Chapter 61: Even getting married can’t fetch a good price
"Hey, Xiaomei, the canned food and maltose you are carrying were all bought in the city, right? Keep them for your mother to nourish her body."
Li Cuihua picked up the return gift and called Zhao Mei: "Zhao Mei, you are the daughter-in-law and son-in-law, so you should keep it yourself."
"Okay!" Zhao Mei wiped her hands quickly and took it. It was heavy, with two packets of crispy candies inside. These were all good stuff. Each can cost two yuan, and a packet of crispy candies cost seven or eight yuan.
Taking it back to the room, Zhao Mei carefully put it into a wooden box.
In the main room, Ye Xiaomei touched the tea bowl, the laughter of her aunt and grandmother filled her ears.
"Xiao Mei, has the Ma family given you your betrothal gift?" Li Cuilan stood up and said with an indignant look, deliberately raising her voice a few notches:
"If you don't give it to me, then it means you are bullying our Ye family. Grandma, you can ask for it if you want. If you look down on our Ye family girls from the beginning, you will suffer in the future."
"That's right!" Wang Minzhi responded, "Don't be afraid, Xiaomei. You have your own family. Even though your mother didn't give you any brothers, Huzi and Qiangzi are your brothers. You can't be bullied."
As expected! Ye Xiaomei smiled and raised her head and said, "I fainted just after I got married yesterday. I didn't even have time to offer tea to the two elders, nor did I discuss the gift money."
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Li Cuihua and Wang Minzhi looked at each other, speechless for a moment, staring at each other with their faces becoming more and more depressed.
Isn't this an obvious lie? Did she faint during the wedding? Who would believe this? Wang Minzhi thought this girl was very cunning and must be trying to put the money in her pocket.
Or maybe…
At this time, Zhao Mei came over with eggs in her hand, looking very happy: "Three for making soup, three for frying eggs with scallions, these six are ready, mother."
Wang Minzhi narrowed her eyes. Could it be that the betrothal money was given to her mother privately?
Li Cuihua's expression suddenly changed: "Why are you so desperate? Do you need so many eggs to make soup?"
The smile on Zhao Mei's face gradually froze: "Then...then use two for the stew and two for the fried scallion eggs?"
Wang Minzhi was furious: "Sister-in-law, why don't you add some flour to the fried scallion eggs? Just keep one to enjoy the egg flavor."
Ye Xiaomei finally understood what was going on. She drank her tea leisurely, but her heart was not at peace at all.
It was also her fault for being incompetent. At first, she just had a thought in her mind, wanting Brother Ma to come and ignore her family's contempt, and she wanted to use the betrothal money to win over grandma and aunt.
Now, I have dug the hole myself, but I don’t know how to fill it.
From what she saw in every corner of the Ma family, she knew that the Ma family had spent a lot of money to marry her. According to her rough estimate of Ma Qijun's monthly allowance, all the money was spent.
At the moment, it was obvious that her grandmother and aunt came here just for her one thousand yuan betrothal gift. If she couldn't give it, her mother would be wronged.
"Xiao Mei?" Aunt Wang Minzhi called out, with the smile on her face hidden in the folds of her face.
"Your aunt is talking to you. Tell me for sure whether you will give me the betrothal gift that you promised me after the wedding." Li Cuihua habitually put her feet on the chair and crossed them, and said in a languid tone:
"If she doesn't keep her word, you won't be able to go back home today."
Ye Xiaomei's heart sank. Wouldn't this cause trouble for Brother Ma? Moreover, from the beginning to the end, Ye Xiaomei had no intention of putting the money into Pixiu Grandma's mouth.
"That's right!" Wang Minzhi said coldly while holding the stick, "Tell them to send the Ma family to invite us in a sedan chair with gifts."
Ye Xiaomei is becoming more and more aware of her own "value":
"Grandma, I haven't had time to tell my mother-in-law about this. How about we wait for two days?"
