In Shantou, the traditional concept of preference for sons over daughters is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

There have always been important guests in the house, and He Shenge and his mother can only be responsible for preparing the banquet in the kitchen.

This time, He Shenge was a little worried that Gu Lance alone didn't know how to deal with this group of relatives, and she wanted to protest.

"What are you doing standing here?" the father looked sternly: "Don't think that if there are outsiders, I won't dare to teach you a lesson, hurry up and go back to my room." ”

"Dad. ”

"Don't call me Dad, I don't have a disobedient child like you. ”

He Shenge stood in place in embarrassment.

Gu Lance clenched her hand and stepped forward: "Uncle, I came this time to think." ”

He paused, then said righteously, "I want to marry your daughter." ”

As soon as these words came out, He Shenge was stunned, and asked in a low voice with a thunderous heartbeat: "Uncle, what are you doing? Don't joke about this." ”

"I've figured it out, I think we're pretty good along, if you don't dislike it, we'll continue to get along in the future. ”

"Are you sure you've figured it out? But me. ”

Before He Shenge finished speaking, He Shenge's father interrupted sharply: "She hasn't finished her work yet, and you'll talk about your marriage another day." ”

At this time, He Shenge's mother quietly came over and pulled He Shenge: "Come out with me and let him talk to your father." ”

"No, he's alone. He Shenge was not very relieved.

Gu Lance touched her head: "Go ahead, I'll take care of it." ”

"Uncle, why didn't you discuss it with me in advance?"

"Isn't it all about surprise attacks?"

He Shenge glanced at him: "You are not proposing, you are directly overbearing the bow." ”

With a triumphant smile, Gu Lance let go of her hand, led a few boxes of gifts alone, and walked to the center of the living room with unyielding steps like a soldier on the battlefield.

At this end, He Shenge has been pulled out of the house by his mother.

"I don't have soy sauce at home, so I went to buy a bottle of soy sauce and came back. He Shenge's mother took out fifty yuan from her pocket and put it in her hand.

He Shenge silently stuffed the money back and left the house.

After coming back from outside, He Shenge saw that Gu Lance could actually talk to her father, and she was also quite relieved, because she had always been at odds with her father.

After He Shenge put the two bottles of soy sauce back in the kitchen, he called out the ancient lance.

"Uncle, you are talking about marriage too child's play, while my dad hasn't taken it seriously yet, go back quickly. He Shenge's tone was full of displeasure.

"I'm just talking to your dad, but I've thought about getting married, so I bought the car and the house, and the house is written in the names of the two of us, I know you're busy preparing for the studio now, and you won't consider getting married, it's okay, I'm ready here, when you're ready, go try on the wedding dress." ”

"You've really figured it out?"

"Hmm. Gu Lance nodded.

According to his original life plan, as long as he is promoted and raised, his job tends to be stable, his savings are sufficient, his RV is ready, and he is approaching thirty, that is the time to get married, but as long as he gets along appropriately, he doesn't care who it is.

It's just that he didn't tell He Shenge these realistic words.

He Shenge always had something wrong in his heart, he was not stable.

She thought for a moment, but still refused: "Uncle, I don't want to think about marriage now, let's talk about it later, I hope you can also think seriously for a while, you go back, my dad, I'll explain." ”

"It's okay, I'll explain to my uncle later. ”

Gu Lance naturally didn't force her, just gave her some time to buffer.

"You go back first, I really don't have the heart to think about this kind of thing now, and the house, you remove my name, your hard-earned money, the house you have provided for so long, I can't take it for nothing, although the RV is the basis of marriage, but both parties have to pay, I hope that in this marriage, we are equal." ”

"I know what you mean, I'm sorry I didn't consult you beforehand. He originally thought that He Shenge would be moved.

"It's fine, it's just that I'm a little scared. ”

The two talked about marriage issues, and He Shenge gently persuaded Gu Lance to leave, but it happened that the company had something to do, and Gu Lance had to drive away from He's house.

During the dinner, He Shenge sandwiched a piece of beef and put it in his father's bowl.

Dad He was solemn, put the chopsticks on the bowl, and scolded angrily: "Why do you suddenly stop being a teacher? Girls, you should be a teacher, this kind of work is stable, you see, you are going to get married, is it possible that you will rely on Gu Lance to work alone in the future? The outside is not as good as our family, and everything is expensive in big cities." ”

"Dad, I have a job, this job is more free, and I can make money. ”

"Freedom, freedom! Freedom, then why are you still married? You are just too reckless! I used to say, you are studying at our Shantou University, what are you going out for? You have to go out! Now that you are out, your wings are stiff, when have you heard my words? Girls should study how to be a good mother at home, think about it, when you get married and have children in the future, what kind of freelance work do you still have, and your own children will not be taught?"

He Shenge turned a deaf ear to this and lowered his head to eat.

Seeing He Shenge's attitude of ignoring him, Dad He became even more angry: "Look at you, what kind of attitude is this? You are still a person who has been a teacher, you have this attitude, go out, and lose me! Some time ago, the people in the village said that you were a fraudster, and they didn't know what you had learned outside! Look at your brother, not only do you have to study, but also help at home, and occasionally go to the sea with me, if it weren't for marriage, wouldn't you have gone home for the New Year?"

