GBP Chapter 111 Xie Family’s Treasure
Chapter 111 Xie Family’s Treasure
Xu Yan's birthday was two days later. Chen Lihua and Xu Cangsong had originally planned to make her a bowl of longevity noodles, but their family sent a telegram saying that something had happened and asked them to return home as soon as possible.
The old couple had no choice but to pack their bags.
In the afternoon, Xie Zhuo went to the captain's house several times and asked him to help him get a letter of introduction and a certificate of being unmarried. Then he took these things to the city to get a marriage certificate with Xu Yan.
It was the first time Xu Yan saw such a marriage certificate. He held it in his hand and looked at it carefully for a long time.
I've heard from my grandmother before that marriage certificates of this era look a bit like award certificates, but I didn't expect them to be so similar.
It feels like the two words "certificate of honor" were changed to the three words "marriage certificate".
She held it in her hand and looked at it back and forth, and accidentally dropped it to the ground. When she bent down to pick it up, Xie Zhuo picked it up first.
"I'll keep it," said Xie Zhuo.
Then, in front of Xu Yan, he put it into the cloth bag that had been prepared long ago. Xu Yan watched his cautious movements and felt as if something had poked his heart, and he felt a little weak.
"Xie Zhuo," she suddenly called out to Xie Zhuo.
"Huh?" Xie Zhuo turned around.
The sun in the evening is not as strong as it is at noon, and when the breeze blows, there is a pleasant feeling of relaxation.
Seeing that Xu Yan didn't say anything, Xie Zhuo asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," Xu Yan smiled with curved eyebrows, "I just suddenly wanted to call you."
Xie Zhuo glanced around. At this time, many people were strolling and chatting on the street, and the noise of children almost filled the entire street.
Xie Zhuo restrained himself from pulling Xu Yan's hand.
In this day and age, let alone couples walking hand in hand in public, even if they are a little close to each other, they may be harassed by the red armbands.
When they returned, it was almost eight o'clock and the sun was about to set.
Xie Zhuo packed up the food from the state-owned restaurant and put it on the table when Dabao and Xiaobao came running back from outside, smiling.
Recently, the two of them have been getting along well with Xiao Shuanzi. The three little ones listen to Xu Yan's stories and learn to write in the morning, and run around the village in the afternoon.
Xiaobao didn’t talk much before and always followed Dabao. In the past few days, he has started to speak on his own.
Xu Yan felt much better.
However, when I thought about the fact that Chen Lihua and Xu Cangsong would leave tomorrow morning, I couldn’t help feeling a little disappointed.
"Are you okay?" Xie Zhuo asked when he saw Xu Yan standing beside the washbasin in a daze.
"It's okay," Xu Yan shook his head, "I just got used to it these past two days, and then my parents suddenly left."
After she said this, Xie Zhuo was silent.
However, the silence did not extend to the dinner table. With Dabao and Xiaobao around, the always amusing people burst into laughter, and Xie Zhuo and Xu Yan's mood also improved a lot.
"Xiao Shuanzi said he wanted to change his name," said Dabao.
"Huh? Why do you want to change your name?" Chen Lihua picked up a piece of food for him with chopsticks and asked as he spoke.
"Because they don't have any treasures at home," Xiaobao said, "so he wants to change his name."
Hearing Xiaobao's words, Xu Yan suddenly looked up at Xie Zhuo.
Xie Zhuo was also a little confused. Normally, when he was repairing watches and radios, he usually did it behind their backs, for fear that they would let the secret slip when they went out to play.
Is this not preventable?
He put down his chopsticks and looked at Dabao and Xiaobao, "Did you two tell him that we have a treasure?"
"Yes," Dabao nodded, "I said it."
"He is so envious," Xiaobao also smiled proudly.
Chen Lihua glanced at Xie Zhuo's expression, then at Xu Yan, and guessed in her heart that the Xie family might have hidden something, but she didn't ask any more questions.
She just smiled at Dabao and Xiaobao and said, "Then can you tell grandma that his family doesn't have any treasures, but how many treasures do we have?"
"Three," Xiaobao spoke first.
"Three?" Chen Lihua glanced at Xie Zhuo again, "Did Xiaobao see it?"
"Yeah," Xiaobao nodded.
Before Chen Lihua could continue to ask, Dabao also spoke up, "It's Dabao, Xiaobao, and Xie Baobei."
The child's voice was so loud that it seemed to echo throughout the yard.
When Xie Zhuo heard the word "Dabao", he suddenly guessed something, but he had no chance to stop himself. He had to listen to Dabao shout out the three words "Xie baby" in the end.
……Depend on!
The moment Xu Yan heard Dabao's words, he guessed it and could hardly hold back the smile on his face.
Chen Lihua and Xu Cangsong were stunned for a long time before they coughed dryly, "...Your family does have more treasures than other families."
The tips of Xie Zhuo's ears turned red again.
He almost buried his face in the rice bowl.
Xu Yan tried to hold it back, but couldn't hold it back any longer and burst out laughing.
Chen Lihua and Xu Cangsong wanted to endure it, but when they turned around and saw Xie Zhuo, they couldn't bear it anymore.
After laughing for a long time, Chen Lihua went to tease Dabao again. Dabao didn't know what was so funny and his expression was full of confusion.
"Is your third uncle's nickname Xie Baobei?" Chen Lihua asked.
"No," Dabao shook his head.
"then you……"
"Mom, this dish tastes good too," Xie Zhuo quickly moved the dish in front of him to Chen Lihua before she could ask, "Try it."
Unfortunately, his interruption didn't work, Dabao had already answered the question on his own.
"Because Third Aunt said that Third Uncle is the greatest treasure of the Xie family, Third Aunt calls Third Uncle Xie Baby!"
The little baby's voice is crisp.
Xu Yan's face also turned red.
Saying all this in front of her parents and elders was too much for her to bear, even if she had traveled from the future.
There was an indescribable silence in the atmosphere for a moment.
After a long while, Xu Cangsong coughed dryly and said, "Eat, it will be dark if you don't eat now."
After that, except for Dabao and Xiaobao who said a few words from time to time, everyone else ate very quietly, and the slight sadness of parting was washed away by other emotions.
When Chen Lihua saw Xu Yan following Xie Zhuo to the kitchen to clean up, Dabao and Xiaobao took the rag and went out to wipe the table, and she sighed softly.
"Why are you sighing for no reason?" Xu Cangsong also looked at the kitchen.
"The child has grown up," Chen Lihua said. "I had imagined her life after marriage, but I didn't expect she would marry so far away."
Xu Cangsong said nothing.
So why isn't he?
He and Chen Lihua only had two children in their lives, and Xu Yan was basically brought up in pampering. Whenever there was any delicious food at home, she would be given it first.
She has grown from such a small child to this age now, and she is ready to get married.
Xu Yan waited for Xie Zhuo to finish washing the dishes and coaxing Dabao and Xiaobao to sleep before he tugged at his sleeve, "Do you still remember my suggestion?"
Xie Zhuo raised his eyebrows slightly.
"I think tonight is perfect," Xu Yan said. "It's pitch dark."
As he said this, he turned off the flashlight.
The room was instantly plunged into darkness. Not to mention Five Fingers, even a man as big as Xie Zhuo disappeared without a trace.
"how……"
Just as Xu Yan was about to ask another question, he felt his lips touched, and then the flashlight in his hand was taken away by the man opposite.
"Let's go," Xie Zhuo said.