Chapter 488 Zheng Juan, My Mom Wants to See You
After Wu Qian left, Wang Yafang suddenly smiled at Su Mingzhe and said:
“Brother Su, I didn’t expect Wang Quan to find such a beautiful girlfriend.”

"Is she pretty? I think she's not as pretty as you three."

In this era, what Su Mingzhe said sounded more like a tease than a compliment.

However, Wang Yafang was the first to bring up this topic, so after hearing it, she was not angry, but secretly happy:
"Brother Su, do you think I'm beautiful too?"

"Ah."

Su Mingzhe looked at Wang Yafang and asked herself seriously, intending to tease her that she could only rank third among the three female educated youth.

However, those big, bright eyes were so beautiful that Su Mingzhe couldn't resist the urge to "talk nonsense" and nodded in agreement.

In fact, if we just compare their appearance, Wu Qian and Wang Yafang are equally matched.

However, Wu Qian has slightly high cheekbones, and her whole face looks a little harsh, not dignified and elegant enough.

Wang Yafang looks lively, cute and more likable.

Of course, Wang Yafang is just described as young, beautiful, lively and lovely.

The other two female educated youth, Xu Kai and Yu Hong, were one level higher than them.

Half a year ago, Xu Kai still had a square face with heroic facial lines, but she was too dignified and was not considered a pretty type of woman.

But after living in Baiyashan for half a year, perhaps because she ate too much meat, or maybe because girls change a lot as they grow up, Xu Kai's face and figure began to become rounder and more feminine.

If you look closely now, you can find that her appearance is a bit similar to Gao Xiaoqin in "In the Name of People".

As for Yu Hong, she has pretty features, a sweet smile, a gentle temperament, and she also has the dignity and grace of a northerner.

Even though Xu Kai looks similar to Gao Xiaoqin, Yu Hong is still equally beautiful as her.

These women stand together for comparison.

Wang Yafang is a girl who is fine as a friend, but once you get her, there will definitely be some quarrels.

As for Wu Qian, Su Mingzhe couldn't feel anything for her at all.

Yu Hong is undoubtedly the type of person who can easily attract men.

Xu Kai is born with a charming temperament, which can arouse men's desire to conquer her.

Wang Yafang smiled with curved eyebrows when she heard Su Mingzhe praising her:

"Then who is prettier, us or your girlfriend?"

"Of course my girlfriend is beautiful."

There is no way Su Mingzhe would be fooled by a little girl.

After hearing this, Wang Yafang could only pout her lips to show that she didn't believe it.

The two chatted for a while, and the temperature in the private room gradually rose.

Su Mingzhe looked at his watch and saw that it was almost five o'clock, so he took Wang Yafang downstairs to greet Gao Yaxuan and others.

Just like last time, at five minutes to five, Gao Yaxuan and his men arrived at the hotel entrance.

Everyone went to the box and sat down. Because there was a girl named Wang Yafang in the box, everyone's conversation became a little more restrained and they didn't tell dirty jokes as much.

But everyone became more talkative.

Everyone's face lit up as they talked about the glorious deeds they had done when they were young.

Soon, Wu Qian and several waiters started serving the dishes, and Su Mingzhe asked Wang Yafang to take out the Moutai liquor she had brought.

Logically speaking, Moutai is well-known and its price is not cheap, so everyone should be satisfied with this kind of hospitality.

However, many drivers couldn't help but complain after drinking a few glasses:
"Su Zhiqing, we old men in Northeast China don't like to drink this kind of low-alcohol wine. Next time, it would be better for you to drink the bone-strengthening wine."

"Brother, my wine is homemade. The yield is too low, and there are only a few pounds in total. If you like it, I will reserve a few pounds for you in advance when it comes out of the cellar next year."

When Su Mingzhe heard that these people liked to drink bone-strengthening wine, he naturally understood that these drivers had already recognized the medicinal effects of bone-strengthening wine.

But I have to say that my bone-strengthening wine is mainly used to sell. It is a bit of a waste to treat people to dinner and drink bone-strengthening wine.

