Back To The 80s-Chapter 604 - 597: The Wedding_1

Luo Dan secretly stalked Bai Mingzhu for a few days, observing that she went for a walk in the park every day after breakfast. Luo Dan found a fortune-teller with a stall, told him everything about Bai Mingzhu’s family, and asked him to improvise, with two purposes: one was to initiate a marriage, and the other was to swindle the most valuable item from Bai Mingzhu.

Seeing that Luo Dan was generous and gave ten dollars right off the bat, the fortune-teller readily agreed, and that’s how Luo Dan ended up with the gold bracelet.

Luo Dan felt that Bai Mingzhu was too despicable, there was no way she could suffer in silence. Watching her bleed a little made Luo Dan feel a surge of satisfaction.

The pregnant woman received the gold bracelet with greed in her eyes, murmuring, "You really are a spendthrift, this could be worth something in the future."

Luo Dan rolled her eyes at her greedy sister-in-law, wondering when this woman could stop being so vulgar.

...

Bai Mingzhu picked Sunday, tidied up the house, dressed herself nicely, brought along a special purchase of high-quality Maotai liquor and Tieguanyin tea, and went to the He family’s house with Cheng Qijia.

This time, the person who opened the door was He Qin.

Bai Mingzhu surprisingly didn’t recognize her, thinking to herself, is this another daughter of the He family? This girl is so beautiful, fair and clean, much prettier than that He Qin.

Not until Cheng Qijia softly called out, "He Qin,"

Did Bai Mingzhu snap out of it, exclaiming surprised: "He Qin? How big of a change is this? My God, I didn’t recognize you." Her face instantly lit up with a smile. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

He Qin simply replied with a faint smile, letting Bai Mingzhu enter the house.

He Zhuangzhi was also at home, sitting quietly on the couch, watching Bai Mingzhu enter. Only then did he stand up and make polite conversation. The troublemaking He Jing was oddly not present today.

After Bai Mingzhu sat down, she laughed awkwardly at He Zhuangzhi, saying, "Well, I’m here this time to discuss our children’s matters. You see, they’re not young anymore, isn’t it time for us parents to start making arrangements?"

He Zhuangzhi, without lifting his eyelids, asked, "How should we arrange it?"

"Whatever you say, we’ll do," Bai Mingzhu quickly said, remembering what the fortune teller had told her that it would be better to get the children married sooner rather than later.

He Zhuangzhi chuckled, "Really?"

Bai Mingzhu nodded.

He Zhuangzhi, a straightforward man, had seen his daughter’s heavy heart every day, and it didn’t feel good. Now that the other party was willing to give in, he decided to let things slide, but he proposed three conditions.

First: After Cheng Qijia and He Qin get married, they should live in the provincial capital, and Bai Mingzhu could only visit but not stay for long.

Second: When Bai Mingzhu and her husband can take care of themselves, Cheng Qijia and He Qin only need to provide a living allowance every month and nothing else.

Third: When He Qin has a child, regardless of the gender, Bai Mingzhu can only visit and cannot interfere.

After listening to these, Bai Mingzhu held in her anger multiple times. This son-in-law seemed no different from being a live-in son-in-law.

Seeing Bai Mingzhu’s face turn from pale to red, He Zhuangzhi added, "Of course, when a child is born, they will carry the Cheng surname. You don’t need to worry about that."

Cheng Qijia wouldn’t mind if the child had the surname He, his gaze at He Qin became even more warm and gentle. Finally, this day had come.

Bai Mingzhu held back her anger and nodded in agreement.

He Zhuangzhi then continued, "Then, let’s discuss the dowry."

Implying a TV, refrigerator, washing machine, bicycle, and an additional five thousand dollars.

Bai Mingzhu felt her blood pressure rise again. This was asking for too much, wasn’t it typical to ask for six or eight hundred dollars?

