Chapter 84

Ruting upstairs doesn't know yet that Dong Xiao and Tang Jing have successfully gotten together.

She took out two small black clips from her pocket and helped her elder sister to fix her long hair.

After finishing, he fiddled with it again to make sure it wouldn't come loose, then urged, "Sister, go change your clothes."

She stood up subconsciously, but when she got the bright red dress, she felt a little uncomfortable: "Is it... too flashy?"

Ruting comforted him: "There are no outsiders here. Besides, it's an engagement, don't you want to dress up beautifully?"

Of course I would! What woman doesn't love beauty? Ruishuang is no exception, but she has been used to being simple over the years. When she suddenly wears such bright colors, she feels a little at a loss as to what to do with her hands and feet.

Of course, even though she thought so in her heart, she still quickly changed into new clothes.

Tianjin is already quite warm in April, and today is especially sunny and windy.

Tingting walked around the elder sister and confirmed that the dress was only loose at the waist and everything else was fine. She asked with satisfaction, "It looks good! Are you cold?"

"It's not cold, it's just...is it too tight?" Rui Rui touched her clothes uncomfortably, feeling uncomfortable everywhere. To be honest, she hasn't worn such tight-fitting clothes since she was 20 years old, for fear of being accused of being indecent.

Li Ting pushed the person onto the stool, took out her lipstick and helped her put on makeup: "I still think it's not slim enough... Don't move, just apply a thin layer... Hmm... Perfect, sister, go change your shoes quickly."

This time, Ruishuang did not refuse. She changed into a pair of leather shoes with three-centimeter thick heels, and then was led by her sister to the closet inlaid with a full-length round mirror.

Ruting bent down to help straighten the hem of her skirt, then asked happily, "How is it? Does it look good?"

Not only was she pretty, she was bright and gorgeous... She felt so strange that she didn't seem like herself anymore. She was stunned for a long while before she raised her hand to touch her face.

"Hey... sis, you can't cry today."

Ruishuang was brought back to her senses by her sister's voice. She then realized that her eyes in the mirror were red, so she forced a smile and said, "Well, I won't cry."

Seeing this, Lu Ting sighed silently, walked forward, hugged the person and comforted him, "It will get better and better in the future."

Ruoqing blinked and hugged her sister back: "Hmm..."

"Wow! Auntie is so beautiful, as beautiful as mom."

After opening the door and coming out of the bedroom, Li Ting bent down and pulled up her son who was squatting on the ground, and asked with a smile: "Why are you here?"

Guoguo hugged her mother's legs, and secretly glanced at her aunt who had become unfamiliar, then she said a little embarrassedly: "Come up and wait for mom."

Ruting felt soft-hearted. The little boy was still very lovable when he wasn't being naughty. She bent down, picked him up, kissed him, and then went downstairs.

Xie Hao, who heard the noise, came over in three or two steps.

Seeing her elder sister staring at her brother-in-law blankly, Ruting, who didn't want to be a third wheel at all, held back her laughter and hurried downstairs.

When they were halfway there, Huo Xiao came up to them and said, "Give me the child."

It was indeed a bit difficult for Lu Ting to carry the five-year-old Guo Guo down the stairs. When she handed the child to her husband, she couldn't help but say proudly: "I dressed up my elder sister so beautifully. Did you see it? My elder brother-in-law was stunned."

Huo Xiao paused for a moment, but soon recovered as usual. When he walked down the last step, he pretended not to care and asked, "Do you think the red dress looks good?"

Ting Ting thought for a few seconds: "...Not really, the main thing is that it looks good on the bride."

Hearing this, Huo Xiao said nothing more as he looked at his relatives who were quickly crowding over to him.

Li Taohong stood downstairs, looking up at the silly daughter and son-in-law upstairs, and called out in amusement, "Come down quickly, what are you doing?"

Xie Hao, who had recovered from his shock, felt a little embarrassed. He put his fist to his lips and coughed softly before stepping forward, holding his fiancée's hand and asking gently, "Are you going down?"

Ruishuang took a deep breath, held the other person tightly again, and said, "Go down."

The engagement party was undoubtedly lively.

In addition, both families were good-tempered, so the whole process was almost surrounded by laughter.

After the banquet was over, Ting took out a camera from her bag and suggested with a smile: "Mom and Dad, Uncle Xie, Aunt Yuzhen... let's take a family photo!"

As soon as this was said, everyone was very interested and soon started discussing whether to shoot inside the house, at the door, or in the sycamore forest...

Li Taohong came over and stared at the camera in her daughter's hand, wondering: "Can this thing take pictures?"

