"Buying a car isn't cheap these days, whether domestic or imported, starting from over two hundred thousand. Are you sure you want to buy one? You probably don't need it yet, your market is all here, no need to travel far."
Yan Guoguo genuinely felt that cars were too expensive now. It wasn't that there weren't any cars.
Take their place for example, they were allocated two cars, mostly for official business, but also for private use.
"Qingqing went missing yesterday, and I found out she was taken to Jiangcheng by my in-laws. I want to get to Jiangcheng quickly to pick her up. Moreover, I have a point of sale for my pickles in Jiangcheng, and having a car will make it easier to travel back and forth."
Without a car, it was inconvenient to go anywhere, and Zhang Liunian didn't want to rely on a bicycle, as it would take too much time!
"Qingqing was taken by your father-in-law and mother-in-law? Did you have a fight with Qingqing? Or did you bully her?"
Impossible, Yan Guoguo remembered that Zhang Liunian was very good to his wife and daughter, not like that kind of person at all.
Zhang Liunian gave a bitter smile, "Perhaps they are not satisfied with me as a son-in-law!" After much thought, he felt this was the only possibility.
"They look down on you? Then your Jiang family is truly blind. Given your current situation, even a celestial being could be a match, what is there not to be matched with? Could it be that Qingqing's family is some kind of prominent figure in Jiangcheng?"
Yan Guoguo wasn't too familiar with Jiangcheng matters, but in his opinion, a family that could look down on Zhang Liunian would have to be like the Tang family.
"It doesn't seem so. I heard they are just ordinary workers."
"Two workers look down on you? Then what on earth are they looking for? This Jiang family must be not thinking straight. If they look down on you with your qualifications, it infuriates me.
Oh, right, you want to go to Jiangcheng and don't have a car? Don't be in a hurry to buy one. I have two cars that are currently idle. I'll lend you one later. Do you know how to drive? If not, I can lend you a driver as well. There's no rush to return it, I won't be going out these few days. If I do, I can use the other car."
Yan Guoguo, like Zhao Zhijie, now treated Zhang Liunian as a nephew. Hearing that someone looked down on their nephew, he was almost bursting with anger, so the car had to be lent.
"Uncle Yan, this is not good. If word gets out that you just arrived in Nancheng, it could be a stain on your reputation. I can go to Uncle Zhao to buy one. I remember our machinery factory has pickup trucks. I'll just buy one, I have the money." Zhang Liunian didn't want to implicate Yan Guoguo. He had just arrived in Nancheng and hadn't established himself yet, so he couldn't drag him down.
"Aren't you in a hurry to go to Jiangcheng? By the time you go to our factory to buy it, by the time it's registered, it will be dawn. Listen to me, we have company and private cars there. Lending you a private car for two days is fine. Everyone does it like this, it's not a stain on your reputation." Although Yan Guoguo had not been in Nancheng for long, he had figured out the rules and regulations here. In this situation, it was permissible.
Of course, under normal circumstances, only relatives would get such an opportunity, not just anyone.
"I'll go back and borrow a car from Uncle Zhao. I really don't need yours." Zhang Liunian knew very well what kind of car he was referring to, and naturally opposed it in his heart.
"If you go back, you'll be delayed for another afternoon. Are you going to leave Qingqing to face her parents alone? It's settled then."
"..."
Zhang Liunian's mouth was dry from trying, but he couldn't persuade Yan Guoguo. In the end, he got into the car sent by Yan Guoguo with the driver and went to Jiangcheng.
Du Ziteng, who was benefiting from the situation, was very happy. Sitting in the car, he touched everything, looking like Liu Grandma entering the Grand View Garden.
Zhang Liunian, on the other hand, remained extremely calm throughout, forming a contrast with Du Ziteng.
The driver in front kept glancing at the two young men behind him. One was overly steady, the other too unrestrained, such a combination truly surprised him.
Meanwhile, in the Jiang family of Jiangcheng, a meeting was being held, and it was a denunciation meeting, specifically targeting Jiang Qingqing, who had been brought back by the Jiang family.
"Seven years have passed, and your courage has grown. You got married to a rural bumpkin without a word, and even gave him a son. How could I have such a disgraceful daughter?
Do you know what people in the neighborhood are saying about us? They say we have a shameless daughter who gave birth out of wedlock, and would rather marry a rural bumpkin than a male employee in the city.
You've utterly shamed me, your mother. We, the Old Jiang family, can't hold our heads up in the neighborhood because of you. Do you think you've lived up to us giving birth to and raising you?"
The first to speak was Jiang's mother, Li Xiaoxiu. She was plain-looking, not beautiful at all.
Jiang Qingqing, kneeling on the floor of the main hall, clenched her small fists. Last night, her eldest and second brothers brought her back home without asking questions. She had been scolded all the way on the road.
Now that her parents were home from work, the whole family was denouncing her.
In fact, such incidents had happened frequently in the family before. She was the third child, with two older brothers and a younger sister.
When she had disputes with her brothers, her parents would say that she, being a daughter, should yield to her brothers, as they were her future support.
When she had arguments with her sister, her parents would say that she, being the elder sister, should yield to her sister.
In short, among the four siblings in the family, she was the least favored. No matter who she had a conflict with, it was always her fault.
She understood that it was because her parents didn't love her, thinking she was someone else's child. The reason was that the whole family looked ordinary, except for her, who was exceptionally beautiful. She had been pretty since childhood, and they didn't believe they could have such a beautiful daughter.
That's why, after falling in love with Zhang Liunian, she married him without hesitation and kept it from her parents, because she knew that if her parents found out, she would definitely not be able to marry the person she loved.
The facts proved her thinking was not wrong.
"I heard you haven't registered your marriage, so it's good. Once you're back, cut all ties with that person.
From now on, pretend you don't have a husband and son, and stay at home to recuperate.
When we ask Hong Baobao again, see if he still wants to marry a wife. If he still fancies you, then you can marry him and take good care of his three children.
This can be considered the last thing we, as parents, can do for you."
These words were spoken by Jiang's father, Jiang Kaiguo. His expression was impatient, and his eyes were filled with coldness, as if the person kneeling below was not his daughter.
"I have a husband, my man is Zhang Liunian from Zhangjia Village, I won't marry anyone else." Jiang Qingqing raised her head in horror and immediately expressed her resistance.
Hong Baobao? Wasn't that the production director at the textile factory? Wasn't that person divorced once? At that time, he only had one son, how could he have three children now?
Could it be that he remarried, had two more, and his wife died?
"It's your fortune that Hong Baobao fancies you, don't be ungrateful.
What's so worth clinging to in a rural bumpkin? You truly are a cheap slut, not knowing how to appreciate good days and insisting on suffering."