Chapter 169 Zhang Chunxing meets Zhou Haoran
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I went back to my parents’ home.
Because Zhou Huacheng was not there, Wang Dongxue did not return to the Wang family in the commune. She woke up and had breakfast before going to the Shen family.
After entering the Shen family gate, I found that Zhang Chunnuan and his family had just had breakfast, and they were pulled to eat some with them.
It was early, and while the two were talking and clearing away the dishes, the mistress took the lead and led Zhou Haoran and Tan Zhengping in.
As soon as she saw Zhou Haoran, Wang Dongxue began to wink at Zhang Chunnuan.
Seeing Zhou Haoran wearing a stain-resistant cotton coat, Zhang Chunnuan nodded inwardly.
On New Year's Eve, she said that she would receive her second sister at home today and asked Zhou Haoran to bring Tan Zhengping to have dinner with her.
In fact, the meaning is very clear: let’s meet serious parents.
Although Father Shen has agreed to the relationship between the two and is very satisfied with Zhou Haoran, after all, he is a father-in-law and not Zhang Chunnuan's natal family.
If this matter doesn't go well, the outside world may start to spread unpleasant rumors.
In Niutou Village next door, there was an incident where the husband's family forced the widowed daughter-in-law to remarry in exchange for gift money. The Shen family was well-known in several nearby villages, and they had to handle things in a meticulous manner.
Therefore, the meeting between Zhang Chunnuan's second sister and her mother-in-law's family and Zhou Haoran is a top priority in the eyes of Mr. Shen.
No room for error!
Now seeing Zhou Haoran dressed like a rural man, not to mention Zhang Chunnuan, even Father Shen was satisfied.
Marry a man, marry a man, dress and eat.
If nothing else, at least he must be seen as a capable young man.
When he arrived at Shen's house, Tan Zhengping sat down next to the charcoal basin in the main room as usual and stopped moving. He grabbed a handful of melon seeds with his left hand and waved his right hand to ask the mistress to bring him some sweet potatoes to roast and eat.
Zhou Haoran went to say hello to Father Shen first. Seeing Wang Dongxue clinging to Zhang Chunnuan, he was too embarrassed to come over and just asked:
"What am I going to do?"
There was actually nothing to do at home. Zhang Chunnuan saw that he was a little uncomfortable, so he pointed to the backyard and said, "How about you kill a rabbit?"
You have to find something for him to do even if you have nothing to do.
When Zhou Haoran heard what she said, he went into the kitchen, took the knife and ran to the backyard.
"Hehe, are you trying to settle things?" Wang Dongxue lightly bumped Zhang Chunnuan's shoulder and teased.
Zhang Chunnuan rolled her eyes at her and asked instead, "You really don't want to go home?"
"..." Wang Dongxue was silent for a while, then said: "I told my mother before I went to the fair a few years ago that I would take the baby back to stay for a few days on the third day of the lunar new year."
Although the family didn't say it, today is the day when I go back to my parents' house. All the little sisters I used to play with in the village are back, so it is inevitable that some people will gossip about me.
In order not to feel aggrieved, she decided to stagger the date and go home to celebrate the New Year.
For a moment, no one spoke.
Zhang Chunnuan felt a little regretful that he should not have mentioned this, and Zhang Chunxing's unique yelp sounded outside the courtyard door.
"Chun Nuan! Chun Nuan! Sanya! Come out and help move things!"
Zhang Chunnuan went out with doubts, not knowing what the second sister had brought, and even asked people to go out to "move" it.
When she walked out of the yard, her eyes were completely attracted by the big tree tied to the bullock cart.
"Sister, brother-in-law, where did you dig the tree?"
All the branches on the tree were cut down, leaving only the main branches and the leaves were stripped off.
Zhang Chunnuan couldn't tell what kind of tree it was just by looking at the big bare tree.
Brother-in-law Xiao nodded to her while untying the straw rope. Zhang Chunxing pushed Xiao Anni's back. The latter smiled shyly and stepped forward and said:
"Happy New Year, aunt, may everything go well and everything goes well."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chunnuan knew that her family had taught her the auspicious words in advance, so she touched her head, took out a small red cloth bag from her pocket, and handed it over.
"Happy New Year, take it and buy a bouquet to wear, and go in and play with your sister Xiaoyu and August."
Xiao Anni took the red envelope and went to see her biological mother first. After he nodded, she put the red envelope away.
"Sister, you haven't told me yet, where did the tree come from? By the way, what kind of tree is it?"
Zhang Chunxing came over, held her arm, and said: "Hey, didn't I tell you last time? Your brother-in-law found a side job in a forest farm and came across a wild osmanthus tree. Knowing that you liked it, he spent two days on it.
I bought it for 1 yuan.”
"Osmanthus tree?!" Zhang Chunnuan looked at the trunk, which was about as thick as her waist, and opened her mouth in shock.
How old is such a big osmanthus tree?!
"Really only two yuan?" Zhang Chunnuan came back to his senses and asked doubtfully.
You must know that in later generations, such a big osmanthus tree would cost tens of thousands.
Even if the price of goods today is hundreds of times different from that of later generations, you can't buy it for just two dollars.
Hearing her ask this, Zhang Chunxing smiled proudly:
"Your brother-in-law was so smart that he directly approached the manager of the land reclamation, stuffed the money, asked for leave, and dug up the tree back home."
"Then if someone finds out, will they come to the family?" Zhang Chunnuan was a little worried.
"What are you afraid of!" Zhang Chunxing said confidently: "Anyway, the wild trees they dig out are all sent to be burned for charcoal. How much is a pound of charcoal? They still make a profit!"
Zhang Chunnuan then thought about it and realized that her worries were unfounded.
Once a tree is planted in your home, it belongs to you. If someone comes to your door, you can just beat it to death and deny it.
After convincing herself, Zhang Chunnuan thought about going up to help: "Brother-in-law, let me do it."
Brother-in-law Xiao knew how strong this sister-in-law was. Just as he was about to give up his position, he heard a deep voice coming from behind -
"Nuan'er, don't move, I'll do it."
Zhang Chunxing only saw a tall figure crossing her and walking towards the bullock cart.
As soon as she came back to her senses, she said in surprise: "Nuan'er?!"
As Sanya's closest sister, she didn't even call her sister so intimately. How did this man come out of nowhere?
Zhang Chunxing opened her eyes wide to see——
Wow! So tall!
Yo ho! So powerful!
Oh, come on, be a good boy! He looks so damn handsome!
The aesthetics of the two sisters still have something in common.
Zhang Chunxing walked to her sister and asked in a low voice: "Who is he?"
As she asked, she stared at Zhang Chunnuan's face without blinking, and for the first time she saw a hint of shyness on that familiar face...
Zhang Chunxing is enlightened!
She then asked: "Is he an educated youth from your village?"
When she saw Zhang Chunnuan nodding, the villain in her heart looked up to the sky and screamed——
Her Sanya, her little sister, actually became an educated youth!!
When Zhou Haoran carried the whole osmanthus tree into the yard, Zhang Chunxing calmed down and asked quickly:
"What's his name? How old is he? Where is he from? How many sisters are there in the family? What do mom and dad do?..."
Zhang Chunnuan felt like her head was buzzing, and she finally interrupted the second sister when she was gasping for breath: "Sister, calm down!"
"I can't calm down!!"
Chapter completed!