Everyone ate and drank, and the alcohol became stronger.

Su Mingzhe started to chat with Gao Yaxuan and talked about business.

Gao Yaxuan's fleet mainly runs from Mulan County to Jichun City, and it is a one-way trip.

Su Mingzhe now wants to ask them to help transport some smuggled goods to Baiyashan Village.

During this period, Gao Yaxuan often took people to buy Su Mingzhe's low-priced bacon.

At this time, Su Mingzhe asked him for help, and he naturally would not refuse.

After the banquet, Gao Yaxuan and his colleagues returned satisfied.

Su Mingzhe and Wang Yafang sent everyone to the door. Just as they were about to leave, Wang Yafang unexpectedly held their arms:
"Brother Su, you've been drinking. Let me help you go back."

"No, I'm not drunk. I can go home by myself."

Su Mingzhe shook his arms, trying to pull himself out of Wang Yafang's arms.

He just played poker with Zheng Juan this afternoon and is still in a sage state.

At this time, let alone any intimate actions by Wang Yafang, even if she took the initiative to throw herself into his arms, Su Mingzhe would be able to firmly reject her.

Wang Yafang was not angry at Su Mingzhe's rejection. Instead, she was very happy. She felt that he was worthy of being the man she liked. He could refuse a woman who threw herself at him, which showed that he had strong character.

Afterwards, Su Mingzhe sent Wang Yafang home.

In a blink of an eye it was the next day, Saturday.

Su Mingzhe got up, had breakfast, and ran to Zheng's house.

When Wang Yafang ran over, there were only Jiang Cuiping and her youngest son in the Su family.

"Auntie, hello, I'm... I'm Su Mingzhe's colleague Wang Yafang, and I'm here to go out with Su Mingzhe."

After all, Wang Yafang was an unmarried girl. She felt a little embarrassed when she came to the man's house alone and said she wanted to go out and play with the man.

"Mingzhe went out early in the morning, saying he was going to visit his classmates."

Jiang Cuiping looked at Wang Yafang and felt that she looked familiar, but didn't ask any more questions.

Wang Yafang then asked about Su Mingzhe's possible whereabouts.

Jiang Cuiping thought for a moment, then smiled and said:

"Why don't you go to the one at the end of Guangyi Street and look for it. Mingzhe often plays with Zhou Bingyi in their family."

"Zhou Bingyi? Is his sister called Zhou Rong?"

Zhou Bingyi was a prominent figure in the school back then, and his sister Zhou Rong, whose appearance was comparable to that of his sister-in-law Hao Dongmei, was also named the new school belle.

Therefore, although Wang Yafang had never been in the same class with Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong, she knew that they were siblings.

"It's their house."

Wang Yafang confirmed the address, responded, and ran towards Zhou Bingyi's house.

Unfortunately, when she ran to Zhou Bingyi's house, she didn't see Su Mingzhe.

Zhou Rong and Wang Yafang are in the same grade but different classes.

Wang Yafang knew Zhou Rong, but Zhou Rong did not know Wang Yafang.

At this moment, Zhou Rong saw Wang Yafang coming to her house to find Su Mingzhe. She was a little curious and couldn't help but pull her aside and asked a few more questions.

Wang Yafang had just returned to Jichun City. It was a rare opportunity for her to meet someone interested in Baiyashan, so she stayed at Zhou's house and told him about her experiences in Baiyashan over the past six months, adding some exaggerations.

The Zhou family members were all frightened by her.

However, the Zhou family members all noticed an important piece of information:
"The leaders of Mulan County agree to give you five places to go to college?"

"Ah."

When Wang Yafang said this, she couldn't help but said proudly: "This is all thanks to Brother Su. In a year at the latest, or two or three years at the latest, all five of us will be able to go to college." Just as Wang Yafang was chatting with the Zhou family.

