Chapter 158: Hitting Cotton

“Mom, even the country encourages gay men to marry later. You don’t need to be in a hurry.”

Lin Xiangdong comforted, “In a couple of years, when the family situation improves, it will be easier to find a suitable one.”

Their family was not even able to make ends meet. Before Hu Meili retired, they could barely avoid starvation. It was only after Lin Xiangnan invested in Hu Meili that their family situation gradually improved.

Lin Xiangdong compensated his ex-wife with a sum of money, and the dowry for marrying a new wife was another sum. Although Hu Meili could contribute a little, it was still a bit of a strain on the family.

Hu Meili was not a person with strong willpower. After being persuaded by her eldest son, her attitude softened a bit.

“It’s not impossible to get married later. But can you stay away from those women? I, your mother, am afraid.”

Too many peach blossoms, in this era, is not an advantage. It only proves that the person has character problems.

Hu Meili educated, “Don’t talk to women, especially single and unmarried ones. Stay away from them.”

“I didn’t take the initiative to talk to them. They came to me for serious matters, I can’t just run away, can I?” Lin Xiangdong complained, “Every time I talk to a woman, I keep eight feet away from them, isn’t that enough?”

Hu Meili said fiercely, “Not enough! Next time you see a woman, you run away.”

That’s what she said, but Lin Xiangdong couldn’t really avoid meeting women. If he ran away when colleagues and neighbors came to him with matters, he would be impolite.

However, Lin Xiangdong still followed Hu Meili’s words, “Then next time I see them from afar, I’ll turn around early.”

“That’s how it should be.” Hu Meili was satisfied.

After thinking for a while, Hu Meili added, “Especially those few families who rejected you this time, you stay away from them.”

It’s really embarrassing to be presumptuous and then rejected.

But after being rejected, Hu Meili felt relieved. They couldn’t even reach the stage of meeting, which proved that Lin Xiangdong and those girls didn’t really have any private feelings.

If those girls really liked him, they would definitely make a fuss at home, not even giving Lin Xiangdong a chance to explain.

She had been busy with Lin Xiangdong’s affairs for a few days, and she was ready to let it go. Who knew Zhou Kangmei got the news and came to their house in person.

Lin Xiangnan and a few cousins were playing spinning tops outside. When they heard that she was at the door, Lin Xiangnan immediately put down his whip and went home to join in the fun.

“Aunt Hu, I heard you came back from out of town, so I came here specially to pay you a New Year’s call.” Zhou Kangmei was very polite to Hu Meili.

The Lantern Festival hadn’t passed yet, so it was barely acceptable to say New Year’s greetings. But the two families were not related, Zhou Kangmei’s purpose for coming here was too obvious.

“You come, you come, why bring a gift?” Hu Meili thought the gift Zhou Kangmei brought was very nice, but she didn’t want to sell her son.

“It’s only right. At the end of the year, my dad personally went to visit the glorious retired comrades. You were not here at that time, so I came to see you on behalf of my dad.” Zhou Kangmei was also very good at speaking official language.

Hu Meili was just intimidated by those who spoke official language.

Seeing Hu Meili smiling dryly and not being enthusiastic, Zhou Kangmei didn’t say much. She gave a gift, showed her face, and left.

The next day, some old colleagues from the factory came to visit Hu Meili.

“I heard you’re arranging your eldest son’s marriage?”

The old colleague said with a look of disapproval, “You’ve been at your daughter’s place for a long time, you don’t know, Zhou Kangmei, Zhou factory director’s daughter, definitely has feelings for your son. You should look for her.”

“Don’t talk nonsense. I’ve watched Kangmei grow up. Her conditions are so good, how could she like Xiaodong?”

Hu Meili knew what was going on, but she refused.

She said helplessly, “The Zhou family’s conditions are so good, our family is not worthy. I just hope my son marries a simple girl, and they live a simple life.”

“Your son is not smart, why aren’t you smart either?”

“There’s no way. Who told you that the two families are too different and not suitable?”

After the old colleague left, Lin Xiangnan sighed to Hu Meili, “Mom, according to your standards, my brother might be a bachelor for life.”

“Pfft, you have a crow’s mouth, don’t talk nonsense.”

“It’s the truth. My brother’s situation, ordinary people can’t pass the mother-in-law and father-in-law test. Those who can go against their parents are all spoiled children. Such girls, their family conditions are not bad.”

Lin Xiangnan pouted, “But you don’t like them.”

Hu Meili’s standard was actually quite normal, an ordinary worker’s family would do. The girl herself should at least have a primary school education, it’s best if she has a job, but it’s okay if she doesn’t.

If Lin Xiangdong hadn’t gone to the countryside and hadn’t held a wedding in the countryside, finding such a girl would be a perfect match. Because their family was also an ordinary worker’s family.

But Lin Xiangdong’s past experience was too much of a minus point, which led to those at the same level as their family not being willing.

Those who were willing to marry into their family were either those that Hu Meili didn’t like, or those that Hu Meili felt were too good for them.

Hu Meili, as a future mother-in-law, didn’t want to be inferior to her future daughter-in-law.

Lin Xiangnan didn’t quite understand Hu Meili’s inexplicable self-esteem.

“You said Zhou Kangmei is strong and has a bad temper, but I think she’s quite polite to us. My brother is a good-tempered person, if he marries a gentle one, it will be a family of cotton. Cotton, cotton, half a pound of cotton becomes eight ounces, eight ounces!”

In the end, Lin Xiangnan even hummed a tune, then silently covered his mouth under Hu Meili’s fiery gaze.

“No more humming, no more humming.”

“I really want to beat you for my brother. You’re still humming about cotton, I’ll flick your forehead a few times.” Hu Meili gestured with her hand, but didn’t really hit him.

Lin Xiangnan was fearless, “You want to? I also want to marry my brother to the factory director’s daughter. If we get married, we can hold onto her thigh and lie flat, we don’t have to work hard for the rest of our lives.”

This is Lin Xiangnan’s ideal life.

She relied on her parents in her previous life, and this life she relied on her previous life’s inheritance.

She didn’t know if others were happy spending the money they earned through hard work and effort, but she was happy to have it without working.

Lin Xiangnan advised with the experience of a veteran, “This soft rice is right in front of you, why not eat it?”

“Go away. Don’t give me any bad ideas.” Eating soft rice doesn’t sound nice, Hu Meili didn’t want to hear it.

“If I didn’t really consider your brother as my own, I wouldn’t bother if he eats soft rice or marries a more honest one, the two of them can hit cotton together…”

“Hiss~ You talk about cotton again, I’m going to hit you!” Hu Meili warned with a feather duster.

“Hee hee, I’ll shut up. Mom, you’ve finally hit cotton!”

Lin Xiangnan said sarcastically, then ran away.