Chapter 75 Meeting the Parents

The next morning, before the sun rose, Jiang Daguo got up early as usual and began to prepare to go to City A to deliver vegetables.

On the other hand, Jiang Meihua was so excited that she couldn't sleep the whole night because she was thinking about what happened between her and Tai Wenguang.

When she heard Jiang Daguo getting up and going downstairs, she got up too.

Jiang Daguo saw Jiang Meihua coming downstairs and felt a little confused, so he asked her, "Meihua, why did you get up so early today? There is still an hour before you leave the store."

Usually, Jiang Daguo gets up first, then cooks the porridge, washes the beans and grinds them into soy milk, and boils them in a pot.

After completing these preparations, he will wake up Liu Xihua and Jiang Meihua, and then ride his bike to City A.

However, today Jiang Meihua got up a full hour earlier than usual.

Jiang Meihua thought about it carefully in her heart, then walked up to Jiang Daguo and said with a red face, "Brother, Tai Wenguang said that he wants to visit you and sister-in-law in the shop. He will come at 10:30 on Sunday morning."

At this time, Jiang Daguo was walking out the door carrying the bucket of soaked beans, preparing to pour out the water.

Hearing Jiang Meihua say this, he suddenly turned around and asked in surprise, "Visit me? Why did he come to visit me? What's the matter?"

Jiang Meihua sighed silently in her heart.

Oh! My brother is such a blockhead! I have explained it so clearly, why can't he understand?

She blushed and said shyly, "Of course, he...he wanted to date me. I told him that he had to discuss it with my eldest brother first, and then he said he would come to see you on Sunday."

After hearing this, Jiang Daguo put the bucket down, touched the back of his head, and slowly said, "Meihua, it's not that I don't agree with you two dating, but Tai Wenguang's family background is different from ours. I'm worried that even if he is willing to date you, his family may not be easy to talk to."

Jiang Meihua had never thought about this problem. When she heard what Jiang Daguo said, her joyful mood instantly cooled.

"Brother, what should I do then?" She looked at Jiang Daguo with a worried look on her face.

"Forget it, since you have already made an appointment with him, let's wait until that day. I will ask him personally then, and don't think too much about it. Maybe I'm just overthinking it." Jiang Daguo waved at Jiang Meihua, then picked up the bucket and turned around to wash the beans.
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The few days of anxiety and restlessness are finally over.

In the blink of an eye, it was the Sunday that Jiang Meihua had been looking forward to.

During the days of waiting, whenever she had free time, Jiang Meihua would patiently teach Jiang Xiaoxiao how to walk.

Jiang Xiaoxiao, who is about to turn one year old, can already take a few shaky steps under the careful teaching of Jiang Meihua.

While Liu Xihua and Jiang Meihua were busy with today's breakfast business, Jiang Xiaoxiao, holding onto the wall, slowly walked to the door of the store and stood there, attracting passers-by.

Whenever a pedestrian approaches, she will wave her hands and call out in a baby voice: "Come, eat——"

That cute and adorable look makes people love it.

Even some passers-by who originally did not plan to have breakfast would be attracted by her innocence and happily walk into the store to buy a bowl of soy milk or an egg.

When Jiang Xiaoxiao successfully recruited the 68th customer, the customer handed her a colorful rattle and praised her, "Great, you have learned to walk."

Jiang Xiaoxiao happily took the rattle, turned around and shouted loudly into the house: "Auntie!"

Jiang Meihua, who was busy at work, heard the shout and quickly looked towards the door, and saw Tai Wenguang standing there at a glance.

Instantly, Jiang Meihua's cheeks turned red, and she said shyly, "You're here?"

Tai Wenguang smiled gently, nodded and said, "Well, where is your elder brother?" "He is washing dishes in the backyard. I will call him, elder brother..." Jiang Meihua blushed and ran to the backyard, shouting as she ran, "Tai Wenguang is here."

Hearing this, Jiang Daguo hurriedly put down the bowl he was washing, wiped his hands hastily, quickly took off his sleeves and went to the front room.

Liu Xihua also hurried over, picked up a stool and asked Tai Wenguang to sit down.

She picked up Jiang Xiaoxiao again and let her sit next to them and listen to the adults chatting and greeting each other.

Jiang Xiaoxiao opened her eyes wide, looked at this and that, and was so anxious that she kept slamming the table.

You guys should hurry up!

"Brother, sister-in-law, this is a small gift for you. I wonder if you like it." Tai Wenguang pushed the gifts he brought in front of Jiang Daguo and Liu Xihua respectively.

Liu Xihua received two large barrels of malted milk, while Jiang Daguo's gift was two boxes of canned hairtail and two boxes of cigarettes, in addition to two boxes of White Rabbit candy.

These gifts were very scarce in the 1980s, and because of their scarcity, they were also quite expensive.

Liu Xihua immediately understood what Tai Wenguang meant, and smiled and said that he was too polite, but she didn't know whether her man agreed or not, so she quietly kicked under the table, "Big country?"

Jiang Daguo coughed lightly, "Um, Secretary Tai..."

"Brother, I call you Brother, why do you call me Secretary Tai? Just call me by my name, be more intimate, and call me Wenguang." Tai Wenguang said with a smile.

Jiang Meihua, who was sitting opposite him, pursed her lips shyly.

"Okay, Wenguang, then I will call you by your name. Meihua's sister-in-law and I don't have any opinions about you and Meihua. The main thing is...what do your family members think?" Jiang Daguo looked at Tai Wenguang.

Tai Wenguang restrained his expression and said, "I have the final say on my affairs."

Liu Xihua and Jiang Daguo looked at each other and said nothing.

Jiang Daguo added, "You have the final say? What if your family objects?"

Tai Wenguang nodded, "I know you will definitely have some concerns. My idea is that if you don't object, I will take Meihua to S City in the south. They need talents there and will not care about commercial grain household registration or agricultural household registration."

He was talking about the emerging city.

Jiang Daguo went to City A several times, and heard a lot of news about City S on the bus and at the Civil Affairs Bureau.

But he was still a little worried about letting his sister go with him.

"Wenguang, you'd better discuss it with your parents, and then our two families can talk about it." Jiang Daguo was conservative and did not agree immediately.

Jiang Meihua became anxious, "Brother."

Tai Wenguang saw Jiang Daguo's concerns, so he had to say, "Okay, I'll invite my parents over next week."

Although the matter was not agreed upon, it was developing in a good direction. Tai Wenguang returned home in a happy mood.

Mother Tai shook the newspaper, looked at him indifferently, and said in a cold voice, "I heard that you have a girl you like? Who is it?" Without waiting for Tai Wenguang to answer, Mother Tai added, "Our whole family eats commercial grain, so don't bring someone back with a rural household registration."

(End of this chapter)