1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 342 Mother-in-law's Dissatisfaction and Duplicity

"Why are you so angry? It's only a matter of time. Last year during the Chinese New Year, you found out that Xiaoli had found a boyfriend, and you kept asking her when she would let her bring him back to see you. Why is it now..."

"I don't know."

The middle-aged man sitting opposite Jiang Wan heard his wife's surprised tone and shook his head helplessly.

"What's wrong now?"

"It's different now, don't you know?"

Jiang Wan raised her beautiful eyebrows, and glared at her husband in front of her with impatience in her almond-shaped eyes, which were exactly the same as Liu Xiaoli's.

While speaking, the woman raised her chin out of habit.

"Okay, okay, calm down first, calm down... Don't get too angry, or you'll be unable to sleep for a while."

The middle-aged man reached out and held his wife's hand, and spoke in a gentle and mellow voice to soothe his wife's impatient mood.

"Why should I be angry? I'm angry at your daughter."

But Jiang Wan snorted coldly and slapped the table in dissatisfaction:

"Whether it's dating Cheng Kaiyan or quitting her job at Jiangcheng Song and Dance Theater to go to BJ, your daughter always did things first and asked for permission later. She never discussed it with me, her mother."

“Now this girl has brought a man back to celebrate the New Year, and she still kills him first and asks for his permission later.

I would like to ask you, does your daughter take me as her mother seriously?
For such a big event as her boyfriend coming to visit, she would send a letter at the exact time.

This letter just arrived at noon, and I only took it in to read it in the afternoon, but it turns out that these two people are going to arrive tomorrow morning!
What does this mean?
This means she is afraid that I will not agree to her bringing Cheng Kaiyan back to celebrate the New Year. This is how your daughter sees me. Am I so petty and unkind?"

The more she thought about it, the angrier and more unhappy she became.

For a moment she was so angry that her breathing became rapid and she couldn't speak, and her fair face was flushed with excitement.

When did my gentle, elegant and quiet daughter become the self-willed and selfish person she is now?

There is no need to think about it, it must be Cheng Kaiyan who led him astray!
Jiang Wan even wanted to fly to BJ immediately, point at her old friend Xu Yuxiu's nose and ask her how she taught her son.

"Ahem... Xiaoli, isn't she afraid that you won't agree?"

Liu Jianshe coughed lightly, and seeing that his wife was indeed very angry, he quickly tried to smooth things over.

Although what his wife said was right, he could also understand why his daughter did this.

In September, my wife and daughter went to southern Xinjiang to visit Cheng Kaiyan.

The man had been seriously injured and in a coma for more than half a month and had just woken up, but she just went up and gave him a beating.

You know, Cheng Kaiyan just saved her sister A Ting's life.

What do you think Xiaoli and Ating will think of you if you do this?
Liu Jianshe was thinking about the reason in his mind, but of course he didn't dare say it in front of his wife.

"Hey... choosing a partner or a son-in-law is not something you can do casually. I'm doing this for her own good. I'm not afraid that she'll get carried away and make so many sacrifices. What if?"

Jiang Wan, who has always been smart and capable, sighed, and a hint of worry appeared on her face.

"Ah."

Liu Jianshe wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he finally nodded silently.

"Forget it, forget it. What else can I say now? Go to bed early. I'll take a day off tomorrow and take Xiaoling to pick them up."

Jiang Wan rubbed her eyes and stood up to make arrangements.

"Then I'll go back early at noon..."

Liu Jianshe nodded, and then reminded in a deep voice as if he had thought of something:

"By the way, don't be so cold-faced like before. After all, Cheng Kaiyan came from afar."

"I need you to tell me?"

Jiang Wan crossed her arms and gave him a sidelong glance.

Liu Jianshe smiled gently and said jokingly, "I want to see how good-looking Cheng Kaiyan is. I want to see how good-looking you, who are hostile to Cheng Kaiyan, have to admit that he is very good-looking."

"Humph!"

When Jiang Wan heard this, she snorted coldly and turned back to her room.

As she reached the stairs, the beautiful woman couldn't help but sigh:

"This boy is indeed well-born. I wonder how beautiful his child will be in the future."

……

At seven o'clock the next morning.

On Daowai Street in Harbin.

The winter morning mist wrapped in coal smoke from the roofs hung over the black brick and stone streets, and a faint pungent smell of cigarette smoke filled the air.

On both sides of the street, Chinese Baroque buildings and Russian-style houses stand side by side.

