Originally, Niu Ye had already given up on Qiao Erqiang.
But after Niu Ye gave up hope on Qiao Erqiang, Qiao Erqiang suddenly divorced Ma Suqin.
They managed to find a partner fairly smoothly, giving Niu Ye a glimmer of hope to repay Qiao Erqiang.
Just when there was a little hope, Qiao Erqiang was stuck at the last step and made no progress.
"You also know that second brother is a person who is relatively slow emotionally."
Sanli explained to Niu Ye sincerely that maybe it was Erqiang's usually dull behavior that paralyzed Sanli. Sanli completely misunderstood what kind of person Erqiang was in terms of emotions.
Niu Ye: "."
Niu Ye didn't know what to say. A child who fell in love with a woman in her thirties when she was just a teenager. How could a person who wanted to get married at the age of 20 before the legal age, be so emotionally slow?
"It's my fault, I shouldn't have mentioned this."
Niu Ye waved his hand and ended the topic. Regarding Qiao Simei's matter, Niu Ye and Sanli could still find a common topic.
But there are still serious differences between the two people in their views on Qiao Erqiang.
Qiao Simei wanted to open a bookstore for Qi Chenggang, but she was very resolute.
In less than a month, I resigned, rented a store, renovated it, contacted me to purchase goods, and opened the business. It was all completed.
She has been working in Niu Ye's restaurant since she was fifteen or sixteen, so Qiao Simei is quite familiar with the process of opening a restaurant.
In terms of difficulty, opening a bookstore is much easier than opening a restaurant.
Qi Chenggang has been very honest during this period because he made mistakes.
It can be said that Qiao Simei obeyed her words.
I go to work on time every day to check the store, and when the time comes, I go home from get off work on time.
After returning home, he helped Qiao Simei with housework and taking care of the children. At first glance, he looked like a model husband.
Qiao Simei took care of her children at home and became a housewife.
This cycle will take at least two or three years, and it will not end until the child can be sent to kindergarten.
After Qiao Simei and his wife settled down, the others didn't do anything, and they passed the end of the year peacefully.
"Brother Niu, please follow me back this New Year's Day. My eldest brother wants to bring his girlfriend back to meet his family."
After Sanli's driving skills were well practiced, when she returned to Shamao Lane, Niu Ye no longer needed to follow her back.
So this time Sanli specially called Niu Ye.
"Qiao Yicheng's mysterious girlfriend is finally going to show up?"
Niu Ye jokingly said that Niu Ye Haolai, Qiao Yicheng's mysterious girlfriend Xiang Nanfang, had met in the hospital more than a year ago. The two had not yet fallen in love at that time.
The rest of Lao Qiao's family had only heard of Xiang Nanfang by name, but had never seen him in person.
"Isn't this just an appearance? This time the eldest brother brings someone here, even if it's a formal meeting with the parents before the wedding."
Qiao Yicheng's wedding this time was the same as the last time. After everything was settled, a notice was given to Qiao's family.
"Dad, this is the first time that eldest brother's girlfriend comes to the house. When you speak, you should be careful. Think before you speak. Don't just open your mouth and say anything. If you must say something that you shouldn't say, you will make trouble.
Everyone is unhappy."
When Niu Ye and San Li came over, they saw Qiao Simei giving instructions to Qiao Zuwang.
"What happened when I came to my home for the first time? I am no longer the father of this family. I can't speak in this home anymore? What kind of royal relative is she?"
Regardless of whether Qiao Zuwang heard it in his heart or not, he refused to admit defeat.
"Dad, Sister Nanfang is a cadre, so you must not talk nonsense."
Sanli couldn't figure out Qiao Zuwang's true attitude, so she also gave Qiao Zuwang instructions.
With different identities, the degree of attention received is indeed different. Xiang Nanfang received much more attention when he came to Lao Qiao's house for the first time than when Ye Xiaolang came here for the first time.
Not to mention the identity issue of someone who comes from a cadre family and a worker family from a small city.
Respect between people is mutual.
Before Ye Xiaolang and Qiao Yicheng got married, they had never visited Qiao's house.
The first time the Qiao family met Ye Xiaolang was at the wedding of Qiao Yicheng and Ye Xiaolang.
Xiang Nanfang respects the Qiao family more than Ye Xiaolang. No matter how busy he is at work, meeting his parents before marriage is still a must.
Besides, the level of attention received by a girlfriend who has not been married and a daughter-in-law who has been married are not on the same level from the husband's family.
"Cadres? What cadres? It's not like I've never seen cadres before. I think when foreign leaders came to Nanjing, they also waved to me."
Qiao Zuwang began to brag again, emphasizing that he was not an ignorant person.
