amaotonovel Chapter 314 Child, home is always your safe haven.
Chapter 314 Child, home is always your safe haven.
He felt that his abilities, circumstances, and intelligence didn't seem to allow him to make it in a big city.
Moreover, it's no longer allowed to move to a different place to live at will.
Seeing the change in Li Ergou's expression, Su Niannian smiled and walked over.
He took Song Zhaodi's hand and looked at Li Ergou, saying...
“I’ve already made a promise with Zhaodi that we’ll meet again in the capital. Why don’t you marry our Zhaodi sooner, and then we can come to the capital together to join us?” Su Niannian joked.
Li Ergou laughed when he heard Su Niannian's words.
"Marry? I'd like to marry you, but I've always been rejected!" Li Ergou said, sounding a little aggrieved.
Who doesn't want to get married soon? I mentioned it to Song Zhaodi, but she brushed me off.
He didn't know when he would be able to marry her, but Li Ergou was willing to wait for the day when Song Zhaodi would be willing to marry him.
Soon, the venue and everything was set up. Gu Zhendong and Zhao Tian would get their marriage certificate tomorrow and then come back to hold the wedding.
Grandpa Bai looked at the decorated venue, came to Su Niannian's side, and expressed his regret that he could not attend his granddaughter's wedding.
"Although you didn't get to attend the wedding, you can see your great-grandson being born," Su Niannian said with a smile, gently stroking her belly.
Witnessing the birth of a new life with my own eyes is not bad! Thinking this, Old Master Bai felt that his previous regrets were not entirely unacceptable.
"Also, what's wrong with Brother Gu Nan's leg? Is it also from that magical water?" Old Master Bai noticed that no one around could hear their conversation.
He lowered his voice and asked Su Niannian.
Su Niannian smiled and nodded.
"It's a good thing. Don't let it be exposed after you get to Beijing," Old Master Bai said earnestly.
He was afraid that Su Niannian had forgotten what he had told her yesterday.
"Yes, I know, Niannian." Su Niannian replied with a smile.
Only then did Grandpa Bai feel relieved.
This afternoon, when Su Niannian and the others weren't here, Grandpa Bai took Gu Zhendong's pulse.
They also checked the injuries to Gu Zhendong's legs.
Grandpa Bai could tell that Gu Zhendong's previous injury was serious and that it was impossible for him to recover and be able to walk again.
Bones can also heal after being broken twice.
Because Grandpa Bai is Su Niannian's maternal grandfather, he is not an outsider.
Gu Zhendong told him about how Su Niannian broke her own leg by swinging a sledgehammer and had the bone grow back.
Grandpa Bai listened, completely stunned.
Even Chief Lu, who had no medical knowledge, could tell that something was wrong.
This... with both legs ruined, how can you still do this?
Old Master Bai instructed Gu Zhendong not to mention this matter to outsiders after he arrived in Beijing.
It doesn't matter in Kaoshan Village, since it's a small place and not so conspicuous.
Although Gu Zhendong didn't know why, there was really no need to mention this to outsiders.
But why would Su Niannian, with her excellent medical skills, hide it?
Isn't this a good thing?
Old Master Bai saw through Gu Zhendong's thoughts and told him that when he was outside, especially in Beijing, he should hide his talents and not reveal how great he was, so as to avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.
Gu Zhendong, having lived in a big city before, understood immediately and nodded solemnly.
He added that he would also inform Zhao Tian.
Grandpa Bai nodded and then went to answer Chief Lu's questions.
It wasn't until evening that the two old men, Zhou Qishan, and Xiao Yang left the Gu family home.
We agreed to come over for the banquet tomorrow at noon.
That night, Zhao Tian was at home, too excited to sleep.
After nightfall, Zhao Tian's parents called her into their room.
Zhao Tian's father sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and lit his pipe.
Zhao Tian's mother took out a red handkerchief from her pocket.
Open it in front of Zhao Tian.
Inside were two pieces of gold jewelry: a pair of earrings and a necklace.
It's not very big, but the style is still quite trendy right now.
The earrings are small twisted hoops, and the necklace is a heart-shaped pendant.
"Mother? What's this?" Zhao Tian asked, looking at the thing in her mother's hand.
"My child, you are getting married tomorrow. Although all the proper etiquette is followed, the time is very tight, and after you get married you will be going to a place as far away as the capital."
"When your eldest sister got married, your mother secretly altered a few small items from some old pieces of jewelry."
"Half of it was given to your eldest brother's wife, and the rest was given to your eldest sister."
"There's another portion reserved for Zhao Fu's marriage; this is your share."
"I'll give it to you now, as part of your dowry."
"If the environment is good, this is jewelry; if the environment is bad, you can sell it and use it as travel expenses to get back."
"If you suffer injustice outside and can't make a living, come back."
"Home will always be your refuge, and your parents will always want you," Zhao Tian's mother said to her.
As she spoke, her nose tingled and her eyes reddened.
Zhao Tian held the things her mother handed her, and as she listened to her mother's words, tears streamed down her face.
Zhao Tian's father, standing to the side, felt uneasy listening to his wife's words.
He tapped the empty pipe against the wall twice, saying, "Tomorrow is the baby's big day, what nonsense are you spouting! That's enough."
In this day and age, it's already a good thing if a father doesn't favor sons over daughters.
Zhao Tian's father truly loves her.
They didn't use their children to exchange for a bride price, like fathers of this era.
Or they might sell the child to a widower or a family with a child.
They didn't care whether the children were doing well or not.
"I'm just explaining things," Zhao Tian's mother said, wiping away her tears.
Then he took the money out of his pocket again.
There were many of them, all ten yuan each.
Judging by its thickness, it must cost over a hundred yuan.
“This is the betrothal gift from the Gu family to you. I was worried about what might happen in the future, so I discussed it with your father and decided to keep 100 yuan. You can keep the remaining 180 yuan with you.”
“It’s not that your parents want to take the hundred, it’s that they’re afraid you’ll take it all back with you, and what if one day… you won’t have anything left.”
"Keep this 180 yuan for your own household expenses. There will be many places to spend money in Beijing."
"Your parents don't have much ability, this is all we can do for you." Zhao Tian's mother said, trying to stuff the money into Zhao Tian's hand.
Zhao Tian waved her hand in refusal.
“Zhendong said this money is for you two, so you won’t suffer and can eat and dress well,” Zhao Tian refused.
“Your mother and I are both old, we can’t eat or wear much, and we have plenty of clothes and food at home. Just take this money.” Zhao Tian’s father had just put down his pipe.
And now... he's picked it up again.