Seeing Song Yuping standing in the courtyard with two bags, Xu Lihua looked surprised and surprised, and hurriedly ordered: "Wenxiu, please invite Teacher Song into the house!" ”

Fang Wenxiu hurriedly ran over and took the bag, "Teacher Song, it's cold outside, let's go inside." ”

Song Yuping handed the bag to Fang Wenxiu and greeted Xu Lihua for the New Year: "Auntie, Happy New Year!" ”

"Happy New Year! Happy Chinese New Year! Teacher Song, please be seated. Xu Lihua greeted Song Yuping while hurriedly tidying up the slightly messy house.

Song Yuping stood aside and looked inside, but there was no one else in the house except for the mother and daughter, so she asked curiously: "Auntie, uncle, aren't they at home?" ”

"After breakfast, they went to the town with a group of villagers to watch the excitement, and now only me and Wenxiu are at home. Teacher Song, please take a seat! Xu Lihua wiped the stool with the rag at hand.

After all, it was only the second time they met, Song Yuping sat down a little stiffly, and said a little shyly: "Auntie, don't call me teacher, just call me by my name, you can also sit down." ”

"I'll let Wenxiu talk to you first, I'll go boil some boiling water and make you a cup of tea."

Song Yuping hurriedly waved her hand, "I don't have the habit of drinking tea, don't be busy, just sit down and rest." ”

Xu Lihua sat down opposite and said very uncomfortably: "It stands to reason that Hanmin should take the initiative to go to your house and pay New Year's greetings to your parents, but he didn't come back during the Spring Festival, which makes us feel very rude." I didn't expect you to come to visit us, how can you let me and his dad have a good time? ”

"Auntie, don't say that! You are not rude, and don't be upset, because Hanmin is too busy with work and can't go back to his hometown during the Spring Festival, these arrangements are agreed upon by me and him, and I came to you today to greet the New Year, representing my common intention with Hanmin. ”

In the ensuing chat, Song Yuping not only talked about her transfer of work, but also informed her future mother-in-law of the progress of her relationship with Fang Hanmin.

Of course, Xu Lihua was very happy, "Now that you are working in the same city, you have been together for a long time, and I should choose a date for you to get married and start a family as soon as possible." ”

"This matter ......" Song Yuping remembered Fang Hanmin's advice, and didn't want to tell his parents about the wedding date scheduled for May Day, "Let's talk about it after discussing it with Hanmin." ”

"Of course, we have to discuss his affairs, but we hope to settle them as soon as possible."

Song Yuping was noncommittal, she didn't think Fang Hanmin's parents needed to worry about this matter. Although she didn't know that Fang Hanmin had become the leader of the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory, she knew that Fang Hanmin had already been the middle-level leader of the unit, a person with judgment and decision-making ability, but his parents who were far away from his hometown had to make the decision for him, isn't it a joke?

Of course, Song Yuping knew very well that no matter how actively Fang Hanmin's parents planned, their worries were in vain, because their son had already made up his mind, and it was only because he didn't want to argue with them about this matter that he didn't tell them about his decision for the time being.

Unconsciously, more than an hour passed, Song Yuping got up to say goodbye, Xu Lihua insisted on keeping her for lunch, Fang Wenxiu also pulled her and didn't let her go, and when she was at a stalemate, she heard someone in the courtyard talking, "Yo, there are guests at home!" ”

The three of them turned their heads to look and saw Fang Xiecheng and the two children walking into the yard, Xu Lihua said loudly: "Old Fang, Hanmin's girlfriend came to pay us a New Year's greeting, and after staying for a while, I was in a hurry to go home, why do I have to have lunch before leaving?" ”

Fang Xiecheng was also overjoyed, and said very enthusiastically: "Teacher Song is here?" Gotta stay for lunch! Even though Hanmin is not at home, you have to make this your home. ”

"Uncle, I am here to greet you on behalf of Hanmin! Happy Chinese New Year to you all! Good luck! ”

"Okay, well, and I wish you and your parents a happy Spring Festival!" The old man paused and asked puzzledly: "On behalf of Hanmin?" So, you met a few years ago? Why didn't he come back for the New Year? ”

Song Yuping explained the reason why Fang Hanmin could not go home for the Chinese New Year, and once again informed everyone that she had been transferred to a school in the city.

"Transfer to a school in the city? All right! It's close this time, and it's easier for you to meet. However, Hanmin, this kid has been working for more than ten years, I remember that he only came back for the Spring Festival in the first year, and he worked overtime in the unit during the Spring Festival in the future, and I don't know what work he does in the unit, as for being so busy? When it came to this, the old party was a little indignant.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Song Yuping took the initiative to come to the door to pay New Year's greetings, Xu Lihua didn't want anything unpleasant, seeing that the old man was not in the right mood, she immediately diverted the topic, so as not to make the eldest daughter-in-law feel embarrassed.

Xu Lihua went into the kitchen to explain to the two little daughters, and then went back to the hall to accompany Song Yuping to cook at home, and after a short time, Fang Wenxiu successively brought the meals to the table, in order to express the host's hospitality, no matter what the quality of the food was, at least the quantity seemed very rich.

This is the second time in more than a year that Song Yuping has been a guest at Fang's house, Fang Hanmin is not present, Song Yuping is alone with the people of the old Fang family around the table, after all, they are not familiar with each other, everyone is a little restrained, during lunch, except for Xu Lihua's occasional greeting to Song Yuping to pick up vegetables, few people at the table talk.