"The dishes are all ready and can be served."
Qiao Erqiang brought two plates of food from the kitchen to the main room, and then shouted.
Qiao Erqiang, who hadn't cooked at Qiao's house for a long time, took a special vacation this time, not only to celebrate the festival, but also to entertain Xiang Nanfang.
"What does your eldest brother do at home?"
While waiting for the dishes to be brought over and waiting for people to arrive, Qiao Zuwang asked again.
"As long as Miss Nanfang is nice, it's fine. You don't care what she does. Dad, please don't ask around during dinner. It's your first time here, and the first impression you'll have on me when you come back won't be bad. Also,
Well, when I eat later, I always use serving chopsticks when picking up food."
Sanli had more or less heard Qiao Yicheng talk about the background of the Xiang family.
He kept asking Qiao Zuwang to pay attention to various details.
Although the Niu family has become rich, it cannot change Sanli's respect for cadres.
"What kind of serving chopsticks should I use? I have been eating at this table for decades, and I have always eaten with a pair of chopsticks."
Qiao Zuwang slapped his hand on the Eight Immortals table and said.
"Dad, I heard that Sister Nanfang comes from a family of cadres. We can't embarrass our eldest brother."
"What kind of big cadre, no matter how big a cadre is, can be bigger than our factory Shi Weidong? It's not like I haven't seen big cadres before."
Without bragging, the largest cadre Qiao Zuwang has ever come into contact with is Shi Weidong, the director of the welfare factory where he used to work. So let Qiao Zuwang give an example. The largest cadre was at this level.
"Dad, your factory director doesn't have as many people in charge as Sanli does now. He can't be considered a big cadre. Don't even talk about it. I heard Qiao Yicheng leading someone, and it seems that he has already walked to the door."
Niu Ye said to Qiao Zuwang that it was not good to talk about people behind their backs, but it would be even more embarrassing if Xiang Nanfang heard it again.
Qiao Yichen already had low self-esteem in front of Xiang Nannan, so he decided not to let Qiao Zuwang make a joke, and then made it more difficult for Qiao Yichen and increased his psychological pressure.
"People are already here?"
While Qiao Zuwang was talking, he sat back on the sofa and laid out his father's score.
Everyone else came out of the house and greeted Qiao Yicheng and Xiang Nanfang in the yard.
"Southern, these are the second strong ones, the third beauties, the fourth beauties, and the seventh ones."
Then I saw Qiao Yicheng and Xiang Nanfang entering Qiao's house with Jiu'er and gifts in their hands. Qiao Yicheng first introduced the adults and children, big and small, to Xiang Nanfang.
"Hello Niu Ye, we have met before, right?"
He has become a division-level cadre at a young age. Xiang Nanfang not only has a good family background, but also has excellent abilities. Even though he has only met once, Xiang Nanfang still has some influence on Niu Ye.
"Hello, Sister Nanfang, we have met once, let's chat in the room."
Niu Ye said to Xiang Nanfang that his impression of Xiang Nanfang was not bad. If it weren't for the fact that his family conditions were so good and this was not a shortcoming, he would be a perfect match for Qiao Yicheng.
"This is my dad."
When they arrived at the house, Qiao Yicheng introduced Qiao Zuwang to Xiang Nannan.
After Xiang Nannan gave the gifts he brought to Qiao Zuwang, they all sat down and started eating.
"Nanfang, where do you work?"
"Nanfang, what do you do at home?"
"Nanfang, where do you live?"
"How many people are there in the family?"
"Brothers and sisters, what are you doing?"
Sanli's instructions were of no use. After the dinner table, Qiao Zuwang still checked Xiang Nanfang's household registration.
"I am a civil servant. I used to work in the district and now I work in the municipal party committee."
"My parents are also civil servants, but they are both retired."
"I have a sister and a brother."
It was more or less embarrassing. Xiang Nanfang couldn't boast that he came from a high-ranking cadre family, so he could only answer some of Qiao Zuwang's questions while avoiding the most important ones.
However, from the fact that Xiang Nanfang's father is retired, we can know how early Xiang Nanfang's father joined the revolution. Xiang Nanfang is also considered a second-generation red man.
His status is much higher than that of Niu Ye, the rich second generation.
Apart from Qiao Zu's a little bit of embarrassment when he wanted to check his household registration, this meal was quite a treat for both the guest and the host.
Not to mention that there are so many people who can make jokes and relieve the awkward atmosphere.
Xiang Nanfang is a person who has been a leader for many years. He is very capable and will not embarrass the situation.