He Zhuangzhi showed no sign of budging. He knew the Cheng family could afford it, this money was meant to give his daughter face, and he would give it to the young couple to live a decent life.

Bai Mingzhu thought for a bit, gritted her teeth and agreed, her smile was almost frozen on her face.

Only then did He Zhuangzhi ask He Qin to prepare lunch in the kitchen.

Bai Mingzhu thought to herself, were they not even planning to serve food at the beginning?

...

While at home snacking on a watermelon, Gu Xiaobei was listening to Lu Zhanguo talking about Cheng Qijia’s wedding being fixed for the 11th. She was wondering why Bai Mingzhu made such a sudden turnaround.

While she was lost in thought, Xiaopang took advantage of it by biting off a tiny piece of each slice of her watermelon, effectively claiming it to be his.

Mo Wang obediently sat to one side, gnawing on the half of Xiaopang’s leftover watermelon, with juice dripping down his arm and all over his belly.

After finishing his conversation, Lu Zhanguo went to the bathroom to wring out a wet towel to clean up the watermelon juice on his children’s legs and arms.

Gu Xiaobei pointed at herself: "Me too, me too."

Lu Zhanguo went over and cleaned her face.

Gu Xiaobei, after finishing her watermelon, didn’t toss the rind but leisurely scraped off the top layer of red flesh with a knife and then rubbed it on her face.

Xiaopang gnawed on his watermelon, staring at Gu Xiaobei’s actions, then took the rind he hadn’t finished, putting it directly on his face and started to mimic her.

Lu Zhanguo’s eyelid twitched, it seems cleaning their faces was in vain.

"Mom, why are you rubbing it like this?" Xiaopang asked while rubbing.

"Doing this makes you prettier," Gu Xiaobei answered with a smile.

Xiaopang, vain as ever, only rubbed harder.

Lu Zhanguo chuckled at the sight of mother and son behaving like this, and mentioned, "Aiguo will be coming over on the 11th."

Gu Xiaobei paused: "Why did he decide to come on the 11th? Is he not coming for Mid-Autumn Festival?"

"He and Luo Sen get along well, and Luo Sen has to attend his older brother’s baby’s one-month celebration on the 11th. He might just be coming to join the fun," Lu Zhanguo couldn’t think of any other reason.

Gu Xiaobei was suddenly curious about what charm Luo Fei’s older brother must have that all his siblings would rush over from all corners of the country for his baby’s one-month celebration. She curiously asked, "Do you know Luo Fei’s older brother?"

"I’ve heard he’s really good at close combat and equestrian, but I’ve never met him," Lu Zhanguo had only seen this person in military magazines.

"Is he better than you?"

Lu Zhanguo carefully wiped Gu Xiaobei’s face with the towel, and replied, "He should be, since I’m good at sniping while he specializes in close combat, each has its mastery."

Gu Xiaobei circled back to the topic of Lu Aiguo: "I sincerely hope that Aiguo and Fang Jing remarry soon. Look, Jin Cheng is back, and Qi and He Qin are getting married too. It only leaves Aiguo and Fang Jing. It’s been so long, I really hope Fang Jing can let go of her grievances, and their family can reunite."

Lu Zhanguo cleaned Gu Xiaobei’s face, took the children to wash their faces and arms, tidied them up before replying, "About Aiguo, I think it will take some time."

"Why?" Gu Xiaobei asked in surprise.

"Someone introduced a prospective boyfriend to Fang Jing. Aiguo sneakily beat him up. How could Fang Jing not get mad?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Xiaobei felt that this way of doing things was very like Lu Aiguo. He must have always had people keep an eye on Fang Jing.

Xiaopang, seeing his parents talking nonstop especially his father who responded to all of his mother’s questions with such seriousness, complained unhappily, "Dad, I ate too much, and I want to go downstairs for a walk."

Gu Xiaobei burst into laughter. Wanting to go downstairs for a walk, he sounded just like a grown-up!