Chapter 5: Proposal

After everyone went about their own business, Gu’s mother found Gu Ye and said to him earnestly:

“Don’t take your sister-in-law’s matter to heart, your dad and I are both in good health, you see, we don’t need to spend any money for your wedding, and when the third son’s wife gets married, we can start thinking about renovating the house.”

“Yuyu is a good girl, you two just got married, and you’ll be in the army, both our parents won’t be able to go there to take care of you, you two just live your own lives, okay.”

Gu Ye nodded slightly: “I know, I won’t take it to heart, but my sister-in-law has a point, the house needs to be fixed, I’ll send more money back when I go.”

“What are you sending money for, you’re the only one in the family who’s promising, you can’t just think about pulling your brother and younger brother up, okay?”

“Your dad and I aren’t too old to work yet, you take care of yourself first.”

Knowing that Gu Ye was filial, but also had his own ideas, Gu’s mother was afraid that he would be disappointed with the family and not keep in touch with them.

As for the eldest daughter-in-law, if she’s still restless and wants to take advantage of the second son’s money.

Rather than waiting for the three brothers’ feelings to be worn away by this, and the second son becomes cold to everyone in the family, let alone helping his brothers, he might even be cold to himself.

It’s better to split the family sooner!

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In the countryside, people go to work mainly based on sunrise and sunset.

It’s hot now, it’s bright at six o’clock, and everyone has to gather at the labor plaza at six thirty and then start a day of labor.

They don’t get off work until it’s almost dark in the afternoon.

With such intense labor, people generally don’t have any entertainment activities in the summer, they eat, clean up, and then take a bath and go to bed.

Gu Ye is no exception.

After everyone in the family finished washing, he carried two buckets of well water, after taking a shower, he felt much cooler, and went back to bed like that.

Although he didn’t train or work today, he went to the county town to do something for the team, and he also went through that ordeal in the afternoon, plus his routine is very good.

He’s the type who can fall asleep in seconds as soon as he closes his eyes.

He thought today would be the same.

Who knew that after closing his eyes for almost half an hour, he still couldn’t fall asleep.

The crickets and toads outside the house were calling annoyingly.

Gu Ye frowned and turned over.

There’s no electric fan at home, but the summer nights in the countryside are actually quite cool, but it was unusually hot today.

Hot!

He finally fell asleep, but the scenes in his dream were even hotter.

He didn’t know if it was because of what happened in the afternoon, everything in his dream was so real.

Senses, touch, hearing.

Even the tears in her eyes when she bit her lip and said it hurt, and her thin voice, made Gu Ye think it was all real.

He was already full of anger.

The man who felt guilty about being looked at with those resentful eyes after doing nothing all day, didn’t hold back at all in his dream, he vented his anger fiercely.

Since he took the blame for bullying her, then he might as well make it real.

“Second brother, get up! You have to go to your second sister-in-law’s house to propose marriage today!”

In the kitchen, Gu’s mother got up early this morning, chopping vegetables in the kitchen with a bang.

Breakfast was already done, and the second son, who always got up the earliest, was still not moving.

Gu’s mother was startled, thinking, this kid wouldn’t have changed his mind, would he?

It’s really not Gu’s mother’s fault for thinking this way about her son, it’s just that Gu Ye was too negative about dating and getting married before!

It made Gu’s mother feel uneasy.

Coincidentally, the third son was hovering around like a fly, making her annoyed, so she simply asked the third son to go and wake Gu Ye up.

“Hmm, I’ll get up soon.”

He was interrupted at a crucial moment, Gu Ye suddenly opened his eyes.

He frowned, he couldn’t wear these pants today.

He has to change!

Even the sheets have to be changed.

With a black face, he changed his clothes and sheets, and Gu Ye walked out of the room.

Breakfast at home was simple, a big bowl of very thin sweet potato porridge, a cornmeal bun for each person, and a plate of stir-fried wild vegetables.

The cornmeal was coarsely ground, it would scratch your throat if you didn’t eat it with porridge.

But even this breakfast was considered very good in their village.

“Why did the second brother wash the sheets this morning?”

“Hot, it’s all sweat, it smells.”

When Gu’s eldest brother heard this, he immediately lost interest.

He thought that his second brother had a stimulating dream last night, but now it seems he thought too much.

Gu’s mother was also disappointed.

She knew that her son “couldn’t do it.”

Sigh.

Gu Ye’s face was also very ugly, he frowned and thought, he didn’t know what was put in the drink he had yesterday, the effect of the medicine was so long-lasting.

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After breakfast, Gu’s mother and the others set off to go to Captain Shen’s house to propose marriage.

Gu Ye brought the two cans of meat he brought back from his family visit, as well as the eggs they had saved at home, Gu’s mother also brought some cash, this was the gift for the proposal.

Seeing the canned meat, Jin Fengyan’s lips tightened.

