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495: Chapter 495: A Mother’s Love is Like a Mountain!

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495: Chapter 495: A Mother’s Love is Like a Mountain!

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Tang Xiao took the initiative to call her “Mom” instead of “Auntie.”

This made Liao Lan pause for a moment before she realized what was happening.

She hurriedly smiled and answered Tang Xiao’s previous question.

“The year Jie was born, we stored eighteen jars.

After that, one jar each year, there will definitely be enough for the wedding!”

Tang Xiao’s lips twitched slightly.

A sense of alarm suddenly struck her.

Goodness gracious!

A wedding banquet consuming over forty jars of alcohol—how much do the people of Genlong Village drink?

Seems like I must bring some relatives who can hold their liquor to Wu Jie’s wedding banquet at his childhood home next weekend.

Being from a Military Martial Family, our side can’t lose face and show weakness!

Having made up her mind, Tang Xiao instructed:

“Tomorrow morning, after Xin’er and the others arrive, we’ll go shopping at the mall together, to buy clothes, shoes, and the like!”

“Then in the afternoon, we’ll decorate the bridal room here and the boudoir in the apartment, and at seven in the evening, we’ll have the rehearsal!”

“Jie will be preparing the wedding car, so he won’t join us!”

“Speaking of which, since summer vacation is approaching, Cui, you need to enroll in a driving school and get your license before you can drive!”

…

Wu Jie was silent throughout.

At the company, Tang Xiao was used to overseeing and guiding the work.

Now at home, she was the one making all the arrangements as well.

With a daughter-in-law so capable, the parents were too happy to have any objections.

And as for Wu Jie…

could he even have an opinion?

It had been difficult enough to stop her from getting jealous; at this point, it was better not to undermine her authority as a leader.

After dinner.

Tang Long and Wu Jianguo were already drunk, yet they insisted on going to the card room to test their skills against each other over a game of chess.

Both were soldiers who had seen battle; neither would cede to the other.

Wu Jie actually wanted to do the housework, but with the hardworking and virtuous Zhu Cui around, there was no need for him to lift a finger.

But Tang Xiao was exceptionally proactive.

She helped with clearing the plates, wiping the table, sweeping the floor—like a diligent little housekeeper.

Whether it was an act or genuine didn’t matter; so long as Wu Jie saw it and his mother was satisfied, that was enough.

Rural folks tend to be more conservative in their thinking compared to city dwellers.

In choosing a bride, being hardworking and kind-hearted is more important than looks or abilities.

To marry a lazy and gluttonous wife would be a shame.

Someone as smart as Tang Xiao would certainly understand the mentality of the older generation.

Her diligence meant fewer scolding for Wu Jie, and a more pleasant mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship.

Liao Lan called him to the room mysteriously.

After closing the door, she took out a large paper package from the wardrobe.

“Mom, what’s this?” Wu Jie asked as he started to unwrap it.

“Chinese herbs!”

Liao Lan stated gravely, “Last time we were at Tianyuan for the engagement, didn’t you mention that Xiao had an old back injury that needed to heal before she could get pregnant?

After your dad and I went back home, we inquired everywhere and found a very famous old Chinese medicine doctor, and he prepared this medicine!”

Wu Jie snorted lightly and glanced over the unwrapped package.

“What famous crap!

Just some quack doctor fooling you for money!”

Liao Lan retorted with a huff, “How could that be?

It cost us over three thousand!”

Wu Jie sighed and shook his head, “Look at this!

Notoginseng for enriching blood and dilating blood vessels, Angelica for invigorating and facilitating blood flow, Chuanxinlian for clearing heat and detoxifying, Plantago seeds for reducing swelling and phlegm…

Damn, these aren’t for healing old injuries; they’re just tonic medicines for replenishing qi and enriching blood!”

“Sure, these herbs won’t cure her old injury, but they won’t kill anyone either and do have some benefits for the body!

But three thousand…

you were really swindled!”

Liao Lan panicked.

“Really?

