Chapter 257 Two Marriages
Chapter 257 Two Marriages
"Third brother went to Guangbo's house," Ruhui walked to the gate of the courtyard and said as he opened the locked gate.
The gate opened, he turned sideways, glanced at Rubin, and said excitedly, "Before, Genbo sent someone to our house to propose marriage, saying that he was planning to let Brother Zaixun marry Fourth Sister. The land we are renting now is the betrothal gift. For Fourth Sister's marriage, Third Brother has been running to the city all the time."
After hearing what he said, An Rushong subconsciously turned his head to look at Rubin, and saw that the girl's face turned pale in an instant, obviously frightened by this sudden bad news.
The "Geng Bo" mentioned by Ruhui refers to Luo Jinggeng. Most of the fields in Yuantongli belong to him, including the mountain that Yuantongli is close to. This is a permanent property passed down from his ancestors. The fields rented by An Rusong's family naturally belong to him as well.
To be honest, if it were in the past, it would have been considered high-class marriage for the An family to have been able to marry into their family and become Luo Jinggeng's daughter-in-law, not to mention that the An family also offered their rented land as a betrothal gift - of course, Luo Jinggeng at that time probably didn't think highly of the An family, so even if Ru Bin had offered to be their daughter-in-law, they might not have accepted it.
But the problem is that the situation is different now. An Rusong has become a billionaire. Yuantongli is a closed environment, and An Rusong's parents are not well educated. They probably don't know what NGN company and NGN software mean, but Luo Jinggeng obviously knows, so there is such a marriage.
That's right, it's not that An Rusong thinks too highly of himself, but he is 100% sure that this is the fact. Luo Jinggeng is definitely not interested in the An family's honesty, nor in Rubin's intelligence and beauty. What he really values is definitely An Rusong, who has already made a career.
Ruhui didn't see Rubin's expression. As he led An Rushong and the other man into the yard, he kept talking about the generosity and magnanimity of "Geng Bo".
According to Ruhui, ever since the marriage was decided, the exchanges between the two families have become much closer, and the An family has been looked up to in the entire Yuantong. There are more people coming in and out and saying hello to them on a daily basis, and there are more distant relatives and neighbors visiting each other.
An Rusong just smiled and said nothing as his brother chattered on. It was not until they entered the small hall of the main house that he put a hand on Rubin's shoulder, squeezed it gently, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm on your side. No one can force you to do anything you don't want to do."
He said this lightly, with an understatement, but Rubin believed him easily and seemed to relax a lot. Although Rubin was still young and inexperienced, she had lived in Seoul for a few months, so she knew more about Big Brother's situation. Apart from other things, almost every student in their school was using Big Brother's company's software, which was an influence in itself.
Rubin may not know much about the concept of "influence", but she knows that the news and newspapers have said that her brother's company is valued at more than 2 million US dollars. Although "Geng Bo"'s family is rich and has a lot of land in Yuantong, even if all his lands are added together, they are definitely not worth 2 million US dollars.
Ruhui realized later that his elder brother did not seem to support this marriage. He originally wanted to ask why, but when he opened his mouth, he swallowed the question back. After all, he was the youngest in the family and had no say. Most importantly, he had a fear of his elder brother from the bottom of his heart and naturally did not dare to question his decision to his face.
Changing the topic from Rubin's marriage, An Rusong sent Ruhui and Luo Minzhi to move things from the car. This time when he came back from Seoul, he brought a lot of gifts for his family. In addition to some food, they were mainly clothes and shoes. The trunk of the Mercedes-Benz and the back seats were full of packaging bags. Luo Minzhi brought in more than a dozen by herself, and some were left in the car.
After all the things were moved out of the car, An Rushong arranged a room for Luo Minzhi to rest. Yuantongli was a small village with few outsiders coming here, and naturally there were no places like hotels. An Rushong could only temporarily arrange Luo Minzhi in his old room. As for himself, he could live with his three younger brothers.
It was not until this time that Ruhui realized that the sturdy young man who came back with his eldest brother and fourth sister was actually the bodyguard hired by his eldest brother. In Ruhui's opinion, bodyguards were undoubtedly the ones that only the real big shots could afford, but now, his eldest brother had a bodyguard by his side.
