Chapter 7: The Water Reaches the Canal (3)
Zhang Yuanzheng glanced up at Hou Weidong, this sturdy boy, from his appearance to his conversation, is still good, not as bad as he imagined, but it is a pity that he is from Wuhai, just because of this, it is impossible for him to become a fast son-in-law of Chenglong. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Xiaojia is an only daughter, and the two have contacted the garden institute under the construction committee for her, although the garden institute is a public institution related to flowers and plants, but the benefits are still good, and it belongs to the construction committee system.
Having a good job, finding a good husband, and living in the economically developed city of Shazhou can be regarded as a happy family. However, Hou Wei*** arrived suddenly, disrupting the perfect plan woven by the couple.
Zhang Yuanzheng and his wife are middle-level cadres in the factory, although there are some acquaintances in Shazhou City, but after all, they are not people with authority, and they need to ask for people everywhere to do things, they have fully mobilized all the relationships for the distribution of Xiaojia, and they are physically and mentally exhausted, and they really have no ability to do another transfer from Yiyang to Shazhou.
This simple truth, two years ago, when Xiao Jia's love letter was discovered, Xiao Jia had already explained it clearly, and Xiao Jia also agreed to break up with Hou Weidong at that time, but two years later, Zhang Yuanzheng and his wife thought that their daughter had cut off the relationship with Hou Weidong, who was from Wuhai, but who knows, Xiao Jia made a surprise attack and brought Hou Weidong, a Wuhai man who fights all day long and causes trouble, to his home.
What's more, from his daughter's brief introduction, I learned that Hou Weidong was determined to work in Yiyang County.
Zhang Yuanzheng is a senior smoker, looking at the cigarettes handed over by Hou Weidong, he leaned on the sofa, glanced at the cigarette brand, saw that it was Hongtashan, and said in his heart: "This kid smokes better cigarettes than mine, these students, hum." He turned his head and glanced at his wife Chen Qingrong, saw Chen Qingrong staring at the TV, no objection, no approval, and then looked at his daughter's eager gaze, and took the Hongta Mountain handed over by Hou Weidong.
Hou Weidong has long been prepared, he took a disposable lighter, ninety-three years, disposable lighters have not been popularized, this kind of disposable lighters are still brought from Guangdong by high school classmates, he "snapped" to light the fire, respectfully handed to Zhang Yuanzheng in front of him, Hou Weidong is a student cadre in Shazhou College, won the appreciation of the head of the department, and it is in contact with the head of the department that he learned to light a fire.
After these actions, Zhang Yuanzheng's intuitive impression of Hou Weidong has improved slightly, but marrying someone who works in Yiyang is absolutely not allowed, this is a matter of principle, and the issue of principle is not negotiable.
The people in the factory, except for some heads, usually smoke a pack of cigarettes for two yuan, and only occasionally smoke a pack of ten yuan Hongtashan during the New Year's holiday, he took Hongtashan, took a deep breath, only to feel a strange smell at the entrance, and said: "Fake cigarettes." As he spoke, he threw the cigarette in the ashtray.
Hou Weidong occasionally smoked two cigarettes, but he has no addiction to smoking, to be honest, he can't tell the difference between good cigarettes and fake cigarettes, this pack of Hongtashan was bought by him in the lotus pond to honor his future father-in-law, who knew that he bought fake cigarettes. Thinking of the enthusiastic smiling face of the boss of the lotus pond, Hou Weidong scolded viciously in his heart: "I know that Lao Tzu is leaving school, so sell fake cigarettes to me, it's really treacherous." ”
"It's still my redwoods that are comfortable to twitch on." Zhang Yuanzheng lit a cigarette by himself, and finally said the first words of Hou Weidong when he entered the house.
Hou Weidong was caught as if he had done something wrong, and he sat aside and didn't know what to say.
Chen Qingrong stood up suddenly, she walked to the window, opened a window with heavy hands and legs, and made a shocking sound, she said: "Smoking, coughing so much that I want to vomit blood, I have to pump, sooner or later I will beat you to death." After she opened the window, she sat back on the sofa and said to Zhang Yuanzheng: "You are not allowed to smoke in the house, you must smoke outside the house." ”
Chen Qingrong is only in her forties, the years have left some marks on her face, but it has also made her shrewd and capable, she and her husband Zhang Yuanzheng are the same, she saw Hou Weidong himself, the impression is not bad, she can't accept her daughter to marry Yiyang, one of the very important reasons is because of her own experience.
