This time it was Xu Yan's turn to be surprised.
The man's hair was shaved very short, making him look very smart. His face looked like it had been computer-generated, without any flaws. He had clear features, a high nose bridge, and even his lips were the shape she liked.
When someone stares intently at you without moving, it makes your heart race.
but……
Xu Yan couldn't quite explain her feelings.
Before she transmigrated here, she was single. At twenty-five, she had never been in a relationship. She spent her days working and working, and had no time to think about anything else. Now that marriage was being mentioned, she suddenly felt a little hesitant.
But Xie Zhuo is the best choice for her at this stage.
He's handsome and has a good character. Besides his two young children, he doesn't have a mother-in-law or sisters-in-law, so she doesn't need to deal with any troublesome interpersonal relationships.
It was also the best place for her to review her textbooks when she took the college entrance exam later...
Xie Zhuo had spoken, but seeing Xu Yan staring at him with her mouth slightly open and a look of surprise on her face, she realized that what she had said seemed a bit inappropriate.
He thought for a moment before continuing, "I thought you... were in a hurry to get married, so..."
"However, if you think it's too early, you can wait a while. Also, don't worry, I will give you all the dowry you mentioned."
After saying that, he glanced at Xu Yan again, "As for the rest, I'll listen to you."
The man spoke with a serious expression, as if he were making a promise about something important.
Xu Yan stared at him for a while, then suddenly laughed, "I'm in a hurry to move out of here, so let's do it at the end of this month. As for the rest, I was just saying it for others to hear, it doesn't matter whether it's there or not."
After all, she was aware of the Xie family's situation.
Xie Zhuo didn't say anything, and it was unclear whether he had heard her or not. He only said, "Then Aunt Shulan and I will come over later."
Then he turned and left.
When they left, they also took Liu Mancang and Granny Qian with them.
Granny Qian wanted to say something more to Xu Yan, but when she turned her head, she saw Xu Yan holding a large broom and smiling at her. However, his words were not very pleasant: "Auntie, if you don't leave, I'll have to take action."
Granny Qian's expression changed, she spat and was about to curse when she caught a glimpse of Xie Zhuo's face out of the corner of her eye.
When facing Xie Zhuo, Qian Yingxiu dared not say much.
Even though Xie Laosan hasn't laid a hand on anyone in the past two years, she still vividly remembers the time he broke the leg of someone from the next village.
A scoundrel is paired with a fool who jumps into a fire pit; a turtle is paired with a mung bean.
Granny Qian cursed under her breath and left without looking back.
Liu Mancang was so engrossed in his cursing that he only noticed Xie Zhuo and Xu Yan talking for a long time and didn't hear what they were saying. Now, when he heard Xie Zhuo say that he was going to his house, he was a little surprised.
"Third Brother, you just said you were going to my house?" Liu Mancang asked.
"Mm," Xie Zhuo replied as he walked quickly forward.
"Where are you going?" Liu Mancang continued to ask. "You're not going to tell my mom, are you?"
"Hey, I was just saying I was going to lay a hand on her, you actually believed me? Besides, who am I doing this for?"
Seeing Xie Zhuo walking silently without responding, Liu Mancang became even more anxious. "Third Brother, no way! You're really going to tell on him? You're a grown man!"
Amidst Liu Mancang's constant honking, Xie Zhuo stood at the Liu family's gate.
Yang Shulan, Liu Mancang's mother, also thought that Liu Mancang had gotten into trouble again. As she walked out, she grabbed a stick and held it in her hand. Before she could ask Xie Zhuo what had happened, she was almost stunned by Xie Zhuo's words.
"What do you want me to do?" Yang Shulan asked.
“Go to the educated youth settlement to help me propose marriage,” Xie Zhuo said.
Unconsciously, her hand was still clutching a wilted yellow petal that she had plucked from a sunflower at some unknown time.
"Who is it? Is it really Little Xu, the educated youth?"
Yang Shulan raised her voice in surprise, but then realized she was in the yard and the gate was open, so she quickly lowered her voice.
“It’s her,” Xie Zhuo nodded.
Liu Mancang, standing to the side, was so shocked that he could have stuffed a whole egg into his mouth.
"You, you all..."
"Shut up," Liu Mancang said, but before he could finish, his mother nudged him aside with her elbow.
"So what do you plan to do with the children after you get married?" Yang Shulan thought of Xie Zhuo's two nephews.
The poor thing is so young.
My father is gone, and I don't know what happened to my mother either. We haven't heard from her since. I grew up with my grandparents, but they're gone too. Now all that's left is this uncle.
But my uncle is going to get married eventually.
There were instances in Qingshan Brigade where women with children married, but most of them married widows who had also been married before and had children.
Families with good means may marry young girls, but those families will usually send their children to be raised by other families. No new bride wants to become a stepmother at such a young age.
“She said she didn’t mind,” Xie Zhuo said.
Yang Shulan's lips moved as if she wanted to ask, "Then what does she want from you?"
She didn't mean to look down on Xie Zhuo; on the contrary, Xie Zhuo was her favorite child besides her own. Putting aside the fact that Xie Zhuo would come to help at home from time to time, she was very grateful for the fact that Xie Zhuo had always protected her family's Mancang since they were young.
But this young educated youth, Xu...
She had heard about what happened yesterday, and even when Xiao Xu, a young educated youth, went to the commune clinic to get medicine from Doctor Qian this morning, she went outside to take a look.
After watching it, I realized that city girls are really different from those who grew up in the countryside.
With her fair skin and pretty face, to be honest, she would believe she was a capitalist's daughter.
She just didn't know why, even though these educated youths had been in the brigade for more than half a year, she had never noticed how beautiful she was before.
It's obvious at a glance that her temperament is different from others when she walks down the street.
When she overheard villagers gossiping at noon that Xiao Xu, a former educated youth, had taken a liking to Xie Zhuo, she was somewhat skeptical. But now that Xie Zhuo had said it himself, she had no choice but to believe it.
But after believing it, she felt a little worried.
With her looks and qualifications, why did this girl choose the third son?
"Third Brother, I knew that young Xu, the educated youth, must have had her eye on you before," Liu Mancang leaned closer again. "As soon as she heard that you broke off your engagement, she couldn't wait to marry you!"
Yang Shulan was taken aback.
"Don't talk nonsense," Xie Zhuo glanced at him.
“How could I have talked nonsense?” Liu Mancang said happily, “Otherwise, why would someone with those qualities marry you?”
Of course, it's because they want to move out of the educated youth settlement.
Moreover, her family was the only one in the entire Qingshan Brigade without any elders still alive, which gave her the perfect opportunity to take charge.
Xie Zhuo replied in his heart.
Unexpectedly, this timid, dull, and quiet young educated youth, after being reborn, actually wanted to take charge of the household.
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