Extra Chapter 30 Chicken tastes like chicken, fish tastes like fish
Yi Caiwei's words deeply moved Chen Jianghe, but this did not change his determination to go to Wuyuan, Jiangxi to meet Teacher Xu.
It is difficult to be fair in emotional matters. No matter how good you are at time management, you still need someone to pretend to be confused for you.
The girls around him are both sober and sensible. What Chen Jianghe has to do is to make them suffer less grievances as much as possible, and give them more surprises and good memories. Even if they cannot find common ground while reserving differences and live together happily in the future, at least they will not harbor resentment and long-term hostility.
After all, although Chen Jianghe is a playboy, he is still very sentimental at heart.
When he used to chat and joke with Yang Wanying, he always liked to use "first time" to enhance his position and value in her heart.
In fact, the truly important first times in Chen Jianghe’s life corresponded to four different women.
The first person he confessed to was Xu Zhixi, the first person he liked was Jiang Yishu, and the first person he loved was his secretary.
And Yi Caiwei allowed Chen Jianghe to experience the joy of becoming a father for the first time.
Although it was a bit unexpected, life is a long series of unexpected things. The process may be good or bad, and the ending may be sometimes bad and sometimes wonderful.
"Mom, haven't you been talking about Chen Jianghe and Chen Jianghe in my ears every day recently? Now, he just called me and said that he is going to come to my house with a gift of 990,000 yuan to propose marriage. He wants to take me away tonight. Do you agree?"
In the Xu family in Jiangwan Town, Wuyuan County, Xu Zhixi, who had just talked to Chen Jianghe on the phone, half-jokingly and half-seriously asked her mother Xu Wenlan for her opinion.
Xu Wenlan, who was peeling peanuts, smiled when he heard this, and then curled his lips and said, "You are not a child anymore, it is time for you to consider marriage. To be honest, let alone 990,000 yuan for the betrothal gift, if he takes 99,000 yuan, I will let you go without saying anything."
"Then should I call him back?" Xu Zhixi asked tentatively.
"Why rush? We must clarify the issue of the betrothal gift first."
Xu Wenlan waved his hand and said seriously: "If the man's family values this marriage, 99,000 is not too much.
As for the 990,000 yuan, if he is really willing to take it out and put it on the table to show his strength to his relatives and friends, it would be great, but we are not selling our daughter, so I will not accept it even if he gives it to me."
After listening to her mother's long speech, Xu Zhixi smiled helplessly: "Mom, I understand now. You just care about your reputation."
"What's wrong with being good at face? As the saying goes, a man lives by his face, a tree lives by its bark. Our Jiangwan Xu family has always been a respectable family."
Xu Wenlan threw away a handful of peanut shells in his hand, straightened his back and sat up straight, and said to his eldest daughter: "Let's not talk about the distant past, just take you and Zhijun as an example. One graduated from the 211 Nanchang University, and the other is studying at the 985 Sun Yat-sen University. How many families with such a family tradition can you find in the whole Jiangwan?"
"To put it bluntly, I am face-conscious, snobbish, and greedy for money, all for the sake of you two little ones having a better future than others."
Xu Zhixi smiled without saying anything. This was her real mother. She could always find a way to say something like “this is all for your own good”.
Xu Wenlan knew that his daughter never took his words to heart, but she still nagged him out of habit:
"In many cases, if no one protects you or gives you advice, and you foolishly don't know how to fight for it, you will easily become the one who is wronged and sacrificed, especially in relationships and marriages."
Xu Zhixi was stunned. She had never said much in front of her mother, but she seemed to understand everything and saw through it at a glance.
At this time, my younger sister Xu Zhijun ran into the house like a gust of wind, panting and saying with a bright smile: "Sister, go outside and take a look. There is a handsome guy carrying a basket to propose marriage!"
"ah?"
Xu Zhixi was stunned again. When she heard the word "handsome boy", she immediately thought of Chen Jianghe.
I thought what he said on the phone just now was just a joke to tease her, but I didn't expect that he actually meant it?
"Let's go, let's go."
Xu Zhijun took her sister's hand, then grabbed her mother's arm, and said with a smile: "Mom, you come too. He has come from afar with full sincerity. We can't neglect him."
"Well, go out and get him."