A layer of crusty ice condensed on the iron dome of the Russian-style building, like a group of Soviet old men wearing white woolen hats.

"Susu!"

A pile of smoking coal ash with residual heat was shoveled into the gray ice and snow piled up in the corner of the wall, melting the snow into honeycomb-like holes and making a rustling sound.

"The bus from last night should arrive at nine o'clock at the earliest."

Jiang Wan put down the shovel, smoothed the hair that was weighed down by the thick suede hat, and looked up at the towering railway station shrouded in the morning mist in the distance.

It's very cold today. The weather forecast says it's minus 20 degrees Celsius.

Even though Jiang Wan was wearing a hat and a mink coat today, she was still shivering from the cold. She got up in the morning, did some housework, and dumped the coal slag at home, only then did she feel a little warmer.

"I don't know if the clothes Xiaoli and Cheng Kaiyan prepared are suitable. Xiaoli should know..."

Jiang Wan shook her head and turned back to the house, going to wake up her little daughter first so that she could take her with her when she went to pick up someone.

As for her husband Liu Jianshe, he went to work early in the morning.

He now works in a military factory as a senior engineer. Early in the morning, someone came to the factory and said that a machine had broken down and asked him to go to the factory immediately to check it out.

Jiang Wanze has been working as a deputy director of a branch under the Harbin Supply and Marketing Cooperative, mainly managing the branch's organizational department. It was very easy for her to take a leave and go to the train station with her daughter to pick someone up.

When you go out and pass by their office later, just go in and tell them.

"Xiaoling! Get up!"

Jiang Wan walked to the bedroom door on the second floor near the stairs and pushed it open: "Xiaoling, get up!"

"Hmm~"

The girl who was curled up in the quilt was suddenly awakened, and subconsciously made a clear and delicate nasal hum.

"Get up!"

Jiang Wan entered the room and sat beside the bed. She patted her little daughter's butt through the quilt and urged her, "Hurry up and get up. Your sister is coming back today."

"Really?"

The quilt was lifted with a whoosh, revealing a thin girl with an oval face. This is Liu Xiaoling, the girl asked with sparkling eyes.

"Of course. We will arrive at the station at nine or ten in the morning. We will pick up your sister after dinner. Your sister should have brought you a gift from the capital."

Jiang Wan smiled and nodded.

As for the fact that Cheng Kaiyan had come, Jiang Wan did not mention it on her own initiative. Maybe she was too lazy to say more, or maybe she just acted as if Cheng Kaiyan had not come.

"Great."

……

After waking up her daughter, Jiang Wan got up and prepared breakfast.

By the way, take out the prepared New Year's goods such as pork, garlic sausage, sauerkraut, pork and cabbage dumplings and other hard dishes to thaw, as these will be used at noon.

After all, this is Cheng Kaiyan’s first visit, so the first lunch must be sumptuous.

No matter how much Jiang Wan disliked Cheng Kaiyan, for the sake of her daughter, she would not treat Cheng Kaiyan harshly over such a small matter.

After dinner, it was already eight o'clock.

Jiang Wan called Liu Xiaoling to get ready to go out, and they both put on warm coats and hats at the door.

Before leaving, Jiang Wan suddenly stopped where she was as if she remembered something.

"What's wrong, Mom?"

Liu Xiaoling was standing at the door, shivering in the wind. She turned around and saw this scene and asked curiously.

"I'll go get some clothes later. It's still much colder here than in BJ. Your sister might not be wearing enough."

The woman explained casually and went upstairs.

Soon he came down with a black coat.

Liu Xiaoling looked at the coat in her mother's hand, feeling a little strange.

"Let's go."

"oh oh."

The two closed the doors and windows and walked along the street towards Harbin Railway Station.

……

On the Songhua River cross-river railway bridge.

"Uuuuuu——"

A black and red locomotive, Qianjin, was traveling on the white surface of the river with billowing white steam.

Bang, bang, bang--

The sound of the rails colliding with the wheels was like a sharp sword piercing through the thick ice fog rising from the river surface, and it spread far and wide.

In the carriage, Cheng Kaiyan sat on the lower bunk and looked out through the foggy window of the train.

You can vaguely see the criss-crossing Warren-style bridge trusses on both sides of the cast iron bridge.

The dark green paint on the trusses has become mottled, revealing the dark red iron and protruding silver rivet heads.

Cheng Kaiyan turned his gaze forward again. In the distance, a steel city shrouded in icy fog was looming in the sunlight.

