The two families started fighting, neither of them gave in, and a peaceful marriage turned into a gang fight.

Shen Guobin tried to stop the fight, but Lin Qiang accidentally hit him on the head with a stone, causing blood to flow down his forehead. Lin Hui did not join the fight, but wanted to stop the fight, but someone slapped her twice in the face, causing her to see stars.

Shen Jiahao took the opportunity to squeeze into the crowd, smeared a pile of pig feces he had just picked up on Lin Hui's new skirt, then squeezed out of the crowd and stood aside to watch the excitement.

Shen Jiayi watched timidly from the side, pulling Shen Jiahao's clothes and saying, "Brother, why did you smear pig shit on your stepmother's skirt?"

Shen Jiahao glared at her and said, "You are useless. You call me mom just because I give you some candies. If you recognize this stepmother, don't call me brother."

Shen Jiayi shrank her head and dared not speak, nor did she dare to call Lin Hui "Mom" anymore.

At the end of the fight, if the commune's captain hadn't brought the militia to mediate, there would probably have been a loss of life today.

The Huang family was persuaded to leave, and all the Lin family members were injured, including Lin Qiang and Zhou Meifang.

Lin Qiang couldn't bear to see his grandmother and mother being beaten, so he rushed over to help. Zhou Meifang was caught completely by surprise and was beaten for no apparent reason.

In addition, Lin Hui complained about Lin Qiang hitting Shen Guobin on the head and making it bleed, blaming Lin Qiang for being careless. She was so angry that she dragged Lin Qiang back to her parents' home that day.

The Lin family members stopped eating, they were so angry, and they became the laughing stock of the villagers.

Although Lin Hui was married to be a stepmother, Shen Guobin was a battalion commander after all. Old Mrs. Lin usually boasted about him, but now she is completely ashamed.

It's so embarrassing.

But Lin Hui was determined to marry Shen Guobin and become the stepmother of the Shen family no matter what. No matter what was said or scolded, she would not listen.

Old Mrs. Lin just waved her hand and went back.

Zhang Hongying wiped her tears, stuffed a large bundle of dough into Lin Hui's arms, and followed Lin Changshan back.

Lin Hui stood at the door of the Shen family's house, staring blankly at the backs of her family members walking away, her eyes feeling a little sore.

But she was determined that she had done nothing wrong.

Lin Tao's glamour in her previous life is still vivid in her mind. It was because she married Shen Guobin that she had such a good life later on.

God gave her a chance to start over, and she must seize it no matter what and not waste it.

As for her parents, they didn't know that Shen Guobin would be promoted in the future. In their eyes, the burden would become the richest man in Xiangcheng and a big star respectively.

When they find out later, they will feel that she made the right choice.

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Li Chengxi stayed in Xiangcheng for another two days. On the first day, Li Chengxi got two tickets from Xiang Qian and took Lin Tao to watch the performance.

After watching the performance, Li Chengxi took Lin Tao to the post office to call his grandmother.

Lin Tao was waiting for him nearby. She heard him hum a few times into the phone, then said, "Then I'll let your future granddaughter-in-law answer the phone."

Lin Tao was a little overwhelmed, and Li Chengxi comforted her: "It's okay, grandma is a very nice person. She has been worrying about my marriage, so I told her about our situation first."

Lin Tao took the phone and heard a very kind voice coming from the receiver. She could imagine that the old man who was speaking was a very good person.

The old lady liked her very much. Although she had never met her, she was sure that a girl who could be liked by her grandson must be a very good girl. She said that she was old and it was inconvenient for her to travel, otherwise she would definitely come to see her.

Lin Tao listened patiently to whatever her grandmother said, occasionally replying with a word or two.

Li Chengxi watched from the side and couldn't help but smile.

In the end, he took the initiative to hang up the phone and they would go back later.

When she hung up the phone, grandma reminded him: "You must bring Ah Tao to see grandma in the future. Ah Tao is a good girl. Grandma is looking forward to drinking in your wedding wine."

Li Chengxi smiled and said, "Okay, grandma, we will definitely come."

The next day, Lin Tao took Li Chengxi for a stroll in Taohua Village. The villagers saw them and asked who they were. Lin Tao introduced them to everyone openly, saying that this was her boyfriend.

The old people in the village looked at Li Chengxi and then at Lin Tao, and kept saying that the two were a perfect match.

There were also those who harbored ill intentions and secretly wondered whether Li Chengxi knew about Lin Taoguanzi's life experience.

