It was already past two in the afternoon when we finished distributing candies to the generals’ family building.
"How many more families are there?" Su Jinyue added some more wedding candy to the basket. She'd brought extra candy, fearing it wouldn't be enough. She also brought some loose candy so she could give it to any children she met playing along the way.
"Three families, Aunt He's, Aunt Jin's, and Captain Zhang's family." Zhan Yihan said. Jin Yue had met Aunt He and Aunt Jin last time, and he wasn't very familiar with Captain Zhang's family.
"Aunt He and Aunt Jin, are they giving out candy according to the standard for relatives?" Su Jinyue asked. Giving out wedding candy is also a matter of etiquette. Murakami's neighbors, colleagues, and acquaintances generally give a bag of ten candies. Relatives, in addition to the small bag of wedding candy, also receive a half-pound bag of candy, also known as "relative candy." Relative candy means inviting them to the wedding.
"Yeah." Zhan Yihan nodded. Captain Jin and Captain He had always taken good care of him. Aunt Jin, in particular, often asked Captain Jin to bring him food and supplies, completely treating him like his own junior.
Jiang Muqin and Pan Jing were chatting at the door. When they saw Su Jinyue and Zhan Yihan coming over, they walked towards them with a smile, "Yihan, Jinyue, are you here to distribute the wedding candy?"
"Aunt Jin! Aunt He!" Su Jinyue and Zhan Yihan greeted the two of them.
"You are going to have your wedding the day after tomorrow, right? Are everything ready?" Jiang Muqin asked with a smile.
"Everything is ready, Aunt Jin, Aunt He. The day after tomorrow you will go to the wedding with Captain Jin and Captain He." Su Jinyue took out wedding candy from the basket and handed it to the two of them.
"Okay, we will definitely go. Have you almost distributed the wedding candies? Come sit inside for a while." Jiang Muqin said as he looked at the basket of wedding candies.
"The only one left is Captain Zhang's house." Zhan Yihan said.
"No one is at Captain Zhang's house recently. His wife has gone back to her parents' home with the children. How about this: you give me the wedding candy, and when Captain Zhang comes back in the evening, I'll help you deliver it." Jiang Muqin said.
"Okay." Su Jinyue took out the wedding candy from Captain Zhang's family and handed it to Jiang Muqin.
"Come home and sit for a while." Jiang Muqin took the wedding candy and said.
Su Jinyue looked at Zhan Yihan, and Zhan Yihan smiled and said, "Aunt Jin, let's wait for next time. Jinyue and I have some things to do."
"Then wait for me for a moment, I have something to give you." After saying that, Jiang Muqin turned around and ran towards his own yard without waiting for Su Jinyue and Zhan Yihan to answer.
Pan Jing reached into her pocket and pulled out a red envelope, handing it to Su Jinyue. "I prepared it a long time ago. I knew you were coming today, so I brought it with me."
"No thanks, Aunt He. We won't accept any gifts this time," Su Jinyue declined. She and Yihan's friends didn't accept any gifts. Only relatives on Yihan's parents' side did.
"It's common to get married without accepting gifts. Do you look down on Aunt He? Aunt He will be angry." Pan Jing deliberately put on a stern face.
Su Jinyue looked at Zhan Yihan, and Zhan Yihan smiled and nodded.
"Thank you, Aunt He!" Su Jinyue reached out and took the red envelope.
"What's there to thank me for? As long as you two are happy in the future, Aunt He will be happy." Pan Jing said with a smile.
Jiang Muqin ran over and handed Su Jinyue a handkerchief wrapped with something in it. "This is a gift from Aunt Jin. Don't refuse it, or Aunt Jin will be unhappy."
"Thank you, Aunt Jin!" Jiang Muqin said so, and Su Jinyue could only helplessly take the handkerchief.
"Open it and see if you like it." Jiang Muqin said with a smile.
Su Jinyue nodded and slowly opened the handkerchief in her hand. Inside was a white Hetian jade pendant. The jade was pure, crystal clear, and obviously a top-grade jade.
"Auntie Jin, this is too valuable. I can't accept it." Su Jinyue handed the handkerchief and the jade pendant back to Jiang Muqin. This jade pendant is priceless even now.
"If you consider me an elder, then don't refuse," Jiang Muqin said. No matter how valuable the jade pendant was, it couldn't compare to love. If Yihan hadn't saved her father's life, he would have been dead long ago. Compared to that life-saving grace, what was this jade pendant worth?
"Then we'll accept it. Thank you, Aunt Jin!" Seeing Jiang Muqin's insistence, Su Jinyue had no choice but to put the jade pendant away.
Jiang Muqin smiled with satisfaction, "You guys go and do your work, we'll go early the day after tomorrow."
Su Jinyue and Zhan Yihan nodded, "Aunt Jin, Aunt He, we'll be leaving first."
"Go! Go!" Jiang Muqin and Pan Jing waved to the two of them with a smile.
"Yihan, why is Aunt Jin so nice to you?" Su Jinyue asked after they had walked a distance away. Normally, unless it was a younger generation in the family getting married, it would be impossible to give such an expensive gift.
"Aunt Jin, this might be because I saved Captain Jin." Zhan Yihan said.
"What's going on?" Su Jinyue asked in surprise.
"That was a long time ago. I had just joined the army. In late June, a major flood hit the south, requiring a large number of officers and soldiers to provide support. Captain Jin was leading the team that time. While Captain Jin was giving us orders, he saw a mother and daughter rushing down from upstream. Without a word, he jumped into the floodwaters and swam towards them. I jumped in with several of my comrades. While Captain Jin was pulling the mother and daughter out, I don't know if he ran out of strength or had a leg cramp. After handing them to his comrades, he sank. I was closest to him, so I pulled them ashore," Zhan Yihan recalled. He wasn't the only one in that situation; anyone would have done the same.
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