In the end, Liang Zhizhi got on Yan Chu’s little cow-shaped electric scooter. The other party estimated that he had not taken a car other than a private vehicle for many years. When the other party arrived at the community where she lived, she got off with a red face.
It just did not know whether it was from being blown by the wind all the way or anger.
Of course, Yan Chu did not care about this either. He would prefer the latter.
“Chu’er, what do you think of the little girl? Speak to your mother.”
Yan Chu had just parked his little electric scooter in the garage, and by the way, he had put a lock on the front tire and the rear tire. Then he took a bunch of keys home with him. Along the way, the keys in his waist clattered with his movements. It was very much like a big boss in the 70s and 80s.
As soon as he got home and before he put down the things in his hand, Liang Guifen pulled him onto the sofa in the living room and asked him about his situation with Liang Zhizhi today.
“Your aunt called just now. That girl has a good impression of you. She thinks you’re honest and responsible, and more worthy of trust than those flowery men.”
Liang Guifen’s joy could not hide behind. She did not hear what the women in the previous community said about her son. She just disliked her son for staying. Otherwise, he would not have been able to find a wife until 28 years old.
Many people who lived in the same community were working as temporary workers in the unit, or the masons and carpenters who have learned some crafts to help others build houses. Some young people who did odd jobs had become fathers. Her son was still an elementary school teacher, and his work was decent, so why was there no news.
Liang Guifen listened to her ears and remembered in her heart.
Of course, she would not say this in front of her son and let him worry. However, from her privately contacting some relatives in the family more and more frequently to ask them to help introduce someone, she was very concerned.
Therefore, she met Liang Zhizhi, a beautiful girl today, and the other party also praised her son, which made Liang Guifen ecstatic. She felt that she was a very discerning girl and had a good impression of her.
So she could not wait to ask her son’s opinion of the little girl.
“Very, very good.”
Yan Chu followed the direction of his mother’s expectation to make a face of bashful embarrassment, and also few red clouds flew into his round face smoothly.
“I think it’s all well and good. Your vision complies with mine.”
After listening to her son’s words, Liang Guifen was so thrilled that she would like to call his aunt and tell her what he meant.
“You’re already 28 years old this year. Most people your age already have children old enough to go out to buy soy sauce, but you aren’t anxious. If you like her, you should decide on marriage. You’d better do it this year.”
The more Liang Guifen said, the more interested he became, and it seemed that in the next second, her son could give her a grandson to raise.
“29 isn’t the age of marriage. It doesn’t sound good to get married after 30, so 28 is still better. And I know that child isn’t young anymore this year. The later a woman gives birth to a child, the worse it’ll be for her health. I’ll help you with it for a few years while Mom is still young.”
It seemed that Liang Guifen did not need a response from her child, and she enjoyed herself by holding her fingers.
“All right, you go back to the house. Mom can go to your aunt and have a good chat to see what that lady truly means. During this time, you should call more and keep in touch with Zhizhi. Don’t stay at home, the park, or in the shopping mall, to take more girls to play.”
Liang Guifen told her son a few words and then ran out in a hurry.
Yan Chu put the packed food in the refrigerator and took a can of cola back to his room.
After a mouthful of the cold cola, the heat on his body disappeared immediately.
He turned on the computer according to the password set by the original self’s memory and then took off the pair of black-rimmed glasses that covered his eyes. The whole person’s momentum suddenly changed, and he cracked against the keyboard, not knowing what he was doing*24doing*from 干 [gàn] that can mean as to do or to f*ck (vulgar).
“This is too fast, right?”
Even though Liang Guifen wanted her son to get married soon, how many days had passed since the blind date, already married? Wasn’t there something wrong with the bride’s side?
Although she felt Liang Zhizhi was smart, gentle, and looked healthy, she felt a little more suspicious at the moment because the other party was too anxious.
“Hey, it’s her father’s illness. Didn’t Liang Kui have some heart problems a few days ago, and he almost couldn’t be rescued. Their family was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to survive that time before his daughter was married, so they wanted to take advantage of this and wanted to do the marriage while he’s still there.”
Yan Chu’s aunt explained to her sister-in-law: “Furthermore, what’s wrong with our Chu’er? The teachers staffed officially, the work’s decent. There are houses and shops in the family. The most important thing is that Chu’er is a down-to-earth person. Isn’t that what you’re looking for, right? The other girl is a smart person who knows to catch our Chu’er and not let go, saves time before being snatched away by others.”
Aunt Yan knew what her sister-in-law liked to hear. Sure enough, after she had finished speaking, Liang Guifen’s expression became much better.
“That said, I know that her father’s health isn’t good. There will be a good or bad time, and I don’t know when it’ll likely get delayed. In actuality, it’s all right for the children to see each other. We didn’t fall in love when we got married. The family situation was suitable. Appropriately, the marriage will get settled after seeing one or two sides. Don’t you live like this all your life?”
