The groom was kidnapped on the wedding day? Fine! I'll marry someone else.

Jiang Yi served in the army for more than eight years, and except for various tickets, all his salary was saved for him by Jiang Qingyun and his wife.

He started doing missions in the third year of joining the army, and went to the battlefield in the fourth year. He made many outstanding achievements, so his position was promoted quickly. His salary increased from a few yuan a month at the beginning to seventy or eighty yuan later, and his subsidies also increased. Together with the subsidy for this serious injury, the total amount was more than five thousand.

Given the current national conditions, he is already considered rich, but once reform and opening up begin, this money will definitely not be enough to do big things.

Especially since he is determined to join the army for the second time, Xu Yu will definitely support him with all his strength and make some preparations to protect his life.

But it's still early, and even if we build five brick houses now, it won't cost more than a few hundred.

Adding the money they need to spend on their wedding, the total should be just over a thousand, and the remaining four thousand can be used to do a lot of things and make preparations.

Xu Yu was relieved. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Then let's just build five rooms. Two for us, two for Uncle Jiang and his family. The middle one will be the main room, so that everyone has their own privacy. In the backyard, besides the firewood room and Dingdang's nest, I'll build two toilets and use the rest as my medicine room. What do you think?"

"can."

"Then we'll tell everyone later, and we'll also need Uncle Jiang and Aunt Yang's consent."

"Ah."

The two chatted for a while and then prepared to go back. Xu Yu called Xu Jianhua and Dingdang who were still playing: "Brother, Dingdang."

"Eh!"

Xu Yu waved to them and said, "Let's go, let's go back."

Xu Xiaodi and Dingdang ran towards them together.

When the three of them and the dog returned, Xu Yu told Jiang Yi what she was going to do next:

"Women all love beauty, and there are many educated youth in the village. I want to make some beauty products. However, the first step is definitely to get medicinal herbs, so I want to go deep into the mountains to collect herbs. The second step is to sell them, so I plan to find some test subjects first, and let these people become my beauty spokespersons."

"My first experimental subject was myself, and the second was Liu Fengjuan from our village."

"The next experimental subject..." At this point, Xu Yu looked at him with bright eyes full of expectation and said, "I hope it's you."

Jiang Yi was silent. He obviously didn't expect Xu Yu really wanted to heal the scar on his face.

Looking at her eyes full of expectation, although he knew that she could not cure the scar on his face, he finally couldn't bear to refuse and nodded.

Xu Yu was happy and told him her detailed plan.

Jiang Yi listened attentively.

The sunlight shone on Xu Yu's lively little face, making her look bright and charming, making people unable to take their eyes off her.

Although Xu Xiaodi, who followed them, didn't quite understand Xu Yu's plan, he knew that his sister wanted to do something big.

And they also had to go deep into the mountains to collect herbs, so when Xu Yu stopped, he immediately asked expectantly: "Sister, can I follow you to the mountains to collect herbs in the future?"

Xu Yu immediately refused: "Absolutely not."

Then he explained the reason to him: "There are many wolves, tigers and leopards in the deep mountains. You are too young now. You have no fighting power at all and you can't outrun them. If you go in, you will just become their meal."

Brother Xu shook his body, feeling a little disappointed, but also self-aware.

The next moment, he thought of something and said to Jiang Yi with renewed hope: "Brother Jiang, you said you would teach me martial arts."

Jiang Yi nodded.

Xu Xiaodi's eyes sparkled: "When are you going to start teaching me?"

Jiang Yi thought for a moment and said, "Starting tomorrow, you will get up early every morning and run in your village. Can you do it?"

Xu Xiaodi nodded heavily: "Yes."

"You run for a month first, and next month I'll tell you what to do next."

"it is good!"

Xu Yu looked at the two equally serious people with amusement, but in fact he was a little doubtful whether his younger brother could persist.

But she didn't discourage him. Instead, she encouraged him, "Brother, do your best. I'm rooting for you."

After saying that, he added: "I will run with you then."

Xu Xiaodi was even more motivated and grinned, "Okay!"

As the three of them were talking, they soon arrived near Jiang Yi's house.

The three of them saw two old men not far outside their yard at a glance.

The two of them kept standing on tiptoe to look towards Jiang Yi's house, looking very stealthy.

Xu Yu recognized who the two people were at once.

She subconsciously looked at Jiang Yi, who was also looking at the two old people, and asked him, "Brother Yi, what are your grandparents doing there?"

She didn't think Jiang Yi's family would invite the two old people in.

Based on what Aunt Yang had said to her before, Xu Yu subconsciously disliked them.

Before Jiang Yi could say anything, Dingdang unexpectedly started barking at the two men.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

"Wang Wang Wang!"

The jingling sound was so loud that it immediately frightened the two old men.

They staggered and almost fell.

Then I saw them looking this way.

As soon as they saw Jiang Yi and the other two, they immediately showed expressions of fear and desire to come over.

Seeing the fear of Jiang Yi in their eyes, Xu Yu curled the corners of his lips in sarcasm.

