Chapter 5: Proposal

After everyone was busy with their own things, Gu's mother found Gu Ye and said to him seriously:

"Don't take your sister-in-law's affairs seriously. Your father and I are both in good health. You see, we don't have to spend any money on your wedding. When the third brother gets married, we can think about renovating the house."

"Youyou is a good girl. You two just got married and you will be in the army. Our parents won't be able to come over to take care of you. You should just live your own life first, okay?"

Gu Ye nodded slightly: "I know, I won't worry about it, but what my sister-in-law said makes sense. The house at home needs to be repaired. I will send more money back when I go there."

"What are you sending? You are the only one in the family who has a promising future. You can't expect to raise your elder brother and younger brother by yourself, okay?"

"Your father and I are not old enough to work, so take care of yourself first."

Knowing that Gu Ye is filial, but also has his own ideas, Gu's mother is afraid that he will be really disappointed with his family and stop associating with them.

As for the eldest son’s wife, if she is still so restless and insists on cheating the second son’s money.

Rather than waiting for the relationship between the three brothers to be worn out like this, the second brother would be disappointed with his family. Not to mention helping his brothers, he might even be disappointed with himself.

It would be better to separate the family sooner!

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In the countryside, people go to work mainly based on the time of sunrise and sunset.

It is a hot day now, and it is bright at six o'clock. Everyone has to gather at the Labor Square at half past six and start a day's work.

We didn't get off work until it was almost dark in the afternoon.

With such high-intensity labor, people generally don’t have any entertainment activities on hot days. After eating, they clean up, take a shower and go to bed.

So does Gu Ye.

After everyone in the family had finished washing, he fetched two buckets of well water, washed his body and felt much cooler, then went back to the house to sleep.

Although he did not train or work today, he went to the county town to do some work for the team and experienced that incident in the afternoon, and his work and rest schedule was already very good.

I am the type who can fall asleep in seconds as soon as I close my eyes.

I thought it would be the same today.

Who would have thought that it had been almost half an hour since I closed my eyes, but I still wasn't sleepy at all.

The katydids and toads outside the house were chirping, which was annoying.

Gu Ye frowned and turned over.

There is no electric fan at home, but the summer nights in the countryside are actually quite cool. But today it is extremely hot.

heat!

I finally fell asleep, but the scenes in my dream were even more exciting.

I don’t know if it’s because it just happened in the afternoon, but everything in the dream seemed so real.

Senses, touch, hearing.

Even the tears in her eyes and her thin voice when she bit her lips and said it hurt made Gu Ye believe that everything was real.

I was already very angry.

Someone who did nothing during the day but felt guilty because of her resentful eyes, couldn't restrain himself at all in the dream and vented his anger.

Since he was blamed for bullying her, he might as well make it real.

"Second brother, get up! We have to go to my second sister-in-law's house to propose marriage today!"

In the kitchen, Gu's mother got up early this morning and was chopping vegetables in the kitchen with a loud clanging sound.

Breakfast is ready, but the second child, who usually gets up the earliest, is still motionless today.

Mother Gu was shocked and thought, this kid will regret it.

It really can't be blamed on Gu's mother to speculate about her son like this. It's just that Gu Ye was too negative about blind dates and marriage before!

This made Gu's mother always feel uneasy.

It just so happened that the third child at home was fluttering around like a fly in front of her eyes, which made her very annoyed, so she simply asked him to go and wake up Gu Ye.

"Well, get up right away."

Being interrupted at the critical moment, Gu Ye suddenly opened his eyes.

Frowning, I can't wear these pants today.

Need to change!

Even the bed sheets had to be changed.

With a gloomy face, Gu Ye changed his clothes and bed sheets and walked out of the room.

Breakfast at home is simple: a large bowl of thin sweet potato porridge, a cornmeal steamed bun for each person, and a plate of stir-fried wild vegetables.

Cornmeal is ground too coarsely and it will irritate your throat if you don’t eat it with porridge.

But such a breakfast is already the best in their village.

"Why did my second brother wash the sheets this morning?"

"It's hot, it's all sweat, it smells."

When Boss Gu heard this, he instantly lost interest.

He just thought that his second brother had some exciting dream last night, but now it seems that he was overthinking.

Gu's mother was also disappointed.

She knew that her son was "not capable of that".

well.

Gu Ye's face also looked ugly. He frowned and wondered what someone had added to the drink he drank yesterday that the effect of the medicine was so long-lasting.

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After dinner, Gu's mother and the others set out to go to Captain Shen's house to propose marriage.

Gu Ye brought two cans of meat with him on this visit, as well as the eggs that his family had saved. Gu's mother also brought some cash, which was the gift for proposing marriage.

