Chapter 35: In-laws Arrive

Gu Yanqing had borrowed a car to pick them up, and Old Man Qian had also borrowed a car from his old comrades who worked here. So when Qian Xiaolan and the three cars drove back to the village in a row, it caused a stir. In those days, a car in the village was a sight to behold, let alone three at once. Everyone immediately ran out to watch the excitement. When they saw it was Old Man Qian and the others, everyone felt very uncomfortable.

 They regretted it, how come they didn’t know to be nice to these people with such a background when they were sent down to the village? Otherwise, today, not to mention other benefits, they could definitely have taken a ride in a car and had a taste of it. Hu Guifen had already sent her grandson to keep watch at the village entrance, and sure enough, as soon as the car stopped, Gu Changshun and Hu Guifen, the couple, pulled Gu Shengli to greet them. The two families chatted for a while, Hu Guifen thoughtfully asked Old Man Qian and the others to rest first, and then took her husband and younger brother back to prepare dinner.

 Gu Yanqing was also chased away by Qian Xiaolan, asking him to check the traps on the mountain to see if there was any prey. Gu Yanqing knew that their family reunion would have a lot to talk about, so he wisely left and went for a walk on the mountain. After Gu Yanqing left, Rongqian took two small boxes and a thick envelope from her luggage and handed them to Qian Xiaolan.

 “Lanlan, your parents didn’t prepare anything for you when you got married, so they found some local products from our old house for you.” Qian Xiaolan didn’t refuse, she took them with a puzzled expression. Rong Changhua smiled and also handed Qian Xiaolan a wooden box and an envelope, but this box was much larger. Qian Rongsheng urged her to open it quickly.

As soon as she opened the first box, Qian Xiaolan was shocked. She carefully held the flawless bracelet and asked, “Mom, you mean this is a local product from our old house?” Rongqian and Rong Changhua nodded at the same time. The Rong family, as a former wealthy family, had dozens of mines alone, but unfortunately, they were all returned to the state later. The remaining industries were also handed over to the state in 1956 when private enterprises were merged with public ones. As for the money they had earned before, most of it was secretly used to buy supplies during the War of Resistance Against Japan to support the Red Army, or was anonymously lent to them.

Later, they also donated a lot of money to the state for construction. Otherwise, their wealth would have been enough for them to spend for dozens of lifetimes. Jade Emperor, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Queen Mother of the West, hey, the local product of the Rong family was actually jadeite with excellent water content! Qian Xiaolan was stunned for a while, then continued to look at the remaining two boxes and the envelope. Her mother gave her a pair of jade bracelets, a necklace, and one thousand yuan. Her grandfather gave her a set of exquisite headdresses and a deed to a house in Shanghai, with an area of 300 square meters.

 She wasn’t familiar with Shanghai, so she didn’t know the location, but it wouldn’t be bad. Qian Xiaolan was numb, not to mention the money and the house, just the quality of the jade, not to mention decades later, even in ten years, the value would be immeasurable. She hadn’t even started working hard and had already reached the peak of her life! Old Man Qian saw her silly look and burst into laughter. After laughing, he took an envelope and handed it to Qian Xiaolan: “Grandpa can’t compare to your grandfather’s family who has mines, I can only give you a small house in Beijing.” Qian Xiaolan opened it and almost fainted.

 A courtyard house in Nanchi Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing. With an area of over 600 square meters. Is this a small house? This is the mansion that was later several hundred million! Before Qian Xiaolan could fully recover, Qian Jingming handed over two envelopes. “Dad is not as rich as your grandfather and grandfather, so he can only give you this much.” The stimulation of the day was really too much, Qian Xiaolan took them, not daring to open them.

