Jiang Jinxiu couldn't believe that Liu Jianjun would accept his fate so readily.
Sure enough, after a short while, he pulled He Mei up and solemnly said, "Village Chief, He Mei and I are actually dating. Our families have already informed us, and they will be sending the betrothal money soon."
My mother will likely come to help with the marriage proposal as well. If you send us to the militia, how are we supposed to face anyone afterwards?
This move left everyone around speechless, even He Mei, who was standing to the side, was stunned.
Song Wan'er stopped crying and looked at him in disbelief.
Wasn't she Liu's mother's favorite daughter-in-law? How could she not know when he sent a letter back home?
She wanted to clarify: "Brother Jianjun, when did you send a letter home? How come I didn't know? Aren't you dating me?"
Song Wan'er's three consecutive questions once again stirred up a storm among the crowd.
"Yes, wasn't Liu's girlfriend Song? They were inseparable when they went to work."
"Yes, I saw it too. Liu, the educated youth, even helped Song, the educated youth, harvest rice."
"Yes, I also saw Song, the educated youth, wiping Liu's sweat."
"So, does that mean Liu, the educated youth, cheated on his wife and acted like a hooligan?"
...
The words of the crowd were like needles, piercing Song Wan'er's heart.
She looked at Liu Jianjun with tears in her eyes: "Brother Jianjun, are you not going to let me go?"
Liu Jianjun frowned: "Don't be ridiculous, I've always considered you my sister."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Jinxiu, who was standing on the periphery, sneered, "What a little sister."
That's what he said to her back then.
Seeing this, He Mei was overjoyed and went over to take Song Wan'er's hand: "Don't worry, sister, I will treat you well in the future."
Song Wan'er couldn't accept this fact, and she cried as she pushed through the crowd and ran away.
Then He Mei said to the village chief with a wronged expression, "Village chief, you watched me grow up. Don't you know who I am? I also like Jianjun. We are dating normally, which is why I couldn't help myself. Jianjun has met my parents, and they agree to our relationship."
After saying that, she winked at her parents.
After receiving her message, her parents quickly chimed in and nodded in agreement.
Actually, they were quite satisfied with having a former educated youth as their son-in-law.
The village chief narrowed his eyes. It's true what they say, girls really do change a lot as they grow up. The well-behaved girl from childhood has now become quite eloquent.
The women's director standing nearby said very seriously, "Whether it's illicit sexual relations or not, we'll find out by going to the militia. There's no need to make such a fuss."
Upon hearing her words, He Mei's tears flowed freely again.
Liu Jianjun quickly explained, "Village chief, women's director, we really didn't have any illicit relationships. We were dating seriously. As you know, dating inevitably involves physical contact. We were just too happy last night and couldn't control ourselves."
Everyone felt restless upon hearing this, and if they couldn't control themselves, they could run to the threshing ground and roll haystacks until dawn.
Everyone thought they were incredibly brave and knew how to have fun.
The village chief didn't want things to escalate, as that would only bring shame to the entire Gu family village.
So he gave Liu Jianjun and He Mei a firm order: since they were dating and this had happened, and things had already escalated to the point where it was a fait accompli, they should hurry up and get married. Everyone had seen it.
The two nodded in agreement and promised to go to the village committee office to get the stamp the next day.
Seeing this, Jiang Jinxiu knew that today's farce would have to come to an end.
However, this is just a pause; who knows what will happen in the future?
After all, there's still Song Wan'er.
Besides, would Liu Jianjun be willing to stay in Gujia Village?
She absolutely refused to believe it.
You should know that he had previously wanted her to ask her father to use his connections to apply to go back.
She was reborn and saw their true colors, which is why she didn't follow the path of her previous life.
However, she felt that today's result was quite good.
Let them lock each other in and hurt each other.
Jiang Jinxiu was in a particularly good mood, humming a song as she continued on her way.
The sun seems to be shining exceptionally brightly and warmly today.
He Mei caught a glimpse of Jiang Jinxiu's departing figure out of the corner of her eye, her eyes filled with hatred.
She had a gut feeling that today's events were definitely related to Jiang Jinxiu.
Jiang Jinxiu had no idea what He Mei was thinking, nor did she care to know; she would be giving He Mei a big gift tonight.
Upon arriving in town, Jiang Jinxiu rode her bicycle directly to the entrance of the police station.
Huang Tao greeted her warmly and turned to pour her some water.
"Don't bother me, I'll leave as soon as I'm done." Jiang Jinxiu stopped him and got straight to the point: "My family calculated yesterday that we need a total of two thousand tiles, but I'd like to buy more, two thousand five hundred, is that okay?"
I'd rather take a little more than have to bother them again next time.
This morning, the eldest and second eldest brothers of the Gu family gave her all the compiled data.
Two thousand five hundred tiles weren't a big problem for Huang Tao; his concern was that they wouldn't have enough: "Is two thousand five hundred enough?"
Jiang Jinxiu knew immediately that he could get more, but too much wouldn't be of much use to her right now. She nodded, "That's enough, thank you."
"Okay, Wu Wen will take you there then."
Jiang Jinxiu nodded and thanked him again before saying goodbye.
She was still thinking about her promise to Wu Wen.
She remembered that when she was walking through the streets and alleys last time, she saw a dilapidated mansion that no one lived in.
She planned to leave the rice there and then have Wu Wen go there to get it.
She found No. 88 Jinlin Lane based on her memory.
The house is quite large and stands alone at the end of the alley.
The inside was covered in signs of vandalism.
Paint was peeling off the walls everywhere.
The yard was overgrown with weeds, even more so than the brick house they had bought.
Jiang Jinxiu was worried that there might be a hornet's nest in the grass, so she didn't go directly through the middle of the original passage, but instead walked along the side corridor.
She found a relatively intact and safe house and placed a thousand kilograms of rice inside.
One bag of rice weighs 100 jin (50 kg), so there are exactly ten bags of rice.
Looking at the bags of rice, Jiang Jinxiu felt quite satisfied.
She praised the oranges in the space, saying, "Not bad, not bad, keep up the good work in the future."
Orange lay on its back, completely ignoring its wretched owner.
I'm exhausted after a busy night.
Jiang Jinxiu didn't care that it ignored her. She simply flashed into her spatial dimension and came out dressed as the ugly girl she had been in at the black market last time.
Upon seeing her outfit, Orange exclaimed in disapproval, "Master, this is so ugly!"
Jiang Jinxiu hugged it to her chest and rubbed it vigorously before slowly saying, "What do you know? This way, others won't recognize it."
After saying that, he took it out of the space: "Put the rice here, keep an eye on it, I'm going to find someone."
With that, she took another big gulp of the spiritual spring water and set off.
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