Chapter 242: Chapter 180: Returning Ho in Glory
On Sunday, no need to attend classes.
Liang Xiaojun arrived early at Binjiang Port Hospital, locked his bicycle, took out the white lab coat he wore at school, hung the stethoscope in front of his chest, and swaggered into the inpatient area with a book in hand, once again successfully sneaking into the nurses’ office.
A senior nurse saw him impersonating a doctor again, even chatting with a patient’s family who mistook him for a real doctor before entering, and couldn’t help teasing, "Dr. Liang, you’re here so early."
Liang Xiaojun put down his book and grinned, "It’s Sunday today, no classes. Sister Xia, where’s ngng?"
The children who grew up in the military generally have bigger guts.
This guy, whenever he has ti, impersonates a doctor and cos here to get cozy with Han Xiangng, showing no guilt even when he ets the deputy director or head of departnt; instead, he seizes the opportunity to ask about things he doesn’t understand.
Han Xiangng is no fool either; whenever she has ti, she pretends to be a student and heads to the dical College to find him. They attend evening self-study sessions together and even dare to sneak into the classroom to listen to the teacher.
Reportedly, both their mothers oppose it, but they don’t care.
This is daring to break free from family constraints, bravely pursuing love!
Sister Xia truly admires them, pointing to the ward diagonally across, "She just went to change a patient’s dressing, she’ll be back soon."
A junior nurse also spotted him, holding a tray with a needle and smiled as she approached, "Dr. Liang, did you have a happy trip to Jiangcheng with ngng? Did you buy her so new clothes?"
"We had a great ti, but didn’t buy clothes."
"How can you call it dating if you don’t even buy clothes?"
"I’m a student, I don’t have money!"
"So ngng spent the money?"
Liang Xiaojun, fearless of everything but these big and little sisters’ jests, didn’t know how to explain when Han Xiangng walked in, laughing and saying, "Sister Xia, ii, stop teasing us poor lovers."
Sister Xia chuckled, "You two are as inseparable as glue, the happiest ti, how co you’re poor lovers now?"
"My mom and dad have already given up on , just short of kicking
out."
"Really?"
"Really."
Liang Xiaojun was startled and eagerly asked, "ngng, what’s actually going on?"
Han Xiangng turned on the tap, picked up a soap, and sighed, "My sister found a guy willing to marry into her family. My parents are overjoyed, treating my future brother-in-law like their own son. The four of them returned to Si Gang to glorify their ancestors, without even asking if I wanted to go back."
"Ningning found a boyfriend?"
"Yes."
"Who is it, do I know him?"
"It’s San’er, her so-called cousin."
"You’ve ntioned him before, that Salted Fish!"
"That’s him."
"He’s several years younger than your sister!"
"He’s two years younger than us, my parents just want to continue the family line, as long as soone is willing to marry into the family, age isn’t a problem. Besides, my sister really likes him, riding his light motorcycle, going to East Sea for fun, traveling to Qingdao."
"Just two years younger, he’s only seventeen."
"As long as he’s obedient, my sister points east he wouldn’t dare go west, she says fetch a dog he wouldn’t dare to chase a chicken."
Sister Xia couldn’t believe that the chief nurse from the First People’s Hospital had found a son-in-law two years younger than her daughter, and asked in astonishnt, "ngng, your brother-in-law is still in school, right?"
They returned to their ancestral ho in Si Gang and didn’t even bring her, making it look like they didn’t consider her their daughter.
Han Xiangng was just venting and didn’t genuinely dislike Salted Fish, chuckling, "He’s already working, a public security police officer, has been awarded third-level rit twice, and it turns out there’s so connection with our Port Authority."
"What connection?"
"His sister and brother-in-law both work at the Port Authority."
"Who are his sister and brother-in-law?"
"His brother-in-law is Zhang Jiangkun, the foreman of the dock repair team. His sister is Han Ning, who used to be a room service attendant at the Sailor Club and is now transferred to Binjiang Port Police Station, also a public security police officer."
