Jin called his parents back from the fields and started taking them to town to buy things.

"Mom, I want to get engaged this year and prepare for the wedding next year. I have a few hundred yuan saved up here, and you should be able to come up with five hundred yuan, right? Shengnan also needs the 'three turns and one sound' (referring to a specific type of jewelry) and the 'one sound' (referring to a specific type of jewelry). I want to give her the best."

Jiang's mother doesn't have several hundred yuan left; the few dozen yuan she has now was given to her by Jiang Jin a few days ago.

A while ago, Lanlan needed to enroll her child in school, but she didn't have any money, so she couldn't just not help! Before that, Lanlan's husband found a job, but he had to give the person who introduced him 100 yuan, which Lanlan didn't have, so she couldn't just not help either.

Earlier, her third aunt fell ill and had no money for treatment, so she had to borrow the money! Otherwise, she couldn't just watch her die! ...and so on and so forth, and the money was long gone.

How many people in the village can afford the "three turns and one sound" (a traditional Chinese stringed instrument, a sewing machine, a radio, and a watch) these days? I wonder what her youngest son is doing here.

He paid for all the engagement gifts himself this time, planning to ask his parents to contribute some when he gets married.

Over the years, Jiang Jin has sent them a lot of money, almost sixty out of the eighty yuan he sends back each month.

Even after deducting expenses, his mother should have saved up 500 yuan over the years.

"The 'three turns and one sound' are not very practical. I don't think Shengnan likes making clothes, and that watch is useless to her. As for that tape recorder, it can't do anything except listen to music. I think we should just forget about these and buy her more clothes."

He shook his head vigorously; "No, I love her, so I have to give her the best of everything."

The mother didn't say anything more, and said that the money was lost.

Time flies, and before we knew it, it was the day before Jiang Jin's engagement.

I got up very early this morning, ate breakfast, and planned to go to the fields to help my parents with some work.

He felt dizzy after taking only a couple of steps, and after a few more steps he felt extremely hot all over. He quickly realized that he had been drugged.

No one was home, so he went straight into his room. Soon, there was a knock on the door: "Brother Jiang Jin, my mom asked me to ask if you have time to help us fix up the kitchen?"

He's not stupid; there's nothing he doesn't understand now.

Zhang Yuan came over at this time, and this medicine is probably related to her. If I open the door now, I'll probably have to marry her.

He opened the window from the inside and jumped out. He staggered towards Chen Shengnan's house.

He had only walked for a few minutes when his body felt weak and he began to see double.

Suddenly, a pair of rough hands supported him: "Comrade Jiang, I'll take you to see the village doctor."

All he could hear was the girl's words: "I'll take you to see the village doctor."

The video kept playing on a loop. When he woke up again, he was in a reed bed with scratch marks on his chest.

There was a woman standing next to him, her back to him as she dressed.

Her arm was covered in bruises, and it wasn't hard to imagine what a beast he had done last night.

He slapped himself twice across the face. How could he touch any woman other than Chen Shengnan?

They're getting engaged tomorrow, and Shengnan definitely won't forgive him for what he did.

What should he do?

Seeing him slap himself, the woman quickly turned around and said, "Don't hit yourself like that. I know you didn't mean it yesterday. Don't worry, I won't make you take responsibility."

Jiang Jin was somewhat taken aback; he hadn't expected the woman's first words to be like this.

He looked the woman up and down. "Are you Ye He, the granddaughter of Granny Zhang from the west end of the village?"

Ye He nodded, "I was passing by your house when I saw you come out. You were walking unsteadily, staggering, and your face was burning red. I was worried something might happen to you, so I thought I'd take you to the village doctor. But I didn't expect you to start tugging at my clothes halfway there. I was worried someone would see us, so I brought you here."

She looked closely and realized that the road led to the village doctor's house; she wasn't lying.

He gritted his teeth and said, "I did something worse than an animal, but I will marry you."

Ye He shook her head, "No, I know you didn't mean it. I also heard that you're getting engaged to Sister Shengnan tomorrow. I can't ruin someone else's marriage. I don't care about my reputation."

Her eyes welled up with tears as soon as she said those words.

Jiang Jin knew he had to take responsibility, but he really wanted to be with Sheng Nan and genuinely liked her.

Which girl doesn't care about her reputation? Knowing she did care, Jiang Jin didn't dare to reply; he didn't want to marry her.

He only ever wanted to marry Chen Shengnan.

"What happened today was indeed my fault. You can make any requests you have, and I will agree to anything I can do. Of course, you can also ask me to take responsibility."

In the end, he gritted his teeth and said those words.

Ye He asked timidly, "Comrade Jiang, can I call you Brother Jiang from now on?"

Jiang Jin nodded vigorously.

"Brother Jiang, I won't ruin your relationship with Sister Shengnan, and I won't pursue this matter further; I'll keep it to myself forever. But I want to ask you for a favor, is that alright?"

"What is it? You said you would do your best as long as I can do it."

Ye He nervously rubbed her worn-out, yellowed clothes, and mustered her courage to speak, "You know I live with my grandma, and she passed away a couple of days ago. Now I'm all alone at home. These past few days, the old thugs in the village have been coming to my house, and I'm really scared."

Upon hearing her words, Jiang Jin felt a moment of sympathy. An orphan girl was indeed an easy target. "You want me to teach them a lesson for you?"

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