AD [QT] Chapter 24

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Han Xilan said goodbye to Liu Jinhua and his sister, returned to the dormitory, and lay on the bed, tossing and turning like she was fried in oil and couldn’t sleep. The more she thought about it, the more unwilling she felt. She, Han Xilan, had finally gone to college and finally transferred to the county to teach.

 

She came here to enjoy life, not to support others. Thinking of this, she got up from the bed, changed her clothes, carried her bag, and hurried out. She took the bus and went to her third brother Han Yang’s house.

 

Han Ze and Han Yang’s families had dinner in the restaurant. She hadn’t come back yet at this time. It was Han Yang’s father-in-law and mother-in-law who entertained her. Han Yang’s father-in-law and mother-in-law knew that she hadn’t eaten dinner, so they cooked for her personally.

 

After dinner, Han Xilan was very disappointed that she didn’t get to see her third brother. She sat absent-mindedly on the sofa in the living room. Han Yang’s mother-in-law first talked to her enthusiastically, but after a few words, she found her indifferent and felt bored. She kept silent and sat there watching TV.

 

Han Yang’s mother-in-law looked down on Han Xilan from the bottom of her heart. She had never seen such a tactless college student. Every time she came to visit her home, she always came empty-handed. Not to mention buying some fruits, her two grandsons were her nephews, but she, as an aunt, never bought any snacks for the children. If she was not her daughter’s sister-in-law, she would definitely not pay attention to such a girl who didn’t know how to behave in the world.

 

It was not until eight o’clock in the evening that Han Yang’s family slowly came back. Han Xilan stood up and said in a bad tone: “Third brother, where have you been? Why did you come back so late? I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. ”

 

At that moment, Han Yang’s wife’s face darkened. She didn’t say anything, but lowered her head to change her shoes.

 

Han Yang paused and said in a bad tone: “You should have told me earlier that you were coming home. My time on weekends is usually with the children. How would I know you would come over?”

 

Han Xilan choked. If it wasn’t for what Liu Jinhua said, why would she come to her third brother’s house to ask for advice? She hugged the bag in her arms and said in a low voice, “Third brother, I have something to ask you.”

 

Han Yang glanced at his wife. Han Yang’s wife hid her emotions and smiled, “You two can go to the study to talk.”

 

After watching her man and sister-in-law go to the study, the smile on Han Yang’s wife’s face faded. Han Yang’s mother-in-law looked relieved: “Fortunately, you live with us. If you live with Han Yang in their hometown, with such a sister-in-law and your old woman, it’s really not easy to be their daughter-in-law. I think life will be noisy and meaningless.”

 

Han Yang’s wife pulled the corners of her mouth stiffly and said nothing.

 

Han Yang’s mother-in-law said again, “Just look at your two sisters-in-law. They must have a hard life.”

 

Han Yang’s wife didn’t say anything. Thinking of Wu Hongmei, who had changed a lot, they really had a hard life before, but now they live better than her. It was a happy ending after all the hardships.

 

But for her, once Han Yang was laid off, their family would have a hard time.

 

…

 

The two siblings sat on the chairs in the study. Han Yang touched his forehead, sighed and asked, “What do you want to talk to me about?”

 

Han Xilan clenched the bag in her arms and said in despair, “Third brother, Liu Jinhua cheated me.”

 

Han Yang sat up straight, frowned and asked, “How did he cheat you?”

 

It shouldn’t be like this. Before they got married, Liu Jinhua helped his little sister get her job transferred to the county town. It was obvious that he loved his little sister very much. How could he cheat her? Did his little sister make a mistake?

 

Han Xilan said bitterly: “Third brother, Liu Jinhua has a younger sister who is in high school, and Liu Jinhua actually said that he would support his sister to go to school.”

 

Han Yang: “……”

 

Han Xilan saw that the third brother did not speak, and then said: “Liu Jinhua’s younger sister is only in high school. If she fails to get into college, it’s fine. But if she does, do we have to support her to go to college? How much money will it cost?”

 

After a long while, Han Yang said lazily: “Then what are you going to do?”

 

He asked halfheartedly, and obviously didn’t care.

 

Han Xilan didn’t notice the strangeness of the third brother, and said at a loss: “I don’t know what to do. I only know that I can’t support his sister to go to college. Don’t even think about it. It’s almost like a dream.”

 

Han Yang looked at Han Xilan with cold eyes, twisting a pen in his hand, and said nonchalantly: “Why don’t you agree?”

