Chapter 382: with translation of chapter title

Old Zhou really is someone who has seen the world, huh? This small situation was easily handled; actually Su Yang could figure it out with his toes, there's no such great thing in the world.

Nowadays women are all like treasures; even when marrying and bringing two children, they still look for families with good conditions. Someone like her, who has family background, background, figure, looks, and work—excellent in every aspect—how could she possibly end up marrying into a poorer family?

Of course, such a good thing, Guo Xiaocui naturally didn't believe it either; he turned his gaze toward Su Yang.

Su Yang had no choice but to steel himself and say, "Mom, just accept it, because according to the customs of Uncle Zhou's side, if Ruo Han gives you a gift and you don't accept it, that shows you have objections to them."

Guo Xiaocui then dared not hesitate and quickly accepted that priceless jewelry. She knew such gold jewelry was expensive, but she didn't know just how expensive—let me put it this way: the total weight of all the jewelry worn by the women in their entire village still doesn't match the weight of this set that Ruo Han bought for him.

Here, the 'simplicity' referred to is about weight.

This time coming to Su Yang's home to pay a visit, Ruo Han really went all out; the total amount of money she has spent from childhood up to now is still less than what she spent this time.

Finally seeing the atmosphere was about right, Zhou Weiguo took two sips of canned tea, then smiled and said, "Brother Su, we came this time mainly to settle the matter of the two kids. Originally we planned to, as the year-end approaches, set a time for everyone to settle things once and for all."

"If possible, we'd like to directly settle the matter of the two kids, but because of work my time is tight, so I came straight to your house. It's a bit abrupt, so please don't mind."

"This Su Yang child is excellent; among the young people I've seen, he's particularly outstanding and remarkable."

"Whether it's work or character, we value it greatly; of course, our valuing it is useless—the main thing is that Ruo Han also likes him a lot."

"Both kids are willing, and they're already together; according to our customs, if they're together, we should settle the matter early. Otherwise people will gossip."

"So this time I came to discuss with Brother Su, to see if we can settle the matter for the two kids by year-end—where exactly, how exactly—we'll discuss those details later."

At this moment, Su Lie's mind was still a bit dazed; he was still wondering how they suddenly switched people. Not only were they switched, but the other party's parents showed up at the door, opening their mouths and directly wanting to settle the matter?

Shouldn't the groom's side be the one to come calling? Besides, they should have asked a matchmaker and all that, at least making a few trips.

Although he hasn't seen much of the world, he still understands one principle: children and grandchildren have their own blessings.

Su Yang's matter should be decided by Su Yang himself; right now it's clear that Su Yang has come with the other family, so this matter is definitely agreed upon, and as his father he naturally has no objections.

"Sure, sure, depending on your schedule, we're fine; we don't have anything particularly busy, especially at year-end when we're relatively free."

Just after the important matter was finished, someone outside shouted, "Old Su, are you home? Old Su, are you in? If you are, I can come in."

Su Yang frowned, not knowing who had come.

Normally, no one would come to their house, and today they were busy discussing important matters, so any visitor could only be interrupting their discussion.

He and Zhou Ruohan are in a "free love" relationship, so there's no need to introduce anyone or observe those elaborate formalities.

At that moment, Su Lie said, "Oh, I'm here, I'm here, Ma Xiangzhang, please come in."

After saying that, he told Zhou Weiguo, "Oh dear, this is our township head; I met her this morning when I went to the township, and I said Su Yang was coming home today, and she said she would come over."

While saying that, he had already run out to greet the township head.

Su Yang immediately understood: it was because of his previous hospitalization in the county, when the County Party Secretary personally accompanied him at the Hospital for two days, and this had spread, so the township head of Su Zhuang Township would come over now and then to ask after their welfare.

The purpose was to use Su Yang as a connection to get close to their current Secretary.

Su Lie naturally wouldn't understand this; to him it might seem like the township leaders' care for these farmers, but Su Yang surely knows the truth.

He explained to Zhou Weiguo in one sentence, "Uncle Zhou, actually it was when my parents were hospitalized last time, for some reason it alarmed the County Party Secretary of Changgao County, Liu Chaoming, and then..."

He stopped there, and of course Zhou Weiguo's family understood clearly that they were Within the System, and these matters were perfectly clear to them.

Zhou Weiguo said, "Our country is a society of personal connections, and Within the System even more so; some things cannot be avoided, so let them come. To be honest, I don't think they necessarily know me, it doesn't matter. Besides, the more people, the livelier."

What Zhou Weiguo said is also true; not to mention the township head, even the county magistrate or the county party secretary might not know him, given the several layers in between, so the chance of them meeting him face-to-face is not high.

Qiao Yindi also said, "Whether people come or not, the more the merrier; a crowd makes it lively."

She actually felt that both they and the Su Lie couple were a bit nervous, because if they took the initiative to visit and said something wrong, it would be hard to recover.

Su Lie and his wife were nervous entirely because they hadn't expected today's sudden change of person, and they couldn't handle the aura of this future father-in-law.

Zhou Ruohan actually didn't like this much; she just wanted that after the two families finished talking, she and Su Yang would go around the village and get familiar with some smart people.

If anyone comes, they'll inevitably be disturbed.

Guo Xiaocui originally wanted to say something but didn't get it out; Su Yang, seeing this, directly said, "Mom, say what you have to say. Although Uncle Zhou and his family are coming to our house for the first time, they're not outsiders; from now on we're one family."

Guo Xiaocui said, "I was just going to say your dad has a lot on his plate; this morning when we went to the township to order vegetables, we ran into Ma Xiangzhang, who originally didn't ask for a reason, but your dad insisted on saying you were coming back today."

"And saying there were guests at home, Ma Xiangzhang just went along with that and said he came to keep them company."

Guo Xiaocui's words are exactly what she said; objectively speaking, is Zhou Weiguo's family a guest? It seems so.

In the countryside, when handling such matters, whether at the groom's or bride's home, they usually invite some local prominent figures to eat together; first, to give their own side face, and second, they hope that if the other side's guests are well-qualified in various aspects, they also have someone who can speak up.

Otherwise, the situation would be rather awkward.

In Su Lie's view, if the future in-laws' family comes calling and the township head can come to bolster the facade, that's also a special source of face.

That's why he deliberately said that to Ma Xiangzhang, and Ma Xiangzhang naturally took the bait and ran with it.

Don't look at Old Su being honest; he still has a bit of wisdom.

Zhou Weiguo laughed heartily and said, "Sister-in-law, Elder Brother Su is really too polite; we're all one family, there's no need to have someone accompany us—we're just chatting among ourselves. But if they do come, then we'll all be together."