Chapter 75
This news was like a bombshell.
Marry? Who to marry? When did Meng Hua start dating a girlfriend? What is her name and surname? Where is she from? What does her family do? I don't ask him to listen to his family in everything, but he should at least inform his family before getting married and give them some psychological preparation. This is the obligation of children.
Meng Hua, on the other hand, hadn't been home for several years, and as soon as he came home he said he wanted to get married. Not to mention Zhen Zhen, even Meng Daguo couldn't accept it.
"Old Three, do you have a girlfriend? Where is she from? How long have you been dating?"
Meng Hua explained them one by one.
Meng Huatan’s girlfriend is Tan Wenyin. Tan Wenyin’s father, Tan Zheng, is an old comrade-in-arms of Meng Huatan’s father. The two brothers joined the army together, fought in the revolution, and became sworn brothers. They have a friendship that was built on the battlefield.
Tan Zheng was a brave and skilled fighter. Although he and Meng Hua's father were from the same unit, he became the commander of the Shenshi Military Region at a young age due to his outstanding military achievements.
In 1973, when the eight commanders were swapped, he was swapped with the commander of the Beijing Military Region and went to Beijing to take up his post.
When Meng Hua went to the capital to study, he found out about the military compound where Tan Zheng was stationed and wanted to visit him with valuable gifts.
Zhen Zhen stopped him and told him not to be calculating and just take some honey with him.
It was during that visit that Meng Hua met Commander Tan’s daughter, Tan Wenyin.
Tan Wenyin fell in love with him at first sight and often went to the school to find him. However, Meng Hua was still in love with Cheng Su at that time and ignored her.
Tan Wenyin also has a stubborn temper. She becomes more and more courageous as the fight goes on. The more Meng Hua ignores her, the more she rushes towards him.
At the beginning of this year, a junior school girl with a good family background pursued Meng Hua. Meng Hua was tempted and weighed the family backgrounds of Tan Wenyin and the junior school girl in his mind.
He never concealed his desire for power. When a man looks for a wife or a woman looks for a husband, they have to make considerations.
Meng Hua is smart, good-looking and well-educated. He wants to be a businessman, but it is very difficult to make a fortune without connections these days.
It's not his style to take shortcuts instead of taking the long way around.
The junior sister's family also lives in a large compound in Beijing. Her grandfather is a founding hero. Compared with the Tan family, who are outsiders, the junior sister's family is better off. If Meng Hua can be with the junior sister, he will have the protection of his father-in-law's family in the future. Why worry about not being able to expand his business?
Life is all about living those few opportunities. After weighing the pros and cons, Meng Hua decided to accept the pursuit of his schoolmate.
After Tan Wenyin found out, she got drunk and came to Meng Hua's place to find him. It was winter and her face was covered with tears. She insisted on taking him to the roof to look at the stars, telling him how much she liked him and that he would regret it if he didn't choose her.
Perhaps it was Tan Wenyin's naivety that touched him. The next day, when Tan Wenyin proposed to him, Meng Hua agreed.
The two had been dating for several months, and Meng Hua had also visited her home.
Tan Zheng only had this one daughter, and he had no other requirements for a son-in-law. He just hoped that the other party could live with him and have two children in the future, one of whom would be named Tan.
There are three brothers in Meng Hua's family. It doesn't matter whose surname they take. Tan Wenyin also said that he would have at least two children, a son with his surname Meng and a daughter with his surname Tan. If both are sons, he can pick any one of them.
Meng Hua is an educated man. As long as the child is his, it doesn't matter what surname the child has. He doesn't think the request raised by the negotiator is making things difficult.
There is gain and loss in everything. How can you enjoy other people's resources without giving back?
Meng Hua agreed to the Tan family and came back this time to inform his family to prepare for the wedding.
He and Tan Wenyin were getting married in the capital, so they had to have their family members there to be witnesses. Meng Hua hadn't seen his mother for a long time, and wanted to persuade her to live with him in the capital, but when he looked at her business in the county, he knew she wouldn't agree.
After hearing what Meng Hua said, Meng Daguo refused to agree. "How can this be? Of course your child must take your surname Meng. It's not like our family can't afford food, so we have to let you marry into someone else's family. We are living a good life now, how can we do such a thing to sell out our ancestors?"
Meng Eryong didn't think it was a big deal, but not everyone can find a father-in-law like Tan Zheng.
