"When you go to meet your father-in-law and mother-in-law, of course you can't go empty-handed!" Zhang Junping said matter-of-factly.
"You... you are going to see your father-in-law, more like visiting relatives." Qiu Wenyan didn't know what to say.
She has also seen a lot of jokes made when her future son-in-law comes to visit for the first time.
I have never seen this before, not to mention big and small bags, but two pumpkins actually came to the door.
"When we get married, we will go back to your parents' home. Isn't that just visiting relatives?" Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"Bah!" Qiu Wenyan punched Zhang Junping with a red face.
Qiu Wenyan has now become immune to Zhang Junping's rhetoric.
"My mother grew that pumpkin. Knowing that I was going to your house, she insisted on letting me take it so that my future in-laws could try it.
Let me tell you, this pumpkin is extraordinary. It’s sweet and chewy, and it also has the aroma of chestnuts.
Also, didn’t you say that my father-in-law has rheumatoid arthritis and his legs feel uncomfortable in winter?
I prepared a wolfskin for my father-in-law, which I beat with my own hands.
There is also snow clam oil for the mother-in-law..." Zhang Junping did not continue to tease Qiu Wenyan, but seriously introduced the gifts he had brought.
"Why do you bring so many things? My dad will blame me later!" Qiu Wenyan complained, but she was very happy in her heart.
After all, what he said casually while chatting was remembered by Zhang Junping.
This feeling of not caring made her happy.
Zhang Junping helped Qiu Wenyan into the car, pushed the starter lever, started the motorcycle, and left the Light Industry Bureau with envious, jealous and hateful eyes.
Leaving behind a broken heart.
The goddess actually has a boyfriend and is going to meet her parents.
Why?
Aren't you just taller and more handsome than me?
My goddess!
Although I'm not as handsome as him, you have to understand that slender is not necessarily more useful than short and thick.
Damn it!
They didn't even give me a chance to try.
………
Arriving at the district compound, Zhang Junping, under the guidance of Qiu Wenyan, parked his car under a three-story dormitory building.
Carrying things, I came to the second floor.
The person who opened the door was a very dignified middle-aged woman in her forties. It could be seen from her eyebrows that she was extremely beautiful back then.
The same superb beauties can be divided into several types, some of which are as charming as blue enchantress, mandala and poppy.
Some are like peonies, beautiful but not enchanting.
Qiu Wenyan and her mother are both peonies, beautiful but not coquettish, delicate but not charming.
"This is my mother!"
"Hello, aunt!" Zhang Junping quickly nodded to the middle-aged woman and said hello, showing an honest smile at the right time.
"This is Zhang Junping!"
"Xiao Zhang is here, come in quickly!" Qiu Wenyan's mother looked at Zhang Junping carefully, nodded secretly, and then let him into the house with a smile.
Seeing Zhang Junping carrying several large and small bags, Qiu's mother complained: "Come here, why do you bring so many things? Yanzi is also ignorant, how can someone carry so many things."
"Auntie, I didn't bring anything. These two pumpkins were grown by my mother herself. Knowing that I was coming to your house today, she asked me to bring them over for you to try.
If you like it, I will send it to you later.
besides……"
"Okay, okay! This pumpkin is my favorite!
Thank your mother for me!" Mother Qiu took the pumpkin with both hands and said with a happy smile.
It can be seen that I really like it, not just pretending to be perfunctory.
"I guess your dad will be very happy to see this pumpkin when he comes back soon."
"Mom, why am I listening? There is a story in this pumpkin!"
"This is a long time to say. You were still young at that time and didn't remember much.
That year, the country suffered from severe disasters, and your father took all the food supplies from home to support his old subordinates and brothers.
Your brother and your sister were so hungry that they were lying on the kang unwilling to move.
I had just given birth to your sister not long ago, and I only had a bowl of watery milk every day, so there was no milk.
Your sister is too hungry to even cry."
"what about me?"
"You?" A trace of guilt flashed across Mother Qiu's face, "You almost starved to death at that time, and we all thought you were already dead.
I will put you in the next room, wait for you to take your last breath, and then bury you.
Later, thanks to your grandfather arriving in time, he brought a dozen large pumpkins from his hometown.
Seeing that you were still alive, he scolded us, then fed you some pumpkin porridge, and then he revived you.
It was these dozen big pumpkins that saved you and our family’s lives.
So, this pumpkin is a life-saving pumpkin.”
"Oh! Why is my dad like this? We are almost starving to death, and yet we use our food to help others." Qiu Wenyan stomped her feet dissatisfied.
"Nonsense, you don't understand!
Don’t say you didn’t starve to death, even if you starved to death, you would still be saved!
Those people all sacrificed their lives to save your father and me. If we watch their parents and children starve to death, are they still human? Even if we live, we will have to feel guilty for the rest of our lives." Mother Qiu scolded her seriously.
Zhang Junping quickly interjected: "Auntie, I just heard you talk about the life-saving pumpkin. I would like to ask, where is your hometown..."
"My hometown is Changle. The pumpkins there saved many people's lives."
"Then this pumpkin is really the right gift!" Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"That's right! This pumpkin is a great gift!"
"Auntie, actually we are still fellow villagers, my hometown is Shouguang.
Zhangmiao is next to Changle.
This pumpkin was given to me by my uncle back then, and my mother also called it the life-saving pumpkin.
So I keep saving the seeds and plant a few every year." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"That's a coincidence! Our hometown is in Qiuji, Changle, and our two villages are no more than ten miles apart." Qiu's mother also laughed.
"Really? Your hometown and mine are so close?" Qiu Wenyan said in surprise.
"Can this be false? This is what we call fate..." Zhang Junping smiled and winked at Qiu Wenyan.
"Oops! You're just talking. Xiao Zhang, please sit down quickly and I'll get you some water." Mother Qiu then realized that Zhang Junping was still standing at the door and hurriedly asked him to go to the living room.
As soon as they said they were fellow villagers, the relationship between the two parties immediately became closer.
Only then did Qiu's mother respond. The mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law, and the more she looked at him, the happier she became.
"You sit down for a while first, drink some tea and eat some melon seeds.
Yanzi's father is probably coming back soon." Mother Qiu quickly made tea for Zhang Junping and brought out the melon seeds.
"Xiao Zhang, please sit down first and I'll cook for you!"
"Aunt, can I help you?"
"No, just sit down. Yanzi, please turn on the TV and let Xiao Zhang watch TV..." After Mother Qiu finished explaining, she turned around and went into the kitchen to start working.
"Mom! We're back!" At this time, the door was opened, and three people came in from the outside.
A boy, a girl and a child.
The man is in his thirties, wearing a woolen military uniform. He is very burly, with big eyes, a wide mouth, and lines of flesh on his face.
His eyebrows are somewhat similar to Qiu Wenyan's, so he should be Qiu Wenyan's brother.
Thanks to Qiu Wenyan being with Qiu's mother more often, otherwise I wouldn't be able to watch it.
The woman is a young woman in her twenties, very plump, with fair skin, big and lively eyes, and she is holding a child over one year old in her arms.
"Are you the pretty boy who seduced my sister and stayed up all night after only knowing her for a day?" The burly man said with wide eyes and a loud voice.