 

Han Xilan widened her eyes and blurted out without thinking: “Only a fool would agree to such a thing, right?” She is not a fool.

 

Han Yang threw the pen in his hand onto the table and sneered, “So in your heart, we three brothers are all fools.”

 

“What?”

 

Han Xilan’s cheeks flushed. Obviously, she was thinking of herself. She could go to college because of the tuition collected by her three brothers. If supporting a sister to go to school is stupid, then what are the three brothers?

 

She knew that it was not easy for her brother and sister-in-law to save money to support her college. But she just knew that. She felt at ease and had no pressure to spend her brother and sister-in-law’s money. Sometimes she felt a little guilty when she saw their thin bodies, but she quickly covered it up. Then, she would still spend the money as it should be spent, without any grievance.

 

Now it was her boyfriend who had to support her future sister-in-law to go to school. Thinking about spending a lot of money every year, but not spending it on herself, she finally knew the taste of it, and also knew how generous her brother and sister-in-law were to her.

 

Han Yang felt much better seeing his younger sister’s face turning blue and red and her gnashing teeth. He sighed and said, “Your job was transferred to the county town by Liu Jinhua through his connections. If you are unwilling to support Liu Jinhua’s sister’s studies, you can only cancel the engagement. But Liu Jinhua has paid so much for you, do you think you can get rid of the Liu family easily? What’s more, Liu Jinhua’s brother-in-law works in the county education bureau. If you have any unusual moves, do you think you can continue to teach in the county town? Xilan, don’t be naive.”

 

In his opinion, it didn’t matter even if Liu Jinhua supported his sister’s studies. After all, after a few years of hard work, Liu Jinhua didn’t seem like an incompetent person, so the younger sister didn’t need to worry too much.

 

Han Xilan bit her lower lip and said aggrievedly, “So I came to you for help to find a solution.”

 

Han Yang shook his head decisively, “I can’t even save myself, I can’t help you.” Han Xilan’s face immediately fell and she roared, “Third brother, you are the only brother I have in the county. If you don’t help me, who will?”

 

Han Yang smiled bitterly. This sister was really spoiled. She said, “I’m about to be laid off. The family will soon be unable to make ends meet. I can’t even figure out my own life. How can you let me help you? Besides, we three brothers have supported you to finish college. Not to mention asking for anything in return, you are twenty-six or twenty-seven now. Can you cause us less trouble?”

 

Han Xilan clenched her fists, looked at Han Yang hatefully, picked up her bag, opened the study door, and rushed out angrily. Han Yang’s wife in the living room saw her come out and greeted her, but she ignored her and walked into the night like the wind.

 

Later, Han Yang came out slowly. Seeing this, he did not make any comments. Han Yang’s wife asked, “What’s wrong with Xilan?”

 

Han Yang sneered, “Don’t pay attention to her.”

 

Everyone has selfishness, including him, but it is rare to see someone as selfish as Xilan. He said he was going to be laid off, but she didn’t take it seriously. She didn’t even ask a question, and only cared about herself, which really disappointed him.

 

…

 

Han Xilan had no one to turn to for help. She was so anxious that she didn’t even have the heart to attend class. She changed classes with other teachers, took two days off, and hurried back to her hometown by car. When Han Hai’s wife saw her sister-in-law coming to her hometown, she walked away as if she didn’t see anything.

 

Han Xilan didn’t have time to care about her second sister-in-law’s attitude towards her, and went straight into Mrs. Han’s room. Mrs. Han was lying on the bed taking a nap. Seeing her daughter coming back, she was in no mood to sleep. She sat up and said worriedly: “Why are you back? Is the school on vacation? ”

 

Han Xilan said nothing and sat on the stool beside the bed with a heavy heart. Mrs. Han looked at her expression, her heart skipped a beat, and asked hurriedly: “What happened?”

 

Han Xilan cried and said: “Mom, I want to break off the engagement with Liu Jinhua.”

 

“What?”

 

“I want to break off the engagement with Liu Jinhua.” Han Xilan repeated.

 

Mrs. Han’s face sank and said: “I don’t agree.”

 

Breaking off the engagement for no reason? It’s too embarrassing.

 

Han Xilan said impatiently: “Mom, you didn’t even ask me why I want to break off the engagement, why don’t you agree?”

