Chapter 48: Only Two Days Left
Ye Xiaomei took a deep breath and walked out. Before she stepped over the threshold of the main hall, she subconsciously glanced at Ma Qijun.
Ma Qijun happened to be looking at her, so Ye Xiaomei turned her gaze away and looked at her father, then mustered up her courage and stepped over the threshold:
"Dad, you're getting married the day after tomorrow." Ye Xiaomei clearly felt a burning gaze hitting her head when she said this. She paused and continued:
"Mom said that married girls should prepare daily necessities, especially wedding quilts."
Ye Daxiong suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Ye Xiaomei, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. When did this girl become so courageous?
In the past, she worked hard and was never complaining, but now thinking about the courage she showed in protecting her mother just now, she really seemed like a different person.
Ye Daxiong looked at his future son-in-law and mother-in-law. Could it be that they had found a backer who dared to challenge him?
"Isn't it embarrassing?" Ye Daxiong was also very embarrassed. He really wanted to get married? Where would he put his face? In front of the man's family.
How could Ye Xiaomei not feel ashamed? She said this in front of Brother Ma, and she felt a little ashamed in her heart:
"I, I don't feel ashamed. Anyway, I will be a member of the Ma family the day after tomorrow, so you should at least give me some respect."
Ye Daxiong was so embarrassed that he paused with the wine cup in his hand, but he was stopped by Li Cuilan unexpectedly.
She smiled and said, "My dear relatives, Xiao Ma, please sit down. We will definitely get this done."
Then he pulled his second son into the house and said in a low voice, "What's going on here? Don't you know that the Ma family wants to pay a thousand yuan as a gift? How much does two wedding quilts cost? Why don't you hurry up and get them."
"I..." Ye Daxiong swallowed the rest of his words and scratched his head.
"Mom, didn't you say you'd marry her to a cripple? Don't we have to pay for the dowry?"
"Do you want to accept the 1,000 yuan betrothal gift?" The old lady was angry. Rules are dead, but people are alive. They are so rigid and harsh, just like your dead father.
At the square table in the main hall, Wang Lan looked at her well-behaved and sensible future daughter-in-law with a worried look on her face:
"Xiao Mei, don't worry. Even if your parents don't give you anything, I will definitely make it up to you when you marry into the Ma family."
Ma Qijun heaved a sigh of relief. What her mother said was exactly what he wanted to say. He glanced at the girl subconsciously, feeling so distressed that he couldn't bear to look at her any longer, so he could only look away.
Ye Xiaomei was very honest: "Auntie, that's different."
Ma Qijun felt distressed: "What's the difference?" After marrying him, I will have all these things. Do I still have to distinguish between you and me?
Ye Xiaomei pursed her lips, raised her head and spoke as if she had mustered up her courage:
"It's just different. It's like it's useful for boys to go to school, but it's useless for girls to go to school. This is natural.
I didn’t go to school, but it’s only natural that a boy should buy a house and furniture when he gets married, and a girl should buy dowry when she gets married.”
Ye Xiaomei clenched her hands tightly and her face flushed. This was the first time she acted so serious in front of a man.
It seems there is really no room for negotiation.
Wang Lan and her son looked at each other, and Ma Qijun nodded silently.
At this time, Li Cuihua came out with a flattering smile: "Oh, my dear, it's settled. It will be done the day after tomorrow. We will definitely not embarrass the Ma family."
Ye Daxiong, who walked out slowly behind him, also smiled. In Ye Xiaomei's eyes, his father's smile was uglier than crying.
Wang Lan said angrily, "You don't want to embarrass our Ma family? I think you are mistaken. You don't want to embarrass your Ye family. Fine, if you can't afford to embarrass me, then I will do it. Xiaomei, go back with Auntie. When the time comes, I will marry you from the old house to the new one. My Ma family will handle it ourselves."
After saying that, he pulled Ye Xiaomei away.
Xiao Mei was really confused by this wave of operations.
How can there be such etiquette in a marriage?
This made Li Cuihua completely confused. How could there be such a way to hold a wedding?
