Chapter 336: Chapter 238 "Borrow So Money to Spend
The small path from Yingchuan Port to Bailong Port is one Han Yu often takes.
The main road from Yingchuan Port to Linghai is one that Han Yu has only travelled once.
That was last year, in December, when the eldest senior brother said that the master was diagnosed with cancer; to visit the master urgently with his senior sister, he travelled, encountering the road’s scenery that was both unfamiliar and sowhat familiar, and couldn’t help but think of master again.
Han Xiangning is also walking this road for the second ti, thinking of Xu Sanye as well, knowing that her junior brother’s mood is not good, she pretends to speak casually about getting married next year.
"My dad says for sure we have to go back to Dinghu to host the wedding banquet. There are so many relatives in the hotown, and it’s so far from Binjiang, it’s not realistic to bring everyone to Binjiang."
"Okay."
"My dad also asked your dad if you want to have a wedding banquet in Linghai."
"What did my dad say?"
"Your dad said there’s no need, ntioning that the old neighbors are all working on ships away from ho, and it would be hard to gather everyone. It’s not good to invite so without inviting others."
Next year he could marry his senior sister; Han Yu felt like he was dreaming, again thinking of his master. If his master were still alive, he would definitely call upon his eldest senior brother and Sister Zhang Lan, and even invite Xiao Yu and Yu Zhen to take another "family photo".
Han Xiangning didn’t know what he was thinking, and as usual, she hugged his waist and leaned on his shoulder with a laugh, saying: "On the Binjiang side, my mom wants us to host the wedding banquet at Wushan Hotel. She said that when she and dad got married, the conditions weren’t good. Now that we have the conditions, we need to organize it well."
Wushan Hotel is one of the most high-end hotels in Binjiang.
Han Yu was startled and asked with a bitter face: "With so many colleagues from your parents’ side, and so many of our leaders and colleagues, how much money would it cost to go to Wushan Hotel?"
"Don’t worry, we don’t need to spend the money, and neither do your parents need to spend again."
"Then who’s going to spend the money?"
"My dad and mom."
Han Xiangning giggled triumphantly, saying: "ngng and Liang Xiaojun got married secretly. My mom wants to make up for their wedding. She asked
to ask you if you’d be willing to have a joint wedding with them."
A mother wants her daughter to be married off gloriously, just like any daughter of a mother-in-law.
Han Yu caught on and hurriedly said, "There’s nothing to disagree with."
"I knew you wouldn’t object."
"But we are different from ngng."
"How so?"
"I’m the one marrying into your family. It’s normal that your family spends money for our wedding. ngng is marrying Liang Xiaojun, their wedding should be covered by Liang Xiaojun’s family."
Han Xiangning burst into laughter, playfully pinching him and asking: "Is it such an honor to marry into a family, that you keep bringing it up?"
Han Yu grinned and replied: "I don’t know what others think, but I feel pretty good about marrying into a family."
"You’re lucky to have t a family as understanding as ours. My parents treat you like their own son, even better than they treat
and ngng, so you think it’s pretty good. If you were marrying into a family like Xu Mingyuan’s and t a mother-in-law like Grandma Xu Yuan, you’d definitely be bullied to death."
"That’s true."
"Actually, I also dislike the extravagant waste, and I think spending so much money is better spent on a wedding trip than on a fancy ceremony, but my parents don’t agree. They say we have to organize it well."
"Now it’s fine to have a wedding trip, but back then, it was suffering."
"How do you know?"
There was a crowd ahead, and Han Yu loosened the throttle, smiling and saying: "Brother Shao did a wedding trip. When he and his partner got married, they needed food coupons even when dining out. He prepared for a long ti and managed to exchange dozens of pounds of National General Grain Tickets, but on the way he ran out of tickets."
Han Xiangning, hearing this for the first ti, couldn’t help but ask: "And then?"
"Then it was tragic. No matter which restaurants they went to, no matter how much money they had, without food coupons, they could only buy vegetables and soup; they couldn’t get rice, not even stead buns. How can you go without staples, you can’t always be hungry, but luckily he had been a soldier and had many comrades from all over the place, so he went to find his comrades."
Han Yu thought about it and laughed, saying: "In his words, he begged his way back."