When they heard that it would be postponed for two days, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other and wondered how long it would take. It wouldn't be a waste of time, would it?
Wang Minzhi wore a caring smile, took Xiaomei's hand and said earnestly: "You are just simple, if the Ma family cheated you, you would not be willing to give it, mother, don't you think so?"
Li Cuilan got angry when she thought about Hu Zi's relationship with someone. "That's right, let's go to the Ma family to ask for the gift money. Don't bully my Ye family like this."
Having said that, Li Cuilan stood up and led the way, waiting for Ye Xiaomei and the eldest daughter-in-law to follow.
The door to the east room opened. Ye Mancang packed his bag and prepared to go back to work. As soon as he walked out the door, he shouted to the west room:
"Second brother, let's go all the way. We can save money by taking a bullock cart out of the village."
A stuttering voice came from the east room: "You go first. I got drunk yesterday. I need to sleep for a while."
Ye Xiaomei couldn't help but frown. Didn't her father know that she was coming home today?
Perhaps the mother saw through it, and pushed open the door. A grumbling voice came from the room: "Nobita, the daughter of the family is coming home today, can't you get up earlier?"
Ye Daxiong turned over on the bed, opened one eye, and laughed, "Why don't you ask your son-in-law what he did? How can you face your elder brother? On the one hand, he married our daughter, and on the other hand, he flirted with Xiaolin from the old house. I thought my face was very bright at first, but now, I want to stuff my face into my crotch."
Zhao Mei's frail body trembled slightly. She had heard about this, but had not yet found a chance to talk to Xiao Mei about it.
She closed the door carefully, looked at the people in the yard, and her daughter sitting in the main room, she didn't know what to do, and smiled calmly:
"Brother, why don't you go back to work first? After all, my daughter is coming home to visit her parents today, and we want to have lunch together as a family. I plan to let Daxiong go back in the afternoon."
Ye Mancang did not hesitate either.
Wang Minzhi followed to see him off.
Ye Xiaomei finished her cup of tea and looked up at her grandmother: "Grandma, I know you want this one thousand yuan to help Brother Huzi get married."
Li Cuihua was a little caught off guard, her face turned pale, and she quickly put on the look of the head of the family:
"How could I? I was just afraid that you would suffer at the hands of your husband's family and be looked down upon. Although the money can only be used to buy oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, the most important thing is that it can prove that the man's family values you. Don't be silly."
Ye Xiaomei's rosy face was dimpled with laughter:
"Grandma, please don't lie to me. I knew from the beginning that you only cared about boys and girls. I just wanted to tell you that girls can also be successful. Nowadays, they admire Marxism and want to learn from Lenin. You have to change your mind."
Li Cuihua was confused. Who was Marco dead? Was there a rift? What was this?
"Grandma, have you ever thought that I don't have to give you the gift money that Brother Ma gave me? You love money, and I love money too. Who doesn't like to keep money in their pocket?"
There was tenderness in Ye Xiaomei's eyes. She used to feel that life was hard and difficult to endure, but now after marrying Brother Ma, she can freely do business and make money. She feels that the days are very, very long, so long that they are filled with hope for the future.
She talked about this topic so gently with her grandmother because she was worried that without the thousand yuan, she would take her anger out on her mother. Secondly, Ye Xiaomei also wanted her father to hear what was going on.
Li Cuihua didn't understand what Mark Si was, nor did she understand the nonsense about cracking, but she understood this and immediately slammed the table and stood up:
"Is this outrageous? You belong to the Ye family, don't I need money to support you? No wonder they say you are a loser, you can't even get a good price when you get married, and you still have the nerve to say those nonsense in front of me? I won't talk nonsense with you today, the one thousand yuan betrothal gift must be handed over to me without a cent less."
Did this mean that she had revealed her true feelings? Ye Xiaomei nodded, mostly feeling disappointed.
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