The 70s Novel: The Supporting Character Just Wants to Lie Down-Chapter 51: Sincerely Setting the Engagement

After Zhang Rongfa put down an envelope, he left with Li Yinfeng.

As soon as they were out the door, he disdainfully shook off her hand and said, "You should go to the old Li household now, don’t wait until tomorrow..."

He hadn’t expected the Wang family’s son-in-law to have such a big background, linked with the military department. Commoners cannot fight against officials, especially... a scene flashed through his mind, and he couldn’t help but shudder.

Originally, he planned to secretly have his two sons help clean up the place before letting her move there. But now... humph, without teaching her a lesson, she’d never learn from her mistakes, and if she causes trouble again, should the whole family be dragged down because of her?

The old Li household wasn’t anywhere decent, located behind the village, two desolate broken houses, no family within a hundred meters’ range, the houses were already dilapidated, surrounded by overgrown weeds, and in the heat of summer, who knows how many snakes and insects lurk inside, definitely unfit for living.

Li Yinfeng watched her husband leave heartlessly, gritting her teeth, hatred glimmering in her eyes.

Humph, let her figure out whether she’s the Li family’s girl or Zhang family’s daughter-in-law. What’s there to think about, without the Li family’s girl there would be no Zhang family’s daughter-in-law.

Reflecting on half of her life, raising children for the Zhang family, managing the household, and what did she get in return...

Just because of a few careless words, without committing any heinous crime, Zhang Rongfa could disregard years of marital affection, sending her to that broken house to mistreat her...

Li Yinfeng gazed in the direction of home, hearing the laughter from the Wang family’s house, her heart clenched tightly, and she resolutely turned away, heading not to the old Li household, but out of the village...

Inside the Wang house, everyone stared at the envelope without moving. It was silent for a moment before the village chief, Zhang Bingkun, pushed the envelope towards Liu Yulan, "Take it, just as he said, it’s for Pandi’s dowry. If you don’t accept, this matter won’t be closed. Accept it, and let this matter pass."

Liu Yulan thought for a moment, as she opened the envelope, "Okay, Pandi, Mom will keep it for you, for your dowry later." A ten yuan note, the Zhang family had been generous.

Actually, the matter came too suddenly. The Zhang family didn’t want to spend money, but they really had nothing at home that could serve as an apology gift.

Thanks to Zhou Fengjuan, without her going to reason, the Zhang family might have dragged it out until the next day, going to town to buy some presentable gifts, it wouldn’t have cost ten yuan, and this matter would have been settled. Unfortunately...

"Alright, this matter is over, Pandi, Gangzi, don’t overthink it." Zhou Fengjuan had just vented her anger at the Zhang family, taught Li Yinfeng a lesson, and felt rejuvenated and joyous, "As long as you two are well, Yulan and I are happy."

"Mm, Aunt, I will treat Pandi well." Yang Zhigang took the opportunity to voice his concern, "Aunt, Uncle, Pandi and I sincerely want to start a family and live well together. This incident has blown up so much, people in the village will inevitably gossip. I want to settle the engagement soon, so we can be officially recognized, and it would reduce their speculations."

Wang Miaomiao, hearing this, knew that her sister’s marriage was definitely going to be settled this time.

As expected, "That’s how it should be. Yulan, Baoxing, what do you say, shall we set a date?" Zhou Fengjuan was overjoyed, unable to hide her smile. She had put great effort into this match, hoping for a good outcome.

Liu Yulan and Wang Baoxing exchanged a glance, seeing satisfaction for this son-in-law in each other’s eyes.

"Alright then." Liu Yulan decisively concluded, "Pandi will turn eighteen next year on the tenth of October. Gangzi, why don’t you discuss it with your family, after October tenth, pick a good day for the wedding."

"Okay." Yang Zhigang felt both excited and thought it wasn’t enough, the date seemed too far, "Aunt, Uncle, I want to hold an engagement party first, this month, I want everyone to know that Pandi is my rightful fiancée."

Afterward, anyone who wanted to spread rumors would better think twice.

Liu Yulan’s eyes flashed, a smile touched her lips, reaching her eyes, she was satisfied, "You’re considerate, since you’re willing, let’s go with your plan."

Nowadays, holding an engagement party was optional. Holding one would give the bride’s family face, but add an expense for the groom’s family.

In this era, every family lived in tight circumstances, some even struggled with food a few years ago, and most families had already agreed to skip the engagement party and proceed directly to the wedding banquet.

"Thank you, Aunt, Uncle." Yang Zhigang was so excited he wanted to cheer, looking at his shy fiancée with fervent eyes.

Wang Pandi said nothing, shy the whole time. She didn’t need to make the arrangements; she just needed to be a quiet beautiful bride.

With things resolved and the marriage settled, Zhang Bingkun and Zhou Fengjuan left contentedly.

The Wang family and Yang Zhigang continued discussing the engagement.

Liu Yulan found the tickets received today, recalling there were quite a few cloth tickets. During the engagement, the bride’s side had to make clothes and shoes for the groom. Luckily, Pandi was skilled, she could buy fabric and make them herself.

Meanwhile, Yang Zhigang learned that his sister-in-law ranked first and could attend the Provincial High School, quickly offering his congratulations, also contemplating a suitable gift for her.

"Gangzi, do you have a way to exchange this bicycle ticket for a watch ticket?" Liu Yulan asked tentatively as she found the bicycle ticket while sorting through the cloth tickets.

Yang Zhigang took a glance at the ticket, just that one glance startled him, "Where did this ticket come from?"

Seeing Yang Zhigang’s serious expression, though she didn’t understand, Liu Yulan honestly replied, "It was a reward from the Red Star Commune’s clerk to Miao Miao today, besides twenty yuan, there were these tickets and some school supplies."

Liu Yulan pushed the tickets toward Yang Zhigang, and he quickly went through them, seeing no issues, but reexamined the bicycle ticket, "I’ll take this bicycle ticket, I’ll bring a watch ticket next time. I suddenly remembered some matters not yet settled, Aunt, Uncle, I’ll head back first."

"Oh, alright, if you’re busy, go ahead." Liu Yulan observed his serious demeanor, as if he’d indeed just remembered something urgent, so she didn’t insist on him staying, standing up to see him off, "Be careful on the road, ride slowly."

"Mm, I will." Yang Zhigang mounted his bicycle, bidding farewell to Liu Yulan and Wang Baoxing, but couldn’t help turning to Wang Pandi, "I might be busy the next few days, couldn’t find time to visit you, wait for me at home, Pandi, wait for me to come over with the engagement gift, and from then on, we’ll face life together."

Yang Zhigang rode off swiftly, and everyone watched his departing figure, pondering what had happened, prompting his hasty departure.