At Uncle Lin's words, Jiang Ziyu sat down and waited for him to speak.
Uncle Lin took a sip of his cold tea before looking at his niece and asking, "Meifeng, what do you think about this matter?"
Lin Meifeng looked at her uncle and aunt for a moment before saying, "Uncle, I want to talk with Comrade Jiang for a moment."
While it wasn't good for a woman's reputation to be seen talking intimately with a man, it was acceptable to let them talk outside while the family waited for them at home.
"Go ahead," Uncle Lin nodded.
After receiving her uncle's permission, Lin Meifeng walked toward Jiang Ziyu and asked, "Comrade Jiang, can we talk for a moment?"
Jiang Ziyu nodded and stood up while saying, "Of course."
The two of them left the house and walked to the well. The distance between the well and the house was only several meters, and they stood three steps apart from each other.
Lin Meifeng hesitated for a moment before raising her head to look at the man in front of her. This was only their second meeting, and no matter how she thought about it, she found it unacceptable to accept his proposal.
"Comrade Jiang, I appreciate your goodwill, but we are strangers, and this is only our second time meeting. I don't know what made you decide to propose to me."
Jiang Ziyu understood that what he did was hard to believe, so he smiled and explained, "Comrade Lin, I will be honest with you. Due to my age, I'm no longer able to find a good match in my hometown. My family, especially my elderly mother, is anxious for me to get married."
"I don't want to marry a woman who is overly timid or unreasonable. I don't have high expectations for my future wife—I only hope that she can support my aspirations and work and also help me take care and teach our children while I work outside."
"When I saw you for the first time, I admit I was attracted to your good looks. But what made me decide to propose to you was your personality."
"You are decisive and flexible with your decisions. You are smart but not arrogant. You are frugal but not stingy. You are humble but don't have low self-esteem. I only know a small part of yourself, but I believe you are much more wonderful than I thought."
Lin Meifeng blushed when she heard his compliment and whispered, "I'm not that good."
Jiang Ziyu smiled and said, "Comrade Lin, I heard about your situation from my friend and his wife. I understand that you might be unwilling to move to a faraway place after marriage, but from what I heard, you are also under a lot of pressure."
"Rather than marrying a widower and becoming a stepmother or marrying an old man with bad habits, why not marry me?" he asked.
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