Ye Hongying dragged Li Ermei back home, and said angrily: "Mom, didn't I tell you not to get involved in Ye Zhi's childhood marriage? Why didn't you listen?"

Li Ermei snorted coldly, stared at her and said angrily: "Ye Zhi is going to marry that officer, and she will live a life of luxury in the future! But you picked up the old shoes that the stinky girl didn't want, and rushed to become someone else's stepmother! Are you crazy?"

What Ye Hongying hated to hear the most was what Li Ermei said. She said, "Don't keep calling me stepmother. Gao Wenbo can earn at least 90 yuan a month. How many people in our town can have that much income? It's not like we can't support a few children!"

"Besides, who said that Ye Zhi would have a good life just because she married that poor soldier? Mom, that's Qiongzhou Island, which has just started to be built. It's a barren place, even worse than our town. There are typhoons half of the year, and we can't even eat a vegetable. Food and daily necessities have to be shipped from inland by ship!"

Li Ermei became a little hesitant after hearing Ye Hongying's well-organized words.

Li Ermei frowned and asked, "Then... is Qiongzhou Island so poor?"

Can’t even eat vegetables?

Doesn’t every household have its own private plot of land?

She has lived in this small town all her life and has only been to the county a few times, let alone the distant Qiongzhou Island.

I don't even know which direction.

Li Ermei learned about Lu Wei's situation from the matchmaking agency and knew that he had a mother in Yangcheng. Isn't that the capital city of a southern province?

Ye Hongying nodded firmly: "It is so poor, otherwise why is it called Qiongzhou Island."

Upon hearing this, Li Ermei was immediately convinced.

It turns out that Qiongzhou Island is such a poor place. It suffers just as it did in the past, with typhoons blowing all the time. How do people live there?

Li Ermei sighed and said, "Forget it. It's a remote place. Fortunately, I didn't snatch it."

Li Ermei got angry when she thought that such a young man like Lu Wei actually treated her with such an arrogant attitude.

Even if he is an officer, with such a bad temper, you will suffer if you marry him.

Li Ermei glanced at Ye Hongying who was standing next to her and said, "I'm telling you, that Gao isn't a good guy either! Don't forget that he's still a slut that Ye Zhi didn't want. I'll go to the matchmaking agency and find you a first-time married man. I don't believe he won't be as good as that poor soldier!"

Li Ermei has been fighting with Zhang Xiaomei for most of her life. When she was young, she thought the man was better and more capable of working than the other man.

Now that the children have grown up, they are comparing whose daughter-in-law is better and which of their two daughters has married better.

Unexpectedly, Ye Zhi was born two days earlier than her own daughter Ye Hongying, so the old man gave the baby to her, not knowing that Ye Zhi was actually born nearly a month prematurely.

If not for this, how could she have been the one to get married?

Now that the childhood engagement is over, Ye Hongying still wants to pick up the old shoes that Ye Zhi doesn't want. Won't she be mad to death?

The next second, Ye Hongying murmured softly: "Mom, I asked you to come home just to talk about this."

"I, I want to marry Gao Wenbo!" Ye Hongying gritted her teeth and said in one breath.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ermei slapped him in the face, "Asshole! Give up this idea right now. Even if I die, I will never let you marry that bitch!"

Ye Hongying burst into tears and shouted, "I, I crawled into his bed——"

After a while, the sound of Li Ermei beating and scolding could be heard from the simple mud brick and blue tile house, echoing throughout the streets.

Even though Ye Hongying was beaten, she gritted her teeth and didn't utter a single sound.

Her mother had lost her mind. If she knew that she ran into Lu Wei who came to visit when she went to Gao Wenbo's house last night, wouldn't she kill her?

So Ye Hongying didn't want to offend Ye Zhi, let alone Lu Wei.

Now I just want them to get to that shabby island as soon as possible.

It’s best not to come back forever!

On the way home from the Civil Affairs Bureau, Ye Zhi saw Li Ermei chasing the crying Ye Hongying and beating her all over the street. Everyone who saw them said it was a miserable scene.

It was midsummer and although the sun had already set, Ye Hongying was still only wearing a short-sleeved shirt, and there were already red marks on her arms.

Ye Zhi was not the kind of person who liked to meddle in other people's business. Besides, Li Ermei had just gone to her house in the morning to ruin her reputation. If she went up to dissuade her now, she might even be scolded for taking advantage of others.

So Ye Zhi pretended not to see it and walked home humming a song.

Dinner is already prepared at home.

When Ye Zhi walked into the house, the brand new bicycle was placed on the edge of the patio, with a big red flower tied to it and red paper spread underneath, looking very festive.

