Chapter 35 Reunion and Forced Marriage
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On July 1st, the day after Zhang Xueru made a promise to Hao Min, Zhang Xueru's eldest daughter Jianping, son-in-law and grandson came to the provincial capital to spend the summer vacation.
That night, Zhang Xueru's family, including his grandson, had a reunion and dinner in his own restaurant.
At the dinner table, Zhang Xueru drank two glasses of wine, and in front of the whole family, he spoke out the request Hao Min made to him last night.
Zhang Xueru said: "Today is the day for our whole family to reunite, and it is also a good day to confirm the good news for our Zhang family! Taking advantage of this festive moment, I want to announce a great news to everyone!"
After saying that, Zhang Xueru glanced at the family members around the dining table with red faces. Seeing that everyone was concentrating on listening to him, he turned his eyes on Liping's face and said happily:
"Yesterday, Hao Min specially sent me a message. He said that Mayor Wang's son Mengdu had long taken a fancy to Liping. After this period of contact, he fell in love with Liping deeply! However, because Meng is a shy young man, he was always embarrassed to tell Liping directly. Yesterday, Hao Min told me that Mengdu really hopes that I can convey his meaning to Liping, and at the same time, he also hopes that Liping can be more proactive so that the two can formally determine their relationship!"
"This - Mayor Wang's son likes Liping, so he's embarrassed to tell Liping?"
After hearing the old man's "good news", Zhang Xueru's wife asked strangely, and also turned her eyes to Liping.
In fact, over the past period, her thoughts were the same as Zhang Xueru. When she saw Meng often came to her home to talk to Liping alone, she thought that the two of them had already confirmed their relationship!
"Yes, since Mengdu fell in love with Liping deeply, he should tell Liping directly!"
At this time, Liping's sister Jianping also expressed her views with her mother's words.
In fact, the Zhang family knows the relationship between Liping and Mengdu, or what relationship will Liping and Mengdu have formed, and they are well aware of it.
Therefore, when Zhang Xueru "announced" this "good news", his family did not find it strange.
However, after hearing his father's "announcement", Liping's face turned red with shame and became hot all over.
She had just put a mouthful of rice in her mouth, but after hearing the "good news" from her father, she kept holding it in her mouth for a long time and felt embarrassed to chew it.
"Hmph, you don't understand this, right? Who are dreams? They are educated and well-educated people!"
After listening to his wife and eldest daughter, Zhang Xueru brought some show off and said happily:
"Any person with culture and cultivation is shy when he is in love! Let's not talk about anything else, just from the point of being shy in his dreams, it is enough to prove that he is a rare good guy!
You see, Mengdu looks handsome, has a gentle temper, is smart, and is polite to others. When he saw us, he called Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang each and called him so sweetly!
If a family like us can become a relative of Mayor Wang, it would be a high-end one! It can be said that this is a great event that is hard to find even if our Zhang family has burned a thousand years of high incense!”
After Zhang Xueru said the call proudly, he raised the wine glass on the table and drank it in one go.
"Happy events are happy events. However, I think since Mengdu has a crush on Liping, he should express it to Liping in person. It is inappropriate to let Hao Min be an intermediary to pass on the message when he and Liping have a relationship. "
The eldest daughter Jianping expressed her opinion again.
As Liping's sister, she knew that her sister was very confused about her personal marriage.
From an emotional perspective, Liping's thoughts are still on the side of Li Gang, who is childhood sweetheart;
However, because his father and Li Gang's father forced him to intervene, Li Gang has stopped contacting Li Ping for a long time and has clearly proposed to interrupt his relationship, and since then he has become a "brother and sister".
This naturally hurt Liping's heart.
However, Liping is a honest person. Although she is sad, painful and sad, she can never let go of Li Gang.
Liping always believes that if she falls in love with others, she will be sorry for Li Gang who grew up together.
It is precisely because of this that Liping’s personal affairs have formed an embarrassing situation where the superiors cannot and the subordinates are unwilling to go down.
Liping has talked to her sister many times and has also sought out ways and solutions to solve the problem.
However, the flowers of love need to be watered together by both men and women.
As for the "love" deadlock between her sister and Li Gang, it is impossible for her to be a sister, so she has also looked for Li Gang several times to test whether there is a possibility of a turnaround between Li Gang and her sister.
But Li Gang's answer was no every time, and his attitude was very firm, so Jianping could only helplessly.
And what about Mengdu? As my father said just now, from the time I have been in contact with him, Mengdu gives people the impression that he is gentle, civilized, polite, steady and easy-going.
What's more, Mengdu's father is the executive vice mayor of the provincial capital. Relying on Mengdu's family background, not only did Liping be transferred from the Provincial Sports Brigade to the municipal government; even her father was transferred from the grassroots station of the railway to the municipal government in the provincial capital; and her husband and wife also worked as a former rural substitute teacher and was hired as a teacher in the county middle school.
Judging from the existing facts, the Zhang family has already occupied a lot of the Wang family!
If, if Liping and Li Gang’s relationship is really irresistible, in the face of objective reality, if she can fall in love with Mengdu and become a husband and wife, it will be a correct choice!
Of course, if Liping really wants to establish a romantic relationship with Meng, whether from the perspective of social common sense or the future relationship between husband and wife, it is best if the man should express it to the woman in person!
It was precisely for the above considerations that my sister Jianping proposed that Mengdu should take the initiative to express love to her sister.
