Chapter 293: A Good Man in the New Era
Zhang Meng heard Li Meng shouting this mother, and the courage to confess just now seemed to suddenly leak out with this "mother". He stood up tremblingly, turned around, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Li Meng, looking at Wang Xiulan.
"Auntie, I~I~"
His dull appearance, combined with his strong figure of one meter eight, formed a huge contrast.
"What are you, talk quickly!" Li Meng saw his stunned appearance, anxious and angry.
Zhang Meng, who was agitated by Li Meng's words, suddenly had the courage to confess to Li Meng just now.
People die in the sky, and they don't die for thousands of years.
Zhang Meng, who mustered up his courage, blurted out: "Auntie, I like Mengmeng, I want to get married with Mengmeng, have children, and be filial to you and Uncle Li in the future." Promise me to fulfill us!"
"What are you talking about, who wants to have a child with you!" Li Meng said embarrassedly.
Wang Xiulan actually knew the emotions between her daughter and Zhang Meng for a long time, she and her husband Li Shuangzhu had knocked on their daughter on the side, but at that time Li Meng didn't want to talk about it, her daughter's family had a tender face, and she was a little embarrassed to talk about this topic in her parents at that time.
In the past few days, Wang Xiulan actually knew that there was a young man who came to his daughter's shop every day to look for his daughter, and at first she looked at the young man's appearance, dress, words and deeds, and felt pretty good; secretly, she had already inquired with someone, and only then did she know that this Chen Huan was sheep shit and eggs, with a smooth surface, a face like a hibiscus, and a straw bag inside. She was secretly worried, worried that her daughter would accept this Chen Huan, and was about to find an opportunity to talk to her daughter, but she didn't expect that Zhang Meng, a kid, would come over to confess today.
Wang Xiulan was happy in her heart, but she still made an angry expression on her face.
"Zhang Meng, it's not that Auntie I'm not optimistic about you, it's just that you and Mengmeng are still young, and Auntie is worried that you are impulsive. In addition, I have a good relationship with your mother and sister-in-law, I don't want you to be in a few years, and if there is a conflict, you will break up, which will not be good for both of us!" Wang Xiulan said.
"Aunt Xiulan, don't worry, I will be good to Mengmeng for the rest of my life!" Zhang Meng promised affectionately.
"It's useless for you to promise me, the key is whether you can do it or not. Besides, we don't know what your parents mean. You must know that the relationship between two people is not just a matter of the two of you!" Wang Xiulan continued.
In fact, Wang Xiulan's meaning is already very clear, that is, she hopes that Zhang Meng's parents Zhang Qingxiang and Chen Chunhua will come forward. The feelings of this era are still very different from the free love of later generations. Both parties in free love, even if the parents do not agree much, but the parents are still more inclined to listen to the opinions of their children. Even if the parents are not satisfied with this family business, if the child insists on going his own way, the parents will not force the opposition. In the early 80s, there were very few free love and marriages, and most young people only got married through matchmaking or other means, after both parents passed.
Zhang Meng is not a stupid person, he understood what Wang Xiulan meant, and he said happily: "Auntie, don't worry, I'll go back and tell my parents!"
After speaking, Zhang Meng said to Li Meng: "Mengmeng, don't worry, I will definitely be good to you for a lifetime!"
"Oh yes, big brother is so good!" Zhang Junjie is afraid that the world will not be chaotic.
Li Meng said embarrassedly: "Go, you all go out to play, I have to wash the photos of the guests!"
Li Liang smiled and didn't speak, took Chenchen and Zhang Junjie's hands, and walked out of the photo studio.
After a while, Zhang Meng rode his bicycle and drove quickly along Jiefang Street in the direction of Wangkelai Hotel in the east of the city, apparently looking for his mother Chen Chunhua.
"Chenchen, did you see that your brother liked my sister before?" asked Li Liang.
"No, I don't even know when my brother fell in love with Sister Mengmeng, he is usually at home and never shows it!"
Zhang Junjie also said: "That's it, my eldest brother has done a good job of secrecy, I have to blackmail him after I go back!"
At this time, Chenchen asked, "Liangzi, do you think it is appropriate for my brother and your sister to be together?"
Li Liang shook his head and said, "I don't know. ”
Li Liang really didn't know that in the previous life he had experienced, his sisters Li Meng and Zhang Meng had encountered misfortunes in their respective lives, one was paralyzed in bed and died depressed, and the other was wrongfully imprisoned and died silently in prison. The two of them did not confess to Li Meng romantically like in this life. As soon as he was reborn, what he always wanted was to change the fate of his sister Li Meng and Zhang Meng, but now that it is like this, can it be regarded as a change? Li has no answer in his conscience!
