Director Liu was choked up and didn't know what to say for a moment. After a pause, he retorted, "Yes, his character is impeccable, but he has no reputation and no status. If outsiders knew about this, who knows what they would say about our beauty behind her back!"
Liu's mother had a plan for this. She said nonchalantly, "Then get married. Once they get married and get the marriage certificate, who can say anything?"
Director Liu, "But..."
But before Director Liu could finish his words, the voices of the Liu brothers and Yao Youjun were heard from the main room. They looked at each other and hurried out from the inner room, only to see their daughter standing shyly beside Yao Youjun.
Yao Youjun saw Director Liu and his wife and hurriedly greeted them, "Director, Auntie."
When Liu's mother saw Yao Youjun, she was overjoyed and hurried forward to pull Yao Youjun over. "Hey, Youjun, why are you back at this time? Why don't you stay at your eldest sister's house for a few more days?"
Yao Youjun smiled and said, "I only took one day off. I have to go to work today."
After a pause, Yao Youjun handed a basket to Liu's mother and said, "Aunt, this is for you and the director, given by my brother-in-law."
Mother Liu looked at the huge watermelon in the basket, and the grapes weighing about four or five pounds. Her eyes widened in surprise and she said in disbelief, "Youjun, are these given to us by your brother-in-law? They are not cheap to buy..."
Yao Youjun nodded. "Well, my brother-in-law is often out driving, and he brought these back from Turpan. They're cheaper than buying them at the supply and marketing cooperative here."
As he spoke, Yao Youjun looked up at the clock on the wall of the Liu family's house. Seeing that there were less than twenty minutes left before work, he quickly said goodbye, "I still have to go back to the dormitory to put my things away, so I'll go back first."
Yao's mother nodded quickly and said, "Go quickly. Auntie will make you something delicious tonight. Don't forget to come home for dinner."
Yao Youjun opened his mouth to refuse, but then he heard Director Liu's unyielding voice, "It's agreed that you'll come with me after get off work tonight."
There was no other way, so Yao Youjun nodded and said, "I understand."
After Yao Youjun left, Liu's mother took Liu Jiali aside to ask about what happened at his eldest sister's house. After listening to Liu Jiali's brief introduction, Liu's mother looked back at Director Liu, who just picked up his work jacket from a chair nearby.
"Big brother, second brother, let's go, it's almost time."
Liu Jiali blinked, and after seeing her father and brothers leave, she looked at her mother curiously, "Mom, aren't you going to work today?"
Mother Liu nodded and said, "Yes, I switched shifts with someone today."
Liu Jiali stood up, yawned, and walked into the house while saying, "Mom, I'm going to sleep for a while. I talked with Xiuli until very late last night, and got up early this morning. I'm so sleepy now."
Mother Liu hurriedly grabbed her and said, "Wait a minute, tell me, how are the people in Sister Youjun's family?"
Liu Jiali answered without hesitation, "Very good, whether it's his eldest brother-in-law or his eldest brother-in-law's grandmother, including the two children of his eldest sister, they are all very good. I like their family very much..."
After a pause, he added, "Next time the friendly forces go, I'll go too!"
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After a long silence, Mother Liu asked, "Have you and your allies made any progress?"
Liu Jiali blushed when she heard this and stamped her feet in dissatisfaction, "Mom, how can you ask me this?"
Mother Liu sighed helplessly, "If you two can settle down in your relationship, I won't mind if you go there every day. But, if you two... then don't go anymore!"
Liu Jiali was stunned for a moment, lowered her head and thought for a moment, then raised her head and looked directly at her mother, saying seriously, "Mom, don't worry about it. I, I'll ask him myself after dinner tonight."
Mother Liu looked directly at Liu Jiali, and after a long while she nodded in compromise, "Okay, you decide for yourself!"
"Brother Tian, what are you doing?"
When Yao Xiujuan returned to the inner room, she saw Chu Tian sitting on the kang with his back to her, doing something unknown.
Chu Tian heard the noise, turned around to look at Yao Xiujuan, smiled and waved, "Xiujuan, come here quickly."
Yao Xiujuan walked forward and asked curiously, "What's wrong? What do you want me to see?"
When Yao Xiujuan came to his side, Chu Tian showed her a stack of tickets in his hand, took out the grain tickets, meat tickets and two industrial tickets, and handed the rest to Yao Xiujuan.
"I got these tickets today when I went to the transport team to collect my wages after sending the friendly troops off. If you think you can use them at home, keep them. If you don't need them, give them to others."
Usually Chu Tian would buy things and take them home directly. This time, he got the ticket but did not buy anything. Instead, he took the money back and asked Yao Xiujuan to buy it herself later or use it as a favor.
Yao Xiujuan looked at the stack of tickets in Chu Tian's hand, which was dozens in total, and was surprised. "Brother Tian, do you give out so many tickets every month?"
Chu Tian chuckled, "How is that possible? Most of this money is given by others. I only give out a dozen or so tickets every month."
Yao Xiujuan looked at the coupons in her hand, which contained more than ten pieces of cloth. She couldn't help but exclaim, "That man is really generous. These coupons are enough to make several sets of clothes..."
Chu Tian looked at Yao Xiujuan with a smile, raised his chin, and gestured, "Do you think those are useful?"
Yao Xiujuan smiled and said, "Do you want me to see it? They are all useful, but we don't lack them at home now. For example, this soap and soap tickets, bought from the supply and marketing cooperative, are not as good as what you brought back, Brother Tian..."
Chu Tian raised his eyebrows, “Then give the soap and toilet soap tickets away!”
Yao Xiujuan nodded and reached out to take out the two types of tickets separately. "A few days ago, I heard my aunt say that Aizhu and her friends were having trouble somewhere. They had stains on their clothes that couldn't be washed out even with wood ash. They wanted to buy soap but had no tickets. I offered to sell her a bar of soap from home, but she refused."
"Just give these tickets to my aunt!"
After a pause, Yao Xiujuan picked up two more sugar coupons and said, "Not only do we have enough sugar at home, but the white and brown sugar at the supply and marketing cooperative aren't as good as the ones you brought back. We gave the coupons to our eldest aunt, so it wouldn't be nice not to give them to our second aunt. So, how about these two sugar coupons to our second aunt?"
Chu Tian raised his eyebrows slightly, "You can do whatever you want, don't worry about so many things..."
Yao Xiujuan pursed her lips and smiled, "I don't have any concerns, I just feel that we are all relatives, and it's not good to favor one over the other..."
Chu Tian looked at Yao Xiujuan steadily, then lowered his head and smiled, "Okay, you can decide for yourself. What about the remaining tickets?"
Yao Xiujuan looked at the many tickets she still had on hand after hearing this, and after some thought, she said, "Give three cloth tickets each to my eldest and second brothers' families. We'll see about the rest later. There's no rush, as these won't expire until the end of the year anyway!"
Chu Tian chuckled, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
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