Seeing the wild boar lying on the ground, Jiang Xile breathed a sigh of relief and immediately began to clean up the scene.

The wild boar had bled quite a bit, and Jiang Xile was afraid of attracting other large wild animals, so she quickly cleaned it up and put the pheasant and wild boar into her spatial storage before leaving.

Although it was a bit of a pity that we didn't get to eat pheasant, getting a wild boar was still something to celebrate.

Although the space can preserve the food, it's best to sell the wild boar as soon as possible; taking it to a purchasing station is definitely not an option.

The only way out was to go to the black market, so Jiang Xile took advantage of the two-day holiday to go to the captain and planned to go to Sweet City.

Since we're going to Sweet City, we naturally need a letter of introduction. In these days, without a letter of introduction, it's impossible to move an inch.

"Are you going to Sweet City?"

"Yes, Captain, it's just that we have a holiday these two days, so I thought I'd go to the city to have a look around and buy some things while I'm at it."

Li Tiejun hesitated for a moment. Although he was somewhat unhappy, he still wrote Jiang Xile a two-day letter of introduction.

"The deadline is only two days, don't miss the day after tomorrow's start date!"

"Yes, I understand, thank you, Captain!"

Jiang Xile left with the letter of introduction, while Li Tiejun tapped his pipe and sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) with a sigh.

Li Fengxia had just returned from the Xiao family's house when she saw her husband sitting there with a worried look on his face.

"Honey, what are you doing? What happened?"

"No! Nothing's wrong!"

"Then why are you sighing like that? I just saw Jiang Zhiqing leave our house. Did she need to see you?"

Li Tiejun nodded.

"She's going to Sweet City and needs me to get a letter of introduction!"

"Go to Sweet City? What for?"

"They said they were going to buy something and take a stroll while they were there!"

"The commune supply and marketing cooperative doesn't have everything, so what are you going to buy in Sweet City?"

After Li Fengxia finished speaking, she made two more hissing sounds.

"I'm not trying to be a gossip, but these new educated youths are really wild. You'd better watch out, or they'll cause trouble for our brigade!"

"Hey! Why are you talking about that! By the way, didn't you go to the Xiao family? How's their third son?"

"Xiao Chengyi injured his leg, and it looks quite serious. I wonder if he can recover!"

"Sweet City Hospital has so many good doctors, there shouldn't be any major problems!"

Li Tiejun frowned, thinking of his niece, and felt somewhat uncertain.

"Didn't you ask Brother Xiao and Sister-in-law Xiao what they said?"

"How can I not ask! I don't even know what I went there to do, but no one has given me a straight answer to this question!"

However, Sister-in-law Xiao did mention Xiumei and Chengyi's marriage, and it seemed she wanted to take advantage of her third son's home visit to hold the wedding.

Li Tiejun sighed.

"It's about time they got engaged. They've been engaged for three years. If it weren't for Cheng Yi's mission, they would have gotten married long ago."

But Cheng Yi's leg is injured now, and what about Xiu Mei... what if Cheng Yi's leg doesn't heal?

Li Fengxia felt a little uneasy thinking about this. She was the one who started this marriage and acted as the matchmaker. She didn't want to be blamed.

"How about I send a message to my sister and brother-in-law, and tell them to come and see for themselves. They can decide for themselves whether it's okay or not!"

"Then we'll have to do it this way. Have the eldest son go and deliver a message to his aunt. I'll go to the Xiao family myself!"

"Master..."

Before Li Fengxia could finish speaking, Li Tiejun hurriedly walked out.

Inside the main room of the Xiao family home, Zhang Guizhi looked at Xiao Yuanshan with a solemn expression and said:

"What did Fengxia mean by asking that question just now?"

"What could it mean? I just want to know how the third brother is doing. After all, it was Fengxia who arranged this between Xiumei and the other two."

Yu Xiumei is Li Tiejun's niece, so it's normal for her to be a little overly concerned. But why didn't you tell her that Lao San's leg is fine?

Zhang Guizhi's face was full of seriousness.

"Our third son is a soldier. All the glory he has is earned through risking his life, shedding blood and sweat."

Logically speaking, the Yu family should have received news of the third brother's injury long ago, but we've been back for two days and the Yu family still hasn't come to our door.

I think Fengxia came here to pave the way for the Yu family. Does she mean they'll break off the engagement if my son's leg injury doesn't heal?

If that's the case, then there's no point in insisting on this marriage. What's the use of a wife who can share wealth but not hardship?

"No way! They've been engaged for three years. If they break off the engagement just because the third son got injured, how will Yu Xiumei ever get married again!"

"Who knows? But I think I should let the third brother know about this."

"The third brother is injured. If Xiumei really breaks off the engagement, won't he be even more upset?"

"If we don't test the waters first, what if we get married and then she abandons the third son after he gets hurt? Wouldn't that be even worse?"

"This...sigh...what's going on here! I don't care anymore, you handle it!"

After thinking it over for a moment, Zhang Guizhi finally walked towards the east room.

The east room wasn't far from the main room, and Xiao Chengyi had overheard some of his parents' conversation, so he was somewhat prepared for Zhang Guizhi's arrival.

"mother!"

"Hey, how are you feeling right now, third brother? Is anything bothering you?"

Xiao Chengyi shook his head.

"Mother, I'm fine. The doctor said that all I need to do now is rest."

Seeing Xiao Chengyi's legs wrapped in layers of gauze, Zhang Guizhi felt as if her heart was being torn apart.

"With injuries like this, how could it not hurt? You're just too strong-willed."

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