Even if she was internally complaining, Li Fengxia knew she had to make this trip.

Li Fengxia took off her apron and threw it on the table, letting out a long sigh.

"Let's go! This matter should be addressed sooner rather than later. I'll go with you!"

"Thank you for your trouble, sister-in-law. After Xiumei marries into a good family, I will definitely take good care of you, my aunt!"

Li Fengxia sneered inwardly, but showed no sign of it on her face.

"Then I'll be waiting for my niece's filial piety!"

"Of course!"

In just a few minutes, the three of them arrived at the entrance of the Xiao family's courtyard.

"Knock knock knock!"

"Who is it, so early in the morning!"

Zhang Guizhi had just fed the old hen in the backyard when she heard a knock at the door.

He walked to the door complaining, and when he opened it, he saw Li Fengxia and Li Tielan standing outside.

"Oh my, what brings you here, in-laws? Please come in, please come inside!"

Faced with Zhang Guizhi's sarcastic remarks, Li Tielan rolled her eyes impatiently.

He wanted to retort, but then he remembered that he was going to call off the engagement, so he had to suppress his temper.

"Sister-in-law Xiao, what are you saying? I was a bit busy at home the other day, but as soon as I had some free time, I rushed over. How is your Chengyi?"

"Thank you for your concern, Mother-in-law. Cheng Yi is alright, but he needs to rest more since he's injured, so he's still asleep and can't come out to chat with you."

“Sister-in-law Xiao, what are you saying? We’re here to visit the wounded; how could we possibly disturb their rest?”

"Then thank you very much for your kindness, Mother-in-law. I appreciate it on Cheng Yi's behalf."

When her future son-in-law came to visit the wounded, he arrived empty-handed, and no matter how eloquently he spoke, Zhang Guizhi did not believe him.

And so, the four of them sat in the main room chatting about this and that for a while before finally getting down to business.

To Zhang Guizhi's surprise, Li Tielan brazenly brought up the matter of the two children breaking off their engagement in public.

"Although the two children have been engaged for three years, they have never spent time together and have no feelings for each other."

Nowadays, everyone values ​​free love, so I thought, let's just call off this marriage. I don't want my Xiumei to hold Chengyi back.

I know Cheng Yi is a good boy, but our Xiu Mei isn't lucky enough to be a daughter-in-law of the Xiao family!

Zhang Guizhi couldn't help but sigh. Three years into their engagement, her son hadn't even contacted his future wife once, not even written her a letter. In the end, it was all her son's fault.

Now, the other party hasn't mentioned the leg injury at all, only saying that the two have no feelings for each other and that's why they want to break off the engagement. Zhang Guizhi doesn't know what to say anymore. She should have asked more carefully in the first place; how could she have just abandoned the matter like that!

If she had a daughter who was engaged to someone like this, she probably would have gone to break off the engagement long ago. It's really not easy for her to wait three years.

At this point, Zhang Guizhi had no intention of testing the waters anymore. Given the situation, what could she possibly say?

They say they'll share joys and sorrows, but there's absolutely no affection between them. Who would share joys and sorrows with you? Dream on! Now all she wants to do is grab her son and beat him up.

"Since Tielan has said so, then I have nothing more to say. It's just that our Chengyi is unlucky to have lost such a good wife as Xiumei."

Since you've brought this up today, let's just call off their marriage!

We'll forgo the original engagement gift; consider it a dowry for Xiumei, and wish her to find a loving and caring husband!

“I appreciate Sister-in-law Xiao’s kindness, but the engagement gifts still need to be returned. Those things are definitely gone now, so I’ve given them all in cash.”

Li Tielan took out five yuan from her pocket and placed it on the table.

"Sister Xiao, please accept these five yuan. I'll have something to say to my husband when I get back!"

When we got engaged, there was no dowry. We only bought some pork, candy, and pastries. Based on the value of those items, this amounted to at least five yuan.

"I can't accept this. Those things aren't worth much. It really makes me feel bad for you, girl!"

"Sister-in-law Xiao, please don't be so polite. We came in a hurry and didn't have time to buy Cheng Yi any supplements. This is just a small token of our appreciation. Please don't take offense, Sister-in-law Xiao!"

After some back and forth, Zhang Guizhi finally accepted the five yuan, and the engagement between the two was peacefully dissolved. Li Fengxia, who was standing to the side, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After seeing Li Tielan and the others off, Zhang Guizhi went to the east room to confront her son.

Seeing his mother's furious outburst, Xiao Chengyi knew it was probably related to Yu Xiumei. He lowered his eyelids and endured Zhang Guizhi's barrage of words with a blank expression.

After a long, drawn-out chatter, Zhang Guizhi finally calmed down.

"Look at you, you've been engaged for three years and haven't written a single letter to your partner. What are you thinking? With your attitude, what girl would want to marry you?"

I was nitpicking without even knowing the situation, complaining that they ignored me. Turns out, it's all your own doing!

"mother!"

Xiao Chengyi was getting a real headache from being lectured.

"Mother, I really didn't have any other thoughts. I'm busy with training and missions all day in the army, so I just forgot about it!"

"You didn't forget, you didn't take it to heart at all. I forced you to agree in the first place, this is just your way of rebelling!"

"I didn't mean that. I just thought that since you like her, you should marry her. Anyway, it's all the same who you spend your life with!"

"How can that be the same!"

Zhang Guizhi wanted to say something, but seeing her son's pale face, she swallowed back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

"Fine, I won't interfere with your marriage anymore. Just make sure you don't end up a bachelor. You can decide for yourself what kind of wife you find!"

After Zhang Guizhi finished speaking, she turned and left the east room. Xiao Yuanshan returned from the private plot with a hoe and noticed that his wife's expression was off. He quickly came over and asked:

"Old woman, what's wrong? Who made you angry!"

Zhang Guizhi sighed and then shook her head.

"What's wrong? Why are you sighing and shaking your head? Tell the old man what's wrong, and I'll help you out!"

Zhang Guizhi sighed again before recounting everything that had happened that morning, including Li Tielan's visit to annul the engagement.

Xiao Yuanshan never expected that just a trip to his private plot would lead to so many things happening at home.

"Old woman, since things have come to this, don't think too much about it. As the old saying goes, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. How they live their lives from now on is up to them!"

"Why!"

"Alright, stop sighing. Look what's in my pocket!"

Xiao Yuanshan took out the wild strawberries he had been carrying in his pocket and placed them in front of Zhang Guizhi.

"Where did you get this? I haven't seen this in ages!"

"I happened to see it in the grass not far from the edge of our plot. I remembered you used to love eating it, so I picked it and brought it back. Try it!"

No matter how much resentment or discomfort Zhang Guizhi felt, Xiao Yuanshan always managed to appease her.

Regardless of what others do, after all these years, Xiao Yuanshan's love for her remains unchanged.