Chapter 275 Engagement
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it was June, and Li Le graduated from high school. With his newly-issued high school diploma, Li Le rode his bicycle at the speed of Hot Wheels.
"Second sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, I graduated, I graduated from high school."
Before he could even calm down, Li Le had already rushed into the main room. However, as soon as he entered the room, he saw a familiar shadow, and all his happiness turned into astonishment.
"Brother, why are you back?"
"Sister, what are you so happy about?"
Li Bing looked at Li Le with a smile, and sighed in his heart that time passed so quickly. When he first joined the army, his sister was just a little kid, but in the blink of an eye, she had grown into a big girl.
"I graduated from high school today, so I'm happy. Where's my second sister-in-law?"
"You girl, you only care about your second sister-in-law, but what about me, your eldest sister-in-law?"
When Li Le heard the voice, he quickly turned around and saw Jiang Meili, who was pregnant, moving step by step into the main room.
"Sister-in-law, you're back too. I didn't expect that."
Jiang Meili didn't care. She knew that Cheng Qiao occupied the vast majority of Li Le's heart. It was because Cheng Qiao treated Li Le as her own sister.
If it were her, I'm sorry, she really couldn't do it. How could a sister-in-law support her younger sister-in-law to go to school, and let her go to high school? But Cheng Qiao did it.
"I'm going to find my second sister-in-law."
Seeing that Jiang Meili didn't say anything, Li Le turned around and tried to leave, but was pulled back by Li Bing: "Le Le, go take a shower and change your clothes first. Your future father-in-law will come to propose to you later."
"What? I won't marry."
But she remembered what her second sister-in-law had told her, that the country would reform and open up in the future, and maybe she would be able to go to university. She wanted to go to university instead of getting married.
"You are already nineteen years old this year. When your second sister-in-law was nineteen, she was already pregnant with little Cheng Li."
"I won't marry."
Li Le was stunned for a moment, but still turned around and left stubbornly. Finally, he found Cheng Qiao in the kitchen. He hugged Cheng Qiao and started sobbing, which scared Cheng Qiao who was cooking.
"What's wrong? I just heard you yelling and screaming, why are you crying again now?"
"Second sister-in-law, I don't want to get married."
"So that's what it is. If you don't want to get married, you can get engaged first, and then get married when you want to."
"But...but I want to go to college."
"You can study even if you are married, or even if you have children."
"Really? It's still possible."
"Of course, you remember Chen Damao and your second brother. Aren't they both married? Your second brother is the father of five children, and he is still studying."
Li Le burst into laughter at this time. To be honest, she quite liked Qin Guoqing. This guy looked stupid, but he was actually a caring and considerate person.
"Be good, go wash your face, comb your hair, and change into a dress. You're a grown-up girl now, you should dress up to look good, right?"
Li Le went back to her room obediently. Li Bing stood in the yard with unspeakable loss in his eyes. He missed Li Le's growth, and this sister had forgotten him.
When Qin Daqiang and Qin Guoqing arrived at Li's house, Li Le had already changed into a white dress with red floral patterns that Cheng Qiao had bought for her. The plain dress lit up the entire room.
"LeLe, you are so pretty..."
Qin Guoqing stared at Li Le intently. This was the first time that Li Le wore a skirt in front of him. He didn't expect that Lele in a skirt would be so... He couldn't find any adjectives.
"Hello, mother-in-law."
Qin Daqiang wanted to beat his son to death because he was always surprised by things. His future daughter-in-law was pretty, but she was still not as good as Cheng Qiao. Why didn't he seem so surprised? He really deserved a beating.
He completely forgot that Lele was the apple of Qin Guoqing's eye. Even though she was not good-looking, she was still beautiful in Qin Guoqing's heart. Cheng Qiao was his sister-in-law and their identities were completely different.
"Hey, my father-in-law is here, please take a seat."
When Li's mother first met Qin Daqiang, she thought this man was very fierce, no wonder he could be the head of a regiment. However, today her father-in-law came wearing a white shirt instead of a military uniform.
In this way, their family can be more low-key in the village. Otherwise, it would be too high-profile and easily attract other people's attention, which is not good.
Just based on this point, Li's mother had a much better impression of Qin Daqiang. She thought her daughter would not suffer if she married into such a family.
"Mother-in-law, I'm a soldier and I'm not used to beating around the bush. This is the betrothal gift from my Qin family to Comrade Li Le. As for when they will get married, it's up to Comrade Li Le."
Looking at the one thousand yuan on the table, Li's mother's hands began to tremble. Which girl could get one thousand yuan as a dowry? It was really too much. She didn't have that much money for a dowry.
"Mother-in-law, the betrothal gift is 300 yuan. The extra money is for the three-turn one-ring ticket. If it's not enough, you can add it yourself. And this ticket, I got it with great difficulty, you can't lose it."
Li Bing shook his head in his heart. His captain, you are not here to give a betrothal gift, you are here to steal the bride. You don't look happy at all. However, he was also surprised by his own mother's behavior. She actually nodded happily.
"Hey, I agreed. No, I have to ask my daughter."
Li's mother smiled happily. After deducting the 300 yuan for the betrothal gift, the money would definitely not be enough to buy the three-turn and one-ring gift. She could add the remaining amount and it could be considered as a dowry.
"LeLe, speak up."
Seeing Li Le's embarrassed look, Li's mother pushed her with amusement. Where had her usual tiger strength gone? She was like a tiger in the hole and a mouse outside the hole. She was so useless.
"I...I..."
Looking at Li Le's blushing face, Qin Guoqing felt reluctant. Lele was still young, why was he forcing her like this? But before he could say anything, he was hit by Qin Daqiang.
Qin Guoqing felt like he was hit on the head, but he dared not say anything. Seeing Qin Guoqing's distorted expression, Li Le smiled. All his shyness disappeared, and he nodded in agreement.
"I agree to get engaged first. As for marriage, can I wait until I have a job before getting married?"
Qin Guoqing was stunned for a moment. Engagement seemed a little beyond his expectations, but he didn't dare to refute it. He could only laugh awkwardly. When he laughed, everyone laughed, and the whole Li family was filled with laughter.
"Aunt, why don't you wait until I'm in high school and find a job before getting married? I'll go make money and use the money to buy dowry for you."
Xuhui stood up. He was three years younger than Li Le and was also a sixteen-year-old boy. When Qin Guoqing saw Xuhui, he became nervous all over.
Although Xuhui is nominally Li Huan's eldest son, they have no blood relationship at all. What if... what if this kid falls in love with Lele?
You have to know that these aunt and niece grew up together as childhood sweethearts. They go to school together, eat together, go home together, and work together every day. They have a very deep relationship.
Qin Daqiang also felt the crisis. He clenched and relaxed his hands, relaxed and clenched again. Whose child is this? Why is he so bad? He clearly knew that his son liked Lele, but he still came to make trouble.
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