The Snail Spirit Travels to the 1970s

Lin Meiyu saw Tian Tian and smiled: "Have you finished talking to them?"

Tian Tian nodded dejectedly. After coming here for so many years, she was still a little uncomfortable. In the current situation, every Chinese New Year, she was particularly scared to greet others, especially when there were relatives sitting in the room like this.

"Let's eat the dumplings quickly. We have all eaten. These dumplings are kept warm in the pot so that you can eat them right away!" Lin Meiyu took a plate of dumplings out of the pot and placed it on the stove.

Tian Tian was the last one to get up in the family, as everyone else had already eaten.

I made the dumplings last night but didn’t cook them. They taste great now.

Tian Tian had slept all night and her stomach was already growling with hunger. She wolfed down a few bites of dumplings to satisfy her growling stomach, and only then did she feel a lot better.

"I discussed it with your father last night. Do you think it's possible to wait until the summer to hold your wedding party?" Lin Meiyu suddenly asked.

"Summer?" Tian Tian bit her dumplings and thought for a while, "I don't mind. We should have summer vacation in the summer, but I'm afraid Gu Zhao won't have any vacation!"

"What did your dad and I say? We also want to rebuild this house from scratch!"

Tian Tian's eyes lit up.

"We thought it wouldn't work this spring, and there wouldn't be enough time for spring planting. So we'll just wait until the spring planting is over. There won't be much activity in the summer and the ground will be soft, so we can build the house faster. So we'll build the house in June or July, and then you can hold your wedding banquet in the new house." Lin Meiyu said.

No matter what, the new house will definitely be more spacious than the current mud house. Why should we do things in the old house when we can do them in the new house? Tian Tian will also be proud of it then.

"I'm fine with either, but didn't Gu Zhao say that his parents would come over on the fifth day of the New Year? How about you discuss it with his parents?" Tian Tian asked tentatively.

She has never had the experience of holding a wedding banquet in her two lifetimes, so the date doesn't matter to her, it mainly depends on the wishes of both parents.

"You heartless person, who am I thinking about this for? It's all for you. But you act like a hands-off boss and don't care about anything!" Lin Meiyu gave Tian Tian annoyed looks.

"I know I have to discuss it with them, but I also have to ask for your opinion in advance. If you don't agree, then we should change it as soon as possible. Don't let me and my in-laws decide on it, and then you come here and complain about this and that."

Tian Tian shrank her neck after being scolded by Lin Meiyu. "Mom, I really don't have any objection. In fact, both times are good. If it's during the Chinese New Year, it's good to do it all at once. I don't have to think about it in the future. Anyway, it has to be done sooner or later. But summer is also good. The weather is warm at that time, and the food at home is ready. I really think both are good!"

"If it weren't for these two times, I would have been free. You asked me to do it in the spring and fall. Not only do you not have time, but I also don't have time!"

Lin Meiyu was somewhat satisfied after hearing what Tian Tian said. "Your father and I thought the same thing. It's freezing outside, who would want to eat outside? The food is cold as soon as it's served, and we can't even put a few tables in the house. Besides, there aren't many dishes right now, just pickled cabbage, radish, and cabbage. It's easier to cook in the summer, and we can have more variety."

"Although you may not have much time at that time, you don't have to worry about this. You can just come back a day early, show up on the day of the wedding banquet, and leave the next day. Your father and I will take care of everything else."

All I can say is that as children they don't have any experience in handling matters, and when they come back they really can't help much except running errands. One more or one less won't make much, and there wasn't much to worry about that day.

Tian Tian nodded in agreement.

"Then you can go and ask Gu Zhao if he has any opinions?" Lin Meiyu said.

Tian Tian felt like she was just a middleman, so she resigned herself to going to the east room to find Gu Zhao.

Now Gu Zhao was accompanying her relatives. Tian Tian went in, greeted them, and wanted to pull Gu Zhao out.

The person who was talking to Old Lady Tian saw the two of them and smiled, "You two really can't leave each other. It's true that young people have such a good relationship!"

Tian Tian listened to this very calmly, without any shyness at all, "I have something to talk to him about, grandmas, you guys can talk!"

After saying that, Tian Tian pulled Gu Zhao out.

"What's wrong? What's the matter?"

Tian Tian told Gu Zhao what her mother said, and Gu Zhao laughed, "I thought it was nothing, OK!"

"Is everything okay over there?" Tian Tian just thought about it. Gu Zhao does have short holidays, such as National Day and Army Day, which both last seven days.

It won’t work during the National Day, as it happens to coincide with the autumn harvest here. The Army Day is a good choice, but I don’t know if the house can be built here.

"I think Army Day is a good idea. We can both have a holiday and come back early to help your parents. I'll ask my mom and my dad to talk to your parents." Gu Zhao said.

After Tian Tian returned to the house, she told Lin Meiyu what Gu Zhao had said, and Lin Meiyu understood what was going on.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, they took Gu Zhao to visit relatives.

When they arrived at the Lin family, they found that all the Lin family members came today. It was not that all of them came in the past. And like Lin Meishuang, her two sons just came to say hello, wished a happy new year and asked for lucky money, and then left. They didn't stay at home, and some even didn't come at all.

Therefore, compared with the relatives of the Tian family, Tian Tian is more unfamiliar with the relatives of the Lin family.

After Tian Tian entered the house, she took Gu Zhao to wish them a happy new year one by one. The people from the Lin family immediately showed great enthusiasm towards Gu Zhao and pulled Gu Zhao aside to ask him questions.

Gu Zhao was also very patient and answered every question.

"So you are working in the city now, as an engineer in a machinery factory. You must be earning a lot of money a month, right?" Lin Meixia asked curiously.

Engineer was a very unfamiliar name to her. She had previously thought that she could only be a worker in a factory, but she never expected that she could also be an engineer.

"Senior engineers earn a lot of money, but I just graduated and I'm here to learn from them, so I don't earn much!" Gu Zhao said with a smile.

"What's the big deal? You are so young now. Won't you become a senior engineer in a few years?" Lin Meixia didn't care.

"So what are the requirements for becoming an engineer? Can I become an engineer in high school, or do I have to graduate from college like you did?"

"All the engineers in our factory are university graduates!" Gu Zhao said with a smile.

The research and development of their factory is confidential. Those engineers are not only university graduates, but several of them have even returned from studying abroad.

Because they were so important and the level of confidentiality was very high, they were protected by the state during that decade and were not affected by the movement. Only their personal freedom was restricted.

Compared to those who died in that movement, they were really lucky.