Binjiang Police Affairs
Chapter 263 - 190 Bride’s Arrival_2

Chapter 263: Chapter 190 Bride’s Arrival_2

I feel like it’s still not enough, so I hurriedly hopped on a light motorcycle to buy some fruit.

This is the first official time meeting my future in-laws, and only San’er’s sister and Xiao Dongdong will be with me, without other elders, which is really awkward and nerve-wracking.

She wanted to bring her sister along, but considering her sister tends to mess things up rather than help, she had to dismiss the idea, and just aimlessly bought a big bag of fruits and rushed to the Port Authority dormitory area, and found Han Ning who happened to be off work today.

"Ningning, why did you bring so much stuff?"

"Uncle and auntie came back with much difficulty, I couldn’t just show up empty-handed."

This girl is actually embarrassed, her cute face turning bright red.

Han Ning, holding back a laugh, said: "San’er never brought anything for your dad and mom."

Han Xiangning gave the bubble gum she bought on the way to Xiao Dongdong, and said with her head down, "San’er has brought them stuff."

"He really did?"

"Yes, he did. Once he brought a case of Qingdao beer in cans, and a lot of fish too."

"He even remembers to bring stuff for your mom and dad, that’s really something."

"Sis, what do you mean by that?"

"You know better than me how frugal San’er is. When we were kids, our grandparents and uncle gave him New Year’s money, and he was too reluctant to spend it. When Han Shen and I ran out of our New Year’s money and asked to borrow from him, he wouldn’t lend a penny, there was no way to trick him."

Han Xiangning burst into laughter, chuckling, "He is quite stingy, haha."

Han Ning picked up a safety helmet from the basket in front of the motorcycle and said with a smile, "Let’s go, don’t keep my mom and dad waiting. And, you can’t keep calling them uncle and auntie; like San’er does, you should call them mom and dad too."

"I feel embarrassed..."

"With me around, what is there to be embarrassed about? Dongdong, you stand in front of your auntie."

"Okay."

Xiao Dongdong loves riding motorcycles and quickly climbed onto the footboard.

Now she’s already called auntie...

Han Xiangning handed over the cigarettes and fruits to Han Ning, straddled the light motorcycle with a shy face, and said, "Sis, I... I am still a bit scared."

"They are probably scared of you."

"Why would they be scared of me?"

"You work in Port Supervision, my mom and dad are most afraid of Port Supervision." Han Ning sat behind her, laughing, "Besides, it’s not like you haven’t met them before."

"Okay, Dongdong, stand firm, don’t fidget."

Gathering her courage, Han Xiangning gently revved the throttle, and took her little nephew and elder sister-in-law towards Yingchuan Port.

Yingchuan Port is an important lock on the Binjiang Yangtze River Channel, and most cargo ships over eighty tons from Binjiang County, Changzhou, and Linghai pass through Yingchuan Port.

Due to its small locks, Bailong Port lock in Linghai cannot allow vessels over eighty tons, and ranks lowest among all locks in the Binjiang Waters.

This year, Port Supervision Bureau frequently collaborated with the Water Police Station for inspections of ships passing through the Yingchuan Port lock.

Because there are many boats around Yingchuan Port, Director Yu even plans to establish a marine safety police squad there.

As a staff member of the Binjiang Changjiang Port and Navigation Supervision Bureau Traffic Control Center, Han Xiangning knows the area well and doesn’t need to ask for directions. Chatting and joking with Han Ning, it took them less than forty minutes to reach their destination.

Old Han and his wife were waiting on the shore and came up to greet them as soon as they saw them.

"Dad, Mom, this is what Ningning brought you."

"If you come, just come, why bring anything? Oh my, this liquor is expensive, and these cigarettes aren’t cheap either!"

"Uncle, I didn’t pay for the cigarettes and liquor, they were gifts."

"What uncle? We’re now one family, you should call him dad!" Han Ning giggled.

Xiao Dongdong, who loves the auntie who always buys him sweets, looked up and said, "Auntie, my dad said you should call him grandpa, dad."

Han Xiangning felt terribly embarrassed by the little guy’s words and quickly said, "Dad, mom."

"Good, good, get on the boat. Leave your light motorcycle here; I’ll keep an eye on it, it won’t get lost."

Other people’s brides might not necessarily call their father-in-law and mother-in-law dad and mom when they get married, but our bride-to-be is already calling them so, and what’s more, she’s from Port Supervision.

Old Han was very happy and proud, and hurriedly welcomed the bride-to-be onto the boat.

Luo Yanfeng was also happy, but feeling a bit anxious facing a bride-to-be from Port Supervision, he took the gifts from the bride-to-be and walked behind her.

After mustering the courage to call them dad and mom, Han Xiangning felt less nervous than before and asked, looking at the boat parked by the river, "Dad, mom, is this our new boat?"

"Yes, Ningning, we wouldn’t have the courage to switch if it weren’t for you. Take a look, what do you think of this boat?"

"This boat is more than a hundred tons, isn’t it?"

The bride-to-be, true to her role in Port Supervision, recognized the approximate tonnage immediately...

Old Han inwardly complimented her, smiling explained, "Initially we planned to switch to a hundred-ton boat, but then Manager Jiang from our shipping company said that the license required for steering a hundred-ton boat is the same as for a two-hundred-ton boat. Might as well get a ninety or eighty-ton one, to avoid changing the license.

We then thought, since we are switching boats, we might as well switch to a bigger one, more cost-effective, and it’s not that much more expensive. We finally gutsed up and switched to this hundred and twenty-ton one."

Han Xiangning did not rush to get on the boat; instead, she closely examined it from the bank, asking, "Dad, what engine are you using?"

"4105."

"The 4105 is quite decent."

For a boat runner, having a bride-to-be who understands boats isn’t bad.

Since getting the new boat, Old Han couldn’t help but show off to old neighbors and colleagues, and unexpectedly found common ground with the bride-to-be who hasn’t even entered the door yet, holding his grandchild excitedly, "The new engine is really fuel-efficient, way better than having several auxiliary engines."

What Han Xiangning genuinely cared about wasn’t whether the main engine is fuel-efficient or not; she looked along the riverbank from the bow of the boat all the way to the stern, then turned around and said:

"Dad, mom, although you’ve marked the boat name at the bow, it’s being blocked by the tires. We can’t move the tires; otherwise, they won’t serve their protective purpose, so we need to repaint the boat name."