Xu Wenlan nodded with a smile and followed his daughter outside to take a look. Wow, the handsome guy from Guangdong, Chen Jianghe, who had been here once before, really came this time with a basket. The front basket was filled with high-end cigarettes, alcohol, gold jewelry and jade, and the back basket was full of cash.
The surface of the basket was covered with a red cloth, but how could it cover so many things?
Besides, Chen Jianghe also intended for people to see it.
He carried a pair of baskets that he had bought on the street, just like the wealthy man in Fujian who liked to do charity work in a big way. He carried gifts and cash from the town entrance, which was hundreds of meters away, all the way to the door of Xu's house, attracting countless people's attention.
What’s interesting is that Aunt Zheng Jiaxin drove at a snail’s pace behind Chen Jianghe, grabbing a handful of candy from the car and throwing it out from time to time, maxing out her assist attribute.
Xu Wenlan smiled and said politely, "Jiang He, Mom was just joking with you. Did you really bring 990,000 yuan in betrothal gifts to your family from this basket?"
"Mom, this is nothing. As long as you open your mouth, I can give you not only 990,000 yuan but also a mountain of gold." Chen Jianghe responded with a simple and honest face.
"This child is so real."
Xu Wenlan was in high spirits, smiling from ear to ear.
"Brother-in-law, don't say anything, come in quickly, once you enter this door, we will be a family from now on."
Xu Zhijun smiled and reached out to pull Chen Jianghe.
"Okay."
Chen Jianghe stepped over the threshold of the Xu family, looked up and glanced at Teacher Xu. He found that she had a smile on her face, but her eyes were red, and she looked particularly cute while crying and laughing.
As soon as Chen Jianghe entered the house, Xu Wenlan raised his hand to greet the relatives, friends, neighbors and villagers present: "Everyone come to my house for lunch at noon. My eldest daughter is getting engaged today. Come, everyone."
"Aunt, why didn't you tell me earlier about Zhixi's engagement, which is such a big thing?" someone asked in confusion.
Xu Wenlan smiled and explained: "Young people like to create surprises and romance. As a mother, I don't have much say. I don't even bother to choose the date. I just let them be happy as long as they are happy."
"Sister-in-law is really open-minded. Zhixi is also very lucky. The betrothal gift of 990,000 is unique in Jiangwan."
"Not only in Jiangwan, there is no other place like it in the whole county."
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"Chen Jianghe, come with me."
While her parents and the elders in the family were entertaining the guests, Xu Zhixi pulled Chen Jianghe into her bedroom, closed the door, kissed him first, then hugged him, and then muttered softly:
"He is usually so low-key in school. Is he possessed by evil spirits today?"
Chen Jianghe nodded and smiled: "Yeah, I was bewitched by you."
"Didn't I tell you before? From the first moment I saw you, I had already thought of the names of the twins. I came here today to claim my sovereignty, so I have to make it a high profile."
“What…” Xu Zhixi clenched her fist and punched him, suddenly remembering that he did say this when he came over last time.
At that time, he said seriously that he had looked through the "Book of Songs" and the "Kangxi Dictionary", and that the boy's name was Chen Dahai and the girl's name was Chen Xiaoxi.
What a crappy name...
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?"
Xu Zhixi was thinking about naming the child, but Chen Jianghe seemed to be thinking about having a baby. He held her slender waist and silently retreated to the edge of the bed.
Xu Zhixi asked him what he was doing, and Chen Jianghe said seriously, "I missed you."
Xu Zhixi smiled and said, "Don't think about it."
Chen Jianghe glared: "We're already engaged, and you're not allowed to think about you?"
"Yes." Xu Zhixi nodded with a smile: "Report it in advance next time, and you can think about it after I sign and approve it."
"That won't do. I need the emperor's special permission to execute first and report later."
Chen Jianghe hugged her tightly, and then said, "Teacher Xu, I want to try salty food tonight."
Xu Zhixi was startled when she heard this: "Taste, what saltiness do you want to taste?"
Chen Jianghe leaned close to her ear, lowered his head and gently bit her delicate, pink and tender earlobe, and said, "I don't want to eat spicy food tonight. I just want to try the Cantonese dishes you made for me in the dormitory before."
“So bad…”
Xu Zhixi's cheeks flushed. Whenever she mentioned Cantonese cuisine, she would think of Chen Jianghe's words about the highest praise for Cantonese cuisine: chicken tastes like chicken, and fish tastes like fish.
