The leisurely life of a reborn dad

"My mother is really conflicted now. She used to urge Fangfang to find a partner, but when it comes to engagement, she is reluctant to let go." Cheng Xiaolin told her husband.

As a result, Cao Shujie said, "Wife, don't talk about my mother. I am now thinking that when Mengmeng gets married in the future, I will be reluctant to let her go."

Cheng Xiaolin: "..."

For a moment, Cheng Xiaolin was silent.

Thinking carefully, it is really the case.

"Rest early today, pack up tomorrow, and go to the city." Cheng Xiaolin said.

She told Cao Shujie, "Shujie, you take grandpa and uncle tomorrow, and I will drive with our father, mother, Mengmeng, and Ruirui."

"Okay." Cao Shujie nodded and agreed.

Nothing happened overnight.

The next morning, after getting up and having breakfast at home, Cao Shujie and his father packed up together and put the things in the car.

Then Cao Shujie asked Wang Yueqiang to drive. He carried his grandfather into the car, went to the south to pick up his uncle Cao Jianlin, and went directly to Yiling City.

On the way there, Uncle Cao Jianlin asked him, "Shujie, have you told your elder and second brothers about Fangfang's engagement?"

"Uncle, don't worry, I must have told you about Fangfang's engagement."

Cao Zhenghu laughed and shouted, "I didn't expect to see Fangfang get engaged."

Cao Shujie heard it from behind and said, "Grandpa, you are talking nonsense, you can see my sister get married, and you can see Fangfang give birth to a child."

Cao Jianlin also said to him, "Dad, with your physique, you can see Yichuan get married."

Cao Yichuan is Cao Jianlin's eldest grandson and the son of his eldest brother Cao Shubin.

He is the eldest of the next generation of their old Cao family, and he will take the college entrance examination this year.

Cao Shujie thought of this and thought that when he met his eldest brother, he would have to ask his nephew about his grades?

On the other side, Cheng Xiaolin also drove a car and brought her parents-in-law, daughter and son to the city together.

After arriving, they went to the house that Zizhuyuan bought for Cao Huifang.

Cao Huifang was already waiting downstairs.

Seeing them coming, Cao Huifang was very happy. She ran to her grandfather and held his hand and shouted with a smile: "Grandpa!"

"Look at how old you are, but you are still like a child." Cao Zhenghu held her hand with his other hand and asked her how she was preparing.

"Grandpa, everything is ready. Let's go upstairs first."

"Let's go." Cao Zhenghu replied.

When they came upstairs, the house was cleaned very cleanly. Deng Miaoshan had been helping here.

Deng Miaoshan was a little embarrassed to see her good sister's family coming.

But Cheng Xiaolin recognized her, and Wang Yuelan also knew her: "Shanshan, Huifang is really a stinky girl. I have to trouble you to take care of her."

"Auntie, it's okay. We have a good relationship and live close to each other. If Fangfang moves away from here after getting married, it will be in vain." Deng Miaoshan said.

She really thought about this problem.

Cao Huifang retorted: "Who said I was going to move out? I still feel comfortable living here."

Wang Yuelan waved her hand: "It doesn't matter where you live. Shanshan will take care of you here, so we can rest assured."

This is the first time Cao Shujie has come to his sister's house. The last time he bought a house, his mother and his wife came together. Although Cao Tiemin arranged for someone to decorate it, Cao Shujie never came to see it.

At this moment, looking at the simple pastoral decoration style in the room, it looks pretty good overall.

"Jiayi didn't come?" Cao Shujie asked his sister.

Cao Huifang told him that she came here in the morning and went to pick up her family.

Tong Jiayi's family also came today, and they will come here tomorrow, and then go to the hotel together.

Cao Shujie nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

After staying with his sister for a while, Cao Shujie told his parents to go down and take a look. He wanted to find a hotel nearby to book a few rooms.

"Dad, I'll go with you." Mengmeng said.

She felt that it was not interesting to stay upstairs, and it was better to have fun at home.

When Cao Yirui heard that his sister and father were going downstairs, he had to follow them, and felt that it was not fun here at all.

Cheng Xiaolin said to him: "Let them follow you, keep an eye on them, and don't let them run around."

It is still different here from at home, there are more cars outside.

In Caojiazhuang, although there are many cars now, there are people on duty in the village. After entering the village, those people drive slowly, and everyone has time to react.