 

She didn’t expect that even her mother didn’t agree. Thinking of this, she was very annoyed. They were all hers, why couldn’t they be more considerate of her.

 

“No matter what the reason is, I don’t agree with you to break off the engagement. You are already 27 or 28 years old. If you don’t get married now, how long do you want to delay it? Liu Jinhua is from the county town and has a house in the county town. He also asked someone to transfer your job for you. You will have a good life if you marry him. What else are you dissatisfied with?”

 

Mrs. Han blew her nose and glared at her. The more she talked, the more she felt that her daughter was unreliable and did whatever she wanted.

 

Han Xilan bit her tongue and shouted loudly: “Liu Jinhua wants to support his sister’s schooling, and you won’t let me break off the engagement?”

 

She thought her mother would support her, but she didn’t expect her mother to not even give her a reason to break off the engagement and was so determined not to let her break off the engagement.

 

“Support his sister’s schooling? Why do her parents want Jinhua to support her schooling?” Mrs. Han’s face changed when she heard this.

 

Han Xilan nodded and added fuel to the fire, “Liu Jinhua’s parents are in poor health, and their pensions have been used for medical treatment. Liu Jinhua especially dotes on his sister and listens to her in everything. Even if I marry him in the future, I don’t think my life will be easy.”

 

Mrs. Han slumped on the bed, keeping her head down and not speaking. After a long while, she said unhappily, “Do whatever you want to do. I don’t want to care about you.”

 

Mrs. Han didn’t know what to do about this. From the bottom of her heart, she didn’t want her daughter to break off the engagement. Her daughter was so old, it would be difficult for her to find a suitable partner.

 

How come Liu Jinhua has a sister?

 

If he didn’t have a sister, this marriage would be so good.

 

Han Xilan got anxious. She sat on the bed and hugged Mrs. Han’s arm, saying coquettishly, “Mom, if you don’t care about me, I’ll have no choice but to jump into the river. Why would I marry to take care of a sister-in-law like this?”

 

Mrs. Han slapped her head hard, stared at her and said, “What are you talking about? Jumping into the river? It’s no big deal.”

 

Han Xilan pouted and said, “Mom, I really want to cancel the engagement…”

 

Mrs. Han couldn’t bear to see her daughter like that, so she resigned herself to her fate and said, “If you want to cancel the engagement, just do it.”

 

Han Xilan was happy and said shyly, “Mom, do you have money?”

 

Mrs. Han glanced at her, “What’s wrong?”

 

Han Xilan urged, “Hey, mom, do you have money? Just tell me.”

 

“I have a few hundred dollars. They are all given to me by your eldest brother. I haven’t spent it all.” Mrs. Han was pestered by her and said helplessly and dotingly.

 

Han Xilan’s shoulders drooped, her face full of disappointment, and she said, “Mom, when Liu Jinhua and I got engaged, he spent a lot of money on me. He also paid for my job transfer. Since we’re going to break off the engagement, I have to give him the money back. I, I don’t have any money…”

 

Mrs. Han couldn’t believe it and asked, “You’ve worked for so many years, and you haven’t saved any money?”

 

Han Xilan shook her head. She only had that little salary, and she had to spend a lot of money on rent, food, clothes, and other miscellaneous expenses every month, leaving almost nothing left at the end of the month.

 

“How much did that guy spend on you?” Mrs. Han’s old eyes widened.

 

“It’s a bit much, but a few hundred yuan is not enough anyway. I haven’t calculated it.” Han Xilan said, shaking Mrs. Han’s arm, “Mom, help me think of a way.”

 

“There’s nothing mom can do. How about you take all the hundreds of yuan I have?” Mrs. Han’s old face was full of helplessness. If she had the ability, she could still help her daughter, but she was old, and even if she wanted to help, she didn’t have the ability, so she could only worry.

 

Han Xilan rolled her eyes and thought to herself, “You have no money, so does your son have no money, too?”

 

“Mom, my eldest brother bought a motorcycle a few years ago. He must have made a lot of money running a noodle shop in the past few years, right?”

 

Han Xilan didn’t want to believe that her eldest brother made money by selling noodles, until she saw her eldest brother’s motorcycle. She had to believe that her eldest brother actually made money by selling noodles for ten yuan a bowl. At that time, she felt very uncomfortable. She once said to her eldest brother that he sold noodles for ten yuan a bowl because he was crazy about money, and the noodle stall would definitely go bankrupt.