Su Mingzhe had already given acupuncture to his brother-in-law Zheng Guangming. After putting away the silver needles, he was about to take Zheng Juan out shopping, but was stopped by Zheng's mother:

"Juanzi, you and Mingzhe should stay home first. I'll take Xiaoming to buy some vegetables and we'll make dumplings for lunch."

Seeing that Zheng's mother insisted on taking her brother-in-law away, Su Mingzhe did not stop them. After all, it was already past nine o'clock and he was too lazy to go out and find a guesthouse.

The two played poker for a while. When Zheng Juan was resting in the man's arms, she suddenly said:

"Mingzhe, the neighborhood committee came to my house recently and wanted to persuade me to go to the countryside. Otherwise, I will sign up and go to Baiya Mountain to accompany you."

Let me explain here.

Later, when people talked about "going to the countryside", they always meant the educated youth who went to the countryside to work in the fields. In fact, this statement is incorrect.

The so-called "going to the countryside" initially meant sending educated youth to the countryside, but starting in 69, the scope was no longer limited to educated and cultured young people, but referred to all young people of appropriate age.

Girls like Zheng Juan who have never been to school are also within the scope of mobilization.

Su Mingzhe has been in this era for so long that he is very familiar with these things.

Facing Zheng Juan's gentle eyes, Su Mingzhe thought of Zhou Rong, who had never had any feelings for him. After frowning, he simply tightened his arms and hugged the woman tightly:
"I don't want to be separated from you forever. On Monday, I will accompany you to the Youth League Office and help you with the paperwork. I will try to arrange for you to live in Baiyashan Village as well. Then, we won't have to be separated."

When Zheng Juan heard that the man agreed to let her go with him, the depressed mood she had felt for many days was instantly liberated. She even took the initiative to pull the man to play poker.

At noon, Su Mingzhe had dumplings at Zheng's house and then took Zheng Juan out shopping.

Because the Chinese New Year is approaching, the streets are filled with a festive atmosphere.

Su Mingzhe took Zheng Juan shopping for two or three hours, and when it was getting dark, he sent her home.

When she got home, Su's mother Jiang Cuiping told her about Wang Yafang's visit during the day.

"Son, I think that girl is pretty good."

Su Mingzhe and Jiang Cuiping have been mother and son for more than 20 years. As soon as he heard her voice, he knew what his mother was up to. She must be worried about his marriage again:

"Mom, I have a girlfriend."

"You have a girlfriend? Why didn't you tell mom? Where is she from? What's her name?"

Jiang Cuiping is still very anxious about her eldest brother's marriage.

After all, after the New Year, Su Mingzhe will be 22 years old, which is considered an older young person in this era.

Su Mingzhe did not tell Jiang Cuiping about Zheng Juan's news before, in fact, he still wanted to hold out hope of pursuing Zhou Rong.

But today Zhou Rong wanted to follow him to Baiya Mountain.

In addition, Wang Quan and others all knew that Zheng Juan was his girlfriend.

After Su Mingzhe thought about it, he decided not to hide it from his biological mother:

"Her name is Zheng Juan, and she lives in Taiping Hutong."

Su Mingzhe explained it for a while, and when he saw Jiang Cuiping's face change, he knew that she was very dissatisfied with Zheng Juan's origin in Taiping Hutong, so he quickly explained:

"It's hard to describe what happened between her and me. Calm down and listen to me slowly and carefully..."

Su Mingzhe quickly told Jiang Cuiping about his story of "trying to save the beauty but failing to do so"

"Mom, Zheng Juan is a good girl. She is willing to live in poverty, knows how to repay kindness, and is good at managing the household. She is very suitable to be married home as a wife."

When Jiang Cuiping saw her son praising Zheng Juan like a flower, she became so angry that she felt resentful.

This doesn't mean that she doesn't believe in Su Mingzhe's judgment.

Rather, it is because mothers-in-law are naturally hostile to their future daughters-in-law.

Su Mingzhe said a lot of good things for Zheng Juan. Seeing that his mother's face was still ugly, he had no choice but to continue to help Zheng Juan and said:

"Mom, when I came back this time, Zheng Juan said that she was willing to apply to accompany me to Mulan County to work in the countryside. Mom, how many girls in this city can do that?"

