studiobondurri Chapter 294 Shaking
Chapter 294 Shaking
Clearly, Xie Qianyu's biased siding with her family, regardless of right or wrong, left a slightly negative impression on Cheng Jia's parents, whom she hadn't even met yet.
Lu Mingdong sighed slightly, "Third Uncle is probably afraid that Xiao Nan will be sad."
After all, although Lu Yuanqing never objected to Lu Mingnan dating or wanting to get married, Lu Mingdong could tell that Lu Yuanqing was not very satisfied with the marriage.
He just didn't want Lu Mingnan to get hurt.
However, sometimes, family members don't want their own children to get hurt, so they can accept anything.
But sometimes it's unavoidable that your own child might be hurt by others.
Upon hearing this, Xie Qianyu's face also darkened, and she said, "Go and call Xiao Nan back. I'm going to find your fourth uncle!"
Lu Mingdong nodded, "Okay!"
……
Just as the Lu family was on high alert and gathered for a meeting, Zhao Zhongcai was startled by the sudden appearance of Cheng's parents.
How could I not be confused?
Didn't Lu Yuanqing say that Lu Mingnan might be getting married to Cheng Ruolan?
They even asked him to approve the land foundation!
But in the blink of an eye, the girl's parents came in person, and as Lu Yuanqing's future in-laws, they were treated like a nuisance and dumped on him.
"Uh, hello, hello, you must be Cheng Zhiqing's parents! Come with me, I'll take you to find Cheng Zhiqing." Having been a chef for decades, Zhao Zhongcai had already racked his brains, but he still greeted people calmly with appropriate enthusiasm.
Mr. Cheng smiled and said, "Thank you, Captain. You've gone to so much trouble."
"By the way! Captain, thank you so much for taking care of my Ruolan. Every time she writes back, she says that you treat her very well. She is very grateful."
Zhao Zhongcai: "...Haha, haha, what are you saying? Once they've come to our village, we won't let them be bullied..."
The two were like opponents, exchanging blows and practicing Tai Chi.
(Lu Yuanqing, who absolutely dislikes dealing with people like this: "...")
While Zhao Zhongcai was having a back-and-forth conversation with Cheng's father, they soon arrived at the educated youth settlement.
At that moment, Cheng Ruolan, who had just finished work early and returned home to cook, was completely unaware that her parents were on their way.
Therefore, Cheng Ruolan was pleasantly surprised when she saw her parents.
"Dad, Mom! What brings you here?" Cheng Ruolan rushed forward.
After thanking Zhao Zhongcai, Cheng Ruolan quickly took the luggage from her father and led the people inside.
Having completed his mission, Zhao Zhongcai walked for a while, looked back, and then turned and headed towards the Lu family's residence.
At this moment, none of the three members of the Cheng family cared about her.
After entering the house, Mr. and Mrs. Cheng sat down and watched as Cheng Ruolan poured water for them.
"Mom and Dad, have some water first. I'm cooking! You must be hungry after such a long journey! We'll be eating soon."
Cheng Ruolan had been in the countryside for two years, and when she was able to see her relatives, her face was filled with unconcealed joy, completely oblivious to the displeasure on her parents' faces.
Cheng's mother, who had been quiet the whole way and hadn't spoken to anyone, put down her bowl of water.
The sound of the bowl hitting the table with a bang made Cheng Ruolan, who had been immersed in joy, feel a jolt in her heart.
Her mom is in a bad mood!
Whenever Cheng's mother was in a bad mood, she would do the same thing: remain silent, look at her with cold eyes, making her feel uneasy.
"Mom!" Cheng Ruolan called out softly.
Cheng's mother said coldly, "Have you forgotten the promise you made to me before I went to the countryside?"
In other families, the mother is kind and the father is strict, but in the Cheng family, it's the exact opposite.
Cheng Ruolan has always been most afraid of her mother's scolding.
She wouldn't hit her, but instead looked at her with disdain and spoke to her in a cold, emotionless tone.
Cheng Ruolan had seen how other mothers and daughters interacted, and none of them were like this.
Her childhood fear of Cheng's mother made her instinctively shrink back whenever she heard the other woman's cold, rebuking words.
Cheng Ruolan: "Mom..."
Cheng's mother remained unchanged, showing no mercy despite Cheng Ruolan's pitiful appearance. She coldly stared at her and said, "I have a question for you."
Cheng Ruolan: "I promised you before I went to the countryside that I would never get married there, and I would definitely return to the city in the future."
"But Mom, it's so hard to go back to the city now, there's no chance. I want to go back to the city too, and I know you want me to go back, but..."
Cheng's mother said, "I told you about these things before, so you don't need to worry about them. As long as you stay in the countryside for two years, your father and I will definitely let you return to the city."
“But you didn’t listen at all, and you still want to marry a country bumpkin. Cheng Ruolan, do you think that because the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, your father and I can’t do anything to you?”
"No, Mom, that's not what I think." Cheng Ruolan burst into tears. "Mingnan is very good to me. He really likes me, and I like him too. I also want to go back to the city, but if it's Mingnan, I don't have to go back to the city."
