The captain's wife didn't believe it: "What's going on? Can you explain it clearly?"
"Your Chang Lei brought Xiulan to buy a lot of things today, including soap, towels, cotton, cloth, and shoes."
After hearing this, the captain's wife could no longer sit still. It was said so clearly, it must be true. Her unlucky little son was bewitched by a woman.
He put the little grandson in his arms into his eldest daughter-in-law's room and strode out of the house.
The old Song family compound was very lively at the moment. It had made a big splash today. Wei Meihua was all smiles, asking her son-in-law Chang Lei about his well-being, and chatting animatedly with the women from the village who came to her house. Although she had fewer things than the second wife Jiayu, she had a clear path through Lushan Village along the way, and she didn't have to hide them like Jiayu did. The villagers looked at her with envy, and her heart was satisfied at that moment.
"Second brother-in-law, Changlei's son-in-law is no worse than your son-in-law~" Wei Meihua still wanted to show off in front of Zhao Qiuqin the most.
Zhao Qiuqin: “…Not bad, not bad.” Not bad is not better than this!
Besides, she knew Guihua wouldn't give Changlei the money or tickets to buy all this. So where did Changlei get all this? Young man, is it such a good reputation to go to the black market? If you get caught, not only will you be punished by being sent to a farm for reform, but your position as team leader will also be affected.
Obviously, when the team leader's wife arrived at the Song family compound and saw many talkative women in the village, she also thought of this, so she did not choose to make a fuss. If she made a big fuss, the matter would be difficult to explain.
Instead, he walked into the room with a smile on his face, glanced at the pile of things on the table, his heart twitching, and glanced at his youngest son, saying, "My dear, in order to marry your Xiulan, my family bought thirty-six legs, gave a betrothal gift, and there are also this pile of betrothal gifts on the table. After your Xiulan marries into our family, just prepare to live a good life. By the way, if Xiulan wants anything else, it's better to come to me than to Changlei."
A phone call resolved the situation and also implicitly indicated that enough was enough.
After saying that, he took his youngest son back to the Sun family.
As soon as he entered the door, Sun Changlei was punished by his mother to kneel down. The eldest daughter-in-law was holding her youngest son and watching the show through the crack of the window.
The captain's wife was cursing and beating at the same time. The captain and the eldest brother who had come to mediate knew the reason and stopped trying to persuade them. They started talking about the second brother instead.
The captain: "You little bastard, you're disgusted with your father, the captain, for being too stable, so you're actively causing me trouble and wanting me to step down, right?"
Brother Sun: "If you are caught and taken to the black market, our whole family will be implicated by you. This time, Mom fooled you, but you can't do such a thing next time!"
The captain's wife said, "How many times have I taught you not to show off your wealth? You've been fooled. Now everyone in the village knows that we can come up with money and bills. If they come to borrow money, do you think we should lend it to them or not? You bastard, I got away with it this time. If I hadn't, the villagers might have suspected that we had swallowed up the village's property."
These words woke up Sun Changlei's thoughtless mind, and he quickly said: "Mom, I don't mean to harm my family, I just didn't expect it. I promise, there won't be a next time." He didn't want to be in the spotlight at all. It was Xiulan who wanted it, but he didn't dare to say it. His mother was dissatisfied with Xiulan. If his father and eldest brother knew about this, the whole family would be dissatisfied with Xiulan.
Sun Changlei took on everything by himself, but he was happy to do it.
As for the Song family, no matter how long they waited, those things would not belong to them, and all the people in the village had dispersed.
At night, Wei Meihua came to her eldest daughter's room and prepared to talk to Xiulan. She would not be like Zhao Qiuqin, who let Xiulan take all the good things back to the Sun family. Once they entered her house, they would become the property of the old Song family.
"Mom, what do you want to talk to me about?" Song Xiulan looked at her mother. She was making her wedding dress for her wedding day under the kerosene lamp using the red cloth she bought today.
Wei Meihua felt bad looking at the used-up red cloth, but red cloth was mostly worn by newlyweds, or made into bellybands for grandchildren who had just been born one month ago. She didn't feel that bad anymore, and things were more important. "Xiu Lan, Mom wants to discuss something with you. Your dad and I raised you up, and never let you work in the fields since you were a child. We've been very good to you. Now it's time for you to grow up and be filial to us. Sun Changlei is a good man, and you won't suffer any loss by following him. Your dad and I want to keep some of the things we bought today."
Song Xiulan nodded: "Okay, Mom, take whatever you want, but don't take too much."
"Good, you are worthy of being my good daughter." Wei Meihua picked and chose from the pile of things, and took away most of them before leaving the room with satisfaction.
Song Xiulan didn't care. Since Sun Changlei could hunt and sell goods once, he could do it a second time, and there would be these things again in the future.
Days passed, and it was May 30th, a good day for marriage.
Not only did the Song family clean up and tidy up the house before this day, they also pasted two wedding characters on the front door and put wedding character window grilles on the windows of the house.
In the room on the right, Song Jiayu watched speechlessly as her mother fiddled with things in her room. "Mom, you're not here to pick me up until tonight, why are you arguing with me so early in the morning?"
"You are getting married soon, why are you in such a hurry? Get up quickly. If you don't see your bride, you are still lying in bed. Your great-grandmother will be here soon to knead your hair." Zhao Qiuqin's grandmother is still alive. She is eighty years old this year. She is long-lived and blessed. She has been spoiled by Grandpa Zhao all her life. She is a good person. It is the best thing for her to come and knead Jiayu's hair.
If grandma hadn't been in good health recently, Zhao Qiuqin wouldn't have bothered her to come.
She is of such a high generation that Song Jiayu has to call her grandma.
The Zhao family came, and she called people one by one. Finally, she was forced to sit on a stool, and her great-grandmother held two white threads in her hands and kneaded noodles for her.
"Ouch, it hurts, grandma, can I not do this to my face? Just comb my hair."
"Xiao Jiayu, this is not allowed. These are the rules of our ancestors."
"Okay... okay."
Song Jiayu closed her eyes. Although her face still hurt, she could bear it and it would pass.
Next came the hair combing. Great-grandmother brought out a carved mahogany comb, which was her dowry. As she combed Song Jiayu's hair, she chanted, "Comb through your hair once, and you'll be rich and worry-free. Comb through your hair twice, and you'll be free from illness and worry. Comb through your hair three times, and you'll have many children and a long life."
Although her hair was still braided into two pigtails after being combed, the meaning given by her relatives was different. Song Jiayu really felt like she was getting married off from home.
Through the mirror, I could see Ms. Zhao Qiuqin standing at the door with her hands covering her face and crying.
It was the first time she saw her mother crying.
She wanted to comfort him too.
But my throat felt like it was blocked by a longan.
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