Around six o'clock in the afternoon, Ruan Ruan finally woke up from her sleep. In her drowsy state, she heard laughter and chatter outside and realized that her grandmother and the others had arrived. After getting up and tidying herself up, she went outside.
When she came out, she saw her grandmother, uncle, Huo Haoshen, Zheng Xuyang, He Yuwei, and Lu Shuyan chatting in the main room. Seeing that she was awake, Huo Haoshen called out towards the kitchen, "Mom, Ruanruan is awake."
When Ruan Ruan woke up to find so many more people in the house, she was quite surprised. The reason for this was that Gu Jinghe took Fu Mingyi to the military base in the afternoon.
Since Fu Mingyi was already there, it wouldn't be right not to visit Commander Gu. Besides, he had recently married Huo Yue and now had some familial ties with the Gu family. So, he asked Gu Jinghe to take him to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things. When Gu Jinghe learned that Fu Mingyi wanted to give his father a gift, he initially declined, thinking it was unnecessary. However, Fu Mingyi persuaded him, so he took Fu Mingyi to the supermarket. Then, adhering to the principle of "since we're already here," the two went to the factory to find Huo Haoshen and tell him that his grandmother and mother had arrived.
So, the current situation is as follows: after Huo Haoshen and the others got off work, they went to the supermarket to buy some groceries and nutritional supplements and then came over. Commander Gu did the same. When the elders come over, he, as the younger generation, has to come over and see them, otherwise, if his father finds out, he'll get a beating. Besides, in the future, we'll see each other all the time, so it's not right not to come over.
"Ruanruan, come sit down. How are you? Did you sleep well? Yueyue said you're having twins. Is it true?"
Seeing that she was awake, the old lady patted the spot next to her, inviting her to sit down. They had rested for a while in the afternoon before getting up, and Huo Yue had told them about Ruan Ruan's twin pregnancy. So now that she was awake, she was asking again to confirm.
“It’s really my grandma. I just found out a few days ago. I was thinking that after Hao Cheng comes back, we’ll go to the hospital together for a check-up.”
They learned from Commander Gu that Ruan Ruan had been doing these past six months. The old lady was proud of her, but also worried about her. What Ruan Ruan was doing seemed to be taking care of the people, but it was actually fraught with danger. So, they all agreed to Ruan Ruan's suggestion to wait for Huo Haocheng to return before getting a checkup. With Huo Haocheng around, at least her safety would be guaranteed.
For the next half hour, Ruan Ruan mostly listened to them talk, occasionally chiming in with a few words. The gist of it was that Huo Yue told them about her family, and Huo Haoshen told his grandmother about their life here. Both sides expressed their satisfaction with their current life.
Tonight's dinner was prepared by Teacher Shen and Wang Qun together. The shout Huo Haoshen made when Ruan Ruan woke up was a reminder that they could start cooking.
When Teacher Shen and the others arrived, Wang Qun had already started preparing the dishes. When she saw them, she wanted to wake Ruan Ruan up, but Teacher Shen stopped her. They all knew that when she was sleepy, no one was an outsider, so why wake her up? Seeing that she had already started cooking, Teacher Shen naturally started to help. The two of them first made the soup and meat dishes, thinking that they would stir-fry the vegetables after Ruan Ruan woke up, so as to speed things up.
During dinner, Grandma asked Huo Haoshen and Zheng Xuyang about their engagement, which had been going on for half a year. They initially said they would build their own house after the New Year, but then they said the factory was going to build staff housing, and they would prepare for the wedding once the houses were allocated. Now the houses were allocated, and just now, after listening to their description of the surrounding environment, Grandma thought it was really nice. Moreover, the two women accompanied them to and from get off work every day, visiting relatives and friends. If they didn't marry them soon, people who didn't know the situation would start gossiping.
When the two heard their grandmother mention it, they both expressed their desire to ask her to choose an auspicious date so that their two families could hold the wedding together, with the same dates for their relatives and friends. They had also discussed that once the date was chosen, they would pay for the factory's kitchen to help prepare a few tables, and the wedding would be held in the family compound.
After hearing their plans, Grandma, He Yuwei, and Lu Shuyan confirmed that the idea was something they had discussed together before agreeing to help choose a date as soon as possible.
After lunch, since it was still early, Ruan Ruan took her grandmother and the others for a walk around the family compound. When they came out, the other aunties and grandmas all asked about the relationship between the old lady and Ruan Ruan. When Ruan Ruan introduced them as her and Huo Haocheng's grandmother and mother, some of the aunties were quite surprised, wondering how a grandmother from the husband's family could personally come to take care of her pregnant granddaughter-in-law.
However, given Ruan Ruan and Huo Haocheng's usual behavior in the family compound, they only greeted them briefly before going off to chat. Afterwards, Ruan Ruan took them to see her family's vegetable garden and explained that she had grown all the vegetables herself, which earned her praise from her grandmother and mother.
After walking around the family compound, it was almost time to go home. After taking a bath, the group sat under the eaves chatting while waiting for Fu Mingyi.
Fu Mingyi came back in the afternoon and told his grandmother, Huo Yue, about his visit. Knowing that he was coming, his comrades made plans to have dinner together that evening. His grandmother felt that it was a rare occasion for him to come, and that they would be going back in a couple of days, so she didn't feel comfortable making the trip and told him to drink less that night.
Sitting under the eaves, enjoying the evening breeze, and looking at the stars in the sky and the flowers, plants, and vegetables in the yard, they all felt that this kind of life was very pleasant.
Around 8 p.m., Fu Mingyi returned, reeking of alcohol. Huo Yue looked disgusted and said, "I told you to drink less, why did you drink so much? Aren't your comrades going to train tomorrow?" Little did she know that among Fu Mingyi's comrades, only he and Gu Jinghe had a low alcohol tolerance. The others, while not drinking like water, could easily handle a few bottles of liquor.
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