Ruiting passed it over: "Do you like it? I'll teach you how to take it."

As if being burned, Li Taohong stepped back quickly: "No, no, Mom can't handle this precious thing, please don't damage it, it's borrowed from someone else, right?"

"I...Huo Xiao bought it." Fearing that her mother would nag her for spending money lavishly, Ruiting lied.

After all, although it was she who suggested buying a camera, her original intention was to record the growth of the dragon and phoenix fetus.

Besides, the camera is really nothing considering the couple’s current income.

Huo Xiao, who was sitting next to him holding his little daughter, said: "Yes, I bought it."

Li Taohong glanced at her son-in-law, not knowing what to say, but her face was full of pain. After hearing the price, she gasped: "What? How can such a small thing be more expensive than a bicycle?"

Ruting quickly changed the subject: "Mom, I'll teach you how to use it. When you go back home, you can show off to your old sisters. You are an old lady who can take pictures."

Hearing this, Li Taohong really didn't care about the pain, and was excited and at a loss: "Then...then is this thing difficult?"

"It's not difficult." Ruiting picked up the camera and started teaching...

Finally, because there was enough film.

The locations that were discussed by everyone left behind images of laughter.

Li Taohong and Lu Shengli, an old couple, also learned the fashionable photography technique under the guidance of their daughter...

When preparing to return to the unit in the evening, Ting asked his parents again: "You really don't want to go back to the camp with me?"

Li Taohong was also reluctant to leave her daughter, but she pretended to be impatient: "No, the unit is too far from the train station. It only takes 30 minutes from here to the train station, which saves two hours."

After saying this, seeing that the lady was still not happy, Li Taohong smiled and joked: "We agreed to let Xiao Xie deliver it, so you have to give your brother-in-law a chance to show off, right?"

After hearing this, there was nothing else that Lu Ting could say but to say goodbye to his parents and younger brother in advance.

Hu Xiu also held her in-laws' hands and chattered for a long time reluctantly...

On the way back.

Seeing that his wife and mother looked a little depressed, Huo Xiao glanced at his brother who was the co-driver and took the initiative to chat: "When are you getting married?"

After these words were spoken, not only did Ting Ting and Hu Xiu become excited, but even Tang Jing looked over in surprise.

Then, after realizing that she was included in the topic, her face suddenly turned red.

Completely unaware that he was being used as a topic of conversation by his brothers, Dong Xiao immediately said proudly, "Of course the sooner the better. Tomorrow... No, I'll report my love affair to the political commissar when I get home."

After saying this, he turned around and looked at the person he was with: "Right? Let's go together tonight."

Tang Jing's face flushed. She didn't dare to look at the teasing look of her sister-in-law. She gritted her teeth and said, "Shut up."

Seeing that she didn't agree immediately, Dong Xiao became anxious: "Are you planning to start a mess and then give up?"

Tang Jing was about to open her mouth to retort when Guo Guo, who was sitting next to her, asked curiously, "Sister, what does it mean to start with chaos and end with abandonment?"

Miaomiao leaned on her mother, organized her words after hearing what she said, and then said uncertainly: "Uncle Dong talks too much, will he be abandoned by Aunt Jing?"

Guo Guo suddenly understood. He looked at the man who was covering his chest with curiosity and consoled him kindly: "Uncle Dong, please say less."

Dong Xiao...

Crowd...hahaha.

When I got home in the evening, it was exactly seven o'clock.

After a busy day, everyone was a little tired.

After settling the dragon and phoenix fetus out of habit, Ruting washed up and lay down on the bed early.

When Huo Xiao came in, not only had she coaxed Nian Nian to sleep, she herself was also a little unable to sleep.

When she was about to fall asleep, she saw her husband putting on his military uniform, and she finally woke up a little: "You want to go out?"

Huo Xiao turned around and glanced at his wife: "Something happened."

"What's the matter?" Li Ting sat up and said, "By the way, when Nian Nian can walk again, let's take some time to go back to our hometown."

Huo Xiao was buttoning the top button of his shirt. Hearing this, he asked in surprise, "Why are you bringing this up all of a sudden?"

Tingting: "I think our mother is homesick."

Huo Xiao paused and said, "...Okay."

"You haven't told me what you're going to do? Do you have a mission?"

"Yes, it's a very important mission."

Li Ting frowned, thinking it was a work matter and she was not in a position to ask further. She was just about to throw off the quilt and get out of bed to help her husband pack his things.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the man took out a bright red long skirt from the closet and walked towards her.

Seeing this, Lu Ting's heart moved and he inexplicably had some guesses.

