Bai Shihai was unsure of what to do, so he came over and asked Bai Jiaojiao.
Bai Jiaojiao said, "Big brother, just add a few more seats as you prepared before. The leaders aren't here to eat anything. If you really prepare a table full of sea cucumbers and abalone, they'll ask you where you got such good family conditions."
Bai Shihai thought about it and agreed: "The leader came for the two of you. Hey, Jiaojiao, our family's ancestral graves are really blessed. Our father said that no one in our family for five generations has ever been an official."
This means that the Bai family ancestors were utterly worthless when it came to education.
"Times have changed. Didn't Manzhi do well on her final exams this year? I think she's a college student in the making."
Bai Shihai immediately beamed: "Who would have thought? Manzhi has been such a mischievous child since she was little, not at all like a little girl. Your sister-in-law and I were worried that she would cause trouble at school, but look at her. She must have been influenced by you."
Bai Manzhi was very enthusiastic about her studies. After all, with her aunt and uncle as her mentors, she had to stand taller among her peers in the village.
Bai Jiaojiao said, "Why is the date set for the 16th? Didn't Third Brother plan to go back to the army on the 6th? Why don't we hold the ceremony earlier and have Third Brother at home?"
"It was arranged for you, to match him with whatever house he's in. And wasn't this date something your brother-in-law discussed with me?"
Bai Shihai looked at Shen Heng with a puzzled expression.
Why haven't the young couple discussed this yet?
Bai Jiaojiao also looked at Shen Heng.
Well, now they've already started doing things behind her back.
Shen Heng scratched the back of his head: "Well, didn't I hear that Shen Guangsheng is planning to hold a banquet on the sixteenth of the first month? If you ask me, it would be a disservice to him if the two of us didn't go to attend. It would be more meaningful if both families held the banquet together."
"......"
Comparisons are always painful.
Bai Jiaojiao shook her head. Shen Heng was originally a stubborn mule, and Shen Guangsheng wanted to use the name of the elders of the Shen family to pressure Shen Heng into obeying him. Wasn't that just waiting for him to rebel?
Bai Jiaojiao never advised Shen Heng on matters concerning the Shen family. Since Shen Heng and Bai Shihai had already made their decision, she didn't interfere further.
The notice stated that the reporting date was February 15th, which was the 28th day of the first lunar month. With less than a month to go, they could start preparing for their trip to Yancheng.
This time, I'm far from home, so aside from everything else, I absolutely need to have enough money.
Bai Jiaojiao is planning to make a fortune with taro and sweet potato balls, and now she spends her days at home enjoying family reunions.
Shen Heng also helped Bai Jiaojiao mash the taro filling.
He thought to himself, when we get to school, we can't possibly live in separate dormitories with Bai Jiaojiao, can we?
That would surely kill him.
Yancheng is such a big city, the rent must be expensive, I need to make more money quickly.
"Jiaojiao, how much money do we have now? If we go to Yanda University, can we rent a place to live? We can't live separately, can we? What couple lives separately?"
Shen Heng carefully mashed the taro paste.
Bai Jiaojiao looked at Shen Heng's expression, which was completely out of character for him, and wanted to tease him: "Renting a place over there is expensive. Going to university means you can't be as free as you are now and do whatever you want. If we don't find a way to make money, the money we have might last until we both graduate from university. We have to be careful with our money."
"Once we get to Yancheng, I'll find a way to get money."
Shen Heng thought about it and decided that no matter what, his wife couldn't sleep with other men.
Women are not allowed either.
Seeing Shen Heng's serious expression, Bai Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Our family has a little over four thousand yuan right now. We haven't earned any money for two months and have spent quite a bit, otherwise we could have saved even more. But if we sell more taro and sweet potato balls this month, we can earn four or five hundred yuan, which will bring us to five thousand. With that money, we can see if we can buy a small courtyard near Peking University."
Yenching University hasn't expanded its campus yet, but within ten years, it will definitely acquire some surrounding land, and those residential courtyards will become valuable after demolition.
They have some money now, and they don't actually need much for living expenses at university, so they might as well invest it.
Upon hearing this, Shen Heng realized that Bai Jiaojiao was thinking even further ahead than he was.
“If we find a suitable one, we’ll buy it. You can continue raising sheep and chickens there,” Shen Heng said enthusiastically. “Don’t worry, I can get by anywhere. At worst, I can work at a meat processing plant and help people slaughter pigs. You don’t have to worry about not having money in the future.”
Once Shen Heng got excited, he became restless and snuggled up to Bai Jiaojiao, grinning with his big teeth: "I knew we could always think of the same thing. We both go to the same university, yet we still end up living apart."
Bai Jiaojiao pushed away his large face that was leaning in: "Let's get a dog to guard the house then. We're not usually home, so it'll be safer to have a dog to watch over the house."
Upon hearing this, Shen Heng exclaimed, "Wow, now that we're in the city, we don't raise chickens or sheep anymore, we raise dogs instead!"
"Do you really have to feed me something? Isn't feeding me enough? Am I not eating enough or what?"
Bai Jiaojiao glared at Chen Heng.
She had wanted a puppy for a long time, but she knew she would have to leave this place sooner or later, and she wouldn't be able to take the puppy with her.
However, Bai Jiaojiao plans to settle down in Yancheng in the future, and Shen Heng should not have any objections. This way, she will be able to raise a puppy, which makes her happy just thinking about it.
Stared at by Bai Jiaojiao, Shen Heng stepped aside and said, "I only have you in my heart, while you have chickens and dogs in yours."
“...Brother Heng”.
Bai Jiaojiao sometimes really suspects that Shen Heng actually has two people inside him.
"Fine, I'm used to it. Who told me to love you more? I'll just have to put up with it."
"......"
Bai Jiaojiao felt that Shen Heng's words made her realize that she would have to slap herself on the spot to save face.
On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Bai Jiaojiao met many relatives she had never met before.
However, Bai Shihai discovered that these relatives were more interested in gossiping about the fact that Bai Jiaojiao had been switched at birth than in celebrating her advancement to higher education.
When Bai Shihai sent them the message, he clearly explained the reason and hoped that they would not bring it up again.
"Jiaojiao, have you been able to adapt to life here for the past few years? Did you specifically choose to go back to take the college entrance exam this time?"
"Do you still keep in touch with your parents over there? Why did you come back instead of staying there? They raised you for over ten years."
These questions made Bai Zhiman's face turn very ugly, but today was supposed to be a happy day for Bai Jiaojiao, so Bai Zhiman held back his anger.
Bai Jiaojiao turned to the person who had asked her the question and said, "What's it to you? Just keep your mouth shut about eating. Do you have time to talk all this later?"
"You child, we elders are just trying to show you some concern, and this is how you react?"
Bai Jiaojiao looked at the distant relative and really didn't know where her concern came from.
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