In the subsequent conversation, Ruhui also felt that this elder brother was completely different from the simple, honest, serious and unsmiling elder brother in his impression. His temperament seemed to have become much more easy-going, but for some reason, when facing him, he felt more intimidated and scared. Often, a look from him during a conversation could make him hold his breath.
The three siblings chatted in the living room for more than ten minutes. Then, outside the house, they heard the sound of a car engine. The sound came from far away and gradually got closer, and finally seemed to stop outside the courtyard.
"It should be mom and dad who are back," Ruhui stood up first and said when he heard the noise outside.
An Rushong and Rubin also stood up, walked to the outside of the house, and stood on the steps of the corridor in front of the door, looking towards the entrance of the courtyard.
There were voices outside the courtyard, both men and women. After a while, the half-closed courtyard door was pushed open from the outside, and a middle-aged man with a hunched body walked in first, followed closely by a thin, short woman. The woman had difficulty walking, and perhaps because they were worried that she would fall, a short, but sturdy-looking young man was supporting her.
The three people who came in were An's father, An's mother and the second son of the An family, An Ruze.
Although An's father has a hunchback and a face full of wrinkles, one can still vaguely see some similarities with An Rushong between his eyebrows and eyes, and it can be seen that he was also a handsome guy when he was young.
The three of them came in from outside the courtyard. When they saw An Rusong and An Rubin under the corridor of the main house, they were all stunned for a moment. Then, An's mother and An Ruze showed surprise on their faces. Only An's father just trembled his lips, and his face still deliberately maintained that calm expression. "Big brother!" Ruze was the first to react. Just like Ruhui's performance before, he seemed to have only seen An Rusong, and the name he called out in surprise was just to address An Rusong.
No matter what kind of feelings he had for this family, An Rusong couldn't stay in the corridor at this time. A smile appeared on his face. He walked quickly forward and shouted in the most enthusiastic tone possible: "Dad, Mom, I'm back."
Father An nodded at him, his wrinkled face still solemn. Mother An, on the other hand, nodded repeatedly and kept muttering something, but no one could hear clearly.
They are just an ordinary couple of old farmers in the countryside. They are feudal, closed, stubborn and timid. Their backs and spirits are bent by the pressure of life. They don't care who is the president of the country or whether the country is a developed or developing country. All they can see is the harvest from the fields and the prices in the vegetable market.
At this moment, whether it was because he thought of his parents in his previous life or because of the influence of his previous life's memory, An Rusong's original impatient mood calmed down. He walked to An's mother, naturally reached out to support her arm, and asked with a smile: "How is Ruze's appearance?"
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Ru Ze again.
Ruze smiled shyly, then raised his hand and scratched his scalp awkwardly. It can be seen that he should be quite satisfied with the girl.
"When did you come back?" It was only then that An's father spoke for the first time. He looked at the timid Rubin and asked.
"Just got home," An Rusong said with a smile, "less than half an hour."
"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back," An's mother held his hand and said repeatedly.
The group chatted in low voices and went into the living room of the main house.
"Is your business in Seoul going well?" Sitting down in the living room again, An's father lit a cigarette and asked in the swirling smoke, "I heard people say that there is American investment in your business? Are those Americans reliable?"
An Rushong did not explain in detail. He just briefly introduced the situation of NGN Company. But even so, An's father did not understand. He only knew that his son had set up a company and made a lot of money. Even the Americans thought that his son's company had a future, so they wanted to work in partnership with him.
In the past few months, An Rushong has transferred a lot of money to his family. The new residential land, including the money used to build a new house, were all given to his family by An Rushong, so An's father and mother would not disbelieve what he said.
"What does the family that Ruze had a blind date with do?" After chatting about himself for a while, An Rushong changed the subject and asked.
When An's mother heard him asking about Ruze's blind date, she immediately became interested. She spoke before An's father did, "The girl's surname is Lin. She is a wealthy family in Jindeok-myeon. I heard that she has more than 20 houses in Wonju, and the rent alone is more than 1 billion won."
"Oh?" An Rushong raised his eyebrows. They owned more than 20 houses and collected more than 1 billion won in rent. Just by hearing what the old lady said, he knew what the Lin family did.
It is obvious that this family is speculating in real estate - they own a house, and then rent it out as a fully leased house. They then use the rent paid by the tenants to take out a loan to buy a new house, and then rent it out again.
This cycle repeats itself over and over again, using rent to pay off loans and hoarding properties.
(End of this chapter)