Chapter 58 Marriage

"What's wrong, Uncle Lu? Do you want to be my father?" He Caiwei finished speaking, stood up straight, looked left and right, and finally concluded: "I don't think you're a good fit."

Lu Zhiheng coughed, choked by her words: "Cough cough cough, you brat, what are you saying? What's wrong with me? Apart from not being able to stand up straight for the time being, everything else is fine."

"Let me put it this way, you may be unable to move around easily now, but that may not be the case in the future. But that's a matter for the future. If you get married now, you'll still have to rely on your wife to take care of you, right? Besides, do you have a salary? Can you support yourself?" He Caiwei looked at his legs and stabbed him directly in the back.

"No, I can take care of myself now. Except for not being able to stand up straight, I can do everything by myself without anyone helping me. Besides, I still get a salary. After I retired, they arranged a position for me so I can go back to work after I recover. Although I applied for retirement, it hasn't been approved yet. I still get a monthly salary of over 120 yuan. I've accumulated several thousand yuan in bonuses from previous missions. Even though I can't work now, I still get paid. To avoid causing trouble for the country, I will work hard on rehabilitation and recover as soon as possible to go back to work. You don't need to worry about me not being able to support you and your mother after you marry me." Lu Zhiheng became a little emotional as he spoke. He really could support his mother and his daughter, and even if they had an old man with them, he could support them too.

The reason is that the old man is afraid that if he sees him like this, he will not agree to let his daughter marry him.

"Uncle, did you ask my mother for her permission? You're just talking nonsense here. By the way, uncle, how old are you? Have you ever been married? Your salary level isn't low, do you think your family would agree to you marrying my mother, who has a daughter as grown up as me?" He Caiwei suddenly remembered that she hadn't asked this question yet.

“My birthday is in March, so I’m thirty this year. I’ve been too busy with work, so I haven’t gotten married yet. I don’t smoke, drink, hit people, or have any bad habits. I’ll treat you like my own daughter. My family consists of my older brother and sister-in-law, and my nephew and niece. That’s all.” Lu Zhiheng became a little embarrassed as he spoke. If he wanted to marry someone’s mother, he still had to get the daughter’s consent first.

That old man's family isn't his relative, and his elder brother already said that before leaving the capital, he had already published a notice in the newspaper severing ties with the old man's family. Whether the old man is good or bad in the future has nothing to do with them, so he doesn't need the old man's consent to get married.

"It's no use asking for my consent. You need to ask my mother and grandfather for their consent first. I think highly of you, but I don't know if my grandfather will agree. After all, you can forget about protecting my mother in your current state. My mother is my grandfather's youngest daughter. He's already in his seventies, and my mother isn't even thirty yet." He Caiwei was quite rational. Her mother's remarriage didn't really concern her much. After all, she was already eleven years old, old enough to be independent.

She had initially thought that if her mother really liked someone who didn't like her as a burden, she could move in with her grandfather or start her own household and live on her own.

Anyway, her family has a house, so going to keep her grandfather company is a feasible idea. After all, her grandfather is old, and although he is still in good health, old people are bound to have bumps and bruises.

Although they live relatively close to each other now, her mother is also thinking of having her grandfather rent out that house and move in with them.

"Alright, push me to find your grandfather now. The people who come to help me only come once in the morning and once in the afternoon, and they don't come again in the evening. I can't get out now, so please help me get out so I can go find your grandfather." Lu Zhiheng knew that he should strike while the iron was hot. Since such a bad candidate had appeared, he should go over now. No matter if he could stand up now, in the old man's heart, he would definitely be better than that other person.

"Alright, I'll go remove the threshold first." He Caiwei knew what he was thinking, so she ran over, pulled out the threshold, and leaned it against the side. Then she came back, pushed him outside, put the threshold back in place, closed and locked the door, and pushed him towards his grandfather's house. There were quite a few people going to and from get off work on the street.

The street was bustling with people, looking much more lively than during the day. Now that the government has explicitly banned private buying and selling of goods, all the shops in this area were closed.

Neither of their two courtyards is far from the old man's place; she can get there in ten minutes by pushing her wheelchair.

"Weiwei, where are you going to push your Uncle Lu?" He Yuping came out of her father's yard and saw the two people who had just arrived at the door.

"Mom, are we going back? Uncle Lu wants to see you and Grandpa. Why don't we bring him inside first?" He Caiwei reached out and nudged her mother, urging her to go back.

"Alright, alright, I'll go get the threshold. You push your Uncle Lu in. Your grandfather is making tea in the living room right now." He Yuping didn't know what her daughter was up to, but since she was looking for her father, she wouldn't pry.

Hearing his daughter close the door, Old Man He thought she was going back, so he got up and slowly came out of the main room to lock the door before going back inside.

Since last year, these factories nearby have been recruiting workers. Many people have come from all over the countryside. Some of them have been hired and started working in the factories, while others have been left wandering around the city and refuse to go back.

Several houses here have been burgled before; the thieves not only stole things but also assaulted the people. The police have come several times, but those thieves are too cunning and they can't be caught at all.

"Grandpa, Uncle Lu is looking for you." He Caiwei raised her hand to greet her grandfather.

"Close the door and come in." The old man put his hands behind his back and leisurely returned to the spot where he had been making tea and sat down.

"What's wrong? Why are you looking for me at this hour?" The old man was a little confused as to why he wanted to see him.

"Uncle, I want to marry Comrade He. I wonder what your requirements are?" Lu Zhiheng didn't dare to beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

"What? Marry my daughter? My daughter doesn't do servant work. You're inconvenient now, so you want her to come home and serve you? No way!" The old man looked at his legs and shouted angrily.

"No, Uncle, please let me explain. I'm already doing rehabilitation now, and I'll be able to walk on my own soon. I won't need her to take care of me." Lu Zhiheng was genuinely anxious. He hadn't expected that the old man thought his legs would never be able to support him again.

"Can it really get better? But you can't work like this. How will you support my daughter and granddaughter if you don't work?" The old man looked unconvinced. He said he wouldn't work even if his leg was healed. Did he expect his daughter to support him?