There were three big grass carps in a large basin in the patio. They must have been caught by her eldest and second brothers at the creek when she and Lu Wei went to get their marriage certificate in the afternoon.

In addition to a few fish, there were also some long-lasting fruits and vegetables piled up on the side, which should be for tomorrow's banquet.

The Red Lantern brand radio with carved patterns was placed on a taller chest in the main room, as if for fear that it would be broken by the children.

Seeing Ye Zhi coming back, everyone in the Ye family surrounded her and asked to see her marriage certificate.

Ye Zhi said, "Give them all to Lu Wei for safekeeping."

In fact, when they got the certificate, Lu Wei kept it carefully.

On the way to send her back just now, Lu Wei met someone from the guesthouse, who said that someone called to look for her, so he took her back to the guesthouse.

But I feel safe leaving it with Lu Wei.

Sister Ye then said, "By the way, little sister, why don't you invite Comrade Lu to have dinner with you?"

Ye Zhi replied, "On the way back, I met a comrade from the guesthouse. He said he had a phone call. I thought it might be from the army, so I asked him to go back first to avoid delaying his work."

Anyway, we can have dinner together tomorrow, so it doesn’t matter if it’s this late.

She wants to talk to her family tonight.

Sister Ye smiled and said, "Auntie Duo saw Comrade Lu today and said he was handsome. You have finally found the right husband, little sister."

These days, there isn't much entertainment for everyone, and the greatest entertainment is probably talking about other people's gossip.

Pretty girls like Ye Zhi have often been criticized for having high standards and becoming an old maid after being so picky.

Everyone thought that Ye Zhi would not be able to find a good man at her age and would just have to become a stepmother, but she didn't expect that she would find a handsome young man in the end.

Still an officer.

Wouldn’t people nearby be talking about it non-stop?

Ye Zhi didn't want to say anything too confident after hearing this, she just smiled and said, "Whether it's true or not, we'll know only after we've gotten along with each other."

She had only met Lu Wei a few times, and every time they met they only talked about superficial things.

Although Lu Wei usually speaks politely, we haven't gotten along well with each other yet, so we don't know what his temper is like.

Several nieces who slept in the attic with Ye Zhi said one after another: "Aunt, we all like this son-in-law. You will definitely marry the right person."

Sister Ye echoed, "That's right. When you get married in the future, you should learn from your sister-in-law. You should marry a soldier who will defend the country."

Several girls shouted: "I want to marry a soldier, and I want to defend my country!"

Mrs. Ye held the chopsticks and gave each of the maids a critical blow: "If you want to defend your country, you don't have to marry a soldier. You can also join the army yourself."

"Can girls do it too?" The girls asked questions one after another.

Mrs. Ye was a little hesitant for a moment. She didn't know either. She just said it casually.

But thinking of the heroic sacrifice of the third son of the Ye family a few years ago, Second Sister Ye quickly changed the subject and said, "You girls, go and help serve the meal. It's time to eat! Go to bed early tonight. Your aunt and uncle are hosting a banquet tomorrow, so you have to get up early to help."

Sure enough, a group of children's attention was quickly diverted, and they went to the kitchen to help serve rice and dishes.

During the meal, everyone asked Ye Zhi about the banquet to be held tomorrow.

In the past, Zhang Xiaomei and Old Man Ye thought that since they only had one daughter, they had to make sure everything looked good.

But who knows, man proposes, God disposes.

Because Lu Wei was pressed for time, he didn't even have time to choose a good day for the banquet.

Lu Wei also said that his family didn't have time to come.

His grandparents live in a retirement home for cadres in the capital, and they are too old to withstand the long journey.

His parents are in the south, and it takes a day and a night to get there by train.

Ye Zhi picked up a piece of green vegetable and put it into her mouth, saying, "Don't make it too complicated, just have a meal as a family."

Zhang Xiaomei let out a light sigh, but had her own thoughts.

It was not until the meal was over that everyone's interest subsided.

However, when Ye Zhi came out of the shower, she saw little Ye Xiaoding sitting on the threshold of the gate, looking up at the sky.

Ye Xiaoding is the child of Ye Zhisan's elder brother and is 7 years old this year.

Several years ago, her third brother died heroically on the front line. At that time, Ye Xiaoding was less than one year old.

Ye Xiaoding's mother held her child and cried night after night, muttering every day about her miserable life and saying that her life was ruined.

Later, her mother Zhang Xiaomei felt sorry for her and gave her half of her third brother's pension, allowing her to leave the Ye family and find another good family.

