house to propose marriage on the Mid-Autumn Festival.
According to the customs in Fengning, when formally proposing marriage, the man must bring not only his parents but also the matchmaker. If the man's family has many people, his brothers and sisters will also come to support the event, and the ceremony will be quite grand.
When Yue Hongmei said this in the family compound, and she deliberately brought up the man's family background again, everyone naturally thought of a grand occasion.
In addition, Yue Hongmei started exchanging various tickets in the family compound half a month ago, and started queuing up to buy things in various supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores a week ago, for fear of neglecting her in-laws.
Yesterday I spent the whole day queuing up to buy meat and fish.
This is obviously prepared for more than two tables. How many people are coming from the man's family?
In addition, the whole family went to the station to pick someone up this morning to show their appreciation for their in-laws.
At this point, in fact, everyone thinks that everything is normal. Even if they feel that the Ding family is a bit flattering, and that they are obviously the woman's family, but their attitude is a bit humble, but they can also express understanding. Not to mention that the man's family is a high-ranking family, it is said that the young man's father is a high-ranking officer in the army, and his position is not low. Moreover, the man's family came from the capital, and it takes a long time to take a car, and it is not a direct route. They have to take a car from the capital to the "Wuxin District", and then drive back from the Wuxin District to Fengning. Needless to say, the hardship involved.
Out of courtesy, it is not excessive for the whole family to go to greet the guest together.
But everyone stretched their necks to wait to see the official's family, and the whole family surrounded the one who came back, and it was the young man who had come several times.
Ding Zhigang and Yue Hongmei both looked unhappy.
The other children of the Ding family no longer had the enthusiasm they had when they went to pick up the people, and Ding Nianjun's eyes were still red.
Pan Dingfeng, who was surrounded by people, was holding a gift box in his hand and looked a little uncomfortable.
Neighbors waiting to see the high-ranking official’s family compound: …
Ding Guo was also surprised: "Didn't Pan communicate with Jiu'er in advance? He should have told the woman's family in advance how many people were coming. They also need to prepare a banquet based on the number of people."
She was not standing up for the Ding family, she was just curious and wanted to talk about the matter at hand.
Zheng Xiuhua spat out a mouthful of melon seed shells and said, "What a joke. Maybe he didn't expect your whole family to go to the station to pick up the in-laws. They went there to pick up a large family, but ended up with only one young man." Then she added, "It's so embarrassing. The girl your eldest brother just started dating is also coming here today, and he asked her to go with him to pick him up. Don't let this girl feel embarrassed and brag to Jianguo again."
Ding Guo was shocked: "Who? Who's dating someone?"
Zheng Xiuhua was also surprised: "You don't know? Didn't Ding Jianguo's previous girlfriend break up with him..." When she said this, Zheng Xiuhua felt a little embarrassed. She herself didn't expect that she couldn't resist stabbing Ding Nianjun last time, and ended up accidentally ruining Ding Jianguo's girlfriend. Yue Hongmei came to her house and quarreled with her several times.
It is said that it is better to destroy a temple than to break up a marriage. She felt embarrassed when her husband scolded her for this.
She looked down on Ding Nianjun and the partiality of Ding Zhigang and his wife, but Ding Jianguo didn't provoke her, and they were a good couple, but ended up breaking up.
But now she is not so embarrassed anymore, as Ding Jianguo is talking to her again.
"Ding Nianjun introduced her to him and said she was a colleague from the factory!"
Ding Guo was impressed: "I really don't know."
Ding Jianguo didn't mention it yesterday. Of course, the relationship between the siblings was not that deep enough to talk about such topics.
Ding Guo didn't care much about it, just wish him the best!
She is now embarrassed for the Ding family and has dug a villa out with her toes.
As a blood relative, she also felt ashamed.
I should have known not to come back.
The reason why Yue Hongmei showed off this in the family compound in advance was, firstly, that her family had made a lot of jokes recently and urgently needed to restore their reputation. In fact, she had been holding it in for a long time and wanted to show off a long time ago. It was not easy for her to endure it until now; secondly, Ding Nianjun did not tell her that she had used some means to confirm her relationship with Pan Dingfeng, which created an illusion that made Yue Hongmei think that it was her Junjun who impressed Pan's parents with her excellence. Since Pan's parents had agreed, they naturally liked her Junjun. Now when it was time to talk about business, the Pan family would naturally give enough face and do things in a good way.
After all, they have such a good family background. People from such a family should care more about their face than them. It would be embarrassing for them if they looked too shabby.
That's how it was. By hiding things here and there, he accidentally made a joke of himself in the family compound.
Upstairs, Yue Hongmei came out to throw dirty water. She glanced down and saw two familiar people. The troublemaker was actually chatting enthusiastically with Zheng Xiuhua. She was immediately furious. If she was not afraid that the dirty water would be poured on the heads of the residents downstairs, she really wanted to throw the basin in her hand on Ding Guo's head.
"Ding Guo, hurry up and come up. It's so late."
Ding Guo was still debating whether or not to turn around with Dayong and go back to the courtyard to celebrate the holiday by herself, when she suddenly heard Yue Hongmei's scolding. She raised her head slightly, glanced back, said goodbye to Zheng Xiuhua with a smile, and pulled Ding Dayong upstairs.
When Yue Hongmei saw that she came back empty-handed, her heart suddenly sank. She looked at Ding Dayong who was standing next to her and looked a little embarrassed.
It’s so frustrating!