 

Who knew that later, not only did the eldest brother’s noodle stall not go bankrupt, but he opened a noodle shop right after that, bought a motorcycle, and also bought a house. It was really frustrating to compare with others. She, a college student, was not as successful as an uneducated rough man. She secretly cursed the injustice of heaven.

 

When Mrs. Han heard her mention her eldest son, her expression was melancholy. She hadn’t seen her eldest son for a long time, and she didn’t know how he was doing now? This child only knew how to make money, why didn’t he come back to see her.

 

“Of course, he made money, otherwise he wouldn’t stay away all year round.” Mrs. Han complained that her eldest son didn’t come back to see her in the last two years. She thought he was still angry with her, but when he gave her money every month, she didn’t think so. If he was angry with her, he wouldn’t give her living expenses. If he didn’t come back to see her, he must be busy and didn’t have time to come back.

 

Han Xilan’s eyes were hot, she held her mother’s hand, leaned close to her ear, and whispered: “Mom, my eldest brother doesn’t have a son, so he won’t spend all the money he earns on my nieces, right?”

 

Han Xilan knew her mother better than anyone else. As soon as she said this, Mrs. Han’s face changed instantly.

 

Han Xilan continued: “My nieces will get married sooner or later. Isn’t it a waste of money to spend all the money on them?”

 

The more Han Xilan spoke, the uglier Mrs. Han’s face became. She had a serious patriarchal mentality, and her daughter’s words really touched her heart.

 

Han Xilan said again: “Mom, why don’t you let my eldest brother lend me the money? My eldest brother has no sons, so it’s useless for him to spend money on my nieces. Anyway, I will return the money to him sooner or later, so there is no need to worry about it being wasted.”

 

A gleam of light flashed in Mrs. Han’s cloudy eyes.

 

…

 

Han Xilan rode Han Hai’s bicycle and took Mrs. Han to Shuangji Town, and arrived at Han’s Noodle House. Today, Han Ze happened to be the chef in the town’s noodle house. He was a little surprised to see Mrs. Han and Han Xilan, and then asked with surprise: “Mom, why are you two here?”

 

After saying that, without waiting for the two to respond, his expression became gloomy, and he looked at Mrs. Han and asked carefully: “Mom, are you dizzy when you see me?”

 

Mrs. Han was stunned. Dizzy? What dizzy?

 

Han Xilan heard the meaning in her elder brother’s words, and hurriedly pulled Mrs. Han’s arm, saying with a smile: “Brother, mother’s dizziness is cured, you can rest assured, she won’t faint again.”

 

Han Ze looked at Mrs. Han as if to be sure. Mrs. Han came to her senses and spoke incoherently: “Difficult or not, oh, yes, yes, Xilan is right, mother will definitely not faint again.”

 

Han Ze relaxed and said guiltily: “Mother’s dizziness is really because of me. I haven’t been close to mother in the past few years, and mother’s dizziness is completely cured…”

 

“What?” Mrs. Han thought she had heard it wrong, and her old face was almost wrinkled. “You just said you wouldn’t come back to see me, because you were afraid that I would faint?”

 

Han Ze habitually touched the back of his head and said guiltily: “Mom fainted because of my sterilization, so I dare not go to her, for fear that she would see me and think of it and faint again.”

 

Mrs. Han: “…”

 

Indeed, in recent years, whenever Mrs. Han thought of her eldest son’s sterilization, her forehead would throb with pain. It was so painful that she had no choice but to forget about it. She didn’t know what was going on. Now that her son mentioned it again, her forehead began to swell and ache again, and her mouth was stuffy. She covered her mouth and looked like she was about to fall.

 

In fact, only she knew that her headache was not because of her son’s sterilization, but because she caused her son’s sterilization. She was afraid that after a hundred years, she would go to the underworld and dare not see the child’s father, let alone her ancestors.

 

Han Ze and Han Xilan were frightened by Mrs. Han’s behavior, and they helped her sit on the stool beside the dining table.

 

Han Ze frowned and looked at Han Xilan, saying, “Didn’t you just say that mother’s dizziness was cured? How could it be cured? Mother saw me and she got sick again. I’d better not get close to her in the future…”

 

As he spoke, his tone became gloomy.

 

Han Xilan: “…”

 

Mother hasn’t fainted in so many years. How could she have known that mother, who was fine just now, would have a seizure when she saw her eldest brother? She couldn’t help but wonder if mother really fainted when she saw him as her eldest brother said.

