"My brothers and sisters bought a few courtyard houses at the entrance of the alley in front. There's a wedding room I've prepared there, a two-yard house. There's also a one-yard house for your parents."
Na Ru raised her head from his chest, somewhat incredulous, "Two sets?"
It is already generous enough for an ordinary family to buy one house as a wedding house, but this person bought two?
"It's fine for us to live in this house. They won't want it." This house is a dormitory building. At that time, the unit distributed housing, and her parents moved in with her. She felt a little reluctant to leave, let alone her parents.
Cao An raised his hand to fiddle with her fluttering eyelashes. "I bought it to live in. The floors here are too high, and it's inconvenient to climb up and down. Besides, the space is too small. There's a small yard right after entering the courtyard. Let your uncle and aunt plant flowers and raise birds. Living over there will make it convenient for you to visit them in the future."
"We've done some simple renovations. Do you want to go take a look later? Youyou and the others are waiting over there."
"They're all here?" Naru looked at him in surprise. "Then why don't you let them come to your house for dinner?"
"My future son-in-law is here on his first day, so why bring them here? There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
Okay, then there was no objection at the moment.
"So how are you going to tell my parents?"
Cao An had already considered this when he bought the house. "The second courtyard is our wedding room. The first courtyard will be used as a betrothal gift. We'll prepare the rest in cash later. Come with me to see the courtyard later. You have the final say on how to decorate it."
Na Ru almost dropped her jaw in shock. Not only did he give her the yard as a betrothal gift, but he also gave her 10,100 yuan!
These days, anyone who can give a betrothal gift of 100 yuan is considered wealthy. But this guy!
"Where did you get so much money?" Naru really couldn't believe it. Although their family was quite wealthy, it was only ten thousand! Who would dare to show off their wealth like that these days?
Cao An rubbed her nose with his nose in amusement, "We earned it! Don't worry, it's absolutely legal!"
So if you're not suspicious of him, or you think this is easy money? He's still running a factory, doesn't production require investment?
"Don't think too much. I'll show you my passbook after we get married!" Cao An pecked her lips again and picked her up from the desk.
"Go out first. Bring my mother here tomorrow so both sets of parents can meet. I'll then ask Mr. Qi to be the matchmaker and we can finalize the matter."
Na Ru felt a little dizzy and was led out of the room by him.
Naru's father had already fallen asleep in bed, and Naru's mother was cleaning up the mess on the table.
Cao An walked over to help, "Auntie, let me do it."
"No need, you can sit with Xiaoru."
Cao An didn't listen. He quickly put the dishes into the kitchen, rolled up his sleeves and started washing the dishes.
Na Ru grabbed her mother who was about to go in, walked aside and told her that Cao An's mother would come to meet them tomorrow.
"So you agree?" Looking at her daughter's shy face, the mother had to agree even if she disliked Cao An.
A grown-up child is no longer under the control of his mother, so her father didn't say anything. Moreover, Cao An's performance was indeed good, so even if she was dissatisfied, she was impressed.
"Okay."
Na Ru got her mother's consent and took her arm and acted coquettishly.
"Mom, Cao An will definitely make me happy!" She was confident.
"Now that you've said that, what can I do?" She patted her daughter's head and finally felt relieved.
Na Ru looked at the tall man busy in the kitchen. Because he was too tall and the sink was too low, he had to bend over with some effort.
"He said he's prepared a two-story courtyard house as your wedding home, and a single-story house as a betrothal gift for you to live in. He's also prepared 10,100 yuan in cash. Tomorrow, he'll ask the old man from the Qi family to act as a matchmaker to finalize the marriage."
Naru's mother was almost stunned by her words. What quadrangle courtyard? What betrothal gift? What 10,010?
Seeing that her mother was as shocked as she was, Naru shook her arm and said, "Mom, what he said is true. We are going to visit the courtyard over there later. Do you want to go?"
Naru's mother subconsciously shook her head, still unable to react.
When I finally came to my senses, Cao An had already come out of the kitchen wiping his hands.
When he saw Na Ru winking at him, he knew that he had already told his future mother-in-law about the betrothal gift.
"Aunt, I'll go to the state-owned hotel and reserve a private room. Our two families can sit down and discuss my marriage with Naru. This afternoon, I'll take Naru to see what else we need for the wedding room and bring her back before dark."
Na Ru's mother nodded, her heart in turmoil, and watched them leave.
Coming out of the house, Na Ru sat on the front bar of a bicycle. The autumn wind blew on her face and lifted her long hair, stirring Cao An's heart and bringing a hint of itchiness.
He brushed her hair away from her face, pushed it to one side, and bent down to kiss the side of her cheek.
Na Ru shrank her neck and didn't dare to look back at his burning gaze.
The courtyard was not far away and we arrived there soon.
Xia Youyou and her friends had returned to the courtyard after dinner. She was writing down the things she wanted to buy when Cao An's voice came from the intercom.
Cao An was at the entrance of the first building, which he was going to give to Na Ru's parents. Na Ru went in to see, and he picked up the intercom to ask where Xia You You was.
"Brother, it's in my yard."
The two buildings are separated by only a small alley when entering the courtyard. When they were renovating the house, they cleaned out the debris in the alley and opened a small corner door to make it convenient for people to visit each other.
The five people met in Xia Youyou's yard.
"Sister Naru!" Xia Youyou rushed over to hug her, but was stopped by Cao An.
"From now on, just call me sister-in-law!"
Cao An had a smug look on his face, which made Xia Youyou feel a pang of jealousy.
Na Ru broke free from his big hand and moved closer to Xia Youyou to whisper something.
"Was my brother nervous when he met your parents? Did your dad chase him away with a broom?"
Na Ru shook her head and said, "Dad seemed to like Cao An very much."
"That's strange. You were obviously quite panicked when you went in just now." Xia Youyou was really puzzled.
Cao An slapped her hard from behind, "You're just making up stories about your brother!"
Xia Youyou felt a headache and turned around to kick him.
Qi Siling quickly separated the two siblings. They were really enemies!
Na Ru didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She pulled Xia Youyou to rub her head and said, "I'll help you deal with him."
"Sister-in-law is so nice!" Xia Youyou was happy now, hugging Na Ru and acting coquettishly!
She blushed when being called sister-in-law. Thinking that the wedding date would be set tomorrow and she and Cao An would soon become husband and wife, this feeling was quite wonderful.
She pulled Xia Youyou into the room, away from the men, and asked, "What was the situation when you and Qi Siling got married?"
"We?" Xia Youyou thought carefully, "We got married in a hurry. We got married right after we confirmed our relationship. It was just a family gathering, with two simple tables set up."
"Is it that simple? What about the betrothal gift?" Na Ru felt her scalp tingling when she thought about Cao An saying that he would give a betrothal gift of 10,010 yuan and a house.
"We didn't ask for a dowry, but Brother Qi knew that I like old things, so he gave me all his family savings." Thinking of the box of gold that Qi Siling smashed on the ground, Xia Youyou couldn't help laughing.
"What about your wedding room?"
"There's no wedding house. Brother Qi said he's marrying into the family."
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