"Which step?" Shen Xingchen couldn't help but become serious when he heard what Mai Laosan said.

"It's just being beaten up by wheat ears."

When Mai Laosan said this, he didn't blush or feel nervous, and he tried his best to pretend that everything was normal.

Mai Hongcai also added: "That's right! This is the rule of our Mai family. If you have never been beaten, you will never be considered one of us!

Brother Shen, I have actually recognized you a long time ago, so I wanted to help you complete this last step and become a real family with me, especially with my sister."

"Yes." Mai Lao San also bewitched, "Xingchen, now it depends on whether you have the sincerity."

Shen Xingchen: ...

It would be weird if Shen Xingchen believed such a weird rule.

But he also realized that Mai Laosan and Mai Hongcai just wanted to see him being beaten up by Mai Sui.

No wonder I always felt there was something weird between them before, turns out this is the problem!

Although the person he really cares about is Mai Sui, Mai Laosan and Mai Hongcai are Mai Sui's relatives. When he and Mai Sui get married in the future, he will always need Mai Laosan's support.

In order to satisfy the bad taste of his future father-in-law, he could only risk his life to accompany the gentleman.

So I pretended to believe it and asked the other person humbly: "How can we achieve this?"

"It's easy. If you make Mai Sui angry, she will beat you up."

"...I'll try my best."

"It's not about trying, it's about having to. Hongcai and I are waiting for your good news. We are counting on you~"

“….”

Sometimes Shen Xingchen really wondered if Mai Sui’s brain problem was hereditary.

Maybe both Uncle Mai and Hongcai have some problems, but the symptoms are different.

Many, many years later, when Shen Xingchen uses this rhetoric to fool his son-in-law, I wonder if he will think of today.

.......

As the saying goes, intimate behavior enhances intimacy.

There is some truth in this.

It is very obvious when placed on the wheat ears.

After the kissing in the afternoon, Mai Sui seemed to have his Ren and Du meridians opened up at once, and he finally felt a little bit in love.

Although she had been truly attracted to Shen Xingchen before, she herself did not realize it and she mostly regarded him as her vassal.

It's different now.

At least, Mai Sui began to face up to his own feelings.

This is a brand new attempt and experience.

For example, at this moment, Shen Xingchen finished washing and hanging up the clothes, and was preparing to return to the educated youth point as usual. Mai Sui said for the first time that she wanted to send him off.

Mai Lao San heard this and said casually, "It's only a ten-minute walk. What's the point of sending him there? Are you afraid that he will get lost?"

Mai Sui glanced at him coldly, and Mai Lao San immediately shut up.

Shen Xingchen was in the passionate period of love, so naturally he wanted to be with Mai Sui all the time, so the two of them went out in such a loving manner.

It gets dark late in the summer. It is not yet seven o'clock and the sun has not completely set. The sunset glow in the sky is layered, interweaving into a dreamy watercolor painting.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines through the clouds, covering Lotus Village with a layer of golden coat, which has an indescribable beauty.

People who have lived in rural areas for many years may not feel anything, but when they see wheat ears for the first time, they are still a little shocked.

Because the world where she was born had never seen such a scenery.

Even though I have seen it many times, Mai Sui still likes it very much and can't help but exclaim: "It's so beautiful!"

Shen Xingchen turned to look at her with gentle eyes, and nodded solemnly, "Yes, it is indeed beautiful."

The girl's hair was casually draped behind her head, her unmade-up face was bright and charming, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone into her eyes, making them look clear and bright, with a kind of breathtaking beauty.

Looking down, there is a straight nose and rosy lips.

Shen Xingchen didn't know what he was thinking of. His eyes trembled slightly, and the sunset glow in the sky instantly climbed up his cheeks.

Mai Sui looked at the shy and lovely Shen Xingchen and reached out to pull him.

But Shen Xingchen immediately took a big step to the side and reminded quietly: "There is someone."

Mai Sui's hand froze in mid-air, and his good mood instantly collapsed!

The rules of this world are so annoying!

You can't even hold hands outside.

Seeing this, Shen Xingchen coaxed in a low voice: "Wait until it's completely dark, I'll come to find you quietly, don't be unhappy, okay? There are many people in the village, we have to be careful of the impact."

The reason why Shen Xingchen chose to rush back to the educated youth point before dark was also to reduce the adverse effects.

Otherwise, if people knew that he stayed at Mai Sui's house after dark, he would definitely be gossiped about.

Even though Uncle Mai and Hongcai are still at home, if this continues for too long, people will inevitably talk about them.

So, he had to let everyone see that he had returned to the educated youth point before dark.

Many people in the village came out for a walk after dinner. They saw Mai Sui and Shen Xingchen walking together from afar, and the topic unconsciously turned to them.

"Shen Zhiqing is really in love with Mai Sui, and they seem to be in a good relationship."

"You know what, when they stand together, they look like a perfect match. Their baby will surely be pretty, too."

"I'm afraid these educated youth from the city don't want to get married, they just want to eat and drink for free."

"Not really. Mai Sui is going to join the army. When she joins the army, her status will be no worse than that of the people in the city."

"Tsk~" Wang Cuihua laughed in the crowd, "Mai Sui is just a fool and wants to join the army. I don't believe it. Mai Lao San must be bragging!"

"I also think this is unreliable. Soldiers must undergo political review. Once the army finds out that Mai Sui is a fool, they will definitely not accept her."

"Political review doesn't include this. The Mai family has been poor peasants for eight generations. They have a good family background and good class background."

"Am I the only one who thinks Mai Sui is much better? Frankly speaking, if I didn't know her and ran into her outside, I wouldn't be able to tell that she is a fool."

"That's because she hasn't had an attack yet. Wait until she has an attack, and then you can try again."

"Do you think Shen Zhiqing knows that Mai Sui is a fool?"

"You should know. Everyone in the village knows about this. How could it be hidden?"

"Then why is he still with Mai Sui?"

Xu Jianzhong, who was far away in Beijing, also wanted to know this question.

Song Hewei's letter had been sent, and her stepmother did not disappoint her expectations. As expected, the news that Shen Xingchen had found a fool as his partner spread widely.

So Xu Jianzhong knew it.

He was so anxious at home that he planned to take leave immediately to find Shen Xingchen.

Because there was a son of a family in the family compound who had also gone to the countryside, and then he was framed by the villagers and locked up alone in a room with a girl for a night.

Although nothing was done, the girl's innocence was ruined, and she had to get married to settle the matter.

Xu Jianzhong was afraid that Shen Xingchen would be plotted against in the same way.

Otherwise, how could his nephew, who is so handsome, be dating a fool!

Seeing her husband so excited, his wife Qu Wenxiu quickly tried to stop him:

"Why are you so anxious? Xingchen is such a smart person, how could he be easily tricked by others?

Why don't you write a letter and ask what Xingchen says? Maybe it's a misunderstanding."

Finally, Xu Jianzhong decided to send an urgent telegram directly.

Because writing letters takes too long, it takes half a month to send and receive a letter, and he really can't wait!