Coincidentally, Li Jianning came with a matchmaker that night. They brought pork, wine, and a basket full of gifts.

Tang Youde immediately made a quick calculation.

This young man was good, so polite and good-looking!

He had retired from the army and was still a government official. It was said that he still had a chance to take over the village secretary!

Moreover, Zhang Taohua was pregnant. If the leaders looked into it and Li Jianning, the future secretary of the village, put in a good word for him, the matter would be over.

It was worth it! The more he thought about it, the more satisfied he became.

Without waiting for his wife and children to discuss it, he immediately agreed to the marriage.

Yang Jinsong must have heard about the engagement between Li Jianning and Tang Yue because they lived in the same village.

On the first day of the New Year, he dared to break in. He was like a weasel paying New Year's respects to a chicken. He had bad intentions!

With a livid face, Li Jianning quickly took two steps forward and stood at the door.

He was 1.8 meters tall and burly. When he stood forward, he looked like a wall.

After all, he had retired from the army, and his righteousness had increased instead of decreasing. Just by standing there, Yang Jinsong felt an invisible pressure.

He unconsciously took two steps back.

The smile on Yang Jinsong's face froze.

He raised his head and looked at Li Jianning with a frown.

Compared to the tall Li Jianning, Yang Jinsong, who was only 1.7 meters tall, looked too short.

Even if his neck was stretched like a giraffe, his head had just reached the shoulder of Yang Jinsong.

In this way, he lost a round in momentum.

But who was Yang Jinsong? He was a smart man. How could he be frightened by such a small difficulty?

"Well, Jianning, you also come and pay your New Year's respects to Auntie..."

"No, Jianning is here to celebrate the Spring Festival!"

Before Yang Jinsong could finish his words, Tang Yue sneered and didn't even bother to look at him.

She walked to Li Jianning and grabbed his hand.

His hand was wide, warm, and wet. When she held it in her hand, she felt very at ease.

In the 1980s, Yang Jinsong was 20 years old. He was well-educated in high school. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and clean clothes. With his fair face without a beard, he looked like a scholar.

His temperament was naturally completely different from that of a rough man like Li Jianning, who worked in the village.

In her previous life, Tang Yue was obsessed with this kind of bookishness on him. She became blind and took the villain as a treasure. She followed him like a moth to a flame; Not only did he court death, but he also caused trouble for her daughter and sister.

Yang Jinsong was like a wolf in sheep's clothing. Under his gentle appearance, his heart, liver, and lungs were all rotten.

Thinking of what he had done in her previous life, Tang Yue wished she could tear him into pieces.

He had harmed her in her previous life, and she did not want to risk her life for this scumbag again.

As for revenge, she would naturally put it on the agenda, on the premise that it did not violate the law.

However, it was not now.

She sneered and pulled Li Jianning into the house.

"Auntie, you're the best. Even the food at Tang Dashan's family is not as good as the one you've prepared!"

Seeing that no one in the room paid attention to him, Yang Jinsong smiled awkwardly and changed the topic.

He craned his neck and looked into the room. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he quickly swallowed his saliva.

Incredible! The food at Tian Lanfang's family was so delicious!

There were six dishes in total, including white flour dumplings, fried fish, cold vegetables, fried eggs, and meat fried vegetables!

Compared with his family's food, the difference was like heaven and earth!

There were many people in his house. His mother bent over and kneaded a large plate of noodles. She was so tired that her throat was making a lot of noise. It took her a lot of effort to wrap up two curtains of cabbage peanut oil dumplings.

There was no meat in the dumplings, only plain stuffing; The old lady was so shrewd that she even calculated the peanut oil in the pot; When he bought the meat for the Spring Festival, she said that she would keep it for the second day of the New Year and eat it with the guests.

The whole family enjoyed the tasteless cabbage and salted dumplings!

Apart from anything else, when the four of his brothers ate a lot, each of them had to eat three big bowls of dumplings and three bowls of soup!

They ate like pigs, leaving nothing behind.

As for Tian Lanfang's family, there were not only dumplings but also so many dishes!

As soon as he entered the door, he smelt a strong smell of meat!

The economy in 1987 was far better than that in the 1970s. The purchase of goods was no longer as before. All kinds of ticket cards were not needed. As long as you had money, you could buy them.

But the premise was that you had money.

In addition to leaving ten dollars for living expenses, the money earned by Yang Jinsong had to be handed over to his mother.

Although his mother worked hard in the field, she couldn't stand the fact that there was a blind chronic invalid at home and the family owed a lot of debts.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so reluctant to put some pork in the New Year's Eve dinner; She could come up with a bad idea to let her son live with Tang Youde.

Yang Jinsong had wanted to make a scene, but he immediately changed his mind.

Tang Yue had always hated Li Jianning the most. She said that he was crippled and had trouble walking. She disdained him for being disabled. He even wanted to be with her. He was simply craving for what was not worthy of.

Now that she suddenly changed his attitude, it must be because Li Jianning had given money to her family.

In addition, her aunt, Shang Dongmei, had offended Tang Youde. She was angry with him.

Previously, Yang Jinsong couldn't tell that Li Jianning had been keeping some private money.

Tang Yue had told him that she would definitely be with him for the rest of her life.

Even if she was engaged to Li Jianning, so what?

When Tang Yue used up all of Li Jianning's private money, she would still be with Yang Jinsong and bring him the money she got.

Thinking of this, Yang Jinsong felt great.

In the past, when he got along well with Tang Youde, Tian Lanfang didn't dare to slight him. When he visited them, they would entertain him well with fine dishes.

Over time, Yang Jinsong really didn't treat himself as an outsider.

The strange thing was that Tian Lanfang was no longer smiling and obedient. Instead, she walked to the stove and kept herself warm by the fire.

This...

Yang Jinsong thought that he couldn't just sit down and eat, could he?

Once again, he unconsciously looked at the table that hadn't been cleaned up yet.

The dumplings were all big and round, giving off a strong scent of meat. As a conditioned reflex, his stomach growled.

Just as his eyes were attracted by the table full of food, Tang Yue walked over quickly.

She took a bowl of dumplings from the table and walked quickly toward him.

Yang Jinsong was delighted and turned to look at Li Jianning provocatively.

He was thinking, "So what if you two are engaged? Tang Yue is still in love with me!"

Seeing Tang Yue coming over, he hurriedly reached out and took the bowl of dumplings.

"This is for the dog!"

Tang Yue sneered, took the bowl of dumplings from Yang Jinsong, and poured the dumplings into the dog bowl at the door.

Da Huang wagged its tail happily. It must be thinking, "Oh my god, Master has made a fortune. She's actually giving me dumplings!"

"Hey!"

Yang Jinsong stood awkwardly in the same place, his lips trembling, but he didn't say a word in the end.

"Oh, Yueyue, the dog can't eat that much. Just give him a dumpling..."

Tian Lanfang was by the stove with her back against him. What she said almost made him furious.