The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

"Hey, don't mention him...hahaha..." Sister Liu seemed to recall the scene at that time and couldn't help laughing again.

Yan Zeyou and Sister Liu were in love freely in the factory. Originally, neither of their families objected to them being together, so the relationship developed smoothly. When Yan Zeyou went to Sister Liu's house for the first time, he specially borrowed a suit from a neighbor.

Even though wearing a suit, white shirt and tie is considered a very silly outfit now, in the late 80s, that kind of outfit was not yet defined as rustic.

Yan Zeyou's new leather shoes were polished to a shine, and his blazer was straightened. He behaved very calmly throughout the entire evening at Da Liu's house.

But what she never expected was that when she was clearing the table after dinner, the future mother-in-law took the rag and turned around and bumped into Yan Zeyou. It would have been fine if she bumped into him, but there happened to be water stains on the ground, and Liu's mother fell flat on her butt.

It was embarrassing enough for the mother-in-law to fall on her butt in public when the new son-in-law came to the house, but Yan Zeyou was a real man. When he saw Liu's mother falling on her back, he slapped his thigh and jumped to laugh.

"Look, look, your mother threw an old man into the bed...hahaha...hahahaha..."

Yan Zeyou jumped up and down, grabbed Da Liu who was standing beside him, and laughed out of breath.

It was not until Da Liu pinched his arm hard that he finally saw the sullen expression on his future mother-in-law's face. After that, he became the first son-in-law to be driven out of the textile factory dormitory before even entering the door.

"As for him, if my aunt hadn't pleaded for us, we wouldn't have been able to get married." After saying this, Sister Liu raised her eyelids and glanced at Yan Zeyou who was grinning foolishly beside her, then touched her bulging belly.

Zhong Yunxing would naturally not do such an embarrassing thing, but in fact he was also very nervous, after all, it was his first visit.

Although I have met Darong's mother once, there is a whole family here. If one of them has a bad impression of me and says something bad about me, and Darong breaks up with me, I will be in trouble.

"Don't be stingy with your money. Go to the store and buy two bottles of good wine for them. When you get home, work more and talk less."

Before leaving, Zhong Yunxing's mother was still worried and stuffed another 10 yuan into his pocket. Her son was indeed obedient and filial, but now he was 23 years old, which was considered an older youth in the southern suburbs at that time, so Zhong's mother was also very nervous about her son's marriage.

"Okay, I understand. It won't cost that much money, right?" Zhong Yunxing held the money in his pocket. He knew that his family was not well off.

Zhong Yunxing and his several younger siblings are all very diligent in their studies. Except for him who gave up his studies early and took his father's place in the factory, his other brothers and sisters are still studying in school.

Because Mother Zhong had no job, she could only earn meager work points in the brigade since she was young, so the family conditions were naturally very difficult.

"Take it with you. Bring it back when you can't spend it. Keep it safe and don't lose it."

Mother Zhong patted her son on the shoulder, feeling somewhat guilty. If the family conditions were not so difficult and she had let him go to work and earn money early, her eldest son would definitely have been admitted to university.

Zhong Yunxing didn't say anything else. He nodded, got on his bike and rushed to the grocery store in the town.

He prepared the gifts as his mother had instructed, and arrived at Darong's house early in the afternoon.

"Uncle, aunt, this is something my mother asked me to bring for you two to try."

As soon as Zhong Yunxing entered the door, he greeted Darong's parents respectfully. In addition to the drinks bought at the grocery store, he also brought some drunken dates brewed at home, which is a kind of snack that Zhong's mother often makes in her hometown.

"Okay, thank you mom, please sit down." Darong's mother took the things in Zhong Yunxing's hand and quickly asked him to sit down.

Zhong Yunxing's mother is not a native of Yutian. She came here from a small county bordering Yutian. At that time, Zhong's father's family was poor and could not afford a local wife, so he asked a matchmaker to find a wife from another county who would not despise his poor family.

He said that he did not mind the Zhong family's conditions, but in fact, the conditions in other counties were more difficult. After all, Yutian was still a municipality directly under the central government. Even though Nanjiao was not in the urban area, life was still much better than in a small county town.

Darong's mother also had a poor background. Due to family reasons, her father died early and her younger brothers and sisters were very young. She suffered a lot since childhood. So even though she only met Zhong's mother once, they could empathize with each other's miserable childhood.

"Are you doing maintenance work in the factory?" Darong's father asked Zhong Yunxing cheerfully.

Although this was the first time that Darong's father met Zhong Yunxing, Darong's mother had told him before that she held Zhong Yunxing in her arms when she was pregnant with Darong, so he had been curious about this child for a long time.

When Zhong Yunxing just came in today, Darong's father was actually quite satisfied with him. Looking at Zhong Yunxing who was sitting stiffly on the sofa, he tried to ease the awkwardness and took the initiative to find a topic.

Zhong Yunxing kept in mind Sister Liu's teachings: "Speak less and make fewer mistakes; speak less and make no mistakes," so he only answered one question each time Darong's father asked him a question.

But he overlooked one problem. This way of chatting soon eliminated the topic of Darong's dad's problem, and the two of them could only sit there staring at each other in awkwardness.

Darong's father had a good impression of him at first sight, but after chatting with him for a while, he couldn't help but wonder if this boy was a little stupid?

"Mom, sister, I'm back."?

Hearing the third brother's voice coming from the yard, Darong's father was relieved. Finally, someone could break this situation of just sitting there doing nothing.

"Dad, I'm back." The third child walked into the house and greeted Darong's father first, then turned around and greeted Zhong Yunxing: "Hello, big brother."

"Hello, hello." Zhong Yunxing stood up from the sofa and nodded in response to the third brother.

After the third brother put down his schoolbag, he felt a little funny when he saw the two people sitting awkwardly opposite each other. These two people didn’t say a word for a long time. Don’t they feel uncomfortable just sitting like that?

"Brother, what kind of TV dramas do you like to watch?" Seeing that neither of them spoke, the third brother had to find a topic himself.

"I rarely turn on the TV at home because my brother has to review for his college entrance exam this year."

"Wow, you've even made it to college, that's awesome."

The third brother's admiration was heartfelt. At that time, being able to get into high school was considered amazing. Zhong Yunxing's family already had a college student, and now there was another talented person preparing to take the college entrance examination.

Zhong Yunxing's older brother, Zhong Yunhong, is a student at the University of Finance and Economics and will graduate and be assigned a job in a year. His second younger brother, Zhong Yunsheng, is taking the college entrance examination this year, and his youngest sister, Zhong Yunping, was admitted to high school last year. The Zhong family is an enviable "intellectual" family in Erdaohezi.