mtl008 Chapter 305 Deciding to propose marriage to Zhaoxi
Chapter 305 Deciding to propose marriage to Zhaoxi
During the meal, Xiao Mingxuan insisted on sitting next to Huo Haocheng. There was no other choice but to let him sit between Huo Haocheng and Lan Chaoyang. After the meal, a group of people sat together and chatted. Three old people sat together, reminiscing about the past, and four young people sat together, talking about work. Wang Qun took Xiao Mingxuan to take a nap.
"Chaoxi, sister wants to ask you, are you dating someone?" In the morning, she found out that Chaoxi was about the same age as her. She had always heard them talk about this girl before, but had never heard that she had a boyfriend.
"Sister...I..." When Chaoxi heard Ruanruan asking this question, she didn't know how to answer for a moment. In fact, for a girl of her age, it was a bit unreasonable that she hadn't yet talked about marriage.
Looking at her expression, Ruan Ruan thought, maybe she has some unspeakable secret?
"If it is..." Ruanruan wanted to say, if there is some unspeakable secret, then there is no need to say it.
"Sister, there's actually nothing you can't say." The two sisters said at the same time. Seeing that she was willing to talk, Ruanruan shut up.
"Sister, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. Actually, my family arranged a marriage for me when I was a child. But last year when I turned 18, my grandfather wrote a letter to the family I was engaged to, asking them to come over to discuss the marriage. They felt that I was no longer worthy of them, so they wrote a letter to cancel the engagement. After that, the news of my cancellation spread throughout the village, so no one was willing to arrange a marriage for me anymore."
There is no need to think about this matter, everyone knows that it must have been done by her good sister-in-law.
Even though Chaoyang hadn't been the one to ruin his sister's engagement, he still felt very sorry for Chaoxi. Most of what the Lan family had gone through today was because of him.
"Chaoxi, we are not sad. As we all know, a blessed person will not marry an unblessed family. If their family cancels the engagement with such a beautiful girl like ours, it will be their loss. Just wait, I will ask your brother-in-law to bring his comrades here tomorrow, no, tonight. You can pick the one you like, and ask your brother-in-law to tell him that the people in our army are much better than those ugly guys outside."
When she heard that her sister's engagement was broken off, Ruanruan was furious. Although they had just met today, she had seen through Chaoxi's outsider nature over the past few hours. She was a gentle, well-educated girl. Just take the lunch for example, she was a very family-oriented person. If they didn't want someone like that, it proved that the family wasn't much better, so it was better not to want her.
"Did you hear me? You guys have these two days to rest anyway. You can go find them later and take them with you to help grandpa and the others. I have already discussed with Xuyang and the others about the house. It has been cleaned. You can go to the supermarket with brother Chaoyang and the others to help buy some furniture. In the evening, you can come over for dinner. It's perfect. Let Chaoxi see us too."
Ruanruan still couldn't believe it. There were so many singles, and apart from her cousin Ruan Shaolin, they couldn't find a couple.
After hearing what his wife said, Huo Haocheng looked at her again and again, wanting to see whether what his wife said was true or just casually said. Obviously, it was true.
"Okay, I'll go there in a minute."
"Sister, actually, there's no need to be so anxious." Chaoxi had originally prepared herself to be despised by Ruanruan. After all, when she was at home, the girls in the village who used to play well with her all despised her and stopped playing with her after hearing that her engagement was broken off. When they met in the village, they even asked her to stay away from them so as not to get them into trouble and fail to get engaged.
But she didn't expect that Ruanruan was not an ordinary person. After hearing that her engagement was broken off, she was even angrier than she was. In fact, to be honest, Chaoxi and her childhood engagement partner didn't really have much feelings for each other. One reason was that the two families lived far away from each other, and the other was that their preferences were different and they simply couldn't get along.
Therefore, when she received the letter of termination, she was actually relieved. However, she still felt uncomfortable because her family members were being criticized.
"No hurry, sister. I'm not in a hurry at all. Let's get to know each other first. If we like each other, that's the best. Then we can get along slowly. After a year or so, we'll understand each other and get along. Then we can discuss marriage. If we don't like each other, we can just wait and see. There are a lot of single men in the army anyway. If this batch doesn't work, we can switch to the next batch..."
Ruanruan became more and more excited as she spoke, completely unaware of the gazes of the people around her.
After hearing what his wife said, it seemed quite normal at first, but how did it go off track all of a sudden? If it wasn't for her big belly, Huo Haocheng really wanted to make her look good. If this batch didn't work, he would switch to the next one. Was this a blind date or a wholesale deal?
