Chapter 467 I Love You (Finale)

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru were both happy and nervous.

After all, Chen Lu's family is from Guangzhou, and his parents both have city hukou. Compared with the Chen family, although they now live in Beijing with their daughter and son-in-law, they still have rural hukou. They are afraid that the Chen family will still look down on Yan Haotian.

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru thought about it, then took out the money they had saved over the years and went to discuss with Xia Juanjuan, wanting to see how they could prepare.

In the early 1980s, what couples wanted when they got married was the so-called "three turns and two sounds". The three turns were a watch, a bicycle and a sewing machine, and the two sounds were a tape recorder and a wall clock. As for the new three items that became popular later, namely a color TV, a refrigerator and a washing machine, they were still ten years later or even longer.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Dad, Mom, don't worry. My brother and I have discussed it privately. Bicycle sewing machines and the like are definitely necessary. We have to prepare them. In addition, our family runs an electrical appliance store, and we can get cheap supplies in Guangzhou, so I have reserved the color TV, refrigerator, and washing machine for my brother. You can go there when the time comes, and you won't lose face."

After hearing this, Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru couldn't help but feel relieved and guilty: "Ah! Juan'er, luckily you are here. Otherwise, we two really don't know what to do!"

Xia Juanjuan said, "Don't worry. My brother has a plan in mind. He bought a new house in Guangzhou last year and renovated it as a wedding house. You will see it when you go there. The house was built by a professional developer in Hong Kong. There is a kitchen and toilet in the room. It is more convenient than our courtyard house!"

The commercial housing in Guangzhou that Xia Juanjuan mentioned was the Donghu New Village, which was started in late 1979 and gradually put on the market for sale in the second half of 1981.

Yan Haotian was able to buy the house here with his savings over the years and some inheritance from his parents.

Xia Juanjuan also bought an apartment a few years ago, so that when Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru come to Guangzhou in the future, they will have a place to stay, and the house can also be rented out.

Yan Haotian's wedding date was quickly set on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

As relatives, Xia Juanjuan, Li Zhan, Lin Yuru and Xia Shuangshan wanted to go over to help with the arrangements, so they took the children and set off for Guangzhou after the third day of the New Year.

As soon as she arrived in Guangzhou, Xia Juanjuan contacted Chen Rongsheng and asked him to personally deliver the new imported refrigerator, washing machine and color TV, which were all placed in Yan Haotian's new house.

Xiaowen, Xiaowu, Beibei and the triplets helped cut the red double happiness characters and pasted festive double happiness characters on all the large items and brand new furniture in the house. They also hung photos of Yan Haotian and Chen Lu taken in advance at a photo studio on the wall.

Seeing this, Lin Yuru and Xia Shuangshan couldn't help but wipe away their tears with joy.

Think about their first half of life, what kind of life was that? But they never expected that they would be able to enjoy a peaceful life with their daughter and son in the second half of their lives.

The wedding was held at the Victory Hotel where we had our engagement ceremony.

Because it was held in Guangzhou, most of the guests were relatives from the Chen family. From the Xia family, there were only Xia Juanjuan, Lizhan, Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru. The rest of the Xia family members had long since cut off contact, so it was naturally impossible to invite them to come.

However, many of Yan Haotian's comrades and superiors had come, so he was definitely not defeated in terms of momentum.

After the wedding was over, everyone started clamoring to go to the bride and groom's house to have some fun, and Yan Haotian generously agreed. A long line of jeeps carrying relatives went over on the road, which could be said to be quite a face-saving move.

Chen Lu's parents were very proud in front of the Chen family's relatives. Chen Lu's father laughed softly and said, "Look at you. You even despised Haotian back then. If it weren't for Haotian, would your daughter have been able to marry so gloriously?"

Chen Lu's mother felt a little apologetic and said, "I complained? You've never complained before? It's Lu Lu's fault too. She couldn't explain herself clearly. How would I know that Haotian was the leader? Besides, didn't I agree to it later?"

Soon we arrived at the Donghu New Village community. Everyone lived in old public housing or housing allocated by the work unit. Who had ever seen such a good community management, with water, electricity, toilets and flush toilets in the rooms? We couldn't help but feel envious.