But here many people rush forward in a hurry, and even in order to grab the one or two seconds of the red light, many people will step on the accelerator and rush forward in the 3 seconds of the yellow light.

There are too many such phenomena, and accidents are often easy to happen at this time.

Cao Shujie made an OK gesture to his wife, and took the siblings downstairs and walked around.

"Dad, where are we going to book a room?" Mengmeng looked up and asked her father.

Cao Shujie saw a hotel opposite his sister's community and pointed at it and said, "Let's go there."

It's close and convenient.

And the decoration of the hotel looks good.

Wang Yueqiang followed behind and walked forward.

After booking 5 rooms, Cao Shujie was about to leave, but suddenly he remembered something and called his eldest and second brothers to ask if they would come today or tomorrow.

When he heard that his eldest brother was on his way, Cao Shujie turned around and booked three more rooms.

"Are the eldest and second uncles coming?" Mengmeng asked her father.

Cao Shujie told her that they were on their way.

Cao Yirui couldn't sit still and wanted to have fun wherever he went. After booking the room, he asked his father if he could go somewhere else.

"Where do you want to go?" Cao Shujie asked him.

The problem was that Cao Yirui hadn't been to the city many times, and he couldn't remember where to go.

Cao Shujie looked around and thought about taking his son and daughter for a walk around here to see if there was anything fun.

Before he walked far, he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind. Turning around, he saw that it was Cao Zhen.

"Why are you here?" Cao Shujie wondered.

Cao Zheng asked him back: "I haven't asked you yet, why are you here?"

"My sister is getting engaged tomorrow, and I came to see her today." Cao Shujie didn't hide it from him.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he was punched by Cao Zhen: "My sister's engagement is such a big thing, you didn't tell me, are you asking for a beating?"

Wang Yueqiang saw the boss talking to the other party at first, and knew that they knew each other, so he didn't guard against it.

But the next moment he saw his boss being beaten. He felt very derelict in his duty and ran over from behind. Just as he was about to attack, Cao Shujie stopped him in time.

With Cao Zhen's body, Wang Yueqiang could break his bones with one punch.

"Didn't I tell you this? Besides, it's not a wedding. If she were to get married, I would definitely tell you." Cao Shujie said.

"You are right this time. By the way, which community does our sister live in?" Cao Zhen really didn't know.

"Zizhuyuan, the community opposite." Cao Shujie said.

Cao Zhen was even more speechless: "She lives in the same community as me. When did she move here? Why haven't I seen her before?"

Even Cao Shujie was speechless. He didn't expect such a coincidence.

But then again, living in a community is like this. Everyone is busy with their own things and has different schedules, so it's hard to run into each other.

"I came here in July last year. Tiemin renovated the house and I just moved in at the end of the year. Besides, she usually just plays video games at home and never goes out. She's a homebody." Cao Shujie said.

Hearing his buddy say this, Cao Zhen said, "I thought so."

Cao Shujie rolled his eyes: "Didn't I know you live here too? If I had known earlier, I would have called you first."

"You didn't ask, every time you come to the city, you go back, or you have to stay in a hotel. I asked you to stay at home, but you didn't come. Now you blame me." Cao Zhen said to him.

The two were chatting when Cao Shujie's cell phone rang. It was his wife calling. Cao Shujie signaled to Cao Zhen to answer the call first.

Cao Zhen squatted down and chatted with Mengmeng and Cao Yirui, the siblings.

After Cao Shujie finished the call, he said to Cao Zhen, "I have to go back. Let's talk another day."

"What's wrong?" Cao Zhen asked him.

Cao Shujie waved his hand: "Nothing, just talking about my sister's engagement tomorrow."

"Where will Fangfang hold her engagement ceremony? I don't have anything to do, I'll go there when the time comes." Cao Zhen said.

Cao Shujie really didn't know which hotel it was, he said: "It's all prepared by his girlfriend, I'll ask and tell you later."

"Okay, don't forget it." Cao Zhen told him, always feeling that Cao Shujie is a bit unreliable now.

Cao Shujie took Mengmeng and Ruirui back upstairs. The family was still discussing tomorrow's affairs. Cao Shujie didn't understand these rules very well, so he just listened on the side.

At about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the two families of the eldest brother and the second brother drove over in a car. When they met, Cao Shujie told them that he had booked a room.

This was not a big expense, and the three brothers didn't say anything polite.

But for tomorrow's affairs, the eldest brother seemed very particular and explained some customs in detail.

