"No, I don't agree. How can we change the marriage just like that?"
In the group, Li Jian objected loudly. He was not blind. Zhan Xinyue was much prettier than Zhan Hongyan. One was as bright as the moon in the sky, while the other was as dusty as the weeds. Even if he married her home as a decoration, she had to be good-looking.
"Xiao Jian, do you think Zhan Xinyue is more beautiful, so you don't agree?" Liu Ruyan frowned and asked softly, with jealousy and dissatisfaction in her tone.
Li Jian put the two children down, lowered his head and explained in a low voice: "Zhan Hongyan is not as diligent as Zhan Xinyue. You are not in good health. Zhan Xinyue has done more after entering the family, so you have to worry more."
This is also the truth. After Liu Ruyan gave birth to her son, she got pregnant with Xiaoye just after she came out of confinement. After giving birth to Xiaoye, she was still in confinement. Because she couldn't stay in her hometown, she traveled thousands of miles from the north to the Changhong team with her family to join a relative who was five degrees of mourning. Liu Ruyan spent her confinement in a turbulent situation and her body collapsed.
When they arrived at the Changhong team, they were just getting rid of the old custom of raising child brides, so the two of them didn't dare to tell the truth and just called each other brother and sister.
In the past two years, Liu Ruyun was in poor health and could not do heavy work. Li Jian could not support a family of four by himself, so he wanted to find a hardworking girl to marry and help support the family.
"Xiao Jian, I know you feel sorry for me, but now that Zhan Xinyue has broken up with the Zhan family, and there is no support from her mother's family in the future, it is better to marry Zhan Hongyan and go home. Besides, hard-working wives are trained. Wait. Once the door is closed, I will naturally let her work hard," Liu Ruyan persuaded her softly.
She was Li Jian's adopted daughter-in-law. She was a few years older than Li Jian and had no confidence. Although she maintained a good figure and had delicate facial features, she was still a step behind Zhan Xinyue.
If Zhan Xinyue came in, they might fall in love with each other over time, but if it was Zhan Hongyan, Liu Ruyan looked at that dark and yellow face, and a trace of disdain flashed in her eyes. She, Xiaojian, could not stand such a person.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, sister." Li Jian nodded. Liu Ruyan was the one who made the decisions on all the big and small matters at home, and he was used to obeying her.
Zhan Xinyue had good hearing, and she could hear the conversation between the two clearly. She knew that the one she married would definitely be Zhan Hongyan, and she was too lazy to talk any more, so she sat in the chair and watched the show leisurely.
Zhan Xinyue watched the show calmly, but Zhan Hongyan was extremely anxious. If she couldn't marry Li Jian and become rich, what was the meaning of her rebirth?
"Comrade Li Jian, the one we were engaged to was the daughter of the Zhan family. Now Zhan Xinyue is no longer from our family. I am the only daughter of the Zhan family, so I will definitely marry you."
Zhan Hongyan was so anxious that she tilted her head and lost all dignity. She started promoting herself in front of everyone, as if she was afraid that Li Jian would not want her.
"But your childhood sweetheart is Captain Sheng, he's the leader. If you marry me, what if he causes trouble for me?" Li Jian asked.
Everyone in the Changhong team knew that Zhan Hongyan and Sheng Tunan had been engaged.
Some time ago, Sheng Tunan won first-class merit, and the army promoted him three levels as an exception. Therefore, he became the regiment commander at the age of 25.
After the county learned about this glorious event, they sent people to the Changhong team to publicize it.
After Chen Juxiang learned that Sheng Tunan had become the head of the group, she arranged a marriage for Li Jian and Zhan Xinyue as quickly as possible and chose the nearest date to get married.
After Zhan Xinyue married Li Jian, Chen Juxiang took out a yellowed letter from home, saying that Grandpa Zhan and Grandpa Sheng had already arranged a marriage for the two families.
Now that Sheng Tunan was of marriageable age, and Zhan Hongyan was the only daughter left in the Zhan family, they arranged their marriage.
The chief is the future son-in-law, which is such an honorable thing. Chen Juxiang shows off whenever she sees him. The Changhong team knows everything about it.
"The one who was arranged to be married to Captain Sheng was not me, but Zhan Xinyue." Zhan Hongyan ran out of the house, holding two tumbler dolls in her hands.
"Look, these two dolls are one boy and one girl. The boy's face is engraved with Tunan, and the girl's face is a crescent moon," Zhan Hongyan held the dolls high and showed them to everyone.
"Grandpa Sheng and my grandpa arranged a marriage for each other. It was between Sheng Tunan and Zhan Xinyue. It had nothing to do with me."
Grandpa Sheng was a carpenter with excellent skills. These two dolls are made very delicately, especially the eyes of the girl doll, which are bright and lifelike.
Zhan Xinyue was attracted and took the girl doll directly from Zhan Hongyan. The small tumbler was made vividly, and the overall color was natural wood color, only the eyes and hair were black. It was simple and unpretentious, but the texture was unexpectedly good.
"Sister, look at the baby with two pigtails, just like you when you were a child. The boy also looks like Captain Sheng when he was a child. You two are the parents." Zhan Hongyan came over.
"Don't call me sister, we are no longer related." Zhan Xinyue took two steps back and put some distance between them. Zhan Hongyan's body was still stained with the unspeakable smell of men, which made her feel a little sick.
"Then why did your mother say that you were the childhood sweetheart?" Zhan Xinyue had already guessed the reason, but she just wanted Zhan Hongyan to say it in person in front of everyone.
At this time, Zhan Hongyan only thought about marrying Li Jian as soon as possible, and she didn't care about her mother at all. She directly betrayed him, "It was my mother. After she knew that Captain Sheng was the leader, she wanted me to marry her and live a good life. It was she who snatched your marriage. I really didn't know that you had a baby marriage. I only knew about it when I accidentally opened my mother's locked cabinet yesterday and saw these two babies."
After Zhan Hongyan finished speaking, she walked up to Li Jian to show her favor, "Brother Li Jian, for you, I won't even marry the chief. You must cherish me in the future."
As soon as the words fell, a cold and loud male voice came.
"You are not the one I want to marry. How dare you say you won't marry me? When I was a child, my grandfather chose Comrade Zhan Xinyue for me."
Outside the crowd, a tall, handsome, and handsome military officer in military uniform came over. The man approached Zhan Xinyue slightly, but not too close, and his voice was much gentler.
"Now, I also like Xinyue."