Along the river, tall red brick towers stood solemnly, with industrial waste gas gushing out from the tops of the towers, pouring into the icy fog like a giant gray python...

The onion head of the Railway Club on the island in the middle of the river, with its gold paint peeling off, looked like a moldy candy under the dark clouds.

The dilapidated dark green dome of Saint Sophia Cathedral is surrounded by a group of red-brick White Russian houses, revealing a hint of green... "We are finally almost there, the eldest son of the Republic, the heavy industrial city of Harbin."

Cheng Kaiyan gazed at the city and couldn't help feeling emotional.

In recent years, with the significant progress of reform and opening up in the south, a number of northern industrial cities such as Harbin have appeared less and less in the media.

After watching quietly for a while, he withdrew his gaze and looked down at the girl who was wrapped in a thick quilt and resting her head on his legs.

The dim light shone through the misty car window and fell on the girl's delicate face, as white as mutton fat jade. She was sleeping very peacefully, and her face seemed a little cold, with a slight frown on her beautiful eyebrows.

Cheng Kaiyan raised his hand and placed it on the side of Liu Xiaoli's face. His hand was as cold as jade. His fingertips gently stroked her slightly frowned brows to smooth them out.

She said softly, "Xiao Li, get up. We'll be arriving at the station soon."

After calling out twice, Liu Xiaoli didn't move.

But after a while, the girl opened her eyes and woke up.

"Give me my mink coat. The temperature in Harbin is very low at the end of January. It might be minus 20 degrees Celsius today."

Liu Xiaoli sat up on the bed with sleepy eyes, putting on her clothes while talking to Cheng Kaiyan.

Cheng Kaiyan had already prepared it and handed it to her directly.

After a while, the two of them packed their clothes and luggage.

"Are you really not cold? Kaiyan, how about you put on two more pieces?"

Liu Xiaoli moved closer to Cheng Kaiyan, stood on tiptoe to lift up his wrinkled collar and smooth it out, then looked at his face and asked with concern.

"It's okay. It's too troublesome to turn it out. It won't be cold when we get home."

Cheng Kaiyan shook his head. He was wearing a tweed coat and a sweater, which was enough.

Liu Xiaoli was worried that her mink coat would be damaged, so she placed it on the surface of her luggage to make it easier to take.

The other thick clothes were placed underneath.

"Well, don't force yourself if you're cold."

Liu Xiaoli took her boyfriend's hand and touched it. It was still warm, so she felt relieved.

After a while.

The view on the train gradually darkened and the crowd became agitated.

The two looked outside and saw that a train had arrived at the station, so they immediately carried their luggage and walked to the nearest train door.

However, the train door was already packed with people returning home to celebrate the New Year.

Take advantage of the gap before getting off the bus.

Liu Xiaoli looked at the familiar platform outside the window and suddenly seemed to think of something. She turned around and asked with a smile:
"How are you, Comrade Xiao Cheng? You're going to meet my mom and the others soon. Are you nervous or scared?"

"Somewhat, after all, Aunt Wan left a very deep impression on me that day in the hospital."

Cheng Kaiyan unconsciously clenched his hands while holding the luggage, and he could feel that he was indeed feeling nervous and uneasy.

This is the first time I officially meet my mother-in-law and Sister Xiaoli's family.

"Haha."

It was the first time that Liu Xiaoli saw such nervousness and anxiety on her comrade Xiao Cheng's face. She found it very interesting and immediately laughed quietly.

After she finished laughing, she said calmly, "Who told someone to be so annoying? My mom only said a few words to you, which was good enough. I wanted to hit you twice."

"..."

Cheng Kaiyan was speechless for a moment, then she moved closer to the girl and rubbed her shoulder, saying in a flattering tone, "If Aunt Wan says anything later, Sister Xiaoli, remember to say something good for me."

"You know how to please me now? Why didn't you know when you bullied me the day before yesterday? I won't help you. This is a matter between the two of you."

Liu Xiaoli turned her face away and didn't fall for his trick at all.

She didn't want to get involved. Knowing that Cheng Kaiyan was nervous, she was a little nervous too.

Her mother had always been very dissatisfied with her for acting without first consulting her.

Now that Cheng Kaiyan is standing in front to block the bullets, she can feel more relaxed.

The car door happened to open at that moment, and the girl didn't even wait for Cheng Kaiyan, but hurried forward with her luggage.

It seems that she misses her family too.

"hiss!"

“It’s really cold!”

