Yao Xiuli reacted, her face suddenly turned red, and she turned around and was about to leave.

Seeing this, Xinxin hurriedly grabbed Yao Xiuli's hand and shouted, "Auntie, don't leave! Uncle Li said he wants to marry you!"

Yao Xiuli looked at the women working in the fields nearby, all looking in their direction. Her face became hotter and hotter, and she didn't dare to look at Li Jianmin who was approaching.

"Xinxin, you, don't talk nonsense."

Seeing this, Xinxin became anxious, stamped her feet, and shouted unhappily, "Aunt, Xinxin didn't say anything nonsense, Xinxin doesn't lie, this is all Uncle Li said, Uncle Li said he would marry you."

"Uncle Li, tell my aunt that you are going to marry her!"

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Li Jianmin, who was being roasted over the fire, rubbed his forehead helplessly. He really didn't know how to answer.

Yao Xiuli, who was originally blushing, saw that Li Jianmin did not answer for a long time, and the blush on her face gradually faded and turned pale.

At this time, the women working nearby came up and teased, "Hey, Li Zhiqing, have you been eyeing Xiujuan's sister for a long time?"

"He must have set his eyes on her a long time ago, otherwise why would he have saved her so recklessly?"

"I think so too. After all, you hugged me so tightly..."

Listening to the women's discussions next to her, Yao Xiuli's face turned pale and her body swayed. Just when she was about to be drowned by the discussions, Li Jianmin's voice came like a sound from nature.

"Yes, I've liked Comrade Yao for a long time, but I just started to feel that I wasn't worthy of her."

Yao Xiuli was shocked when she heard this, and looked at Li Jianmin in disbelief. She opened her mouth to say something, but saw Li Jianmin looking at her and smiling, and continued to speak.

"Comrade Yao is so kind. It's my blessing that I can save her..."

The women nearby all tutted when they heard this, and one aunt said kindly, "Oh, it seems like Li Zhiqing and Xiujuan's sister are a good match, don't you think?"

"Yes, yes, I think they are a good match..."

"Li Zhiqing, Sister Xiujuan, when are you going to get married? Then, we..."

At this time, the scorekeeper Li Meiling came over and shouted, "What are you doing? Hurry up and work, or I'll deduct points!"

Everyone dispersed upon hearing this. After all, no matter how lively and exciting it was, it was not as important as work points.

Li Meiling walked up to them and looked at Yao Xiuli. She opened her mouth, swallowed the last words she wanted to say, and said, "Xiuli, I ran into Grandma Chu when I came here. She was weeding in the cornfield by herself. Why don't you take Xinxin and the others to accompany her?"

Yao Xiuli reacted and nodded quickly, "I, I'll go right away."

As he said this, he glanced at Li Jianmin.

Li Jianmin smiled when he saw this, and put what he was holding in his arms flat on the ground. Just as Yao Xiuli was passing by him with her three children, he spoke.

"I'm serious about what I said. I'll take a day off tomorrow to formally visit Sister Xiujuan and Brother Chutian."

Yao Xiuli paused, and fled without any answer.

Li Meiling watched Yao Xiuli walk away, then looked at Li Jianmin, frowned, and said unhappily, "Xiuli is quite simple, you..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Jianmin spoke up, "Sister-in-law Weiguo, I never say empty words. Once I say something, I will definitely do it."

Li Meiling looked at Li Jianmin's serious expression, said nothing, turned around and left.

The next morning, Li Jianmin really took leave. Not only that, he also borrowed a bicycle from Sun Weiguo and went to the regiment. He came back before lunch with a lot of things.

Because Yao Xiuli had already told Chu Tian and Yao Xiujuan hesitantly the night before, when Li Jianmin came, they received him without any surprise.

Everyone had lunch together. Old Mrs. Chu took Xinxin and Pingping, who didn't want to leave and wanted to stay, and went straight to Uncle Chu's house next door, leaving the Yao sisters, Chu Tian and Li Jianmin talking in the main hall.

Chu Tian looked at Li Jianmin, who had a calm expression on his face. "Li Zhiqing, have you really figured it out?"

"You have elders. If you make this decision, will your parents agree?"

Li Jianmin said seriously, "Brother Chu Tian, ​​when I said that in front of the team members, it meant I had figured it out."

"Also, my parents wrote to me last year saying that I am the master of my own life and they won't interfere."

Chu Tian stared into Li Jianmin's eyes, and seeing that he didn't dodge at all, he said, "Okay, in that case, my father-in-law and mother-in-law are coming over soon, so why don't you come and meet the two elders!"

Li Jianmin nodded, "Okay, then I will pay you a formal visit."

Chu Tian nodded and raised his chin towards the gifts on the table beside him. "Take these things back today, and bring them back to my father-in-law and mother-in-law when they come."

Li Jianmin shook his head. "These are for you and Comrade Yao. I'll buy more when I see my uncle and aunt."

With that, Li Jianmin stood up and gestured, "Then I'll go back first."

Chu Tian stood up and said, "I'll take you there."

Yao Xiujuan and Yao Xiuli were still in shock as they watched Chu Tian escort Li Jianmin out of the yard.

After Chu Tian came back, Yao Xiujuan grabbed Chu Tian's arm, looking anxious, "Brother Tian, ​​you, what are you..."

Chu Tian glanced at Yao Xiuli, then took her hand and said to her soothingly, "Xiujuan, it doesn't matter whether you and I agree or not. It mainly depends on Xiuli's wishes and the opinions of our parents. So no matter how much we talk to Li Jianmin, it's useless. We still have to wait for our parents to make the decision."

Yao Xiujuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly, "Brother Tian, ​​you are right..."

Chu Tian smiled, then looked at Yao Xiuli and said, "Xiuli, take all the things Li Zhiqing brought back to your room."

Yao Xiuli hurriedly shook her head, "No, no, I don't want..."

Yao Xiujuan thought for a moment and said, "I saw a piece of cloth inside, some biscuits, two bottles of white wine, a bag of milk candy and so on."

"How about this? Give the cloth and candy to Xiu Li, put the biscuits in the main room so we can eat together, and you can drink the white wine when my parents come?"

"Xiuli, is it okay?"

"good."

Yao Xiuli wanted to say that there was no need to leave it for her, but looking at Yao Xiujuan's unquestionable eyes, she slowly nodded.

Li Jianmin is really a good person, with both good looks and good character. So even though Yao's father and mother were a little unhappy when they first heard about it, after chatting with Li Jianmin for a while, the two elders let go of many of their prejudices.

"Li Zhiqing, you..."

Li Jianmin quickly said, "Uncle, you can just call me Jianmin."

Yao's father immediately changed his tone, "Jianmin, you said your parents don't care about your marriage?"

Li Jianmin nodded. "Yes, I sent a telegram to my parents a few days ago, and they sent me a telegram in reply. I just got it back this morning. This is what my parents said in reply."

As he spoke, Li Jianmin took out a telegram from his pocket and handed it to Yao's father.