"If you don't marry, how can my sister marry you?"

Liu Ying was stunned for a moment, then her eyes gradually turned red. She lowered her head and continued to hoe peanuts without saying a word.

Tears fell one by one.

"Dad, just let Xiaoying repeat a year."

The young man who was picking peanuts with his sister couldn't bear it when he saw her aggrieved look, so he spoke up.

"Xiaoying's grades have always been very good. She actually passed the score line this year."

The middle-aged man snorted, "What's the point of exceeding the admission score? I haven't received an acceptance letter yet... I asked someone, and it's not like you're guaranteed admission just because you exceed the admission score. There are so many other regulations... Our family background isn't good, what can we do?"

The young man whispered, "If she repeats a year, she'll definitely do better on the test. Even if she can't go to university, a technical secondary school will be fine, and she'll be able to find a job. Xiaoying can go to the city and work as a staff member."

"What about you?"

Father Liu got angry and started scolding.

"You're already twenty-five!"

"Don't you know what our family's conditions are like?"

"Who from a better-off family would be willing to marry into our family?"

"It took a lot of effort for the Xiang family to agree to a Bantan marriage (Note 1). If I miss this opportunity, who can guarantee that I will ever meet someone so suitable again in the future?"

The young man muttered unconvincedly, "Xiang Wen'e is so ugly, far inferior to my Xiaoying...Xiang Wenhua is older than me and shorter. It's so unfair for Xiaoying to marry him..."

"You... you don't care whether he's good-looking or ugly. When the lights go out, it's all the same. As long as he can continue the Liu family's lineage, that's all that matters."

Father Liu was almost mad at this "rebellious son".

"If it were someone else, could we afford that kind of betrothal gift?"

Liu Ying's brother was also a stubborn person. He protested, "We couldn't afford it before, but now the policy has changed, that's not certain. We will definitely have enough food this year. I'll put in more effort in farming, and we'll be able to turn things around next year or the year after. By then, I'll be able to find a wife."

"If Xiaoying can get into college next year, are we still worried that no one will be willing to marry into our family?"

"That's easy for you to say. What if I still fail the exam next year?"

Liu Ying whispered, "If I still can't pass the exam next year, I'll get married. It doesn't matter who I marry, I'm not picky. It doesn't matter if they're old or blind or lame, I'll marry them all. I'll use my betrothal gift to find a wife for my brother."

"no!"

Father Liu was too lazy to talk to them and just said two hard words.

The family was arguing when Liu Hongyi and Ai Xiaoyu came over.

"Hello, comrades..."

Liu Hongyi greeted the family with a smile.

Social surveys require random "interviews" so that the information obtained is authentic.

Seeing this imposing "cadre" suddenly coming over, the four members of the Liu family were a little at a loss. They smiled humbly and nodded to Liu Hongyi repeatedly.

"Old man, what's your last name?"

In fact, Liu's father was only about forty to fifty years old. Although he looked old due to years of hard work, he could not be called an "old man". Liu Hongyi called him that to show respect.

"Oh, no need to bother, my last name is Liu..."

"Haha, my last name is Liu too, and it's also my family name. Which brigade are you from?"

It’s definitely not someone from the Yanshan Brigade.

Otherwise, you would definitely know him.

As Liu Chuan'an's son, it is impossible that no one in Yanshan Brigade does not know who he is.

"Oh, we are from the fifth production team of Yanbian Brigade..."

It's next door.

Liu Hongyi introduced himself with a smile: "Uncle Liu, my name is Liu Hongyi, and my father is Liu Chuan. This is Ai Xiaoyu, and her father is Comrade Ai Gaofeng, the First Secretary of the Prefectural Party Committee."

Liu Ying's family was stunned.

Of course they knew Liu Chuan.

He was the second-in-command in Chuzhou area and the highest-ranking official to come out of their Matou Commune. Everyone in the brigades where people with the surname Liu lived near the rocks and mountains had heard of Liu Chuan'an's name.

"Hello……"

Father Liu lowered his waist again and spoke very awkwardly.

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