Yun Ningyan felt nauseous and wanted to vomit. Was it really true?
They were calling each other so affectionately.
She stood up, her hands behind her back, holding a bottle of pepper spray. If Li Dawang dared to make a move, she would let him taste the pepper spray!
Li Dawang didn't even give him a second glance. In his opinion, with Huo Junshan gone, it would be easy for him to mess with Yun Ningyan.
He clenched his fist and suddenly rushed towards Yun Ningyan. Yun Ningyan was startled, as the pepper spray had already been sprayed at him.
A strong, pungent smell filled the air.
Li Dawang covered his eyes and cried out, "Ahhh, you bitch, what have you done?"
He swung his fist at Yun Ningyan, who then produced a stick and raised it to strike Li Dawang hard.
After several blows, Li Dawang felt dizzy and disoriented.
Yun Ningyan and Lin Mengmeng returned to the educated youth settlement together.
Seeing the two of them return unharmed, Meng Zhenzhen asked in surprise, "How did you get back?"
Yun Ningyan looked at her sharply. "What's wrong with us coming back? Is this educated youth settlement all yours?"
Her gaze was so sharp, as if she could see right through her, and she felt very uneasy.
He quickly waved his hand, "No, I was just wondering why you guys came back so quickly from the mountain, I didn't mean anything by it."
Yun Ningyan leaned closer to her, her voice cold, "Is that so? Otherwise, I would have thought you, Meng Zhiqing, had done something wrong?"
After saying that, she gave a cold laugh and went back to her room.
Meng Zhenzhen was extremely panicked. She wanted Li Dawang to teach Yun Ningyan a lesson, but she didn't expect him to get into trouble.
She hurriedly avoided everyone's gaze and secretly went up the mountain.
As soon as we arrived at the mountain, we saw Li Dawang sitting on the ground, covering his eyes.
She asked in confusion, "Brother Dawang, what's wrong?"
Li Dawang shouted angrily, "It's all because of that bitch Yun Ningyan! I don't know what she sprayed, but I couldn't even open my eyes!"
"Zhenzhen, please help me back. I need to go back and wash my eyes. I feel like I'm going blind."
Meng Zhenzhen was startled. Yun Ningyan really had some tricks up her sleeve. How did she manage to make her eyes look like this?
It seems she needs to plan carefully in the future.
She helped Li Dawang back to the Li family home, avoiding everyone, and exaggerated the story, saying, "If my son goes blind, I'll make her pay!"
Meng Zhenzhen took out a dollar and gave it to Aunt Li. She smiled and said, "Auntie, could you please take Brother Dawang to the clinic to have his eyes checked? I have something to do, so I'll be going now."
Yun Ningyan didn't take this matter to heart at all. She knew it was Meng Zhenzhen who did it. Meng Zhenzhen was very uneasy and went to bed as soon as she finished dinner.
Huo Junshan was busy at home all afternoon and didn't have time to come and see her.
Everyone had left, and the new bride also came out of the house.
Zhang Hongying busied herself in the kitchen helping her sister-in-law cook, while her brothers cleaned the yard.
Li Xiangyun pushed her back into the house, saying, "It's your first day here, how can we let you cook? Go back to your room and rest."
Zhang Hongying happily went back to her room. Her mother-in-law was really much better than other mothers-in-law; she didn't mistreat her daughter-in-law.
According to Jian Dang, his sister-in-law hasn't done any farm work in the years since she got married.
Dinner was prepared by Sister-in-law Huo and Li Xiangyun. There was some leftover braised pork from lunch.
Li Xiangyun then stewed braised pork with two potatoes, eggplant, and green beans.
When Zhang Hongying arrived, Li Xiangyun was serving food to Huo Junshan, saying, "Why don't you let her come over and eat? Let her come over and join in the fun."
Huo Junshan smiled and said, "It's my second brother's wedding today, so she's probably feeling a bit embarrassed. Mother, I've told Yanyan that we'd like to get engaged first. Please tell Father."
Li Xiangyun's smile widened. "Really? That's great! I'll talk to your father and see which day is best."
She handed the lunchbox to Huo Junshan, saying, "You'd better hurry! It'll get cold soon!"
Zhang Hongying heard everything clearly outside the kitchen: the third son was getting engaged.
How much dowry should the parents give to their third son's wife? Her dowry is only 30 yuan.
It shouldn't be more than her dowry, right?
As soon as she entered the kitchen, she asked, "Mother, is my third brother getting engaged? Which family's daughter is it?"
When Yun Ningyan was mentioned, Li Xiangyun couldn't stop smiling. "She was an educated youth from the city, and the two of them got along very well."
Zhang Hongying nodded. The bride price for a sent-down youth from the city must be quite high!
After the Huo family finished eating, Zhang Hongying was about to wash the dishes when Li Xiangyun stopped her, saying, "Hongying, go back inside. Your sister-in-law is here!"
Sister-in-law Huo looked rather unwell. She had thought that having another person in the family would reduce her workload, but who knew she would still have to wash the dishes and cook.
Li Xiangyun pulled Huo Changgen into the house. "Old man, our third son said he wants to get engaged today! What do you think is a good date? How much should we give as betrothal gifts?"
She sighed, "Oh dear! My second son just got married. If the bride price is too high, it won't be right for him. If it's too low, Ningning is from the city, and our family is marrying above our station. We don't have much money left. What should we do?"
Huo Changgen waved his hand and said, "The second son's wife is different from the third son's wife. We can't let her suffer. If it really comes down to it, I'll ask my eldest brother to borrow some money. We can't let Yun girl suffer."
Li Xiangyun nodded.
Huo Changgen spoke again, "Give her a hundred yuan as a bride price! That girl isn't short of money. It won't look good if you give too little. You should talk to the second son's family and the eldest son's family about it, and make sure nothing goes wrong!"
Li Xiangyun nodded. "Okay, this must be my eldest brother's house. I'll ask my third brother when he wants to settle down when he comes back."
Huo Changgen immediately went to the brigade leader's house.
The captain asked him to sit down and talk. He smiled and said, "Brother, I'm here to borrow money! My second son just got married, and my third son wants to get engaged. We can't afford to spend the money right now."
The captain, puffing on his pipe, said, "How much dowry do you want to give Yun? She's from the city; you can't treat her badly!"
Huo Changgen nodded. "I know, but we don't have that much at home. I was thinking of giving her a hundred yuan as a bride price. What do you think?"
The captain nodded. "A hundred yuan is quite a lot, but you'll have to ask Lao San about it."
He said to Zhang Guihua, "Old woman, go inside and get two hundred yuan for Changgen, so he can take care of this matter first."
A short while later, Huo Changgen returned to the Huo family with the money. He handed two hundred yuan to Li Xiangyun and said, "I think we should set it for the ninth day! It's an auspicious day."
Huo Junshan returned with a lunchbox, and Huo Changgen, hearing the commotion outside, called out, "Is that the third brother? Come in!"
Huo Changgen put down his lunchbox and went inside. "Father, Mother, is something the matter?"
"Didn't you say you wanted to get engaged? How about we give you a hundred yuan as a bride price? I just borrowed two hundred yuan from your uncle. You and Ningning can discuss it."
Li Xiangyun held the money in her hand and said to Huo Junshan.
Huo Junshan nodded, "Okay, but isn't one hundred yuan too little?"
Li Xiangyun said irritably, "You still think it's not enough? If you take this hundred yuan out, your eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law will cause a huge uproar!"
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