 Seeing this, Qian Rongsheng laughed: “Our dad is really poor, don’t worry about taking it.” Qian Xiaolan believed him, and she opened the envelopes. The first envelope contained a small courtyard near Qinghua University. Well, this one is fine. She opened the second envelope, took out the passbook, and rubbed her eyes, then rubbed them again. “

One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, twenty thousand yuan!” Qian Xiaolan’s voice even went up an octave. “No, no, I can’t accept this, Grandpa, Grandfather, Dad, Mom, your gifts are too expensive, I haven’t been filial to you all these years, how can I accept such a big gift for getting married?” She felt like she was holding a hot potato, and she pushed all the things back to them. Rongqian’s eyes immediately turned red, “Lanlan, you don’t want to accept the gifts, are you still blaming Dad and Mom?” Qian Xiaolan quickly shook her head: “No, no, it’s just that your gifts are really too expensive.”

 Qian Rongsheng sighed and picked up all the things, stuffing them into Qian Xiaolan’s arms: “Take it, it’s not just you, I have some too. Our family doesn’t discriminate against girls, take it, don’t feel burdened.” Qian Xiaolan saw her brother’s serious expression, and then saw the elders all looking at her expectantly, her heart softened and she agreed. Honestly, who wouldn’t want to get rich overnight? But she really felt a little burdened. Especially since she wasn’t the original owner, she felt guilty for receiving so much love. Qian Xiaolan put all the things into the space in front of the whole family, which made Qian Jingming circle around her for a few laps.

 Qian Xiaolan thought of her father’s identity as a scientist, and she couldn’t help but feel a little nervous. Old Man Qian saw her nervousness and slapped Qian Jingming on the head: “Get out of here, you’re scaring my granddaughter!” “Girl, don’t be afraid, your dad won’t do anything to you, he’s just curious.”

Qian Xiaolan thought, “That might not be true, aren’t there some scientific maniacs who want to study anything they see?” “So that’s how you think of your father, Lanlan? Dad loves you more than anything, how could he hurt you?” Qian Jingming’s hurt voice came from beside her, and Qian Xiaolan suddenly came back to her senses. She had unconsciously spoken her mind.

Qian Xiaolan awkwardly closed her mouth and said nothing. Qian Jingming was anxious, he bent down in front of Qian Xiaolan and assured her, “Lanlan, you have to believe Dad, you are the baby that Dad and Mom have been looking forward to having, how could Dad hurt you?” Even if he hurt himself, he wouldn’t hurt his own flesh and blood! Old Man Qian coughed to help his son out: “Xiaolan, don’t worry, your father is trustworthy.” Old Man Rong also said: “Don’t worry, girl, if your father wasn’t reliable, I wouldn’t have married my only daughter to him.” Everyone said so, and Qian Xiaolan was reassured. She walked over and apologized to Qian Jingming, Qian Jingming repeatedly said “it’s okay,” and in his excitement, he hugged her, but quickly let go.

 The smile on his face was impossible to hide, and he was a completely different person from the gentle and elegant man he was when they first met. Seeing this, Qian Xiaolan came to a conclusion, this is a daughter-obsessed man. With that, her heart was completely at ease. To satisfy her father’s curiosity, Qian Xiaolan once again brought her whole family into the space. After asking Qian Xiaolan’s opinion, Qian Jingming reached out and lightly tapped on the wall of the space. “Lanlan, don’t mind your dad, let your grandfather and grandfather go to the small space to rest, Mom also brought you other things, let’s go out and look.

” The mother and daughter, plus Qian Rongsheng, went out of the space. Qian Rongsheng took a long box from his luggage and handed it to Qian Xiaolan: “Dad, Mom, and Grandpa, Grandfather all gave you expensive gifts, this one from your brother is really not expensive, just keep it as a souvenir, or wait until the country’s situation improves in a few years and wear it.” Qian Xiaolan curiously took it, and it turned out to be another jade ornament.

“This is your brother’s hand-carved for you, he spent half a month carving this piece of jade for you, his hands…” “Mom, why are you saying this?” Qian Rongsheng interrupted Rongqian shyly. “Brother, I really like this gift, I will treasure it.” Qian Xiaolan sincerely thanked him and carefully put the gift away. When Gu Yanqing and Hu Guifen came knocking on the door, the two old men had just finished resting and came out of the space. They came to invite the Qian family to dinner. Old Man Qian smiled and nodded: “In these times, we won’t be as particular about the old rules, you go first, we’ll have Xiaolan bring them over later.”