The next day after work, Liu Guixiang brought her two sisters-in-law to the educated youth compound to propose marriage.

Yu Shuang was an educated youth sent to the countryside, and she had no family here. In the end, Su Hao and Deng Wei, as friends, helped to entertain her.

Yu Shuang didn't have much of a smile on her face, but after making the phone call in the morning, she was no longer in that half-dead state as she was yesterday. Liu Guixiang didn't get a kind look from Yu Shuang, and she almost couldn't maintain her fake smile.

Finally, the two parties agreed on a dowry of twenty yuan, and the wedding would be held three days later.

Yu Shuang had no objections. Nowadays, in the countryside, a dowry of five yuan is considered the highest. The village chief's family gave twenty yuan, which at least showed they were putting on a good show.

Neither side was satisfied with the other, and the marriage proposal ended in an awkward silence. When Liu Guixiang returned home, her face fell.

"My ancestors, I must have owed you brothers something in my past life! You've brought home a real ancestor!"

"Mother, what's wrong now?" Jiang He's smile gradually faded when he saw his mother start scolding him as soon as she returned from the marriage proposal, afraid of upsetting her.

Liu Guixiang pointed at Jiang He's nose and cursed, "When we went to propose marriage, she didn't even give us a smile? Do you think she wants to live with you? We gave her the betrothal gifts, but she didn't even mention the dowry. I think she's just deliberately trying to intimidate me!"

Jiang He knew in his heart that if he hadn't saved Yu Shuang, how could a girl from a big city like Yu Shuang have ever been interested in him?

It's understandable that she's unwilling, but since she's already agreed to marry him, he's confident he can make a good life for her. Right now, it's more important to appease his mother.

"Mother, Yu, the educated youth, is young and inexperienced. Please be understanding. Besides, her family isn't here; how would they know about these things?"

Seeing Jiang He's attitude, Liu Guixiang was so angry that she pounded her chest and stamped her feet. "He hasn't even entered the house yet! And you're already protecting him like this. You've really forgotten your mother after marrying a wife!"

Jiang He panicked and quickly apologized, "Mother, please don't be angry. I'll have her come over and apologize to you after she comes in, okay?"

Liu Guixiang couldn't bear to make things difficult for her son. She had already planned to teach Shuang the manners after she entered the house. With a cold snort, she went to prepare the things needed for the wedding.

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When Wen Li returned from work, she heard about Aunt Liu's marriage proposal. Wen Li thought that Yu Shuang had turned misfortune into blessing, avoiding the ending of her previous life and marrying Jiang He. Perhaps Jiang Yue'er would not harm Yu Shuang for Jiang He's sake.

At least her ending has changed.

After Su Hao and everyone else returned, he distributed some pastries to everyone as a way of sharing in the joy.

Yu Shuang acted as if nothing had happened, and even had the mood to ridicule Guo Caixia. Guo Caixia was quite provoked by Yu Shuang, and her eyes were filled with resentment when she looked at everyone.

Yin Jiao was also a restless person, stirring things up between the two like a troublemaker.

Wen Li strongly suspected that if Tian Xiang and Niu Zhaodi hadn't been standing behind her, Yin Jiao would have been beaten up by Guo Caixia long ago.

"Yu, you educated youth, rent me your house. I don't want to live with an ugly woman. If I get up in the middle of the night, I'll think I've seen a ghost!"

"Okay, I've paid a small portion of the rent. I've lived here by myself for two months, so you just need to give me ten more months' rent!"

"Okay, I'll give you the money right now!"

Guo Caixia looked at Yin Jiao with a gloomy gaze. Thinking of the scars on her own face, she wished she could slash the faces of these two little bitches, especially that bitch Jiang Yue'er, who knew that Jiang Chen was already married, yet still shamelessly seduced him.

She wished she could gouge out Jiang Yue'er's eyes and see how she would seduce people then!

Guo Caixia resented everyone in her heart, but she still couldn't bear to say a word against Jiang Chen. Even though she had injuries on her face, she still went to wash the dirty clothes that Jiang Chen had changed out of.

I also went to the kitchen and steamed an egg for him to nourish his body.

Wen Li was delighted to see this, and in the past two days, she had almost finished eating all the melon seeds in her online space.

The next day, it was time for the transaction again, and Wen Li went to the commune after taking leave.

She first went to the address Gu Huai had given her, then changed into Zhang Cuihua's clothes and swaggered into the courtyard.

The courtyard is in a secluded location with few people around. The weeds inside have been cleared away, and the furniture is all ready.

She opened the doors and windows to let in some fresh air, and then Wen Li took all her belongings out and piled them in the storage room.

After putting her things away, she first went to a state-run restaurant and packed twenty meat buns, and then went to the post office.

The post office happened to have her letter and money order. She picked up the package, withdrew the money, found a place to put the items into her spatial storage, and finally went to the black market.

The henchmen guarding the black market all recognized Wen Li. Upon seeing her arrive, one of them immediately greeted her with a smile.

"Aunt Zhang, what brings you here today?"

Wen Li's lips twitched. This kid doesn't know how to talk. The way he said it makes her look like she's in her seventies or eighties!

Is your eldest child home?

"You're looking for the boss? I'll take you there!"

This time, the younger brother didn't hide anything and took Wen Li directly to Gu Huai's lair. When he saw Wen Li arrive, the third brother immediately went back to his room to call for help. The young man who led the way led Wen Li to the living room and quickly poured her a cup of tea.

A short while later, Gu Huai emerged from inside, a cigarette dangling from his mouth and still half-asleep. Scarface handed him a damp towel.

"You're here early today!"

Wen Li put down her teacup. "The things are already over there. Go and get them when you have time!"

"Okay, it's inconvenient during the day, I'll call someone tonight!" Gu Huai waved to Scarface, who then placed a wooden box on the table.

"Let's see if these will do; I specifically picked them out!"

When Wen Li opened the box, she saw that it was full of various precious gemstone jewelry, and they were all in good condition. Even though she had seen a lot of the world, these things still made her eyes light up.

"My little bit of stuff can't possibly buy all these good things!"

"These things are just collecting dust here. Take them if you like!"

Wen Li smiled and pushed the box in front of Gu Huai. "I really like these things, but let's keep things separate. Fairness is the most important thing in business. How could I take advantage of you!"

Gu Huai pushed the box in front of Wen Li again, "These things might be valuable in the future, but right now, they're just some useless broken stones. I sincerely want to be your friend, so it's not a loss for me!"

Wen Li quickly realized what Gu Huai meant. He probably made a lot of money from that batch of rice and flour, and now many people are probably asking about her.

Gu Huai wouldn't give me so many good things for no reason. If he wants to monopolize this business, he has to show his sincerity.

"Then let's deduct it from the payment for the next three orders! But I'll need the money after that!"

Wen Li also wants to buy more land and courtyard houses after the college entrance examination is reinstated. Then she won't have to work hard anymore and can become a landlady directly. So she still needs to save more cash.

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