Upon hearing this, Liu Jiali threw herself on Yao Youjun's back and shouted excitedly, "Really? Really? Really?"

Yao Youjun was startled and whispered quickly, "Jia Li, get off my back quickly. If outsiders see us, they will gossip about us..."

Liu Jiali said "Oh" and reluctantly got off Yao Youjun's back, muttering, "I don't know why some people are so talkative..."

Yao Youjun glanced at Liu Jiali helplessly, "I'm talking to you, you're a girl, why can't you be more reserved?"

Liu Jiali retorted unconvincedly, "Why am I not reserved? Is it wrong for me to like you?"

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Yao Youjun couldn't argue with her and waved his hand in surrender, "Okay, you're right."

Seeing Yao Youjun giving in to her, Liu Jiali was in a very good mood. She stepped forward and took Yao Youjun's arm, negotiating, "How about I go with you tomorrow?"

Yao Youjun refused without a second thought, "No, going back to my house is not the same as going to my eldest sister's house. If you, a nameless person, follow me back, people will talk about you."

"Be obedient. Once our identities are settled, if you want to come to my house to play, I'll take you there, okay?"

"I see···"

Liu Jiali's mother told her many times behind her back that girls should not be too proactive, otherwise they would be looked down upon and despised by men. She understood all this, but she just didn't want to be separated from Yao Youjun. She was anxious when she thought about not being able to see him for the next two days...

Seeing her dejected look, Yao Youjun thought for a moment and then comforted her, "My parents both hope that I will settle down soon. As long as I go back and tell them that I have a partner, my parents will definitely come to meet your parents immediately to see when we can settle down sooner."

Liu Jiali's face flushed when she heard this, and she said embarrassedly, "Well, then I'll go back and tell my parents and ask them to prepare this..."

Yao Youjun thought for a moment and said, "Don't rush to prepare. I'll just rest for three days. During these three days, I'm afraid my parents won't have enough time to prepare..."

Liu Jiali wondered, "What are your parents going to prepare?"

Yao Youjun looked at her, nodded gently, and said helplessly, "Are you stupid? What do you think I should prepare? My parents are coming to see your parents to discuss our affairs. Can I come empty-handed? What would that look like? Wouldn't I really tell those gossipers that I want to be a live-in son-in-law?"

Liu Jiali immediately became unhappy when she heard this, "Why are those people so annoying? Why do they say those things every day..."

Yao Youjun smiled, "Just say it. My eldest brother-in-law said, 'People have a mouth under their nose. You can stop one, but not two. The innocent are innocent. No matter what they say, if you explain it to them, it will make them feel guilty. So just ignore them!"

As soon as Yao Youjun saw the sun setting outside, he picked up the lunch box Liu Jiali had brought from the table and said to her with a smile, "It's getting late. The workers will be back from lunch soon. I'll take you home first."

"Um····"

Liu Jiali nodded and followed him out obediently.

The next day, Yao Youjun returned home and immediately told his father and mother about Liu Jiali and her family's conditions.

"Dad, Mom, this is it. She and I are dating now, and her parents are very supportive of us. I was thinking if it's possible, can we get settled?"

Yao's father and mother looked at each other, and after a moment, Yao's father spoke hesitantly.

"Friendly army, are you being forced?"

Yao Youjun shook his head in confusion, "No."

Yao's mother asked, "Is there something wrong with the girl's health?"

Yao Youjun was even more confused. "She's in good health, nothing wrong with her, and she looks okay too. No, what do you mean by asking these questions?"

Yao's father hesitated for a moment before speaking again, "The girl has such good conditions and nothing wrong with her, why did she fall for you? Did her father threaten you with your job?"

Yao Youjun, “…”

Yao's mother nodded in agreement. "When I said I'd introduce Lifang to you, your sisters all said you weren't worthy enough. Now this girl is even better than Lifang, so aren't you even less worthy?"

Listening to his parents' conspiracy theory, Yao Youjun explained feebly, "No, don't make random guesses. I've known Liu Jiali for a year or two. Last month, when I went back to my eldest sister's house, she went with me. My eldest sister and younger sister both like her very much. Even my eldest brother-in-law said that Jiali is a good person..."

Father Yao was stunned when he heard this. "Your eldest brother-in-law has seen him?"

Yao Youjun nodded, "Yes, I have seen it."

Father Yao nodded and said, "Since your brother-in-law says it's okay, then it's really okay..."

After a pause, he continued, "Well, aren't you taking three days off? Let's go to your eldest brother-in-law's house tomorrow and discuss whether we can go meet the girl's parents the day after tomorrow?"

"If possible, why not decide on it early? Anyway, there's not much farm work to do recently..."

As he spoke, he did not forget to look at Yao's mother, "Xiujuan's mother, what do you think of this?"

Yao's mother nodded in agreement, "Okay, my son-in-law's new house has just been built, and neither of us has been to see it, so it might be a good time to go and see it..."

Father Yao agreed, "Okay, then I'll go ask my eldest brother for leave now. You pack up your things at home and see if there's anything you can bring to Xiujuan and the others."

After that, the two of them went their separate ways, leaving Yao Youjun standing there alone with a confused look on his face.

Chu Tian is now the team leader. Except when there is a shortage of manpower, he basically does not need to travel to the southern and northern Xinjiang so frequently. One day, after a meeting in the motorcade, when he was about to leave, Director Li and Captain Meng stopped him.

"Chu Tian, ​​wait a minute, I have something to talk to you about."

Chu Tian stopped and looked at them, "Director, Captain Meng, what's going on?"

Captain Meng smiled and said, "Close the door first, and come and sit down."

Chu Tian did as he was told.

Director Li looked at Chu Tian, ​​thought for a moment, and then said, "Chu Tian, ​​the regiment headquarters has assigned a task to our transport team to send two vehicles to take our city's artists to participate in a tour of consolation performances at the garrisoned troops in several remote areas of southern Xinjiang."

Chu Tian blinked and asked in confusion, "Since these artists from Wushi are going to participate in the consolation performance, why aren't they transported by the Wushi Transport Team?"

Director Li paused in his tea sip after hearing this, then sighed and explained, "As you know, our Corps' transport teams usually transport supplies back and forth between the various Corps in Xinjiang."

"The city's transport team is different from ours. They can transport supplies to the city, so..."

Chu Tian frowned, "So they didn't have any spare vehicles to send, so they found the leader of our corps closest to the city and discussed letting our corps send a vehicle?"

Director Li nodded. "That's right. Although it takes two months to go back and forth, fortunately, the transport team is not very busy during these two months as usual. When we return, we can still catch up with the autumn grain delivery..."

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