There are three brothers in the Meng family, so it is not a big deal to give one of them away. What's more, the other party did not make any excessive demands. They just asked that the daughter should take the Tan family surname. To be honest, whose surname should the girl have?
Tao Aihong also thought it was a good idea. If Meng Hua married into the Yu Tan family, the family business would have nothing to do with him. It would be one less person to share the property, which Tao Aihong couldn't ask for more.
"Mom, I can't agree to this!" Meng Daguo said angrily.
He is a gentle old ox, and it is rare for him to have such a bad temper. Zhen Zhen glanced at Meng Daguo and said softly:
"Okay, I'm not angry yet. As a brother, why are you so angry? All of you go out. I want to have a good talk with Meng Hua."
Meng Nan turned back every step of the way and took Erya and Sanwa to hide under the window sill to look out.
Meng Hua saw them as soon as he turned around and stood up to chase them away.
Meng Nan pulled out a cane from under the windowsill and handed it to Zhen Zhen.
"Grandma, don't be polite. If my uncle makes you angry, just beat him up."
Arya: "Hit him!"
Sanwa: "Pull!"
Meng Hua was touched by the filial piety of these nephews and nephews. Zhen Zhen knocked on the chair with a rattan stick, motioning him to sit down.
She knew her little son best. Meng Hua's stomach was filled with a tangled mess. He was thoughtful and calculating, and could use anything as a bargaining chip.
From the tone he used when he mentioned Tan Wenyin, you could tell that he didn't like Tan Wenyin at all.
"Do you like Tan Wenyin?" Zhen Zhen went straight to the point.
"Do you have to like someone to get married?" Meng Hua asked, "Did you like my father before you got married? In ancient times, people married blindly, but some lived happily. I'm busy with work and I'm on business trips all day. I don't even have time to go home, let alone fall in love. Tan Wenyin has a good temper and is sensible. She will definitely be filial to you in the future. She comes from a good family and loves me. She listens to whatever I say. I don't need to worry about being cheated on by her when I work away from home. She is my best choice."
What he said made a lot of sense, and Zhen Zhen was almost tricked by him.
"Then why are you looking for a partner?"
"Of course I'm looking for a partner to be filial to you." Meng Hua said as a matter of course.
Zhen Zhen was almost irritated by him and tried to explain the situation to him.
"You are looking for a partner for yourself, how can you do it for me? I am your mother, not your wife's mother. I never gave birth to her. When I am old and can't move, I only need you to take care of me until the end of my life. What right do I have to order others around? Ask others to be filial to me?"
Meng Hua didn't think so. He wanted to marry a filial wife. He couldn't marry someone who didn't know how to live and would make his mother angry. His father died early, and his mother was the only one supporting the family. He was away from home all year round, so he naturally wanted his wife to be filial to his mother.
What's wrong with men working outside and women working inside?
Meng Hua was silent, Zhen Zhen continued:
"You are definitely going to fall in love and get married for the rest of your life. I know what you are thinking. You value the Tan family's connections and Tan Wenyin's status as an only child. Although your schoolmate's family is well-off, she is definitely not an only child. Meng Hua, am I right?"
Meng Hua did not hide it. "You are right, but shouldn't this be the case? An only child is definitely better than a child with more than one child. My father-in-law has devoted all his attention to his daughter. I don't have any brothers-in-law. What's wrong with that?"
"Mother didn't say it's bad. You've always been clear-headed and sensible, but you have to know that it's not easy to maintain a marriage without love. You can plan for a short time in a marriage, but can you plan for a lifetime? In the future, when you are successful and too lazy to plan, what will you do to Tan Wenyin?"
Meng Hua thought his mother was a little strange. After hearing this, a normal mother would definitely applaud and say that she had found a good wife for her son.
His mother, however, started from the other party's perspective and accused him of being unkind.
Meng Hua didn't understand his mother's train of thought. Fairness and justice are good, but no matter how good they are, they are not as good as vested interests, right? He can get a lot of benefits from this marriage, which is the most important thing. His mother should congratulate him for getting what he wanted.
Meng Hua disagreed and said:
"Mom, you underestimate me. Tan Wenyin likes me and wants to marry me. I am with her and I am fulfilling her wish to marry me. What's wrong with me? If Tan Wenyin's family background is not good and she is not the only child, and her appearance and education are not as good as mine, then why should I marry her? In the final analysis, family background, appearance, education and personality are all part of a person. I have weighed the pros and cons over and over again, which can only mean that I am more serious about my life. It is much better than me getting angry and just finding a girl who is not outstanding in any way. Isn't it much better?"
