Chapter 52: Wedding Banquet
Ye Xiaolin thought it was strange. They didn't always have chicken at home. Today they cooked a whole rooster. Logically, the mother and daughter should have crowded around the table and eaten hard.
It turned out that Ma Qijun had brought her some delicious food in the city.
Ye Xiaolin gripped the chopsticks so hard that her knuckles turned white. Ma Qijun had never taken her there alone, let alone had she tasted any delicacies in the hotels in the city.
"Mom, try this pork elbow again. It's very soft. You can just suck the pork skin into your mouth."
Ye Xiaomei was quietly picking up some food for her mother.
Ye Xiaolin came in suddenly, and Zhao Mei panicked and grabbed the steamer cloth to cover it.
"Oh! What's the point of hiding it?" Ye Xiaolin threw the empty bowl into the basin. "I've never seen it on the market, but you're acting like I've never eaten it. What's so great about it?"
Ye Xiaomei glanced at her embarrassed mother, unwrapped the steamer cloth and continued eating:
"Mom, try this again."
"Oh, okay, Mom will try it." Zhao Mei felt uneasy. In this family, this behavior of hers was like eating alone. If Xiaolin told others, she would inevitably be scolded. Thinking of this, Zhao Mei nervously added:
"Xiao Mei, this is what your fiancé brought you. You have to eat more. Give it to whoever you want. If you want to save some for Xiao Ya, then leave some. Mom is full."
Ye Xiaolin snorted coldly and left the room: "Dad, I'm going out for a while." He hadn't found that beast Zhang Changjiang for three days.
"Let's go." Zhao Mei breathed a sigh of relief and quickly put away the remaining half:
"Xiao Mei, these three lunch boxes cost more than ten yuan each. It seems that Qijun values you very much."
Ye Xiaomei felt a little embarrassed. She hugged her mother's waist from behind and put her face on her shoulder:
"Mom, now that I'm married, you'll have to work alone. And Dad, if he doesn't keep his word and attacks you, you have to go to the Ma family in the east of the village to find me no matter what time it is, even in the middle of the night."
Zhao Mei, who was packing the lunch boxes, paused and slightly side-glanced to hide her sour nose: "You are so old and still so greasy. Come on, every girl will get married. Besides, after you get married, don't worry about mom. Just focus on your own family and avoid gossip from your in-laws."
Ye Xiaomei quickly let go and looked at her mother seriously: "No, Aunt Wang is not that kind of person. Didn't you see that she was on your side that day?" This was also the reason why Ye Xiaomei had the confidence to say yesterday that she would take her mother and Xiaoya to the Ma family.
"Okay, okay, you don't understand since you haven't married yet." Zhao Mei was afraid that the food would go bad, so she didn't want to cover it with a lid. She just covered it with a gauze cover to block out the flies:
"Sometimes people's hearts are hidden, and we can't assume that they don't know what's in their hearts even if they don't say it. Let's talk about me, your mother. When I first met your father, your grandmother was very concerned about me and wanted to give me her heart. I thought the same as you at that time. I finally married into a good family. Your father was very attentive to me all day long, and the matchmaker couldn't stop him.
You saw this, and then, mom... just thought about doing what you should do. Even if others don't say anything, I can't help but understand it in my heart."
Zhao Mei paused for a moment. What she actually wanted to say was: After giving birth to a girl, their faces all changed.
He swallowed the words back when they came to his lips, fearing that Xiaomei would take them to heart.
Ye Xiaomei couldn't help but frown. Is that true? Can people change? Then will Brother Ma also...
Zhao Mei suddenly grabbed his hand, and they returned to the room, where the mother and daughter started talking privately:
"You don't have to worry. A woman's life is to get married, have children, support her husband, and honor her parents-in-law. If you do this well, others won't be able to find fault with you. Don't expect to warm someone's heart."
Ye Xiaomei listened attentively, she always thought her mother was an honest and inexperienced person, without any opinion and easy to bully, but she didn't expect that she knew very well in her heart, she had known for a long time that her father's heart could not be warmed.
"Sometimes, a woman's life is just her fate. If it is her fate, she has to accept it. If she doesn't accept it, she is going against God and she will be the one who suffers."
Zhao Mei patted the folds on the bed sheet and adjusted the pillow. Her face was gentle and calm, but the light in her eyes when she saw the big meat just now was gone:
"Hey... I see that Qijun treats you well, so I feel more at ease. Sometimes when I can't sleep at night, as soon as I see Xiaoya, I will think that in the future Qijun can find a partner for Xiaoya from the army, and then I will have nothing to worry about in my life."
Ye Xiaomei felt a sinking sensation on her back. It seemed as if she would die when Xiaoya got married.
"Mom, how can you think like that? Xiaoya is an educated person. She will go out of the mountains and take high school and college entrance exams in the future. She will also marry someone who is educated."
Good people don't join the army, and there are no good people among the soldiers. This is what the elders often say. People like Ma Qijun who graduate from military academies are extremely rare, and you can't pick one like him out of a thousand people.
Zhao Mei sighed, touched her daughter's head, and said earnestly:
"When you get married, who else will support Xiaoya's studies? What's more, you have become someone else's daughter-in-law. Even if you want to help Xiaoya, you can't do that. People will gossip and say that your elbows are outward. Damn it, Mom can’t bear to ruin your relationship as a couple because of things at home.”
Ye Xiaomei was stunned. After listening to her mother's words today, she finally understood that this was not just a marriage for love, but also involved many rules and regulations.
She originally thought that after getting married, she would have a backer and be able to help her mother and Xiaoya, but it turned out that was not the case.
Ye Xiaomei stayed in her room reading a book the whole afternoon. She had decided that if she was afraid of people gossiping about her, she would make money on her own. This would not be gossiped about.
The next day, the Ye family finally had the excitement before the wedding.
Li Cuihua had to save face. No matter how biased she was towards Xiaomei, she couldn't lose face. Moreover, it was time to get the money back from the membership fees she had spent in the past.
He asked his two sons to tell others about the wedding, and now more than a dozen strong young men in the village came to help, and even a few familiar aunts and grandmothers came to help put on the wedding quilt.
The brand new Phoenix Dragon Quilt was spread out on the grass, emitting a golden glow in the sunlight. He opened his mouth wide, pinched the needle, and rubbed it on his scalp a few times before dropping it:
"Now that your daughter is out, Zhao Mei, you have one less thing to worry about. I still have old and young children to take care of at home, and I'm worried about them all day long."
"Find a matchmaker to find a daughter-in-law for your family, and good things will happen soon." Today, Zhao Mei wore the new clothes her daughter made for her, and her face was filled with joy.
Outside the door, several guys, big and small, set up a stove, put a big pot like the one used to kill pigs on it, added a handful of firewood and tested whether there was any place for the fire to escape.
The hired village chef arrived in the evening to prepare the meal. He was sharpening the knife, slaughtering the pig, checking the menu of dishes, and also settling the bill according to the host's requirements for each table.
Ye Xiaomei hid in the room, looking nervous and expectant, and was too embarrassed to go out to join in the fun.
"Your Xiaomei is pretty, and I heard Qijun's leg injury has improved, too. They are such a perfect match."
"you do not say."
"Open your mouth, you didn't think highly of this couple then, but now you're talking in a nice way."
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