Huo Xiao walked over to his wife, squatted down, and took out a gold ring from his pocket.

The ring is a simple plain circle, but it is too thick and looks a bit bulky.

Fortunately, her fingers are very beautiful, slender and porcelain white.

So after wearing it, no matter how bulky the ring is, it can still look delicate.

Li Ting stared at the ring on her ring finger again and again, and suddenly her eyes became red: "...Why would you...give me this?"

Huo Xiao brought his wife's hand to his lips and kissed it a few times before he said apologetically, "I owe you a wedding. Although it's not easy to hold a second wedding now, I still want to make it up to you privately."

After saying this, he carried her off the bed and handed her a skirt beside her: "Try it on? I didn't want to prepare a skirt at first, but today I saw that you liked the long skirt that big sister was wearing, so I secretly called Qian Haitao and asked him to find someone to make it temporarily for extra money."

Ruting sniffed and looked enlightened: "So when we came back at night, we happened to run into Qian Haitao? No... I didn't see him give you anything."

Huo Xiao bent down and kissed his wife's red lips, exchanging a lingering and passionate kiss with her. After making sure that she had stopped crying, he smiled and said, "Our mother is helping to distract you."

"Mom also knows..." Ruting had been coaxed into submission, but after hearing these words she couldn't hold herself back anymore.

She thought she didn't mind...but it turned out that deep down in her heart, somewhere she didn't know, there was still regret.

And her husband, her mother-in-law, secretly prepared a surprise for her.

Soooo... Ruiting reached out and hugged her husband's waist with emotion, then buried her face in his heart and sobbed softly.

"Don't cry...when the environment is better, we can hold another big event, okay?" Huo Xiao kissed his wife's head with some heartache.

This time, Ruiting followed her heart and nodded: "...Okay."

Huo Xiao smoothed his wife's hair again. Seeing that she couldn't hold back her tears, he reminded her, "Mom and the children are still waiting for us outside. Can you change your clothes first?"

"Ah? Aren't Mom and the others asleep?" Ruting looked up at her husband with a confused expression.

Huo Xiao raised his hand to wipe away the tears from his wife's eyes and said with a smile, "I'm not asleep. I was just pretending to be asleep. Do you smell the fragrance? The food is ready."

Ruting wrinkled her nose subconsciously and indeed smelled the aroma of roasted pork. She quickly pushed her husband away and began to change her clothes quickly.

After putting on a long dress and sitting in front of the dressing table to do her hair, I realized, "That's not right. How can my mother have the time to cook?"

Huo Xiao kept it a secret: "You'll know when you get out."

"So mysterious..." Seeing him like this, Li Ting didn't ask any more questions. She just gave him a glare and quickened her movements.

Then, within three minutes, she stood up, took her husband's hand, and said with a smile, "Let's go out!"

"Wait a moment." Huo Xiao put the big red flower in his hand on his wife's head.

Ruting quickly backed away: "No, no, this is too exaggerated."

Huo Xiao hesitated: "All brides must wear flowers."

Ruiting snatched it over and quickly put it in the drawer before saying, "That's it, let's go."

"The flowers are very beautiful." Huo Xiao said with some regret.

Straight male aesthetics is simply a disaster. Ruting ignored him and pulled people to open the door.

But unexpectedly, I was stunned by the scene outside the door.

In just a short while, the living room was already decorated with a festive atmosphere.

Red candles, red silk, red couplets...

What surprised her even more was that not only her mother-in-law and children, but also her good friends and relatives came.

The delicious dishes on the table were obviously made by them.

Gu Fang was the first to smile and said, "Tingting, happy marriage!"

Tang Wenlan was full of praise: "This dress really suits you. You look so pretty as a bride."

Pang Lihua held the student by the arm and asked with a smile: "Miaomiao, does mommy look good?"

Miaomiao nodded and said seriously: "It looks good, the best!"

Dong Xiao looked at his beloved beside him, whose eyes were red with sentimentality, and gritted his teeth in envy: "Old Huo did this so well..." It was so enviable. They were obviously almost the same age, but he had never been married once, while others could get married a second time with the same wife.

Tang Jing choked up and asked, "Too what?"

Dong Xiao immediately smiled with his white teeth: "So... thoughtful, so touching."

Without noticing the gnashing of teeth, Tang Jing sniffed, "Sister-in-law is so lucky."

Dong Xiao...

Tingting indeed felt very happy, so happy that she could hardly control herself and was crying and laughing at the same time.

In a daze, she had only one thought in her mind... Fortunately, she didn't wear makeup.