I used rebirth to bury his captivating gaze.

After taking action in Chapter 45, the Yang family and the Wang family from the same village exchang

"Yue, don't argue with her. You and Xiaojun go play in the west room."

Seeing that she still hadn't moved, Liu's mother repeated herself. This infuriated Diaoyan. She suddenly shouted angrily, "You old scoundrel, how dare you cheat on my son in front of us!"

"Diao Yan, say less. We're here to do serious business, not to fight."

Before Yang Zhannan could finish speaking, Liu Lu picked up the kerosene lamp and hurled it at Diao Yan's contorted face. Just a millimeter away from hitting her, the Yang father and son rushed to grab the lamp, but they missed and bumped into each other, falling to the ground.

The sewing needle between Liu's fingers pierced the pad of another finger, deep but without drawing any blood! She paused briefly, then raised the fine steel needle used for sewing and slid the tip twice across the top of her shoulder-length, half-black and half-white hair, making the needle tip even sharper to penetrate the patched old clothes.

Yang Yuhan remained calm and simply blew a breath, and the diesel lamp returned to its original position without shaking or wobbling.

The father and son stood up. Just as Yang Zhanxi was about to raise his fist to hit Liu Lu, Yang Zhi grabbed his arm.

The handsome young man from the Liu family was eager to try, but was suddenly pulled away by Liu Yue beside him and led to the west room. Liu's mother watched the two walk away one after the other, her face beaming with a youthful smile. She then picked up the fine steel needle and thread with even more strength and continued to mend the old man's worn-out trousers.

The Yang family was even more furious upon seeing this. Without saying a word, they returned home and went to find the matchmaker, Zou Laqian, to cancel the engagement the next day. However, the matchmaker had returned to her husband's family home in another city.

Yang Zhanxi and his wife Diao Yan had no choice but to go to the Liu family themselves to retrieve the betrothal gifts.

Yang Zhi was indeed a hot commodity. Every time he broke off his engagement with Liu San, a matchmaker would immediately come to introduce him to potential partners. This was at home. If he worked with Yang Zhannan to make furniture in another village, the parents of the girls in that village would also have their eyes on his hands that were good at making furniture.

Now that he has almost the same skills as Yang Zhannan, he can make money with his carpentry skills in this era, so he doesn't have to worry about not having a better partner than Liu Yue.

Yang Zhanxi and Diao Yan had barely sat down with the two returned engagement bundles when a matchmaker came knocking on their door. This time, the matchmaker was a middle-aged man from the village named Wang Qing. He wanted to introduce a girl from the village, the third daughter of his elder brother, who had recently moved there. She was eighteen years old and said to be very beautiful.

The girl's name was Wang Chunmei. She lived in the middle of the front row of earthen houses in the Yang family compound. The two families were very close neighbors, and they knew her parents fairly well, though they rarely interacted. Therefore, the Yang family didn't know much about this girl.

She rarely stayed at home, often traveling and only returning occasionally. She also appeared somewhat unfamiliar with the family, so the matchmaker said the Yang family had no objections and they would set a date for their meeting.

Diao Yan immediately agreed, saying that they could meet that evening if they were free. Yang Zhanxi and Yang Zhi also did not object.

Sure enough, after dinner that evening, Wang Qing brought his niece to the Yang family compound for a blind date.

The girl was tall and slender with a pair of large, bright eyes.

Finally, urged by his parents, Yang Zhi agreed to the engagement, and Wang Qing saw his niece nod in agreement.

Wang Qing acted opportunistically, as this skilled young man with carpentry skills was hard to find in the villages of the north and south.

For the sake of his niece, he immediately wrote down a list of betrothal gifts on a red paper.

Every family has the same dowry list, and the bride's family demands the same things.

After the betrothal gift lists from both families were completed, the Yang family planned to go to the supply and marketing cooperative in Tuandingshan Commune in the next few days to purchase the gifts according to the lists, and then give the betrothal gifts to the Wang family's daughter.

Now things are really messed up. The Liu family has a handsome young man who won't leave, and the Yang family has a new dowry list for a potential bride from the same village.

The two spies sitting in the classroom started whispering again. "Yuhan, my third sister has been lying on the kang (heated brick bed) crying these past few days. The person who came to our house wasn't her boyfriend, but my uncle's son who lives in the ancient county town. He's a handsome young man. You saw how good-looking he is, didn't you? The other day when you came to my house to break off the engagement, I went out to play. I hope this conflict between our families won't affect our good friendship?"

"Liu Ying, what are you talking about? Their business is their own; how could it affect our good relationship? Unless you betray us."

"I won't, never. I was testing you. Haha!"

"Alright, don't forget, we're good friends and classmates who've been through thick and thin together. Do you remember when Blind Song bullied us so badly we almost had to go home?"

Yang Yuhan added in her mind, "The blind man Song was bullying the original owner of this body, myself."

She added, "We are now more like partners."

"Yes, I remember everything. We'll always be good friends, and we'll definitely complete our collaborative mission so that our families can live well."

"Shh! Keep your voice down. Do you think you're at home? Liu Xing, I'm asking you something."

“Yu Han, you said that now the whole class has gone out to play on the playground, leaving just the two of us.”

"You have to tell me the truth. Are you sure the person who came to your house is your uncle's son who lives in the county town? Your cousin? He's been here for several days, and he's still staying at your house?"

"Heh! What do you want me to say to you?"

"Of course it's the truth. Otherwise, how can we cooperate in the next step? Does your third sister really not like my Yang Zhi that much?"

"Alright, I'll tell you the truth. Anyway, my third sister, you, and I are on the same side."

"Don't keep me in suspense, hurry up and tell me, class is about to start."

“He’s not my cousin from my uncle’s side, but my cousin from my uncle’s side is the same age as him. He’s lived with my maternal grandmother’s family abroad since he was a child, and we’ve never met. My mother deliberately lied and said he was my sister.”

How do you know it's a lie?

"Mom meant that since none of us had met our cousin who lived abroad, she wanted to use this opportunity to get our uncle to introduce her to someone. She already had a boyfriend, so she suggested that we bring this handsome guy over so they could gradually develop their relationship and then my third sister would forget about Yang Zhi. This handsome guy was someone my aunt's boss mentioned to her at work."

"He's the leader's son, so handsome, plenty of city girls would marry him, why would he go to the countryside to look for someone? Besides, how do you know all this?"

“I overheard my mom telling my dad in the middle of the night. He’s the son of the factory manager, and he’s quite handsome. He’s only gone to the countryside to find my third sister for one reason: he’s divorced and has a son and a daughter who live with his grandparents. I overheard all of this when I got up in the middle of the night. I didn’t tell my third sister because I was afraid she couldn’t handle what my mom did. I’ve told you everything, but you have to keep it a secret.”

"In the end, my family was right to call off the engagement."

"Yu Han, don't think like that. My third sister and that handsome guy just talk to each other, nothing more. Besides, my third sister has been secretly crying ever since the engagement was called off."

"What's the use of crying? The key question is, who does she have in her heart? Yang Zhi isn't as handsome as that other guy, but he won over many girls' parents' hearts with his carpentry skills. Now the engagement has been broken off and she's immediately engaged again. She's Wang Chunmei from our village. What do you think of her?"