Zhen Zhen couldn't convince him. This son was too utilitarian and calculating. He was fine with other things, but he was so calculating about marriage. She was afraid that in the end, all his calculations would be in vain.
Zhen Zhen sighed. The child was grown up and it was not something she could control. Since Meng Hua had made up his mind, she, as a parent, could only support him unconditionally.
She said helplessly:
"If you marry someone, you must treat them well."
"Don't worry. The Tan family has given me connections to support me. I'm not a jerk who would take their resources and treat their daughter badly. I won't make a mistake in principle after I get married. She is the only woman in my life. A lifetime together, isn't that what you women want most?"
Meng Hua didn't think he was wrong. A man could only have one woman in his life. Being able to do this was already better than most men in the world.
What's wrong with Tan Wenyin following him? If she marries someone else, will she be better than him? Men are hunting dogs, and power and wealth are meat cakes. Which man would not want the power and status that exudes fragrance?
His intentions are upright, but he is also a family-oriented person. As long as he starts a family, Tan Wenyin will be his own person under his wing.
He will repay the Tan family and take good care of Tan Zheng's only daughter, and that is enough.
Meng Hua's wedding date is set for October. At that time, Meng Hua will buy sleeper tickets for his family so that they can go to Beijing to attend the wedding together.
Meng Daguo still felt uncomfortable, thinking that if the child took someone else's surname, Meng Hua would be shorter than the others in his father-in-law's family and would be looked down upon.
He repeated it at least ten times a day, and Zhen Zhen was fed up with it.
"You underestimate your brother too much," Zhen Zhen didn't think it was a big deal to take the woman's surname. "Your brother is powerful, who dares to give him a hard time? I heard that Tan Wenyin's mother passed away, and there are no elders in her family. Only an aunt often visits her home. The Tan family is simple, and Meng Hua got a great deal by marrying Tan Wenyin. As for whose surname he takes, it doesn't matter. If he takes someone's surname, then he is no longer my grandson? To put it another way, even if the Tan family doesn't ask, who stipulates that in this world, children must take the father's surname?"
Meng Daguo said as a matter of course:
"Mom, since ancient times, children have taken their father's surname. This child can only be a member of our Meng family if he takes the surname Meng. How can it be justified to take the woman's surname Tan?"
Zhen Zhen glared at him.
Meng Daguo's heart shuddered when he was stared at. All children take their father's surname. There's nothing wrong with that, right?
He didn't know what he said wrong, but one thing was certain, his mother was unhappy.
Meng Daguo was also a man who could read people's expressions. He laughed dryly twice, leaned closer to his mother, and smiled ingratiatingly:
"It's not a problem to take my maiden's last name. If I took my maiden's last name, I would be called Zhen Daguo, which sounds pretty nice."
Jiao Huilan was laughing on the side. Zhen Zhen locked the change in the cabinet and snorted:
"Since ancient times, you men have oppressed us women, asking us women to bear children for you. Not only that, but the children born with great effort must also take the men's surname. This is treating us women as tools to carry on the family line. It is a feudal custom. In my opinion, the child of the person who gave birth should take his surname. It is simple and clear."
Meng Daguo thought, isn't that a mess? But whatever his mother said was what he meant, and a filial son would not talk back to his mother.
Meng Daguo laughed, "Mom, Si Ya hasn't been registered yet, so why not call her Zhen and follow your last name? Your last name sounds pretty nice."
Zhen Zhen laughed: "You, if you want to change your surname, you should change it to her mother's. What's the matter with changing it to her grandmother's?"
"You can't take her mother's last name. If someone asks you, 'What's your last name, Si Ya?' it will be awkward to answer."
Meng Daguo touched his nose and glanced at Jiao Huilan, whose face also turned a little red.
What's your last name? Jiao.
When they first started dating, Jiao Huilan felt a little embarrassed. Her last name was not very good. However, the last name Zhen was very rare and was particularly suitable for naming a girl.
Jiao Huilan had no objection to letting Si Ya take her mother-in-law's surname.
But how could this be as simple as just saying it? It would be hard for the two of them to agree to let the child take the grandmother's surname. Anyway, Zhen Zhen didn't think about it that way.
