Chapter 25 City Girls Aren't Blind
Zhang Xiuying shielded her daughter behind her, looking at Li Xuemei with amusement, and retorted directly: "Yeah, I advise you to tell your son to have some shame! If he had any backbone, he wouldn't be clinging to my daughter like that!"
She straightened her back and said in a loud voice, "Our Liu family may be poor, but we are clean and have ambition! Unlike some people, who are arrogant and look down on everyone!"
Finally, she glanced at Li Xuemei from head to toe and sneered, "A city girl, huh? Ha, city girls aren't blind!"
Lu Jianping had calmed down, his eyes piercing like knives at his good-for-nothing son beside him.
"What happened?"
Lu Huaiyuan, his neck stiff, said, "I want to marry Liu Zhixia. The betrothal gifts have already been sent, but now they've changed their minds..."
Li Xuemei immediately became anxious upon hearing this: "How can you make such a big decision on your own? I even had your aunt in the city looking for someone to help you!"
Lu Jianping's face turned completely dark.
The problem now is no longer that the son got engaged without permission, but the scrutinizing gazes of those around him.
This kid has been getting worse and worse lately.
It caused him a lot of trouble.
His eyes glared hatefully at Gu Mansheng beside him.
The main reason is definitely that this little bitch instigated it.
If it weren't for her, his son wouldn't have broken off the engagement with the Liu family.
Although the Liu family was poor, at least they had a clean social class.
He only learned from his mother a while ago that the bracelet given by the Liu family was actually a treasure.
Now that his mother knows the bracelet has been destroyed, she's been depressed at home all day.
...
It's all that little bitch Gu Mansheng's fault!
Gu Mansheng is still by his son's side, and his son is clamoring to marry Liu Zhixia. This kind of behind-the-scenes trouble is definitely something she's instigating her son to do.
However… then he thought again, if Liu Zhixia really married into the family, it could make Gu Mansheng give up completely, which would be a solution.
Having made up his mind, Lu Jianping immediately put on a kind smile: "Liu family, this was my son's fault. He regretted breaking off the engagement and wanted to make amends, but his good intentions backfired."
“Heh,” Zhang Xiuying sneered, “then you should ask how your precious son ‘made amends’?” As she spoke, she pointed to the piece of pork on the ground.
Upon seeing this, Li Xuemei instinctively felt a pang of heartache and exclaimed, "Oh dear, why did you throw such good meat on the ground?"
Liu Zhixia said lightly, "This is your son's 'bride price.' He tricked my sister-in-law into accepting it, saying that this piece of meat would be enough to marry me."
The Lu couple's expressions changed drastically. No matter how much they looked down on the Liu family, they knew how humiliating it was to use a piece of meat as a bride price!
Li Xuemei quickly forced an awkward smile: "Father-in-law, you've misunderstood! My son wants to get engaged first! He saw that the two families were at odds, so he sent some things to apologize first, so that we parents can then bring generous gifts to propose marriage!"
Zhang Xiuying crossed her arms and said calmly, "Really? Then ask the villagers around here what they just heard?"
Aunt Zhou, Lu Kai's mother, immediately shouted, "Your son said it himself, this is the betrothal gift he gave to the Liu family. He tricked Hongmei into accepting it under the guise of an apology gift, and then spread rumors that the Liu family accepted your Lu family's betrothal gift. In the end, it's just this piece of meat. There are so many of us here, we're not deaf."
Li Xuemei's face twitched, and she could only bite the bullet and try to salvage the situation: "The child is ignorant! How about this, tomorrow I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy meat and grain, prepare generous gifts, and personally go to propose marriage, okay?"
Liu Zhixia yawned and said slowly, "Aunt Li, I think it's better to forget it. Although I, Liu Zhixia, am poor, I have a cleanliness obsession and want to find a man who is clean in body and mind. Your son and Gu Zhiqing have an ambiguous relationship, and you parents know it very well. If I marry into that family, wouldn't I be facing a green hat?"
Aunt Zhou was also furious: "You still want to mess with that good girl? Hurry up and buy something to apologize to the Liu family! And your precious son, he needs to be disciplined!"
Lu Kai's family and Lu Huaiyuan's family are relatively close relatives, and Lu Huaiyuan has to call Aunt Zhou "Auntie".
Now their family has caused a disgrace here, making Lu Kai's whole family lose face.
While his son was bringing glory to the country in the army, Lu Huaiyuan was making a fool of himself in the village.
Instead of properly educating their son, this couple is trying to clean up his messes. It's infuriating to watch.
"No need," Liu Zhixia said calmly.
Upon hearing this, Lu Huaiyuan breathed a sigh of relief, a smug look spreading across his face. See? All that fuss was to get her to show her attitude; she still wanted to marry him.
Liu Zhixia felt disgusted by his confident demeanor, and immediately looked away to look at Lu Jianping, her voice suddenly turning cold:
"Captain Lu, your family's disgusting tricks have been going on for a long time. My Liu family has always been law-abiding, but you have used your position as captain to bully us. This is a new society now, and the peasants have become masters of their own destiny. My Liu family will no longer allow you to bully us! I've decided that tomorrow we will go to the commune and ask the organization for justice!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Jianping broke out in a cold sweat: "Xia, this...this is too serious, isn't it?"
Liu Zhixia looked at him with amusement: "You've slapped my Liu family in the face. I'm just reporting what you did truthfully. How is that serious? Don't worry, I'm not like your family that likes to exaggerate, but I will never miss a single detail."
Someone in the crowd immediately chimed in, "Xia, don't worry! The organization will send people, and we'll all be your witnesses!"
"That's right! The Lu family is bullying others with their power; they deserve to be taught a lesson!"
Hearing what everyone was saying, Lu Jianping felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, his body swayed, and he fainted.
Chaos erupted at the scene, but Lu Huaiyuan remained rooted to the spot, staring at Liu Zhixia in disbelief.
He pointed at the chaotic crowd and angrily questioned, "Liu Zhixia, are you satisfied with this mess? Haven't you always wanted to marry me? I've satisfied you, what more do you want? If you had even a fraction of Gu Zhiqing's understanding and consideration, I wouldn't be so reluctant to marry you!"
Liu Zhixia was so angry she almost laughed.
"Then I really have to thank you for not marrying me." She looked coldly at Lu Huaiyuan and declared, word by word, "Go back and tell your father that even if he faints today, I'm still going to the commune tomorrow!"
"Father, Mother, let's go."
After saying that, she didn't look at the family again, took her mother's hand, and turned to leave with her family.
The Liu family returned home with their heads held high, as if they had won a great victory.
As soon as she entered the courtyard, Zhang Xiuying shoved the knife back into her daughter's hand. Without saying a word, she walked up to Shen Hongmei, who was hesitating at the gate, and slapped her hard across the face!
"Smack—!"
That slap completely silenced Shen Hongmei. She covered her burning face, not daring to utter a single word, only daring to sob softly.
This time, no one in the family spoke up for her. Shen Hongmei knew in her heart that she had almost caused a huge mess. If she were really sent back to her parents' home because of this, her leisurely days in the Liu family would be over.
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