Chapter 172 Xiao Yu Dried Aunt
"Brother-in-law, thank you for your hard work!"
When Du Ruo came out of the airport, he saw his brother-in-law who was waiting for him at the airport and greeted him with a smile.
Originally, Xiang Yuanyuan insisted on coming to pick him up, but was rejected by Du Ruo in a strong manner. Of course, she said it in a more tactful way, saying that she had already told her brother-in-law and that his brother-in-law would come to pick him up when the time comes.
After all, Xiang Yuanyuan's driving time was too short. To get from the village to the airport, one had to take the highway. Du Ruo didn't feel at all comfortable with Xiang Yuanyuan driving on the highway.
"What's so hard about that? Let's go. The car is in the parking lot. Yaya insisted on following us. We had to persuade her to stop. They have all gone back to their parents' place. We can just go over there."
My brother-in-law still looks the same, but when he talks about Yaya, his face is filled with a happy smile.
"Hey, by the way, we can't go back yet, we have to go buy some things."
Du Ruo also smiled and followed his brother-in-law to the parking lot.
"Buying fish, huh? This girl is really..."
My brother-in-law felt helpless, knowing that Yaya must have called Du Ruo.
Du Ruo smiled and didn't say anything else.
The car went to the city and bought a lot of sea fish and seafood. This time, Du Ruo didn't stay in Harbin for long, and didn't go shopping much. The only specialty he brought was a bag of chestnuts in his backpack. Du Ruo simply went to a jewelry store and bought some things as gifts for the women in his family.
"Little brother, do you still have that wine from last time?"
In the car, Du Ruo and her brother-in-law were chatting intermittently, and suddenly they started talking about wine.
"Yes, yours is not enough. I still have some. I'll bring some to you when the time comes."
Du Ruo knew that her brother-in-law was talking about tiger bone wine. The bottle of tiger bone wine she bought from Xiang Yuanyuan last time was re-blended and a lot of it was made. However, Du Ruo had given it to others and drank it himself during this period, so there was actually not much left.
It would take several months before the new wine could be used, but since her brother-in-law had asked for it, Du Ruo couldn't refuse no matter what. She thought about talking to Xiang Yuanyuan and getting a bottle for him when the time came.
At that time, the worst that can happen is that we can replace it with new wine.
In fact, a new tiger bone wine of one or two kilograms cannot be sold for 200,000 yuan a bottle. The main reason why Xiang Yuanyuan’s tiger bone wine is sold for 200,000 yuan a bottle is because it is an old wine with better medicinal effect, so it is diluted before use.
Most of the 200,000 yuan cost is for storing the wine. Normal tiger bone wine or medicinal wine cannot be stored for that long. It requires a very harsh environment. Even if Xiang Yuanyuan's family has such a large wine cellar, it is not possible to just leave the wine there and forget about it. It needs regular inspection and maintenance.
"It's not that I used it up. I gave it to my parents. As you know, the older generation has rheumatism, and they used it to good effect. So I gave it all to them. So you see how much the wine costs at that time. You can get more and I will pay for it."
My brother-in-law explained, fearing that Du Ruo might misunderstand. Of course, the more wine the better.
"We won't talk about this among our family, but this wine is indeed very precious. It's not about the money, but it's mainly difficult to get, so there's no need to mention the money."
Du Ruo's words were like telling her brother-in-law that the wine was available and free of charge, but it could only be used by family members to avoid any unexpected problems. Family members should make this matter clear to avoid any resentment.
Moreover, when his sister Duna gave him the car, his brother-in-law didn't say anything. Although the car was old, if they sold it, tens of thousands of dollars would not be a problem. Du Ruo always remembered this.
"Okay, I understand."
My brother-in-law is not stupid. The efficacy of the medicinal wine is obvious. Such things must be of great value. However, just like Du Ruo said, our family will not care about those things.
"Brother-in-law, let's go back to the B&B first. Drop me off and go back first. I'll go back by myself later."
Du Ruo was about to pass by Yangjia Village and quickly reminded that Xiang Yuanyuan should also be brought along to such a family gathering.
"Oh, I understand."
My brother-in-law obviously knew about Xiang Yuanyuan's existence, understood Du Ruo's meaning, and nodded with a smile.
When they arrived at the door of the B&B, Du Ruo got out of the car without taking anything.
"Brother-in-law, remember to put the seafood and fish in the car in the refrigerator. It's best to cook them in the evening. I'll go back after washing up."
Du Ruo said this before getting off the car.
"Don't worry about it. I'm leaving now."
The brother-in-law nodded to Xiang Yuanyuan who was standing at the gate of Du Ruo's yard, then he said something to Du Ruo and drove away.
"Yuanyuan, I'm back."
After the car left, Du Ruo opened his arms and walked towards Xiang Yuanyuan.
"Ah."
Xiang Yuanyuan looked at Du Ruo's open arms, walked up quickly, hugged Du Ruo, and hummed softly.
"Come on, I'll go back and wash up, change my clothes, and we'll go home later."
Du Ruo kissed Xiang Yuanyuan on the face, then took Xiang Yuanyuan's hand and walked into the house.