But do good deeds, don't ask about the future!
Zhang Meng's confession went very smoothly, he went to Wangkelai Hotel to find his mother Chen Chunhua, and told his mother about his liking for Li Meng. Chen Chunhua's heart was full of joy, the pigs she had raised for nearly 20 years finally knew how to go to Gong Cabbage! The most important thing is that this target cabbage is Li Meng, who she has watched and grown up since childhood. Not only is he smart, beautiful, and virtuous, but he also has a good personality, and he is simply the ideal candidate for a daughter-in-law!
In addition, Li Meng's parents, Li Shuangzhu and Wang Xiulan, are very familiar with themselves and their husbands, and they are both very kind people, and their family backgrounds are good. The son was able to marry such a daughter-in-law, which is really a blessing that he has cultivated for eight lifetimes.
So Chen Chunhua did not delay, and after listening to her son's words, she let her son ride a bicycle and drove herself to the coal yard where her husband worked. Zhang Qingxiang was making coal in the workshop of the coal yard, and his whole body was black, because he was sweating a lot, and a towel on his shoulder had been wiped black.
"Dad, can you take a day off?"
"What's the matter?" Zhang Qingxiang asked, looking at his wife and son.
"Zhang Meng, he fell in love with the daughter of the Shuangzhu family, Mengmeng, I think let's take our son to officially propose marriage today!" Chen Chunhua said, "Zhang Meng, he is almost twenty years old, he has decided on a partner early, and after a year or two, he can get married." ”
Zhang Qingxiang listened to his wife's words and was a little speechless in surprise.
It took him a while to react, and he slapped his son Zhang Meng's shoulder happily: "Good boy! I really didn't see it, Mengmeng is a good child! Dad will go to the field to ask for leave now!"
Zhang Qingxiang went to the office in the yard to ask for leave, washed his hands and face, and rode his bicycle out of the coal yard compound with his son and wife.
"Chunhua, although our family is quite familiar with the Shuangzhu family, but this is the first time to officially go to his house for Zhang Meng's business, what do you think is better for us to buy something in the past?" Zhang Qingxiang asked his wife's opinion.
Chen Chunhua had already thought about it in her heart, and she smiled: "I've thought about it, let's go to the department store first!"
The Zhang family and their son Zhang Meng walked around the department store, chose two bottles of Moutai, two 'Lushan' cigarettes, and bought two boxes of Lekoufu malt milk essence and a gauze towel.
"Son, these are considered door-to-door gifts, and when they get engaged in the future, their parents will prepare better things for Mengmeng!" Chen Chunhua was afraid that her son would feel that there were fewer gifts, so she explained.
"Mom, I know!"
Li Liang took Chenchen and Zhang Junjie to watch TV in the living room on the second floor of his house, and was watching, when suddenly there was a commotion downstairs, he got up and looked down through the balcony, only to see Zhang Meng, Zhang Qingxiang, and Chen Chunhua coming to his house.
Mother Wang Xiulan was talking to Zhang Qingxiang on the cement floor downstairs, and Li Meng also came out of the photo studio, her face was still flushed, and she was still shy.
Wang Xiulan led the Zhang family to her living room, and Li Liang hurriedly poured a cup of tea for each of them.
The next thing is a bit of a matter of course, under the sincere request of Zhang Qingxiang and Chen Chunhua, Wang Xiulan agreed that Zhang Meng and Li Meng could officially date. The two sides even discussed that when the Chinese New Year came, they could consider holding an engagement ceremony for the young couple.
"Oh, great, then am I going to call Sister Mengmeng my sister-in-law in the future?" Zhang Junjie said happily.
Li Meng has always been good to him, when he was young, Zhang Junjie often came to Li's house to play with his sister Chenchen, at that time, as long as Mengmeng was at home, he was very enthusiastic about their sister and brother, and often brought them all kinds of delicious snacks.
And Li Meng is beautiful and generous, and she speaks politely, such a good sister-in-law is really hard to find with a lantern!
"You kid!" Chen Chunhua said angrily, "Don't make your sister-in-law angry in the future, otherwise be careful that your brother beats you!"
"I won't make Sister Mengmeng angry!" Zhang Junjie smiled.
"Sister-in-law Chunhua, don't go back at noon today, just eat at my house!" Wang Xiulan beckoned.
Chen Chunhua disagreed, she said: "Today is a good day for Zhang Meng and Mengmeng, thanks to your affordability, I have prepared a table of banquets in Wangkelai, and I will eat in the store at noon!"
