"I really like Fang Yun. She's well-educated and pretty. If our family is blessed with such a good daughter-in-law, it would be a great honor for our ancestors."
A woman in a blue cotton coat held Li Cuiping's hand, her face full of wrinkles as she smiled. Her eyes fell on Xiao Fangyun, and after looking her up, she nodded with satisfaction.
"Oh, don't praise her so much. I don't think she's even half as good as your Zechen. She became an officer at such a young age. I've never seen anyone more capable than her in this area."
Li Cuiping looked at the tall guy next to Lu Qi, and the corners of her mouth almost flew up to the sky.
To be honest, this marriage was a lucky coincidence.
A few days ago, an old sister of Li Cuiping from the neighboring village rolled down the hillside while working and broke her hand. She came to her and asked Xiao's second uncle to help with treatment.
The person who carried the old sister from the next village was Lu Zechen. He said that he happened to save the old lady's life when he passed by, so he sent the person here.
Li Cuiping couldn't handle it all by herself, so she asked Xiao Fangyun, who was staying at home reading, to come and help.
A gentleman dreams of marrying a beautiful lady. He falls in love with her at first sight and finds it difficult to control himself.
Lu Zechen fell in love with the beautiful Xiao Fangyun at first sight and was attracted to her immediately. He suppressed the emotion in his heart and waited until the old sister finished her treatment before running to find out everything about her.
He was a rough man who had been leading troops in training outside all year round, but he liked the scent of books on her body when she held a book in her hand.
After finding out the information clearly, I asked the matchmaker to come to the house the next day.
At first, Li Cuiping's family was completely confused. They had never heard of such a person in the neighboring village. It was not until the matchmaker told them his story that they suddenly realized and remembered this person.
Lu Zechen joined the army at the age of fifteen and has been in the army until now, a full ten years.
At that time, his family was poor, and he had no choice but to send his second son to the army. He thought that the country would provide him with food and clothing, which was better than starving to death at home.
Who would have thought that this man would soar to fame from then on, winning numerous battles at a young age and becoming a second lieutenant.
Not only that, he was also a filial son. Even though the family had been separated a long time ago, he never withheld a cent of the monthly allowance from his father. In addition, he also subsidized the family with a lot of other things.
Over the years, the Lu family's situation is no longer comparable to what it used to be. They not only live in a big brick house, but also eat white flour and fine grains.
Although they are rich, the whole family is very honest and low-key, and they have little presence in the neighborhood.
Speaking of which, Lu Zechen is 25 years old and still hasn't gotten married. One reason is that he is busy with official duties, and the other is that he has high standards.
He looked down on the iron-blooded female soldiers in the army, and also looked down on the country woman introduced by his father who was only good at work but not good-looking.
It kept dragging on like this until I met Xiao Fangyun during this visit to my relatives in Mi Township.
A serious high school student, well-educated, good-looking, and in great shape, the more he looked at her, the more he loved her.
Lu's father respected his idea and was also very satisfied with the Xiao family, so he naturally agreed to the marriage.
The Xiao family has looked at so many young women recently, and Lu Zechen is the most impeccable one. He is tall and strong, and has a promising future. His family members are also honest and sensible people.
Faced with such a son-in-law and in-laws, who can say "no"?
Just like that, the two families were really attracted to each other and immediately set a date for the meeting. Just today, the meeting ended and the Lu family was seen off at the door.
Xiao Fangyun lowered her head and looked at the toes of her newly bought leather shoes, her hands tightly clutching the edges of her sleeves. She could hear the reluctant chatting of the two families, but her mind was confused.
These days, she has been having nightmares. The figures of Chen Mu and Shen Qi appear in her dreams from time to time, repeating the same thing over and over again, which is almost driving her crazy.
She liked Chen Mu, she liked him very much, and she still couldn't let him go, but at the same time she also knew how big the distance between them was.
The mismatch in status, the gap between the two families' backgrounds, his relatives' humiliation at his doorstep, his grandmother's resolute opposition...
All of this was telling her rationally how impossible it was for the two of them to be together.
She will never be able to marry Chen Mu in her life.
If you have to get married sooner or later, you might as well marry someone your family likes, which will also show your filial piety.
Xiao Fangyun closed her eyes in pain, thinking about her worries, when suddenly Luo Qiongzhi tugged at the corner of her clothes and called her soul back.
As soon as I looked up, I met Lu Zechen's concerned eyes.
"Yun'er, what are you thinking about? Zechen is talking to you." Luo Qiongzhi glared at Xiao Fangyun with dissatisfaction, then gave two dry laughs to the Lu family.
"Sorry." Xiao Fangyun tucked the hair by her ears and gave an embarrassed smile.
"It's okay. I just wanted to ask you if you are free tomorrow? I want to ask you to go shopping in the county town." Lu Zechen glared at you with a pair of peach blossom eyes, which seemed to be filled with deep affection, making you fall into them.
Xiao Fangyun was about to decline politely when Luo Qiongzhi beside her immediately spoke for her: "Whenever you have time, come to our house for breakfast tomorrow and pick her up."
Lu Zechen smiled brightly, his eyes curved as he said, "Okay, then we'll go first. See you tomorrow."
He obviously said the last sentence to her. Xiao Fangyun could only smile and watch him leave.
"Look at this young man, he really knows how to handle things." Li Cuiping looked at Lu Zechen's back and praised him, then glared at Xiao Heguo.
Why didn't he take the initiative like other young men back then?
Xiao Heguo received Li Cuiping's eye roll and touched the back of his head in confusion. He didn't know how he had offended her again, so he simply pretended not to see it.
"You two go in first. Yun'er and I have something to take care of." Luo Qiongzhi drove the two people who were in the way into the house and walked away holding Xiao Fangyun's hand.
When Chen Mu saw the two people coming towards him, he quickly hid under a big tree behind the wall.
"Are you still thinking about that kid from the Shen family?" Luo Qiongzhi poked Xiao Fangyun's forehead twice with her index finger in disappointment, and soon the forehead turned red.
Seeing this, Luo Qiongzhi withdrew her hand awkwardly. She didn't use much strength, so how could she have poked Yun'er's forehead red? And when did Yun'er become so fair and tender?
Could it be that because she had been keeping Yun'er away from going out for some time, she had become a little pale?
Luo Qiongzhi had no idea that all this was because Xiao Fangyun had been insisting on using the snow cream given by Su Nan. Xianquan was added to it, which naturally doubled the effect. It was no wonder that her skin became white and tender.
"I didn't." Xiao Fangyun lowered her head again, and her soft rebuttal tone was so unconvincing that it was obvious that she was lying.
Chen Mu, who was hiding under the tree, was shocked and clenched his fists.
"Aren't you sad enough yet? Have you forgotten what Chen's mother said when she came to our house? You don't feel ashamed, but I do. Our Xiao family can't afford to marry into that kind of family, and we don't bother to." Luo Qiongzhi was so angry that she kicked the wall twice.
"Xiao Fangyun, I'm telling you, if you insist on marrying him, get out of this house. We'll pretend we never raised you. Your parents don't know about this now, but if they did, they'd beat you to death."
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