Huo Junshan said, "Then just say that I borrowed the money, and we'll pay it back ourselves."

As he spoke, he took out three hundred yuan from his pocket. "You can return your uncle's money. Yanyan gave this to me. She said it's just a formality so that the village won't look down on her. You don't need to borrow any money!"

Huo Changgen and Li Xiangyun were deeply moved.

They didn't expect Yun Ningyan to be so sensible. Knowing that they had just married a daughter-in-law and were short of money, she actually took out her own money.

Huo Changgen immediately said, "In that case, we can't let you down, Third Brother. Take these two hundred, and we'll give you five hundred directly. Just say it's a loan, and your sisters-in-law won't make a fuss. Your engagement is such a big deal, and we, as your parents, can't just not contribute a penny. That would be outrageous!"

Huo Junshan nodded, turned and left.

He went to the educated youth settlement and told Yun Ningyan what had happened.

"Huo Junshan, isn't 500 yuan a dowry too much? Where did you get 300 yuan? Did you secretly save some money?"

Huo Junshan chuckled, "I kept some after I gave it to you last time."

He continued, "Five hundred yuan isn't much. If I wasn't worried about it being too conspicuous, I would have given you more."

After they finished talking, Yun Ningyan blew out the kerosene lamp and went to bed.

Huo Junshan held her in his arms and didn't bother her anymore.

It started raining heavily in the middle of the night, and it rained almost all night long.

When Yun Ningyan got up in the morning, she saw a note on the table that read, "It's cold, wear more clothes."

It was left by Huo Junshan.

She opened the door, and a blast of cold air rushed in, making her rush back to find some clothes to wear.

The weather suddenly turned so cold, so she found long sleeves and trousers, and then went to her space to eat something.

When Huo Junshan arrived, it had already stopped raining.

He looked around the small house. "Yanyan, why don't we move there? In winter, the heavy snow will block the mountain and we won't be able to go anywhere. We can study in the back. There are too many people and too many eyes here, it's too easy for us to be discovered."

Huo Junshan's biggest worry was that it would be too cold for her to heat the kang (a traditional heated bed) by herself, and he was afraid she would get cold. However, he was also worried that if someone with malicious intent found out that he was staying there, it would ruin Yan Yan's reputation.

Yun Ningyan nodded.

So be it, we'll have to move sooner or later anyway. But she originally planned to move into the new house when they got married, but now she's moving in ahead of time.

Although she was told to the outside world that she bought the house, everyone in the village knew that it was her and Huo Junshan's marital home.

On a whim, she said, "Huo Junshan, how about we go get our marriage certificate?"

Huo Junshan was stunned...

Clouds and mist...!

What did she say?

Are you that impatient?

She raised her hand and slapped herself in the mouth; she really didn't think before she spoke!

Huo Junshan stood there stunned, staring at her without moving. Then he picked her up and spun her around excitedly. "Yun Ningyan, you promised to call me?"

He was so excited that he couldn't even speak properly.

“Yun Ningyan, you can’t go back on your word. We’re getting married next month, no, this month. I’m going back to tell my parents right now. Don’t back out.”

Without waiting for Yun Ningyan's reaction, he went straight out the door after saying that.

As I was leaving, I tripped over the door frame and almost fell.

Yun Ningyan chuckled, thinking that marriage wouldn't be bad; at least she wouldn't have to drool over him every day.

Let's get married then!

Huo Junshan ran home in one breath. When Li Xiangyun saw him run in, she was startled and thought something had happened.

"Mother, Mother, Yanyan has agreed to marry me! We'll get married this month. Quickly check which day is suitable! Hurry up and get ready, we'll go deliver the betrothal gifts right now!"

Li Xiangyun picked at her ear. "What did you say?"

She felt that the third son was desperate for a wife; he was talking about getting engaged yesterday, and now he's getting married?!

Huo Junshan stammered, "Tell Dad to quickly check the auspicious date. We'll go to present the betrothal gifts later and then go to the wedding on a chosen date."

When Huo Changgen came out of the house, he thought that the third brother was just joking.

Seeing that neither of them moved, Huo Junshan became very anxious. "Father, Mother, hurry up!"

After he finished speaking, he went to look through the calendar.

September 19th is auspicious for: betrothal, weddings, praying for blessings, opening a business...

He tore off the calendar page with a wave of his hand; there were still ten days left until today.

He came out of the house and Huo Changgen and Li Xiangyun were still in the yard, both of them a little confused.

"Father, Mother, let's go. Take the betrothal gifts I gave you."

Several brothers came out of the house, and Zhang Hongying and Wang Cuihong also came out. No one knew what Huo Junshan was up to.

Once everyone was present, Huo Junshan shouted, "Father, Mother, didn't I give you five hundred yuan before? That was borrowed from Yang Dasheng. Quickly take the money and let's go to propose marriage!"

Five hundred yuan!

Zhang Hongying and Wang Cuihong both exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

Li Xiangyun smiled and said, "The third brother said he wanted to get engaged to Yun Zhiqing first and gave us the betrothal gifts. Today he said he wants to get married. I'm so confused!"

Huo Junshan explained again, "Mother, Yanyan and I have agreed to get married. You should go and prepare."

Li Xiangyun and Huo Changgen then believed it and went inside to change their clothes.

Huo Junshan dismissed Huo Jianshe, saying, "Fifth brother, go find your uncle and aunt and tell them to come over. Tell them I'm going to the educated youth settlement to propose marriage!"

"oh oh."

Huo Jianshe was afraid of delaying his third brother's wedding, so he ran away in a flash.

Both daughters-in-law were thinking about the 500 yuan dowry.

When Li Xiangyun came out, Zhang Hongying spoke first, "Father, Mother, did Third Brother really prepare a bride price of five hundred yuan? Then this money won't be paid from our public account, will it?"

Wang Cuihong chimed in, "That's right! We only asked for 20 or 30 yuan in betrothal gifts, but he borrowed 500 yuan all at once. We don't accept that money!"

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