Liang Guifen’s expression had loosened a lot. Although there was no ancient saying that the parents died and kept filial piety for three years, people in small places still had a taboo about this matter. If a close relative died at home, one would not get married within six months.
Liang Guifen did not know what her father’s illness was. She thought it was grave when she heard it related to the heart. As a result, it was natural for the other party to rush to settle her marriage.
When putting herself in his shoes, if she was dying, she would like to see her son start a family before she died. Knowing that the child was willing to come back from the big city for her father’s sake, to make an active blind date for her father, and get married as soon as possible. In Liang Guifen’s opinion, it was a sign of her filial piety as the daughter.
“Sister-in-law, does the Liang family have any requirements for the betrothal gifts?”
Usually, when a young couple wanted to get married, they asked an intermediary to ask for each other’s family interest, which also avoided embarrassment. Aunt Yan was a matchmaker, which was naturally a ready-made intermediary.
“The Liang family’s conditions aren’t as good as yours, but they aren’t bad. Both parents are civil servants, and they will receive retirement wages when they retire. Knowing that there’s a younger brother, what her parents mean, the house they live in will be for her younger brother in the future, and they weren’t the kind of people who sold their daughters. The girl in their family liked Chu’er, not the Yan family’s money, so for betrothal gifts, they would give their daughters three gold as a gesture of goodwill, which means that they don’t want other money. On the other hand, their family doesn’t give betrothal gifts. If your family’s willing to provide more gift points, they’ll also let Zhizhi bring it back at that time as their little couple’s private money.”
Without asking for high conditions, Liang Guifen felt that her favorite daughter-in-law and her family were all quite good. Now that the betrothal gifts were rising year by year, their average monthly salary in this place was only more than 2,000, but the betrothal gift money to marry a daughter-in-law needed 200,000.
Ordinary old couples had worked hard all their lives to save a betrothal gift for their son and even with this, not regarded as buying a house. If parents and children were not capable, they could not afford to get married.
“That’s all right, Sister-in-law, I’ll discuss it with Chu’er and give you a letter of approval when the moment comes.”
Liang Guifen and Aunt Yan scrambled to settle their account with tea, then bid farewell at the entrance of the teahouse and went home.
As soon as she entered the house, she saw her son in the living room. She did not know what he was tinkering with. He took the air conditioner apart and put the tools on the floor.
“Chu’er, are you tearing open the house?”
Liang Guifen walked forward with pain. This vertical air conditioner, bought from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, cost her more than 10,000 Yuan, but she was not willing to use it. Now, it had been torn open by her son. She was afraid of how much it would cost to have it repaired.
“Mom, wasn’t there a thief who broke into Uncle Wang’s house downstairs a few days ago? All the valuable things in the house have been stolen, and the police still can’t catch them. So I’d like to install some pinhole cameras in my house. Even if it’s a thief, I can take pictures of them.”
Because the air conditioner’s outer shell got removed, the air conditioner stopped running at this time. Just relying on a small electric fan, Yan Chu’s slightly fat figure quickly sweated.
He casually wiped his face with the back of his hand and said without raising his head.
“Pooh, pooh, pooh, pooh, pooh!”
Liang Guifen was a superstitious person. Murphy’s law, she was afraid that thieves sincerely were attracted by her son’s words.
“Installing cameras at home, that’s too much.”
Liang Guifen felt rather uncomfortable. She was not very happy to have her son do these things. The most important thing was that the pinhole camera sounded very high-end. How much did it cost? She wanted to ask her son to return it, but she thought that her son rarely took the initiative to buy something, and it was not easy to talk again.
“In that case, install it in the living room and kitchen, and ordinarily pay attention to it already enough. Besides, we have to guard against the situation of Uncle Wang and his family.”
Because of the relationship between mother and son, Liang Guifen still paid attention to her daily dress. She would never walk out of her bedroom just by wearing a bra and underwear. In summer, she wore nightgown suspenders. As long as she came out of the house, she must also wear a small vest. Therefore, if the installed cameras were only in the living room and dining room, it would have no impact on daily life.
“Mom, don’t say anything about it. Otherwise, the thief will hear it, and I’ll act this for nothing.”
Yan Chu slowly installed a pinhole camera. In Liang Guifen’s opinion, he was still studying there because he could not install anything.
After buying all these things, Liang Guifen could not help her son. As for the public, she was not in the mood. Now she was full of her son’s marriage. What pinhole cameras, she should forget it when she woke up.
Finally, after her son installed the things he said, looked at the air conditioner that had returned to its original state, and was able to operate normally, the old lady was relieved. She could not wait to ask her son what she intended.
