NOVEL NEXT Chapter 32
Chapter 32
Su Fei and Liang Hao secretly prepared for the proposal, but for people nowadays, proposing is such a distant thing that they have never even heard of.
For them, after successful matchmaking and with the introduction of a matchmaker, they can directly get married. Some don’t even bother getting a marriage certificate and live their whole lives like that.
In rural areas, as long as witnessed by parents and relatives, everyone holds a banquet, eats together, and can start living together, which is equivalent to getting married. For them, this is enough for a lifetime.
Su Fei has only seen so many romantic proposal scenes on TV, especially in idol dramas, but she has never done it herself.
Basically, Su Fei and Liang Hao are just barely getting by, so they can only do their best to arrange a decent scene.
But when night fell, today was still a workday for the commune, and everyone hadn’t finished working yet. Su Fei also asked the villagers to keep it a secret from Ningning, until finally the day came and everyone was free.
Ningning had no idea what Su Fei was busy with, but he had his own work to do. He had to take care of rebuilding the new house, contacting workers, and buying various materials, all of which he had to prepare in advance.
On this evening, when Ningning saw that it was already dark and Su Fei still hadn’t returned, and the dishes were already cooked, he decided to go out and look for Su Fei.
Before he could leave, he was pulled by a child. Ningning didn’t know what was happening but followed the child.
Before he could speak, the child said, “Brother Ning, come with me quickly! I have something good to show you.” The little guy was determined to get the candy Su Fei promised him.
He followed the child stumblingly until they reached a particularly flat piece of land. Then the child took out a red scarf, covered Ningning’s eyes tightly, and told him not to peek.
Ningning had no idea what was happening and could only let the child cover his eyes and prepare himself. The child even made Ningning squat down and cover his eyes with his hands.
Meanwhile, many villagers involved in the proposal ceremony were moving quickly. They arranged candles into a heart shape for Su Fei, prepared flowers, and lots of fireworks. Everything was ready, waiting for Ningning to open his eyes.
Ningning heard many footsteps and didn’t know what was going on, but he obediently stayed crouched on the ground.
Just then, the red scarf covering Ningning’s eyes was removed. His eyes were a bit blurry, and he saw someone walking slowly under the lights. He rubbed his eyes, and when he saw clearly, he found it was Su Fei.
Su Fei was beaming, holding a bouquet of flowers and dressed beautifully. She took out a ring from her pocket. Seeing Ningning staring at her, she walked towards him, her hands and feet synchronized. She felt a bit nervous inside, after all, this was the first time she proposed in this life or the previous one.
“Ningning, I’m willing to marry you. Will you marry me?” Su Fei completely forgot about kneeling down and just shouted loudly at Ningning.
“Of course I will!” Ningning didn’t wait for everyone to say it together; he just took Su Fei’s hand and announced that they were together.
The villagers outside, having heard Liang Hao’s instructions to shout “Together!” upon Su Fei’s acceptance, didn’t expect things to go off-script. Before they could shout, Su Fei and Ningning had already agreed.
Su Fei was also stunned for a moment, then happily took out the ring she prepared and quickly put it on Ningning’s finger. Then she signaled for him to put one on her finger too.
Liang Hao reacted quickly and started setting off fireworks, urging everyone to shout “Together! Together!”
Although Su Fei was not satisfied with the simple proposal ceremony, seeing Ningning’s originally expressionless face now filled with excitement and red-eyed, she felt very satisfied. Even though it took a long time, as long as Ningning was happy, that was enough.
In the village, it was the first time they saw fireworks being set off not just during the New Year or festivals. Moreover, many young girls and boys felt quite envious seeing such a romantic proposal.
Ningning was excited for a while, hugged Su Fei without saying a word, and then when he came back to his senses, he only said one thing, “Where did you get the money to arrange all this? Hurry up and hand over your money! Did you secretly stash away some cash again…”
Su Fei was immediately at a loss. Right! She hadn’t told Ningning about this money yet.
She quickly joked, “Haha, I’ll just hand over all my bank cards to you, and from now on, you’ll handle the money in our family.”
Ningning waved his hand, and Su Fei knew she couldn’t avoid it today. She quickly handed the bank cards to him. Ningning took a look under the candlelight and found there was over a thousand yuan inside.
His expression changed because he saw that initially there were 2000 yuan, but now four to five hundred yuan had been spent!
Ningning felt both relieved and touched, but also a little angry.
He thought, “You spent four to five hundred yuan on this event, are you silly? That’s enough to build two houses!”
Seeing Su Fei’s carefree appearance, laughing foolishly, the other young people in the village were also especially happy.
“Su Fei, you gave all your money to Ningning. How do you plan to marry him? You haven’t even gotten married yet, and you’ve already handed over all your savings!” Some villagers thought Su Fei was a bit silly and suggested that she should save some private money before getting married.
“No need, I’m going to marry Ningning, and this is my dowry money.” Su Fei didn’t care at all. Although these people spoke bluntly, they didn’t have any bad intentions.
“Ningning, let us see how much dowry Su Fei brought to you!”
“Tell us so we can all be happy!” The people in the village started to cheer wildly.
It’s not surprising; after all, there weren’t many entertainment programs in the village. This event has become a big deal that swept through the entire village.
A few young men couldn’t help but approach Ningning, wanting to grab the bankbook from him. Then they jokingly ran away, saying, “…There’s over 1500 yuan in the bankbook now…”
Everyone was shocked to hear that there was so much money in the bankbook. Considering that they could only save a little over a hundred yuan throughout the year, this was considered a wealthy family. That’s why when their children got married, it would take almost several years of savings.
“Wow!! It’s unbelievable. Su Fei turns out to be a rich girl.”
Ningning was still stuck in the horror of the “Four Olds” and quickly said loudly, “No, no! Su Fei is not a rich girl at all. This is the money she earned from writing articles.”
Su Fei also knew that in this era, any joke could be taken seriously. She seriously retorted, “This is the royalty from a novel I published, not much.”
Oh! Oh! Knowledge is powerful. They decided to send their children to middle school, high school, and even college, determined to earn as much money as Su Fei. Now, everyone looked at Su Fei as if she were a golden child. Writing can bring in money without leaving the house!
Whether it was today’s proposal, Su Fei’s novel writing, or the new house Ningning was about to build, they all became enduring topics in the village.
Finally, just after the wheat harvest, there was a thrilling announcement from above that excited all the educated youth.