“Hongmei, I’m not going. It’s me and Zeng Zhongkang, not Erya and Cheng Guangxu.”
“Wang Ying, sometimes it’s good to play dumb. Besides, Zeng Zhongkang is quite responsible.”
"Hehe. I know it myself. What I want right now is a child that I can give birth to."
“Wang Ying, this kind of negativity is not good. A couple needs to be of one mind to live together.”
"Yes, I understand all of that. You can rest assured about me."
"Hongmei. Our lingerie store has opened. Although sales aren't great right now, I'm sure it will become a hit."
The two walked and talked, with Su Chen following half a step behind Zhang Hongmei. This way, he could react quickly if anything unexpected happened.
"Hongmei, only Cai Peilin is left. Do you have a target?"
"No, Cai Peilin never says anything, I have no idea what he's thinking or what he wants from his wife."
"That taciturn guy, he never says anything."
"Yes, I need to ask him. How lonely must he be all by himself?"
Wang Ying accompanied Zhang Hongmei for a stroll in the yard for more than half an hour. Since the two got married, they had much more to talk about.
It wasn't until just before dinner that Cai Peilin finally played the game Zhang Hongmei had requested. In the past, Zhang Hongmei had always approved the games, but this time Zeng Zhongkang was in charge of the approval.
After finishing his meal, Gu Chuanming asked Wang Ying, "Are you two staying here or going home?"
"Commander, let's go home. We're going to visit Comrade Zeng Zhongkang tomorrow to wish him a Happy New Year, and we haven't prepared the gifts yet."
"Okay, go to the warehouse in a bit and take whatever you need."
"Hehe, I saved money again."
Zhang Xingguo chuckled to himself, and Gu Chuan understood her meaning with a glance. "Let's go quickly."
Wang Ying called Aunt Li along, and they took two boxes of high-end pastries, four bottles of liquor, and a lot of apples from the storeroom.
"Wang Ying, there are still many tonics available?"
"No need for that. The two leaders still need to pay their New Year's visits. This is enough for me. Otherwise, it would be a burden on them."
Zeng Zhongkang was driving, and Wang Ying was in the passenger seat. "You said Cheng Guangxu is getting married, does Cai Peilin have any thoughts on that?"
"He doesn't talk much. Even though we've been together for three years, I really don't understand him."
"Hehe, Hongmei said the same thing. I wonder if he's getting anxious seeing you two getting married."
I don't know any suitable girls, otherwise I would definitely introduce him to someone.
"Let's ask him what he thinks first. I'll ask him when he comes over in a few days."
"Well, Hongmei told me today that when Erya graduates, the leader will arrange for her to work at the research institute. She even asked me if I wanted to go. What do you think I could do there?"
I really don't like doing anything like writing and calculating. I'd rather just stick to helping Hongmei manage the business.
"It's fine as long as you like it. Actually, even when we're in the research institute, we often just rest in the studio."
Wang Ying understood Zeng Zhongkang's meaning. She herself didn't care. It was certain that she liked Zeng Zhongkang, but not to the extent that her superiors liked Hongmei. So even if the two separated, she wasn't particularly sad.
"You're going to visit your two comrades to wish them a Happy New Year?"
“The other comrades have all gone back to their hometowns, and there are some childhood friends, but we haven’t kept in touch for many years, so there’s no need for us to go back to the compound. Besides, I don’t want to go back.”
"Understood. Do we need to add any more gifts?"
"I don't know either."
Wang Ying rolled her eyes. "So they're all married? Have children?"
"They're all married, and they all have children, and not just one."
"Oh! I still have a few bolts of cloth. I'll split them up tomorrow, half for the boy and half for the girl."
"Okay, you can arrange it as you see fit."
The two returned home and went about their respective tasks.
On the train, Cheng Guangxu was very eager to please Sanya and Shitou, and he would volunteer to do all the chores, such as fetching water and washing apples.
"Second sister, isn't this Brother Cheng a bit too much?"
Er Ya glared at Shi Tou and said, "You have someone to serve you, and you still have something to say?"
That's not what I meant!
Lu Jing booked a premium sleeper berth, which meant there were four of them in one room. So it was convenient for everything.
"Brother Cheng, will you teach us a foreign language?"
"Alright, did Hongmei teach you this? How far have you gotten in your studies?"
"Why learn a foreign language? You can learn that later. Why don't you teach them high school math instead?"
"Hehe, that's no problem at all, that's my forte."
Cheng Guangxu spent the entire morning tutoring the two of them.
"Brother Cheng, you teach better than our math teacher."
Cheng Guangxu smiled shyly, feeling a little embarrassed by Sanya's praise.
"Since I'm a good teacher, I'll try to go through the second-year high school textbooks with you two before your second sister and I leave. Math really isn't that difficult, as long as you use the right methods."
Of course, the two were willing. Even Shi Tou, who never took notes, quickly memorized the method Cheng Guangxu described.
Er Ya went to get hot water at noon without disturbing them. She was quite grateful to her boyfriend for taking such good care of her younger siblings.
The two younger ones are becoming more and more respectable. Their attitudes are very proper, and even Er Ya finds Cheng Guangxu's lectures reasonable, well-founded, and very engaging.
Although the flatbread was cold, it wasn't bad. Er Ya helped the three of them wrap braised meat in the flatbread.
Sanya ate more delicately, while Shitou was the type to eat meat in big bites. Erya saw that he really liked meat, so she put twice as much meat in the second pancake as in the first one.
The young man ate it in just a few bites.
Er Ya handed him a bowl of milk; it was milk powder given to him by Hong Mei.
Actually, Shi Tou really likes milk and goat milk. Zhang Hongmei often let him drink it when he was little, and he gradually grew to like it. After the four of them finished eating, Er Ya told the two younger ones to go to bed for a nap.
She and Cheng Guangxi were chatting quietly.
"Cheng Guangxu, I want to take care of my parents in their old age."
"No problem, I'm at ease with the elderly at home."
Aren't you angry?
"How could that be? I've been alone since I was little, so I especially love big, lively families."
"But I am a daughter."
“What’s wrong with being a daughter? She still has an obligation to support her parents. Besides, you’re the older sister. We got married much earlier than them, so we should be better off than them. Therefore, it’s our duty to support our parents.”
Er Ya was truly certain this time that he was the one. She didn't necessarily want to support her parents in their old age, and her parents wouldn't know how to do it anyway. In rural areas, this is a very important thing. How could a family with sons let their daughter support them?
Cheng Guangxu's attitude made Er Ya feel very comfortable. Just as Hongmei said, he was a pure person, and living with such a person would be happy and there would be no discord.
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