"I guess he doesn't know. If he knew, would he be with Lin Tao? Wouldn't he be afraid of being bullied?"

"Who said no? Even if he agrees, his family won't agree. Didn't Lin Chang like Lin Tao before and said he wanted to marry her? But he was scolded by his parents in the end. Now he has proposed to a girl from Shenjiazhuang and they will get married in the second half of the year."

The two people were whispering to each other and didn't notice that Li Chengxi had walked behind them.

Li Chengxi had some experience dealing with this kind of people. He said that he had a friend working at the Public Security Bureau, who had arrested two people who were promoting feudal superstition two days ago. He would ask his friend if there were any vacancies at the Public Security Bureau to find a place for the two ladies to go in and talk with the other two.

The two gossiping women were immediately frightened into silence and dared not say a word.

Lin Tao brought a sack and a teacup from home, and the two of them went to the mountain to pick some newly grown May bubbles, filling a whole teacup with them.

When they were going down the mountain, they encountered a snake. Lin Tao was so scared that she held her breath and dared not speak. Li Chengxi was brave enough to let Lin Tao step back. He grabbed the snake by the waist and put it into the sack that was originally used to hold bamboo shoots, intending to make wine for Lin Changhai.

In the evening, the two sat on a hill and watched the sunset.

The evening breeze blows over, softly and warmly, and it feels especially comfortable.

The two of them were very close, even closer than the last time they went to the movies together. Li Chengxi tilted his head slightly, and the tip of his nose was about to touch Lin Tao's cheek.

After Lin Tao realized it, she blushed and tried to move away.

But Li Chengxi didn't give her this chance and whispered, "Don't move, there's a leaf in your hair."

Lin Tao endured the embarrassment and did not move. After waiting for a while, Li Chengxi really took a leaf off her head.

Fortunately, Li Chengxi did not make any other moves. The two of them enjoyed the breeze for a while and then walked towards the village.

On the way home, I happened to meet two young men walking towards me. One of them was called "Lin Chang".

Li Chengxi still remembered what the gossiping women had said before. When he heard the name, he looked at the man and saw that Lin Chang was also looking at him.

But as soon as he met his eyes, Lin Chang withdrew his gaze in panic and dared not look at him again.

Li Chengxi had secretly cared about Lin Chang, but now he didn't care at all. With such a guts, no wonder he didn't dare to like Tao after his mother said a few words. Not only was he old-fashioned and believed in feudal superstitions, he was not even like a man.

Li Chengxi looked down on such people in his heart.

The vacation is limited, and Li Chengxi will have to report back to the army in two days.

Lin Tao went to see him off on the day he left, and Aunt Fang also helped prepare some local specialties. Li Chengxi came to Xiangcheng alone, but he took a lot of things back with him.

"I'll be back soon."

There were many people coming to the train station to see someone off, and it was particularly noisy. Li Chengxi leaned over to Lin Tao's ear and spoke in a hoarse voice. The two bodies were close together, and Li Chengxi's nose was lingering with the sweet smell of Lin Tao, which smelled very good.

Thoughts of parting came to her mind, and Lin Tao didn't care whether this action might seem too intimate to Aunt Fang.

Nodding sullenly: "Well, I'll wait for you."

Li Chengxi wanted to say something else, but he felt that whatever he said now would be meaningless. It would be better to come back to see her earlier and not let her wait any longer.

He reached out and rubbed Lin Tao's soft head, then got on the train at the urging of the conductor.

Seeing Li Chengxi getting on the train, the train started slowly with the sound. Li Chengxi could not help but open the window, leaned out half of his body, and waved to Lin Tao who was standing there.

Lin Tao couldn't help but chase after it for a few steps, but the train was too fast and she couldn't catch up.

Some of those who came to see off the guests couldn't help crying when they saw the train leaving.

Lin Tao couldn't cry, but she felt a little sad.

Aunt Fang put her hand on her shoulders and said comfortingly, "It's okay, I'll be back soon."

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After Li Chengxi returned to the army, he applied for a political review.

The next step was to prepare a new house for him and Lin Tao. His marriage had always been a difficult problem in the organization. When the leaders learned that he was planning to get married, they immediately allocated him a house with the best orientation that suited his rank.

Now that the house problem has been solved, the next step is to prepare furniture and other things.

In fact, there are places on the island that specialize in custom-made furniture, but Li Chengxi still went outside the island and found the best carpenter to make custom-made furniture.