Jiang Yi then said to Xu Yu and Xu Xiaodi, "You go in first."

Then he said to Dingdang: "Dingdang, go back to the backyard."

Dingdang obediently ran towards the backyard.

At this moment, Xu Xiaodi subconsciously grabbed Xu Yu's hand and called her, "Sister."

Xu Yu said, "Let's go in first."

She felt that if they were not here, Brother Yi would have sent the two old people away faster.

So she pulled Xu Xiaodi directly towards the gate of the courtyard.

As they walked over, Grandma Jiang Yi suddenly called Xu Yu, "Xiao Yu."

Xu Yu just turned his head to look at them, said nothing, and walked faster.

When they walked to the gate of the yard, the brother and sister subconsciously turned back to look at the three people.

At this time, Jiang Yi was walking towards the two old men.

The two old men were so cowardly that they just turned around and ran away.

Seeing this, Xu Xiaodi said to Xu Yu: "Sister, they seem to be very afraid of Brother Yi."

After saying that, he asked with confusion: "Brother Yi is their grandson, why are they so afraid of him?"

At this time, everyone in the yard was looking at this side.

Even Yang Wenhui was standing by the kitchen door holding a spatula, with a cold look on her face.

However, neither of them moved. Seeing that Jiang Yi had scared her old people away, Yang Wenhui asked them to clear the table and prepare for dinner.

Jiang Qingyun and others stood up and began to clear the snacks on the table.

Xu Yu then said to Xu Xiaodi, "Some elders are so immoral that they turn a blind eye to their juniors when they need help, which chills their hearts. Now, when they are promising, they want to take advantage of them. Do you think this is a good thing?"

Little Brother Xu shook his head, not quite understanding what he was saying. However, he felt that whatever Brother Jiang did was right, so he said, "They must have been very mean to Brother Jiang when he was a child. Brother Jiang was right not to welcome them."

Xu Yu smiled and touched his head: "Yes."

Then he gestured to him, "Go in."

Brother Xu walked into the yard.

After Xu Yu and Jiang Yi came over, they walked towards the table together.

After everyone brought the food to the table, they sat around it.

This meal was considered quite sumptuous in that era.

Jiang Qingyun and Yang Wenhui kept urging the Xu family to eat more.

The two families obviously got along very well when Xu Yu and his friends were out.

Everyone had a relaxing meal.

Jiang Qingyun also wanted to take out some wine for the men in the Xu family.

He was stopped by Xu Kui and others.

Xu Kui said, "We have important things to discuss after dinner, so we won't drink."

After all, drinking will cause trouble.

Brother Xu Da and Brother Xu Er also said that they would not drink, but there would be plenty of opportunities to drink later.

Only then did Jiang Qingyun give up the idea of ​​getting the wine.

After a lively meal, everyone cleaned up the dishes and sat down to discuss the engagement of Xu Yu and Jiang Yi.

There is no need to choose a date for engagement, as long as both families agree.

However, the engagement is done when the man goes to the woman's house. In particular, the custom here is that when the man goes to the woman's house, he must pick up a bag of wedding cakes and bring them over. The woman will then distribute them to every household in the village, so that everyone can share in the joy and receive everyone's blessings.

As the village chief, Xu Kui knew very well how many households there were in Hongxing Village, so he asked Jiang Yi's family to order a certain number of wedding cakes at that time to avoid having too much or too little.

In addition to this, a matchmaker must be present on the engagement day, and the gentleman must be asked to choose a wedding date.

Xu Yu and Jiang Yi were the ones he liked, so Xu Yu suggested that Dr. Huang be the matchmaker.

Everyone said that as long as Dr. Huang agreed, they would have no objection.

After saying this, everyone talked about the renovation of Jiang Yi's house.

Jiang Yi talked about how he planned to build it, and also told his parents that he and Xu Yu were planning to build a pharmacy in the backyard.

Jiang Qingyun and Yang Wenhui gave direct and unconditional support.

The Xu family was shocked when Jiang Yi said he wanted to build five rooms directly. At the same time, they were somewhat happy about his attitude towards Xu Yu, and felt that their daughter/sister was too wasteful.

But they didn't say anything.

Then Jiang Yi told them that he would go buy bricks and tiles tomorrow.

Xu Jianjun asked, "Where are you going to find workers? I don't think there are any people here who can build brick houses."

Jiang Yi said, "We'll do it ourselves when the time comes. I can do it."

Everyone was a little surprised.

Jiang Yi added, "I've helped others build houses before."

Xu Jianping immediately said, "Then I'll come and help you, and I can also learn how to build a brick house."

In addition to Xu Jianjun who is reluctant to take too much leave, Xu Kui and Zhang Hongmei also said that they can come to help if there is a shortage of manpower.

When people in the village build houses, people with good relationships and acquaintances usually help out together, and no one is hired specifically.

The host will just provide the food when the time comes.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yi said: "No, my comrades will come to help when the time comes."