Chapter 31

The Sheng family’s lunch was the same as usual. The staple food was sweet potato rice, with sweet potatoes being the main ingredient. The rice was just a garnish, and the dishes were pickles.

There is an additional winter melon soup.

Wang Cuilian picked up the winter melon from the vegetable market. People had thrown away rotten winter melons. After cutting off the rotten parts, only a small piece the size of a palm was left, which Yang Chunling used to make winter melon soup.

After Sheng Fengjiao moved into the hospital dormitory, she seldom went home and ate in the hospital cafeteria.

Sheng Fengjiao is not stupid. Her brother is not at home, so cooking at home is just a sham!

It’s better to spend some money to eat in the hospital cafeteria. At least the food is good, the dishes are good, and they are plentiful.

Sheng Fengjiao is at work, so it doesn’t matter if she doesn’t come back.

Sheng Fengxiang didn’t come back either.

Sheng Hongqi didn’t care about all this. After eating, he wiped his mouth, threw away his chopsticks, got up and left.

Wang Cuilian glanced at her daughter-in-law:

“What’s wrong with the third child? Did he really run away from home? Why is he getting more and more outrageous as he gets older? It’s okay if he doesn’t come back during the day, and he doesn’t come back at night either. What if he’s fooling around with someone outside? What will you, as his mother, do? We can’t have a female hooligan in our family!”

If it really doesn’t work, find her a husband and marry her off, so she won’t become an enemy at home! Ask for less betrothal money!”

Yang Chunling lowered her head and ate her rice:

“Mom, you don’t have to worry about these things, I know what’s going on!”

Yang Chunling hasn’t told her family about Sheng Fengxiang and Li Dagang’s blind date. Two sisters are fighting over the same blind date.

Yang Chunling really couldn’t say it!

Wang Cuilian didn’t know yet, and snorted coldly:

“Just be aware of it! Don’t let anything go wrong, and see how you’ll end up!”

Yesterday, Yang Chunling stood outside the post office staff compound for a long time before Sheng Fengxiang came out.

Fortunately, the girl was not stupid. She did not stay at Li Dagang’s house, but went to her classmate’s house.

Yang Chunling is worried!

He followed Sheng Fengxiang quietly and didn’t breathe a sigh of relief until she entered her classmate’s house.

Yang Chunling really didn’t want to mention that damn girl Sheng Fengxiang.

Then he said, “Mom, I have something I want to discuss with you.”

“What’s the matter?” Wang Cuilian asked.

“My colleague, Miss Wu, told me yesterday that she’s attracted to our Kang Ning!”

Wang Cuilian: “Do you want to introduce something to Kang Ning?”

Yang Chunling nodded:

“That’s what I mean. However, the man is not an outsider. He is the son of the eldest brother of Sister Wu’s family. He is Sister Wu’s nephew. His wife died three years ago. He is not very old. He seems to be about 25 years old this year. He has two children, a boy and a girl, one is three years old and the other is four years old. From what Sister Wu said, their family is willing to pay a dowry of 300 yuan to marry our Kang Ning!”

“Three hundred yuan? Did you hear it right?” Wang Cuilian asked with her eyes wide open.

Yang Chunling smiled:

“There’s no mistake about it. Sister Wu said it herself. She said her nephew had seen our Kang Ning and said that Kang Ning was good-looking and unmarried! So she was willing to give more money for the bride price!”

Wang Cuilian was already tempted when she heard the three hundred yuan betrothal gift:

“Twenty-five years old, not that old, but she already has two children!”

Yang Chunling smiled:

“What’s wrong with having two children? You’ll be a mother in the past, and you can have children if you want to, or not if you don’t want to. Anyway, you already have children, isn’t that good? Besides, the children are not that old, so you can spend more time with them. Feelings are developed through time, so it doesn’t matter!”

Wang Cuilian hummed:

“That’s true! Does the young man have a job?”

Yang Chunling nodded:

“He’s in charge of water and electricity in the factory. He’s a regular employee and gets paid quite a bit! His conditions are really good, he’s married and has two kids!”

Wang Cuilian asked again:

“How did his previous wife die?”

Yang Chunling finished her meal, but the last bite of pickles was too much, and she choked. She stood up and poured half a bowl of water. After drinking it, she said:

“I heard from Sister Wu that the couple had a very good relationship. The child died due to a difficult labor and heavy bleeding. The man has been dead for three years. The man is a loyal man and has never looked for another woman. But the child was too young, so Sister Wu’s sister-in-law had been helping to take care of it. It’s only now that Sister Wu’s sister-in-law’s health has not improved and she can’t take care of the child that she is thinking of marrying another one. Otherwise, how could the bride price be so high!

Even when cadres get married, the highest amount of money they give as a gift is only 180 yuan!”

In Wang Cuilian’s heart, Sheng Kangning was not her own child. After raising her to this age, it was not right for her to get a dowry of 300 yuan when she got married.

Wang Cuilian raised her eyebrows and said with a smile:

“When will we meet? Did they tell us?”

Yang Chunling shook her head:

“No! I just came back to discuss it with my family. If you think it’s okay, I’ll give Sister Wu a reply. If you think it’s not okay, let her go back to the countryside!”

“Tell them to hurry up and meet each other. If it’s too late, the girl will go to the countryside. Who knows what will happen there! If she stays there and gets married, let alone 300 yuan, I’m afraid she won’t get a penny! Didn’t the damn girl say she was going to stay at a classmate’s house for the next two days? Do you know which classmate’s house she is at? The best thing to do is to find her back as soon as possible!”

Seeing that her mother-in-law agreed, Yang Chunling was happy. After all, three hundred yuan for the bride price was not a small amount. It was only because Sheng Kangning was pretty that she was favored by others.

“No matter which classmate’s house she lives with, she will definitely go to the Youth Educators counter to buy things in the next two days. I will go there and wait for her in a while!”

Yang Chunling is going to find Sheng Kangning.

Wang Cuilian washed the pots and pans for once, which was rare, and she did it on her own initiative.

Yang Chunling went to the educated youth counter and was shocked by the huge crowd in front of her.

Why are there so many people here!

Yang Chunling was a little panicked at the moment. There were too many people. What if she couldn’t find Sheng Kangning?

Sheng Kangning had already bought a lot of things by now and was squatting in front of the quilts being sold. Most of the quilts sold here weighed three to four kilograms.

Those weighing more than five kilograms are rare.

It’s not cheap, and the key is that you still need a ticket.

Sheng Kangning remembered that quilts were also sold on the black market in the Great Northern Wilderness.

The price is not that high.

Sheng Kangning decided not to buy a thick quilt first. He would take the thin quilt at home with him when he left. When he arrived in the Great Northern Wilderness, he would find a way to go to the black market and buy a six-pound quilt.

Sheng Kangning decided to go to the post office.

At first, Yang Chunling tried to squeeze among these educated youth to find Sheng Kangning, but later she found that this was not working.

It was easy to miss Sheng Kangning, as Yang Chunling was standing at the door of the educated youth counter.

I was thinking, no matter who you are, after buying something, you have to leave through the main gate.

Yang Chunling was guarding the gate.

It just so happened that when Sheng Kangning came out carrying the big bag, a group of people were just squeezing out.

Yang Chunling, who was waiting at the door, was not spared and was pushed far away by the crowd.

I didn’t see Sheng Kangning.