Lu Yuanchao chuckled and scratched the back of his head, saying, "You all know her, she's Comrade Jia Liqin."
Everyone was stunned. Jia Liqin? From the cowshed?
How could you possibly choose someone from the cowshed? Isn't that just bringing disaster upon the whole family?
"No, I don't agree." Wang Hongmei slammed her hand on the table and stood up agitatedly.
“I disagree too. You should choose someone else to support,” Old Mrs. Lu added.
Although Lu Guoan and his grandfather didn't say anything, their attitude spoke volumes; they also opposed it.
One second she was plotting how to ruin her future brother-in-law's marriage, the next she was overjoyed. Great! She didn't need to rack her brains; the marriage probably wouldn't go through with it.
However, she was also genuinely curious as to why the whole family opposed the marriage, wondering what was wrong with Jia Liqin.
She turned her head and looked at Lu Jiefang with a questioning gaze, but he shook his head at her, indicating that he would talk about it later.
She suppressed her curiosity for the time being and watched the crowd with an air of anticipation.
Lu Yuanchao never expected that his whole family would oppose him. They had always praised Liqin as a good girl behind her back, and he thought that if he wanted to date her, his whole family would support him.
"Why? You all know she's a good girl."
“She’s a good girl, that’s true, but you also know her identity is sensitive. Everyone should distance themselves from them, but you’re rushing to get close to them. If you’re looking for trouble, don’t drag your whole family down with you,” Wang Hongmei said.
Lu Yuanchao frowned. "Our family has been poor farmers for eight generations. Who can say anything? Once I marry her, she will be one of our family members, and her status will naturally be fine."
"Fool, why don't you think that if you really marry her, it won't just mean her identity will be fine, but your identity will also become sensitive?" Lu Guoan said angrily.
Lu Yuanchao was taken aback. His father's words made some sense, but he really liked Comrade Liqin. This was the first time in his life that he had fallen for a girl.
If he couldn't marry her, he felt he'd be destined to be a bachelor for the rest of his life. Thinking this way, he said it.
Lu Guoan was even angrier, "You unfilial son, what kind of man is a man without a wife..."
“Why worry about not having a wife?” Lu Yuanchao replied.
Lu Guoan choked, glared at him, and continued, "Besides Comrade Jia Liqin, there are other good girls in our brigade. Even if there isn't one you like, there are girls from the next brigade and the commune. I'll have your mother and second sister-in-law help you find a couple later."
Zhong Yanling immediately refused, "I really don't have a suitable girl here, I'm afraid I can only rely on you, Auntie."
Lu Guoan was somewhat embarrassed by being rejected so directly.
Wang Hongmei glanced at her future second daughter-in-law before turning to Lu Yuanchao and saying, "Yes, leave this to me. I'll find the most famous matchmaker in the surrounding area to find you a good girl."
Lu Yuanchao refused, "Father, Mother, I've only chosen Comrade Liqin, I don't want anyone else."
Lu Guoan said, "If you don't want it, then forget it. I'd rather you stay single for the rest of your life."
Lu Yuanchao was so angry that he ran out of the house.
He arrived at Lu Yuan's house dejectedly. Upon seeing him, Lu Yuan asked in confusion, "Why do you look like this? Didn't you say you were going to have your aunt find someone to come and arrange a marriage? What happened? Did the woman reject you?"
Lu Yuanchao, with a mournful face, rushed over, wanting a hug for comfort, "Brother Yuan..."
Lu Yuan dodged it.
Lu Yuanchao paused, feeling that his brother Yuan was being incredibly unfair, and rushed over again for a hug, "Brother Yuan!"
Lu Yuan dodged again.
"Alright, get to the point. A grown man shouldn't ramble on like that."
Lu Yuanchao snorted heavily and plopped down under the eaves in a huff.
“It’s not that Liqin disagrees, it’s that my whole family is against it.”
"What? The whole family is against it? That's terrible!"
Lu Yuanchao looked up and said, "Brother Yuan, could you please stop grinning like that when you're talking about how miserable you are? At least show some compassion, okay?"
"become!"
Lu Yuan's expression immediately changed. He wiped the smile off his face, frowned, pursed his lips, and looked at him with great sympathy.
"Wen Chao, you're so pitiful!"
Lu Yuanchao: "..."
Something feels off. It's like he had a terminal illness and was seeing me for the last time before he died.
"Brother Yuan, am I going to die?"
Lu Yuan chuckled. "Alright, it's no big deal. Tell me why your uncles are against it."
"Well, what else could it be? We just feel that Liqin's identity is sensitive and could implicate our family."
Lu Yuan frowned slightly. Did his uncles mind this?
But thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. Even he and his wife can't openly associate with the people in the cowshed right now, let alone anyone else.
He had misunderstood before, assuming that other people's thoughts were the same as his.
Given the special circumstances of their Changhe Brigade, and the fact that the commune members trusted him, his attitude determined the attitudes of many others. He never made things difficult for the people in the cowshed, so the commune members followed suit and did not make things difficult for them either.
This superficial harmony made him naturally overlook the dangerous factors involved.
Furthermore, the fact that the higher-ups never interfered with the cowshed in their brigade also made him realize that he hadn't considered so many concerns.
"You really like Jia Liqin that much, and can't live without her?"
"Yes, it has to be her."
"Even if it might implicate you and your whole family, you still can't live without him?"
Lu Yuanchao was silent for a moment before saying, "I'm not afraid, but if it implicates my whole family, I'll have to give up. But I won't look for anyone else; I'll just stay single for the rest of my life."
Lu Yuan glanced at him sideways, "I didn't realize you were such a romantic. You've only known her for a short time, and you're already saying you'll marry no one but her? Does she even want to?"
"Whether other people like it or not, I do."
"Alright, go back and calm down. Go out with Dongzi to deliver some goods in a few days, and see if you still have this idea after a while before making any further decisions."
Lu Yuan was worried that this was just a momentary impulse on the part of the kid, and that his thoughts might change after he calmed down.
Lu Yuanchao came dejectedly and returned dejectedly.
When they got home, Zhong Yanling hadn't left yet, and the two happened to meet outside the courtyard gate.
Lu Yuanchao glanced at the twilight sky. Why weren't they home yet? Were they going to stay at their house tonight?
"Second sister-in-law."
He called out dejectedly and tried to slip past the gate into the courtyard.
"Wait a moment!"
Zhong Yanling was waiting for him at the door. She had just heard from Lu Jiefang that the girl he had his eye on was a cowshed sent down for reform through labor.
Such a status is indeed sensitive; anyone who gets involved with it will be in trouble.
However, she would be more than happy if this person were her future brother-in-law.
"Young man, don't you want to marry that Comrade Jia? I have a way that can help you without implicating your family."
"Really? What's the method?" Lu Yuanchao was overjoyed.
Zhong Yanling looked around to make sure no one was there before whispering, "Sever ties!"
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