In a dreary atmosphere, the lunch ended in a moment. During this period, the old party did not ask about the marriage period, and of course Song Yuping would not take the initiative to mention it. ......

After talking about the Spring Festival greetings, Song Yuping looked at Fang Hanmin and said very confusedly: "Hanmin, you have long been in charge of the unit, and now you are the factory director, and since the first month of work, you have been providing financial help to your hometown within your ability, it stands to reason that you have done a good job in all aspects, but I found that in front of your father, you are very unpopular." I don't mean to provoke the relationship between your father and son, but from the last time I went back to my hometown with you to this time to visit your house for the New Year, every time I mentioned you, the old man was angry, how could you do this? ”

Song Yuping thinks that she and Fang Hanmin are about to become husband and wife, in addition to being driven by curiosity, she also wants to know what happened between Fang Hanmin and his father? She felt that there should not be much contradiction between father and son, even if there were differences of opinion on some family matters, they should understand and understand each other, but Song Yuping found that there was almost no common language between Fang Hanmin and his father.

Because she was about to become a member of the Fang family, Song Yuping tried to figure out what the problem was, and planned to find an opportunity to mediate the relationship between Fang Hanmin's father and son in the future.

Listening to Song Yuping's words, Fang Hanmin grinned and said very helplessly: "When I was a child, my hometown was very poor, because life was difficult, my father had a gloomy face all day long, at that time, our brothers and sisters were afraid to see him, I have lived in the school since high school, and after failing the college entrance examination, I went to the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory as a temporary worker within a few days at home, and there were fewer opportunities to meet him." Since I was a child, my father and I have hardly spoken a few serious words, in my impression, he is always silent, once he speaks, it is so unquestionable, completely a traditional paternal, what do you want me to do? ”

Song Yuping understood Fang Hanmin's helplessness, "Speaking of which, you still lack communication with him, because of poor communication, it is easy to create estrangement, plus you are very assertive, it is estimated that since you were in high school, you will not be able to listen to him, which makes his prejudice against you deeper and deeper, so whenever you are mentioned, make him angry." ”

"Fortunately, I have an opinion, if I had listened to him, I might still be farming in the countryside now." Speaking of the past, Fang Hanmin's mood immediately fell.

I remember that after Fang Hanmin told his parents that others had introduced him to the city as a temporary worker, he immediately got the support of his mother, but his old father was afraid that he would get bad habits in the city, so he advised him to farm with peace of mind and be an honest farmer.

It is not difficult to see from Fang Hanmin's words that he neither cares about his relationship with his old father, nor does he care about his old father's opinion of him, this indifferent attitude makes Song Yuping a little anxious, "You father and son have been in opposition for a long time, aren't you afraid of outsiders' jokes when you spread it?" ”

Fang Hanmin ate quickly, he pushed his dishes and chopsticks to the side, looking like he didn't care about himself, "Yuping, even if we get married and start a family, how many times can we meet my father a year?" Even if you have time to go back to your hometown for the New Year's holiday in the future, if you get along, you will stay for a day or two. We work in the city, more than 100 kilometers away from my hometown, and if he is willing to scold me, let him scold me every day, anyway, I can't hear it, and you can't hear it. Therefore, I advise you to leave this matter alone, lest you get burned. ”

"It is difficult for a Qing official to cut off family affairs, not to mention that your father and son are freezing three feet for a day, I mention this matter, not to meddle in things, I am afraid that after we get married, because of the estrangement between you and the old father, he will have a misunderstanding of our small family."

"You can rest assured, I will definitely do better than ordinary children in the matter of filial piety to my parents, and the economic help to my hometown will continue as always, and these things will be done by you personally, and the people in my hometown will naturally have a good impression of you. If they have any objections or grievances, let them come at me entirely. ”

"What are these words? We are a family, and whether we are good or bad is our business. ”

"Yuping, you are a foreign surname and a people's teacher, I can't let them say what you are not, in front of the old family, I want to protect your reputation."

Although Song Yuping only cares about having a clear conscience and doesn't value her reputation, Fang Hanmin's words still moved her very much, "Hanmin, don't you care about your reputation?" You're the head of a factory now! ”

Fang Hanmin waved his hand, "My reputation in the factory has nothing to do with the affairs of my hometown. However, I have been a very sensible child since I was a child, and my relatives and friends in my hometown and my parents and villagers have a very good impression of me, and I have honored my parents after participating in the work, and I have given my hometown a great help in terms of material, and the old and young masters in the village have seen these things. As for the estrangement between me and my old father, because everyone in the village knows that he has a bad temper, I believe that most people will not say that I am not. ”

"Are you so confident?"

"Of course! Don't you know, in our hometown village, no matter whether it is an elder or an equal, whether old or young, I used to get along with them in the village. ”

"Yo, according to you, you are one of the best young people in the village, right?"

Fang Hanmin raised his neck and said proudly: "It's not two, it's one, and he is the only good young man in the village!" ”

"No wonder, the little Feng girl introduced to you by the neighbor in your hometown is chasing after you, such a good young man, which girl doesn't like it?" Song Yuping joked.

"You're kidding me?" Fang Hanmin got up and hugged Song Yuping, and made intimate gestures.

Song Yuping immediately changed the topic, "Don't make trouble, who will wash the dishes?" ”

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