Chapter 99 Lu Bailing is engaged
Shen Jiale analyzed the situation for Lu Bailing.
Zhou Jianghai is a soldier, and the marriage partner must be 85 years old before he can file a marriage report.
Even if the marriage is settled, it will take two years before the wedding can be held.
During this period, Lu Bailing can continue to study.
The one in the neighboring village is not necessarily the same. How could he wait so long when he gave such a large gift?
Another advantage of choosing Zhou Jianghai is that there is only one elder in the Zhou family, Grandma Zhou, who is kind and there is no conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Zhou Jianghai only has a few holidays every year, and Lu Bailing can arrange the rest of the time freely.
It is also possible to continue to go to school.
Lu Bailing was moved by Shen Jiale's words and said to Shen Jiale, "As long as he promises to let me continue my studies, I will agree."
Shen Jiale asked her to talk to Zhou Jianghai by herself.
Lu Bailing was a little timid.
She didn't know how to get along with Zhou Jianghai now.
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The matchmaker from the neighboring village came to Lu's house again, and this time he brought a young man for a blind date.
The young man didn't look very old.
The matchmaker said he was 85 years old and 175cm tall.
Lu Yongfu was very satisfied. He was good-looking and his family was rich.
The matchmaker said that the man's grandfather was in poor health and was anxious to have a great-grandson. He hoped to hold the wedding in the first month of the year and the family had prepared everything.
Liang Qiaoli saw that he was good-looking, but far inferior to Zhou Jianghai.
She insisted on waiting for her daughter to see him. If her daughter was willing, she would not object.
Grandma Zhou also came to wait for the Lu family's reply.
Everyone was waiting for Lu Bailing to give an answer.
But Lu Bailing was sick.
Usually, Lu Bailing got up and washed before dawn, but today there was no movement at all.
Shen Jiale pushed the door open and saw Lu Bailing's face flushed on the bed. The window in the room was half open.
Guess she must have been unable to sleep last night, so she opened the window for fresh air and forgot to close it.
Reached out and touched Lu Bailing's forehead.
It was hot.
He quickly called Lu Mingfeng over.
Shen Jiale woke up Lu Bailing, dressed her, and asked Lu Mingfeng to take her to the hospital.
Zhou Jianghai waited for news at home today, but his grandmother didn't come back.
Could it be that the Lu family didn't agree with this marriage?
When Grandma Zhou came back, she told him that Lu Bailing had a fever.
Zhou Jianghai immediately ran to Lu Mingfeng's house.
Shen Jiale pushed the bicycle out to him: "Go see her, she also has something to say to you. It's this time, you don't have to hide it anymore."
Zhou Jianghai thanked her, rode his bicycle and quickly headed for the town.
The doctor said that Lu Bailing just had a cold, prescribed antipyretic medicine, and could go back after observing in the hospital for a while.
When Zhou Jianghai arrived, he saw Lu Bailing sitting alone on a chair in the hospital, leaning against the wall, exhausted.
He walked to Lu Bailing, raised his hand and touched her forehead, the temperature was normal.
He asked: "Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
Lu Bailing raised her eyes: "No, I just feel weak."
"Where's Mingfeng?"
"We didn't eat, my second brother went to buy food."
Zhou Jianghai sat on a chair and waited with Lu Bailing.
Soon, Lu Mingfeng came back.
He gave Lu Bailing two vegetable buns, and Lu Mingfeng gave two buns in his hand to Zhou Jianghai.
Zhou Jianghai pushed it away: "I've eaten, you eat."
The Zhou family has already proposed marriage, and his wife also analyzed it for him last night. It's
not that his sister has no feelings for Zhou Jianghai.
It's just that she has never thought about it in this way.
Rather than letting his sister marry someone she doesn't know, it's better to let her marry Zhou Jianghai and feel at ease.
However, Lu Mingfeng was still angry that Zhou Jianghai didn't tell him before he proposed marriage.