Chaoyang and Chaoxi were also shocked by Ruanruan's bold remarks. It was the first time they heard such bold remarks. But after thinking about it carefully, they felt that it made sense.
"Wife, it's getting late, and you're sleepy. I'll help you go in and rest, and then go find them. Don't worry, your cousin's matter will be accomplished tonight."
Worried that his wife might say something interesting, Huo Haocheng immediately supported his wife and half-carried her into the room.
Watching them leave, Chaoxi thought that it would be nice to find someone like her brother-in-law. "Brother, can I find someone like her if I follow the standard of a brother-in-law?"
"I think it's okay. Didn't you hear Ruanruan say that the people she introduced you to are all from Huo Haocheng's team? They spend a lot of time together, so they should be about the same. If the person is not good, your sister can ask him to bring him here. Besides, from what Ruanruan said just now, they should get together often, so they must have a good relationship. When your brother-in-law brings him here later, you can take a good look at him. Who knows, maybe it will really work out."
In less than two hours, Lan Chaoyang had formed a filter for Huo Haocheng. She felt that if she wanted to marry, she should marry a soldier. Soldiers are good. They are good to their wives, families, and children. Of course, it would be even better if they would not compete with him for their son.
Chaoxi, who had not originally thought of dating so soon, began to look forward to the meeting in the afternoon after listening to what her sister and elder brother said. Her sister was right, she should wait and see first, if this batch didn't work out, she could always try another one. Besides, she already had a job here, so she wasn't in a hurry to go back, so she could just wait and see.
By the time Huo Haocheng sent the person in and came out, more than half an hour had passed and Xiao Mingxuan had already gone to school.
After coming out, in order to let Chaoxi better understand their lives, he took people directly to the dormitory of their independent regiment.
When they arrived, a bunch of people were playing Poker together, but the weather was too hot, so everyone was shirtless.
Seeing Huo Haocheng coming with a girl, the group of people were so scared that they cursed Huo Haocheng as a dog while looking for clothes to put on.
When they came out after packing up, they could see clearly who came with Huo Haocheng.
"Cousin Chaoyang, Cousin Chaoxi, why are you here?" When Ruan Shaolin saw it was them, he immediately stepped forward and gave Chaoyang a bear hug.
"Cousin Chaoyang, cousin Chaoxi, long time no see." Compared to Ruan Shaolin, Ruan Shaoke was much calmer. It was impossible for him to hug anyone, otherwise the people around him would be jealous, and he would be the one who suffered in the end.
"Chaoyang, Sister Chaoxi, long time no see!" The others came up to greet her.
"You too, long time no see. I didn't expect that Hao Cheng would bring us to see you!"
They all grew up together. He still remembered that when the Lan family left the capital, they were still in school. He didn't expect that after so many years, they all had military ranks. If he wanted to investigate the people that Ruanruan introduced to Chaoxi before, then it would be unnecessary to investigate the people standing in front of him. He would be relieved no matter who his sister liked.
"Hello, brothers..." When Chaoxi saw these people in front of her and thought that they were all the people her sister asked her brother-in-law to find for her, she felt shy and her face turned red.
"Hey, sister Chaoxi, is it too hot? You're so red. Come in and cool down." Seeing that Chaoxi's face was so red that it looked like she was burning, Ge Xiaotian quickly made way for her and let her in.
They had been standing under the eaves before, so they were not exposed to the sun much.
Huo Haocheng and Lan Chaoyang heard what Ge Xiaotian said, and then looked at their sister's reaction. They didn't know who she was blushing at, but there was something going on.
"Okay, everyone, put on your shoes. The Lan family is coming today. Chaoyang and Chaoxi will work in the pharmaceutical factory from now on. Zheng Xuyang has already cleaned the house for them. Ruanruan thought that since we have a day off today, we can go and help move the furniture together. We will go to their house for dinner in the evening. Uncle Lan Zhiyu and his aunt are here, so you can go and meet them."
I have to finish the things my wife asked me to do. Now I have only finished half of my cousin's task, and will look at the remaining half in the evening. Now I have to solve the housing issue first, otherwise there will be no place for so many people to stay in the evening.
After hearing what Huo Haocheng said, he turned around to change his shoes. When they heard that Grandpa Lan was coming, everyone put some money and tickets on them. After the furniture was moved, they bought some nutritional supplements for the old man and Ruanruan.