Let's get engaged first. Having the status of an engaged couple will make it easier for you two to visit each other in the village. And when the time comes to get married, it will be easier to justify it.”
What he didn't say was that the situation was clearly becoming increasingly tense, and they didn't know how many years they would have to stay in the cowshed, or perhaps a lifetime.
When Sheng Yi and Zhu Qinghao get married, they, as the closest family members, won't even have the right to participate.
Since this is the inevitable outcome, at least they watched the two young people get engaged, which can be considered as sending their blessings.
The words Zhu Yanzhi spoke were something the Zhu family had discussed long ago, and none of them had any objections. Sheng Yi, of course, couldn't wait to have a formal title, so he certainly wouldn't object either.
So everyone looked at Zhu Qinghao, and only at her.
Zhu Qinghao didn't expect to get engaged so quickly, but since her family had brought it up, she was happy to accept it.
Her bright eyes still bore traces of tears, yet she answered with a smile:
"Okay, let's do it today, since my family is all here."
Upon hearing this, the room instantly filled with a festive atmosphere.
Once the matter was settled, Old Master Sheng called Sheng Yi over and urged him to hand over the engagement token.
"Quickly, quickly, bring your jade pendant with you. Give it to my granddaughter-in-law."
As a result, Sheng Yiguang just stood there laughing and didn't make a move for a long time.
"Hey kid, why don't you move it? You can't possibly lose the jade pendant, can you?"
After Sheng Bojian finished speaking, he suddenly felt that he might have hit the nail on the head, since he hadn't seen that piece of jade for many years.
Seeing that the old man's complexion was getting worse, Sheng Yi smiled and said:
"Oh dear, you don't need to worry about that. I already gave that jade away."
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire room fell silent.
Sheng Bojian thought he had given it to someone else and was extremely anxious:
"You, you, who did you give it to?"
Clinging to a sliver of hope, he stammered out the question, while inwardly he was thinking:
It's over. At the engagement ceremony, the engagement jade pendant isn't there, so his words are superfluous. What if he ruins his grandson's engagement...?
After he dies, I doubt even his own wife will want to see him. And if she does see him, she'll definitely come to settle scores!
Sheng Yi hadn't originally intended to scare him; he just thought that seeing everyone's confused expressions, he would keep them in suspense.
Upon realizing how frightened the old man, he quickly confessed:
“I gave it to them properly, more than ten years ago.”
At this point, everyone's anxiety turned to Zhu Qinghao and the Zhu family.
What? When did she (their daughter) receive the engagement gift from the Sheng family? How come they have absolutely no recollection of it?
When Grandpa Sheng heard that the prize was for Zhu Qinghao, he was about to be overjoyed, but seeing the bewildered state of the Zhu family and Zhu Qinghao, he quickly withdrew his smile.
Finally, after a moment of contemplation, the old man seemed to remember something and asked with great excitement:
"But it's a piece of mutton-fat jade with dragon patterns on it?"
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