Jiang Cuiping was slightly moved when she heard that Zheng Juan was willing to go to Mulan County with her son:

"If she is really willing to go to Mulan County with you, that would be great."

At this stage, the household registration of young people who went to the countryside to work has been transferred from towns to rural areas.

No one knows whether there will be a chance to transfer this household registration back in the future.

Zheng Juan was able to give up her urban household registration and follow Su Mingzhe to the countryside.

In Jiang Cuiping's opinion, even if Zheng Juan was born in the dirty and messy Taiping Hutong, it was not a big deal.

"Since she is going to Mulan County with you, when can you bring her home so that mom can meet her?"

Although Jiang Cuiping began to agree with Zheng Juan in her heart, she was still a little worried without meeting her in person.

"Then I will go talk to her tomorrow and try to bring her back."

When Su Mingzhe saw that Jiang Cuiping agreed to let him take Zheng Juan home, he understood that this biological mother was willing to accept Zheng Juan.

On the second day.

Su Mingzhe came to Zheng's house and gave acupuncture to his brother-in-law first.

When Zheng's mother found another excuse to take her son out, Su Mingzhe told her that his biological mother wanted to see Zheng Juan.

Su Mingzhe noticed that Zheng Juan looked a little nervous and comforted her:

"Don't worry, I'm the one you'll spend your life with. Even if you have an unpleasant conversation with my mom, you don't have to feel any psychological pressure."

"You put it lightly."

Zheng Juan must have felt very touched by the man's comfort, but she still rolled her eyes at him:
"That's your mother, my future mother-in-law. This is our first meeting, how can I not be worried?"

Su Mingzhe didn't expect that Zheng Juan would roll her eyes at him. His heartbeat started to speed up uncontrollably.

I can only say that this woman is beautiful. Even when she rolls her eyes, she is still so beautiful.

Zheng Juan was a very smart woman. After she made eye contact with the man, she knew what he was going to do. She gave him a wink and went to the kang to make the bed.

At noon, Zheng's mother brought Zheng Guangming back, and Su Mingzhe repeated the news that he was going to bring Zheng Juan home.

Zheng's mother was both surprised and happy about the news.

Although she had long seen that Su Mingzhe was sincere towards her daughter, Su Mingzhe was too outstanding.

In Zheng's mother's eyes, the two families are not a good match, and her daughter Zheng Juan is not worthy of Su Mingzhe.

Influenced by old ideas, Zheng's mother once believed that Su Mingzhe would keep Zheng Juan as a mistress.

(Su Mingzhe originally pursued Zhou Rong and was indeed planning to make Zheng Juan his mistress.)
Now, Su Mingzhe suddenly told Zheng's mother that he wanted to bring Zheng Juan home to meet his parents and discuss marriage.

Mother Zheng calmed down from her excitement and pulled Su Mingzhe aside and asked:
"Child, did your mother say when you will bring Juanzi home?"

"My mother asked me to ask Juanzi when it would be convenient for her and then take her back."

Su Mingzhe paused, his eyes still hesitant for a moment:
"My mother works at the Songhuajiang Soy Sauce Factory. Today is the weekend and she has to go back to work tomorrow. I thought, why not wait for a better day? I might as well take her home today."

"Yes, yes, you are right. It is better to do it today than to wait for a better day."

Mother Zheng nodded repeatedly after hearing Su Mingzhe's analysis:

"Juanzi, after dinner, you clean up... Never mind, I'll cook, Mingzhe, you help Juanzi tidy up. This is the first time I'm meeting my future mother-in-law, so I have to tidy up neatly."

"Auntie, there's no need to rush."

Su Mingzhe felt a little embarrassed when he saw Zheng's mother being so serious.

Zheng Juan, the future daughter-in-law, is about to meet her mother-in-law, so it's okay for her to be a little nervous.

Zheng's mother also became nervous, which was a bit inappropriate.

It's all damn prejudice.

(End of this chapter)