"ngjie, what’s wrong? Don’t scare ."
"It’s all your fault, I hate you."
"ngjie, don’t be like this, I couldn’t help myself. Please forgive , let’s go to your house for a marriage proposal now, people already know, this isn’t good for you."
Kong ngjie finished dressing and sat blankly on the bed, her mind was blank, it’s all over this ti.
"ngjie, I’ll make dinner. Once we finish eating, we’ll go to your house."
Huang Hongwei went out to make a fire for cooking. There was only cornal left at ho, and reluctantly, he went inside, not wanting Kong ngjie to only eat this.
"ngjie, shall we eat out? There’s no food at ho."
Kong ngjie was still unmoved. She had already figured it out; marrying Huang Hongwei was the only way, and this would at least minimize the harm to herself.
She looked up at the cautious man speaking to her, comforting herself in her heart, so be it, just like this.
"Huang Hongwei, will you treat well for a lifeti?"
"I will, I swear, I’ll be good to only you for a lifeti." He said, and climbed onto the bed to embrace the girl, who was blaming herself, looking lost.
She was fifteen years younger than him, and he felt lucky to be able to marry her. As for work issues in the future, who could tell?
"It’s easy for you to say, I’m just afraid you won’t cherish in the future." Kong ngjie said as tears stread down her face.
This silent crying made him even more heartbroken.
"I absolutely won’t. I truly love you. I’m willing to sacrifice everything for you. ngjie, we had originally planned to be together, it’s just happening earlier, don’t be afraid, I’ve got this."
Now Kong ngjie had also understood. To minimize rumors, she should just marry him. Eventually, she would have to marry soone, and Huang Hongwei wasn’t bad.
"Let’s go, ngjie, take ho. I’ll propose."
"Okay, I’m afraid to go through the front door." Kong ngjie still cared about how others looked at her.
"I’ll go outside to check, if it’s not possible, you can leave through the back door, I’ll push the cart from the front."
"ngjie, what do we need to prepare for the proposal?"
"You prepare it yourself; take whatever you think is best."
"I still have a two-pound sugar ticket, plus twenty yuan, is that okay?"
Kong ngjie knew this was already considerable. In the village, the bride price for proposals was usually around five yuan, twenty was indeed quite a bit.
"ngjie, there’s still four hundred yuan at ho, I’ll give it all to you, you can prepare as you see fit." Huang Hongwei said as he took out a deposit slip from the cabinet and handed it to Kong ngjie.
"I ca here to work on a four hundred forty yuan investnt, I’ve already paid back the family three hundred yuan, and I want to repay the remaining one hundred forty to my parents, considering I still have two brothers who aren’t married yet, along with younger siblings."
"Okay, then I’ll go withdraw the money, you wait at ho for ."
"No, I’ll wait for you on the road, you know where L Town is, right? After you’re done, ride the bike to catch up with ."
"Alright, I’ll be quick."
The two of them agreed, and Kong ngjie left through the back door. Huang Hongwei went to withdraw the money, bought candy, and also purchased two pieces of peach pastries for Kong ngjie, feeling it’s okay for him to be hungry but not wanting her to be.
This man was like this, believing his wife should serve the elders, care for the children, and work hard at ho to earn credit points, as it was expected. But for his "true love," he was willing to sacrifice everything.
Jiang Xinyu was at ho feeling anxious, never having anticipated Wei Kaiyun’s return so eagerly, wondering what had happened.
Unable to concentrate on reading, she decided to busy herself instead. Thinking about making braised beef, as there wasn’t much at ho.
After cleaning the beef, she rubbed it with salt. A whole large wooden basin, it needed to be marinated for two days to be flavorful.
The old broth from last ti was still retained. By the eighteenth, it would be ready to cook.
She promised Wang Ailing to deliver so at tomorrow, so she took out over ten pounds of three-layer pork ribs. These didn’t need marinating and could be stewed today.
Until five in the afternoon, Wei Kaiyun finally returned. By then, the braised pork was nearly cooked.
"Honey, I’m sorry, there was sothing I needed to handle."
"Was it about Kong ngjie?"
"How did you know?"
"Today, I went to deliver bread to Wang Ailing and saw many people gathered at Huang Hongwei’s door. Soone said it was because of chasing a thief and also ntioned hearing a woman’s screams. You also ntioned a few days ago you wanted to help the two of them, so I guessed it might be this."
"Haha, my wife is really smart. Yes, that’s right, can you guess who was chasing the thief?"
"Shen Xueqi."
"Yes. Honey, I ca ho to tell you I’ll be back late tonight, Shen Xueqi found , and I’m inviting him for dinner."
"Okay, understood. Be careful."
Wei Kaiyun hugged Jiang Xinyu, gave her a kiss, and left.
Only Jiang Xinyu was left at ho, slling the rich aroma of the braised pork, yet having no appetite, and glancing at the marinated beefsteaks.
Fine, even if alone, she’d fry a piece. Was she afraid of being lonely?
She shook her head, turned to find the griddle, put it on the stove, added butter, and carefully fried the beefsteak. Even without seasonings, knife and fork, or company, it still seed delicious.
Kong ngjie nervously brought Huang Hongwei ho. It was already dark, and the family was having dinner.
"ngjie, why did you co back so late?" Tian Shulan asked her eldest daughter.
"Auntie, I’m Huang Hongwei, the workshop coordinator at the textile factory. I’m here today to propose, I want to marry ngjie, we sincerely love each other."
His words drew everyone’s attention.
Kong Zhongyou put his chopsticks down with a snap. Though it was dim under the kerosene lamp, he still could see that Huang Hongwei was quite old.
He got up and went into the room, "Kong ngjie, co here."
Huang Hongwei had anticipated this result, feeling a bit awkward but still able to accept it.
The two younger ones eating also put down their chopsticks, secretly observing Huang Hongwei.
Tian Shulan followed them into the room, leaving Huang Hongwei standing there.
Kong Zhongyou sat on the bed, "Tell , what’s going on?"
"Dad, I want to marry him."
"Why? He’s not young, is he?"
"He’s our workshop coordinator, really takes care of , this ti, with his help, I got promoted to team leader.
I also quite like him, he’s really nice to ." Kong ngjie didn’t dare say anything more.
"Just because of this? At his age, shouldn’t he be married with children?"
"He’s already divorced. The three children are with the woman, he has a house next to the textile factory." Kong ngjie continuously boosting Huang Hongwei.
"Is this all you care about? You could find soone better in the future." Tian Shulan hit her daughter resentfully.
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