Especially when they saw the brand new refrigerator, TV and washing machine in the room, their eyes widened and they were envious of Chen Lu's parents for being so lucky to have such a good son-in-law.

Chen Lu's parents had never thought that Yan Haotian could actually afford these large appliances. You know... the dowry they gave Chen Lu was just a sewing machine, a bicycle, and other things worth two or three hundred yuan. It was estimated that all the money they put together could not even buy a color TV!

Everyone chatted and laughed enviously for a while before leaving, leaving the couple to spend their wedding night together.

Chen Lu waited until everyone had left, her face still flushed, and she felt like this day was just a dream.

When she was in a trance, the world suddenly spun around and she was picked up by Yan Haotian.

"Ah! You...you put me down quickly!" Chen Lu blushed and hugged Yan Haotian's neck tightly, afraid of falling down.

How could Yan Haotian let go? He smiled and said, "No! You are my wife now! I can hug you whenever I want! I have been holding it in for years. Don't even think about running away tonight. Juanjuan and Lizhan have already given birth to four children. If we don't work harder, we won't be able to catch up!"

As he said this, he carried her to the inner room, threw her onto the bright red bed, covered her with clothes, and stripped her clothes off...

Here, Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan coaxed Jiaojiao to sleep and were gentle with her for a long time. After they were done, they both snuggled up to each other, panting a little.

Xia Juanjuan suddenly smiled and said, "Let's go to the beach tomorrow. It's been a while since I last went to the beach. Jiaojiao will let Xiaowen and the others look after us, and it'll just be the two of us."

Li Zhan listened and smiled indulgently, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

Xia Juanjuan suddenly leaned close to his ear and said with a smile: "Then just wait, I will give you a surprise tomorrow."

Seeing her wet eyes, Li Zhan couldn't help but feel a little itchy. He turned over and hugged her, asking, "What's the surprise? And why is it so mysterious?"

Xia Juanjuan pushed him and said, "It won't be a surprise if you tell me..."

Lizhan was in a playful mood, so he pinched the small of her back and said with a hoarse laugh, "If you don't tell me, I'll force you to confess..."

Xia Juanjuan let out an "ah" and her body groaned reflexively, but was immediately pulled back by Lizhan.

She looked at Li Zhan, holding back her laughter and acting along with him: "I won't confess! I won't confess even if you kill me!"

Li Zhan grabbed her chin, kissed her forcefully, and chuckled, "You asked for this..."

Early the next morning, Xia Juanjuan felt so sore in her back and waist that she didn't want to get up.

However, Lizhan was still thinking about the surprise, so he managed to pull her up.

Xia Juanjuan drove Lizhan out of the room, changed her clothes, and then the two of them set off for the beach.

Although the winter in the south is much warmer than that in the north, when summer slowly arrived at the beach, I faced the cold wind blowing from the ocean, shivered with my shoulders hunched, and couldn't help but curse myself in my heart for being ignorant.

After standing there for a while, she immediately turned around and walked away, saying, "Let's go back. Today...is not a good day."

Li Zhan was stunned for a moment. He had just arrived, so why was he going back? Didn't he want to see the scenery?

Suddenly I remembered that there was another surprise I hadn't told him.

"Why are you going back now? Where's the surprise? What is it?" Li Zhan couldn't help but ask.

Xia Juanjuan blushed and said vaguely: "Now is not the time, wait until summer..."

The corners of Lizhan's mouth twitched. What a surprise. Do we have to wait until summer?

"This... still requires so much waiting time?"

Xia Juanjuan also felt that she had gone too far, so she bit her lip, looked around to see if there was anyone around, and said, "I'll let you take a look, but... you are not allowed to laugh at me!"

Then she unbuttoned her coat and showed it to Li Zhan.

Lizhan was stunned for a moment, then hurried over, held her in his arms, and pulled her clothes up for her.

He coughed twice embarrassedly, then asked in a hoarse voice: "What is this...?"