Cheng Ruolan didn't know why she had this idea.
After she went to the countryside, from the very first day she started working, she never stopped wanting to go back to the city.
Returning to the city was incredibly difficult, almost impossible, and she slowly began to accept reality.
With Lu Mingnan's arrival, he treated her better and better, and she grew to like him more and more. As a result, her desire to return to the city faded.
"What are you saying?" Cheng's mother was clearly angered by her words and slammed her hand on the table. "Do you really want to stay in this rural area forever? What kind of spell has that Lu Mingnan cast on you? You've even managed to talk back to your parents?"
Cheng Ruolan felt extremely wronged, "I didn't!"
She even wondered why Cheng's mother insisted on her returning to the city. Even if she was stupid and blinded by family ties, she had doubted several times why Cheng's mother didn't like her.
Cheng's mother always smiled when she was with her younger brothers.
When facing her, he always had this disdainful and cold look on his face.
"You still say you didn't? Because of that Lu Mingnan, you've even given up on the idea of going back to the city. How can you be so stupid? Do you really want to be a country bumpkin?"
Cheng Ruolan: "But it's so difficult to go back to the city now. For this reason, I won't get married if I don't go back to the city! In two more years, I'll be too old. I've met Mingnan now, and he's very good to me."
She spoke highly of Lu Mingnan to Cheng's parents more than once.
I said a lot in the letter I sent back, and I said it many times in person as well.
However, regardless of whether Lu Mingnan is genuinely good or not, as long as he is from the countryside, Cheng's parents will not change their opinion of him.
Mr. Cheng frowned, clearly not expecting Lu Mingnan to have such a great influence on Cheng Ruolan.
In the past, Cheng Ruolan would never have dared to argue with her mother like this.
"Ruolan, you are your parents' daughter. We are your parents and would never harm you. Think about Lu Mingnan. Even if he is as good as you say, he is still a country bumpkin. Don't you want to go back to the city? Don't you miss your parents and brothers?"
If Cheng's mother was used to arbitrarily arranging and directing Cheng Ruolan, then Cheng's father was the soft knife in the family.
He knew clearly how much Cheng Ruolan cared about them and her family, and he also knew that Cheng Ruolan was the most easily moved to pity.
As expected, after hearing his words, Cheng Ruolan's determination faded somewhat.
Upon seeing this, Mr. Cheng subtly curled the corners of his mouth and then gave Mrs. Cheng a look.
Cheng's mother nodded, and then said, "Your father and I worked hard to find you a job in the city. We didn't even give your younger brother a job, just so you could come back to the city."
“You said that in a couple of years you will be too old to find a partner. Do you think your father and I are not worried about that? But even if we are worried, what we are concerned about is how to get you to leave the countryside, return to the city, and find a suitable partner.”
"But look what you've done! You've been secretly dating a farmer behind our backs. Are you trying to drive us crazy?"
Cheng's mother's words first made Cheng Ruolan feel guilty, and then she righteously expressed her disdain for Lu Mingnan, showing their determination that they would never accept a country bumpkin as their son-in-law.
Cheng Ruolan: "Mom, what did you say? You found me a job?"
Cheng Ruolan could hardly believe it.
Mr. Cheng nodded, “Yes! Don’t be fooled by how strict your mother is with you. She cares about you a lot. After you had to go to the countryside, she kept an eye out for job opportunities in the city, just so you could return to the city in a reasonable way.”
“But the job can be given to my younger brother! He’s graduating next year, and if he doesn’t have a job, he’ll probably have to go to the countryside too.” Cheng Ruolan was moved, but also felt that the job should be given to her younger brother.
Mr. Cheng avoided her gaze, gave Mrs. Cheng a slight smile, and then turned to sigh and said, "Your mother and I are very pleased that you thought of your brother. You two siblings have a good relationship and you both care about each other! After your brother learned about the job situation, he immediately decided to give up the job so that you could return to the city."
Cheng's mother: "Hmph, but he never expected that he would think so much about you, yet you don't want to go back to the city for the sake of a man."
Cheng Ruolan was deeply moved. Hearing her mother's accusations, she quickly explained, "No, I'm grateful to my brother for thinking of me like this."
However, she had never dared to have such a fantasy before.
After all, she had known very clearly since she was a child that everything in the family would eventually belong to her two younger brothers.
She is a girl and will get married sooner or later. She is the eldest sister and should love and care for her younger brothers. They are siblings, the closest people in the world, and no one can compare to them.
Such an important job position, without her parents saying anything, she would subconsciously feel that the job should belong to her younger brothers.
However, Cheng's parents said that they were worried that she would suffer in the countryside, so they went to great lengths to find her a job so that she could leave and return to the city.
Cheng Ruolan was deeply moved.
She was happy to find out how much her parents cared about her.
I was also pleasantly surprised that she was able to return to the city.
Let's go back to the city!
It's getting more and more difficult now. Look at the educated youth in Shihua Village today; the longest they've stayed is at least five or six years.