The wardrobe is based on the one in Lin Tao's room, but it is a little bigger than hers, and the three-door wardrobe has been changed to a four-door one. Prepare these hardware early, and other daily necessities can be bought together with Lin Tao when she arrives on the island.

After all, it takes at least a month to make a set of furniture, so he prepared these things in advance so that when Lin Tao comes, she won’t have to wait for this process and can live more comfortably.

This time when he returned to the army, Li Chengxi basically spent his time taking care of the affairs of his new home except for training. Although he has not yet married, he already acts like a good husband.

After the furniture is made, it is shipped to the island by ship.

The news that Captain Li was about to get married spread very quickly on the island. This was all thanks to Li Chengxi himself. He was such an unshakable person in this regard before, but now he is so busy.

Many people in the army were curious about what kind of person Li Chengxi liked.

"Let me tell you, Captain Li has very high standards. Previously, Commander Qi's wife introduced him to a girl with particularly good conditions. Not only is she pretty, but she also has a good job and is a doctor. But Captain Li didn't like her. I didn't expect that they would get married. What do you think that girl looks like?" said a woman while eating melon seeds.

The woman's name was Huang Aidi, and she was a military wife on the island.

She was also a stepmother. Because of this identity, the two of them quickly became familiar with each other not long after Lin Hui arrived on the island.

In fact, Lin Hui looked down on Huang Aidi in her heart, because Huang Aidi was a country girl, and moreover, she was the typical country woman with a big mouth and a love of gossip.

Even though Lin Hui's family also lives in the countryside, she looks down on people like this.

Moreover, Huang Aidi's husband is only a company commander, whose rank is lower than Shen Guobin. Lin Hui thinks it is a waste of time to make friends with such a person.

What she really wanted to make friends with was the family of leader Shen Guobin, such as the head of the regiment, Li, who Huang Aidi just mentioned, was Shen Guobin's boss. If his relatives came to join the army, she would take the initiative to visit them.

However, the person she wanted to make friends with most was her teacher's wife. She heard that she was also from Xiangcheng, so they were from the same hometown.

When you are away from home, fellow villagers should take care of each other. It would be great if Shen Guobin could get a promotion because of her friendship.

It's just that she came at an unfortunate time, as her teacher's wife happened to have to go home for something, so Lin Hui could only reluctantly contact Huang Aidi.

"Who is this Captain Li? He has such high standards." Lin Hui was busy washing clothes and even found it tiring to open her eyes, but she was still curious about Captain Li.

It will be more convenient to visit the person when you find out clearly.

She had been following Shen Guobin in the army for about half a month. After arriving here, she realized that following the army was not as good as she had imagined, and being a stepmother was not that easy.

The service center on the island was inadequately stocked and the living conditions were poor. Sometimes there were even no fresh vegetables to eat.

Their house has poor lighting, and it becomes very damp when it rains, with moss growing on the ground.

Moreover, all the toilets here were public toilets, which were even dirtier than the dry toilets she had used in the countryside. In the past, only family members could use the dry toilets, but the public toilets here were open to everyone on the island, and sometimes you could even see maggots crawling on them.

Not only was it inconvenient to take a bath, she also had to fetch water herself, and every time she went to fetch water she would be exhausted.

Although it was mostly women who fetched water on the island, she had never done this at home; it was always her father and brother who did it.

Sometimes she feels a little regretful, but when she thinks of the future blessings, Lin Hui can only grit her teeth and bear it.

Since Lin Tao could endure all this in her previous life, she could too. She didn't think she was inferior to Lin Tao in any way, and even thought she could do better than Lin Tao.

With this idea in mind, Lin Hui can be said to be very good to Shen Jiahao and Shen Jiayi.

But Shen Jiahao had been instilled with too many bad ideas by that old hag, Mrs. Huang, and was still hostile to her. Except for pretending to call her "stepmother" when Shen Guobin was around, he usually just called her "Hey".

Shen Jiayi is younger and easier to coax, but she listens to her brother. If her brother doesn't let her call him mom, she won't.

I really don’t know when this day will end.

She had heard some things about Captain Li from Huang Aidi, but she had never seen what he looked like, and she didn't have the time to go see him.

