After Lu Jiang and Lu Hai came in, Lu Jiang asked Zhang Tiantian, "Tiantian, how about we go to the state-owned restaurant for dinner?"
"Okay, Brother Lu Jiang. My bike must be outside the black market. Let's ride there."
"We also came here by bicycle. Let's each go by bicycle and wait in front of the state-owned hotel."
Zhang Tiantian glanced at Gu Ranran and found that Gu Ranran was looking at Lu Hai. Zhang Tiantian bumped into Gu Ranran and gave her a look.
"Brother Lu Jiang, please take me on my bike. I haven't seen you for a whole day. I miss you so much and have so much to say to you. Let Lu Hai take Ran Ran on his bike and wait for us at the entrance of the state-owned hotel."
Lu Jiang glanced at Lu Hai, then at Gu Ranran.
"Is this okay? You two ride on one bike, mind?"
Lu Hai glanced at Gu Ranran, and looked at the blushing Gu Ranran: "Okay, I'll ride the bike, I don't mind."
Zhang Tiantian smiled and asked Gu Ranran: "Ranran, Lu Hai wants to ride a bicycle to give you a ride, are you willing?"
Looking at Zhang Tiantian's evil smile, Gu Ranran whispered back, "I do."
Zhang Tiantian leaned close to Gu Ranran's ear and said, "Exchange rings."
Seeing Gu Ranran's face getting even redder, Zhang Tiantian pulled Lu Jiang away.
Lu Hai walked beside Gu Ranran and began to introduce himself.
"My name is Lu Hai, and I'm Lu Jiang's younger brother. I'm 21 years old and single. I have six brothers, and I'm the youngest. Lu Hai and I are twins. The six brothers are three pairs of twins, named Shan, Chuan, He, Hu, Jiang, and Hai. My parents are still alive, and except for Lu Jiang and me, they're all married."
"My name is Gu Ranran, I'm 19 years old and single. I'm the second child in my family. I have an older brother, Gu Ziqiang, and a younger brother, Gu Zili."
Gu Ranran watched Lu Hai introduce himself and then introduced himself as well.
After Gu Ranran introduced herself, she looked at Lu Hai and smiled at her.
Gu Ranran immediately started looking for topics to talk about: "Your father is quite good at naming, ha, the names are connected."
"After my dad named my eldest and second brothers, he had twin boys and thought of mountains, rivers, and lakes. So when my fifth brother and I were born, he named us rivers and seas, so it became mountains, rivers, lakes, and rivers and seas."
Lu Hai and Gu Ranran arrived at the bicycle place. Lu Hai rode his bicycle over and Gu Ranran also got on the bicycle.
Gu Ranran asked curiously, "Do the other twins in your family look alike? I don't think you and Comrade Lu Hai look like twins. You don't look alike at all."
"No, even though we have three pairs of twins, each pair looks different."
"It's okay if they don't look like him. There are so many brothers. If Tiantian marries him, I'm afraid she'll marry the wrong man."
Lu Hai burst into laughter and even rode his bicycle off course.
"Comrade Gu Ranran, you're quite interesting. But, your husband wouldn't admit his mistake, would he?"
"I heard this from others. They say that if you marry a pair of identical twins, you'll sometimes mistake your husband for your own."
Lu Hai suddenly thought of his cousin, who seemed to have mistaken her husband: "I have a cousin who married a soldier and went to join the army. Every time I went to pick up her husband, she couldn't find him and had to wait for him to come find her.
Everyone in the army wears the same clothes and leaves work together. There are so many people that my cousin can't find her. She once mistook my cousin-in-law for me, and he told her to stand somewhere and he would come find her.
"It wasn't easy for your cousin either. It must have been very embarrassing when she admitted her mistake."
"That's right. After my cousin told her family about this, people would always joke with her during the Lunar New Year celebrations. They would say to my cousin, 'Look, your husband is coming!'"
Gu Ranran laughed so hard that she bent over.
As soon as Zhang Tiantian saw Gu Ranran, she saw her laughing. She immediately got off her bike and asked, "Ranran, what are you laughing at? Tell me quickly, I want to know too."
Gu Ranran saw that Lu Jiang and Lu Hai were there, so she didn't say anything.
Zhang Tiantian said to Lu Jiang, "Brother Lu Jiang, you take Lu Hai to order the food. Ran Ran and I will go and grab a table first."
After Lu Jiang took Lu Hai away, Zhang Tiantian asked anxiously, "Ran Ran, what are you laughing at? Tell me quickly, I'm so curious."
"Didn't I introduce Lu Hai to his family? They have three pairs of twin brothers. I was just worried that you might marry the wrong man. So I asked them if the other brothers looked alike.
Lu Hai said her cousin went to the army to pick up her husband after get off work and mistakenly identified him. Lu Hai's cousin told her family about this, and when she came home for the New Year, people would joke about it. People would always say to Lu Hai's cousin, "Look, your husband is here."
Zhang Tiantian also laughed when she heard this. She sat down on a stool at the state-owned restaurant and continued laughing.
"To be honest, my dad told me that the Lu Jiang family has three pairs of twin brothers. I asked if they looked alike, and he said no. I still didn't believe it. I thought there had to be a pair that looked alike, and I even secretly went to see the others. It was mainly because I saw someone online who married a twin brother who looked very similar, and then mistook her husband for her own."
"Tiantian, we are indeed best friends. I just asked Lu Hai because I was worried that you might recognize the wrong husband. Tiantian, the Lujiang family has six brothers and they haven't split up. There must be a lot of people in the family."
“There is no family division. Many families in our brigade have not yet divided their families. It seems that they say they will wait until all the children are married before dividing the family.
Their family is indeed large, and some of Lu Jiang's brothers seem to have twins. I don't know exactly how many people there are. Anyway, Lu Jiang has many nephews and nieces.
When I told my mom I wanted to marry Lu Jiang, she didn't agree. She said Lu Jiang had too many brothers and was afraid I'd be bullied. So I started acting like a spoiled brat to my dad. He said he wasn't afraid, saying he was the captain and Lu Hai's father was his old comrade. "I have three older brothers too, so I can just give him a bigger dowry."
Lu Jiang and Lu Hai came back after ordering food, so Zhang Tiantian and Gu Ranran no longer needed to continue the topic.
Zhang Tiantian asked Lu Jiang, "Brother Lu Jiang, what dishes did you order? Did you order the dishes I like?"
"I ordered the dishes you like, braised pork, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, mapo tofu, spicy fish, and stir-fried wild vegetables."
"Brother Lu Jiang, you are so nice. These are all the dishes I like to eat."
Lu Jiang looked at the happy Zhang Tiantian and asked, "Tiantian, are you in a hurry to go back? If not, let's watch a movie later and then go back, okay?"
The dishes were served, and Zhang Tiantian replied while eating.
"Okay, let's go to the movies later. My dad also said that I can go to the movies if I want to, and he gave me money. I will treat you guys to the movie later."
"Okay, Tiantian, please treat us to a movie. I'll buy you your favorite soda and sunflower seeds later. Don't you love eating sunflower seeds while watching a movie?"
Seeing Lu Jiang and Zhang Tiantian talking non-stop, Lu Hai and Gu Ranran did not say anything and just ate quietly.
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