"Hey Beichen, do you know Liu Bing?"
At night, Li Xin couldn't sleep because of the gossip he heard during the day, so he asked He Beichen out of curiosity.
The news that Li Jianping's family accepted the betrothal gift and was going to marry Li Xueping off spread like wildfire in the village, and even she had heard about it at home.
Li Xin has quite complicated feelings towards Li Xueping. After all, Li Xueping is still the protagonist of the original book. It's just that the current plot is very different from the original book, and it is no longer possible to get much useful information from the original book.
Originally, Li Xueping was reborn and could change her fate by passing the college entrance examination. Unexpectedly, now she can only get married, just like in her previous life.
"I don't know. He's probably not from our army. I've never heard of him." He Beichen shook his head. "But those who retired at the age of 36 were usually injured on the battlefield and had to retire."
"But I haven't heard that he was injured." Li Xin thought of the rumors that Liu Bing retired from the army normally.
Because Liu Bing ran to Li Jianping's home and their two families lived close to each other, they had seen Liu Bing and he looked to be a fine person, not injured.
"So most likely it wasn't a normal discharge, but rather he was punished and kicked out of the army," He Beichen added.
As he spoke, he suddenly turned over and his eyes met Li Xin's: "Are you worried about your cousin?"
"No, her own values are problematic. Besides, she hasn't been very nice to me either." Li Xin shook his head without even thinking.
Although Li Xueping seems to be very pitiful, there is no sympathy for her at all. After all, even pitiful people have hateful aspects.
"Then why bother with what others are doing?" He Beichen didn't care about Li Xueping's affairs. Seeing that Li Xin wasn't worried about her, he didn't take it to heart anymore. He hugged his young wife in his arms and said, "Go to sleep."
Li Xin: “…”
Straight men are not even interested in eating melons.
Oh, that's so boring.
…
"I see Xue Ping is resisting strongly. You should keep an eye on her recently. The betrothal money has been collected. Don't let her get into trouble and then have to return the betrothal money."
In the evening, Li Jianping worriedly told Zhang Hongmei that she might commit suicide again like Li Xin did in the past.
"Don't worry, I will definitely keep the man under guard." Zhang Hongmei nodded in agreement.
Zhang Hongmei knew Li Xueping quite well and knew that she would not do something like committing suicide, and her personality was not as strong as Li Xin's.
However, Zhang Hongmei was worried about another thing. She knew that Li Xueping had a good relationship with Xu Jincai in the village, and she had seen the two of them walking together before.
She didn't tell anyone about this, not even Li Jianping. After all, Li Xueping was still a girl, and if this matter got out, it would affect her reputation and it would be difficult for her to get married in the future.
She turned over and thought that Xu Jincai was just an educated youth who had gone to the countryside. He would return to the city sooner or later. Once he returned to the city, he would have nothing to do with Li Xueping anymore.
Now, she needs to be careful and not let them meet again. It would be bad if Li Xueping ran away with someone.
In the second half of the night, Zhang Hongmei secretly got up, found a lock, and secretly locked Li Xueping's room. Only then did she feel at ease to go to sleep.
Li Xueping, who knew nothing about it, woke up from her sleep and found that she couldn't even leave the room.
"Let me out! What are you doing?" Li Xueping banged on the door frantically.
She never thought that she would be locked at home by Zhang Hongmei.
Li Xueping could even hear footsteps coming from outside. There was clearly someone outside, but no one responded to her, and no one came to open the door for her.
Seeing that she couldn't open the door by knocking on it, Li Xueping just started to break it. Since there was nothing in the room, she used her body to hit it.
"Sister, stop making trouble. Now we can eat meat at home and cover ourselves with thick quilts. Life has become much better." Li Zhisen responded outside the door as he listened to the noise coming from inside.
Zhang Hongmei and Li Jianping both told him not to worry about this matter, but he still came over on his own and wanted to persuade Li Xueping.
He really felt that life was pretty good now, much better than before. He even had a bowl of meat porridge in the morning, something he couldn't even imagine during this period.
"Mom said that you will be able to live a good life in the future, even better than you are now. Shouldn't you be happy?"
"What do you know? Open the door for me, I want to go out, I don't want to get married!" Although Li Xueping didn't like to hear what Li Zhisen said, when she heard his voice, it was like seeing hope.
Zhang Hongmei and Li Jianping would definitely not open the door for her, but there was hope for Li Zhisen.
"Xiao Sen, you said that your sister is usually very nice to you and never asks you to do anything. Can you let your sister out now?" Li Xueping slowed down her voice and tried to persuade Li Zhisen to open the door.
"Think about it? I tell you don't even think about it unless you agree to get married." Zhang Hongmei was outside. When she heard that she wanted to seduce Li Zhisen, she immediately pulled her away.
Li Xueping was so annoyed that she wanted to smash something, but there was nothing in the empty room that she could smash.
She kept making a fuss at home, and soon everyone living nearby knew about it.
"A betrothal gift of 688, Liu Bing really values her, but she still makes a fuss every day. She really doesn't know what's good for her." Some people in the village began to gossip and felt quite sympathetic towards Liu Bing.
"As a retired soldier, I don't know how good her life will be in the future. It will be better than most families in the village. I don't know what she is picking on."
Everyone was confused when they heard that Li Xueping actually disagreed with the marriage.
The discussions in the village became more and more frequent, and gradually spread to other villages. Even Liu Bing knew about it and immediately came to the door.
"I heard that she doesn't want to get married?" Liu Bing came to the Li family to inquire about the situation.
"That's not true. Don't worry, I have already accepted the betrothal gift and I will definitely marry you." Zhang Hongmei explained quickly.
But the locked door of the house and the occasional sounds of resistance speak volumes.
"To avoid any further complications, why don't we move the wedding date forward," Liu Bing suggested.
He doesn't care whether Li Xueping is willing or not. As long as he can marry her and consummate the marriage, even if she doesn't agree, she still has to follow him, right?
"I think it's a good idea!" Zhang Hongmei thought it was a good idea. Getting married early would also allow her to feel at ease sooner and she wouldn't have to worry about Li Xueping running away.
The two parties will definitely come down and find someone to choose a date, but the earliest they can do so is next month.
When the news of the wedding date being changed spread, there was another round of discussion in the village. The biggest topic of this New Year was Li Xueping's marriage.
"It's a pity that we can't watch this big show. We have to go back in three days." Li Xin felt a little regretful after hearing this.
It would be amazing if this marriage could succeed given Li Xueping's reluctance!
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