Cheng Kaiyan hurriedly followed. As soon as he stepped out of the station, he felt a biting cold penetrate his thick clothes, just like falling into an ice cave in the middle of winter and being blown by the wind after climbing out.

Fortunately, he can still endure it for a while.

After a while, the two of them left the station one after the other and stood in the Harbin Station Square.

A square obelisk pierces the sky.

The two men didn't stop and went straight down to the iron shed on the side of the station.

Cheng Kaiyan and Liu Xiaoli saw two figures, one big and one small.

"mom!"

Liu Xiaoli saw the figure in purple running over excitedly with the luggage in his hands.

"Xiao Li!" "Sister!"

One voice is mature and intellectual, the other is crisp and sweet.

The mother, her two daughters and the three of them stood together, talking in private with smiles on their faces.

Cheng Kaiyan walked silently from behind and observed the situation in front of him.

The graceful lady in a purple mink coat, a fur hat and gloves is Aunt Wan.

The thin girl of fifteen or sixteen years old with a side ponytail and a delicate little face was none other than my younger sister Liu Xiaoling.

The figure is getting closer.

Cheng Kaiyan raised her hand and greeted, "Hello, Aunt Wan."

Jiang Wan just nodded lightly and didn't intend to pay any attention to him.

Then he turned around, held Liu Xiaoli's hand, and asked with concern: "Xiaoli, are you cold?"

"It's not cold. I'm dressed warmly."

……

Cheng Kaiyan couldn't help but stand there feeling awkward as he got rejected. Fortunately, he was thick-skinned enough and turned his gaze to his sister.

But he saw his younger sister was also looking at him, her face was rosy, her eyes were sparkling, she looked up and asked: "Brother, are you my sister's boyfriend? You are so good-looking!"

"Yes, my name is Cheng Kaiyan and I'm dating your sister."

Cheng Kaiyan's heart was healed and she explained with a smile.

"What a nice name..."

Liu Xiaoling muttered to herself, then laughed and shouted, "Then I'll call you Brother Yan!"

"of course can."

The call of "Brother Yan" made Cheng Kaiyan smile from ear to ear.

It turns out that children are easier to deal with.

He quickly opened his backpack and took out a gift from it: "Then I'll call you Xiaoling. This is a gift for you. Do you like it?"

"Fountain pen? It's actually a Hero 100? This must cost more than ten yuan! A classmate in my class uses this, it's so expensive!"

The little girl opened the box and was pleasantly surprised to see the pen. She said happily.

Jiang Wan and Liu Xiaoli, who were standing by, heard the noise and looked at Xiaoling who was instantly bribed by Cheng Kaiyan.

Liu Xiaoli was speechless.

Jiang Wan was dissatisfied, thinking that she was so easily bribed, what a loser!

"let's go."

Thinking of this, the beautiful woman snorted and said unhappily.

Then he took Liu Xiaoli out of the station.

Cheng Kaiyan looked at the backs of the two and shook her head helplessly.

Liu Xiaoling stared at her mother with dissatisfaction, thinking: "Such a handsome brother, so generous, you are still angry."

Then she looked at her brother-in-law, whose hands were full of luggage and whose face turned pale from the cold wind, and she felt even more distressed.

She suddenly remembered the clothes her mother brought with her in the morning, and hurriedly trotted after her, "Brother Yan, let's go, follow me!"

She quickened her pace and shouted to the front, "Mom, give my brother the coat you brought this morning. He seems to be very cold!"

Jiang Wan, who heard this not far away, suddenly froze and almost fell.

This damn guy!
Fortunately, Jiang Wan was always dignified and calm. She stopped and handed the cloth bag in her hand to Liu Xiaoli, and said to her lightly:
"Cheng Kaiyan, the weather is so cold and he doesn't even know how to put on more clothes. These clothes were originally prepared for you, but since he is afraid of the cold, just lend them to him."

"Yeah, thank you, Mom."

Liu Xiaoli glanced at her mother's slightly blue face and knew that her mother must be angry.

Dare not say anything more.

She quickly opened her bag and took out her clothes.

It turned out to be a black wool coat.

He was stunned and looked at his mother in surprise and surprise: "This...isn't this...my dad's?"

"I was in a hurry, so I just picked it up."

Jiang Wan smoothed the hair around her ears that was messed up by the wind and said casually.

"oh oh."

Liu Xiaoli nodded with great trust and walked towards Cheng Kaiyan.

"It's really duplicity..."

(End of this chapter)