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"Uncle~ Auntie Xiao Dried Fish~" Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan drove back home, and the first person to surround them was Yaya, followed by Maomao who was shaking his head and wagging his tail. But as for this title... she probably just remembered that every time she saw Xiang Yuanyuan, she could eat delicious Xiao Dried Fish.
"Why call me aunt? Call me aunt. My sister is so beautiful. How do you maintain such a good figure and skin? You can come if you want. You don't need to bring anything."
Sister Duna came over, patted Yaya on the butt, corrected her way of addressing her, then ignored Du Ruo and walked over to take some gifts from Xiang Yuanyuan's hand, and then started praising her a lot. Of course, her praises were to the point, as Xiang Yuanyuan's figure was really amazing.
"Okay, Aunt Xiaoyugan!!"
Yaya quickly changed her address, and after she finished speaking, she blinked and looked at Xiang Yuanyuan, with a look that almost showed her extending her hand.
"Sister is so beautiful too. Here, this is some dried fish prepared for Yaya."
Xiang Yuanyuan felt a little embarrassed by Duna's enthusiasm, and quickly replied, then took out a bag of dried fish from her bag and handed it to Yaya, and touched her little head by the way.
"Thank you, aunt~"
Yaya was definitely delighted when she saw the dried fish, and even when she called her aunt, she sounded much more sincere.
"Come on, let's go inside. The sun is shining brightly."
Du Na picked up Yaya and called Xiang Yuanyuan into the house.
"Mom, Dad, sister and brother-in-law, this is Xiang Yuanyuan whom you have met. We have started dating now."
After entering the house, Du Ruo grabbed Xiang Yuanyuan's hand, interlocked their fingers, and then raised it up to share this matter with his family, which was considered a formal introduction.
Everyone was very enthusiastic, and the atmosphere in Du Ruo's family was actually very good. Except for the fact that her mother and Du Na seemed a little too enthusiastic, getting along with them did not actually put too much pressure on Xiang Yuanyuan.
"By the way, Mom, this is the jewelry I bought for you. Take a look and see if you like it."
Du Ruo seemed to sense that Xiang Yuanyuan was a little uneasy, so he quickly picked up the backpack on the sofa and took out a box from it.
Inside was a complete set of gold jewelry, including earrings, bracelets, necklaces and rings.
"Hey, why did you buy these for me? Give them to Yuanyuan."
There was obvious joy in my mother's eyes, but when she wanted to pick it up, she looked at Xiang Yuanyuan beside her, and then began to blame Du Ruo.
"Mom, Yuanyuan has one too. This is for you. Yuanyuan, this is for you. This is a solid bracelet. It weighs the same as mom's entire set of bracelets."
Du Ruo smiled, took out another box, took out a bracelet from it, grabbed Xiang Yuanyuan's hand, and put it on her considerately.
"Well, that's better. Sons are better. Nana, help me take them."
Only then did my mother happily pick up the jewelry.
In fact, the reason why Du Ruo bought it was because he knew that his mother didn't like any other jade and jadeite, and only liked gold jewelry. However, Du Ruo didn't have the ability to buy it before, and he didn't bring back any local specialties this time. He just took the opportunity to buy a set. He was also afraid that there would be disagreements between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law in the future, so he bought items of equal value.
"Come on, sister, you have some too, let your brother-in-law bring it to you later."
Du Ruo took out another box and placed it on the table. Inside was a necklace. The necklace was ordinary, except for the gold plate hanging on it that was very eye-catching.
"Mom, I've got it. You can take the rest yourself. Hey, hurry up and bring it to me."
When Du Na heard that she also had one, she put the necklace on her mother and then stopped helping with the rest. Instead, she looked at her brother-in-law and motioned for him to help her put it on.
"Yaya, this is yours. Come, let your uncle put it on for you."
This time, Du Ruo took out another box and took out a bracelet strung with a red rope, with a small golden fish hanging on the red rope.
"Wow~fish!"
Yaya, who was not interested at first, immediately brightened up her eyes and became happy when she saw the golden fish on the bracelet. She quickly walked to Du Ruo and looked at him expectantly.
"Thank you, uncle~"
Yaya was much more sensible than Xiang Yuanyuan. She said thank you to her uncle and hugged Du Ruo and gave him a kiss. This made Du Ruo look at Xiang Yuanyuan, but Xiang Yuanyuan just touched the bracelet and gave him a blank look.
"Brother-in-law, these are two bottles of medicinal wine. Remember to take them back later."
At this time, Du Ruo handed two bottles of wine to his brother-in-law, which was exactly what Du Ruo had promised the other party when they were in the car.
"..."
After the gifts were given out, everyone was very happy, except Dad, who kept looking at Du Ruo, as if he was also looking forward to it.
"Um... Dad, how about you try some chestnuts? The wild chestnuts from Lesser Khingan Mountains are pretty good."
Du Ruo felt a little embarrassed when his father looked at him. To be honest, they rarely communicated with each other. Du Ruo subconsciously forgot to bring a gift for his father, so he rummaged in his backpack awkwardly, and finally took out a handful of chestnuts, which he stuffed into his father's hands with gritted teeth.
"Haha, okay, I'm happy if your mom is happy, let's have a drink tonight."
Dad looked at the chestnuts in his hand, patted Du Ruo's shoulder, and suddenly laughed, his smile full of relief.
(End of this chapter)