"Well, what you said is wrong!"
When Zhang Xueru heard that his eldest daughter insisted on Meng, she directly expressed her love to Liping, and immediately shook her head and said:
"You don't understand the relationship between Mengdu and Hao Min. What is their relationship? According to their own words, it is called "liver and courageous brother". Do you know? What is "liver and courageous brother"? It is a brother who can change liver and courage!
Mengdu let Hao Min convey his love for Liping, which can be seen as Mengdu is expressing his pursuit to Liping. We should think about Mengdu from a different perspective. What angle is changing? It is to change ourselves to Mengdu's position. If we are thin-skinned, who would have the nerve to express love to a girl in person?
It is precisely because of my embarrassment that Meng Du asked Hao Min to convey his love for Liping!
No need to say anything else, I see, this matter is decided, ah!
Pingping, I will tell Hao Min tomorrow and ask him to tell Mengdu that you and Mengdu will make sure of their relationship openly and talk about love openly from tomorrow!"
Seeing that Liping was silent, Zhang Xueru decided to make the final decision.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhang Xueru finished speaking, Liping shook her hand in panic:
"No, no! Say, cough, cough!"
As he spoke, Liping's throat was choked by rice grains and she immediately coughed a few times.
"Why can't it?"
My father suddenly tensed his face.
"Li Gang and I have already-"
Liping remembered her childhood sweetheart with Li Gang, her childhood sweetheart with Li Gang, her joy of playing with Li Gang by the river of Acacia, and the deep feelings and love with Li Gang, and immediately closed her lips.
"What's wrong with you, what's wrong with Li Gang?! Have you been-?"
When Zhang Xueru heard his daughter's words without any ends, he opened his eyes wide in horror.
He stood up "calling", fearing that words of chastity would pop up from his daughter's mouth.
Although many years of reform and opening up have been going on these days, many elderly people, or cadres, especially high-ranking families like Mayor Wang, still attach great importance to the chastity of girls!
My mother, elder sister Jianping, and elder brother-in-law also looked at Liping nervously, afraid of hearing embarrassing words.
The little grandson didn't know what had been born, and stared at his big eyes strangely, looked left and right, and suddenly called out "Mom--!" and threw himself into Jianping's arms.
"Li Gang, I can't be ungrateful, I can't..."
Liping saw that the family had misunderstood and stuttered in desperation.
Saved life-?
Only then did Zhang Xueru let out a long sigh and his face calmed down significantly.
After a while, he said coldly: "Xiaoping, who has stipulated that you have saved your life, you must marry the person who saved your life? **Saving the lives of women across the country, is it still--?"
Zhang Xueru suddenly realized that this metaphor was inappropriate and stopped immediately.
He took a breath and then continued: "I told Li Gang a long time ago, and he told his father that we will not be in-laws with his Li family. Li Gang also promised me in person that he will never interact with you again!"
"But, I, I have already promised him!"
When Liping heard her father say what he interfered with her love with Li Gang, she felt no guilt. The resentment in her heart suddenly hit her. She suddenly plucked up the courage and said loudly to her father.
"Don't you fucking shit!"
When Zhang Xueru saw that Liping dared to talk back to her, the irritable and vulgar habit in the past was repeated.
He raised his palm angrily and slapped at the table, causing the soup on the table to splash out of the soup bowl.
"You said you promised him? Then do you still have me? Is there any family? Is there any happiness and future for so many of us? A little country bumpkin in a mountain valley, why should he fall in love with you? What should he use to marry you as his wife? What benefits can he bring to our family, and so many of us?!"
While the fire was on, Zhang Xueru took out a photo from his pocket.
That was the last time Hao Min visited West Lake Park, taking advantage of the opportunity when Zhang Xueru almost tripped over the bridge and grabbed the photo of "daughter, son-in-law helping Lao Taishan cross the bridge".
Zhang Xueru took the photo and brushed it on his chest a few times, pointing to the image of Mengdu above and said:
"Mayor Wang's family must have power, power, power, money, and tutors; dreams must also have appearance, culture, status, and politeness.
Think about it, without the Wang family, can you transfer to the provincial capital? Without the Wang family, can I transfer to the municipal government? Can your sister and brother-in-law be transferred to the county middle school to teach? Also, there is our current house. If we don’t rely on the Wang family, can we have this house in the provincial capital?"
The more Zhang Xueru talked, the more excited he became, and the more angry he became.
He gasped heavily, and after a while, he stood up angrily and said,
"In the past, the ancients said, ****************! What era is it now? Can we be ungrateful people? Liping, today I will tell you, your dad, I have already agreed to dreams!
The family of high-ranking officials doesn’t dislike us, so how dare we show off with them?
Tell me, if you don’t fall in love with Meng, where would you put my old face? How can you live in the future? Also, can the house we live in now be kept?
Do you still want us to go back to the small county town? Do you still want us to go back and be bullied by others, and live the hard days of poverty and financial difficulties?"
Zhang Xueru walked to Liping with panting and said loudly:
"Today, you must make it clear to me whether you agree to fall in love with Meng? Do you still let our family live?"
Zhang Xueru's scolding included an analysis of the future life and prospects of the Zhang family, and a severe rebuke of Liping, which immediately made the family dumbfounded and Han Ruoshi.
Liping was extremely sad. She opened her helpless eyes and looked at this and that, suddenly covering her face, "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Chapter completed!