Chapter 409 Tang Xiner's Engagement
Congfei brought his son Han Yuan to propose marriage in the evening because Tang Chu was at home at night. In fact, the so-called proposal of marriage is just to bring gifts to the door and have a meal together between the two families.
The old man would not attend his granddaughter's engagement at all. Tang Chu just informed the old man. The old man knew Han Yuan. If the old man hadn't died, the Han family would not have withdrawn from the Kyoto stage and moved to the south.
However, going to the south to become a provincial official is also a good choice. At least it keeps you away from the vortex of struggle. These are just the thoughts of the old man and Tang Chu, father and son.
Yike and Ziyi are now listening with great interest to Han Yuan telling about the interesting things that happened during his childhood in the military compound.
Han Yuan grew up in a military compound and knew everything about what went on there.
When his grandfather was still alive, there were two guards in the house, one was a driver and the other was responsible for protecting his grandfather, that is, a clerical service soldier.
The orderly who protected his grandfather worked the hardest. Like a nanny, he had to take on multiple roles and do all kinds of work.
As long as the leader gave the order, he would do all the washing and drying at home and repair broken things, while the orderly who drove the car was only responsible for driving and dropping off.
Han Yuan was still young at that time and didn't understand these things, so he was very angry when he saw it. He thought that the guard who was driving the car was being dishonest and he stood up for the guard.
So he teamed up with other friends in the compound and secretly destroyed the jeep that his grandfather was driving, so that every time his grandfather needed to use the car, it was broken.
Grandpa didn't notice the problem the first or second time, but after it happened too many times, my father sent the guard beside him to investigate, and he was caught by grandpa.
Grandpa asked him why he did that? He then expressed what he thought was unfair, "We are both guards, but one has more work to do and the other has nothing to do. It's not fair."
His grandfather punished him at that time by making him stand in a military posture outside for several hours. But later I still praised him for being thoughtful and able to find problems, but his way of dealing with the problems was wrong and he should have told his grandfather in time.
My grandfather used the car every day before he retired, but he didn't expect to use it less after retirement. After his grandson did this, he felt that the guards for clerical security were enough and national resources should not be wasted, so the full-time driver was returned to the guard company.
Han Yuan regretted his decision later.
"Why?" Yi Ke asked.
"Haha, why else? It's just inconvenient to use a car." Tang Xiner laughed.
"Yes, Sister Xin'er understands me. It is true that using a car is not as convenient now, and I regret it." Han Yuan said with a smile.
"Sister, how many guards does our grandfather have? And how many does our father have?" Yi Ke asked curiously.
"Grandpa, there are two guards, a cook, and a health doctor. Dad has two guards with him, and Aunt Zhao in our family is the cook assigned by the higher-ups." Tang Xiner explained to her sister.
Yike really wanted to ask if the fact that Grandpa Han Yuan only had one orderly while his own grandfather had two would be used as an excuse when things get turbulent in the future, but after thinking about it, he stopped talking.
It’s hard to say this. The old man must know more than me since he is in that position. I should not worry about it. The engagement banquet was a "whole lamb banquet" at the most famous restaurant in Kyoto. Yike and Ziyi both felt that the "whole lamb banquet" of this era was even more delicious than that in their previous lives.
The two families had dinner together and exchanged tokens of love. They were successfully engaged and both were no longer single.
The happiest person was Han Yuan. He had finally become Tang Xiner's fiancé with a legitimate reason. From now on, he could legitimately drive away the buzzing drones around Tang Xiner.
Yike was also very happy that his sister had found a good partner and the lovers had finally gotten married. Although there was still one last step left - getting married, it was almost there.
She was also happy to see her eldest cousin who bought clothes for her - her eldest aunt's eldest daughter who married in Kyoto.
My eldest cousin came directly to the restaurant to eat, and she was with her cousin-in-law and a little kid - a little boy over one year old, my eldest cousin's son.
The eldest cousin is not as carefree as the younger cousin Liu Baoer. On the contrary, she is gentle, beautiful and generous.
My cousin has a beautiful face, fair and delicate skin, and elegant temperament. Although her appearance is not eye-catching, it is like the soft waves in the spring breeze, the most charming and never boring scenery.
The elder cousin spoke in a soft and gentle voice, which was the opposite of the younger cousin's impatient voice.
She gave Yike a hand-knitted scarf, a pen and a notebook.
"Cousin Yike, I heard from my mother that you studied on your own and were admitted to high school, and she also said that you will take the college entrance examination next year. This means you will skip grades again. You are so smart. So I bought you a pen and a notebook, hoping that you can be admitted to a university in Kyoto. Then your aunt will be able to see you more often and won't have to miss you every day." The eldest cousin said gently.
"Thank you, cousin. I will work hard." Yi Ke gave her a pen and a notebook. In this era, a pen costs at least ten yuan, and the cheapest notebook costs several yuan. When the monthly salary is only a dozen or twenty yuan, it is a very expensive gift.
Yike immediately put the scarf around her neck and said, "Look, doesn't it make me look better? It's warm and nice. Thank you, cousin. This is a warm scarf that money can't buy."
Tang Xiner immediately asked, "Sister, what is the Warmth Card?"
"That's the name of this scarf. It's called the Warmth Brand because it was knitted by my cousin herself." Yike explained.
"Then is this one of mine also called the Warmth brand?" Tang Xiner asked, and she also put on the scarf that her cousin gave her.
"Of course. Anything made by relatives can be named a warm brand." Yike said.
"Then I will go back and knit a scarf for Brother Han." Tang Xiner said to Han Yuan.
Han Yuan looked at Tang Xiner with affection, and everyone at the table was fed a mouthful of dog food.
Tang Chu's majestic eyes swept over, and Tang Xiner fell silent.
"It's because your brothers protected you so well, otherwise you wouldn't have grown up like this. It's all my fault. I only cared about spoiling you and made you don't know anything. You can't tell what to say in different occasions. Sigh!" Zhong Qixin sighed.
"It's okay, we are all family. Besides, I like Xiner's innocent character." Congfei said as he picked up a piece of mutton for Tang Xiner and touched Tang Xiner's little face affectionately.
Tang Xiner smiled sweetly at Congfei, and Congfei said even happier: "In our compound, there is only one girl with such a personality. Look at the other boys and girls, who is not a troublemaker?"
Zhong Qixin nodded in agreement and said, "That's true. It's all because her brothers and Xiao Han protected her well and didn't hang out with those people."
"Yike, does your adoptive mother have an older brother? Is he good to you?" Congfei asked.
So the topic returned to Yi Ke...
This dinner was nominally my sister Tang Qing'er's engagement dinner, but the person who was asked the most questions and picked up the most dishes at the table was Yi Ke.
I didn't want to steal the show's spotlight, so I deliberately brought up some school matters, Tang Xiner's school topic. Then Tang Xiner excitedly talked about some people and events in their school, and finally I didn't neglect the protagonist of the night.
The dinner was over, and Yike felt relaxed for a moment, and then he found that Ziyi and Han Yuan seemed to have become good friends. Does men's friendship come so quickly?
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