When Cheng Yu said that sentence, I was stunned because I knew that things were not that simple now, but I was not in a hurry to interrupt him, but listened patiently to him continue.

Cheng Yu took a breath, paused and continued, "The general meaning is: ask our family what attitude it is in the end and whether we should get married."

I felt a little unhappy when I heard this, but I still held back my emotions and asked, "And what? What do you say?"

"I didn't say anything, just thinking about how to love. On the contrary, my mother... Maybe she was considering that her relationship with her aunt was pretty good before, and she lowered her tone and wanted to discuss the bride price with her. She told the truth that our family didn't have that much money. Hope, no, then she can no longer say it was a 'hope' tone, but she begged! Tell me, I can tolerate the grievances of my mother, but I can't bear it if she suffers such grievances?! I directly cursed at that time: Do you love to marry or not! Love is not a business, and your daughter is not a product that you can use to make a fortune!"

Cheng Yu took a breath, as if he was venting his emotions, and then said, "Then the aunt also said a few words, I forgot what I said. I wanted to kick her out of our house at that time, but she left angrily not long after."

After falling into silence for a long time, I said, "Then, do you still want to marry Ke Ning? Now, I just want to know what your attitude is."

"If it were just one-sided to Ke Ning, of course I would like to marry her, but how could this be possible now?"

"What if I'm willing to help you?"

"You help me? OK, brother, you have a lot of messes to clean up, how can you help me?" Cheng Yu said with a smile.

I drank a cup of tea and said, "You will know then."

......

Actually, my idea is very simple, I just go over and have a good talk with Ke Ning, because in my personal opinion, she is not the kind of woman who is obsessed with money and is realistic. In addition, I have always believed in the saying "things that money can solve are not a problem", and the one who really interferes with it was her mother.

The next day was New Year's Eve. According to the past practice, Cheng Yu and I went to buy things after getting up early in the morning, and then posted couplets. My parents cooked in the kitchen. This scene became more and more touching, as if it was the same every year, but it seemed that there was something missing every year.

After all this, it was noon. After our family finished lunch, I found an excuse myself and said that I would go out because there was still some serious matters to do. In fact, the so-called "center matters" is to talk to Ke Ning. Whether the marriage is still a marriage, and what attitude should be expressed. Before going there, I had already made an appointment with her to meet.

This is a house to clear the house. Originally, the performance of this store was average, and today was still New Year's Eve, so Ke Ning and I were there. We ordered two drinks and chose a position closer to the corner to sit down.

I first spoke: "Ke, Ke Ning, things are tight, so I asked you out, otherwise I wouldn't disturb you during the holidays."

"I'm so hurrying to ask me out on New Year's Eve. I don't have to guess what you want to say to me." She picked up the glass of lemonade and took a sip, and said calmly.

I exhaled, remained silent for a while, and said, "Actually it's very simple. I just want to know what your attitude is in this marriage. Do you plan to continue to be in a stalemate in our family, your family, and your relationship with Cheng Yu?"

The expression on Ke Ning's face finally changed a little, no longer as it was as silly as before. She put down the cup in her hand, sighed with a sad look, and said, "I have a pity for parents in the world. You know, it is difficult for me to do this in the middle. On one side is my mother and younger brother, and on the other side is my fiancé. They are all my favorite people in this world, and the palms and backs of hands are flesh. What do you think I should choose?" She waved her hands and became a little excited.

I gently pressed Ke Ning's hand and signaled her not to be excited, "Yes, I know you are in a difficult position, but you must know that it is you and Cheng Yu who will get married in the end, not others, and you can only be the ones responsible for this relationship." I paused, looked directly at her, and said seriously: "So, are you still getting married in this marriage?"

This time, Ke Ning fell into a longer silence. After a while, she said with a hesitant expression: "Let me think about it again. I will have a good talk with my mother when I go back and advise her not to ask for such a high bride price."

"Okay, how long will it take for you to answer me?"

"Just these days during the Chinese New Year."

"Then I'll wait for your reply. Let's go back first. You should go back early to celebrate the festival."

......

After leaving Qingba, I didn't take a ride home immediately. I first walked on the side of the road and lit a cigarette. Not long after I left, Wen Shuya suddenly called me and I answered the phone with a puzzled expression.

"Happy New Year, Cheng Ting!"

"Well, happy new year."

"Yes, I have read the plan you sent me. I think there is no problem. I can arrange to implement it when the annual meeting comes back. I forgot to reply to you yesterday and have been busy. I'm sorry!"

