It was a little after 10 o'clock in the morning, and the sun shone warmly on the pedestrians. Su Jin had a happy smile on her face. She was talking to Lu's mother on the phone, and her heart was warm. Lu Shiyi was as serious as his father, and she felt unnatural when she heard Lu's father forcing his voice to become kind.
"Dad must have been in power for many years, right?" Su Jin could feel the pressure from Lu's father. He spoke softly to Lu's mother, but it was probably different to Lu Shiyi and his two brothers.
Uh uh uh!
Lu Shiyi smiled awkwardly: "Yes, his position is higher than mine. I will work hard in the future."
"No!" Su Jin pinched his waist with her right hand, telling him to stop talking nonsense. "You want to be extra strict with you three brothers, right? I heard that Dad's tone of voice is different when he speaks to me."
Lu Shiyi sighed and said, "My parents always wanted a daughter. When the third child was born, they saw that it was a boy and were very disappointed. Before the third child was three years old, my mother dressed him up like a daughter."
There were many sons in the compound, but very few daughters. If someone gave birth to a daughter, most of the neighbors would go to see her. If a bald boy from another family messed with a little girl, the younger brothers and sisters on the street would beat him up.
Phew!
Su Jin became cheerful. She thought that people of this generation liked boys, and some families in the village were not nice to girls.
"It's different in the village. Remember what mom told you. I can't go home at night, so I will call the brigade headquarters in advance. You can take a leave in the afternoon and I will pick you up to stay with me." Lu Shiyi had heard the team members talk about how their wives in their hometown were insulted and they had to break up in the end.
Lu Shiyi didn't want Su Jin to encounter these difficulties, so she had to consider things more carefully.
Seeing that Lu Shiyi looked unhappy, Su Jin reminded him of those words again and thought of the articles on the Internet.
"I know, I'll definitely be careful." Su Jin didn't want anyone to ruin this relationship. "Ayi, I'll be careful."
"Xiao Jin, everyone in the village protects their own people. No matter how your uncle treats us now, if someone in the village is wrong... they will only force us." Lu Shiyi saw the situation in the village clearly.
Su Jin held Lu Shiyi tightly with her small hands: "Ayi, please help me adopt a military dog."
Military dogs are brave, and there are always military dogs around her, so those people have to think twice.
"Well, next time you go into the mountains, either follow the women and children, or wait for me." Lu Shiyi thought that Su Jin couldn't eat too much, so there was no need to be so tired. "Your 20th birthday is in February, and we'll get the marriage certificate after the new year."
Su Jin looked at Lu Shiyi in surprise: "Ayi, did something happen?"
Lu Shiyi told the team members about their experiences. The couple had a good relationship and were engaged. They were planning to get the marriage certificate in June this year when the girl turned 20, but they were framed. The team member asked for leave to go back to see the girl and tell her not to worry about it.
But when he went to the girl's village, he found out that she had jumped into the river and died. She would rather die than marry the man who framed her.
After hearing this, Su Jin patted his back and said, "The people in the Fourth Brigade should be okay, right?"
"Xiao Jin, no matter who asks you to go into the mountains alone, don't go in without me accompanying you, even if it's someone from your uncle's and aunt's family." Lu Shiyi lives in the village. His uncle's eldest daughter-in-law wants to give him her sisters from her mother's family, but with Xiao Jin around, those people have no way of squeezing anyone in.
Lu Shiyi's nerves were tense, and he immediately started to think the worst of the villagers. In his job, he had seen too much darkness.
"Okay!" Su Jin nodded. "My birthday happens to be on the 14th of the first lunar month. As long as the Civil Affairs Bureau in the county is open, we'll go."
Lu Shiyi said happily: "Of course!"
When I get back, I'll entertain the villagers and tell Lu Shiyuan about the marriage.
Near noon, Lu Shiyi rode his bike with Su Jin back to the village. Many people were rushing back from the county town.
"Su Zhiqing, did you go out with Minister Lu?" Everyone joked as they saw Su Jin getting close to Lu Shiyi.
"My parents have agreed to our marriage. We held an engagement party at the Armed Forces Department yesterday. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, we will hold an engagement party in the village, and we will get the marriage certificate on the 14th." Lu Shiyi looked at everyone coldly, "After the Lunar New Year, Xiaojin will join the army."
After he finished speaking, some village women looked at them in surprise. Su Jin came to the village as an educated youth and came from a big city, so most of them wanted to break up the two of them.
Some village women heard about the methods used by the nearby brigade to frame the educated youth and thought about making a decision after the Chinese New Year.
"Isn't this... too fast?" The village women wanted to take action on the third day of the Lunar New Year.
"No, I can't drink at my engagement party. After all, I have to go to work at any time." Lu Shiyi noticed that several people looked at him unfriendly and immediately became alert.
After the two rode their bikes home, Lu Shiyi thought for a while and decided to take Su Jin to his uncle's house.
The news of Lu Shiyi and Su Jin's engagement quickly spread throughout the village. Lu Shiyi took Su Jin's hand, took two bottles of Erguotou, a pound of pork belly, and a set of four snacks and went to Lu Shiyuan's house.
"Xiaoyi, what are you doing..." Lu Shiyuan saw Lu Shiyi put the things on the table, and hurriedly asked his wife to put them in the kitchen.
"Uncle, this is the New Year's gift from Xiaojin and I to you. Xiaojin and I got engaged at the Armed Forces Department yesterday. My parents urged me to get the marriage certificate when I turn fourteen, and Xiaojin is old enough too." Lu Shiyi looked at his uncle and said.
After hearing this, Lu Shiyi's eldest daughter-in-law stared at Su Jin with wide eyes and unfriendly eyes.
"You don't have to glare at Xiaojin. I know what you're thinking. Xiaojin has a legitimate status in front of Mom and Dad." Lu Shiyi stopped Su Jin from speaking and looked at his uncle. "If anything happens to Xiaojin, Uncle...Grandpa will come back in person."
Lu Shiyuan shuddered. If Grandpa Lu came back in person, no one in his family would live.
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