Hearing this, Li Hongcao was intrigued: "What other conditions do they have?"

"I need a photo of Xiaoyan. Also, the older sister wants to meet Xiaoyan, but we don't need to meet face-to-face. Let's go to the department store together tomorrow, and she can see us."

Li Hongcao frowned: "Their Pu is quite fair-skinned."

“Hey, they’re in good shape, so we can’t be picky. What do you think? When my brother and the others come back at noon, you can discuss it. I’ll invite my in-laws to lunch.”

"Okay, I'll talk to them about it."

Then, when Zhang Xiaoyan and the others got off work at noon, Li Hongcao first told her husband about it. After listening, Zhang Jian remained silent for a long time.

"Her dad, what are you thinking? Is this okay?"

"Let's ask our daughter and see what she says. If she's willing, then let her go and see." Zhang Jian regrets his daughter's decision to go to the countryside every time he thinks about it, and he can't sleep at night because of it.

Li Hongcao then called her daughter out and said, "Your neighbor Lili's mother came to say that the man's family... these are their conditions. What do you think?"

Seeing the worry in her mother's eyes, Zhang Xiaoyan couldn't help but hug her arm: "Mom, I'm willing to go see her. I'm not opposed to marriage. Don't worry about me so much."

Zhang Xiaoyan is a truly gentle person. She is not good with words but has a kind heart. Although her previous marriage hurt her a lot, the love from her family during the past six months at home has healed her wounded heart considerably.

She knew her parents' worries and her brothers' guilt. She didn't want to be protected and worried about by her family forever. She was already so old, she couldn't close herself off because of a bad person and make her family worry about her for the rest of her life.

So when Jiang Ruyu got off work that evening, she saw Zhang Xiaoyan's photo. Just looking at the photo, this woman really made people feel like she was easy to like; she really didn't seem threatening at all.

Jiang Ruyu showed the photo to Jiang Lin: "Take a look at this girl. If you don't dislike her, come to my workplace with me tomorrow. Her family will be going to the department store tomorrow. We won't meet in person, but we can see if she looks like the girl in the photo. If she's suitable, we can talk about when to formally meet."

Jiang Lin glanced at the photo and had no objections: "Okay, sis, you arrange it."

The next day, her father-in-law stayed home to take care of the child, Ren Min went to work, and Jiang Lin arrived at his sister's workplace around 8 a.m. After arriving, Jiang Ruyu took Jiang Lin to Liu Xiangxiang's counter.

Her mentor has retired, and the staff at the department store has changed a lot. Many of the employees who joined in the last two years have gone to university. Liu Xiangxiang has also been promoted and is now the team leader of the daily necessities section.

"I'll stand here for a while and see someone." Jiang Ruyu didn't specify, but Liu Xiangxiang guessed it immediately.

She just didn't expect that Jiang Ruyu, her younger brother, who was so outstanding, would also get divorced.

At nine o'clock, Jiang Ruyu saw Li Xiuying arrive with three people, one of whom was probably the young woman in the photo.

This woman looks a bit different from the person in the photo. The photo of Zhang Xiaoyan was taken when she was eighteen or nineteen years old. Now she is in her mid-twenties, and you can tell she has suffered a lot. Fortunately, she doesn't look very old, but she has lost the stunning beauty she had in the photo.

Jiang Ruyu glanced at Jiang Lin: "Did you see her? The woman next to Aunt Xiuying is her. She's not as pretty as she looks in the photo."

Jiang Lin glanced at her and nodded: "I don't think it's anything. I don't look at her face. I think her eyes are very clean and pleasant to look at."

That's fine. Jiang Ruyu won't make decisions for Jiang Lin; they have to live their lives on their own.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Ruyu took Jiang Lin outside and greeted Li Xiuying: "Aunt Xiuying, are you here to buy something? Is this your relative?"

This was just making conversation out of nothing; the main reason was to let others see Jiang Lin as well.

Li Xiuying nodded to her in-laws, then looked at Jiang Ruyu and said with a smile, "Yes, we bought some things. This is Lili's mother-in-law, that's her aunt, that's her cousin, this is from our compound, Ruyu is an employee here, and this is Da Linzi, a soldier."

The two families exchanged a few words to get to know each other. Li Hongcao carefully looked Jiang Lin over several times and was very satisfied with his appearance. Considering his qualities, she felt that he was probably the best man her daughter could find.

Jiang Lin exchanged a glance with Zhang Xiaoyan. Surprisingly, Zhang Xiaoyan was not as introverted as he had imagined. She shook hands with Jiang Lin in a generous manner and introduced herself.

Jiang Lin also introduced himself formally. After a few brief words between the two groups, Jiang Ruyu said to Aunt Xiuying, "Please ask them when it would be convenient for us to meet formally, and where they can decide."

"Okay, I'll ask and tell you at noon."

After this brief meeting, Jiang Lin went back home. He didn't have much vacation time and wanted to spend more time with his children. He figured he would have to move to another place after he returned.

The next day, under Jiang Ruyu's inspection, Jiang Lin dressed up specially, actually just wearing his military uniform. Jiang Ruyu had taken leave again. She had been taking leave frequently this year. If she hadn't been working for almost ten years, her superiors would have told her off long ago.

Yesterday, Li Xiuying came and said that they hoped Jiang Ruyu and Jiang Lin could come to their house to meet them. Because everyone in the family would take the day off today, they all wanted to see Jiang Lin in person. They all wanted to see what Zhang Xiaoyan's boyfriend was like.

Jiang Ruyu understood. After finding out who was in the family, she prepared a suitable gift: a pound of candy, including half a pound of fruit candy and half a pound of milk candy. Since they had children, and children love candy.

Jiang Lin received fruit as a sign-in gift, while Jiang Ruyu brought three pounds of apples, a box of biscuits, and two cans of food. This matter was actually settled without any surprises, and Jiang Ruyu was willing to spend money to give gifts, at least to show that her family valued the girl.

Li Xiuying led them to Zhang Xiaoyan's house. Zhang Xiaoyan's father, brother and sister-in-law, brother and sister-in-law were all there, and the house was full of people.

The Zhang family was surprised when they saw Jiang Lin. This soldier looked too young and had such good qualities. Did their daughter (sister, older sister) really deserve him?

After exchanging pleasantries, Jiang Lin and Zhang Xiaoyan spoke privately in the courtyard, while Jiang Ruyu and the others explained their respective situations in detail inside the house.

Jiang Lin looked at Zhang Xiaoyan and asked her, "Is there anything you want to ask me?"

"Do you care that I'm older than you? I can't have children anymore." Zhang Xiaoyan has come to terms with her situation, but she feels that some things still need to be said upfront.

“I don’t care. To be honest, I think it’s great that you can’t have children. You may think I’m selfish, but I do want to find a partner who can’t have children. I have two sons, and they are still young. As long as my wife can treat them as her own children, I can guarantee her rights as a wife.”