Huang Aidi shook her head: "I don't know about this either, but I heard from my husband, Lao Qian, that he studied in a military academy. You tell me, there is a difference between educated people and uneducated people. Before they get married, they are busy taking care of everything. When their wives come, they don't have to do anything and just wait to enjoy the good life. We are different. We have nothing and we have to raise children for the first one. But I am better than you. Lao Qian's first one only gave birth to a daughter. You have to take care of three by yourself, and one of them can't even walk. You are really busy."

I get angry when I talk about Lin Hui. It's okay for her to take care of Shen Jiahao and Shen Jiayi. After all, they both have great prospects in the future. If she treats them well now, they will be filial to her in the future.

But as for the youngest, Shen Jiaping, she had never heard of how great he was in her entire life. Why should she take care of him?

"Don't mention it. I didn't expect that the child would be so difficult to raise." Lin Hui said unhappily.

Just at this time, Shen Jiaping, who was taking a nap, woke up again. I don’t know if he was hungry or had wet his pants, but he cried loudly.

Huang Aidi saw that she was busy and didn't say anything. She walked into the room and took a look: "He peed. Please change his diaper."

Lin Hui wanted to tell him to go to hell, but it would not be good to show it too much in front of Huang Aidi. She was afraid that she would say something nonsense outside.

So he took a glance and said, "Let me finish washing the clothes first."

Huang Aidi left after not staying for long, after all, there was still something to do at home.

After she left, Lin Hui threw the clothes in her hands into the basin and yelled into the house: "Cry, cry, cry, you just cry all day long, I'll cry you to death!"

Lin Hui waited until the clothes were washed but did not pay any attention to Shen Jiaping, leaving the one-year-old child covered in a wet diaper for the entire afternoon.

She calculated the time and waited until Shen Guobin was about to come home before she reluctantly changed Shen Jiaping's diaper.

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During the time that Li Chengxi was away, time passed neither fast nor slow.

Lin Tao still did her own things as before, especially when it came to the Grain in Ear season, the commune started to get busy. Lin Tao helped in the commune canteen and was so busy every day that she had no time to think about Li Chengxi.

About two months later, Lin Tao received two letters.

I found that one of the letters was written a month ago, but the weather on the island was not very good at that time, so the letter could not be sent. By the time it reached her, a month had passed.

The first letter told her that he was safe, and then told her that he was going to make a new cabinet and a new bed. He also said that it was inconvenient to go to the toilet on the island, so he had someone build a toilet in the yard, and asked Lin Tao to write to him if she wanted anything else.

The letter ended by saying that he missed her very much.

Lin Tao looked at the letter and felt as if she saw Li Chengxi writing the letter, and a warm feeling rose in her heart.

He opened another letter, which said that the furniture had been made and put in the house, the result of the political review had come out, he had gone to the leader to get marriage leave, and he would be able to see her in a while. He also reminded her that she didn't have to reply to the letter after receiving it, because by the time the letter was delivered to the island, he might have left the island and was on his way to see her.

The content of this letter was indeed very exciting, and Lin Tao was happy about it for a long time.

Unfortunately, the letter did not specify the exact date Li Chengqi would arrive. Otherwise, Lin Tao could have taken a leave of absence on that day to pick him up at the train station.

In addition to the letter, there was also a package of special products.

As soon as the package is opened, the unique fishy smell of seafood hits your nose.

Fresh seafood cannot be kept for so long, so all of them are dried. There are many types of seafood, and probably because they are afraid that Lin Tao doesn't know them, they put a note outside each type, clearly stating what it is and how to handle it.

Of course, even Li Chengxi didn't know how to deal with some of these things. After all, although he could cook, he probably had fewer opportunities to show his skills as he usually ate in the cafeteria.

I had to ask the political commissar's wife to find out.

There are dried sea cucumbers, dried abalone, dried squid, dried razor clams and dried shrimps.

Lin Tao took some of each and sent them to Aunt Fang's house, and Aunt Fang didn't say anything polite to her.

Hearing that Li Chengxi was coming back, they said that they should start preparing for the wedding. In a few days, the Grain in Ear season would be over, and they could rest for a while, which was just the right time to prepare.

From that day on, Lin Tao counted the days on her fingers, trying to guess when Li Chengxi would arrive.

Li Chengxi arrived a week later than Lin Tao had expected.

During this week, Lin Tao's heart was in turmoil. She couldn't help but worry whether something had happened on the way, or if there was something that had been delayed and not told her.

But when Li Chengxi appeared in front of her, exhausted, all the worries and complaints in her heart disappeared.

My chest is filled with an emotion called joy.

The two couldn't help but hug each other.