"It's okay. When I come back to Guangzhou, I'll find some time to ask you to talk." I spilled off the ashes, but I felt a little absent-minded.

"Well... Cheng Ting, do you have any worries? Why do you feel very depressed?" Sure enough, she was careful and still noticed my emotions.

Wen Shuya is a person worth talking about, and she can always give objective analysis and suggestions, so I just hesitated for a while, and decided to tell her about Cheng Yu and Ke Ning, and told her about what I had just talked with Ke Ning.

She took a deep breath on the other end of the phone and said, "Cheng Ting, if I were you, I wouldn't have gone to Ke Ning to talk about this matter. Think about it, if the agreement was not completed, then it means that the relationship between you and your parties would be broken directly and there is no room for recovery. If the agreement was completed, the bride price might not be as high as before, but you think if your brother knew that this was your help behind the scenes in the future, so he would have been unable to let go of this wedding for the rest of his life, which would damage his self-esteem. In addition, such happiness as this forced return, then his relationship with his mother-in-law will definitely not be good in the future, because before entering this house, your brother's impression of all aspects of his mother-in-law's heart was no longer good."

Although Wen Shuya's analysis was indeed very reasonable, she felt that something was missing, so I continued to ask: "But it is not a solution for them to continue like this. When will it be the end? They originally planned to have children, go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get the certificate, and then send wedding invitations to all relatives and friends, but suddenly they got stuck in the bride price."

"It is indeed not good to be stalemate, but this situation will not last for too long. Either your parents will make a decision on their own initiative, or Ke Ning's parents will make a statement on their own terms, and as an intermediary, you just want to wait and see what happens."

"But, I just talked to Ke Ning about this matter, and she also said that she would give me a reply in the next few days, so what should I do now?" At this moment, I seemed to have lost my judgment and followed Wen Shuya's ideas.

"I've said it all, and now I can only wait for her reply, but..." She paused and said, "I personally don't have much hope. Maybe the ending is still the same as before."

I asked quickly, "Why?"

"I can't say it now, it's just my intuitive judgment."

......

On New Year's Eve, I first posted Spring Festival couplets at home in the morning, then met Ke Ning in the afternoon, and finally called Wen Shuya. For a moment, I felt that I was too big. Although I was not the party involved in this marriage, I always felt that in a certain dimension of this matter, there was something that could affect my mood and emotions, either fear, or a sense of crisis. Every time I had a similar feeling, I would work crazy to balance my mental state and find a sense of fulfillment and security.

Because when a man should start a family and start a career, putting aside his sense of happiness, it may also be his "most cowardly" time.

We had the New Year's Eve dinner at night. At this moment, our family seemed to have no worries. Everyone's faces were filled with real smiles from the bottom of their hearts. They talked about some interesting old things in the past. Most of them were my childhood and Cheng Yu, and I also shared some interesting things I encountered in Guangzhou. The whole family talked and laughed, and that was the best time.

After the meal, Lao Cheng still gave me and Cheng Yu a red envelope, both of which were 888 yuan, meaning "making a fortune". This is the second year I have been working, but after these few months, I will soon enter the third year, and I finally no longer have the money as I did when I went home for the New Year last year. Although I can't say I am very rich, at least I don't need to be able to pay for it to go home.

Lao Cheng gave me a red envelope of 888 yuan, and I also gave me 5,000 yuan to go home. Lao Cheng said that my mother would help me collect the money I gave home in the future, so I would use it when I got married. Cheng Yu, the kid, saw the needles and the mouth became cheap and said, "If the money was kept for me to get married, I would probably have to save it for ten years." Isn't this curse that I can't find a girlfriend?

My mother glanced at Cheng Yu and then said some encouragement to me, but there was a message between the lines: Find a girlfriend soon, and then get married and have children. My mother can't wait to hold her grandson!

While we were joking, another call came suddenly. Unexpectedly, it was Yang Fan who called him. Yes, including time, it’s time for this kid to go home for the New Year.

"Brother, where are you? I just drove back for a while, and come out to have a drink later?" Yang Fan's tone was as free and easy as ever. Hearing this tone, I wanted to have a drunk and return home with me tonight.

"Driving? What does it mean? You're drunk before you even drink it? Young man wake up, you don't have a car!"

"Who do you look down on me? Wait, at 9:30, the old place is waiting for you, you don't believe it yet, right? I'll open your eyes later!"

I looked at the time. It was only 8:30 now. I took a shower and went out. It was just right. It was a long time since I met this kid. "Then come on, see you later!"

"Ok!"
Chapter completed!