Rebirth in 1970: I work as an educated youth in a forest farm

If you inquire about Han Zhaosheng who works in the Transportation Bureau near the Shandong Guild Hall, others may not know.

But if you ask about the Han family of Five Golden Flowers, everyone knows them.

The old Han couple gave birth to five daughters in a row, but they never met the boy. However, these five girls are all very promising and have all become teachers.

Therefore, the Han family is quite famous in the Shandong Guild Hall area.

Han Manxue has four sisters. The eldest sister, Han Manyun, is several years older than Sheng Xiping.

Girls get married early these days, so the eldest son of Han Manxue's family is already fifteen this year.

The four daughters of the Han family have all gotten married and started families, and most of them are now in the county.

Today is the day when the youngest sister gets engaged, and all four sisters must come back with their husbands and children.

Those playing in the alley were the grandsons of the Han family, and most of them had met Zhou Qingyue, so as soon as the children saw Zhou Qingyue and others walking into the alley carrying things, they immediately ran into the yard to report the news.

The Han family is a small courtyard with three rooms. At this time, Han Manxue's four sisters and her brother-in-law are busy in the kitchen.

As soon as they heard the children's movements, Han Zhaosheng and his wife hurriedly put on their shoes and went to the ground, leading their daughter and uncle out to greet them.

"Oh, Brother Zhou, happy New Year to my brothers and sisters. Thank you for coming all the way here. Come on, come inside and sit down. It's warm in the house."

Han Zhaosheng and his wife took a few steps forward, held the hands of Zhou Mingyuan and Wang Chunxiu respectively, and greeted them warmly.

"Brother Han, sister-in-law, happy New Year, happy New Year." Zhou Mingyuan and his wife also shook hands with each other and greeted each other enthusiastically.

"Brother Han, sister-in-law, this is the eldest son of our family, Qing Yang, and this is the eldest daughter-in-law Chen Jie. They are in the army and did not come back until they were old.

This is our uncle Sheng Xiping, and this is my daughter Qinglan. "Zhou Mingyuan turned around and introduced both parties.

Zhou Qingyang and his wife, Sheng Xiping and his wife, both came forward to pay New Year greetings and greetings to Han Zhaosheng and his wife.

"Hey, hey, good, good, happy New Year. Look, this young man is so energetic, especially this military uniform. It's so rare."

Han Zhaosheng looked at Zhou Qingyang and nodded approvingly.

No matter when, people will have a kind of heartfelt respect for soldiers.

"Come, come, let's go in first, sit down and talk. It's so cold, don't stand in the yard." Han Zhaosheng and his wife greeted the Sheng family into the house with smiles on their faces.

The Han family also has a southern Kang, so as soon as you enter the outhouse, there are two pots and stoves in the east and west.

Everyone entered the east room and sat down. Over there, Han Zhaosheng also called his four daughters and uncle to greet Zhou Mingyuan and his wife.

"Brother, you are so lucky. Both of your sons are so promising, not to mention my daughter, who is the first batch of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination."

Han Zhaosheng looked at the Zhou family and was filled with emotion.

Most Northeastern people do not favor boys over girls. Men and women are treated equally and have equal status. But people of Han Zhaosheng's generation still value the inheritance of flesh and blood from the bottom of their hearts.

How can you not be envious when you see someone else's son having a promising future?

"My brother-in-law is not bad. He looks very talented. I heard he is in business, right? Oh, he is really awesome. This young man has a lot of potential."

After Han Zhaosheng finished praising the Zhou brothers, he turned around and praised Sheng Xiping again.

Han Zhaosheng had never met Sheng Xiping, but he only inquired about Zhou's family from Zhou Qingyue.

As for Zhou Qingyue, although he usually has a more out-of-the-way personality, he is very disciplined in doing things and never uses his brother-in-law's status and wealth to make a fuss.