Ye Daxiong's pupils shrank. What was going on?
Ma Qijun was the calmest. He had just told his mother when no one was around that if they left, Xiaomei would probably be beaten, so his mother and mother stayed up all night until the sky turned white, even though they were so sleepy that their eyes were red. They had no intention of leaving.
"Oh, mother-in-law, what are you doing? How can you marry off a daughter of a noble family like this? You've taken her away before the wedding date. Isn't this a joke for the villagers?"
Li Cuihua quickly said something nice, saying that if she took him away today, the one thousand yuan betrothal money would be wasted.
"You are not afraid of being laughed at, so I am even less afraid." Wang Lan held Ye Xiaomei's hand and refused to let go. Where can you find such a good lady? She couldn't mess up her son's marriage.
"This..." Li Cuihua's forced smile could no longer be suppressed, and the corners of her mouth twitched:
"Auntie, please don't make things difficult for our family. I promise that the wedding will be done neatly the day after tomorrow and Xiao Mei will be sent over safely."
Ma Qijun then slowly stood up, exchanged a glance with Ye Xiaomei, and then looked at Li Cuihua:
"Grandma, Dad, don't worry, I will love Xiaomei well after she marries me."
Ye Xiaomei's palms were sweating from nervousness. She knew without a doubt that Brother Ma must love her very much, but she felt a little embarrassed to say it directly.
Who would have thought that in the future, the mother-in-law would hold her hand tightly:
"That's right. When Xiaomei marries into our family, I will definitely treat her as my own daughter. If she suffers any injustice, I swear to heaven that she will be struck by lightning."
"Oh my, mother-in-law." Li Cuihua hurried forward, twisting her feet: "What are you talking about? I swear you can't speak so carelessly."
"I am upright and have nothing to fear from my own shadow." Wang Lan raised her chin. Although she is a sixty-year-old woman, her face does not look old-fashioned at all, on the contrary, her eyes are bright and she has a graceful temperament.
Li Cuihua's face was so gloomy that water could drip out of it. Wasn't the meaning very obvious? She was not upright in heart, and her body was even more so. She forced a smile:
"My mother-in-law is right. Second brother, why don't you send my mother-in-law off as a father-in-law?"
"No need, we have a car." Wang Lan spoke first.
Ma Qijun looked at Ye Xiaomei and thought to himself: Mom, didn’t we agree to take her away?
After the mother and son got into the car, Ma Qijun reluctantly looked out the window and saw the girl standing at the doorstep with her head lowered. He suddenly felt that the two days before marrying Xiaomei were too hard to endure.
Sure enough, after the car left, Ye Xiaomei's heart, which had been relieved, became anxious again.
Because grandma and father's faces changed instantly.
In the car, Ma Qijun sighed. As expected, no one knows a son better than his mother. Wang Lan said:
"Qijun, it's actually against the rules. Xiaomei has a hard life, but she will be married after the wedding the day after tomorrow. Can't we compensate her later?"
Ma Qijun did not answer. His mind was full of the scene where this girl jumped down to protect her mother before the car had even stopped. She did it without any hesitation and her eyes were determined. Where did she get the courage from?
Her back was so thin that she had never thought about the consequences of being hit. She was small, but she was not afraid at all.
I'm looking forward to marrying her the day after tomorrow, and then no one will bully her anymore.
"Mom, how about...you let Xiaomei come to our house tomorrow on the pretext of giving me an injection?" This was the only excuse Ma Qijun could think of.
"Ah?" Wang Lan was stunned. This didn't make any sense.
It was Heizi who interrupted again: "The boss went for a checkup and his leg has recovered well. Mr. Liao kept asking which famous doctor treated it. In fact, it was my sister-in-law who did the surgery."
At that time, the eldest brother didn't know what to consider, so he didn't mention his sister-in-law, but he knew about this matter.
Heizi had to drive himself to the county to buy needles and medicine, so if the boss didn't say anything he would have to keep silent, and he was the first person to know about it.
Ye Family
"Xiao Mei, come here."
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