Along with the old man of the Lu family came Lu Xiangyang's eldest brother and sister. The two had already been married, and their children would be getting married in a few years.
This time, they heard that Lu Xiangyang called personally and asked his parents to propose marriage to the Ji family. They also asked if this Ji family was the Ji family they knew?
During the ten years of turmoil, the Ji family was well-connected and the father and son held important positions. With the reform and opening up, Minister Ji was noticed by the organization for his sharp vision and unique insights, and was promoted all the way.
Ji Nanfeng was also entrusted with important tasks several times, and he led his team members to complete the tasks excellently time and time again.
Ruan Tang, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Ji family, founded Hangzhou Medical University and moved the provincial first branch to Beijing.
At the beginning, Xieyi and Xiehe joined forces to suppress the Provincial No. 1, but they failed to strangle Hangzhou Medical University and its branch in the cradle. Now, after years of development, Hangzhou Medical University has become the first choice of every medical student!
Under Ruan Tang's management, the province had already successfully transitioned from relying on aid from other provinces for infrastructure development to becoming a wealthy province.
It is no exaggeration to say that the street vendors are particularly enthusiastic when they see doctors and professors with provincial first-class labels, because they have enough money and can buy it.
This is all thanks to Ruan Tang's sharp vision. After the reform and opening up, when real estate became tradable, Ruan Tang moved all the provincial funds to buy houses. He bought all the houses he could in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
When Ruan Tang was making a big move to snipe at real estate, everyone in the province had become accustomed to taking Ruan Tang as their weather vane, and they would follow whatever Ruan Tang did.
At that time, there were also friendly forces of Xieyi singing Kongshengyi, waiting to watch the fun.
But by the late 1980s, Beijing's housing prices had reached 2,000 yuan per square meter. Xie Yi and his allies were stunned: Who could afford that? They believed that there would be regulation and that housing prices would definitely fall.
It is precisely for this reason that, with the sharp rise in property prices, some provinces may be short of money, but they are not short of houses.
They were short of money, so Qi used all his annual salary savings to buy a house for them.
There is no shortage of houses, it's just that Qi accidentally bought a little too many for them because they followed Ruan Tang.
Due to the special circumstances of her family, Ruan Tang always bought houses in a high-profile manner to avoid bringing trouble to Ji Nanfeng and his son in the future.
It was Ruan Tang's high profile that made the Ji family very conspicuous in Beijing's red circle.
Some people also wanted to report Ji Nanfeng and his son, but they were both aloof and cold-hearted. They had no contact with anyone after work. Even Ruan Tang took their monthly salary, and they only received 10 yuan for pocket money every month, which was often taken away by the two little guys.
Therefore, when Lu Xiangyang's brothers and sisters heard about the marriage with the Ji family, they also volunteered to come along, and they didn't even mind the high betrothal gifts offered by the Lu family.
After all, everyone in the Beijing circle knows that the Ji family is definitely not short of money.
They also hoped that after the marriage, Ruan Tang would lead them to become rich and show them a way to wealth.
In order to get Ruan Tang to agree, Lu Xiangyang raised the stakes: "In addition to the 38,000 yuan and a small courtyard, our family will give an additional 5,000 yuan to buy the little girl some jewelry."
Ruan Tang felt a little sad. She didn't expect that she would experience the sadness of marrying off her daughter again in this life.
"I have always treated Xiaoqin as my own daughter. Since we are marrying off our daughter, our family has also prepared a dowry for Xiaoqin."
Ruan Tang took out the dowry list that she had prepared earlier and handed it to the Lu family.
The brothers and sisters of the Lu family were so fascinated by the tons of stuff on the dowry list!
The courtyard house next to Xieyi Xie was more valuable than all the betrothal gifts in their family, not to mention the eight kilograms and eight ounces of yellow croaker, bedding and clothes for all seasons.
Didn't they hear that the little girl was just staying at the Ji family's house? How could she be worth such a large fortune from the Ji family?
If they remembered correctly, this courtyard house was a reward given to Ruan Tang by the organization. The fact that Ruan Tang gave this courtyard, which represented her personal achievements, as a dowry to the little girl was enough to show how much the Ji family valued the little girl.
