After He Shaochuan left, Ning He took Qian Lin with him to clean the house inside and out.
After finishing the work, both of them had sweat on their foreheads. Ning He smiled and wiped his sweat with a handkerchief: "Lin Bao was great today!"
"Mom, is this Dad's home? Can we stay here tonight?" Qianlin asked curiously.
Ning He nodded and asked Qian Lin, "Lin Bao, do you want to live here?"
"I want to!"
"Then we'll stay here tonight." Ning He looked around.
Looking at the place where He Shaochuan once lived, a smile appeared on the corner of her lips. She also wanted to live here.
Just as the mother and son were chatting casually, a strange man's voice was heard outside the door.
"Mom, look, the grass in the He family's yard has been cut down."
When Wang Juan heard her son's voice, she also came out of the house and followed Yu Chao's gaze to the yard of the He family next door.
The grass that used to be three feet high is now bare.
Wang Juan and Yu Fugui had just returned from the provincial capital, so naturally they didn't know what had happened in the county town recently.
Yu Chao finally remembered, "Oh, by the way, Mom! I heard that He Shaochuan came back with his son and his wife. Maybe they are really back."
Wang Juan used to treat He Shaochuan as a treasure and she hoped that He Shaochuan would get divorced and marry her daughter.
But the situation is different now. Her daughter worked hard and served as a cultural and artistic soldier for three years, but finally she caught a rich husband!
Just thinking about the scene of that day, Wang Juan couldn't close the corners of her lips with pride.
"Go away, he's back if he wants to, what does it have to do with our family? Go back to the house!"
Yu Chao felt something was wrong when he heard this, and he yelled, "No, mother, didn't you say before that when He Shaochuan came back, you would talk to him about getting a divorce and marrying my sister? How come you have changed your temper now that you have come back from the provincial capital?"
Wang Juan couldn't help but slap Yu Chao on the forehead: "What do you know? Your sister is capable and has found someone better. Who would want a second-married man with a burden?"
Yu Chao got excited when he heard this, and chased Wang Juan to ask questions: "Mom, please tell me, who is my brother-in-law?"
"Your brother-in-law is an officer in the army, his position is higher than He Shaochuan!"
Ning He, who was in the room, heard the entire conversation between the mother and son. Even Qian Lin beside him couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"Mom, are they talking about Dad? He's higher up than my dad? Is he the teacher?"
After Qianlin's reminder, Ning He's eyes jumped violently, and Jiang Huaizhi's figure suddenly popped up in her mind.
No way!
The rich son-in-law they are talking about is Jiang Huaizhi?
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The story begins in the provincial hospital.
Jiang Minke told the two elders of the Yu family that her younger brother was dating Yu Nianbai. After hearing this, Wang Juan looked at Jiang Huaizhi in disbelief as he walked towards Yu Nianbai.
Walking up to her, Jiang Huaizhi reached out and took the pen from Yu Nianbai's hand.
Yu Nianbai frowned, looking alert.
Jiang Huaizhi met her vigilant gaze, but looked away in an instant, his deep eyes falling on Yu Fugui and Wang Juan's faces.
"I am indeed dating Yu Nianbai, so you can't take her back."
Wang Juan was completely dumbfounded: "What on earth is going on?"
Jiang Minke was relieved when she heard Jiang Huaizhi admit it, and she answered for them.
"What it means is that Nianbai's injury is closely related to my brother. He has the obligation to take care of Nianbai until he recovers."
Wang Juan quickly regained her senses. How could she not understand her daughter's situation? How could a division commander, the younger brother of a chief's wife, fall in love with her daughter?
Maybe her daughter and the leader conspired to deceive them in order to avoid returning to her hometown and marrying an old man.
Wang Juan smiled and said, "That's not necessary. We are Nianbai's parents. It is our responsibility to take care of Nianbai. How can we trouble the leaders?"
Jiang Minke had seen how Wang Juan behaved as a mother, and she knew that if she let Yu Nianbai go back with them, she would probably never see Yu Nianbai again.
Thinking of this, Jiang Minke simply said, "You guys just go back and wait. When Nianbai recovers from his injury, I will let Huaizhi take Nianbai back with me and go to your Yu family to propose marriage."
Speaking of marriage proposal, Wang Juan's eyes lit up and she quickly said, "According to our custom, half of the betrothal gift must be given first..."
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Minke said bluntly: "The betrothal gift is easy to negotiate. Let's follow the standard of the provincial capital. We will give you 1,500 yuan first. We will personally hand it over to Nianbai in front of you. Can you rest assured now?"
When Wang Juan first heard about the 3,000 yuan betrothal gift, she was grinning from ear to ear. But when she heard that the money would be given to Yu Nianbai, the smile on Wang Juan's face froze.
"This, this money..." Wang Juan wanted to say something.
But Jiang Minke saw through her little thoughts at a glance.
Jiang Minke said bluntly, "We are marrying Nianbai, so there is nothing wrong with giving the betrothal money to Nianbai, right? Do you have any objection?"
The doctors, nurses and family members watching all echoed: "Yes, how can we give the betrothal gift to the parents? If we give the betrothal gift to the parents, wouldn't that be selling their daughter?"
"What era is this? You still have to sell your daughter for money? Is your family so poor that they can't even afford to eat?"
"Maybe he used the money from selling his daughter to support his son."
"If you ask me, this is a good idea. Think about it. If you use money to buy off the relationship, your daughter will follow the teacher and become the teacher's wife. Then she will have nothing to do with them."
"That's right. For parents like this, I would rather use money to buy off the relationship and never have any contact with them again!"
Wang Juan heard countless mocking and derogatory voices. After listening carefully, she found that what they said actually made sense.
Even if they take the money now, Nianbai will not recognize them in the future. If Chaoer wants to get a position in the army then, he will have no way.
Finally, Wang Juan compromised with a smile on her face: "Madam, you are right. I will listen to you."
In front of Wang Juan and Yu Fugui, Jiang Huaizhi handed 1,500 yuan to Yu Nianbai.
Jiang Yuanzhao specially booked a private room in a state-owned hotel in the provincial capital, and the two families had a meal together.
Wang Juan and Yu Fugui ate with great trepidation.
They watched Yu Nianbai get into the car and disappear in a flash.
Yu Fugui was standing by, scratching his head in embarrassment and said, "Wife, did we have dinner with the chief just now? Are we dreaming?!"
When they returned to the village, they could talk about their dinner with the leader for three days and three nights, making everyone in the village envious.
Wang Juan couldn't stop laughing: "Really, really, we are now related to the commander. Let's see who dares to neglect our Yu family in the future! When Nianbai gets married, let her find a position for Chaoer in the army. It would be best if he could marry a leader's daughter!"
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