Chapter 14

Tang Huan was returning home from school when he saw a dark group outside the gate from afar. Only when I got closer did I see that they were three big black dogs, each one more terrifying than the other.

Not to mention going home, the big black dog started barking at Tang Huan before she even got close to her.

Tang Huan stopped and didn’t dare to walk any further, for fear that the big dog would break free from the rope.

Why are there so many dogs outside their house?

Xing Cui heard the dog barking in the yard and shouted outside: “Xiao Huan, are you back?”

Xing Cui was also afraid of the three tiger creatures that Meng Zeyan brought back. Every time they barked outside, she would ask outside the yard.

“Mom, it’s me.” Being stared at by three dogs, Tang Huan inched his way to the wall and answered to the yard.

“Wait a minute, I’ll come out to pick you up right away!”

Upon hearing that Tang Huan had returned, Xing Cui hurried into the house to call Meng Zeyan, asking him to get rid of those three beasts and not to delay her daughter-in-law from returning home.

The dog will be needed tomorrow, and Meng Zeyan is too lazy to send it there, so he decides to keep it at home for one night. Maybe they had too much fun in the afternoon, so the three dogs were a little people-crazy and wanted to bark when they saw people.

Tang Huan squatted at the foot of the wall, waiting for her mother-in-law to come out and pick her up.

This big black dog is very well-maintained. It is fat and strong with shiny fur, and looks quite domineering.

Three domineering dogs stared at Tang Huan. She squatted pitifully at the foot of the wall, not daring to make any big movements for fear that they would think she was provoking them.

Meng Zeyan came out and looked around outside before he found Tang Huan squatting at the foot of the wall.

Like a poor little thing being bullied.

Pulling them aside with three ropes, Meng Zeyan smiled and told Tang Huan to get up: “Get up and go home first. Don’t worry, they won’t bite.”

Tang Huan stood up and without bothering to talk to Meng Zeyan, he ran into the yard at the fastest speed he had ever run in his life.

This time I didn’t turn the right way.

After running into the yard, Tang Huan put the schoolbag back into the house and ran to the kitchen to find her mother-in-law. She had to ask what those three dogs were doing.

Uncle, do you want to keep a dog at home?

Xing Cui didn’t know as much as Tang Huan, and she knew she was afraid, so she whispered to her, “Mom won’t let him stay at home. I’m scared too. The army has a house prepared for him. If he wants to keep him, he can take him away and raise him there.”

Meng Zeyan was transferred to this unit and was assigned residence according to his military rank, but he has not reported for duty yet.

Tang Huan nodded, chatted with her mother-in-law in the kitchen, and helped peel onions and garlic.

Lao Meng was also frightened by the three dogs when he came home from get off work, but he was not that scared and even thought that the dogs were really nice.

During dinner, Xing Cui specifically told Meng Zeyan that the dog could not be kept at home, and if she really wanted to keep it, she asked him to take it away.

Meng Zeyan smiled and said, “Mom, I won’t raise him. I will send him back to Liangzi in two days.”

Once the second beam board is solved, it will be sent back.

Meng Qinghe liked it strangely, “Why not keep one? It can guard the house.”

Xing Cui glanced at the three big dogs at the gate and shook her head: “No, if it runs away, Xiao Huan and I won’t be able to stop it. Otherwise, ask Liangzi if he has a puppy? It would be fine if we catch one and bring it back.”

The old couple discussed raising a dog while Tang Huan lowered his head to eat. The braised pork ribs with dried beans that his mother-in-law had cooked today were particularly delicious. The pork ribs were stewed till they were soft and fragrant, and the dried beans were stewed together with the pork ribs for a long time. They tasted full of meat flavor and were chewy.

Thinking of Tang Huan’s pitiful appearance, Meng Zeyan suggested to Lao Meng: “Liangzi’s family has all these big dogs, it’s not safe for my mother to keep them.”

“Forget it, let’s not keep it.” Meng Zeyan said it was unsafe, so Meng Qinghe didn’t insist.

The matter of raising a dog came to a temporary end. Xing Cui remembered something else. When they were at the state-owned store, Meng Zeyan ran fast and she didn’t have time to ask.

I didn’t see him all afternoon and just happened to think of him now.

“Boss, what do you think of the shoe girl we met this morning?”

The girl selling shoes? Meng Zeyan pretended not to understand: “What’s wrong? Didn’t you buy the right shoes?”

Xing Cui got angry when she saw how confused he was. He still didn’t understand what she meant even after she had said so much!

I had no choice but to make my words clearer: “What does the girl look like? Do you like her? I’ll ask the matchmaker to arrange a time for you two to meet?”

Tang Huan was enjoying his meal when he suddenly heard something so exciting that he even slowed down the movement of picking up food with his hands.

Qiao Momo looked up and observed Meng Zeyan’s expression. Before, when she asked her brother to go on a blind date to find a sister-in-law for her, her brother was very resistant and said that she looked down on his charm.

Meng Zeyan happened to see all her little movements, and their eyes met.

Tang Huan quickly looked away. Is there anything more embarrassing than being caught by the person involved while watching a commotion?

Meng Zeyan didn’t know that Comrade Xing Cui had called him to go shopping for shoes because of An’s intention. He had to make this clear to her: “Mom, I don’t have any plans to get married for the time being.”

The atmosphere in the yard suddenly became solemn. Tang Huan didn’t know whether her parents-in-law couldn’t eat, but she didn’t enjoy the food so much anyway.

Meng Qinghe considered himself a reasonable man, and he couldn’t help getting angry when he heard what Meng Zeyan said. If he was a young man of 21 or 22 years old, they would not force him to get married. The problem is that he is already 28 years old, but he acts like he is 30 years old. Let alone getting married, he doesn’t even have a partner!

“Zeyan, we won’t force you. Just get married before you are thirty.” Meng Qinghe knew his son well. He knew that it would be useless no matter how much he said, so he simply gave him a deadline.

No one spoke at the table for half a day. Tang Huan was embarrassed to eat his vegetables because the chewing sound was too loud.

After two minutes, Meng Zeyan nodded and agreed, “Okay, let’s get married before 30.”

Over the years, there have been female comrades who have shown interest in him, but he has always found them troublesome and he has no intention of placing his extra feelings on others.

Hearing his uncle succumb to reality, Tang Huan silently calculated how long he had left.

He is twenty-eight this year, which means he is still two years away from turning thirty, but more than half of this year has passed, so there are actually only one year and three months left.

One year and three months to find someone to get married seems like plenty of time.

Wish him good luck!

It was a victory for the old couple that Meng Zeyan agreed to get married before the age of 30. Xing Cui’s mood turned from cloudy to sunny, and she began to tell Tang Huan about the shoe style she saw when she was buying shoes for her today.

After dinner, Xing Cui gave the two pairs of shoes she bought to Tang Huan for her to try on. The shoe sizes were bought according to the size of her feet, but she didn’t know whether Tang Huan liked the way they looked.

Tang Huan took the shoes back to his room, tried them on first, then put them on and stood in the yard to let his mother-in-law see them. She ran back to change into her leather shoes and showed them to her mother-in-law.

“It looks good. Tang Huan looks good in everything she wears.” Xing Cui smiled and praised her, “It’s mainly because our Xiao Huan is pretty.”

Being praised directly like this, Tang Huan felt a little shy, her face flushed, her eyebrows curved and she smiled happily.

After trying on the shoes, Tang Huan went back to her room to do her homework. There was not much homework today, but she planned to write an English tutoring guide for Feng Sisi.

Feng Sisi’s foundation in English is too poor, so she has to review all the content except the simplest common sense in English.