Her third sister-in-law was also quite decisive. She took half of the pension, abandoned her child and left. Within a month, she got married again.

What’s hateful is that she clearly married and moved to the next town, which is actually not far away, but she never came back to see Ye Xiaoding.

In order not to make Ye Xiaoding sad, his family did not talk about his mother.

At that time, the eldest and second sister-in-law had their own children, one after another, and the children were very young, so the task of taking care of Ye Xiaoding fell on the original owner.

The original owner was a person who loved children, otherwise she would not have tried so hard to please Gao Wenbo even though she knew that he already had three children.

So Ye Xiaoding has been very attached to her since he was a child. Because there was not enough space to sleep at home, Ye Xiaoding slept with Ye Zhi and several other girls when he was young.

Later, when he was 5 years old, Zhang Xiaomei felt that it was not good to leave him with a group of girls, so she sent him to the first floor to sleep with the boys of her eldest and second sisters-in-law.

Ye Zhi also went to work in the textile factory and didn't have much time to play with him.

But it does not affect the relationship they have built since childhood, and Ye Xiaoding is still very attached to her.

Ye Zhi sat down next to Ye Xiaoding and asked, "Xiaoding, why didn't you pick up any food while eating just now?"

Lu Wei came from Shanghai yesterday and brought a lot of things, including meat, snacks for the children, snow cream, malted milk and everything else.

Just before dinner, a group of children in the family finished another bag of walnut cookies.

When it was time to eat, they ate a lot of meat again.

However, Ye Xiaoding only picked up two pieces of green vegetables.

But I heard from several nieces that Ye Xiaoding didn't even eat the peach cake.

At this moment, Ye Xiaoding raised his head from his arms, glanced at Ye Zhi, and asked, "I heard from everyone that you will soon be going to a faraway place with your military son-in-law."

Ye Zhi didn't want to lie to the child, so she nodded: "Yeah."

Ye Xiaoding asked calmly: "How far is a very far place? Can we go there by tractor? Do we need to take a bus?"

Ye Zhi replied in a serious tone, "You have to take a bus to the bus station in Tractor Town first, then go to the county to take a train. After taking the train, you have to take a boat, and you may have to change buses again when you get to the island."

Ye Zhi didn’t know where Lu Wei’s group was on the island, so she didn’t know how long it would take after they got to the island.

Ye Xiaoding frowned, a heavy expression appeared on his small face, and then nodded:

“That’s really far.”

"Aunt, please write to me. I will go to primary school in the fall. I can read a little bit, so I can understand the letter you write to me."

Ye Zhi smiled and patted his little head: "Okay, I will write you a letter."

Although she said so, Ye Zhi remembered how Ye Xiaoding refused to go to school in the past two years. He was simply a little bully!

Moreover, Ye Xiaoding's ending in the original book didn't seem to be very good.

Because the original owner was supposed to take care of Gao Wenbo's three children, he thought Ye Xiaoding could keep them company, but Gao Wenbo's children didn't like Ye Xiaoding going to their house to play, and they drove him away many times. Over time, Ye Xiaoding never went to their house again.

Because he had no parents, Ye Xiaoding was often laughed at by his classmates when he went to school. He only went to school for a few days and played around at home every day.

One time, Ye Xiaoding followed Ye Zhi's mother to the market. Because he missed Ye Zhi, he ran to find her alone.

But he was deceived by human traffickers and sold to the south.

Since then, Zhang Xiaomei cried until her eyes went blind, and the original owner quarreled with Gao Wenbo over this matter again and again, and they had a rift.

Although Ye Xiaoding escaped and came back later, several years had passed by then. The original owner went to the big city with Gao Wenbo again. When he found the original owner, he learned that the original owner had been kicked out of the house by Gao Wenbo and died miserably.

In the end, Ye Xiaoding wanted to seek revenge on Gao Wenbo, but he also died unexpectedly.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhi felt a little melancholy.

When Lu Wei returned to the guesthouse, the front desk staff stopped him and said, "Comrade Lu, someone called you today. The phone number is written on the blackboard."

Before Lu Wei could say anything, the comrade at the front desk said, "The other party has called twice and asked you to call her back as soon as you get back."

Then the comrade added: "She is a female comrade."

Lu Wei looked at the familiar number on the blackboard and nodded, "Okay, comrade, thank you for your hard work."

The comrade looked at Lu Wei's handsome face and was stunned for a moment. He said stiffly, "It's not hard, it's not hard. The phone is free now, how about you call back first?"

Lu Wei was still holding his and Ye Zhi's marriage certificate, and then he said, "I'll put my things away first and come down later."