Chapter 125 [125] An outstanding woman...
After the photos of the banquet were developed, Zhang Lancao looked at them carefully one by one, and then put them neatly into the album, her eyes curved.
"Can you please laminate your acceptance letter? I don't know if it will fade if I leave it like this."
Tang Yuanyuan laughed: "Who needs to plastic-seal their acceptance letter? Are you going to keep it?"
"Of course," Zhang Lancao said with a smile. "You're young now, and you think every day is long, and your whole life is long. But in a few years, you'll realize that the days of youth are short. As the days get shorter, many things will slowly be forgotten."
She picked up the photo album and said, "Recording becomes very important."
Tang Yuanyuan was moved by what she heard.
"Mom, I'm actually in love."
Zhang Lancao had already guessed it: "With Shen Yu?"
Tang Yuanyuan touched his nose guiltily.
Zhang Lancao: "My daughter is amazing. She even hooked up with the son of the richest man."
He has such a good eye, he has been very accurate in judging people in both his lifetimes.
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Shen Yu's tie was pulled off, and the perpetrator also put his tie over his eyes.
With his eyes covered, his other senses were magnified. The girl's hair brushed against his thin shirt, and he could almost imagine her drooping eyelashes and her fingers wrapping around his head and finally tying it at the back of his head.
What a surprise.
With his eyes covered, his nose bridge stood out even more, and his lips were delicate and rosy, which, combined with his fair skin, added a touch of abstinence and coldness.
It was such a fresh feeling. Tang Yuanyuan admired it with satisfaction for a while and realized a fact: her boyfriend was a great beauty!
This man is outrageously perfect.
She bent her slender fingers with satisfaction, hooked them around his chest with the shirt, and walked forward.
"Now we're out of the room...two more steps and we'll reach the stairs..."
"Is it a surprise, or is it just a trick to trick me?"
Shen Yu suspected that she was the latter. She couldn't see and had no sense of direction. Shen Yu suspected that the way he was groping around for the handrail was a little funny.
"I'll let you play, do you want to play?"
On the contrary, Shen Yu was certain that Tang Yuanyuan really had a surprise for him. Following the direction of her voice, he felt around, grabbed her hand, and slowly walked forward with her.
He had no direction at all and had to obey her instructions completely. Shen Yu thought that this might be what it would be like when he was old and gray.
"It's time to reveal the surprise."
In the pavilion, Tang Yuanyuan untied his tie, and Shen Yu saw a huge square box. When he opened it, it turned out to be a large dark box, and inside the box was a small box.
"You put this nesting doll."
Tang Yuanyuan smiled. If she had shown the small box right from the start, wouldn't that have been telling him clearly that it was a ring?
Shen Yu held up the small ring and froze in disbelief.
When I opened it, there were indeed two wedding rings inside.
“You are…”
"Shen Yu, let's get engaged." This was the diamond ring she bought with the money she earned from the photo studio.
At first, Shen Yu did plan to do so, to get engaged after she finished the college entrance examination.
She is too young.
At that time, he just wanted to quickly keep her in his territory. He was afraid that college life would be too exciting and she would be seduced away by someone else.
At that time, there was always a nerve in his heart that was panicking.
Now he is very sure that Tang Yuanyuan is much more mature than her peers. Even at the most absurd age, she always knows what she wants.
"Why did you suddenly decide this? If you want me to feel at ease, you don't have to do this."
He used to be obsessed with appearances, but now he is not afraid of comparison at all. He can withstand comparison with any man.
"It's not for peace of mind," Tang Yuanyuan propped her face in her palms, leaning close to him, one hand playfully stroking his eyebrows and eyes: "I want to get engaged to you."
"You're so nice, I can't wait to let everyone know that I have a boyfriend."
From now on, we will celebrate every holiday together openly.
When you meet the best person so early, of course you should enjoy it and remember it early.
When she grows old and becomes an old lady, she will have more precious memories than others from half a lifetime ago.
She can say, "I have been happy all my life."
"You agree?"
Shen Yu had already put the ring on his middle finger. The diamond was shining, but what shone even brighter than the diamond was his mood.
"You should tell me in advance."
He looked at his shirt and trousers, which didn't look formal enough. "Wait here for a moment. I'll go change into something more formal."
Tang Yuanyuan put the other ring on her finger: "This is good enough."
"I should propose."
Shen Yu grabbed the ring, knelt on one knee, and held her slender hand seriously: "Miss Tang Yuanyuan, are you willing to get engaged to me and accept my company?"
"I'd love to."
The ring is buckled on the middle finger, and the two hands are tightly clasped. From then on, there will always be someone to accompany you in the long and boring life.
The two families discussed the engagement banquet. Mrs. Shen knew that Zhang Lancao was busy with her career, so she said happily, "I'm familiar with this. I've already done it twice. Mother-in-law, Yuanyuan, tell me what style you like. I'll take care of the details and ensure that you're satisfied with everything from the banquet to the candy."
Zhang Lancao still wanted to participate personally. In her previous life, she had no involvement in her daughter's second half of life. Thinking about these important days would make her feel a little uncomfortable. She must arrange such an important moment personally: "Let's do it together. I only have this one daughter. If I do nothing, I will only regret it."
Zhang Lancao didn't feel that this was tiring at all; she just felt happy. She wanted to have the best of everything. She bought more than ten varieties of chocolate to try, just to choose the best one.
