Chapter 40: Meeting the Parents on New Year's Day
New Year's Day is here again, a new beginning, but the Chinese people attach more importance to the Spring Festival. There is only one day off for New Year's Day. Even if there are three days off, they are pieced together by various adjustments.
I don’t know who came up with the idea of the day-off system, but there are often discussions like this online.
On New Year's Day, Gu Junhao drove Zhang Yiru to her home. Zhang Yiru's home was in Jiangbei, not far from the welfare home.
So their first stop was the welfare home. After they rushed to Zhang Yiru's home.
Looking at Gu Junhao carrying lots of gifts, although Aunt Huang said words of blame, her eyes were full of smiles.
In Aunt Huang's eyes, the children in the welfare home are like her own children. It is a happy thing if her children are successful.
Aunt Huang had seen Zhang Yiru before. She would occasionally come and play with Gu Junhao in the past, and she knew that she was the daughter of Teacher Gu Junhao. However, girls change a lot when they grow up, and she didn't recognize her at first.
I recognized each other after some greetings. I didn't expect that we would meet in Beicang and become boyfriend and girlfriend. It really was a coincidence.
This was beyond his expectations. After all, after graduating from high school, one went straight into work while the other went to college, so it was difficult for their life trajectories to intersect.
Without staying in the welfare home for too long, the two of them left after delivering their things. They had agreed to go to Teacher Zhang's house today, and it would be impolite to go too late. I don't know what Zhang Yiru said to her parents.
"Should we also sponsor a few younger brothers and sisters in the welfare home to go to school?" On the way back, Zhang Yiru suddenly brought up this topic.
"Sure. When the time comes, let Aunt Huang give us a list. Helping within our capabilities will be considered a reward." Gu Junhao agreed after a moment's thought.
In any case, the original owner was thanks to the financial support from the community and the support from the welfare home. Now that I have the ability, it is my duty to help give back.
"Okay, then let's choose two first, you take one and I take one, how about that?" Zhang Yiru said happily.
"I have no problem with that, but you are still in the internship period. Is your income enough?" Gu Junhao said with a smile.
"Don't underestimate me. I will be a regular employee soon. I don't have much to spend on a daily basis, so it's not a problem for me to take out some money every month to support a child's education."
"Haha, okay, then I'll listen to you. By the way, what did you tell Teacher Zhang and the others when you went home today?" Gu Junhao was more concerned about this. In his two lives, this was the first time he met their parents.
In his previous life, after he started making money, he was not in a hurry to find a girlfriend and lived a relatively carefree life every day. The few girlfriends he dated when he had no money all ended in failure and never got to the stage of meeting their parents.
"I just said I was bringing my boyfriend home to meet him, what's wrong, are you panicking?"
"A little bit. I don't know what Teacher Zhang thinks of me. It's said that a daughter is like a father's little cotton-padded jacket. In the middle of winter, I took his cotton-padded jacket away."
"Hey, I don't care about that. That's your business. But don't worry, my parents are not that serious in private, not like in class."
When we arrived at Zhang Yiru's home, we saw a very simple residential house with two bedrooms and two living rooms. It was neatly decorated and not too big or too small. Such a living environment was suitable for a teacher's income. This was also the environment that Gu Junhao was once familiar with.
"Hello, Teacher Zhang and Madam Zhang, long time no see." Gu Junhao greeted them as he entered the room.
"Who are you?" Gu Junhao's temperament changed a little after his rebirth. Plus, it had been so many years since they last met, so it would be hard for people who weren't familiar with him to recognize him. Zhang Yiru's mother Qin Ruolan didn't have much contact with Gu Junhao either.
Today my daughter said she was bringing her boyfriend home. Unexpectedly, when she entered the house, she saw a handsome boy calling her "teacher's wife". Logically, this shouldn't be the right way to address her. Could it be that he met Lao Zhang's former student on the way? But that didn't make sense either, as he was holding a gift in his hand.
"Are you Xiao Gu? You've changed a lot." It was Zhang Mingde again. After taking a look at Gu Junhao, he recognized him.
"Yes, Teacher Zhang, Madam, it's me. Gu Junhao. I wish you a happy new year." Gu Junhao said with a smile.
"Are you the boyfriend Xiaoyi was talking about?" Qin Ruolan also recognized Gu Junhao at this time. After a comparison, she really didn't expect that the little boy who took tutoring classes at her home would grow up to be what he is now.
"Mom, why are you asking that? Go sit inside. It's very cold with the door open." Zhang Yiru said coquettishly.
"Oh, yes, come in. Why do you bring so many gifts with you, kid?"
"It's been many years since we last met. Just a small gift. Even if it weren't for today, I would still find time to visit Teacher Zhang and his wife."
Zhang Yiru's father Zhang Mingde and mother Qin Ruolan were both teachers, but they did not teach in the same school. Zhang Mingde was a high school teacher and Qin Ruolan was an elementary school teacher. Zhang Yiru could be said to have been born into a scholarly family.
They still had the necessary manners. Although they were puzzled as to how the two met and became boyfriend and girlfriend, Zhang Mingde was still very happy that his students came to visit him.
"Please sit down. We haven't seen each other for a few years. Sometimes when we chat, I still mention you. It's a pity that you didn't repeat the year." Zhang Mingde looked at Gu Junhao with a smile on his face.
After Zhang Yiru entered the room, she diligently poured each of them a cup of hot water, and then sat next to Gu Junhao.
"Thank you. Yes, it has been about four years . How have Teacher Zhang and his wife been doing over the years?" Gu Junhao replied after taking the water cup from Zhang Yiru.
Although this girl said that she didn't care and let him do it himself, she still supported him. She livened up the atmosphere after entering the room and now sat next to him.
"We are all doing well. What about you? Tell me about your experiences over the past few years." As soon as they met, Zhang Mingde did not mention their relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend, but instead expressed his concern about Gu Junhao's experiences over the years.
Gu Junhao also briefly talked about some of his experiences over the years. In fact, there was not much to say. The original owner just went to get off work and came home on weekdays. As for the matter of time travel, he couldn't tell it.
"Xiao Gu, tell me how you and Xiao Yi met." Compared to Zhang Mingde's attitude towards students, Qin Ruolan wanted to know more about how her daughter and Gu Junhao became boyfriend and girlfriend.
Gu Junhao has outstanding looks and good temperament. He is also Lao Zhang's student, so he is considered to be well-known. It can be seen from the introduction just now that he did not lie. The two teachers can still see this, which shows that he did not learn bad things after entering the society.
Apart from his low educational level, being a son-in-law is not bad. As for being an orphan, it depends on what you think. Sometimes, interpersonal relationships are simpler.
"Here we go, let's get to the point." Upon hearing the master's wife asking, Gu Junhao couldn't help but sit up straight again. Is this the mother-in-law's way of testing her son-in-law's mentality?
Gu Junhao then talked about their first meeting, their subsequent interactions, and their confession of love. In between, Zhang Yiru also occasionally responded.
After the two looked at each other, Zhang Mingde said, "Okay, we have a general idea now. Young people should get along well with each other. As for the future, we can talk about it later."
Um, is this considered an agreement or not? What do you mean by let's talk about it later? But it's true, we are still boyfriend and girlfriend now, so there's no need to think too far ahead.
"You guys sit down for a while, I'll go cook, Xiaoyi, you come and help." Qin Ruolan also smiled and pulled Zhang Yiru to the kitchen.
"Is the first level passed?" Gu Junhao also breathed a sigh of relief. He had never experienced such a scene before.
