bookbashuk Chapter 15 Preparing Wedding Supplies
Chapter 15 Preparing Wedding Supplies
Since the performance ended that day.
The news that a beautiful new woman had joined the cultural troupe spread throughout the entire unit.
Before anyone could figure out who this new beauty was...
Before long, it was revealed that the beautiful woman was none other than the former fiancée of the real son who had just been recognized by the Gu family.
However, before everyone could recover...
A series of other things came to light, and Qin Shu suddenly became the object of many people's sympathy. His ex-fiancée had gotten together with his best friend, and the two had even filed for marriage and were about to get married.
The marriage certificate has not yet been approved.
Xu Sui has already received a call from her hometown.
When the call connected, the voice on the other end was not her family member, but Uncle Qin and Aunt Qin, who lived in the same courtyard as her family.
The speaker was Aunt Qin. She hurriedly asked, "Sui Sui, what happened between you and Xiao Shu? Weren't you two fine before? Why did you suddenly cancel the engagement like that?"
"Did Xiaoshu do something to make you unhappy?"
Xu Sui was slightly taken aback. "Auntie, Qin Shu called you?"
In this day and age, sending letters isn't that fast; it's normal for it to take ten days or half a month.
It had only been a week since she sent the letter, and the letter hadn't even reached either of the two families yet, so it was only possible that Qin Shu had called them to tell them about their situation.
But how much was said, and how it was said, is unknown.
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, followed by a slightly hoarse voice, as if the person had just had a good cry.
"Yes, Xiao Shu... he called us yesterday."
He also said that he wasn't our child, and that the two families had switched babies when they were born.
Xu Sui sighed inwardly and then explained the matter in the simplest terms possible.
Making phone calls is expensive, and most people can't afford it. They only send telegrams or make phone calls in emergencies; otherwise, they usually write letters.
The Qin family's circumstances were quite ordinary; before Qin Shu joined the army, they were even struggling financially.
The whole family, including the elderly and children, relied on Uncle Qin's meager monthly salary of a dozen yuan for guarding the gate at the recycling station to make ends meet.
The matter has been explained in general terms.
The phone call was filled with uncontrollable sobs. "How could this happen? How could this happen? Xiaoshu is such a good child. We raised her from a young age. How could she not be a child of the Qin family?"
Xu Sui vaguely heard Uncle Qin comforting Aunt Qin, "It's good that the child is alright, don't cry."
The person on the other end cried for a while.
Aunt Qin suddenly spoke up, "Sui Sui, tell me honestly, is it because the Gu family won't let you into the family that you two broke off your engagement?"
"If that's the case, don't be afraid, your aunt will talk to the Gu family for you."
They are all children they watched grow up.
They had witnessed the bond between the two children, and everything had been fine until the news broke that the babies had been switched at birth, which led to the cancellation of the marriage.
Xu Sui: "..."
The original owner was quite good at disguising himself in the eyes of others, especially in that big courtyard in his hometown.
Almost everyone thought the original owner was a kind and well-behaved girl.
Among them, the Qin family elders were the most satisfied with the original owner. They had long regarded her as their own daughter and would always think of saving a share of anything good for her.
For a moment, Xu Sui didn't know what to say.
Nevertheless, it still needs to be said.
"No, Auntie, it's my problem, it has nothing to do with anyone else."
"By the way, Auntie, the engagement between our two families will not change. Gu Yunzhou and I have already submitted our marriage application."
The other side fell silent for a long time.
"...That child, is his name Yunzhou?"
Xu Sui nodded. "Auntie, his and Qin Shu's identities have been switched back. From now on, they will take the surname Qin and be called Qin Yunzhou."
"We will get married in a few days, and we will also find an opportunity to come back and see you."
"I also wrote you a letter, it should arrive in a few days."
……
The phone hangs up.
In a remote small county town.
Wearing patched clothes and with a sallow complexion, Tianhua muttered to herself, "Old Qin, tell me... how could something like this happen to us?"
No wonder Xiao Shu doesn't look like them at all; it turns out he's someone else's child.
Even after so many years.
She still remembers the beautiful woman who gave birth in the same delivery room as her back then; the woman was clearly not an ordinary person.
At first, she wondered why someone like that would give birth to her child in a small hospital.
Later I found out that she had encountered some trouble and had no choice but to give birth in this place.
Qin Youtian was a quiet and reserved man who didn't like to talk, but when it came to this kind of thing, he couldn't help but sigh repeatedly.
"Little Shu has gone back to his original home; we need to find the other child."
No matter what, they are their own flesh and blood.
The Gu family doesn't want that child anymore; they have to take him.
"How can we find money? We have no money at home; we can't even afford the train tickets to the military base."
In years of famine, although they were city dwellers and ate commercial grain, it was not easy for them to support their large family on the meager salary of just over ten yuan per month earned by their husbands.
Over the years, Xiao Shu sent back a lot of money while he was in the army, but they saved it all and didn't touch it. That money was earned by Xiao Shu himself, and they had already agreed to save it for the young couple's future wedding.
"Then let's borrow it, save it up, we'll eventually raise enough money."
That child grew up in a wealthy family, unlike them. Suddenly falling from grace, life probably won't be easy for him.
As parents, they can't just abandon their child.
"Okay, let's save it up and borrow it. If he goes to the army, we'll give him all the money Xiaoshu has sent back over the years."
Military region troops.
Xu Sui had just finished get off work at the cultural troupe and came out of there.
The next second, they saw Gu Yunzhou standing under a tree not far away, waiting.
She was a little surprised and walked over. "Why did you suddenly come over?"
They hadn't seen each other since their chance encounter in town and their decision to get married.
It wasn't because of those rumors circulating in the military.
It's because they're both busy, not familiar with each other, and don't have much to do, so they basically never meet.
Gu Yunzhou's gaze fell on Xu Sui's face, and he paused slightly. "The marriage certificate is coming through soon, and I've also applied for military housing to use as our new home."
"The marriage certificate and the house have already been approved in advance. I plan to buy some furniture and household items. When are you free? Let's go together."
"And what about the wedding date? If there are no problems, how about we set it for the beginning of next month?"
Xu Sui thought for a moment, "The day after tomorrow, I'll be off the day after tomorrow."
"As for the wedding date, how about the 20th of this month?"
In the book, the fact that the original owner slept with Gu Yunzhou was exposed immediately, and the two quickly got married. No one said anything about the baby in her belly being in an abnormal month.
But now half a month has passed since that incident. If it drags on for too long, the months won't match up, and it will attract a lot of gossip.