Luo Jingyan didn't expect Xue Yanchen to bring up marriage so quickly.

She has no plans to get married anytime soon. Not only is she not ready for marriage herself, but she also has to take care of her parents and younger brother here.

"I'm only eighteen." Speaking of her age, Luo Jingyan had forgotten that the original owner's birthday fell during the autumn harvest season. "I feel I'm still young, and I'm not planning to get married yet. Brother Xue, what do you think? You're twenty-two now. Do you think getting married after that age is late? Or do you want to wait even longer?"

"I'll do whatever you say. We'll get married whenever you say we want."

Before meeting Luo Jingyan, he had never thought about marriage, and he might still be single when he was in his thirties.

He actually wants to marry Luo Jingyan right now, but he has to respect her wishes.

If she wants to get married immediately, he will submit a marriage application to the military. If the military does not approve it, he will immediately leave the military and marry her.

If she doesn't want to get married now, he will try his best to perform well in the time before their marriage, make more contributions to the army, and try to get the leaders to approve their marriage application. If that still doesn't work, he will choose Luo Jingyan.

Although he knew that neither staying in the army nor retiring to marry her would be easy, and that the old guys in the army wouldn't let him go easily, he was determined to achieve this goal no matter what.

Xue Yanchen's words made Luo Jingyan feel embarrassed. He always put her wishes first, and she wondered if he would feel wronged.

"Brother Xue, to be honest, when do you want us to get married?"

"Of course I want it to be as soon as possible, Jingyan. I want you to become my wife as soon as possible."

A faint blush rose on Luo Jingyan's face. "Brother Xue, but I still can't agree to get married so soon. I'm not alone here; I have my parents and younger brother, and I want to take good care of them. If we get married, there might be many unforeseen circumstances. Let's set a two-year timeframe. After two years, I can agree to get married. If there are any changes on your end, we can postpone it again. Is that alright?"

"Okay, Jingyan, I didn't mean to force you. If I do something that makes you unhappy, I'd rather not do it at all."

Luo Jingyan nodded, her trust in Xue Yanchen growing even stronger. Suddenly, she thought of his family. What would his family's attitude be towards her if they knew about her family's situation?

"Brother Xue, although we've reached an agreement, we still don't know your family's attitude. What if they object?"

"Don't worry, they will respect my decision. Leave things over there to me, I'll handle it."

“Okay.” Luo Jingyan then changed the subject: “I mentioned us to my parents before. Now that we’re a couple, they want to meet you. Would you like to go?”

"I'm thrilled to meet my future in-laws. Tell me when you'd like me to go so I can prepare."

"What's there to prepare? It's like you're being sent to the battlefield."

He loosened his collar: "To be honest, I'm more nervous than if I were sent to the battlefield. I'm afraid my future in-laws won't approve of me. Even if they don't approve now, I will work hard to make them approve."

"Alright, stop overthinking it. My parents get along very well, and they'll probably be very satisfied. I'll go talk to them today and tell them I'm meeting my future son-in-law, so they can be mentally prepared."

"How are your uncle and aunt doing now? Are they alright?"

"It's alright, I visit them regularly."

"We'll take care of them together from now on."

"Let's wait until you, this ugly son-in-law, have met your future parents-in-law before we talk about it."

"OK."

After discussing their "life's most important matter," the two of them had to think about what to eat that day. At that moment, the dead rabbit was lying quietly on the ground by the door, waiting for the glutton to slaughter it.

"Brother Xue, let's start preparing lunch today."

Xue Yanchen pouted and said, "Jingyan, we're dating now, so don't call me 'Brother Xue' anymore, just call me by my name."

Luo Jingyan tried changing her form of address, calling out to him, "Yanchen? Achen?"

"Let's go with the second one."

"Okay, little Chenchen."

That's our son's name.

What if we're having a daughter?

"Let's call her Xiao Yan Yan."

"Get lost! What kind of family names their child like that?"

Xue Yanchen smiled and stroked his chin: "Why don't we start naming our future child now and try to find the best-sounding name?"

"You're in too much of a hurry. You should hurry up and kill the rabbit."

Xue Yanchen: What does naming a child have to do with killing a rabbit?

"Okay, I'm going to kill the rabbit."

He took the rabbit and the knife and went outside.

Zhao Jun looked on with longing from the entrance of the men's dormitory, but was too embarrassed to go over for fear of bothering others.

When Luo Jingyan saw him, she said to Xue Yanchen, "Brother Xue, please call Zhao Zhiqing. He helped us with the house repairs last time."

Although Zhao Jun was invited to stay for a meal that time, the hospitality wasn't too cold, otherwise it would have seemed too distant.

Xue Yanchen called out to Zhao Jun, and Zhao Jun came over to help Xue Yanchen kill the rabbit.

After lunch, Xue Yanchen didn't want to disturb Luo Jingyan's afternoon nap, so he left shortly afterward.

After a while, Luo Jingyan prepared to go to the cowshed to tell her parents about her relationship with Xue Yanchen.

Black Tiger followed her all the way from the dormitory to the cowshed. With Luo Changtian around, Luo's parents would find out about Black Tiger's existence sooner or later, so bringing it along wouldn't hurt.

As usual, she went outside the cowshed, took out a bag of rice, a bag of flour, a dozen apples, and a piece of pork weighing about three pounds from her storage space, and carried them inside.

When Luo's parents saw the black cat following her, Luo's mother asked, "Is this your pet cat? Or is it just a stray cat that happened to follow you?"

"Mom, its name is Black Tiger. I found it in the field before. I thought it was cute and obedient, so I kept it by my side. Black Tiger is very smart and obedient. It recognizes its owner and knows the way. Wherever I go, it can follow."

Luo's mother also loves small animals: "Can I hug it?"

Luo Jingyan picked up Black Tiger and handed it to her mother. Black Tiger nestled obediently in her mother's arms and was stroked on the head by her mother.

Luo Jingyan said, "Dad, Mom, I've already promised Yanchen that I'll officially date him. I told him about your situation today."

"What was his attitude?" Seeing their daughter hesitate, Luo's parents quickly asked, "Did he care about our family's affairs?"

“He didn’t mind at all, and even said he would help me take care of you.”

"He's a good young man, but will his family agree?"

“I don’t know. He said his family is very nice and he will take care of things on his family’s side. She also said that we can get married when I want to get married.”