Chen Chunhua resolutely refused to let Wang Xiulan go to the kitchen to cook, but invited Li Liang's family to Wangke. She also sent her husband Zhang Qingxiang to ride a bicycle to the textile factory to find Li Shuangzhu.
Li Shuangzhu usually eats in the factory at noon, and rarely comes back at noon when there is nothing special. Today is a good day, Zhang Qingxiang wants to call Li Shuangzhu back, and the two families get together together.
At noon, the Zhang and Li families gathered in the box of the Wangkelai main store, during the banquet, only Zhang Meng's eldest sister Zhang Xin was missing, and everyone else was there, everyone toasted together, celebrating the official boyfriend and girlfriend relationship between Zhang Meng and Li Meng.
In fact, Zhang Meng is not the eldest child of Zhang Qingxiang's family, he has two older sisters, the eldest sister Zhang Xin is 25 years old, and the second sister Zhang Jia is also 22 years old, which can be called an old girl in this era.
Zhang Xin hasn't looked for a partner yet, she used to go to the countryside to cut the queue, and she was unwilling to find a random partner in the countryside. After returning to the city, because there was no formal job, he was not able to achieve high or low. Later, Zhang Xin took over from his younger brother and went to Wangkelai to become the manager of a branch, because the business in the store was busy, and he couldn't care about finding a partner.
The second sister Zhang Jia works in the county people's hospital, and there are quite a few people who pursue her, but she has always delayed it because her eldest sister has not found a partner yet, and she is not in a hurry.
Now that his younger brother Zhang Meng and Li Meng have confirmed their relationship, Zhang Jia can also find a partner with confidence.
The relationship between the two families was originally good, and they cooperated together to operate the Wangkelai Hotel, and Li Liang also paid Zhang Meng for the shares of Jian'an Company. Now that Zhang Meng and Li Meng have officially confirmed their relationship, the two families can be regarded as a good family.
In fact, it was the same in the previous life, although they did not do business together, and Zhang Meng and Li Meng were not in love, but Liangzi married Chenchen in his last life, and called Zhang Qingxiang and Chen Chunhua for decades for his father-in-law and mother-in-law. Now that the two families are sitting at the same table, in the eyes of Li Liang, there is really no sense of disobedience at all.
After eating this meal, the relationship between the Zhang and Li families became even closer.
That night, Zhang Meng stayed in Li Meng's photo studio and beat Chen Huan, who came to pester Li Meng again. When Zhang Meng was in school, he was a well-known student gangster. After graduation, although he is no longer foolish in society, his prestige is still there. He beat Chen Huan violently, and Chen Huan didn't dare to resist at all.
"Chen Huan, listen to me, Mengmeng is my girlfriend, you dare to pester him in the future, be careful that I completely abolish your third leg!
Chen Huan was originally a person who bullied the soft and was afraid of the hard, and stepped on the high, but he was beaten violently by Zhang Meng, and he was threatened like this, he didn't dare to let go of a fart, stroked the thigh that was beaten so painfully, and limped away!
"Zhang Meng, you can't beat people casually in the future!" Li Meng's face was a little worried.
"Mengmeng, people like Chen Huan are just underbeaten!" Zhang Meng said indifferently.
"Even if you owe a beating, you can't just hit someone. I'm really afraid that you don't have a serious start, if something happens, you will be responsible at least?" Li Meng took advantage of her tears and almost burst into tears.
Zhang Meng saw that Li Meng was about to shed tears, and hurriedly said in a panic: "Mengmeng, don't cry! I know, I listen to you, I listen to you, I won't do it in the future!"
"That's pretty much it!"
As the days passed, Li Meng became happier and happier.
Since the relationship with Zhang Meng was officially clarified, the parents of both parties recognized each other's existence, and Zhang Meng now gets off work every day and comes to Li Meng whenever he is free.
Li Meng has a good business during the day, and she has no time to wash photos. Zhang Meng followed Li Meng to learn to wash photos, and every day after work, he didn't take care of eating, so he went into the printing room, and only came out to eat after washing the photos of the day every day.
With this free labor, Li Meng's life is much easier.
Even with Li Liang, it was much easier.
Now the firewood at home is cleaned up by Zhang Meng. Every weekend, Zhang Meng would follow Li Liang to the old courtyard of the Li family to chop wood.
Bedding and large clothes also have free labor, no need for Li Meng to say anything, whenever there is good weather, Zhang Meng automatically comes to the door to wash the bedding and clothes, which is really a vivid interpretation of the standard of a good man in the new era.
Li Liang often laughs at his sister, she really found a good man!