Lin Yueyue walked to the door and peeked through the crack to see if Zhang Guifen had left. Once she was sure no one was outside, she opened the door.

As soon as she stepped outside, someone rushed up to her. Upon closer inspection, it was none other than Zhang Tiedan from earlier—tall and burly, with thick eyebrows and large eyes, but his beard made him look like a bandit.

"Yue'e, you're out. Your mother's gone, I'm keeping an eye on things for you. Nobody's around right now."

Lin Yueyue was startled: "Zhang Tiedan, what are you doing? You scared me!"

"Are you scared? If you're scared, why don't you marry me? I'll protect you, and you won't have to be afraid of anything."

When Zhang Tiedan heard that Gu Jingyan was leaving and had divorced Lin Yue'e, he immediately had designs on her, since Lin Yue'e was the most beautiful woman in their village.

Even after the divorce, he didn't look down on her.

"Get away from me, you're crazy. I have things to do, don't bother me."

Lin Yueyue thought to herself, "Who said people in the past were conservative? Who said that?"

The rumors had just spread that Gu Jingyan was going to university and wouldn't want her anymore. And now Zhang Tiedan wants to marry her. That's called being conservative.

Lin Yueyue turned around and locked the door.

"Do you even need to lock your house? Even mice would starve to death if they got in."

Zhang Tiedan didn't care at all when he was scolded. He just stayed by Lin Yueyue's side.

"Are you hungry? There's nothing in your house. Do you want to eat right now?"

"I didn't, go away. I don't want to talk to you."

Lin Yueyue glared at Zhang Tiedan. What does it matter to you whether I'm hungry or not? Can't you understand human language?

But just then, her stomach rumbled again.

"Haha, I knew you were hungry. Yue'e, come with me. I live alone. You know, if you come with me, no one will care about you. I'll definitely treat you well in the future."

Zhang Tiedan had his eye on Lin Yue'e a long time ago. Who wouldn't like someone so beautiful? It's just that his family wasn't well-off. He had no parents and younger siblings, and he was well past the age of marriage. He was already a 30-year-old bachelor.

He couldn't marry a young girl anymore, no one wanted to. Now that Lin Yue'e was divorced, he eagerly rushed over.

Seeing that it was only noon, Lin Yueyue thought about going to the town commune to buy some grain and an iron pot, otherwise she wouldn't be able to cook. So she went to Granny Wang's house across the street.

"Yue'e, believe me. Although I'm older than you, I've never been married before. This is my first marriage, and I...I...I'm willing to give you a dowry of 200 yuan. We'll live together from now on, and you'll definitely be happy." Zhang Tiedan thought about the amount of money he had. Although it wasn't enough, he could borrow some more and work hard. He was sure he could make money eventually.

Zhang Tiedan saw that even after he had said all that, Lin Yue'e was still ignoring him. She was now on her second marriage.

Even though I don't dislike her, the fact that she ignores me makes me feel uncomfortable immediately. I stood there, getting angry.

Lin Yueyue entered the apartment across the hall. "Grandma Wang, are you home?"

Zhang Tiedan stood outside the door watching her, infuriated by Lin Yue'e's indifference. He spat on the ground.

"Pah, Gu Jingyan doesn't want you anymore, what are you pretending for?"

Lin Jinbao, who had been watching his sister from a short distance at his mother's behest, saw her come out and immediately ran to Zhang Tiedan, the village's old bachelor who had said he wanted to marry her. He then pulled Zhang Tiedan aside.

"Brother Tiedan, do you want to marry my sister?"

Lin Jinbao is already engaged.

It's Li Chunlan from the neighboring Xinghua Village. The two families have already agreed that the bride price will be 150 yuan. Her mother said that the eldest sister should pay for it.

Zhang Guifen asked her son to come and keep an eye on things, and to notify her immediately if his sister came out. Knowing that the man surnamed Gu was leaving, Zhang Guifen immediately set her sights on Lin Yue'e's house.

Their house is decades old. They had previously said that they would renovate it properly if Lin Jinbao got married. Now that Lin Yue'e and Gu Jingyan have broken up, the house should belong to their family.

When Zhang Tiedan saw that it was Lin Jinbao, Lin Yue'e was known for spoiling this younger brother and would give him anything. If Lin Yue'e married him, wouldn't he be his brother-in-law? So Zhang Tiedan immediately hugged Lin Jinbao like a brother.

"Hehe, Jinbao, look at what's going on between you and your sister..."

Zhang Tiedan took a pack of cigarettes out of his bag and stuffed it into Lin Jinbao's arms. At this time, a pack of cigarettes cost six mao (0.6 yuan) and required cigarette coupons.

"My sister is divorced, so this will definitely work out, but you'll have to ask my parents for my hand in marriage."

Let me tell you, even though my sister is divorced, look at her, no one in the surrounding area is as beautiful as her, and she doesn't have any children.

If you want to marry her, you'll have to pay the same dowry as a young, unmarried woman.

Lin Jinbao took the cigarette and put it in his mouth. Zhang Tiedan immediately took out a match and lit it for him, acting quite obsequiously.

"Of course! I just don't know if your sister would be willing?"

After Zhang Tiedan got his younger brother married and his sister married, he now lives alone. His sister-in-law feels sorry for him and always wants to find him a companion.

However, the women he found were either older than him or had children. He didn't want to be taken advantage of and raise other people's children.

"Come here."

Lin Jinbao pulled Zhang Tiedan aside and whispered in his ear with a grin:

As the saying goes, "It's easy for a man to pursue a woman, but easy for a woman to pursue a man." And what else is there? "Even a strong woman can be won over by a persistent suitor."

"Brother Tiedan, if you're more attentive, my sister will naturally take a liking to you eventually."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Tiedan immediately turned to look at Lin Yue'e.

As a result, Lin Yue'e rode her bicycle towards the village entrance.

From this point onward, the unified name will be Lin Yue'e.

Lin Yue'e rode her bicycle to town as she remembered it, but she never expected that when she passed the educated youth center at the entrance of the village, she would run into Gu Jingyan, who was squatting at the door doing something.

To be honest, she's used to riding electric bikes in modern times, and she used to ride those light women's bicycles when she was a child. Now, riding this kind of heavy bicycle feels a bit awkward.

Her gaze was drawn to her ex-husband again. Although she had a desire to get rich on her own, he was simply too criminally attractive.

She accidentally stepped into a mud puddle and tripped over it.

"what!"

Lin Yue'e and her car crashed spectacularly right in front of Gu Jingyan.

Gu Jingyan immediately got up and rushed over, pulling the car off her.

Are you alright?

The man's deep, slightly angry voice sent a shiver down Lin Yue'e's spine. Then he pulled her up.

"It's nothing, just a scrape." It was summer, and he was wearing very thin clothes.

Lin Yue'e's arm was held in Gu Jingyan's hand.

Suddenly, I felt a little awkward, after all, the two of them had just talked about divorce. And now...

"Where are you going?" Gu Jingyan felt a little soft-hearted when he saw her. After all, they had been married for two years, and he truly loved Lin Yue'e. Otherwise, he wouldn't have married a country girl like that.

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