At the dinner table, Meemaw Connie and George Sr. also expressed their unwillingness to let Georgie rush to New Jersey to get married.
Here, one has to mention the strong family values of Texans.
Valuing family, they have an almost pathological obsession with family integrity.
So with the support of his family, the underage Georgie escaped the fate of going to New Jersey to get married immediately.
Father Louis, having made concessions, specifically inquired about Georgie's situation during the rest of the meal.
After learning that his future son-in-law had a booming arcade business and some savings, Father Louis's attitude softened a bit.
Thus, today's meal finally had some flavor.
"Take me to see where you live; I can also fill in whatever is missing." After the meal, Father Louis suggested.
Possessing some traits of a doting father, seeing his daughter settled actually made him quite gratified inside.
And before leaving, he also planned to provide some help to his daughter and future son-in-law.
"This..." Hearing her father wanted to visit her living environment, a look of embarrassment appeared on Mandy's face.
At the same time, the expressions of the Cooper family members were also a bit awkward.
After all, letting a pregnant woman live in a garage wasn't something glorious.
"What's wrong, Mandy? Is there a problem with the place you live?" Father Louis keenly felt the atmosphere was wrong.
"Nothing." Mandy smiled and said as if throwing caution to the wind: "Georgie, let's accompany my father for a trip."
So, led by his daughter and future son-in-law, Father Louis walked out of the house with a surprised expression.
When arriving at the garage door, the thoughtful Father Louis had dissatisfaction on his face.
"This is where you live?" Entering the garage, Father Louis felt a burst of anger in his heart after seeing the environment clearly.
He really didn't expect the Cooper family to treat his pregnant daughter like this.
"Actually, I asked to live here..." Mandy, committed to Georgie, explained for her boyfriend first.
When the Cooper family discussed Mandy's accommodation before, they indeed intended to let her move into the room Georgie used to live in.
It was just that the girl was afraid of trouble and wanted to live a two-person world with Georgie, so she chose to come out and live in the garage.
Mandy, taking the responsibility on herself, continued: "Also, Georgie and I are already planning to buy a house."
"Yes, yes, we will buy a house when we save enough money. If it really doesn't work, we can also go out and rent a house." Aside, guilty Georgie quickly smoothed things over.
Actually, Mike had suggested to Georgie long ago to rent a house.
But Georgie, under considerable life pressure, ignored the other party's advice to save money.
"One thing is one thing; how can they let you live here?" Looking at the garage lacking living facilities, Father Louis felt sorry for his daughter while losing the goodwill he had just developed for the Cooper family.
At this time, George and Mary, along with Mike and others, also came to the garage.
As the head of the family, George Sr. said with a smiling face: "Louis, don't be angry. If Mandy needs it, our family can clear a room for her in the house."
Although housing is tight in the Cooper family, squeezing out a room for Mandy isn't difficult.
At worst, Young Sheldon could move back and live with his sister Missy again.
However, Father Louis couldn't listen to George's "sophistry" anymore. At this moment, he was like a volcano about to erupt.
Only the "pleading" look on his daughter's face made him retain his last bit of reason.
From the daughter's perspective, Mandy, whose future happiness was bound to Georgie, was not suited to have an unpleasant fallout with the Cooper family.
"I have some words to say to Mandy; please give us some private space." Father Louis, having thought a lot in a short time, finally decided to see his daughter's attitude first.
Of course, he also considered the worst outcome, which was to take his daughter back to New Jersey to live.
Here, the "evicted" Cooper family, knowing they were in the wrong, all stayed outside the garage waiting for "news."
At this time, the faces of several parents, including Meemaw Connie, were not very good.
"Mandy won't be taken away by her father, right?" Georgie asked with a complicated expression.
Mandy was Georgie's "first love," and the two were currently in a honeymoon period. If possible, Georgie naturally didn't want the girl to leave.
"Don't worry, I see that Mr. Louis is not a reckless person. As long as Mandy doesn't relent, he shouldn't forcibly take his daughter away." Mike, having observed some details, comforted the clueless Georgie.
In fact, this was an important moment to test the depth of Georgie and Mandy's relationship.
Half an hour later, Mandy, with tears in her eyes and an extra savings card on her, opened the door and greeted: "Georgie, come here for a moment. My father wants to talk to you."
Outside the house, seeing Mandy's appearance, Georgie inexplicably felt a sense of relief as if their hearts were connected.
Subsequently, like a warrior, he walked into the garage.
The door closed again.
Another half an hour later, Father Louis walked out first. At this time, his emotions had stabilized.
"Please take good care of Mandy in the future. I will come to see her again when I am free." After bidding farewell to the Cooper family, half pleading and half threatening, Father Louis drove away from Medford in his muscle car vigorously.
Came in a hurry, left in a hurry.
"Georgie, what did Mandy's father say to you?" After Louis left, Mary pulled Georgie, who had come out to see him off, aside.
"Didn't say much, just confirmed the wedding date for Mandy and me." Georgie, much more relaxed, explained.
"Is that all?" Mary asked uneasily.
No choice, Mandy's father's previous image didn't look like someone easy to fool.
"Of course, what else could he say?" Georgie confirmed his answer.
Actually, as a father, Louis's requirements weren't high; he just hoped to see his daughter happy.
This appeal happened to coincide with Georgie's wishes at this stage.
Plus Mandy's defense, Georgie passed Father Louis's test without much effort.
"Mandy, are you sure you don't want to move into the house?" When the family gathered in the living room again, Mary confirmed.
After Mandy's father's fuss, Mary cared more about the girl.
This fully illustrated the importance of having a backer.
"No, I'm used to living in the garage. Besides, Georgie and I might move out soon." Mandy, whose pregnancy reaction wasn't strong, hadn't suffered the hardships of pregnancy yet.
Therefore, her yearning for freedom outweighed her need for living conditions. Of course, the savings card on the girl also gave her confidence.
"Alright, when you need it in the future, you can come to find me anytime." Seeing the girl insist, Mary didn't force it.
Now, Young Sheldon kept his independent room, Mandy had a backer, and the Cooper family successfully fooled the in-laws.
It could be said that everyone was happy.
In the following days, Georgie, having met his future father-in-law, started on the road of making money crazily.
And Mike, on winter vacation, took time to visit old Principal Tom, then resumed his daily life of enjoyment.
However, the comfortable winter vacation passed quickly, and Medford High School welcomed the school opening season again.