Xia Juanjuan blushed a little, and smiled softly in his ear: "Have you forgotten that I mentioned it to you once when we were on the island? This... is called a bikini, and it's worn when swimming in the summer... I thought there would be no one on the beach in winter, but it turned out to be so cold..."

Li Zhan couldn't help but feel angry and amused. He leaned over to her ear and said, "Just wear this kind of clothes at home and show it to me. I don't want other men and women to see it!"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "It's not the right environment to wear it at home... Oh, if only there was an empty beach in the summer..."

As she was speaking, Xia Juanjuan suddenly discovered the surrounding environment!

The originally gloomy sky was now azure blue, the sun was shining brightly, and there was a thin strip of white sand under my feet. In the distance, the blue sea was rolling over with layers of waves, making a lapping sound.

Xia Juanjuan looked around in astonishment, and then realized, if this wasn't her space, then where else could this be!

When she looked again, Li Zhan was still holding her and had actually entered the space with her!

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

In the past, she had never been able to bring Lizhan into the space, and she only succeeded a few times in life-and-death situations.

Today...what's going on in the space?

Li Zhan was also a little confused. He looked around and saw beautiful mountains and clear waters, and the sun was shining brightly. It was clearly a nice summer day. Even the sweater he was wearing felt hot.

Li Zhan said hesitantly: "Juanjuan..."

Xia Juanjuan closed her eyes and pulled Li Zhan, while touching the birthmark on her wrist with her hand.

Suddenly, the two were back on the beach where the wind was chilly and cold.

Xia Juanjuan saw that there was no one on the beach, so she pulled Li Zhan into the space again.

This time, it was still successful.

Xia Juanjuan and Li Zhan looked at each other.

Lizhan asked tentatively: "Juanjuan, this... is your space, right?"

Xia Juanjuan nodded and said, "Yes. I guess... this space has finally recognized you, so you can come in."

This was the only explanation she could think of.

Of course, it is also possible that in her deepest subconscious, she really trusted Li Zhan completely, so she let down the last bit of defense?

Otherwise, when they encountered floods in the past, Lizhan was kicked out of the space when he escaped from danger. There was no reason why she could move in and out freely with Lizhan now when there was no danger at all.

Li Zhan looked at the summer beach around him, and then couldn't help but twitch his lips and said, "Your space... is a bit obscene..."

Before he could finish his words, Li Zhan was kicked out of the space again.

Li Zhan: "..."

Okay, you are not allowed to say bad things.

Xia Juanjuan came out later and smiled, "Who told you to talk nonsense? Let's go home."

After returning home, Li Zhan still dragged Xia Juanjuan into the space, and then saw Xia Juanjuan wearing a bikini.

Xia Juanjuan later made some attempts and found that Lizhan could only enter when Xia Juanjuan wanted to bring him in, but Lizhan could not enter alone.

Moreover, if he goes in with me, I can also use space teleportation and fierce fighting.

This way, it is much more convenient.

If Xia Juanjuan goes on a long journey through the space in the future, Li Zhan can accompany her to prevent her from being unsafe alone.

Moreover, the two of them would go into the space to rest from time to time, and at least no one could disturb them.

In the summer of 1983, Xiaowen was admitted to Beijing University, and Xiaowu was drafted into the army. Beibei was in the first year of high school, and the triplets officially became junior high school students. Jiaojiao was three years old and began to run after her brothers.

However, when her brothers went to school, she still had her grandparents, Grandpa Yang, and great-grandmothers at home to pamper her.

Chen Lu got pregnant soon after getting married and gave birth to a son that year. She is now pregnant with her second child. Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru went to Guangzhou to help take care of the child.

In Beijing, she and foreign businessmen set up travel companies and multinational five-star hotels. In addition, the hot pot restaurant that Li Zhan mentioned before was also opened, and later it was developed into a chain store.

Xia Juanjuan opened a foreign trade company in Shenzhen, specializing in foreign trade with Hong Kong businessmen and foreign clients. In addition, she also opened her own clothing factory in Guangzhou. On the one hand, she pursued independent design and developed her own brand, and on the other hand, she also did OEM for foreign clients. It soon became a large-scale business.