After the banquet was over, Qiao Yicheng sent Xiang Nanfang home first and took the first step. Sanli stayed to help clean up the mess, and Niu Ye naturally stayed behind.
"Sanli, do you know what is going on at home with your eldest brother?"
Qiao Zuwang still refused to give up and wanted to understand the situation of the Xiang family so that he could judge what advantages he could take advantage of by joining such an in-law family.
"I am not sure."
"You're lying, you don't know. You have the closest relationship with your eldest brother, you don't know."
"Dad, didn't I already tell you that we are a cadre family?"
"There are many types of cadre families, small cadre families and big cadre families. There is a big difference."
Qiao Zuwang still kept asking questions, obviously wanting to break the casserole and get to the bottom of it.
"Dad, isn't it enough that Sister Nanfang and eldest brother have a good relationship? As for their family situation, why do you know so clearly?"
Qiao Simei was beside him and felt that Qiao Zuwang had too many problems.
"She is going to marry into the Qiao family, so of course I need to know her origins clearly. When you get married, don't your husband's family also need to know about your family's situation?"
The reason Qiao Zuwang gave himself was quite upright.
If Qiao Zuwang hadn't understood anything when Qiao Yicheng married Ye Xiaolang, Niu Ye would have truly believed Qiao Zuwang's words and assumed that Qiao Zuwang really cared about Qiao Yicheng.
"I only know."
"Sanli, have you packed up? The children are all sleepy and it's time to go to bed."
Niu Ye interrupted Sanli and wanted to tell Xiang Nanfang's father that he was originally a provincial cadre.
"Is the child sleepy? Sister, you can go back. We can take care of things here."
After a long time, Qiao Simei finally said something that Niu Ye liked to hear.
"Third Sister, please go back. I will help Fourth Sister clean up everything before going back to sleep." Qiao Qiqi also gave an assist.
"Then we'll go back first."
There are still quite a lot of people in Lao Qiao's family, Qiao Simei, his wife, Erqiang, Qiqi. It won't have any impact if Sanli is missing to clean up the mess.
"Sanli, do you still want Qiao Yicheng to get married?"
On the way back in the car, Niuye couldn't wait to ask Sanli.
"Of course I hope that eldest brother can get married." Sanli replied without any doubt.
"Then you can't tell the old man about the situation of the Xiang Nanfang family. You don't even think about the situation of the Xiang family. Why did Qiao Yicheng tell you only?"
"My eldest brother and I are the closest."
"Okay, that's one reason." Qiao Yicheng told San Li, there must be this reason. "But, San Li, haven't you ever thought about why Qiao Yicheng didn't tell Qiao Zuwang, Xiang Nanfang's background?
"
The reason why Qiao Yicheng was willing to tell Sanli was because he felt reassured about Sanli.
Knowing Sanli, even if he knew the Xiang family's family background, he would not have any thoughts to cling to the Xiang family and trouble the Xiang family to do something for him.
"Brother, are you afraid that dad will go to the Xiang family to do something for you?"
Sanli pondered for a while and then said.
"Yes, the old man has a criminal record. After the matter between the two of us was settled, the old man no longer regarded himself as an outsider when he arrived at Niu's house. Our parents knew who the old man was and would not care about him.
It’s hard to say what the family’s attitude is.”
Although Niu Ye had no complaints about Qiao Zuwang, it was because of Qiao Zuwang's actions that Niu's parents and Niu's mother were willing to move out of Shamao Lane.
But the Xiang family definitely doesn't want to have a poor relative who keeps coming to their house to do things for them.
"Then, can you still keep Sister Nanfang's background a secret from dad and prevent him from knowing about it?"
"Then it can be kept secret for as long as it takes. At least Qiao Yicheng can't let him know about it before he gets married, so as not to cause any troubles."
The longer this matter is hidden from Qiao Zuwang, the better.
"Okay, I won't tell Dad about Sister Nanfang's parentage."
Compared to Qiao Zuwang, Sanli is closer to Qiao Yicheng. Qiao Yicheng's smooth marriage is definitely more important than hiding this little thing from Qiao Zuwang.
"You'd better not say anything about other people. After our family became rich, you also know how many people came to borrow money. If too many people knew that the Qiao family had become involved in this family, I don't know what would happen.
How many people have come to ask for help?"
"Then even if you don't tell, second brother and Simei know?"
"Do you think the two of them are people who can hide things? If they want to know, let them ask Qiao Yicheng themselves."
It wasn't certain whether the neighbors would find Qiao Yicheng to do things for them, but Qiao Simei knew Xiang Nanfang's origins.
After something happened, Qiao Simei would definitely not be polite to Qiao Yicheng and Xiang Nanfang, the sister-in-law.