After Huo Haoshi's wedding, his grandfather made a special trip to talk to Ruan Ruan about her going out.
The weather was nice that day, and it happened to be market day. Since everyone had nothing else to do, the village's elderly women and young women all went, along with Huo's two daughters-in-law and granddaughter-in-law, and Huo Yue. Huo Yue mainly went to see her boyfriend; Fu Mingyi had been away on missions for a long time, and they hadn't seen each other for quite some time. Huo Haoshi and Li Huan, newlyweds, naturally went to the city to have a look around as well.
"When do you plan to leave?" Everyone else in the family had left, leaving only a few grown men and Huo Haojie, so the old man made an excuse to keep Ruan Ruan behind and asked her directly.
"Does Grandpa have any suggestions?"
"I don't have any advice for you. You've already read the letter your master left you. Over the years, those people have been in contact with your father and Haojie. So when the time comes, just have them take you to meet them. As for the rest, you can discuss it yourselves."
After listening to the old man's words, Ruan Ruan looked at Huo Songhuai and Huo Haojie. These two had always given people the impression of being honest and unassuming at home. In the eyes of the villagers, they were not as good as the two older brothers. However, she did not expect that she had misjudged them. It turned out that they were the big shots. Their ability to hide their true strength was impressive!
"Alright, then I'll have to trouble Father and Brother Haojie." Then, remembering the New Year's Day trip to Beijing to propose marriage for Huo Haoshen and Zheng Xuyang, she added, "Father, how about we head to Beijing earlier? Brother Haoshen and the others should already be on their way by now."
"We can do either, it just depends on your schedule." Huo Songhuai looked at the girl in front of him. She was so young when he brought her back, but now she can stand on her own.
"Then let's head over there as soon as possible. Once we get there, we can ask what's needed for a marriage proposal in the capital, so we'll have time to prepare."
Proposing marriage in the capital is not like proposing in the countryside, where you can just bring two catties of meat, a catty of sugar, and some food. The Lu and He families are both respectable families in the capital, so how could they be easily dismissed?
"Ruan Ruan is right. Then you should set off as soon as possible. The timing of the two trips will also be staggered, so you can be prepared if you go earlier."
After discussing it, Huo Songhuai took his wife and Ruan Ruan to the capital, while Huo Haojie stayed behind for the time being and went to the black market alone on New Year's Day.
Meanwhile, Huo Haoshen, Zheng Xuyang, and the other three had also taken leave and boarded the train to Beijing. Huo Haoshen had used the factory's convenience to buy four sleeper tickets for one carriage.
Before they set off, they called Huo Haocheng.
After boarding the train, the four of them adopted a mindset of minding their own business and enjoying their own little world. Huo Haoshen and Zheng Xuyang took turns getting food and water, and escorting the two girls to the toilet. The rest of the time, they stayed in the carriage without going out or opening the door.
Occasionally, when a train attendant came to check tickets, Huo Haoshen would simply give all four tickets at once and then quickly close the door after the attendant left. They did this because of Huo Haoshen's experience traveling by train over the past six months.
When he and Zeng Yunye were doing business together, as soon as he got on the bus, his handsome face and eloquent tongue made everyone in the carriage very happy. Among them were quite a few older men and women who took a liking to him and kept asking about him. When they heard that he was unmarried and had a stable job, they were even more satisfied and wanted to introduce their daughters or nieces to him. Even after he got off the bus, no older woman chased after him asking for his contact information, which gave him quite a fright.
Later, he preferred to buy a sleeper ticket himself rather than save a couple of dollars on a hard seat. Of course, their current caution was also due to the two beautiful girls with them. With the New Year approaching, they had heard that child predators were causing trouble again, so it was better to be careful.
And so, they spent three days on the train, finally arriving in the capital at noon on the 29th. By the time they arrived, Ruan Ruan and the other two had already followed Grandma Ruan's advice and prepared the betrothal gifts.
They arrived on the afternoon of the 27th. Huo Haocheng and Ruan Shaohong picked them up. Huo Haocheng didn't expect to see his wife before going on a mission, so he was overjoyed when he received Ruan Ruan's call asking him to come pick them up.
So, around noon on the 27th, Huo Haocheng set off with Ruan Shaohong right after lunch.
"Hey bro, Ruan Ruan and the others won't arrive until after 4 p.m. It's not even 1 p.m. now. It's only a 20-minute drive from the military base to the train station. Are you really that worried?"
Ruan Shaohong was puzzled. Who would go to pick someone up so early and wait? You could understand if he didn't know the exact time, but the problem was that he knew the time.
"Shut up if you don't care about your wife." Huo Haocheng really didn't want to bring this person along. He was fine on his own. If it weren't for bringing Ruan Shaoke along, Bai Sirui would have to come too. Last night at dinner, Old Master Ruan said that his in-laws were coming, and as the hosts, they had to have someone pick them up. As the eldest grandson of the Ruan family, Ruan Shaohong would be the future of the Ruan family, so he didn't want to bring him along.
After spending these past few days with the Ruan family, he witnessed the way Ruan Shaohong and his wife interacted. They were very respectful and courteous. He couldn't understand why Ruan Shaohong would marry her if he didn't even like her. Was it simply because they were a good match?
When the two were at home, he didn't see how much Ruan Shaohong cared for his wife. During meals, even Ruan Chuanji would serve his wife food, but they would just eat their own food. When they returned home, Ruan's parents walked side by side, chatting and laughing, while Ruan Shaohong and Qian Ling followed behind, each walking their own way. To those who knew them, they were husband and wife; to those who didn't, they would have thought they were brother and sister-in-law.
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