He guaranteed the medicine would cure her!”

“Cure my ass!”

Wu Jie complained, “He hasn’t even seen Xiao in person, without diagnosis by inspection, listening, inquiring, and palpation, how can he prescribe?

He just gave you a random non-lethal tonic to fool you!”

“It’s just like those highly marketed health products nowadays.

They cost hundreds or thousands for a course, and what are they?

Just some damn flour, protein powder, maltose, and so on.

If they were that miraculous, why would the country bother building so many hospitals?”

Liao Lan suddenly felt dazed and slumped onto the bed.

Wu Jie wrapped up the package and put the medicine back.

“You should keep this medicine and take it yourself, it will be good for your health, but it really can’t cure Xiao’s old injury!”

“She was hit by a stray bullet in combat; the bullet lodged in her bone, and even the best hospitals in the world wouldn’t dare operate rashly!”

“But don’t worry, with medical technology advancing more and more, it will be possible to extract it eventually!”

Wu Jie squatted beside her, looking at his mother who had worked hard for most of her life.

The relentless passage of time had left wrinkles on her face.

Her hands, clenched tightly together from years of farming, had become incredibly rough, marked with lines of crackled darkness.

Three thousand yuan…

Though the old couple was quite well-off now, having lived frugally all their lives, they couldn’t bear to spend the money.

Earning money through farming in the countryside was not easy.

Plowing, sowing, fertilizing, and spraying pesticides; all that effort and the cost of labor and materials wasn’t cheap, and how much profit could they make?

From sowing to harvesting a mu of rice, after one year of toiling, the net profit was only about a thousand yuan.

And if there was a torrential flood, they would have no harvest at all.

As for growing corn, wheat, or even switching to fruit trees, it ended up being much the same.

Seeds, pesticides, and fertilizers—all cost money.

And they were still at the mercy of the weather affecting the yield.

With just a few mu of land, after a year of hard work, they could earn just a few thousand yuan.

That’s also why many people in the village had gone out to work as laborers.

To work as a laborer on a construction site could earn them two hundred yuan a day.

Working as a waiter in a restaurant, a factory worker on an assembly line…

It always pays more than in the countryside, facing yellow earth and sky with back bent, working hard and laboriously.

That’s why more and more farmland in the countryside is left fallow…

And three thousand yuan, to a mother used to being a farmer, is really not a small sum.

Even if Wu Jie had already given them several million for living expenses, they simply couldn’t bear to spend it!

Wu Jie looked at his mother, who seemed somewhat disheartened, and felt extremely heartbroken.

“It’s okay, Mom, don’t be downhearted!”

“Tang Xiao’s injury will heal sooner or later.

I promise you, within two years, I’ll make sure you can hold a grandchild!”

Liao Lan took a deep breath, tilted her head up slightly, and held back her tears.

“That would be great!

Really great!”

Wu Jie got up and sat down next to his mother, comforting her softly:

“You and Dad have worked hard for half your lives; it’s time for you to rest well!”

“You must have seen it earlier; Dad and Xiao’s dad aren’t that far apart in age, but why does our dad look older?”

“It’s all because of the years of hard work.

Now that you’re not short of money, you should really take good care of your health!”

…

Wu Jie knew he couldn’t rashly change his parents’ mindset and thinking.

How could decades of ingrained beliefs be easily changed?

If he secretly used the system’s mall to exchange for nourishing medicine and had them take it, letting them experience a huge change in a short time, it might do more harm than good and cause unnecessary trouble.

So, Wu Jie planned to take it step by step, letting them first reduce their labor intensity and then gradually nourish and change—this way, even if they grew younger and more lively, neither they nor others would be too surprised.

After offering some consolation, Wu Jie felt obliged to set the stage for what was to come.

“Mom, I have to tell you in advance!”

“After all, Tang Xiao comes from a different background.

She has never had to worry about food and clothing since she was young, and she’s capable at her job, earning a lot, so when it comes to shopping and spending, she’s definitely not the same as us country folk!”

