Mixed in 1980

Chapter 35: People from Sanhe
"If my father-in-law calls me, any day is suitable."

Chen Fan kissed her on the cheek, then said seriously: "Tell me first what our parents like, I have to prepare well."

"That's my dad and my mom!"

"it's the same!"

Xu Jinqiu was helpless. This guy was just like that. Not only was he very thick-skinned, but he was also more talkative than anyone else. She couldn't control him and could only let him be.

Rolling his eyes, Xu Jinqiu began to introduce.

There is no need to explain the basic situation. The two had already talked about it when they were in Sanhe. Xu Jinqiu focused on introducing the family's preferences and some situations in the yard.

After finishing speaking, Xu Jinqiu stood up and said, "Auntie should still be busy over there. I'll go see if there's anything I can help with."

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"Nonsense, what is this Xiao Zhao doing? Can't he even apologize?"

Sanhe, the staff quarters of the agricultural machinery factory.

When the factory director saw the editorial in the People's Daily that said "Stand at attention when beaten and refuse ineffective apologies", he angrily slammed the newspaper on the table.

The last article “Being a moral person starts with rejecting moral blackmail” made the agricultural machinery factory lose face and became a laughing stock among its sister units.

The superiors even called to inquire.

I had thought that I would treat the patient first and punish him later, giving Director Zhao a chance to redeem himself and resolve the matter, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen.

There is no need to think too much. The sister units must be laughing at me. When I go to work tomorrow, my superiors will definitely call me again. This time they will not ask questions but directly criticize me.

No leader could tolerate the factory under his jurisdiction appearing in the People's Daily twice in a row. It was not a good thing, even if it was just a small matter.

"We must solve this matter before the leaders ask about it."

The factory director slammed the table, went out in his slippers, called all the factory leaders who lived in the staff quarters, and asked people to call back all the factory leaders who did not live in the staff quarters.

"Old Xu, your brother-in-law has come up with something new."

Zeng's father held up the People's Daily and called Xu Changqing out: "This editorial is quite interesting. Just like the last article on moral kidnapping, it will probably cause a lot of controversy."

There was no Internet back then, so we couldn’t feel the heat of public opinion by just opening our phones like we do in later generations. We had to rely more on the reactions of people around us.

The public opinion aroused by the editorial written by Chen Fan before was still very huge. Many people discussed it both at work and in the courtyard.

As time goes by, many newspapers have been quoting that article these days to discuss the issue of moral kidnapping, and the popularity has remained high.

Today's article is also very strange, and there is a correlation between ineffective apologies and moral kidnapping, which can form a good complement, and public opinion will probably be even more lively.

Xu Changqing took the newspaper, glanced at it and put it aside: "I don't have the energy to read these things right now. Qiu'er went to his house, and I don't know what's going on."

"If you ask me, this guy is pretty good. You can tell from the article. Qiu'er is really worried about him. You should stop worrying about him."

"She's not your daughter, so of course you don't worry about her."

"Hey, Old Xu, Qiu'er isn't my daughter, but I watched her grow up. How could I not care about her? You're just jealous of your future son-in-law."

"That's true. I just feel empty inside that my daughter is being taken away by someone." Xu Changqing sighed deeply.

"You are wrong to think so. The girl was not kidnapped by someone. Instead, a son-in-law was kidnapped back for you. A son-in-law is like half a girl. What a good thing."

“I have two sons!”

Xu Changqing doesn't care about sons. He thinks that a son is like a nuclear weapon. He must have it, but it's useless. It's not as caring as a little cotton-padded jacket.

After thinking for a while, Xu Changqing added: "When your Ah Li finds a boyfriend, you will understand how I feel now."

Then he looked at his watch and said, "It's already three o'clock. Why haven't you come back yet? No, I have to go to the door. Didn't we agree to come back after lunch?"

"Don't make trouble."

Li Xiuzhen came out and grabbed her husband: "Chen Fan will definitely be sent back. If you go out now and meet him, do you still plan to invite him in?" Only then did Xu Changqing stop.

What are you thinking about by inviting him in? It’s good enough that you don’t kick him.

No matter what, he has to wait for his daughter to come back and listen to her ideas first. If she is not satisfied, Chen Fan can forget about entering this door.

"Mom, Dad, Uncle Zeng, you are all here."

Xu Jinqiu came in with a canvas bag, a smile on her face: "What are you discussing?"

"Your daughter has been kidnapped, and your father is very upset. Hurry up and comfort him so that he won't make a fuss again." Zeng's father joked.

"Stop making trouble."

Li Xiuzhen glared at them and pulled her daughter into the house: "Qiu'er, what's going on today? How are Chen Fan's family members? Are they treating you well?"

"Mom, don't worry, Chen Fan's family is easy to get along with."

Xu Jinqiu took the bag over, took out the clothes inside, and a red envelope: "This is what Chen Fan's mother gave me when I came back."

This is basically the case these days.

When the girl visits her parents for the first time, if the other parents are satisfied, they will give her a set of clothes if they are well-off, or a scarf or something like that if they are poorly-off.

In addition, there is a red envelope, and the amount depends on the conditions of each family.

Seeing this, Li Xiuzhen also breathed a sigh of relief. She opened the red envelope and counted it. It actually contained one hundred and one yuan. A smile appeared on her face.

It's not that they are greedy for this little bit of money. Apart from the housing shortage, other conditions of their family are not bad.

So many red envelopes means the other party is very satisfied. If the marriage really works out in the future, my daughter’s life will not be bad after she gets married. At least the mother-in-law will not make things difficult for her.

There is also the issue of the amount in the red envelope. These days most red envelopes are around ten or eight yuan, but the other party gave one hundred and one yuan, which was obviously a play on numbers, saying that his daughter was one in a million.

"And this one."

Xu Jinqiu stretched out her left hand, with a gold ring on her ring finger: "This was given to me by Chen Fan's sister. I didn't dare to accept it, but his sister forced me to put it on."

Li Xiuzhen was surprised. Gold is not cheap. A ring would cost at least a hundred yuan. It seems that Chen Fan and his sister have a very good relationship and he loves his own daughter as well.

In this way, she felt relieved.

In the future, my mother-in-law and sister-in-law will be easy to get along with, and family conflicts will be reduced by half.

"It seems that our Qiu'er is blessed. Let Chen Fan come to our house next week. After mom and dad meet him, if there is nothing wrong with him, we will settle your matter."

"Thank you, Mom."

Xu Jinqiu took off the Hetian jade heart-shaped buckle from her neck and said, "This is a gift from Chen Fan. Take a look at the material and see if it is mutton-fat jade."

"It's a good piece of jade, it's indeed mutton-fat jade. This thing is not cheap, you can't get it without three hundred. Chen Fan really cares about you."

Li Xiuzhen used to work in Liulichang. She let her second son take over the job after he came back from working in the countryside. She had a lot of contact with jade.

"What's the intention? He just spends money recklessly. You don't know that Chen Fan spends money lavishly and doesn't know how to save money at all."

"If the corners of your mouth weren't raised so high, I would have believed it." Li Xiuzhen rolled her eyes at her daughter.

It's obviously very rare, but you're still pretending in front of me.

"mom……"

As the mother and daughter were talking, a group of people suddenly came into the yard and asked Xu Changqing and Zeng's father who were smoking, "Comrade, does Comrade Xu Jinqiu live here?"

"I am Xu Jinqiu's father. Who are you? Do you have something to do with my daughter?" Xu Changqing frowned. This group of people was quite a big deal.

(End of this chapter)