PFC Chapter 208 Chinese New Year (15)
Chapter 208 Chinese New Year (15)
The two chatted as they returned to the military compound.
On this day, only Mr. and Mrs. Luo, An Ran and An Xin were at home for dinner.
The eldest and second eldest brothers' families went to visit relatives and friends and haven't returned yet. It's already evening, and Jiang Yuting said they probably won't come back. Even if they do, they can only go back to their own little home.
Jiang Yuting also said that they only had three days off, which they have already used up, and they will have to go back to work starting tomorrow.
Especially for her sister-in-law, Wang Shuqiong, who is an internist, it is already very rare for her to be able to take three days off normally.
The old lady asked Yuan Wenjie, "Ah Jie, how many days are you going to stay? When are you coming back from your holiday?"
Yuan Wenjie thought for a moment and said, "Since I've come all this way, I'll stay until the eighth day of the month before leaving."
Jiang Yuting counted on her fingers and said excitedly, "That means there are five more days. We can still be together for five more days."
The old lady's heartfelt joy deeply moved Su Jinru.
She truly loved Yuan Wenjie as her own child!
He extended his love to her, Anxin, and Anran as well, showing the same tenderness.
Yuan Wenjie grew up with such selfless adoptive parents, no wonder he could love An Xin and An Ran as if they were his own children, without the slightest perfunctoriness or pretense.
"When you visited Old Master Hong, did you ask him to take Aru's pulse and check on the child's condition?"
Su Jinru said with a smile, "I saw it, and he said the child is fine and healthy."
"Old Hong's medical skills are quite high. He can tell the gender of a child just by taking a pulse. Did he say whether the child was a boy or a girl?"
Yuan Wenjie smiled and teased her on purpose.
"Mom, guess if it's a boy or a girl. I believe you. You'll be right, 100% right."
"Don't kid me, how could I possibly guess?"
"So, do you want a boy or a girl? Whatever you want is what you get."
"Don't talk nonsense. I can have whatever I want. I like both boys and girls."
Yuan Wenjie, like a mischievous child, said, "Tell me! Do you want a boy or a girl? Whatever you want, I can give it to you."
An Xin clapped her hands and said, "Dad, do you mean that Grandma can have a boy if she wants a boy, and a girl if she wants a girl? Does that mean that Mom can have both a boy and a girl in her belly?"
Yuan Wenjie smiled and ruffled An Xin's hair.
"Our Anxin is the smartest; she guessed it right away."
Jiang Yuting only realized what was happening at that moment.
She exclaimed in surprise, "Really? You mean, Aru is pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl?"
Yuan Wenjie nodded.
Jiang Yuting's eyes welled up with tears with excitement.
She grabbed Su Jinru's hand.
“Aru… thank you… thank you… I’ve finally done right by A-Jie’s parents. They’ll be so happy to know.”
Jiang Yuting choked up as she shed tears.
An Xin obediently approached Jiang Yuting.
"Grandma, what's the matter with you?"
Jiang Yuting smiled and patted An Xin's hand.
"Grandma is fine, Grandma is happy."
Then, Jiang Yuting continued, "A-Jie joining the army is the only thing I've ever opposed him doing in my life. I just wanted him to grow up safely, but he still secretly signed up and went to join the army behind my back."
“From then on, I was on tenterhooks every day, afraid that if something happened to A-Jie, I wouldn’t be able to face his parents.”
"Thankfully, the war was over, but he never got married. When pushed to the limit, he said he was wounded in the war and couldn't hurt the girl. At that moment, I felt like the sky had fallen. Later, he said he met a woman and wanted to marry her. That woman had two children, and coincidentally, he couldn't have children..."
“It wasn’t until you two actually got married, and then I heard you were pregnant, that I finally felt relieved after all these years.”
"Ah Jie wasted so many years, and now suddenly he has two smart, well-behaved and sensible children, An Ran and An Xin, and now he has two twins."
“I said, Ah Jie’s parents are such good people, they will take good care of Ah Jie over there.”
Su Jinru was also affected, feeling both bittersweet.
Look at Old Luo. Although he didn't say anything, you could tell from his barely suppressed expression that he was also excited.
In this cold winter, in this snow-covered north, Su Jinru felt a deep sense of warmth.
Jiang Yuting suddenly remembered something.
She hurried to her room, and soon after, she took out a small red cloth bag, opened it, and found a small box inside.
Upon opening the box, a jade bracelet was found inside.
Jiang Yuting pulled Su Jinru's hand over and put the jade bracelet on her wrist.
“Aru, this bracelet was left to Ajie by his mother. Now it has been returned to its rightful owner.”
Su Jinru looked at the bracelet and felt it looked somewhat familiar.
The more I look at it, the more familiar it becomes.
How come this bracelet is exactly the same as hers?
Su Jinru examined it carefully, and said in disbelief, "Mom, you're saying this bracelet was left by A-Jie's parents?"
"Yes! Back then, when we were fighting against foreign enemies, we were short of supplies and had no aid. We had a lot of hardship. We had no food and no money to buy medicine. A-Jie's parents took out all the money they could to buy supplies. In the end, A-Jie's mother even took this jade bracelet off her wrist and gave it to me to sell so I could get some supplies. But at that time, it was chaotic and everyone was only concerned with saving their own lives. They only bought food, so the bracelet was never sold. I kept it carefully. Later, when I heard about the disaster that A-Jie's family had suffered, we took A-Jie in. I decided to keep this bracelet. It was the only thing A-Jie's mother left behind. I wanted to give A-Jie something to remember her by. I will keep it for A-Jie and give it to his wife when he grows up and gets married."
"Mom, did A-Jie's mother ever tell you if there was a pair of these bracelets?"
"Yes! How did you know?"
"Because I have a bracelet that is exactly the same as this one."
"What a coincidence! It turns out you had the other bracelet."
Su Jinru took off the bracelet and placed it on the coffee table. She went to her room and summoned the bracelet she had hidden away.
Su Jinru came out with the bracelets, and Jiang Yuting excitedly held both bracelets in her hands, exclaiming in surprise, "Really? The two bracelets are exactly the same! Aru, where did this bracelet come from? Did your mother give it to you?"
“This bracelet was given to me by my former mother-in-law. Before she passed away, I took care of her for two whole years. Before she left, she gave me this bracelet, saying that it was passed down from her family.”