After returning home, Chen Qingdong truthfully reported the conversation with his brother to his mother, and persuaded his mother to leave a little more time for his brother to think about it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang Xiuying's outlook on life and values are not very different from those of the two children, so they can't understand the thoughts of the two brothers, thinking that getting married is actually not a difficult thing, as long as the conditions of the two people are okay and they can look at each other, then they will get married, what else is there to think about? Isn't marriage just about living, and thinking slowly after getting married, isn't it the same?

Wang Xiuying, who was so anxious, even secretly asked Chen Qingdong: "Xiaodong, does your brother have any other good women outside? That's why he doesn't want to get married?"

Chen Qingdong couldn't help but laugh and said, "Mom, where do you want to go? What kind of person my brother is, can you still not know? Can my brother be the kind of person who steps on two boats?"

Wang Xiuying glared and said: "Why can't you? People now change so fast! In the past, it was said that 'three years old looks big, and seven years old looks old,' but now this set of arguments doesn't work! Now there are many changes in this society, especially those who have money in their hands, and the changes are even faster! Isn't your brother doing a good job in business now, and he has more money in his pocket, so he can't do anything? It's not uncommon for people to get married and raise their mistresses outside, and how strange can they do when they step on a few boats when they fall in love?"

Chen Qingdong could only continue to persuade: "Mom, don't worry! Some people may be like that, but my brother won't do this!"

"I don't dare to believe in your brother as much as you! If he doesn't have other ideas, then he can marry Sun Ying, the conditions of other girls are so good, and she is still the first married yellow flower girl, and she likes your brother so much, what else does your brother have to think! Xiaodong, your brother is thin-skinned, you can bring a message to your brother for me, our old Chen family is not allowed to have that kind of half-hearted person! It would be best if he didn't have any other women outside, and if he did, deal with it before I knew it, and if I let him know, I wouldn't want to enter my door in the future!" Wang Xiuying said unceremoniously.

Chen Qingdong smiled bitterly: "Mom, why do you get more outrageous the more you talk about it? Did you not sleep well yesterday or did you reach menopause?"

Wang Xiuying glared at Chen Qingdong and scolded: "Stinky boy, Mom is telling you to get down to business, don't interrupt me." Hey, by the way, Xiaodong, I'm patronizing and talking about your brother, but I haven't talked about you yet! You and Zhang Meng have been talking for so long, and it's not introduced, it's all about yourself, why aren't you getting married yet, what are you waiting for?"

Chen Qingdong was afraid that his mother would burn the flames of war on him, but since the flames of war had already burned on him, he could only say: "Mom, you still don't know my situation! In the past, Zhang Meng's parents didn't think that I was working in the township, and that our family couldn't afford to buy a new house, so they blocked us from ......getting married."

Before Chen Qingdong's words were finished, Wang Xiuying interjected: "In the past, Zhang Meng's conditions were indeed better than ours, and her parents were a little picky, so we had nothing to say." But now it's different, although you still work in the township, but now you are the secretary of the party committee of Chenqiao Town, even if those who work in the city can compare to you? In addition, her parents asked us to buy a house, so let's buy it! Your brother's business is doing so well now, aren't you all helping him? Now, a house in our county town is only 100,000 yuan, let your brother pay this money!"

Chen Qingdong smiled bitterly: "Mom, it's not a matter of work or a house now, these problems have actually been solved." However, didn't Zhang Meng go to graduate school, and now she is going to Hong Kong with a team from the school to exchange and study, so we have to wait until she finishes school, and then we get married, right?"

"You said that Zhang Meng is too, she is working well in No. 1 Middle School, or is it a formal establishment, what a good job this is, many people don't have a chance even if they want such a job! She is good, she doesn't want such a good job, she has to go to some graduate school! What can she do if she goes to graduate school, and she doesn't want to continue to work in the future?"

Chen Qingdong couldn't explain to his mother that Zhang Meng did this for the sake of his ideals. Because Chen Qingdong knows that in his mother's concept, there is no word "ideal" at all, and the word "life" is all.

Chen Qingdong had no choice but to say: "Mom, I promise you, when Zhang Meng comes back from school, we will get married, okay?"

"How long does it take for her to finish school?"

"Uh...... It's been more than a year. ”

"More than a year?!"

"It may not take more than a year to ......"

Wang Xiuying waved her hand vigorously and said categorically: "No! A year is too long! When Zhang Meng comes back from vacation this year, you can talk to her about getting married! If she still wants to continue going to school, it's okay, then get married first and then go to school! I asked Uncle Fang next door, and he said that only two people have reached the legal age, so even people who are in college can get married, and the policy allows!"

Chen Qingdong smiled bitterly: "Mom, you still inquire really clearly! However, we don't need to be in such a hurry, I will go to Chenqiao Town in the future, I must be very busy with work, Zhang Meng is in school, I must be very busy, even if the two of us are married, we usually can't see each other, it is no different from not getting married." ”

"No! Even if you can't be together every day, how can being married be the same as not getting married!" Wang Xiuying seems to have persuaded a son very much today, and since it is enough to persuade Chen Hongbing, she put all her spirit on her younger son.