She thought that she should be able to get Ding Dayong back to the countryside after spending so much money on such a big event last time, but she didn't expect that the peasant was still in Fengning and must have found a new job.
Of course, she heard this from the second child's family. The second child's family called the factory and she went to the factory to answer the phone. They insisted that she get a job for their child as well.
It's not that easy to get the job done. It's Ding Guo who caused all the trouble.
Yue Hongmei was suspicious of what the second family said. She thought that Ding Dayong had lost his job. Ding Guo felt embarrassed about it, so she insisted on keeping Ding Dayong in the city and waiting for an opportunity, and supported him with her own food rations.
But looking at the situation now, it seems that what she thought was wrong again.
Two people were eating the same ration as one person, yet he not only grew taller, but also looked a little fatter than the last time I saw him.
Dingguo is more obvious.
I was so nervous that night at the police station that I didn't pay attention. But now when I look at him, I see that his face has become plumper, and his complexion has lost the dark, yellow and rough color that he had when he first returned to the city. It has become much whiter, with a hint of red, and even his hair is no longer like dry grass.
After gaining weight, she suddenly looked prettier than Nianjun.
Yue Hongmei felt a little uncomfortable. She gave her a cold look, then turned around and left with the water.
Ding Guo pulled Ding Dayong into the house, and as soon as they entered, they met Pan Dingfeng. Ding Guo curled his lips slightly, not knowing whether he could receive Uncle Xiao's gift today.
Pan Dingfeng quickly looked away. He couldn't care less about the lawsuit between him and Ding Guo at the moment. He was feeling embarrassed.
His parents didn't give him face, so he was embarrassed to tell Nianjun. He didn't expect the Ding family to take it so seriously and the whole family went to pick him up at the station.
From this situation, I know without asking that they are not here to pick him up. They must have thought that they were showing respect to his parents by bringing their parents with them, but the result is...
I’m sorry for the injustice!
Ding Guo stopped staring at Pan Dingfeng. She turned her gaze and saw a strange face sitting next to Ding Nianjun, comforting Ding Nianjun.
I don't know who this person is. Let's see if someone introduces her to him later.
Ding Nianjun was crying, it was so embarrassing and humiliating. She didn't expect that Mr. and Mrs. Pan were so cruel and would actually give her such a disrespect.
The same goes for Pan Dingfeng, why didn’t he tell her in advance?
At this moment, she rarely felt a bit dissatisfied with Pan Dingfeng.
Also dissatisfied are people like Yue Hongmei, Ding Zhigang and Ding Jianguo.
He was dissatisfied with Yue Hongmei's early announcement of the matter in the compound, and also dissatisfied with Ding Zhigang's proposal this morning that the whole family should go to the station to pick them up to show respect to their in-laws, except Ding Guo who was not at home at the time.
Dissatisfied with Ding Jianguo's notification to Ding Guo yesterday. Of course, this suggestion was made by Comrade Ding Zhigang, so Ding Nianjun's dissatisfaction with Ding Zhigang at this time increased.
Now that she had made a fool of herself, Ding Guo would definitely laugh at her.
That's right. As soon as she thought of this, Ding Guo laughed at her and said, "Didn't the Pan family come to propose marriage today? How come there is only one person? I heard that the whole family went to the station to pick him up. If you don't know, you might think Pan Dingfeng is disabled and needs the whole family to carry him."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Yue Hongmei was unhappy and scolded.
Pan Dingfeng frowned and said in a deep voice: "I didn't think this matter through. It's all my fault. I didn't tell Nianjun in advance, so Nianjun was entrusted..."
Before he finished speaking, no one noticed when Ding Guo walked up to Pan Dingfeng and slapped him: "Of course it's your fault. This slap is for my eldest sister. As the saying goes, you should raise your head to marry a daughter and lower your head to marry a daughter-in-law. Although my parents are a little fawning because of your family background, your back is not straight, your neck can't support it and you can't lift your head, but at this time, your family should bow your head!"
Pan Dingfeng was stunned by the slap.
No one in the room reacted for a moment.
Bang, the second slap comes again.
Ding Guo said coldly: "This slap is for myself, because you didn't think it through and made me embarrassed."
She didn't mention at all that he arranged for Qi Guangming to frame her, but the two slaps in the face were to settle the score.
Otherwise, what kind of good person would seek justice for his family members and even be sarcastic about it?
Didn’t you see that the little green-headed turtle’s face has swelled up into that of a red-headed turtle?
Yue Hongmei was so angry that her eyes turned black and she wanted to hit Ding Guo with a ferocious expression.
Ding Nianjun stopped whimpering and started to scream "Ahhhh" instead, and rushed over to hit Ding Guo.
Ding Guo slapped him with his backhand, turning him into a spinning top, and he spun in a circle on the spot and fell out.
The eldest sister Ding Guo was full of vigor and scolded: "You spineless bastard, your whole family has been abused because of you, and your face has been trampled on!"
"Enough, stop it!" Ding Zhigang, who had come to his senses, shouted loudly, breathlessly.
Ding Guo stopped his hand and smiled, saying, "Dad, happy Mid-Autumn Festival!"
After saying that, he patted Ding Dayong beside him and said angrily, "Dayong, you are dumb, why don't you say happy birthday to your uncle?"
Ding Dayong raised his hand and grinned, "Uncle, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, I'm here again, hehe!"
Ding Zhigang lost his balance and hit his forehead hard. His eyes went dark and he fell onto the sofa.
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