“Tomorrow, whatever she buys for you, if you like it, take it; if not, don’t.

In any case, please don’t mind the price, and don’t think she’s not thrifty just because she buys something expensive!”

Liao Lan laughed and said, “Your dad and I have already thought it through; marrying a beauty queen CEO is after all not the same as marrying an ordinary girl!

However she wants to spend money is her business; after all, she can only spend when she earns it!”

Wu Jie laughed awkwardly:

“She’s not just good at spending money!

Anyway, you’ll learn from her tomorrow, not to look at the price tag, just whether it’s right or not!”

What???

Liao Lan exclaimed in surprise.

“Does she buy things without even looking at the prices?”

Wu Jie shrugged and nodded: “That’s why I’m giving you a heads-up.

Don’t think she’s wasteful just because of this; her concept of consumption is different from ours.

She buys what’s right, regardless of the cost!”

Liao Lan suddenly realized and said, “That’s true!

If you have so much money you can’t spend it all, you can be capricious like that!”

“You’re quite trendy!

You even know about being capricious with money!”

“Hmph!

I’ve also learned how to go online with my mobile phone.

I often watch your God-like live streams!

I like to watch videos from agricultural and livestock experts the most, not like other people in the village who just like to watch whatever is thrilling, exciting, and fun…”

Wu Jie blushed with embarrassment.

He had never expected the app he developed to have already acquired a large following of loyal fans in the countryside.

After chatting for a while, the two went out to the main bedroom following the noise, where Tang Xiao was discussing how to decorate the wedding room with Zhu Cui.

Soon, Zhang Hao’s family of three came to visit, making the house even livelier.

…

The night grew still and quiet.

Wu Jie drove home with Tang Xiao.

Even though there were double beddings and all, they didn’t have their toiletries and clothes here.

Thinking they would have a romantic evening when they got home, they instead found there was no shortage of chores to be dealt with.

They had to check the wedding items and the guest list, and even make adjustments to the red envelopes.

The money in the previous red envelopes was too little; Tang Xiao decided to increase the number of smaller red envelopes, upgrading them to a thousand each.

Big red envelopes were increased to eight thousand, and the bridesmaids and groomsmen’s red envelopes were set at twenty thousand—a truly lavish gesture.

Although Wu Jie had prepared a box of money and could increase the amount overnight, counting and stuffing the money was enough to exhaust anyone.

As for Tang Xiao…

Fitness swimming, bathing, and sleeping.

By the time Wu Jie finished and got back into bed, she was already sleeping sweetly.

The next day, bright and early, Tang Xin, Tang Kun, and a whole bunch of people arrived.

Today they were off to binge-shop by the sea.

Those who were to be bridesmaids and groomsmen had long been sharpening their knives, eager to make a big kill.

Clothes, shoes, jewelry…

everything had to be high-end, obviously pre-arranged.

Tang Xiao led them to Tianyuan Haoting to pick people up, and by the way, they strolled around the nearby shopping street, sweeping through the major malls.

And naturally, Wu Jie took the subway to the Tianyuan Exhibition Center to see the annual International Car Exhibition.

There were beauties aplenty and luxury cars gathered around.

The towering, graceful car models were undoubtedly the most eye-catching.

Since Tang Xiao wasn’t around, with no constraints, why hesitate?

Enjoy the views!

Cars!

Beauties!

First, he strolled from one booth to the next, looking at the beautiful car models and the exhibited vehicles.

He grew tired of the car models after not seeing many; they were all heavily made up.

Who knows how much makeup they had on; under the spotlight, they could all damn well reflect light!

They were really incomparable to the beauty by his side!

Suddenly!

An Audi S8 with a domineering appearance, aggressive and sporty like a suited hooligan, caught Wu Jie’s eye.

The moment he saw it, Wu Jie was quite taken, and he immediately approached the information desk.

“Oh!

So you like this car too!”

A soft, pleasant voice suddenly came from beside him.

Wu Jie turned his head to look, quite surprised.

“What are you doing here?”