Hua Kai was secretly thinking, "Holy crap! You went to the river again? Did the river curse you?"
She said to Lu Xin, "I'm sorry, I really don't have anything to talk to you about alone. Like I said, if you have any questions about studying, come to my house and ask me. I'm not interested in anything else."
Lu Xin simply couldn't understand Hua Kai's attitude: "Hua Kai, what's wrong with you? Why don't I recognize you anymore?"
Hua Kai said, "People change, and you will too. Now is a crucial time for you to study, so focus on your studies. I'm going home now, bye-bye."
After saying that, Hua Kai rode away on her bicycle, leaving Lu Xin looking puzzled.
Lu Xin really didn't understand. Everything was fine before, so what went wrong? He had always thought that as long as he pursued Hua Kai, she would agree. But why wouldn't she even look at him now? Did she meet a better guy in high school?
She didn't care about the blooming flowers. She went home, cleaned the house, and thought that there were many people in Li Jing's family who did farm work. There were five older brothers, and it was never the women's turn to work in the fields. Since it was a holiday, she promised to stay at home, so she took her things and went to Li Jing's house.
When they arrived at Li Jing's house, as soon as they entered, they were greeted by Jiang Lanfeng seeing off an older woman wearing red gloves.
When Jiang Lanfeng saw the flowers blooming, she said that Li Jing was inside and told her to go in first while she saw the guests off.
Hua Kai remembered that people wearing red gloves in the countryside were often matchmakers, and she had a bad feeling, so she quickly went inside.
Li Jing, dressed neatly, sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and sighed.
When Li Jing saw Hua Kai, her expression was somewhat complicated: "Hua Kai, you're here. How should I explain this to you?"
Hua Kai was even more certain of her guess: "Li Jing, did you go on a blind date?" As she spoke, she casually put the things she was holding on the table.
Li Jing stood up and walked to Hua Kai's side: "I didn't want to either, but he's my sister-in-law's cousin, so my mom couldn't refuse and said to let's see how it goes."
Hua Kai was nervous because of the timing. If the blind date went well and she got married at the end of the year, it would be to the person mentioned in the original owner's diary, who was not a good match.
She was really scared and grabbed Li Jing's hand: "Then just say you don't like that guy. It's the 1990s now, you can't arrange marriages anymore, right?"
"Huakai, how should I put it? I've met that person, and he doesn't seem to have any major problems. The main issue is that he's my sister-in-law's relative. My sister-in-law and my mother don't get along very well to begin with. If I just say no to this, wouldn't that make things even more difficult for my mother?"
“Li Jing, this is a matter of your whole life. Feng Gu isn’t a fool. She will care about your feelings.”
"Then I also have to consider my mom's feelings?"
"What are you talking about, feelings or not?" Jiang Lanfeng saw the matchmaker off and went inside.
Hua Kai walked up to Jiang Lanfeng and asked, "Aunt Feng, could you please not let Li Jing get married so early?"
Jiang Lanfeng laughed when she heard this: "You silly girl, why are you acting like a child? You're in school and not in a hurry to get married, and Li Jing isn't in school either. If you meet someone suitable, you'll have to keep an eye on them. What will you do if you don't get married? Can you live at your parents' house forever?"
Hua Kai earnestly said to Jiang Lanfeng, "Aunt Feng, the country is developing so fast now, it's not like women can't earn money. If Li Jing learns a skill in the future, she'll be able to marry into a higher social class, won't she?"
Jiang Lanfeng was silent for a while before saying, "Huakai, I know you care about Li Jing, but it's not that simple. We don't have any capable relatives in our family. We're just relying on me and your uncle to send Li Jing out to learn a trade. If she studies hard and is ambitious, we'll guarantee she'll get into university. But if she doesn't get into high school, then we'll have to accept her fate."
Hua Kai sighed and said, "Feng Gu, what's with all this talk about accepting fate? Even in our family, we didn't accept fate. Feng Gu, can you give Li Jing a chance? Let's postpone this marriage for now."
"Huakai, are you sick? What business is it of yours to meddle in our family affairs? There's a saying that it's better to tear down a temple than to break up a marriage. Why are you interfering in other people's relationships?" An arrogant voice came in first, followed by a young woman in a red cloth shirt with her hands in her pockets.
"Sister-in-law, don't misunderstand, it's not what you think," Li Jing hurriedly explained to the woman who had just entered.
Hearing Li Jing call her "sister-in-law," Hua Kai knew who this person was—Li Jing's sister-in-law, Feng Ying, the one who introduced Li Jing to the man.
Hua Kai wasn't very nice to Feng Ying. How could she not know what kind of person her cousin was? And how could she not know who Li Jing's future mother-in-law was?
Thinking that if Li Jing married that man, she would be constantly harassed by her mother-in-law and tortured to the point of being unrecognizable. Later, the man also frequently beat Li Jing, making her life worse than death. At this moment, Hua Kai had only one thought: this marriage could not go through.
She said to Feng Ying, "I'm Li Jing's good friend. She's not of legal marriage age yet, so what's wrong with advising her not to rush into marriage? Don't rush to scold me. Can you put your hand on your heart and say that you didn't have any ulterior motives in playing matchmaker? If you didn't, I'll scold you all you want. But if you did have ulterior motives and played matchmaker for someone you shouldn't have, then you'd better stay away from the rain and not get struck by lightning."
Feng Ying was naturally guilty. She had received benefits from her family. Her cousin was notoriously domineering in their village, and no girl in the village wanted to marry into their family. That's why she set her sights on Li Jing.
However, Feng Ying was no pushover either, and she still raised her head and said, "The groom's family has houses and land, and the dowry is quite generous. Is there anything wrong with this marriage?"
Hua Kai nodded and said, "Then let me ask you, do you want Li Jing to be well? She is your husband's sister-in-law, your husband's own sister."
Feng Ying naturally agreed, saying, "Of course I hope so. How could I not hope for the best for my own sister-in-law?"
Hua Kai said, "Okay, I'm going to open a factory in the city. I'll take Li Jing there later. Isn't the development in the city better than in the village? Li Jing will learn a trade and might stay in the city then."
Feng Ying blinked, somewhat surprised, and after a while said, "Don't talk nonsense. You own a factory? You're only in your first year of high school. Who are you trying to fool?"
Hua Kai said, "You know Captain Ye, right? I'm his partner, and he has the capital. You've heard, haven't you? He brought my brother and me back the day before yesterday. If we weren't doing business together, why would he bring me back?"
Feng Ying still didn't believe it: "You have no money and no skills, why would anyone cooperate with you? Even if you're doing this for Li Jing, this lie is too fake."
Hua Kai was surprised that Feng Ying knew so much. She said, "Well then, if I can prove that what I said is true, then you are not allowed to interfere in Li Jing's marriage anymore."
Feng Ying didn't believe Hua Kai's words at all, so of course she dared to agree: "Okay, then if you're lying, Li Jing has to marry my cousin."
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