Thinking that Li Qingming had already been divorced, he looked at Xia Xiaoli and tentatively said, "Xiaoli, why don't you consider Battalion Commander Li? If you marry him and have a child as soon as possible, this matter will be over."
Xia Xiaoli stared at Xiang Shulan, speechless.
"You think your sister-in-law didn't say anything? Your sister-in-law shouldn't have said that." Xiang Shulan was also thinking about Xia Xiaoli's situation. She was just trying to see if she could succeed. If she married into the family, even if Li Qingming knew that Xia Xiaoli was not innocent, he wouldn't say anything.
Seeing Xia Xiaoli's expression, Xiang Shulan still regretted saying those words.
Soon, Xia Xiaoli and Xiang Shulan finished putting her to sleep, and Zhang Hehua came over with the things Li Qingming had just bought.
As soon as Zhang Hehua entered, she saw Xia Xiaoli sitting in the living room.
"Xiaoli, are you still awake?" Zhang Hehua tried her best to keep smiling, not wanting Xia Xiaoli to realize that she had come knowing the truth.
Otherwise, Xia Xiaoli would definitely be very resistant to her presence.
As Xiang Shulan came out with her clothes, intending to go to the bathroom to take a shower, she saw Zhang Hehua arriving with many gifts.
"Aunt Zhang, what brings you here?" Xiang Shulan quickly threw her pajamas back into the room and then closed the bedroom door.
Xia Xiaoli was starting to get nervous. Li Qingming ignored her choice and still sent his mother to propose marriage.
"Of course I'm here for a joyous occasion." Zhang Hehua tried her best to hide her nervousness. It was the first time she had come to propose marriage so directly. When she arrived at the door and stared at Xia Xiaoli, she was extremely nervous.
Thinking about what her son had done to Xia Xiaoli, she felt a surge of inexplicable anger.
But there's nothing we can do; what's done is done. The only way to move on from this is to have Li Qingming marry Xia Xiaoli.
Xia Xiaoli stood there, unsure of what to say.
"What's the good news?" Xiang Shulan beckoned Zhang Hehua in.
Zhang Hehua looked up and glanced at Xia Xiaoli.
Xia Xiaoli swallowed nervously.
Zhang Hehua liked those deep, bright eyes more and more the more she looked at them. Her round, chubby face was simply beautiful, the kind of beauty that grew more and more beautiful the more you looked at her.
When Xiang Shulan saw Zhang Hehua bringing these things over, she knew without a doubt that Zhang Hehua had taken a liking to Xia Xiaoli and was eager to find a wife for her son.
"Xiaoli, quickly pour Aunt Hehua a cup of hot tea," Xiang Shulan instructed Xia Xiaoli.
Xia Xiaoli was going to pour water for Zhang Hehua.
"Xiaoli, stop busying yourself, come and sit down for a bit." Zhang Hehua reached out and pulled Xia Xiaoli.
This left Xia Xiaoli at a loss.
He subconsciously looked at his sister-in-law.
Xiang Shulan most likely understood that Zhang Hehua had come to propose marriage, which suited Xiang Shulan's intentions perfectly.
Xia Xiaoli slowly walked up to Zhang Hehua and sat down next to her.
Zhang Hehua saw the marks on Xia Xiaoli's collar, dense and numerous. Li Qingming really didn't know how to cherish a woman at all.
At this moment, Li Qingming was anxiously waiting at home, pacing back and forth nervously.
He had already filled out the marriage application form and was just waiting for Xia Xiaoli's approval. But thinking about what Xia Xiaoli had said during the day that she didn't want to get married, Li Qingming became even more nervous.
At Xiang Shulan's home.
Zhang Hehua stared at Xia Xiaoli and said, "Xiaoli is twenty years old this year. Her youngest sister was eighteen when she got married during the Qingming Festival, and now she has two children."
Xiang Shulan looked at Xia Xiaoli and explained, "Xiaoli was a sent-down youth before. She injured her leg, and the brigade leader applied for and approved her to return to the city. Later, she came here to take care of me and help me during my postpartum period. Xiaoli has her own ideas."
As Xiang Shulan explained, she glanced at Xia Xiaoli.
Zhang Hehua was very nervous and didn't know what to say. She took out a notebook and some deposit slips from her pocket.
“Xiaoli, this is my savings over the years, about five thousand yuan. I saved up the rice, oil and other necessities that I eat in the city, as well as the ration coupons the army gave me every month. And…” Zhang Hehua took out a notebook from her pocket, “This is the money I sent back before Qingming. My family used some of it, and I saved some of it, about two thousand yuan. This money was saved little by little by Qingming while I was in the army. I used to work in the countryside too.”
Looking up at Xia Xiaoli's expression, Zhang Hehua continued, "Li Qingming's father earns thirty yuan a month. We haven't saved any money for you during our marriage. This money is all that Qingming saved himself, more than seven thousand yuan, and you can manage it."
Xia Xiaoli stared at the notebook; it contained over seven thousand coins. What did that mean?
When Xiang Shulan heard that this amount of money was more than Zhang Dali's savings, she was surprised.
Zhang Hehua felt indebted to her son. Every month, she would withdraw five yuan from the money her son sent back and save the rest for his wedding.
Because she knew her marriage was unhappy, she didn't want her son to give money to the family. She saved every penny to leave for her son.
In addition, she has her own job these days, and her monthly salary is a little over thirty yuan, which is enough for her living expenses.
“Xiaoli, I’m easy to get along with, so don’t worry about me. If you don’t like living with me, your mother-in-law, I can apply for factory dormitories.” Zhang Hehua spoke nervously, looking anxiously at Xia Xiaoli and earnestly saying, “I respect you very much. I just hope to marry Qingming. Apart from being a bit rough around the edges, he’s a very kind person…”
Looking into Xia Xiaoli's eyes, Zhang Hehua was speechless for a moment.
Xiang Shulan was overjoyed.
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