Wang Xiuying continued: "Xiaodong, in fact, there is a reason why my mother urged you to get married quickly! Why didn't I urge you before? Because I always felt that you were not too old at that time. But now it's different, you're going to Chenqiao Town to be the secretary of the party committee, this is an official! You became the secretary of the town party committee at such a young age, and your father and I are happy for you in our hearts, but we are also very worried about you! You are too young! We are afraid that you will go there, you are not familiar with the place, you are not married, and their local cadres will bully you again, so what can we do?!"

Chen Qingdong understood what his mother meant, so he comforted: "Mom, don't worry, I was sent by the organization, and there is an organization behind me to support me! Even if I am not married and go to Chenqiao Town, I am sure that no one will dare to bully me!"

Wang Xiuying still said uncomfortably: "That's not the same! If you are not married, you are a young man, if you are married, although you are young, you can be regarded as an adult! In the old society, only a married man could be regarded as an adult who could stand on his own!"

Chen Qingdong said speechlessly: "Mom, now it's a new society, and it's not the same as the old society." ”

Wang Xiuying still said resolutely: "Although I said that, I still don't feel at ease with you. Qingdong, just listen to your mother's words, can't you get married early? People say 'start a family and start a business,' which means starting a family first and then starting a business, can't you start a family first and then start a business?"

Chen Qingdong saw that his mother was so earnest, so he was embarrassed to say anything, so he had to say perfunctorily: "Mom, then I'll listen to you, when Zhang Meng comes back from vacation during the Chinese New Year this year, I'll have a good chat with her about it, okay?"

Wang Xiuying's face showed joy at this time, and she admonished: "Okay." But, Xiaodong, you have to do what you say, and don't fool your mother!"

Chen Qingdong said with a smile: "Mom, don't worry! Even if I fool anyone, I won't dare to fool my mother!"

Wang Xiuying laughed at this time: "It's about the same." ”

Chen Qingdong chatted with his mother for a while, and the pressure was huge, so he was ready to find an excuse to slip away.

After thinking about it briefly, Chen Qingdong said: "Mom, Dad hasn't come out of the room for a long time, I'll go in and see what's going on." ”

Wang Xiuying's chatter was flourishing, and she was reluctant to let Chen Qingdong go, so she said: "What can your father do in the house?

Chen Qingdong pretended to be mysterious and said: "When we went to my grandfather's grave just now, I felt that my father's mood was a little wrong, let's go in and have a look." ”

Hearing Chen Qingdong say this, Wang Xiuying was a little nervous by accident, and said in surprise: "Really, then let's go in and see what he's doing." ”

Chen Qingdong and Wang Xiuying walked into the hall together, entered the room inside, and found that Chen Weimin was rummaging through the cabinets to find something, and pulled a bed of old clothes and sheets.

Wang Xiuying asked in surprise: "Weimin, what are you looking for?"

Chen Weimin didn't look back, still rummaging through those things, and said in his mouth: "I only remembered when I came back from the way to the grave that when my father died, he left me a thing, saying that if there is an official in our family, I will give him this thing, and I forgot where to put this thing." ”

Wang Xiuying breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and said, "Weimin, look at your anxious look! Don't look for it, you see you turned things over, you want to find that inkstone, right?"

Chen Weimin immediately stopped the movements in his hand, turned his head, and said in surprise: "Yes! Yes! It's the inkstone! Xiuying, do you know where it is?"

Wang Xiuying said with a smile: "Of course I know! If I let you put it, if you don't touch it for so many years, you definitely don't know where to put it!"

While talking, Wang Xiuying walked to the side of the wardrobe, opened the bottom cabinet, and took out a thick quilt that looked very shabby from inside, and then Wang Xiuying took a pair of scissors, dismantled the thick quilt, and took out a black wooden flat box from it.

Wang Xiuying said proudly: "How about it, didn't you lose your baby?"

Seeing this box, Chen Weimin immediately took it and said happily: "Yes! Yes! This is the box!"

Chen Qingdong also came over curiously, and saw that the box opened by Chen Weimin was an inkstone with a green jade texture, and it was also carved with very exquisite patterns, although Chen Qingdong did not understand jade, but at a glance, he could feel that the quality of this inkstone was absolutely extraordinary!

Chen Weimin took out this inkstone, touched it kindly, and then put the inkstone into the box, handed it to Chen Qingdong, and said: "Xiaodong, this inkstone was left by your great-grandfather, and you are already the fifth generation! Now that you have become an official, this inkstone can be regarded as having truly found its true owner! You can take it away!"

Chen Qingdong solemnly took the box from his father and said, "Dad, don't worry, I will take it!"