Chapter 1364: Passing the Test
When they reached the door of the house, Li Xue knocked, and it was Li Yunqiao who opened it.
Seeing his daughter whom he hadn’t seen in months, Li Yunqiao felt a pang of emotion.
Li Xue leaped into Li Yunqiao’s arms, which startled Guodong who was following behind.
"Xue’er, slow down. Isn’t this just your dad?" The gifts in his hands almost flew away.
"You’re about to be a mother, and you’re still so hasty and impatient."
Lv Beiguang also smiled and greeted, "Brother Li."
"Come on in, in-laws."
"Dad." Guodong hurried to greet him flatteringly.
All the anger in Li Yunqiao’s heart disappeared just now, but it was impossible for Lv Guodong to see a friendly face. So Li Yunqiao ignored him.
This was something Li Xue couldn’t stand, so she tugged at her dad’s hand, "Dad, Guodong called you."
Li Yunqiao looked at his daughter speechlessly, she really was thinking about the outside world now that she was married, and started defending her man.
"Come in, everyone." Li Yunqiao really had no choice.
Guodong just followed behind, smiling all the while.
Lv Beiguang looked at his son acting like this, feeling a sense of frustration. Could he really not see his father-in-law’s anger? Or was it deliberate? Such a son was indeed worrying.
Lu Fengzhen saw Li Xue entering and immediately came over to grab her hand, "Xue, how are you?"
"Aunt Lu, I’m fine." Li Xue replied with a smile, though she was quite surprised inside, Aunt Lu really seemed to be getting younger. And looked much prettier. Dad must be taking good care of her.
Li Yunqiao invited Lv Beiguang to sit down.
"Brother Li, sorry to bother you."
"What are you saying? We’re family."
"Haha, yeah. I’m really very sorry."
"Let’s go to the study and let the mother and daughter talk."
Seeing the reluctance in his son-in-law while looking at his daughter, Li Yunqiao felt somewhat comforted.
The three entered the study. With a thud, Guodong knelt down. "Dad, I was wrong. It’s my fault that I couldn’t hold back."
Li Yunqiao looked at the boy kneeling before him and sighed. Li Yunqiao could understand. At this age, it’s easy to make mistakes.
"Brother Li, don’t be mad. It’s my poor discipline that led to this result, and I feel ashamed to face you. Now, any promise seems hollow. Let’s see how Guodong behaves in the future."
Lv Beiguang also humbly tried to soothe Li Yunqiao. Looking at his son kneeling there with his head lowered, Lv Beiguang felt a twinge of heartache. But when you make a mistake, you should take responsibility.
It’s not as if the matter is settled once it’s solved. Wrong is wrong.
Witnessing the sincerity of the Lv family father and son, Li Yunqiao couldn’t stay angry.
"Get up. If you ever do wrong by Xue’er, I certainly won’t forgive you."
Guodong stood up, smiling as he served water to his father-in-law and father.
"Dad, rest assured, I’ll treat Xue’er well for a lifetime."
"I trust you. And you must live up to my trust.
Alright, go accompany Xue’er."
"Okay, Dad, Father, I’ll head out now."
Only the in-law parents were left in the study.
"Brother Li, it’s truly my fault for not raising the child well."
"No, I understand. We’ve all been at that age. If you’re unmarried, it’s fine, but with a wife by your side, how could you not be tempted? I get it.
But even understanding doesn’t make it okay to happen to one’s own daughter. Of course, I feel uneasy, since the two kids are still young.
Luckily, you helped them get the marriage certificate over there. If it had to be done here, it wouldn’t have been easy."
"Haha, the sister-in-law of the director where I used to work at the distillery works at the civil affairs bureau, and I know people at the county’s educated youth office. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been easy either."
"As long as it’s done. Xue’er is the only girl in this generation of the Li Family, so she might be a little spoiled. Please bear with her, in-laws." Polite words needed to be said.
"How could that be? I think Xue’er is wonderful."
Next, the two in-laws began complimenting each other’s young couple.
"In-laws, I truly admire you for giving up over there to be with your children."
"Ahem, for the kids, I thought about it a few years back. Just never made the decision."
"I heard from my second brother that you’re planning to build a distillery?"
"Xiao Wei told me so. I actually know this; although I worked at the distillery for almost twenty years, I was always a secretary.
But the distillery’s efficiency was average, so the director and I would often go down to work, and I learned the distillation techniques early on.
Xiao Wei’s idea is that the brewing techniques here are different from ours, and there’s plenty of grain in the village, so why not give it a try."
"It’s a viable idea. This way, your skills can be put to use."
"We’ll give it a shot; this is all I’m good at."
"Don’t worry. The village houses are almost ready. Plus, the village has electricity now."
"That’s great. With electricity, many things are possible."
"Exactly? Now my second brother is very busy; the village pigs are ready for the market, and eggs are sent to the city and county daily.
This is better, living life with hope."
In the living room, Guodong sat beside Li Xue, chatting with Lu Fengzhen.
"Now, this is good, Xue’er is about to be a mom."
Lu Fengzhen looked at the young couple’s heartfelt smiles and sighed at their happiness.
"Where’s Jing Chu?"
"She went home with Teacher Jiang; the house needs tidying up too."
"Hmm, your second aunt should have tidied everything, I heard from your second uncle. Plus, your new house is built, just waiting to be decorated."
"Hehe, I’ll head back last."
"No, stay at home with us for a while."
"Aunt Lu, the village is busy; we’ll come back after the spring planting. Although I can’t do much, Guodong can work."
Besides, she really missed her second aunt. They genuinely had feelings for each other.
Here, Wei Kaiyun and Yang Run Tai went to the study to call Yang Zhongyi.
"He Run, why did you come over?"
"Uncle, you haven’t contacted home, so I had to come over to check. Why don’t you drive over to pick us up? We’re in the city. Remember to bring the truck."
"Got it, wait for me. I’ll drive over now."
Yang Yujie and Yang Zhenyu siblings knew their little uncle was coming to pick them up and were quite happy. Yang Zhongyi was particularly patient with the younger generation, so all the younger ones in the Yang Family liked him.
"Big brother, should we stay with Uncle?"
"I actually want to stay at Uncle Wei’s house. What do you two think?"
Wei Kaiyun raised an eyebrow from the side. They still want to stay at my place?
"Let’s go to Uncle’s and take a look. I also want to hear Master Shang’s lessons."
"Yujie, what about you?"
"Of course, I’ll go with you guys."