I ate too much chocolate and couldn't even eat dinner. After digesting it all night, I still felt greasy in my stomach and had to get up in the middle of the night to drink water.
Tang Yuanyuan was having a nightmare. She vaguely felt her mother, reached out and hugged her tightly, sobbing softly.
"Why did you wake up?"
"I had a nightmare. I dreamed that you were gone, and you were still in our hometown in Yucheng. But your family was different. We were still living with Dad and had a younger brother. It was so scary, so scary."
"It's all a dream. Things in dreams can't be taken seriously."
"Luckily it was a dream," Tang Yuanyuan felt thankful. "You were having such a hard time in my dream. It must have been so difficult."
Zhang Lancao did not want to tell her daughter the truth. That was her real previous life. She married Tang Aiguo again in this life just to give birth to her again. Every day after that, she was planning to take away the money and leave the Tang family.
Zhang Lancao had no appetite the next day after eating too much chocolate. Shen Yu heard about it and sent her some hawthorn pills to stimulate her appetite and some cordyceps, bird's nest and fish maw to nourish her.
Tang Yuanyuan went to make coffee for him. Shen Yu leaned over with his hands on the sink and pecked her on the lips.
Tang Yuanyuan looked around panicking and found that her mother was no longer on the sofa.
No wonder this man dared to be so arrogant. When Zhang Lancao's footsteps approached, he sat upright again, polite and courteous, and there was no sign at all that he had just leaned over to kiss her.
He was so reserved that he didn't even go into her room to say goodbye and leave. He acted like a gentleman the whole time, and secretly kissed her or squeezed her hand under the table.
The mother and daughter went out for a walk in the community.
"Mom, do you want to consider finding another partner?"
Anyway, her mother did not get a marriage certificate with Tang Aiguo back then, and the household registration here is that of an independent householder. If she feels lonely, she would be happy to make her mother happier.
Zhang Lancao didn't want to. She had suffered enough from the pain of marriage and didn't want to maintain a relationship anymore. The loneliness that others longed for was honey to her.
Her time can be exchanged for a lot of money, and when she has free time, she can give all her love to her daughter.
She enjoyed such days too much.
Tang Yuanyuan: "Mom, compared to you, I seem a little weak." She really likes Shen Yu's company and feels a little ashamed.
"There's nothing to compare," Zhang Lancao said, "and there's no absolute right or wrong. Families like the Shen family are truly exceptional, and anyone who meets them will be moved."
"Money and love are the two most important things in this world. If you have one of them, you are happy. But if you have both, very few people can have them."
"Although I don't have the love between husband and wife, I have the best mother-daughter relationship, so I am also a part of that very small part. Mom's life is particularly complete."
Tang Yuanyuan held her arm with satisfaction and rubbed her shoulder with enjoyment: "Thanks to you, my life is also very complete."
The green and red threads of the flower cake were intertwined, and the crispy and sweet fragrance roasted on the iron plate filled the air. The mother and daughter stopped together.
"Fifty cents each, eighty cents for two."
"Two."
"well!"
The woman smiled and picked up the plum cake with a stick and wrapped it with oil paper.
"Mom, look."
A little girl of three or four years old was pulling at the woman's clothes, probably her daughter.
"Niuniu's drawing is really beautiful. It looks like a duck. Draw another kitten. This time use pink chalk."
The child contentedly changed for a pink chalk, squatted down, and saw several small animals on the cement floor.
The woman's gentle eyes moved away from the child, and she filled the second cake, explaining, "If the child draws on it, he won't run around."
Zhang Lancao herself has been through this and understands this concern: "It's not easy to raise children and run a business at the same time."
"Yes, I'm afraid she'll run away," the woman said with an accent she couldn't identify. "Her father doesn't care about anything, he's a drunkard and has a bad temper, and the child has to suffer under him at home. I'm also worried about leaving her in her hometown with her grandmother, so at least I can keep an eye on her."
"Save more money and send her to school. She can have a promising future. She doesn't have to be like me, who was illiterate all her life and could only earn a little hard-earned money."
Tang Yuanyuan bit into a plum cake and cursed, "Why are there always so many irresponsible men who don't even care about their own children?"
Zhang Lancao took a bite of the plum blossom cake. It was glutinous, sweet but not greasy, with a crispy crust and was made with great craftsmanship.
Much better than those expensive imported chocolates.
“We women are so amazing.”
"What?" Tang Yuanyuan didn't follow her mother's thoughts.
Zhang Lancao paused and turned back. The woman was squatting on the ground with her legs bent, admiring her daughter's painting.
“I think we women are very strong.”
For thousands of years, they have been in a lower position, with the least education and resources, shouldering the heaviest work in the family, but always supporting the next generation to avoid their own sorrow.
This little girl will definitely not repeat her father's personality in the future.
"I think it won't take too long. Women's status will definitely get higher and higher. In a few years, things will be even more different."
"I'm going to donate a school to a mountain village to give women more opportunities to learn to read. One outstanding woman can change three generations."
"Excellent Mr. Zhang, you are becoming more and more intelligent and your vision is becoming more and more grand."
The full text is over.
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The author has something to say: My mother in this life is very similar to the heroine in my previous life. In this life, because of my mother's companionship, the heroine's heart is a little softer, and the proportion of emotions is a little greater than in my previous life. In fact, the career ambition is the same. I am grateful for her companionship all the way. The new article is in the archives and will be published in the second half of the month.
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