Rebirth in Famine: She Thrives by Lucky Space
Chapter 160 Smooth

Chapter 160: 160 Smooth

"Mengjie, what’s wrong? Don’t scare me."

"It’s all your fault, I hate you."

"Mengjie, don’t be like this, I couldn’t help myself. Please forgive me, let’s go to your house for a marriage proposal now, people already know, this isn’t good for you."

Kong Mengjie finished dressing and sat blankly on the bed, her mind was blank, it’s all over this time.

"Mengjie, I’ll make dinner. Once we finish eating, we’ll go to your house."

Huang Hongwei went out to make a fire for cooking. There was only cornmeal left at home, and reluctantly, he went inside, not wanting Kong Mengjie to only eat this.

"Mengjie, shall we eat out? There’s no food at home."

Kong Mengjie was still unmoved. She had already figured it out; marrying Huang Hongwei was the only way, and this would at least minimize the harm to herself.

She looked up at the cautious man speaking to her, comforting herself in her heart, so be it, just like this.

"Huang Hongwei, will you treat me well for a lifetime?"

"I will, I swear, I’ll be good to only you for a lifetime." He said, and climbed onto the bed to embrace the girl, who was blaming herself, looking lost.

She was fifteen years younger than him, and he felt lucky to be able to marry her. As for work issues in the future, who could tell?

"It’s easy for you to say, I’m just afraid you won’t cherish me in the future." Kong Mengjie said as tears streamed down her face.

This silent crying made him even more heartbroken.

"I absolutely won’t. I truly love you. I’m willing to sacrifice everything for you. Mengjie, we had originally planned to be together, it’s just happening earlier, don’t be afraid, I’ve got this."

Now Kong Mengjie had also understood. To minimize rumors, she should just marry him. Eventually, she would have to marry someone, and Huang Hongwei wasn’t bad.

"Let’s go, Mengjie, take me home. I’ll propose."

"Okay, I’m afraid to go through the front door." Kong Mengjie still cared about how others looked at her.

"I’ll go outside to check, if it’s not possible, you can leave through the back door, I’ll push the cart from the front."

"Mengjie, what do we need to prepare for the proposal?"

"You prepare it yourself; take whatever you think is best."

"I still have a two-pound sugar ticket, plus twenty yuan, is that okay?"

Kong Mengjie knew this was already considerable. In the village, the bride price for proposals was usually around five yuan, twenty was indeed quite a bit.

"Mengjie, there’s still four hundred yuan at home, I’ll give it all to you, you can prepare as you see fit." Huang Hongwei said as he took out a deposit slip from the cabinet and handed it to Kong Mengjie.

"I came here to work on a four hundred forty yuan investment, I’ve already paid back the family three hundred yuan, and I want to repay the remaining one hundred forty to my parents, considering I still have two brothers who aren’t married yet, along with younger siblings."

"Okay, then I’ll go withdraw the money, you wait at home for me."

"No, I’ll wait for you on the road, you know where L Town is, right? After you’re done, ride the bike to catch up with me."

"Alright, I’ll be quick."

The two of them agreed, and Kong Mengjie left through the back door. Huang Hongwei went to withdraw the money, bought candy, and also purchased two pieces of peach pastries for Kong Mengjie, feeling it’s okay for him to be hungry but not wanting her to be.

This man was like this, believing his wife should serve the elders, care for the children, and work hard at home to earn credit points, as it was expected. But for his "true love," he was willing to sacrifice everything.

Jiang Xinyu was at home feeling anxious, never having anticipated Wei Kaiyun’s return so eagerly, wondering what had happened.

Unable to concentrate on reading, she decided to busy herself instead. Thinking about making braised beef, as there wasn’t much at home.

After cleaning the beef, she rubbed it with salt. A whole large wooden basin, it needed to be marinated for two days to be flavorful.

The old broth from last time was still retained. By the eighteenth, it would be ready to cook.

She promised Wang Ailing to deliver some meat tomorrow, so she took out over ten pounds of three-layer pork ribs. These didn’t need marinating and could be stewed today.

Until five in the afternoon, Wei Kaiyun finally returned. By then, the braised pork was nearly cooked.

"Honey, I’m sorry, there was something I needed to handle."

"Was it about Kong Mengjie?"

"How did you know?"

"Today, I went to deliver bread to Wang Ailing and saw many people gathered at Huang Hongwei’s door. Someone said it was because of chasing a thief and also mentioned hearing a woman’s screams. You also mentioned a few days ago you wanted to help the two of them, so I guessed it might be this."

"Haha, my wife is really smart. Yes, that’s right, can you guess who was chasing the thief?"

"Shen Xueqi."

"Yes. Honey, I came home to tell you I’ll be back late tonight, Shen Xueqi found me, and I’m inviting him for dinner."

"Okay, understood. Be careful."

Wei Kaiyun hugged Jiang Xinyu, gave her a kiss, and left.

Only Jiang Xinyu was left at home, smelling the rich aroma of the braised pork, yet having no appetite, and glancing at the marinated beefsteaks.

Fine, even if alone, she’d fry a piece. Was she afraid of being lonely?

She shook her head, turned to find the griddle, put it on the stove, added butter, and carefully fried the beefsteak. Even without seasonings, knife and fork, or company, it still seemed delicious.

Kong Mengjie nervously brought Huang Hongwei home. It was already dark, and the family was having dinner.

"Mengjie, why did you come back so late?" Tian Shulan asked her eldest daughter.

"Auntie, I’m Huang Hongwei, the workshop coordinator at the textile factory. I’m here today to propose, I want to marry Mengjie, we sincerely love each other."

His words drew everyone’s attention.

Kong Zhongyou put his chopsticks down with a snap. Though it was dim under the kerosene lamp, he still could see that Huang Hongwei was quite old.

He got up and went into the room, "Kong Mengjie, come here."

Huang Hongwei had anticipated this result, feeling a bit awkward but still able to accept it.

The two younger ones eating also put down their chopsticks, secretly observing Huang Hongwei.

Tian Shulan followed them into the room, leaving Huang Hongwei standing there.

Kong Zhongyou sat on the bed, "Tell me, what’s going on?"

"Dad, I want to marry him."

"Why? He’s not young, is he?"

"He’s our workshop coordinator, really takes care of me, this time, with his help, I got promoted to team leader.

I also quite like him, he’s really nice to me." Kong Mengjie didn’t dare say anything more.

"Just because of this? At his age, shouldn’t he be married with children?"

"He’s already divorced. The three children are with the woman, he has a house next to the textile factory." Kong Mengjie continuously boosting Huang Hongwei.

"Is this all you care about? You could find someone better in the future." Tian Shulan hit her daughter resentfully.