Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 880 The Tang Family!

Around 5 p.m., Tang Jiansheng returned home from get off work and saw his daughter-in-law cooking dinner on the porch. He handed her the lunchbox and said, "Yali! The cafeteria has braised pork today. I bought two portions. Take them and heat them up."

Upon hearing Tang Jiansheng's instructions, Wang Yali immediately reached out and took the net bag he handed her, replying happily, "Dad! Our family hasn't eaten meat for over half a month. Today we can finally have some meat."

At this moment, Tang Jiansheng's mind was filled with thoughts of his beloved daughter, Wang Yali, and her secret relationship. Upon hearing Wang Yali's answer, Tang Jiansheng immediately asked her, "Yali! Have your mother and Yanling returned?"

Upon hearing Tang Jiansheng's question, Wang Yali immediately replied with a smile, "Dad! Mom and Yanling haven't come back yet, but I estimate they'll be home soon."

"Wow! I smell the aroma of braised pork! Sister-in-law, are we having braised pork tonight?" Tang Jiansheng had been sitting in the main room for a few minutes when Tang Yanling's surprised voice suddenly came from outside.

Hearing her sister-in-law's question and seeing her mother-in-law and sister-in-law returning from get off work, Wang Yali immediately smiled and introduced to Tang Yanling, "Yanling! Today, Dad's company cafeteria served braised pork. Dad couldn't bear to eat it himself, so he brought it back for you to have a treat."

Upon hearing Wang Yali's explanation, Tang Yanling immediately took the bowl from Wang Yali's hand, inhaling the aroma of the meat emanating from it with a look of pure delight, and then walked into the house with the bowl in her arms.

Tang Yanling walked into her living room and saw Tang Jiansheng sitting at the dining table. She immediately called out to him happily, "Dad! I'm home from get off work."

Hearing Tang Yanling's call, Tang Jiansheng saw his daughter, Xiao Mian'ao, carrying a bowl as she walked into the main room. Thinking of how he had raised her with such care and love, and how she had secretly started a relationship, he felt incredibly distressed. Feigning displeasure, he asked Tang Yanling, "Lingling! I heard you've started a relationship outside. Is that true?"

"What! Lingling is dating someone? Husband, who told you that?" Tang Jiansheng's wife looked incredulous when she heard Tang Jiansheng ask his precious daughter. She asked Tang Jiansheng in a shocked tone.

When Tang Jiansheng heard his wife's question, he thought about how his little cabbage, which he had raised with great care, was about to be eaten by a pig, which made him feel very upset. He replied in a somewhat unhappy tone, "Whether it's true or not, why don't you ask Lingling?"

Tang Jiansheng's wife, Wen Xiaorong, sensed the sourness in his words upon hearing his reply and immediately asked Tang Yanling, who was blushing, "Lingling! Is what your dad said true? You really have a boyfriend? Where does he work? How old is he? How did you meet?"

Tang Yanling never imagined that her parents would find out about her relationship. Faced with her mother's questioning, Tang Yanling blushed and asked, "Dad! Who told you that I have a boyfriend?"

"Never mind who it is, just tell me, is this true or not?" Tang Jiansheng asked Tang Yanling with a displeased look on his face when he heard his little darling's question.

"Dad! What did you just say? Our Lingling is dating someone?" Tang Jiansheng had barely finished speaking when Tang Yanling's older brother, carrying a boy, walked into the house, looking at Tang Jiansheng with disbelief. Hearing his eldest son's question, Tang Jiansheng replied irritably, "Guoqing! Whether it's true or not, why don't you just ask your precious little sister?"

Upon hearing Tang Jiansheng's answer, Tang Guoqing immediately asked Tang Yanling, "Lingling! Is what Dad said true? You really have a boyfriend? Where does my future brother-in-law work? How old is he?"

Upon hearing Tang Guoqing's question and seeing the gazes of the whole family, Tang Yanling replied shyly, "Dad! Mom! Big brother! Sister-in-law! My boyfriend's name is Jia Geng. He's a driver at the Hongxing Steel Foundry. We met while ice skating at the rink."

"Driver! Isn't this the best job right now?" Tang Guoqing was very satisfied when he heard Tang Yanling's introduction that his younger sister's boyfriend was a driver at the Hongxing Steel Foundry. He replied with a smile.

When Wen Xiaorong learned that her daughter's boyfriend was a driver, she was also very satisfied and quickly asked Tang Yanling, "Lingling! How long have you been dating? When are you going to bring him home to meet Mom and Dad?"

When Tang Yanling heard her mother's question, she replied shyly, "Mom! We've been talking about this for three or four months now. I was planning to bring Jia Geng home this weekend to surprise you, but I didn't expect my dad to already know about it."

Upon hearing Tang Yanling's answer, Wen Xiaorong immediately asked Tang Yanling, "Lingling! Where does Jia Geng live? How many people are in his family? Where do they all work?"

When Tang Yanling heard Wen Xiaorong ask about Jia Geng's family situation, she immediately introduced to Wen Xiaorong: "Mom! Jia Geng's family lives in the same area as Tongluoguxiang. His father died in a work injury when Jia Geng was very young. Jia Geng's mother is the deputy director of the logistics warehouse of Hongxing Steel Foundry. There are nine people in his family: Jia Geng's grandmother, his uncle and aunt, two younger sisters, a cousin and a younger cousin."

"Jia Geng's uncle is the director of the security department of Hongxing Steel Foundry and also the deputy chief of the Criminal Investigation Corps of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. Jia Geng's aunt works in the same system as my father and is the deputy director of Chaoyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Jia Geng's family lives with his uncle. I heard Jia Geng say that the house is a private house. Although it only has two rooms, his uncle hired a craftsman to divide it into two floors, with a total of five rooms. Jia Geng's uncle lives in a separate courtyard behind the house."

After learning about Jia Geng's family situation, Wen Xiaorong was very satisfied. Then, she asked her husband curiously, "Honey! Who told you about Lingling dating?"

When Tang Jiansheng heard his wife's question, he remembered Zhang Huiqin's visit to him at noon, so he explained, "Didn't Lingling just say that Jia Geng's aunt is the deputy director of the Chaoyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative? She knows that Jia Geng and our Lingling are dating, so she called Deputy Director Zhang, who lives in our backyard, to inquire about our family and asked him to act as a matchmaker. Deputy Director Zhang is still at home waiting for our reply."

Upon hearing Tang Jiansheng's explanation that Jia Geng's family had already arranged a marriage proposal, Lian Sheng immediately smiled happily and asked Tang Jiansheng, "Master! What do you think about Lingling and Jia Geng's relationship?"

After hearing Wen Xiaorong's question, Tang Jiansheng pondered for a moment before speaking to her, "Wife! Go to Deputy Director Zhang's house and tell her that we'll have Lingling bring Jia Geng home this weekend to meet us. If there's nothing wrong with this young man's personality, then our two families can sit down together and settle things for the two children."

(End of this chapter)