Seeing the canned meat, Jin Fengyan pursed her lips.

This can of meat was distributed by his army and cannot be bought anywhere else.

She originally planned to bring it back to her parents' home for her family to try.

result.......

Gu Ye didn't notice Jin Fengyan's expression. What he was thinking was that he should have bought these things himself, but now he still had to get them from home.

"I'll give the money to mom when I come back later."

"Well, the betrothal gift was originally paid by us as parents. What are you thinking? Besides, this gift money was originally sent back by you before. We have been saving it and waiting for today."

The family savings were suddenly reduced by more than half, and Mother Gu must be feeling very sad.

Moreover, you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child. She has always known that there is a rift between the second child and the family. Especially at times like this, she has to be more careful.

But more of it is happiness!

When speaking, the ending tone is always rising.

Shen Dahe's family also got up early and were particularly busy today.

Chen Cuijuan, in particular, got up before dawn and asked the whole family to clean the house thoroughly. Even the cups on the table in the main room were replaced with cups and bowls without chips.

And there is Shen Zhiyou.

Normally I don't want my daughter to get up too early, but today I made up my mind, woke her up, asked her to wash her face carefully, and braid her hair into two big pigtails.

She changed into the pink plaid shirt and pants that she had never worn before, and the new cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles that Grandma Shen had made for her.

Everything is ready, except for the Gu family to come and propose marriage.

Shen Zhiyou didn't feel much at first, but when she saw that her family members took it so seriously, she also became nervous.

“Here it comes!”

Shen Guowang, who was sent by Chen Cuijuan to keep watch, ran back with a big laugh, saying "coming, coming" repeatedly. Everyone understood that it was Gu Ye and his friends who came to propose marriage!

"Hurry up and check Youyou's braids. Are they loose?"

The clothes were not wrinkled, but Chen Cuijuan still pulled Shen Zhiyou's shirt and said with a smile: "Tomorrow, Mom will take you to the county town to buy you a new red dress for our wedding!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Ye and others arrived.

Her daughter suddenly came to her senses and stopped clamoring to marry Jiang Wenbin and was willing to marry Gu Ye. Chen Cuijuan wanted to send her to the Shen family with drums and gongs at night.

And Gu's mother was only more anxious than Chen Cuijuan!

I don't know what's wrong with the second son, he's finally getting married. If Gu Ye wasn't in the army, it would be very troublesome to get married. He would have to go back to register his marriage first, and the spouse would have to pass the political review before getting the marriage certificate. Gu's mother wanted to force them to get it done today.

It’s best to get married quickly and have a baby this year.

When they become parents, they will understand their parents' good intentions.

The two equally anxious mothers saw each other as if they were seeing real sisters.

Gu Ye and Shen Zhiyou didn't even get a chance to say a word before they decided everything!

But there is a variable.

Chen Cuijuan and her family originally thought that after their daughter got married and Gu Ye returned to the army, she would be able to live at home as before.

Although the incident happened suddenly, Chen Cuijuan found out everything she needed to know yesterday afternoon.

Gu Jianguo and his wife always told others that the second child in the family was the most promising and they loved him the most.

But what they do is really different from what they say.

If he really loved the second child the most, would he let Gu Ye live in the smallest storage room in the house?

So after getting married, you have to live in the woman’s house.

But this is also a good thing. Chen Cuijuan and her family originally wanted to find a son-in-law who would live with the family, and they would feel at ease knowing their daughter was under their supervision.

But now Gu Ye suddenly said that Shen Zhiyou could go with him to join the army.

Once there, the organization will try its best to arrange jobs for military wives.

Chen Cuijuan was very conflicted again.

If he follows the army, wouldn't it be difficult for him to come back once a year?

But it would actually be better for Shen Zhiyou to go with the army.

Chen Cuijuan is reluctant to leave her daughter, but she also hopes that her daughter can live a better life.

Chen Cuijuan still felt upset. In the end, she had said that she would take Shen Zhiyou to the county to buy clothes tomorrow, but suddenly it became Gu Ye and Shen Zhiyou going to the county town to buy things together today.

Since it's a marriage proposal, the betrothal gifts and other things must be in place today.

In addition to the canned meat, Gu's mother did not hide anything and took out a handkerchief that she had used for who knows how many years from her pocket.

He opened it carefully and handed it to Chen Cuijuan: "Although the matter is urgent, we are all open-minded people who understand the rules. We will definitely give you what you need and will never let our girl down.

The time is too tight to do it. Here are two hundred yuan. I'm telling you the truth. This money was sent back by Gu Ye over the past few years. Take it, dear."

two hundred!

Jin Fengyan’s eyes almost popped out.

Why do you need so much money to marry a wife?