It was a rare opportunity for Meng Hua to go home, so he went to the pig farm with Meng Daguo the next day. He learned that the pig business in the county had not been liberalized, and Meng Hua agreed to continue the underground business. After all, he made a lot of money.
In the evening, the two brothers went to the reservoir for a wild swim and caught some eels and crucian carp. Zhen Zhen kept the eels in a water tank and steamed the crucian carp with some shredded ginger and chopped green onions.
Jiao Huilan baked sesame cookies and Tao Aihong made small fish hot pot stickers.
After the mixed fish is braised, add some oyster mushrooms, bean threads, coriander, vermicelli, and green vegetables and cook into a large mixed stew. Then pour some cold water on both sides of the hot pot and stick a circle of pot stickers along the edge of the hot pot.
Stick it in a noodle pot, stick it in a corn pot, and then stick it in a sweet potato pot, it's so sweet.
Zhen Zhen picked up a piece of sweet potato hotpot, but before he could put it in his mouth, Song Xiaoyu came in with a cart, saying that she was bringing Zhen Zhen some pickled vegetables and chili sauce.
Zhen Zhen ordered his three sons to move the altar down.
The food factory has been completed. Zhang Cuihua and Gou Zi's mother have moved all their family members into the food factory. Only these few jars of pickled vegetables and chili sauce have not been moved in.
Song Xiaoyu is Meng Hua's number one crazy fan. Knowing that Meng Hua has returned, she specially ran to Meng's house to deliver pickled vegetables.
"Brother Meng Hua." Song Xiaoyu's girlish heart was beating wildly.
Meng Hua hadn't seen Song Xiaoyu for a long time. After all, they grew up together, so he felt close to her when he met someone from his hometown.
"Thank you for your hard work. It's so hot, and I made you run all the way here."
"Hey, how hard is this?"
Song Xiaoyu wiped her forehead and felt that after not seeing Meng Hua for a few years, he was more handsome than she remembered. No matter how handsome Meng Hua was before, he grew up in the countryside and dressed more simply. Now Meng Hua has the dignity of a city dweller, so dazzling that it is hard to look directly at him.
Song Xiaoyu's throbbing heart suddenly fell to the ground. Zhang Cuihua always scolded her for being a toad wanting to eat swan flesh, but is it really wrong for a toad to want to eat swan flesh? She just loves beauty and likes handsome men. Meng Hua is the most handsome man she has ever seen. What's wrong with her liking Meng Hua?
"Brother Meng Hua, you haven't been back for a long time. How long do you plan to stay this time?"
Meng Hua groaned: "I will stay here for another half a month and then go back to Beijing to prepare for the wedding."
Song Xiaoyu was shocked, her eyes widened, and she asked in disbelief, "Brother Meng Hua, are you getting married? Is your wife pretty?"
Meng Hua nodded, "She's pretty good looking."
Song Xiaoyu was heartbroken and walked out of the Meng family in a daze. She didn't even hear Zhen Zhen calling her to eat.
This was her secret love, and Meng Hua never responded to it, but it occupied Song Xiaoyu's entire youth.
Over the years, her heart and eyes have been filled with Meng Hua. She feels that looking at someone else for even a second is a betrayal of Meng Hua.
But Meng Hua is getting married, so she can no longer continue to have a crush on him.
In the evening, just after Zhen Zhen closed the shop, Zhang Cuihua came on a bicycle to look for him. When she heard that Song Xiaoyu had not returned home, Zhen Zhen was shocked, fearing that the girl would be provoked and do something stupid.
"I invited her to have dinner in the afternoon, but she said she wanted to go home, so I didn't keep her," Zhen Zhen said.
Zhang Cuihua cursed while searching, and fortunately she found some clues from Song Xiaohong.
It was said that a team of famous plastic surgeons from the capital were coming to the city to provide consultations. After the news was published in the newspaper, many girls who wanted to have plastic surgery secretly went to register.
Song Xiaoyu paid for a consultation some time ago. The doctor said that she had a good foundation and was very suitable for plastic surgery, but she had never made up her mind to do it. So, stimulated by the news of Meng Hua's marriage, she got on the bus to the city.
When Zhang Cuihua arrived, Song Xiaoyu had already completed the hospitalization procedures and was preparing for surgery the next morning.
