The couple in the last days traveled to ancient times, farming and storing grain and meat in the war

After all, in this world, most, if not all, parents do not want their sons to marry a girl who is not only disfigured but also has been broken off three times.

"I also have a solution." Xiao Yan said and told his solution.

Jiang Ningning nodded after listening to this. "People in this world are indeed superstitious. Fine, let's do as you say. I'll be more restrained tomorrow and keep just enough food at home. Once we're engaged, even if we get good things every day, our current parents probably won't doubt us. They'll even believe what you say is true."

……

The next morning, Xiao Fushan and Tian saw that their son Xiao Yan was just sitting at the dinner table with chopsticks in his hand, staring blankly, without touching the breakfast in the bowl for quite some time.

The couple looked at each other and asked nervously, "What happened to you? Did you get hit in the head and have some problems?"

Xiao Yan, with gauze still tied on his head, still looked as if he was in a trance.

The couple became even more anxious, their voices getting louder: "Xiao Yan!"

Xiao Yan finally came back to his senses, "What's wrong, mother?"

"What's wrong? Why are you in a daze? I thought there was something wrong with your brain." Tian looked as if she was thankful that her son still recognized her.

"Just tell me if you have anything to say. Don't keep it in your heart. If you get sick from holding it in, who can our family rely on?" Xiao Fushan said earnestly.

"Nothing, I just had a dream last night. It seemed so real that I can't let it go."

"What dream was it?" Tian asked hurriedly.

"I just dreamed about grandpa——"

Before Xiao Yan could finish, Xiao Fushan said, "What's so real about dreaming about your grandfather? I dream about him sometimes too. Every time I dream, I'm still a child, being chased and beaten by your grandfather. It's just a dream."

"Don't interrupt, let him talk." Tian was very curious. She even asked, "Did your grandfather say anything to you?"

Xiao Yan nodded before continuing, "Grandpa told me in a dream that I must marry Uncle Shengcai's daughter, Jiang Ningning."

"Ah..." Tian and Xiao Fushan were stunned. "Why did your grandfather let you marry her? Even though Ning is a poor child, you still have to study. How can you get married so early?"

Furthermore, if you become successful in the future and pass the imperial examination to become a scholar, or even more successful and become an official, then you should be more compatible with marrying a girl from a higher-class family or a literate one, right?

Otherwise, why haven't your father and I helped you find a girl? It's because of these considerations.

It really was a dream. If it wasn’t a dream, your grandfather definitely wouldn’t have said that.”

Xiao Yan also had a countermeasure: "I don't believe it either, but Grandpa said this is good for both families. He also said it's a secret and he can't reveal too much. He said we will know it naturally in the future."

Tian laughed heartily and said, "It must have been a dream! It must have been a dream! Your grandfather loves to talk. He can't help but say anything. He can't keep anything secret at all. Haha, and he can't reveal too much? This is not your grandfather's personality!"

"But Grandpa also said that if we didn't believe it, we should go to his grave and kowtow to him three times. After we kowtowed, he would shake the two trees in front of his grave three times, and he said that we would naturally believe it."

"Ah, this..." Tian and Xiao Fushan were stunned again.

The next moment, Tian stood up and walked out.

"Mom, where are you going?" Xiao Fushan asked.

"What are you still standing there for? Go kowtow!" If the tree hadn't shaken three times, she would have thought her son was dreaming, but now it was so specific, maybe it was really her father-in-law appearing in person!

"Yes, yes, yes, go kowtow, go kowtow." Xiao Fushan also hurried out.

The two were so anxious that they stopped taking the main road and took the small path just to get to the grave quickly. Xiao Yan followed behind them.

As soon as the three arrived, Xiao Fushan and Tian immediately knelt down.

Xiao Yan also knelt down.

There are two trees in front of the grave, both of which are cypress trees. They were planted by Xiao Fushan and other family members on the day when Grandpa Xiao Yan was buried. It has been twelve years now, and both trees are extremely straight and tall.

"Dad," Xiao Fushan said hurriedly as he knelt down, "If you really want to show your spirit, after we kowtow to you, please really make these two trees shake three times."

"Yes, Dad." Tian also agreed.

Then the three of them kowtowed together.

One.

two.

Three.

As soon as they finished knocking, Xiao Fushan and Tian immediately looked up at the two trees.

Sure enough, the huge bodies of the two trees began to shake three times.

"This! This! This!" Xiao Fushan and Tian were so excited that they couldn't control themselves.

Xiao Yan just silently withdrew his ability to control trees, and the two trees immediately stopped moving. They became extremely tall and straight, as if reaching into the sky.

"Ah, Dad, don't worry, don't worry." Xiao Fushan and Tian kowtowed to their father again and again. "We will definitely get this done."

The two of them chanted for a long time and kowtowed many times before they stood up.

"Xiao Yan, since it really is your grandfather who appeared in spirit, your father and I naturally have no objection to this matter, but we want to ask for your opinion. Are you willing?

If you don't want to, we will apologize in front of your grandfather's grave and tell him that you don't want to, and let the matter rest.

But once you are willing, you have to agree to be nice to the girl.

Ning was a good girl, filial and sensible. It was all because of her cousin that her face was disfigured, she was repeatedly broken off from engagement, and was told to become like that. How pitiful she was. Your father and I have said more than once that if this happened to her, we would be heartbroken.

Your uncle Shengcai and your aunt Lan'e only have this one child, so they must be even more heartbroken.

We can't be that kind of heartless person.

You're a scholar, so you should be more sensible. If you can't be sure you'll treat her well, then forget about it." Tian said seriously.

Although my father-in-law appeared and said that marrying her would actually be good for both families.

But if his son actually has no such thoughts at all and is very resistant, then wouldn't it be harming the girl by marrying her?

That's why she explained it to her son first.

Xiao Yan bowed and said, "Mother, to be honest, I have always liked her, but I never passed the imperial examination, so I was too embarrassed to ask you to propose marriage for me. Now that Grandpa has appeared, how could I not want to? Of course I am willing."

The like here means that he likes his wife.

The original Xiao Yan in this world was so focused on studying to pass the imperial examination that he didn't like anyone at all.

"You stupid kid, you stupid kid, why didn't you tell me earlier!" Tian hit him hard on the arm twice. "I would have proposed marriage to you earlier. Would your grandfather have needed to send you a dream like this?

We want you to pass the exam and become a scholar, but we want you to marry someone you love and live happily with him or her! Even if you don't pass the exam, at least your family will be happy!

What's more, you are only seventeen. Many people pass the examination to become a scholar at the age of forty or fifty. How can you be ashamed?

As long as you try your best, your father and I won’t blame you even if you fail the exam.

Besides, your father and I have seen how hard you study!

Don’t ever say that again!”