Rebirth: Divine Doctor, Sweet Wife

211-215

The saying that a joyous occasion gladdens the spirit was true. Haha!

She could not sleep, so she went to pick the ripe fruits. She collected a dozen baskets full, then she proceeded to make a dozen small cloth bags to store items. Only then did she stop!

She did not know that while she was too excited to sleep, over at the Mo family, Mo Beihan was also too excited to sleep.

The things that he would bring over to the Gu family for tomorrow’s engagement were all prepared. He had ensured that everything was done properly. His only regret was that he could not be too flamboyant in these times, or he would have prepared even better things!

Yao Yao had already made the clothes and shoes that she would wear during the engagement tomorrow. He had already bought the watch. A pity that it was an expensive imported watch, and it would be too conspicuous if she showed it to anyone. Considering the Gu family’s circumstances, even if he bought a watch, it would be best to buy a cheap one. But he did not want to buy such things for Yao Yao.

Chapter 212: Engagement Dinner (4)

Right now, all he had left was some cloth and food. He would bring them to the Gu house tomorrow.

When he looked at these things, Mo Beihan felt that they were just too pathetic. But he had no choice. Sigh…

Jiang Yingqiu came over and looked at the things he had prepared. She said, “These things look very respectable. When you bring them out tomorrow, everyone in the brigade will be envious.

“But the Gus are different. They used to be a well-to-do family and Yao Yao is their only granddaughter. They’ve doted on her since she was young. You have to get some better things for the engagement. Even if you can’t present them publicly, you can give them to Yao Yao privately.”

Mo Beihan thought about it. Yao Yao kept all his valuable items. Actually, any set of jewelry that they had would do. But he did not wish to use those.

He had obtained them in exchange for food on the black market. They had plenty of those. He was getting engaged to Yao Yao and he wanted to give her something special.

Even if it was jewelry like a jade bangle, he wanted to customize one for Yao Yao, and not give her something he had bartered from someone else.

Mo Beihan said, “I bought an imported watch for Yao Yao. There’s nothing else that’s valuable. We’ll just have to make do. It can’t be helped.”

If anyone else heard that he had bought an imported watch for an engagement, they would certainly think he was making too much of a fuss. But Jiang Yingqiu was different. She knew that the Gu family was exceptional.

Jiang Yingqiu frowned. “An imported watch is not enough. Didn’t you prepare anything else? You… you brat, you’ve been spending all your time away from home, and you’re still such a stick in the mud?”

Jiang Yingqiu was a little skeptical. She knew how clever her son was. How many good things had this fellow obtained on the black market?

In recent years, the family had lived better and had enough food, mostly because of the food and money that Mo Beihan had obtained on the black market.

It was easy to obtain something valuable there. He just had to barter some food for it.

Mo Beihan understood his mother’s meaning and smiled. “Mother, it’s enough that you treasure Yao Yao so much. Those are all items that others have worn before. There will be an opportunity to obtain them later and give them to Yao Yao. She can just wear them for fun. But I want to give her something special as an engagement present.