"Dad, I went home because of the Chinese New Year, and because I also have some work to deal with in my hometown, besides, how can you believe the rumors in the village? Could it be that you don't believe your own daughter?"

"How do I explain? Tell me, how long have you not been home? What are you doing outside, what do we know? Now as soon as you go home, you say that you are going to get married, and I and your mother are blindly worried about finding you a blind date, and you don't even say a word about such a big thing?"

"Dad, Gu Lance is indeed the person I want to marry in the future, but we didn't get married so soon, he just sent me home today, just to show you the boyfriend I found myself. ”

"Fortunately, he also has a house and a car, and his job is okay, Gege, if your work is not going well, you won't have to worry about marrying him. He Mu next to him interjected.

"Don't worry, I just asked him for a bride price of 300,000 yuan, which can be used for Qilin to study in college and marry a daughter-in-law in the future, but he ran away, and I don't know if it's reliable. Dad He took a sip of wine and said in a displeased tone.

He Shenge put down the dishes and chopsticks like thunder: "Dad, do you want 300,000 dowries from Gu Qi?"

"Seeing that he has a house and a car, I still need less, and I should ask him to buy you a car. ”

Her heart trembled, she got up, clenched her fists, and roared angrily: "Dad, since I was a child, you went to sea, and all the seafood was given to Qilin to eat, you never asked me to taste it, it's okay, anyway, I eat beef balls, I read, I bought a workbook, you feel sorry for money, now, if Qilin has no pocket money, you will give him the family I gave you, you borrow money to build a house, say that it is for Qilin to grow up and marry a daughter-in-law, and you don't say that you will leave me a house, and you also said that I will marry in the future, but the money you borrowed is not paid back by my work to make money?" So, you sell me now, and give the money from the sale of me to your son to marry a daughter-in-law, right?"

With such a roar, Dad He trembled angrily, slapped the dining table vigorously, got up and scolded angrily: "What do you say to sell? Who taught you such ugly words? What kind of mess did you go out to learn outside, and did you forget the three obedience and four virtues that girls should have?"

"In this day and age, who still follows the four virtues? You have always been partial, you think about Qilin everything, have you ever thought about me? It's not that I don't tell you about the outside world, it's that I told you, what's the use? I really can't communicate with you. He Shenge bypassed the dining table.

"You get out of here, I don't have a shameless daughter like you. ”

Behind her was the roar of Daddy He, and she ignored it, closed the door, and locked herself inside.

That night, my mother knocked on the door and came in.

He Shenge pretended to be sleeping.

Mother He naturally knew that she was pretending to be asleep, so she put a bowl of boiled kuay teow soup on the bedside table, sat on the edge of her bed, and sighed: "Gege, don't be angry with your father, your father is that virtuous, Ming'er apologizes to your father, I saw that you didn't eat much just now, get up, eat a kway teow, I will add an extra egg to it, and your favorite beef balls." ”

She was smothered under the covers, silent.

"Marriage, I won't stop you, that young man is also very good, your father rarely likes such a young man, you want to marry, I also agree, at least he is a Guangzhou, if you are wronged, it is convenient to go home, it is better than the original surname Shen, at the beginning I was with my aunt and aunt, but I went to the United States, there is no such thing. ”

Hearing this, He Shenge lifted the quilt: "Mom, that's in the past, can you stop mentioning it?"

"Gege, you, don't tell Gu Qi these old things, men will always mind your past, although he doesn't say it. ”

"He already knew. ”

"How can you tell him about this, you boy? But this young man doesn't care about your past, and they want you, which is good. ”

He Shenge rolled around on the bed: "Mom, why did you tell me so cheaply?"

"It's not cheap, that's why your dad only raised 300,000, and if it were me, I wanted 1 million. ”

"He's not a rich second generation, he doesn't have so much money, and he works hard, why are you all talking so much?"

He Mu's kind face showed a slight smile: "You haven't married someone yet, so you feel sorry for others?"

"He's good to me, and I've got to be good to him. ”

"It's okay to be good to you, the gift money, there's no way, you go back and talk to him, it's not right, why is it scared away for 300,000, I see what he bought, how to say it's tens of thousands, even the house has your name written on it, how can it not be like this?"

He Shenge snickered behind He's mother's back: "Mom, you don't look at the situation in our family, marriage is not poverty alleviation, nor is it robbery, this is like this in advance, I will go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau tomorrow if I have something to do, you go back and find the household registration book for me." ”

"Want to steal the household registration book to get married?"

"No, it's just to open a store, the whole business license. ”

"How did you open the store, and where did you open it?"

"Guangzhou, I'll tell you when I go back, you hurry back and look for the household registration book. ”

He Mu looked at her with some concern: "It costs a lot of money to open a store, do you have enough money?"

"Enough, you can go back to sleep. He Shenge got up and pushed He Mu out.

"Gege, remember to drink the kway teow soup, it's cold, no one lives in your house all year round, it's super cold, drink some hot soup to sleep, warm up. ”

"Got it. ”

Mother He turned back again, held He Shenge's hand, and said cautiously: "Gu Lance, this child is really good, you have to catch it well." ”

"Okay, I'll go back and tie him up. ”