 

Before Han Ze could say something, Mrs. Han said, “I’m fine now.”

 

As long as she didn’t think about her eldest son’s sterilization, she would be fine. Usually, as long as she had the tendency to think about it, she would find something to do to divert her attention and try to forget about it. Now she did the same, and her body was indeed relaxed.

 

Han Ze and his wife breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a smile, “Mom, why did you think of coming to town?”

 

Mrs. Han was old and couldn’t walk, so she hadn’t come to town for many years.

 

When talking about the reason for coming to town, Mrs. Han told her eldest son about Han Xilan with indignation. Xilan was Han Ze’s sister, and Han Ze would definitely share the same hatred with them when his sister faced such a thing.

 

Unexpectedly, Han Ze was very confused and puzzled: “Xilan’s boyfriend’s parents are old, and their retirement salary is not enough for medical treatment. Her boyfriend has to support her sister’s schooling. This is very good, which shows that Xilan’s boyfriend is responsible. That boy is good to his family and will definitely be good to Xilan in the future. Why break off the engagement? If you break off the engagement, can you find a partner who is more responsible than your current partner?”

 

Han Xilan: “…”

 

Mrs. Han knew her eldest son very well and said, “That boy has to support his sister’s schooling. How much money will that cost? How can your sister make a living? It’s better to break off the engagement. After the engagement, you can find a quiet family in the future and live a happier life.”

 

Han Xilan kept nodding beside her.

 

Han Ze frowned and asked, “How is your boyfriend’s sister’s academic performance? Does she have a chance to get into college in the future?”

 

Han Xilan said dejectedly, “She studies in the No. 1 high school in the county, and she’s always in the top ten in her grade in every exam. How can her grades be bad? She’s a definite college student.”

 

After listening to this, Han Ze looked at Han Xilan disapprovingly and said seriously, “Since your girlfriend’s sister is a definite college student, why don’t you want to support her schooling?”

 

Han Xilan said dissatisfiedly, “That will cost a lot of money. We give the money to her, but we don’t use it for ourselves?”

 

Han Ze looked at her strangely and said disappointedly, “It’s such an honor for a family to have a college student. How can you just ignore your boyfriend’s sister for your own enjoyment? Xilan, why didn’t I know you were so selfish?”

 

Han Xilan turned her head away and didn’t look at him.

 

Han Ze didn’t care about her attitude, and said: “Xilan, you should learn from your three sisters-in-law. Look at them. They didn’t object to raising money for your schooling at the beginning. Now it’s your turn, and you don’t want to. How did you become like this now? Why are you so selfish?”

 

Her tone was full of disappointment for her younger sister, as if she had never expected that his family would be so selfish and greedy for pleasure.

 

“Brother, don’t say so much, just say whether to lend money or not.”

 

The eldest brother kept saying that she was selfish. How was she selfish? She just wanted to live a good life. Is there anything wrong with that? Who doesn’t want to live a good life?

 

Han Ze said without thinking: “No. Your boyfriend is called Liu Jinhua, right? This guy is not bad. He should be the son-in-law of our Han family. You see how much he does the same as our three brothers in the Han family. They are all good brothers who love their sisters. Such a good guy, you have the heart to love him. You should learn from your sisters-in-law.”

 

Han Xilan sneered. What should she learn from her sisters-in-law? Should she learn from them to take care of their husbands and children and listen to men in everything? Why?

 

Han Ze frowned unconsciously when he heard her sneer: “I also heard that your job was transferred by the young man. Now that the job is transferred, you want to cancel the engagement. You are destroying the bridge after crossing the river, you know that? It would be fine if I didn’t know about this, but now that I know about it, I can’t just watch you make a mistake. I absolutely don’t agree with you to cancel this marriage.”

 

Han Xilan looked at her eldest brother with resentment in her eyes. It was not up to her eldest brother to decide whether to cancel the engagement or not.

 

Mrs. Han said on the side: “Han Ze, are you really unwilling to lend money to Xilan? She is your sister after all. How can you side with an outsider?”

 

She admitted that Liu Jinhua’s conditions were very good, but he had a sister who was a burden, which was good, but it was greatly discounted. If Xilan was willing to suffer with him for a few years, she would support her. The key point is that her daughter didn’t want to suffer for those years, and she, as a mother, could only feel sorry for that boy.