"Why did you propose marriage so suddenly? Bailing was not prepared at all. You can see that she was scared and sick."
Zhou Jianghai apologized, "I was rude. I heard from the villagers that the matchmaker from the neighboring village came to your house and was afraid that your family would agree."
"If you had this intention, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Zhou Jianghai thought to himself, if he had told me earlier, he would have been waiting for a fist.
"Bai Ling is still young. I want to wait until she grows up before proposing to her. I heard that the family gave a betrothal gift of 500 yuan. I didn't bring that much money this time, so I will make up the difference when I go back."
Having said that, Lu Bailing plucked up the courage to ask, "Can I continue my studies in the future?"
Zhou Jianghai said, "Of course you can. Studying is a good thing. In the past, I always asked you to study hard, but you never listened. Now you finally know the benefits of studying. Of course, I will fully support you. I will be responsible for your tuition in the future."
Hearing that Zhou Jianghai did not object to her studying, Lu Bailing's face turned slightly red.
"I don't need you to pay for tuition, I can make money too." Her mother saved all the money she made with her mother.
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Liang Qiaoli and Zhou Min were waiting for Lu Bailing to come back at Shen Jiale's place.
In the old house, the matchmaker and the blind date boy had not left yet, Lu Yongfu and Lu Mingqi were talking to them.
Lu Mingqi got instructions from his wife and asked about the young man's family situation.
He learned that the young man had eight sisters, all of whom loved their younger brother very much, and the betrothal money this time was paid by the eight sisters together.
It was almost noon when Liang Qiaoli came back and pulled Lu Yongfu into the house.
"Send the matchmaker away, Bailing is seeing Zhou Jianghai."
Lu Yongfu pulled his wife and said, "Don't you want a 500 yuan betrothal gift?"
"The Zhou family has given so much. Jiang Hai didn't bring much money this time. He will make up for it after returning to the army. In the future, they will also pay for Bailing's studies."
When Lu Yongfu heard that the Zhou family had also given so much money, he immediately smiled: "You should have said it earlier. It's better for my daughter to marry in this village. I'll ask them to go back now."
Liang Qiaoli said: "I'll make it clear that no matter how much Bailing's betrothal gift is, you will have to give it to her in the future. Don't think of using this betrothal gift to subsidize Mingxuan."
Now when Lu Mingxuan is mentioned again, Lu Yongfu can only feel disappointed: "What's the point of giving him my daughter's betrothal gift? He's a useless thing. He has stayed at home for so long and did nothing. He just lies in bed every day."
If Tian Liping hadn't grown garlic sprouts to supplement the family income, the whole family would have starved.
Look at her two sons, the couple is united, their life is so happy, without so many messy things.
How could she feel that her sons were not as good as Lu Mingxuan in every way.
With her husband's words, Liang Qiaoli felt relieved.
After Lu Yongfu went out, he told the two that his daughter wanted to study and did not want to find a partner for the time being.
The matchmaker said that it was useless for girls to study, and Lu Yongfu retorted: "Since you think studying is useless, then you can find an illiterate girl."
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Lu Bailing nodded, and the two families sat together to discuss, choose a date, ask the village chief to be a witness, and give a betrothal gift to settle the marriage.
However, before the engagement, Zhou Jianghai received a notice from the army that there was an urgent mission and he was asked to rush back to the army immediately.
His comrades were already waiting, so Zhou Jianghai could only hurriedly say goodbye to Lu Bailing. He
asked Lu Bailing to wait for him to come back.
Before Lu Bailing had time to say a few words of farewell, Zhou Jianghai quickly ran to his comrades.
He thought that Zhou Jianghai's return to the army would not lead to the marriage, but Grandma Zhou still invited the village chief to the Lu family on the day of the engagement, and brought the betrothal gifts to propose marriage.
The Lu family also expressed understanding.
In this way, Lu Bailing had a fiancé.