When they were young, Chen Qingrong and Zhang Yuanzheng had been separated from each other for 12 years, and these 12 years of separation left an indelible painful memory for the couple.
Xiao Jia looks very similar to Chen Qingrong, she is a young version of Chen Qingrong, the difference is her personality, Chen Qingrong has a strong personality and aggressive words, Xiao Jia's character is a little more gentle, but from the bones, Xiao Jia is also a strong and sensitive girl, it is because of her stubbornness that she can withstand the pressure of her parents and continue to maintain a lover relationship with Hou Weidong.
At this time, seeing her parents talking coldly to Hou Weidong, tears rolled in her eyes a few times, and she was about to speak, when she saw Hou Weidong's eyes, she endured it and said, "Dad, Mom, what to eat at noon today, I'll take care of the dishes." She stood up and said to Hou Weidong: "Let's go to the food together." ”
When Hou Weidong got up, Chen Qingrong also got up from the sofa, and she said, "You sit, it's rare for you to take care of the dishes." She walked straight to the kitchen and closed the kitchen door, at this time, the smell of chicken soup wafted out of the kitchen, knowing that her daughter was going home, Chen Qingrong specially asked for leave, and bought a local chicken in the vegetable market early, and used a small fire to make the aroma fragrant.
Seeing the scented jar, Chen Qingrong was angry, she snapped and turned off the fire, kicked the cabbage on the ground again, and stood in the kitchen, wiping her tears. After a while, Zhang Yuanzheng also entered the kitchen, he looked at his wife with tears in his eyes, and said angrily: "Xiaojia is too ignorant, and he brought people back without saying a word." He saw that Chen Qingrong was still angry, so he persuaded: "Everyone is here, have lunch, talk to him well, this young man still looks good, quite polite." Chen Qingrong said dissatisfiedly: "I handed you a cigarette, and your position changed, if it was before liberation, you must be sentenced." She continued: "Thinking of the more than ten years of separation between the two places, I am afraid that I can't let my daughter follow our old path, she is not out of society now, and she doesn't know that the pot is cast in iron." ”
Xiao Jia saw that her parents had entered the house, so she held Hou Weidong's hand and said, "I'm sorry." Xiao Jia met Hou Weidong's parents a month ago, Hou Weidong's father is the old director of the Wuhai County Public Security Bureau, and his mother is a primary school teacher, they are very satisfied with Xiao Jia, naturally, Xiao Jia received warm hospitality, and the contrast between the two treatments made Xiao Jia feel very guilty.
On the way to Shazhou, Hou Weidong made full mental preparations, he saw Xiao Jia's guilty appearance, but comforted softly: "This is much better than I imagined, I can understand their feelings, don't worry, I won't be angry no matter what." ”
When Xiao Jia first met Hou Weidong, he was still quite flamboyant, following the most naughty boy in the Department of Law and Politics, he fought several times outside, who knew that after four years of college life, Hou Weidong, who was flamboyant in the past, actually became a person with a calm personality, perhaps as Hou Weidong said, this is a return to nature.
Hearing the sound of footsteps coming from the kitchen, Hou Weidong withdrew his hand from Xiao Jia's hand, sat quietly, and watched the inexplicable men and women talking and laughing on TV, this is a talk show, but Hou Weidong heard it for a long time, and understood every sentence, but he didn't figure out what topic they were talking about.
Zhang Yuanzheng came in with a big basin, and there was a tempting fragrance wafting out of the basin, Hou Weidong had been in the car for three hours, and his stomach had already sung the empty city plan, this fragrance wafted in, and immediately hooked out Hou Weidong's slander, and when Zhang Yuanzheng turned around and entered the kitchen again, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva back.
After a while, Zhang Yuanzheng brought out a plate of fried crispy small fish, this is a small fish caught from the big river, after being scorched, the fragrance is fragrant, it is Xiao Jia's favorite, Xiao Jia understands that this is prepared by her parents for herself, thinking of this, she can't help but feel a little weak, not as bold as when she first came home.
Chen Qingrong finally returned to the living room, she put a pot of braised fish in her hand on the dining table, picked up the rice bowl handed over by Xiaojia, and began to eat without saying hello, Zhang Yuanzheng immediately walked out of the kitchen, pulled the table hard, and then sat down.
Hou Weidong sat on the sofa, it was not right to come over to eat, but it was not right to come, Xiao Jia brought two bowls from the kitchen and said, "Hou Weidong, come and eat." ”
(End of Chapter 7)