 

Han Ze looked at Mrs. Han with dissatisfaction and said: “Mom, why are you fooling around with Xilan? Liu Jinhua is a responsible guy, and it would be right for Xilan to marry him. Xilan is young and ignorant, but are we, as brothers, also ignorant? I can’t lend money to my younger sister, lest it hurt her. She should be more careful and date Liu Jinhua properly.”

 

Han Xilan threw her bag over her shoulder and asked, “Brother, you are unwilling to lend me money, right?”

 

Han Ze glanced at her and advised her seriously, “Xilan, turn back from your wrong path, otherwise you will hurt others and yourself. Besides, you said that you would never borrow money from me.”

 

Han Xilan snorted, carried her bag, and walked away.

 

Mrs. Han hurried to chase her, and Han Ze shouted from behind, “Mom, what are you doing?”

 

Mrs. Han replied, “It’s all your fault. Don’t stop me. I went to chase Xilan, but she left in anger, and I am afraid something would happen to her. “After saying that, without waiting for Han Ze’s reaction, she ran away.

 

Han Ze: “…”

 

He didn’t plan to stop her.

 

For the next few months, Han Ze didn’t see Han Xilan. He thought she had broken off the engagement.

 

Suddenly one day, Han Xilan found him and told him very happily that she was going to marry Liu Jinhua, and hoped that the brothers could attend her wedding.

 

Han Ze was startled and looked at Han Xilan carefully. He found that her eyes were full of pride and calculation. He frowned and said nothing. He just said that he would go then. After sending Han Xilan away, Han Ze was very sure that his younger sister had done something in her marriage with Liu Jinhua, otherwise, with Han Xilan’s personality, she would not be so willing to marry Liu Jinhua.

 

Thinking of Han Xilan’s personality, even if she did something, she would never… He listened to her and stopped asking questions.

 

Half a year later, Han Xilan gave birth to a daughter, confirming Han Ze’s guess.

 

Han Yang came to tell him that their younger sister was going crazy.

 

It turned out that Han Xilan was already pregnant when she and Liu Jinhua held their wedding banquet. Han Xilan used the pregnancy as an excuse to force Liu Jinhua to promise her that if she gave birth to a son, he would not be able to support her sister’s schooling, otherwise she would abort the child. Of course, if it was a girl, she would be willing to support her sister’s schooling.

 

Liu Jinhua’s family only had him as a son in this life, and he valued his own flesh and blood more. Besides, compared with his sister, his son was definitely more important. After discussing with his parents at home, he agreed to this matter. Unexpectedly, after ten months of pregnancy, the baby was a girl.

 

How could Han Xilan not go crazy when her wish was not fulfilled?

 

…

 

Han’s Noodle House was established in Li City the year Han Yao was admitted to Li City University. At that time, Han Ze already had nine apprentices, one in the town, one in the county and the rest were transferred to Han’s Noodle House in Li City. The cooking skills of the apprentices had greatly improved compared to a few years ago. Although they still couldn’t catch up with Han Ze, they could already satisfy the appetites of most diners.

 

In the past two years, diners in the town, county and Li City all knew that it was hard to get a bowl of Chef Han’s noodles. The diners all knew that Chef Han had opened a very large noodle house in Li City. Even so, he would not stay there every day, but would take turns running around the three places. He still had sixty bowls of noodles and sixty bowls of dumplings every morning and noon. Even though prices were soaring now, noodles were still ten yuan a bowl, and it hadn’t changed for several years.

 

Han Ze transferred his preference for buying a house in the county to Li City. In the second half of Han Yao’s sophomore year, he sold five stores in Shuangji Town and opened another store in Li City. He sold a house in the county town, and with the savings, he bought a single-family villa in Li City. 　　After the villa was renovated, except for Han Min who was studying in the county town, the other three children all transferred to Li City to study. When Han Min was admitted to university, Han Ze still ran back and forth between the town, the county town, and Li City for several years.

 

The old diners in Shuangji Town felt a little sorry for him because he was so tired. They wanted to persuade him not to run around so much, as it would damage his body. But when they thought about how they could eat Chef Han’s noodles every day, they could only eat it once every two days, and now once every three days, they felt sorry for him, so they said nothing. Chef Han was still young and could still run. When Chef Han got old, they would persuade him again.

