Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s
Chapter 1037 - 1038: Seeing Them

Chapter 1037: Chapter 1038: Seeing Them

"That woman always wants to turn the yard into some sort of European garden. She intends to pile soil over there and plant all sorts of foreign flowers, then enlarge this pond, and install some sculpture fountain or something," Old Meng said. "Where would I go to practice my boxing? She just keeps thinking about covering the open space with flowers. A garden, garden, all filled with flowers, and then there’d be no place for people to walk. If this house is left to that woman to decide, who knows what kind of mess it’ll turn into."

Chiang Xiao pursed her lips.

Duan Qingqing’s ideas and aesthetics were indeed quite progressive. In the future, European styles would definitely become quite popular, and if someone personally liked them, there was no harm in that.

But this old house was already close to perfect as it was and not suited for a European style. Moreover, with elderly people at home, her kind of thinking was just not practical.

Elderly people usually prefer their yards to have a strong practicality and be more open. A bunch of foreign flowers? She must be talking about roses.

And relative to a European-style fountain, the elderly would undoubtedly prefer a koi pond for watching fish.

"It’s quite nice as it is," Chiang Xiao said.

This was her sincere truth.

Although it wasn’t as grand and fashionable as the European style, it carried an oriental essence, which she preferred.

Old Meng was even more pleased. "Come, come, come, the things should be arriving soon. I’ll first show you around inside, and we can come out to the yard again tomorrow morning. It’s getting dark now."

They entered the living room and immediately saw Meng Chaojun sitting on the sofa, his hand on his forehead as if he was feeling somewhat unwell.

Duan Qingqing was nowhere to be seen.

Between the living room and the dining room was a Bogu Shelf, on which were placed several vases and ornaments that all had an ancient charm to them.

The sofa looked to be made of rosewood?

It was adorned with cushion covers of an ancient style.

The overall decor was antiquated but not outdated, and Chiang Xiao really liked it because it was ancient yet timeless.

But she only briefly glanced around before retracting her gaze.

This was her first time meeting Meng Xinian’s father.

There’s a saying that an ugly wife must eventually meet her in-laws, but right now, she didn’t feel that kind of nervousness. Instead, her feelings were a bit more complex.

Meng Chaojun heard their voices and looked up.

"Dad, you’re back?" Meng Chaojun looked towards Chiang Xiao in surprise. "Who is this?"

At this moment, Old Meng still harbored that sliver of hope for his son.

He always thought that Meng Chaojun would, at least for his sake, embrace the arranged marriage he had personally set up with a sense of approval and that seeing Chiang Xiao’s own qualities, Meng Chaojun would change his prejudices, like her and accept her.

As long as he was good to Chiang Xiao, he believed there was still a chance to break the ice between father and son, Meng Chaojun and Meng Xinian.

Therefore, he immediately introduced them with high spirits.

"Chaojun, this is the childhood betrothed I told you about, the granddaughter of the fellow townsman who saved us, Chiang Xiao! Zhu Youxiao, her nickname is the small ’xiao’ from the phrase ’big and small,’ Little," Old Meng patted Chiang Xiao on the shoulder, saying, "Little, this is Xinian’s dad, and he’ll be your dad too from now on."

Chiang Songtao and Ge Liutao had prepared many gifts for Chiang Xiao to bring to the Meng Family, but since she had encountered Old Meng at the Chen Family home and he had dragged her here, she naturally hadn’t brought those items with her.

Now empty-handed, she truly felt a bit embarrassed.

However, more embarrassing was that she simply couldn’t bring herself to call Meng Chaojun ’Dad.’

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