"I told him to get some rest, and he went to rest."

"It's that simple?" Luo Jingyan asked in surprise. "Why does my dad listen to you so much?"

Xue Yanchen shrugged, while Luo Jingyan remained silent.

In the evening, Xue Yanchen was about to leave to return to the Qianjin Brigade.

Finally, the day arrived for Song Yinglan to repay her debt. Liu's mother, along with Liu Maisheng, and Zhang's mother, along with Zhang Baoguo, arrived at the educated youth settlement.

Song Yinglan had already made her plans. If she married Zhang Baoguo, she would only need to repay Liu Maisheng thirty yuan. However, if she married Liu Maisheng, she would have to repay Zhang Baoguo sixty yuan. In addition, Zhang Baoguo was more pleasing to the eye than Liu Maisheng. Therefore, she chose to repay Liu Maisheng thirty yuan and marry Zhang Baoguo.

Knowing that she had been wronged, Zhang's mother was naturally furious, and she was determined to vent her anger on Song Yinglan.

Zhang's mother was anxious for Zhang Baoguo and Song Yinglan to consummate their marriage. That same day, she asked the village secretary to issue them a marriage introduction letter. In the afternoon, they went to the county town through the snow to complete the marriage registration at the Civil Affairs Bureau, and entered the bridal chamber that night.

Zhang's mother had long ago taught Zhang Baoguo about the intimacy between men and women in the bridal chamber. Zhang Baoguo prepared for this for a long time and even consulted his brothers for advice.

However, the next day, when Zhang's mother went into their room to check on Song Yinglan's menstrual flow, she did not see any blood.

She pulled Zhang Baoguo aside: "Did you and she do what Mother taught you?"

"Mom, I did as you said, and I made love with Yinglan two or three times in one night."

"real?"

"Of course it's true, would I lie to you?"

Suddenly, Zhang's mother thought of a reason, and her expression changed drastically.

"Baoguo, when you did it for the first time, did you find it difficult? Was there something blocking it inside?"

Zhang Baoguo shook his head: "The feeling was pretty much the same all three times."

Zhang's mother patted Zhang Baoguo heavily on the shoulder and said with a gloomy face, "The wife you married is no longer clean. She... she's been with someone else."

"Huh?" Zhang Baoguo was an honest and conservative man, so he was naturally very concerned about whether his new wife was a virgin. Hearing his mother say this, he was instantly filled with anger, rushed into the bridal chamber, grabbed Song Yinglan's clothes, and slapped her twice.

Zhang's mother said, "When were you defiled? You've been a virgin for a long time, haven't you? You shameless slut, you whore!"

Song Yinglan resigned herself to her fate: "I'm just like this. If you dislike me, I can divorce Baoguo."

"Pah! Divorce? You wish! Unless you pay back the sixty dollars you owe us."

"I have no money."

Zhang's mother was so angry that she slapped Song Yinglan twice.

“Baoguo, things have come to this point. We can’t return this vixen now. Let her have your child. If she can’t have a child, we won’t let her off the hook. From now on, she’ll be in charge of all the housework. If she refuses, we’ll deal with her together.”

Song Yinglan felt like she had fallen into a wolf's den, and she shrank back in fear.

Luo Jingyan suddenly became curious about a question. She summoned Pang Hu and asked, "Do you know how Zhuang Feifei obtained her current space?"

“She had a jade necklace. She dripped her blood on it, which activated her personal space. However, after the space was activated, the necklace turned into a mole on her chest,” Fatty Tiger said. “That’s what she told me after I entered her space.”

Luo Jingyan nodded: "I understand."

After Li Hongying's injuries healed, she still had to carry manure every day. Because of this experience, she dared not go to the cowshed to find Father Luo and Mother Luo again.

If she goes, Luo's mother will still ask her for things, or she will say that she is hypocritical. Not only will she not gain Luo's mother's favor, but she will also be blamed by the other party.

But if she agreed to Luo's mother's request and took the family's grain, Liu's mother would blame her and beat her together with Liu Aiguo.

Going out late at night wasn't safe, so she planned to wait until she had taken over the female lead's space before going to find Luo's parents.

Xue Yanchen received a letter and package from Beijing and took them back to the educated youth settlement of Qianjin Brigade. He opened the letter and read it. Sure enough, his parents did not object to his relationship with Luo Jingyan. His mother even bought things for Luo Jingyan.

He took the letter and the things his family had given to Luo Jingyan to the Victory Brigade.

He handed the letter to Luo Jingyan: "It's a letter from my family, take a look."

Luo Jingyan didn't answer, turning her head away: "Just tell me what it is."

Xue Yanchen noticed that she seemed a little uneasy, so he stopped mentioning the letter and instead handed her the things he was carrying: "Some of these were bought for you by my mother, and some were bought by my eldest and second eldest sisters. They didn't know what you liked, so they didn't buy that many. They will make up for it when we go to Beijing."

Luo Jingyan took the package, placed it on the kang (a heated brick bed), and opened it. Inside, she found a checkered cashmere scarf, a rabbit fur hat, a pink sweater, two silk scarves of different colors, two boxes of face cream, a pair of crystal hair clips, two pairs of leather gloves, two cans of malted milk powder, a bunch of snacks, as well as two preserved fish and several pieces of preserved meat.

Looking at the pile of things in front of her, Luo Jingyan was deeply moved. She thought that Xue's mother and the two older sisters of the Xue family must be very easy to get along with. They were already so kind to her even before she had met them. She was sure that she would be able to become a loving family with them in the future.

"Jingyan, you don't have to worry anymore, right? My parents are very supportive of us being together."

Luo Jingyan breathed a slight sigh of relief. "Of course, this is the best outcome. I hope we can be together, and I also hope that after we get married, our two families can live in harmony and avoid so much unpleasantness."

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