For a moment, the Lu family's faces turned grim. Their betrothal gift was outshined by the others.
Although the Lu family's brother and sister-in-law had no intention of getting close to the Ji family, they were jealous of Ruan Tang's blatant display of wealth.
Even if the Ji family is rich, they don't have to be so disrespectful to the Lu family, right?!
For the betrothal gifts they gave, the Ji family only needed to pay a similar amount as the dowry, and the rest could be given secretly.
Where will the Lu family put their dignity if they are blatantly crushing the Lu family like this?
But Ruan Tang didn't think there was anything wrong with her taking out a dowry that was much more valuable than the Lu family's.
She just wanted to tell the Ji family that their little girl was not someone that the Lu family could bully at will.
As matchmakers, He Lao and Wei Lao unconditionally sided with Ruan Tang, praising her generosity and magnanimity, saying that the young lady was blessed...
When the Lu family finally recovered from the shock, they told themselves that the more dowry they got, the better it would be for their family. In the end, all the money would be left to the descendants of the Lu family, so they would have a place to borrow money even when they were short of money.
"Dean Ruan, my son Xiangyang is already grown up. Since the two children are not willing, I have picked a few dates. What do you think?"
Ruan Tang looked at the dates chosen by the Lu family, and they were all this year.
Ruan Tang frowned. "From what I know, they probably won't be able to go to Beijing this year, right?"
"The conditions don't allow them to come out, so we can just have a small ceremony with our two families to recognize each other as relatives."
Minister Ji, who had remained silent, also frowned upon hearing what the Lu family said. "What kind of wedding is it without a bride and groom? If you want to get married, wait until the two children are born."
Minister Ji made the decision as soon as he opened his mouth, and no matter how much Mr. Lu talked, it was useless.
Lu Li took a step back and suggested that the two children get the marriage certificate first and then hold the wedding.
Minister Ji refused to budge. "No! In our family, we can only get the marriage certificate after a wedding banquet. Otherwise, if we don't get the marriage certificate, our little girl will suffer. But you changed your mind. Who can we talk to?"
Because of Minister Ji's insistence, this is just an engagement.
After leaving the Ji family, the Lu family couldn't help but scold the Ji family for their arrogance. They also said that Minister Ji and Ruan Tang were deliberately playing the good cop and the bad cop, just to make things difficult for them.
The Lu family came a few more times, and Minister Ji made a promise, and in the end, the two families only agreed to an engagement, waiting for the two to come out before holding the wedding.
Two years later, a domestically-produced large aircraft crashed.
Ji Xiaodi successfully applied to become a pilot.
As a front-line researcher and a pilot's license holder, Ji Xiaodi has a greater advantage than others.
Before the flight, Ji Xiaodi wrote a suicide note at the request of the organization.
He picked up the pen and put it down several times before finally writing his first suicide note.
As everyone expected, the large aircraft flew more than 130 takeoffs and landings, landed in more than ten cities, and finally the test flight was successful!!!
China has finally set its sights on the adobe aircraft from scratch. All researchers believe that as long as they are given time, they are confident that they can make up for the shortcomings and compete with foreign large aircraft!
Except for the engines, which were imported, no foreigners participated in the research and development of other parts of the domestically-produced large aircraft, and the research and development was 100% independent.
Just when everything was about to go into production, the higher-ups suddenly issued a notice that all aircraft production lines had to be dismantled within half a month to make room for the joint venture aircraft with American capital.
All the researchers were confused and angry, but they had no choice but to accept the order!
Everyone needs to evacuate!
A month later, the three people from the Ji family who were away from home returned home one after another.
Ji Xiaodi was the last one to arrive. When he got home, there were only three days left before Gao Qin and Lu Xiangyang's wedding.
As soon as Lu Xiangyang arrived home, the Lu family came to discuss the marriage and picked the nearest auspicious date and booked a hotel.
Brother Ji goes out early and comes back late every day, and has never met Gao Qin once since he came back.
In a blink of an eye, the auspicious day came, and Gao Qin was taken to the hotel in a car wearing a Chinese wedding dress.
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