Zhang Cuihua scolded the concubine so loudly that the doctor was startled. When he learned that Song Xiaoyu had the surgery secretly at home, the doctor was afraid of taking responsibility and patiently explained:
"It's a team of famous doctors from Beijing. Your daughter paid the money and plans to have her nose and eyes reshaped at the same time. She wants to have a high bony nose surgery, big European double eyelids, and change the outer layer of her eyelids. The price is not expensive. The two surgeries together cost only over 100 yuan."
In this day and age, plastic surgery requires a letter of introduction from the employer, but which girl wants to be known by her employer? This time, the Beijing team came to this hospital for a consultation, and they did not need a letter of introduction, and the price was much cheaper than in Beijing.
I don’t know where Song Xiaoyu got the news from, but she borrowed more than 100 yuan from Song Xiaohong and came to have the surgery.
Zhang Cuihua was very angry. In her opinion, surgery was risky, not to mention that her family was not well off. Plastic surgery was not like eating or drinking, it was a necessity of life. Without plastic surgery, Song Xiaoyu could still find a man to marry, so why waste money?
Zhang Cuihua disagreed and insisted on getting a refund, but Zhen Zhen stopped her.
Zhen Zhen doesn't think there is anything wrong with plastic surgery. Everyone has the right to be beautiful, and there is no need to deny children's needs.
"You often say that she is not pretty, which has left a psychological shadow on her."
"Isn't it for her own good?"
"For her own good, you can't say anything unpleasant. I'm the one who said, don't always belittle a child's appearance. This will make the child lose confidence."
"I...then there is no need for her to have plastic surgery." Zhang Cuihua was a little short of breath.
"I think her appearance has affected her life and self-confidence. Since she wants to have plastic surgery, the money has been paid, and the doctor is from a regular hospital, why bother? You might as well let her do what she wants."
Zhen Zhen thinks that as long as plastic surgery is not done in a bad way and not too much, it is not a big deal to change one's appearance.
Young people love to mess around. How can they know what they want without messing around?
Although the technology of nose surgery these days is not as advanced as that of later generations and the simplest materials are used, the probability of a bad nose is much lower than that of later generations. Girls in later generations spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on nose surgery, but they have to have a minor repair every two years and a major repair every three years.
There was nothing wrong with the nose, but Zhen Zhen couldn't agree with the doctor's aesthetic of double eyelids.
Nowadays, people like European-style big double eyelids. Song Xiaoyu has a small face, but her puffy eyelids and collapsed nose lower her looks. After her nose became higher, her small face with European-style big double eyelids looks awkward no matter how you think about it.
Zhen Zhen advised her to think carefully and not to make the cut too exaggerated, but to keep it natural.
Song Xiaoyu has no opinion on plastic surgery. Double eyelids are popular nowadays, and she feels that it would be a big loss if the money is spent and the eyelids are not visible.
Zhen Zhen found a stool and sat down, smiling and explaining the situation to her:
"The highest level of plastic surgery is to make it invisible, as natural as your mother's. Your mother's eyelids are not deep, and you get European-style double eyelids. Your eyes will look bigger, but you can tell at a glance that they are fake. Why bother? You'd better think about it again. You can put on makeup after the double eyelid surgery. If the eyelids are too deep, the makeup will not look natural and there will be no beauty at all."
The doctor also agreed with Zhen Zhen and felt that this elder sister had a very advanced aesthetic sense.
He also felt that Song Xiaoyu was not suitable for European-style double eyelids, and suggested that Song Xiaoyu have her eyelids narrower to suit the shape of her eyes. However, Song Xiaoyu refused to be persuaded and said that she would just have the eyelids cut off if they were not visible.
Song Xiaoyu couldn't make up her mind, so she looked at her mother. Zhang Cuihua always believed in Zhen Zhen. This old sister knew how to dress, how to make money, and had a much better sense of aesthetics than them.
Song Xiaoyu usually dresses in a very rustic way and has a terrible sense of aesthetics. She thinks beautiful double eyelids must be ugly.
Zhang Cuihua made the decision and said to the doctor, "Let's do as her aunt said and make the incision more natural."
The doctor smiled, discussed the shape of the eye, and then went to make a new surgical plan.
Song Xiaoyu had the first surgery in the morning. When she came out of the operating table, her nose was swollen and her eyes were red. After the canthus opening, her eyes doubled in size and the shape of her double eyelids looked good, not exaggerated. After recovery, it will definitely be more natural.
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