"Your brother-in-law is Zhang Jiangkun’s brother-in-law!"
"Sister Xia, you know his brother-in-law?"
"Zhang Jiangkun is a model worker at our Port Authority, always recognized during awards ceremonies."
Han Xiangng actually found a boyfriend two years younger than her, Liang Xiaojun found it absurd.
Thinking of how he had caused his girlfriend to lose her standing at ho, even being marginalized by her family, Liang Xiaojun felt unpleasant, murmuring, "ngng, your parents didn’t take you back to Si Gang, probably because they knew you had to work."
"Even if they didn’t know, it doesn’t matter. With a son-in-law, they’ve forgotten about , their daughter, which is quite fine. At least they won’t oppose us anymore, nor will they co to my workplace to find ."
"ngng, I’m sorry."
"There’s nothing to be sorry about. Director Yue will co for rounds soon, you can sit inside."
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Si Gang is the northernmost county of Binjiang, a hundred kiloters from the Binjiang District.
My father-in-law’s ancestral ho is in Phoenix Village, Dinghu Town, located in the northwest corner of Si Gang County, thirty kiloters from the county seat, very close to Liu Xia Town in Xin’an County, Anle City, separated only by a town called Liangzhuang.
One wouldn’t know how far my father-in-law’s ancestral ho is unless they visit.
Only after visiting do you understand why my classmate fears going back ho.
If taking a car, one has to first take a bus to the long-distance bus station. The coach stops along the way, and it takes at least two hours to drive from Binjiang to Si Gang.
Once in Si Gang, one has to catch a minibus to Dinghu. There are only five trips a day, and if unlucky, one might have to wait at the bus station.
After finally getting on the bus, the driver wouldn’t directly head to Dinghu but rather circle around the county seat several tis until the bus is full before departing.
At Dinghu, there are still four kiloters away from Phoenix Village, and if Sister’s uncle and aunt cannot co to pick us up, we’ll rely on our legs to walk back.
There are indeed passenger vans in the town, but they only operate half a day, yet charge twenty or thirty yuan for a four-kiloter journey.
Changing vehicles all the way, it takes almost half a day to reach our hotown.
Han Xiangning gets carsick and scared, utterly refusing to ride in cars, opting for a light motorcycle instead.
Old Han believes that a family of four should travel together to their hotown, and it’s not good to go separately.
Considering his mother-in-law also gets carsick, Han Yu thought of Zhang Lan who also has a light motorcycle. Last night, together with Han Xiangning, they rode it back to Bailong Port and borrowed Zhang Lan’s light motorcycle.
This morning, they set off from Binjiang at six o’clock. He took his father-in-law, and Han Xiangning took her mother, riding two motorcycles. Chatting and laughing along the way, they reached their ancestral ho in Si Gang in two and a half hours.
This ti the journey back wasn’t tough, and it was quick.
Xiang Fan was very pleased. More than once he marveled no wonder the two kids opted to ride light motorcycles to East Sea the last ti. Riding these motorcycles is indeed more comfortable than long-distance buses.
To honor the ancestors, Comrade Old Han had Han Yu specifically wear his uniform.
The uniform, issued when he beca official in July, had no chance to be worn when he was learning to pilot ships in East Sea, and was slightly wrinkled from being in his suitcase. Xiang Fan got up before dawn to iron it with an electric iron.
Han Yu, in his crisp uniform, seed to have fulfilled the purpose of making his father-in-law return ho with pride.
Grandpa and Grandma couldn’t stop smiling. Sister’s two uncles, aunts, and two aunts were envious beyond words. A bunch of kids, who didn’t seem to know which family they belonged to, were exceptionally well-behaved. They only dared to peek from a distance, too shy to co closer, let alone play or make noise.
Comrade Old Han has five siblings, and neither of the elderly couple wanted to live with Han Xiangning’s two uncles or in Binjiang, so they still reside in three low old houses.
The south-facing wall is made of bricks laid vertically, forming what’s called a "pigeonhole
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