This canned meat was issued by his army, it’s not available for purchase outside.

She originally planned to bring it back to her parents’ home for them to try.

But…

Gu Ye didn’t seem to notice Jin Fengyan’s expression. He was thinking that he should have bought all these things himself, but now he’s still taking them from home.

“When we come back, I’ll give the money to Mom.”

“Oh, the betrothal gift is supposed to be given by us parents, what are you thinking about, besides, this gift money is also what you sent back before, it’s been saved up, just waiting for today.”

Their family savings have been reduced by half, Gu’s mother must be heartbroken.

Besides, you can’t catch a wolf without losing a lamb, she always knew that the second son had a rift with the family, the more it was like this, the more she had to pay attention.

But more than anything, she was happy!

Her voice was even a little higher when she spoke.

Chen Cuijuan’s family was also particularly busy getting up early today.

Especially Chen Cuijuan, she got up before dawn, and shouted for the whole family to clean up the house, even the cups on the table in the main room were replaced with cups and bowls without chips.

And Shen Zhiyu.

She usually wouldn’t let her daughter get up too early, but today she was ruthless and called her up, making her wash her face carefully and tie two big pigtails.

She put on the pink plaid shirt and pants that she usually wouldn’t wear, as well as the thousand-layered cloth shoes that Grandma Shen made for her.

Everything was ready, they were just waiting for Gu Ye’s family to come and propose marriage.

Shen Zhiyu didn’t really feel much, but seeing everyone in the family taking it so seriously, she also became nervous.

“They’re here, they’re here!”

Shen Guowang, who had been sent by Chen Cuijuan to keep watch, ran back laughing, saying “They’re here, they’re here” over and over again, everyone understood, Gu Ye and his family were here to propose marriage!

“Hurry up, check Yuyu’s pigtails, make sure they’re not lose.”

The clothes weren’t wrinkled, but Chen Cuijuan still pulled at Shen Zhiyu’s shirt, smiling and saying: “Mom will take you to the county town to buy a red new dress tomorrow, we’ll wear it for the wedding!”

Just as she finished speaking, Gu Ye and his family arrived.

Her daughter suddenly came to her senses and didn’t insist on marrying Jiang Wenbin, she was willing to marry Gu Ye, Chen Cuijuan couldn’t wait to beat the drums and gongs all night and send her daughter to the Shen family.

And Gu’s mother was even more anxious than Chen Cuijuan!

The second son didn’t know what kind of crazy thing he was doing, he finally wanted to get married, if it wasn’t for the fact that it was very troublesome for Gu Ye to get married in the army, he had to go back to file a marriage report, and the political review of his spouse had to be passed before he could get a marriage certificate, Gu’s mother couldn’t wait to push them to get things done today.

It’s best to get married quickly and have a child this year.

When they become parents, they’ll know the good intentions of their parents.

The two equally impatient mothers saw each other and felt like they were seeing their own sisters.

Gu Ye and Shen Zhiyu didn’t even get a word in, they had already settled everything!

But there was also a variable.

Chen Cuijuan and the others originally thought that after their daughter got married, and when Gu Ye returned to the army, their daughter would be able to live at home like before.

Although things happened quickly, Chen Cuijuan had found out everything she needed to know yesterday afternoon.

Gu Jian’s family always said to the outside world that the second son was the most promising and the most favored.

But what they did was different from what they said.

If they really cared about the second son the most, would they let Gu Ye live in the smallest storeroom at home?

It made them have to live at the bride’s house for the wedding.

But this was good, Chen Cuijuan and the others originally wanted to find a son-in-law, they felt more at ease if their daughter was under their own eyes.

But now Gu Ye suddenly said that Shen Zhiyu could go with him to join the army.

When they get there, the organization will try to arrange work for the military wives.

Chen Cuijuan was conflicted again.

Joining the army, doesn’t that mean they rarely come back in a year?

But going with him to join the army is actually better for Shen Zhiyu.

Chen Cuijuan couldn’t bear to part with her daughter, but she also hoped that her daughter could have a better life.

Chen Cuijuan was still heartbroken, in the end, she said she would take Shen Zhiyu to the county town to buy clothes tomorrow, but suddenly it became Gu Ye and Shen Zhiyu going to the county town to buy things together today.

Since it was a proposal, the betrothal gift should be given today.

Besides the canned meat, Gu’s mother didn’t hide anything, she took out a handkerchief that she didn’t know how old it was from her pocket.

She carefully opened it and handed it to Chen Cuijuan: “Although things are urgent, we are all open-minded people who understand the rules, we will definitely have what we should have, and we will definitely not wrong our girl.

The Three Turns and One Ring are too urgent to get, here are two hundred yuan, I’ll be honest, this money is what Gu Ye has sent back intermittently over the years, you take it, in-law.”

Two hundred!

Jin Fengyan’s eyes were about to pop out.

So much money to marry a wife, why!…