Ruan Tang refused to take it. "My salary is much higher than Dad's, and Ji Nanfeng's salary is not bad either. Plus, we both get some bonuses from time to time, so the money is enough for the three kids to get married."
In addition to salary and bonuses, the biggest income was a large sum of money Miao Jianye gave him at once when he taught the black market people how to make radios.
"I'm not short of money. I'm saving this money to find a wife for my brother. The market in Beijing is very high. Without a betrothal gift of at least 5,000 yuan, you can't even find a wife. Besides, my brother is in the army. Once he gets married, we'll have to live apart. It's not good to give too little betrothal gift, and it will be unfair to the girl."
Seeing Ruan Tang's insistence, Ruan Qi stopped pushing it back. "This has nothing to do with the matter, you're so bold to think about it."
Ruan Li sighed deeply. Sometimes she still couldn't believe that their family had suffered such a great change, but they could still sit here and chat.
When Ruan Qi finished preparing dinner on time, Ji Nanfeng came back early, which was rare.
After going out every day these days, the little guy starts to doze off as soon as he finishes his meal.
The two returned to the house early. After coaxing the little one to sleep, they cuddled together and talked. As they talked, the atmosphere became a little off...
Then, Ruan Tang inevitably got up late again.
The two of them hurriedly packed up and went to Gong's house.
The Gong family invited not many relatives, only Gong's father, one brother, two sisters, and three other families.
Since Father Gong introduced Ruan Tang and his wife to the three families, Uncle Gong and the two aunts heard Gong Li talk about the recognition of relatives yesterday.
If it were anyone else, they might have suspected some scheming young girl of marrying into a wealthy family. Although the Gong family was not as wealthy as other wealthy families, they still knew a few people in Beijing.
But now that the little girl was Ruan Tang, they began to suspect that their younger brother envied Ruan Congqian for having a capable daughter and deliberately lured her back to his home.
After all, Ruan Tang's headquarters is in Hangzhou Province. Moreover, based on Ruan Tang's current reputation, he has no use for the Gong family.
Therefore, the Gong family treated Ruan Tang and his wife with special affection.
Well, since I tricked her into coming here, I have to coax her and pamper her well, otherwise what if she runs away?
Ruan Tang didn't expect the Gong family to be so welcoming and fully accept the couple.
How can I describe this feeling? It wasn't too deliberate, it was as if the couple had been members of the Gong family since birth. It was like they hadn't seen each other for a long time, drinking tea and catching up.
Second Aunt Gong spoke to Ruan Tang affectionately, and asked about the fate of those test-tube babies and abandoned babies.
Ruan Tang replied, "They're all in the nursery at our hospital. We've recruited experienced family members to look after them. So far, we've only found the fathers of three baby girls. They were sentenced for abandoning their babies, and their families don't want to adopt them, believing it would be unlucky..."
Gong Ergu, the director of the women's department, couldn't help but curse these fathers after hearing this, saying that they were blinded by greed.
Ji Nanfeng was drinking tea with the men of the Gong family, listening leisurely and occasionally chatting.
When there was a noise at the door, the Gong family members went out to greet them.
The Zhan family is here.
The girl Gong Zhi was engaged to was Zhan Mengchao, the eldest daughter of the second wife of the Zhan family. They were high school classmates and had an ambiguous relationship in high school. The relationship continued after they started working, and it took four or five days before Zhan Mengchao agreed to get engaged.
The Gong family planned to set the wedding date while having dinner today.
They finally saw through it, so they let the young couple discuss it themselves. It would probably take another five days before they could get married.
"My dear relatives, you have had a hard time on this journey. Come inside and warm up."
Gong Qi warmly invited the Zhan family in, and the Zhan family also politely congratulated them.
A harmonious atmosphere.
According to the agreement between the two families, they would have lunch at the Gong family's house, and then have dinner at the Zhan family's house with the betrothal gifts.
Ruan Tang stood among the younger generation. Seeing that the aunts had finally stopped talking to Ruan Tang, Gong Zheng's wife excitedly squeezed over to Ruan Tang's side, looking at her with starry eyes. "Little sister..."
"Sister-in-law."
"Hey—" Gong Zheng's wife happily responded, and then introduced the Zhan family to Ruan Tang. "The one in the front is my second brother's wife and my eldest aunt..."
Of course Ruan Tang saw Zhan Tingbai who was in the front.
Unexpectedly, this world is quite small.
After adopting a godparent, he actually became a relative of the Zhan family.
If she recognized this face correctly, this aunt from the Zhan family was the wife of her uncle from the Ji family who was introduced to He Kun by the old leader Wei and his son when they got married.
The irony is that not only did they not recognize each other as relatives, but they also became enemies.
"Shouldn't my second sister-in-law and father-in-law be in the front?"
Gong Zheng's wife is a doctor and is not clear about the twists and turns involved.
Uncle Gong's eldest daughter said, "Because her aunt's husband's family is the most supportive, not to mention others, Uncle Ji is responsible for two departments alone, which is enough to show how much the higher-ups value him!"
Uncle Gong's eldest daughter also worked in the Revolutionary Committee office building, but she was just a grassroots staff member and rarely saw those leaders.
Ruan Tang snorted coldly. It turned out that the uncle from the Ji family was so troublesome. No wonder his wife Zhan Tingbai was worried about them trying to establish a relationship with him.
Zhan Tingbai was flattered and sat down at the main seat. She accepted the tea poured by Gong Zhi himself and drank it with satisfaction. Just as she was about to speak, she saw the conspicuous face of the Gong family!!!
He, why did he come to Beijing? !
Why is he at the Gong family?!
In the evening, when the Zhan family has a family dinner, Old Ji will also come!!!
Gong Zhi saw Zhan Tingbai's face turn pale after taking a sip of tea. "Auntie, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? Or was the tea I poured too hot and burned you?"
Zhan Ting smiled faintly and patted Gong Zhi's shoulder: "Good boy, I'm fine. I just got blown by the cold wind and it took me a while to recover."
As he spoke, Wuzhen held the enamel cup to warm his hands.
Gong Zhi was relieved and went to pour tea for Zhan's father.
While Zhan Tingbai was drinking tea, she looked at everyone, but her eyes were fixed on Ji Nanfeng.
In the past, she could mock and humiliate Ji Nanfeng and his wife at will in Hangzhou Province, but today she couldn't do that. She couldn't ruin her own niece's engagement.
Moreover, this is Jing City, and this is the Gong family.
The two families had already made it clear that only family members would get together.
The fact that Ji Nanfeng and his wife appeared here at least showed that the Gong family considered them to be their own family.
Therefore, Zhan Tingbai couldn't make a fuss.
If this marriage is ruined, her sister-in-law will definitely blame her to death.
At the Gong family's side.
Ruan Tang sat with the young man and roasted corn around the stove, laughing. The Gong family treated her kindly, so even if she had an old grudge with Zhan Tingbai, it was not the time to settle the score.
Ruan Tang gave Ji Nanfeng a look, and Ji Nanfeng nodded in understanding.
As long as Zhan Tingbai doesn't go crazy, they will not take the initiative to ruin Gong Zhi's engagement party.
Gong Li felt a little jealous and whispered to Aunt Gong, "Tsk, I wonder if they thought Azhi was their live-in son-in-law. His father and I have never drunk tea poured by him."
Aunt Gong patted the back of Gong Li's hand soothingly, and tactfully invited the Zhan family to eat and have snacks.
"Lunch is still a while away, everyone should eat something first."
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