Cao Shujie also said to his second brother: "I think we can just have a meal together, why are you still talking so much."

"This is the rule." The second brother Cao Shuxin said.

Cao Shujie didn't care. He saw his eldest nephew Cao Yichuan and his younger nephew Cao Yixin and waved them over.

"Yichuan, how are you preparing for the college entrance examination? Are you sure?" Cao Shujie asked.

Cao Yichuan now looks much more confident than before: "Uncle, I'm okay. I can get more than 600 points in the mock exams."

Cao Shujie found that this eldest nephew seemed very confident, and he thought it was a good thing.

But the eldest sister-in-law Zhang Yi said to him: "Yichuan, don't be proud. There are many people who are better than you. If you can get into a key university like your younger uncle did in the past, that's called ability."

When Cao Yichuan heard his mother say this, he lost his spirit instantly.

In addition to strength, there is also luck. Cao Yichuan thinks it is still a bit difficult.

As for the younger nephew Cao Yixin, Cao Shujie simply didn't ask him about his studies. It would be useless to ask.

This kid is waiting to join the army after finishing high school. In his words, it’s okay to write casually during the college entrance examination, and don’t worry too much.

Cao Shuxin and Ren Jingjing are also convinced by their son’s attitude of breaking the jar and letting him play.

When they were preparing to go to dinner in the evening, Tong Jiayi called and knew that his brother-in-law and his family were coming. He wanted to come and treat them to dinner, but was stopped by Cao Shujie.

“Take care of your family first, don’t worry about this.” Cao Shujie said.

He never cares about these details.

At night, they went to the hotel opposite to stay. Cao Shujie booked a total of 8 rooms, which were enough.

Cao Shujie originally wanted his daughter and son to live in the same room, but he didn't expect Mengmeng to see through his evil plan.

Mengmeng insisted on living with her mother.

Cao Shujie had no choice but to share a room with his son reluctantly.

Before leaving, Cao Shujie said that his daughter was ignorant.

To be honest, for Cao Shujie, sleeping here is not as comfortable as sleeping at home.

But there is no other way, so they just make do for one night.

The next morning, Cao Huifang came to see them and went to a nearby fast food restaurant for breakfast.

Not long after the meal, Cao Huifang received a call from Tong Jiayi, saying that he would bring his family over later.

At about 9:30 in the morning, Tong Jiayi came with his family.

In addition to Tong Jiayi's parents, sister, brother-in-law, and two other uncles who I met last time, this time there were Tong Jiayi's two uncles and two cousins.

There were really a lot of people, but Cao Shujie didn't remember many.

What Cao Shujie didn't expect was that Ye Beiwen, a former classmate of his sister, came over and brought a bouquet of flowers to his sister.

Cao Shujie also told his buddy Cao Zhen about the hotel where his sister got engaged.

The customs in the two places are different. This time, Tong Jiayi's parents brought a lot of things for the engagement. In Cao Shujie's opinion, it was completely unnecessary, but their family was also very particular. Although the conditions were not as good as Cao Shujie's, they still gave what they should give.

As for the bank card with the betrothal gift, Wang Yuelan handed it to her daughter Cao Huifang and asked her to take it back to return it to Tong Jiayi's parents.

Their family is not short of money, and there is no need to embarrass the other party.

When Tong Jiayi and Cao Huifang changed their words, Wang Yuelan and Cao Jianguo gave them a very thick red envelope.

Grandpa Cao Zhenghu also took out the prepared red envelope and handed it over.

Cao Shujie didn't prepare it, but his wife also sent the gold jewelry she bought for his sister in advance.

It was particularly lively at this time.

When Cao Huifang and Tong Jiayi came to Cao Shujie to toast, Cao Shujie said to Tong Jiayi: "Brother, I hope you can take good care of Fangfang in the future. If she gets angry, tell me what's wrong and I'll teach her a lesson."

"But if you do it, I won't let you." Cao Shujie said.

He didn't care what Tong Jiayi's family thought. In Cao Shujie's view, this was the bottom line and could not be violated.

Tong Jiayi also promised that he would take good care of Cao Huifang.

On the contrary, Cao Huifang was usually carefree, but when she heard her brother say this, she couldn't help hugging her brother and crying.

Cao Shujie comforted her and said to his sister: "Live well in the future and don't get angry."

"Brother, how could I!" Cao Huifang disagreed (end of this chapter)