When the future father-in-law inquired about the situation of the Zhou family, Zhou Qingyue said that his brother-in-law used to be a worker in a forest farm, but later resigned and went into business, and other matters were not mentioned.

Therefore, Han Zhaosheng didn't know that the person in front of him was the vice president of the Gangcheng Company who came to invest in the construction of a factory that their director and even the secretary often mentioned.

Sheng Xiping didn't care about this, he just smiled and said a few polite words to Han Zhaosheng.

Zhou Qingyue and Han Manxue are in a free love relationship, and they don't follow so many rules nowadays, so the Zhou family did not hire a matchmaker today.

After the two sides exchanged a few words, Wang Chunxiu laid out the engagement gift prepared by the Zhou family.

In addition to the four necessary gifts for an engagement, the Zhou family prepared four sets of winter and summer clothes and shoes for Han Manxue, and also gave Han Manxue a gift of one thousand and one thousand.

Zhou Mingyuan is the director of the Forestry Bureau. With his status here, he cannot act as openly as the Sheng family.

If this were like the Sheng family, where their son got engaged and brought out a set of gold jewelry, and if the news spread, the higher-ups would immediately have to arrange for someone to investigate.

Even if there is no gold jewelry, this thousand and one betrothal gift can be regarded as the top standard in the local area.

When the Zhou family came to discuss the engagement, the Han family did not make any specific requirements for the betrothal gift. They only said that the Zhou family was responsible for the arrangement and it was fine.

Therefore, the Han family was also quite surprised when they saw the Zhou family bringing out these gifts.

"Oh, brother Zhou, brothers and sisters, what can you say to me? I have never heard of such a high gift in the entire county."

Han Zhaosheng and his wife were naturally happy and wanted to be polite.

“We only have two sons, and naturally we want to give our children the best within our ability.

Don’t worry, brother, I’ve hired someone to prepare all the furniture for your child’s wedding. Home appliances are also prepared and will be shipped to the provincial capital together with the furniture.

When the two children return to the provincial capital, I will ask them to hurry up and find a house. If they can buy it, we will try to buy one, regardless of the size, it is our own nest. "

Zhou Mingyuan smiled and made his attitude clear.

Sheng Xiping gave Zhou Qinglan 20,000 yuan a year ago, which was reserved for Zhou Qingyue to find a wife.

At first, Zhou Mingyuan and his wife refused to accept anything they said. Zhou Qinglan spent a lot of time to convince his parents.

Zhou Mingyuan and his wife had saved a lot of money over the years of working. With Sheng Xiping's guarantee of 20,000 yuan, they would not have to worry about finding a wife for Zhou Qingyue.

"Hey, okay, okay, Brother Zhou and his younger siblings are very particular people.

We don’t have any requirements here. As long as Qingyue and Xueer live a good life, we will be satisfied. "

The Han couple were extremely satisfied with the conditions proposed by Zhou Mingyuan and nodded repeatedly.

Han Zhaosheng and his wife chatted with the Zhou family, and the four daughters of the Han family all went to the kitchen to cook.

For today's engagement banquet, the Han family started preparing for it years ago and tried their best to make it as sumptuous as possible.

The four daughters of the Han family were busy cooking, while the four uncles went to the neighbors to borrow tables, chairs and benches.

Just after twelve o'clock, the food was ready and three tables were set up in the east and west rooms.

Han Zhaosheng and his wife, as well as Han Manxue, accompanied the Zhou family to eat on the kang. Han Manxue's sister and brother-in-law were also in the east room.

The children were arranged to go to the West Room to prevent them from making too much noise.

At the beginning of the banquet, Zhou Qingyue and Han Manxue first toasted to their parents and changed their words.

Zhou Mingyuan and his wife drank wine and took out the red envelope they had prepared in advance and gave it to Han Manxue. Similarly, Han Zhaosheng and his wife also gave Zhou Qingyue a red envelope.

After toasting and receiving the change money, the last step of the engagement was completed. Then everyone can eat and drink as they please.