Back in the day, food coupons were tight; Han Xiangning clearly rembered just after her parents transferred jobs to Binjiang, her grandparents and second aunt ca to stay in Binjiang for a few days, and that month the whole family’s grain quota wasn’t enough.
Her mother didn’t want her and her sister to starve, so she went to borrow from colleagues.
But then, it was rationed, and who had surplus grain?
With no other choice, they had to use precious cloth tickets to exchange for food coupons.
Later, when the grandparents learned about the tight food supply here, they would bring a large woven bag of rice every ti they ca to Binjiang.
And even later, when the grandparents were old and couldn’t bear the long journey and transfers, every one or two months they would ask the second aunt to send a telegram to the parents, asking when they would co back ho to pick up rice.
Later on, as family and friends in the hotown learned that the mother was the head nurse at People’s Hospital, whenever they ca to Binjiang for dical visits, they’d seek help from the mother. They brought nothing but rice, causing the family to barely ever go to the grain and oil store to buy rice in recent years.
Actually, even if family and friends from the hotown didn’t bring rice, they wouldn’t have to worry about not having enough grain now.
Han Xiangning was reflecting on the improving living conditions when suddenly, a bicycle darted out in front.
Han Yu was already driving slowly, imdiately steering to dodge.
To their disbelief, even though they had clearly steered away, the cyclist twisted the handlebars and aid straight toward them.
There was a snap—the front wheel of the bicycle hit the head of the light motorcycle.
"How are you cycling?" Han Yu gripped the brakes, feet firm on the ground.
"How could you drive like that!"
"You damaged our car, pay up!"
It’s only then that Han Yu noticed that the delinquents who intentionally bumped into his car were two stinky teenagers around sixteen or seventeen. As he was thinking about how these youngsters were bold enough to extort money from others, two more stinking kids aged about fifteen or sixteen followed, panting heavily as they caught up.
Han Xiangning also realized they had encountered troublemakers, but couldn’t believe that a bunch of kids would dare to do this. She quickly helped her junior off the car.
In broad daylight, a group of stinking teenagers actually dared to extort money on the street, and they were right before Linghai City District. This was lawlessness at its worst.
Han Yu didn’t know what to say to them when the chubby kid chasing them grabbed the nylon rope tied to the small trunk, putting on a fierce deanor, and demanded, "You injured my big brother, hurry up and take him to the hospital!"
"Who’s your big brother?" Han Yu asked without betraying his emotions as he parked the car.
The chubby kid looked up at the sa boy who was riding the bike earlier: "This is my big brother."
After parking the car and removing the key, Han Yu took off his helt and stared at the "big brother" who was glaring at him: "Are you their big brother?"
"So what if I am, pay up!"
"Pay for what?"
"My bike is broken!"
"Where is it broken?"
The "big brother" looked down at the front of his bike, realized it wasn’t damaged, and considering he hadn’t fallen over in the crash, he couldn’t pretend to be injured. So instead, he simply pulled out a switchblade from his pocket, pressed the button, and the blade sprung out.
Han Yu instinctively pulled his senior behind him and feigned nervousness, "What are you doing?"
"Just borrowing so money to spend."
"This is highway robbery!"
"I’m robbing you, hurry up and give
all the money you have."
"We don’t have money?"
"You can afford a light motorcycle, obviously, you have money, hurry up, or don’t bla us for getting rough."
As soon as the "big brother" finished speaking, the chubby kid and another kid covered in freckles reached out to grab Han Xiangning’s bag.
A bunch of stinking kids even daring to threaten them with a knife, Han Yu couldn’t believe that the security on the shore was this bad. Seeing that they were actually going to start a fight, of course, he wouldn’t be polite with them. He kicked the chubby kid away, then swung the helt he had just taken off, and fiercely smashed it towards the "big brother".
"Ah!"
"How dare you hit soone..."
The "big brother" couldn’t believe this wealthy couple would dare to fight back. Caught off guard, his switchblade was knocked out of his hand.
Since a fight had started, Han Yu certainly wouldn’t give them a chance to escape. He grabbed the kid with the freckled face by the hair, dragged him out a few ters, and kicked away the switchblade that had fallen to the ground.
Then, he dropped the helt, grabbed the neck of the still dazed "big brother
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