Chapter 6 006 Village Chief Hu Zhigang
If what she expected was true, the people outside the door should be Bai Yichen and the person he brought to propose marriage.
When my younger brothers and sisters come back, they usually don’t knock on the door, but just push it open and come in. Their shabby little yard is so poor that they can hardly even feed the mice, so they usually don't close the door during the day.
Chen Hongyan was lying on the bed, still coughing and gasping while speaking to others to reassure them.
"Xin'er, go see who's here!"
No one has come to their small courtyard for a long time, and Mother An has been feeling a sense of inexplicable anticipation for the visitors.
"Mom, don't worry about it. I'll go open the door. My friends should be here."
An Xin came to the door and opened it while answering her mother in the room.
She was already lying sick in bed, looking like she was about to die, but she was still worrying so much about family matters. An Xin couldn't help but sigh, how much worry this old mother had for her siblings.
The door opened, just in time to see Bai Yichen with a cold face and a group of village cadres standing at the door. An Xin hurriedly spoke to everyone.
"Everyone, come inside!"
After saying that, he raised his head and unexpectedly met Bai Yichen's ink-black eyes, which were as deep as a secret and as secretive as a mystery.
An Xin's face turned red inadvertently. The village cadres looked at each other and smiled tacitly, thinking that it was just the interest between the young couple. After all, they had already done that kind of thing, so why should they be shy?
The village cadres walked into the An family courtyard with a happy look on their faces. Bai Yichen walked to the end, turned his head to glance at the blushing little woman, and said slowly.
"Let's go in!"
He went to the An family to propose marriage as promised, but made the little woman feel embarrassed.
Who was it that said without blushing or beating of the heart and brazenly said that he loved that skinny guy named Zhang Fan?
Love him...can he believe it?
An Xin didn't expect Bai Yichen to look at her so straight. As soon as she raised her head, she was met with his sharp gaze. She was so scared that she lowered her head again and stammered.
“Let’s go…let’s go!”
The two stood side by side, and no one knew what An Xin was thinking at the moment. She actually felt like escaping, so she strode into the house.
The man with a puzzled expression was left standing at the gate of the yard, looking at An Xin's receding back and shaking his head helplessly.
Hu Zhigang, the village chief of Chahe Village, was a short and strong middle-aged man. As soon as he walked into the house, he spoke loudly towards the inner room.
"Mr. An, there's a happy event today. Do you mind if I come to your house?"
Although he asked if they minded, Hu Zhigang greeted everyone on his own, found some stools, and sat everyone down in the room.
They accepted Bai Yichen's generous gift today to propose marriage, and they are also village cadres, so naturally they did not consider themselves outsiders.
Anyway, the Lao An family has orphans and a widow, and no one will take care of them, so they have to take care of themselves.
When An Xin walked into the house, she heard her mother Chen Hongyan's weak voice coming from the inner room.
"Oh, how could I mind? Village officials, please take a seat. I'll be right out."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something and instructed An Xin again.
"Xin'er, hurry up and pour some water for the guests."
No one had visited their home for a long time, and unexpectedly so many people came. Almost all the village cadres were present. How could Chen Hongyan not be happy?
Hearing that her old mother was about to come out, how could An Xin go to get some water? He rushed into the inner room, helped Chen Hongyan out, and found a stool for her to sit on.
So what? Today, Bai Yichen brought these village cadres here to discuss her lifelong event. As her mother and the well-deserved elder of the An family, Chen Hongyan must be aware of this matter.
After An Xin took good care of his mother, he was busy pouring boiled water for the village cadres. A poor family like theirs naturally had no tea.
When Bai Yichen walked in, he saw An Xin had already poured boiled water for the village cadres. When she saw him come in, she just handed the teacup in her hand to him.
The man took the boiled water from An Xin's hand calmly, walked slowly to the village chief, found a broken stool and sat down. His movements were so natural and smooth. He seemed like the master of the house, and didn't even mind a little dust on the stool.
Seeing that almost everyone had sat down, Hu Zhigang began to talk about the purpose of his visit today. He looked at the sick Chen Hongyan and spoke slowly.
"Old An family, I came here today on behalf of someone to formally propose marriage to your family and marry your eldest daughter An Xin to Bai Yichen, the captain of the exploration team."
Having said that, Hu Zhigang glanced at An Xin with an ambiguous expression, then glanced at Bai Yichen and continued.
"Young people, when they fall in love with each other, it's inevitable that they will be a little impulsive. But, these are all important. Anyway, we came here today to talk about their marriage."
The news about what happened between An Xin and Bai Yichen in the morning had already spread throughout the village. Hu Zhigang tried his best to make the matter between them as vague as possible and focus on their relationship.
Since both of them said that they were in love and were attracted to each other, as the village chief, he would do his best to bring the two together and cover up the matter.
Otherwise, if this incident gets out, he will have no chance of participating in the selection of outstanding village cadres in the town at the end of the year.
"What?"
Chen Hongyan didn't expect that the village cadres would not only not come to their house, but would directly propose marriage to their family as soon as they came.
Also, what’s going on between Bai Yichen and An Xin? Didn’t An Xin have close contact with that guy named Zhang Fan before? That boy came to our house a few times, calling me "Auntie" all the time so sweetly!
How come in the blink of an eye, Hu Zhigang said that her An Xin and Bai Yichen fell in love with each other and were planning to get married!
Seeing An's mother's puzzled look, all the village cadres looked at An Xin. An Xin immediately understood, lowered her head, and explained in a low voice to her mother.
"Mom, it's like this..."
An Xin made up a story that she and Zhang Fan were friends, and that she and Bai Yichen were in love, omitting what happened between her and Bai Yichen in the morning.
In short, these few simple lies summarized the fact that she and Bai Yichen were in love.
Bai Yichen sat quietly in the corner, listening to An Xin's serious nonsense, and couldn't help but silently praise this girl's shamelessness in his heart. If you are so good at bragging, why don't you write a novel?
Of course, due to the current situation being stronger than the person, Bai Yichen could only accept the lies An Xin told.
Chen Hongyan listened to her daughter's words silently, and finally asked uncertainly.
"So you have decided to marry Bai Yichen?"
Originally, it was a good thing that the daughter could get married, but suddenly a new man appeared. They had never met this man before, let alone could not meet him.
Although Chen Hongyan didn't know what Bai Yichen, who was engaged in exploration, did, her intuition told her that Bai Yichen definitely had a stable job. She couldn't help but worry about her daughter.
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