After Ruan Ruan finished talking with Su's father and the others, Su's mother pulled Chao Xi aside for a chat. Chao Xi was a child they had watched grow up. When the children were still young, Su Yanqiu would always bring back pastries made by his grandmother whenever he went out to play. Sometimes when he came back from playing, he would specifically ask his grandmother to make more of the pastries. At first, they didn't suspect anything and just thought that the boys were being greedy.
However, one time when a few boys came to play at her house, her mother-in-law specially made that pastry for them. But none of the boys ate it, and she and her mother-in-law were puzzled, wondering if it was not made well this time.
They learned after asking that none of them liked the pastry, finding it too sweet. They didn't like it, but Lan's younger sister did. Hearing this, the two mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law understood perfectly. However, Lan Chaoxi was married to Jiang Qi, the son of the Jiang family. Even if they liked Chaoxi, they couldn't do anything about it and could only sigh inwardly. Over the years, as the children grew up, the Lan family moved out of the capital and lost contact with them.
Over the years, they watched as these young men got engaged and married one after another, but they never mentioned it to Su Yanqiu. They were prepared for him to remain a bachelor for life. However, during the Spring Festival last year, they accidentally saw the Jiang family's young man getting along intimately with other women. At the time, they were still speculating, but not long after, they heard the news that the Jiang family and the Lan family had broken off their engagement.
However, at that time, they were unsure of the Lan family's attitude and couldn't get in touch with them, so they didn't tell Su Yanqiu. But now it's all good, the two children are back together. You know, fate is something you can't really explain!
Before dinner, the two families discussed the children's situation in front of Huo Haocheng's family. On the Su family's side, Su Yanqiu directly gave his salary book to Chaoxi in front of the elders, and stated that all his future salary would also go to Chaoxi. The Lan family was already used to his actions. The two boldly confirmed their relationship as soon as they met. However, seeing the Su family's attitude, they all had expressions of "it should be this way." Everyone understood that it was good, it was hereditary.
Afterwards, Grandpa Su stated that the Su family's dowry was 1001 yuan, plus a one-courtyard siheyuan (traditional courtyard house) in Beijing, along with three sets of ceremonies and a chariot. The Lan family also agreed to the Su family's dowry, adding that these items belonged to the young couple, and that they would also contribute 600 yuan as Chaoxi's dowry.
After agreeing on the bride price, they also discussed the wedding date. Su Yanqiu said she didn't care where they would live after the wedding, but Chaoxi still wanted to be closer to her sister. In the end, they decided that Su Yanqiu would submit a marriage application and then apply for a house. Once the house was ready, they would hold the wedding. Both families agreed to this.
Su Yanqiu was a little reluctant. He had been longing for the girl for so many years, and now that he was about to get her, he was stuck on the housing issue. He wondered if they couldn't get married first? There were so many houses in the family compound outside. They could live in a small one first, and move in later when the house he applied for was approved.
Of course, no one present cared about his thoughts; the two families went about their own business and finalized the wedding arrangements.
Once the house was ready, neither side's relatives were there. They held a small banquet at the military base, with two tables for the elders from both families, plus Su Yanqiu's comrades, Huo Haocheng's family, and Commander Gu's family. In total, there were only three or four tables of people.
After the matter was settled, they had a happy meal, and Su Yanqiu escorted them back to rest.
After everyone had left and returned to their own rooms, Huo Haocheng asked, "Whose medical record did Aunt Su show you earlier? Why did you have that expression?" Huo Haocheng hadn't forgotten his wife's surprise when she first saw the medical record, and then she seemed to understand something.
Ruan Ruan was also stunned when she heard Huo Haocheng's words. She didn't expect that he could see her even though she was only stunned for two seconds.
Ruan Ruan didn't seem to mind, she just pointed upwards with her finger.
Seeing his wife's actions, Huo Haocheng understood that things were about to get turbulent again.
"Then, you..." Huo Haocheng wanted to ask if Ruan Ruan's medical skills could cure her. But then he thought that if she had a way, she would definitely do her best to cure her. However, she was pregnant and would give birth in a few months, and he didn't want her to take any risks.
"Don't worry, I won't go. Besides, it wouldn't do any good. I can only try to alleviate his pain." Ruan Ruan was also very regretful about this.
The "system" softly summoned the kitten that was watching TV series in the space.
"Host, I'm here. What's wrong?" The kitten, who had been summoned, asked in confusion when it saw that they all looked unwell. Had something serious happened?
"System, you know that person is sick. Do you have any way to treat them?" Ruan Ruan was just asking, just in case.
"Host, birth, aging, sickness, and death are inevitable. Doctors can treat illnesses, but aging is a natural law that cannot be stopped by human intervention." Hearing Ruan Ruan say this, the kitten understood why they had such expressions. However, his mission was to save the persecuted people, and he was truly powerless to change things like natural life and death.
She had only said "I know" out of wishful thinking, and now that she knew the truth, she didn't say anything more.
He walked to his desk, picked up his pen, and quickly wrote down a list of medicinal herbs.
"Go and find these medicinal herbs for me. I need to make medicine tomorrow." After handing the list to the kitten, she leaned against Huo Haocheng and buried her head in his chest.
Seeing his wife's sad face, Huo Haocheng felt bad too. For the past year or so, Ruan Ruan had been able to do everything with the help of that person, but... now there was nothing he could do. He held his wife in his arms and gently patted her back, offering silent comfort.
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