Her own clothing and jewelry brands have also developed very smoothly, and have gained considerable popularity in Hong Kong and even abroad. Pearl jewelry must be customized several months in advance.

However, Xia Juanjuan doesn't do everything by herself anymore. She has asked many old classmates from Peking University for help, including Chen Lu and Han Rui, who used to like her in the English Department, both of whom have become senior executives of a foreign trade company.

Yue Sizhu later resigned from the hospital and came to help manage the business of Yang's Pharmacy.

Li Jie and Wu Feng also became the general manager and deputy general manager of the transport logistics company respectively, and the number of vehicles in the fleet increased to 10. Of course, the two of them were not only employees, but also shareholders, and they received considerable dividends every year.

Li Jie and Zhou Qiuhe also bought a courtyard house in Beijing, fulfilling their dream of settling down in Beijing.

Their daughter Yingying was admitted to Peking University together with Xiaowen. The younger ones also studied very hard and did very well. Lijie and Zhou Qiuhe were also very happy.

Lizhan was promoted to deputy army commander. After the awarding ceremony, Xia Juanjuan looked at Lizhan, who was still handsome and heroic in his dark green military uniform, and couldn't help feeling moved.

Although she cried a lot after traveling through time, being able to meet Li Zhan in this world and grow old with him is the best thing that has ever happened to her in her life.

Li Zhan came over and said with a smile, "Are you getting impatient?"

Xia Juanjuan suddenly stood on tiptoe, kissed him on the face, and said softly but seriously: "Lizhan, I love you."

"What's wrong with you out of the blue..." Lizhan wanted to laugh at her sudden corniness, but when he was halfway through his words, he saw tears in her eyes. He couldn't help but raise his hand to wipe them for her and said with a smile: "What's wrong with you out of the blue? Your man has just been promoted to deputy commander, and he will be commander in the future. There's no need to be so excited..."

Xia Juanjuan was so angry that she punched him.

She also knew that saying "I love you" was out of place in this day and age, and she finally mustered up the courage to say it, but he ruined the entire atmosphere.

Li Zhan, however, took advantage of the situation and grabbed her hand, holding her in his arms. He laughed and whispered in her ear, "Wife, I love you too."

--over--

Some follow-up that was not explained:

When Xia Juanjuan went to Hong Kong and Guangzhou, she occasionally saw Fu Qingye a few times. It seemed that he was hooking up with some nouveau riche.

Her daughter was taken back to the village by her grandmother and raised for a few years. When her grandmother could no longer support her, she came to the Fu family for help.

The Fu family also provided financial assistance to the child many times. Apart from the lack of parental love, the child's life was not too hard.

However, Fu Weixin was afraid that the same situation would happen as when he adopted Fu Qingye, so he only provided financial assistance secretly and did not let the child know.

Later, the child grew up, was admitted to university, and got married.

At that time, Fu Qingye, who was old and ugly and had been dumped by the nouveau riche, came back and tried to get her daughter to recognize her and take care of her in her old age. However, after her daughter learned about her life experience, she sneered at Fu Qingye and refused to recognize him no matter what she said.

Fu Qingye regretted her decision at this time, but unfortunately there was nothing she could do. Later, the street office felt sorry for her and sent her to a nursing home to live out her disabled life.

In the early 1990s, Yang Qiushi came to the end of his life. His nephew Yang Wenyuan came to make trouble and even hired a legal team to sue Xia Juanjuan and Li Zhan.

However, Yang Qiushi had already prepared a will, passing all the Yang's inheritance to Xia Juanjuan. Xia Juanjuan promised to keep the name of Yang's pharmacy.

Yang Wenyuan eventually lost the lawsuit, and after investigation, it was found that his several drugstores in Shanghai had lost all their money and were on the verge of bankruptcy.

Xia Juanjuan invested money to buy these pharmacies, reorganized and reopened them, and merged them into Yang's Pharmacy, thus restoring the integrity of Yang's Pharmacy.

Bai Zihan has also been in the army, serving as Li Zhan's deputy, and the Bai family and the Rong family have always maintained this close relationship. Many of Li Zhan's soldiers later retired, and Xia Juanjuan arranged for them to work in various companies.