Gu Pingwei remained silent, but his meaning was quite clear.

He didn't want to be so extravagant, but the proper ceremony still had to be held.

Jiang Jingxue waved her hand, "Why go to such trouble? Arrange for a few people to come with me back to the fishing village to collect fish."

"Chicken, duck, fish and meat are all equally presentable. I guarantee I'll prepare a whole fish feast for you, and I guarantee you won't lose face in front of your boss."

Gu Pingwei seemed somewhat hesitant.

Will this work?

Will we be treated poorly?

"How about we go to the market to kill a chicken? It'll be a bit expensive, but we can make some soup later and treat the brothers to a good meal."

Gu Pingwei said this with some reluctance.

If he could, he wouldn't want to be so extravagant.

But the identities of these two people who came are here.

Jiang Jingxue asked, "If we're offering condolences, are we coming to the hospital?"

Gu Pingwei shook his head. "Most likely, they're going home."

Jiang Jingxue blinked. That would be even more convenient.

In her previous life, after the reform and opening up, the village and surrounding areas developed rapidly, creating many opportunities. To earn money, she worked in restaurants.

I've assisted quite a few chefs.

When the restaurant was too busy, she was in charge of cooking many dishes, and there were never any problems.

Cooking a couple of dishes for the boss to impress him is a piece of cake.

Seeing that Gu Pingwei was still somewhat hesitant, Jiang Jingxue patted her chest.

"If you don't trust me, I'll give you a written guarantee!"

"If I don't handle this matter well, then you can do whatever you want with me. But if I do handle it well... then you'll have to lend me some money."

Gu Pingwei remained noncommittal upon hearing this, simply looking at her and asking, "Are you short of money?"

Thinking about the Shenzhen city that is about to be planned and constructed, Jiang Jingxue almost screamed in her heart!

We're short of them!

If she had the money to support her family, she would definitely be buying houses and land like crazy right now.

Looking back, all of this comes at a cost!

Jiang Jingxue suppressed her burning heart and said half-jokingly, "I don't usually need to spend money while living with the compound, but it's not good for me to be idle all the time. I want to rent a place and do something to make money."

"I can't keep living off you and the Gu family, can I?"

"As for what it's for, I don't want to say right now, and don't ask. Just tell me if you're willing to lend me the money."

"I'll lend it to you." Gu Pingwei looked into Jiang Jingxue's bright eyes and agreed almost unconsciously.

"Go find Qin Liang and have him take a small team of eight people to accompany you back to the small fishing village. They must be back within three hours."

There was just a tsunami over there; it's very unsafe.

"Okay." Jiang Jingxue nodded haphazardly, mentally planning which dishes to make, when her hand tightened as she prepared to leave.

Looking down, I realized my hand was being held.

Gu Pingwei paused, withdrew his hand, and said seriously, "If you don't finish, I won't punish you. I'll also give you the money you paid for the land rent."

Jiang Jingxue didn't expect Gu Pingwei to treat her so well, but she was definitely not just a pretty face.

"Don't underestimate me. Just wait and see. I'm a woman who has made a solemn promise."

As Gu Pingwei watched her slender yet dashing figure from behind, the smile on his lips grew wider and wider.

...

At that time, Jiang Zhizhi heard from Chen Yuyan that the small fishing village had been flooded by the tsunami, and her eyes almost popped out of their sockets in shock.

How could a perfectly good village be flooded by a tsunami?

Is it even possible for a person to survive?

Jiang Jingxue just got married.

"Are you... are you telling the truth?"

Chen Yuyan nodded vigorously. "This is a matter of life and death, how could I joke with you?"

"I heard that many people died..."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhizhi was still somewhat shaken.

Luckily, the person she married was Jiang Jingxue; otherwise, wouldn't she be the one who died?!

She didn't hear a word Chen Yuyan said after that, and made an excuse to go home.

She hurriedly told her parents what she had heard from Chen Yuyan that day.

With a hint of relief in his voice, he said, "Luckily, I didn't go to that little fishing village, otherwise, I'm afraid my grave would be overgrown with weeds by now."

Yao Guilan said, "How many people will die from this?"

"That was a tsunami; the dead were piled up everywhere."

Jiang Zhizhi gloated, "Jiang Jingxue is such a jinx. Even if she married a military officer, she wouldn't have enjoyed any happiness. Now she's even dead!"

Yao Guilan's eyes darted around, and she thought of something else.

"It doesn't matter if she doesn't get to enjoy the good life, because with this tsunami, our family will be able to enjoy it!"

"What kind of happiness?"

Jiang Zhizhi was somewhat confused.

Yao Guilan clapped her hands. "Think about it, our perfectly good daughter died right after getting married. Shouldn't we get compensation for her death?"

"This matter has blown up so much, it goes without saying that the higher-ups are definitely thinking about how to suppress it."

“After all this back and forth, the funeral expenses must have been quite substantial.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhizhi's eyes lit up. "That makes sense."

Yao Guilan seemed to already see countless bills waving at her, and she couldn't stop smiling.

"Once we get the money, we'll first renovate the old house, and then use the money to start our own business."

The group got more and more excited as they talked, and before they even got their hands on the money, they started planning how to spend it.

However, the most important thing right now is to find out where Gu Pingwei is so we can get the money.

Jiang Zhizhi took the initiative to stop the task, saying, "Chen Zhiqing knows a lot of people, he can definitely find out. I'll ask him!"

...

That afternoon, the Gu family members were already waiting in the reception hall of the compound.

Gu Pingwei was also temporarily discharged from the hospital with Jiang Jingxue's company, but he still needed to sit in a wheelchair.

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