 

Han Ze was in his forties, and he was indeed still young. Han Ze, who was still young, looked at the young man who was sitting on pins and needles in front of him, and his eyes became more and more picky. He was timid and didn’t dare to say anything to him. Could he still eat people? Besides, his eyes were so big, would he attract peach blossoms? The skin is so white, like a girl, can he take good care of his daughter? Listen to his name, Ye Puyu, you are already a rough jade, who will carve it?

 

In short, he has never liked him since his eldest daughter brought this boy to meet him.

 

Ye Puyu’s palms were sweating, the way his future father-in-law looked at him was not right, would he break him and Yaoyao up? Thinking of this, he was panicked, fine beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, and anxiously said: “Dad…”

 

Han Ze’s eyes were cold, “Who is your dad?”

 

Brat, my daughter is not married to you, who allowed you to call dad? Do you really think I will marry my daughter to you? Who gives you the confidence?

 

If not dad, will you call mom?

 

Ye Puyu was so nervous that she subconsciously opened her mouth to shout out the word “mother”, but he quickly stopped himself. He wiped his palm on his trouser leg and said quickly, “Uncle!”

 

This was more like it. Han Ze was satisfied. His eyes were not as unfriendly as before. He asked, “How long have you and Han Yao been dating?”

 

The young man answered seriously, “Two years.”

 

Han Ze snorted coldly. The little girl had been dating for two years before she brought him to him. He deserved a beating. He then asked, “You have been dating for two years. I believe you must be very familiar with Han Yao’s situation. Han Yao has only four younger sisters, and we have no sons. As the eldest, Han Yao must shoulder the responsibility of recruiting a son-in-law. She will have to take care of me and Han Yao’s mother in the future. Do you know that?”

 

Ye Puyu nodded solemnly, looked at Han Ze and said, “Uncle, I have two older brothers and a younger brother. There is no shortage of boys in our family. I am willing to go to your family’s door.”

 

Han Ze glanced at him, with no expression on his face, and asked, “You are willing to be a live-in son-in-law, do your parents agree? They raised you to adulthood and sent you to college, not for you to be a live-in son-in-law.”

 

Ye Puyu smiled and nodded, “My parents agree, they have met Yaoyao and they like her very much.”

 

Han Ze looked at his daughter with a very light look, Han Yao’s shoulders shrank and stuck out her tongue. She didn’t mean it, if she wasn’t sure, how could she dare to bring someone to her father, wouldn’t it make him worry?

 

Han Ze retracted his eyes and continued to interrogate: “You also know that your uncle is a rural person, uneducated, and his family is poor. He has already exhausted all the strength of the family to send Yaoyao to college. Are you still willing to come to our house?”

 

Han Yao looked at her boyfriend nervously. She has always been low-key in school. Her classmates never knew the situation of her family. Even her boyfriend, who had been together for two years, only knew that she had four sisters and her parents were from the countryside. She didn’t tell him anything else. And the place where they met today was also outside, not in their villa.

 

Ye Puyu shrugged her shoulders in a carefree manner: “I like Yaoyao as a person. What does it have to do with whether the family is rich or poor? Besides, Yaoyao and I are both college students. How can we not create wealth?”

 

Han Ze’s smile became more sincere. He raised his eyebrows and asked: “Are you sincere?”

 

“Absolutely sincere.” The young man’s words were solemn and sincere.

 

“Remember what you said today.” Han Ze stood up and looked at his daughter next to him.

 

Han Yao received her father’s eyes, glanced at her boyfriend, and followed her father out. When they got outside, Han Yao asked: “Dad, are you satisfied?”

 

Han Ze looked at the daughter who had grown up in front of him, nodded reluctantly, and said proudly: “Not as good as the best, but better than the worst.”

 

Han Yao tilted her head and looked at her father, smiling: “As a live-in son-in-law, the requirements are too high. Others should not do it.”

 

Han Ze patted her head and said with a smile: “Don’t worry, Dad will not let him be a live-in son-in-law. Just now I was just testing him.”

 

Han Yao smiled and said: “I know.”

 

Ghost spirit! Han Ze smiled and said, “I’m going home. You guys can have fun, but don’t play too late.”

 

Han Yao nodded. Han Ze thought for a moment and said, “Since you are going to get married, you can tell each other about your situation appropriately. If you really wait until you are married in the future to tell him, the boy will doubt you and distrust you.”

 

Han Yao stepped forward and hugged her father’s arm, tilting her head and said in distress, “I know, I know. Alas, having a worrying father is really a sweet worry.”