Chapter 960

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Erhai then gave Zhang Yueran a call:

"Do you have any plans for National Day?"

Zhang Yueran replied:

"Not for now, how about you?"

Wang Erhai said:

"I plan to take my parents on a trip to Guangzhou. My eldest sister-in-law is pregnant. Additionally, my third brother will propose to his girlfriend on National Day, so I have to go be part of the atmosphere group."

Zhang Yueran immediately exclaimed in surprise:

"Isn't your third brother still in university? He's getting married this fast?"

Zhang Yueran still remembered that Wang Erhai had told her his third brother was studying at Tsinghua University.

In this day and age, top students marrying this early are truly few and far between!

If it weren't for the fact that three years ago, when Wang Xiaohua tested into Tsinghua, the entire county town was plastered wall-to-wall with Wang Xiaohua's advertisements, Zhang Yueran might still suspect that Wang Erhai saying his third brother is a Tsinghua university student was just bluffing.

She had never seen any top student get married before even finishing university.

Forget Tsinghua and Peking University, even at Zhongda Huagong, very few people get married before graduating with their undergraduate degree.

"I didn't expect Third Brother would marry this fast either, but since he's made this decision, our whole family supports him."

Wang Erhai answered like this.

Zhang Yueran said with a smile:

"Put that way, your family is quite open-minded. When I was in university, my parents were very strict with me."

Precisely because they were too strict, Zhang Yueran couldn't date in university, then missed the prime window for finding a partner. Later, she became a teacher, busy with work, and had even less time to meet the opposite sex. In the end, she could only choose a spouse through blind dates.

On this point, she even felt a bit envious of the Wang family's open-minded family atmosphere.

She thought to herself, no wonder they managed to raise three such outstanding sons.

Wang Erhai, however, was a bit at a loss whether to cry or laugh:

"Open-minded my ass. My parents simply want to hold a grandson sooner, that's all."

This remark from Wang Erhai directly wiped away all of Zhang Yueran's beautiful fantasies about the Wang family.

Wang Erhai also said:

"You don't know, my dad is an old stubborn mule. Once he sets his mind on something, no one can change it. We three brothers didn't fight with him any less in the past. And my mom is a pitiable person. When she was young, she raised us three brothers alone; it was bitter and exhausting. Now we've all grown up and earn quite a lot of money, yet she still refuses to spend money on herself."

Zhang Yueran didn't know what to say for a moment.

The reason Wang Erhai said all this was to keep Zhang Yueran from having too high expectations of his parents. He was afraid that if she harbored sky-high expectations, then upon actually meeting them, found reality completely different from her imagination, the gap would be too large, and that would easily lead to conflict.

"Since you have nothing planned for National Day, why not come to Guangzhou with me."

Wang Erhai issued the invitation at this time.

Zhang Yueran didn't think much and agreed:

"Sure, when do we set off?"

Now she and Wang Erhai were already in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship, the two of them should interact more, so they wouldn't be so estranged.

"Tomorrow afternoon, I'll head back to my hometown first to pick up my parents. You can come with me back to my hometown, or you can wait until I've picked up my parents and then I'll come to the county town to get you."

Wang Erhai gave two options, letting Zhang Yueran choose for herself.

Zhang Yueran said:

"Then I'll go back to your place with you. Should I bring some gifts for your parents?"

Wang Erhai said:

"If you have time, just buy something casual. If not, not bringing anything is fine too."

Zhang Yueran, however, said:

"Wouldn't not bringing anything be a bit bad? Just afraid of leaving a bad impression on your parents."

Wang Erhai said with a smile:

"Rest assured, they won't blame you. You don't know, they haven't even met you yet. They don't know if you're tall, short, fat, or thin, nor your family situation. They only heard you're a high school teacher, and then they were very satisfied with you."

Hearing this, Zhang Yueran was momentarily at a loss whether to cry or laugh.

One can only say, the profession of high school teacher added quite a few halos to her identity.

"I'll still buy some gifts in advance. What do your parents like?"

Zhang Yueran asked like this.

Wang Erhai said:

"Just buy something casual, nothing too precious."

In the blink of an eye, it was the next day afternoon.

Wang Erhai drove to the Erzhong school gate to pick up Zhang Yueran.

Zhang Yueran got in the car carrying several boxes of gifts.

Seeing this, Wang Erhai couldn't help but say:

"Why did you buy so many gifts? That must have cost a lot of money!"

Zhang Yueran said:

"This bird's nest, this jewelry, and this wedding dress are for your mom. This Moutai liquor, these cigarettes, and this suit are for your dad."

Wang Erhai sighed:

"These gifts, I'm afraid they cost at least a month's salary of yours."

Zhang Yueran said honestly:

"About right. It's the first time meeting, spending a bit more is worth it. At least I have to leave a good impression on your parents. I don't want to invite a whole series of conflicts later just because the first meeting didn't leave a good impression."

Before, although Zhang Yueran had been to Shanggou Village, she had only gone to Wang Erhai's farm, and hadn't gone inside Wang Erhai's hometown home, nor had she met Wang Erhai's parents.

So this time was the first meeting.

Wang Erhai then said:

"Later I'll return the money you spent on gifts to you."

Zhang Yueran hurriedly said:

"No need. If you pay, then I'll look like I lack sincerity."

Wang Erhai couldn't persuade her otherwise, and in the end could only say:

"Alright then. Later when I go meet your parents, I'll also prepare some valuable gifts for them."

Soon, the two arrived at Shanggou Village.

Wang Erhai brought Zhang Yueran home, and they met his parents.

Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan, upon seeing Zhang Yueran, both smiled until their mouths couldn't close, warmly greeting her.

Although Zhang Yueran wasn't as pretty as Liu Meiqi, the elegant temperament she exuded was very pleasing to the old couple.

Zhang Yueran presented the gifts she had brought, and they in return gave Zhang Yueran a red envelope.

The red envelope was bulging, containing nine hundred ninety-nine yuan, symbolizing long-lasting.

According to the custom here, this red envelope counts as quite large.

Because the red envelopes given here are all not large. For Spring Festival holidays, red envelopes for children are just ten or twenty yuan. Going to a banquet, one only needs to give fifty or a hundred.

Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan invited Zhang Yueran to sit inside the house, and then everyone ate dinner together, after which they all took Wang Erhai's car to Guangzhou.

And at this time, on the other side.

Wang Xiaohua was on the way to the airport.

Beijing near National Day was exceptionally lively.

The subway to the airport was packed with people, a vast sea of bobbing heads.

Wang Xiaohua didn't even walk onto the subway; she was squeezed onto it by the people behind her.

With great difficulty she arrived at the airport side, only to discover there were even more people here.

Many tourists flying to Beijing for travel, and many migrant workers leaving Beijing.

That scene was comparable to Guangzhou's Spring Festival travel rush.

Fortunately, the flight Wang Xiaohua was taking did not delay because of this.

"Jianjia, I'm coming to find you tonight."

Before boarding the plane, Wang Xiaohua sent Li Jianjia a WeChat message.