Chapter 18
Although Father Ye thought so in his heart, he said generously: "It doesn't matter what she brings back. As long as the children are doing well, we as parents don't care about these empty things at all."
As soon as Father Ye finished speaking, he heard a relative say, "Fuyun and Longfei are back!"
Ye Fuyun and Wu Longfei came back by car.
As soon as he entered the family compound and saw so many relatives, Ye Fuyun smiled.
"Dad, Mom, Long Fei and I are back."
"It's good that you're back. Your sister is getting married today, and there are relatives at home, so let's have some fun together." said Ye's mother.
Both Ye's father and mother had smiles on their faces, but their expectant eyes were looking directly at Ye Fuyun and Wu Longfei's hands.
Wu Longfei was empty-handed, while Ye Fuyun was the only one holding a cloth bag. From the outside, it looked like the bag didn't hold much.
Ye's mother's heart immediately sank, but she pretended to be calm and asked, "Fuyun, what's in your bag?"
Ye Fuyun looked a little embarrassed.
She had originally planned to wait until there were fewer relatives around before giving the contents of the bag to Ye's parents. But now that Ye's mother was asking her in front of so many people, it would be awkward for her not to take it out.
"This is the brown sugar I bought for you." Ye Fuyun took out a bag of brown sugar from the cloth bag.
"Just one pack?" Ye's mother said quickly.
Ye Fuyun's expression became more and more embarrassed, and he nodded: "Yeah."
Her mother-in-law, Zhou Jinmei, hadn't prepared anything for her to take back home. She said she had no dowry, so why should the Wu family prepare anything for her to take back home?
Ye Fuyun begged Wu Longfei to buy this bag of brown sugar on the way back.
At first Wu Longfei didn't want to buy it.
"My mom has told us to go back to your house like this. If you buy a lot of things and bring them back, and my mom finds out, she'll scold you again."
Wu Longfei paused, then continued, "My mother didn't mean to make things difficult for you. My family at least gave your family fifty yuan as a betrothal gift, but your family didn't prepare any dowry for you. My mother was just angry, so she let you go back empty-handed."
"I know it's my parents' fault. But my sister is getting married today, and there must be a lot of relatives at home. If we don't take anything back, we will definitely be laughed at by our relatives. I'm not afraid of those relatives laughing at me, I'm used to being laughed at anyway. I just don't want you to be laughed at by those who are not as good as you." Ye Fuyun said reasonably.
Wu Longfei hesitated.
He looked down on the people of the Ye family, and thought his family's conditions were much better than the Ye family's. He didn't want those people to laugh at him.
"Besides, my sister is getting married today, and Shen Yao is coming to pick up the bride. He will definitely try his best to show off." Ye Fuyun added.
The Shen family is having a banquet at a fine restaurant in the city today, and everyone in the compound will be there. I heard that a table of dishes costs five yuan, which makes Ye Fuyun jealous.
She didn't want to be outdone by Ye Fuyue like she did that day when Ye Fuyue was in the limelight.
Wu Longfei also thought of the scene when he was outshined by Shen Yao on the day of his wedding, and he suddenly felt angry.
However, Zhou Jinmei was bewitched by Ye Fuyun after just a few words from him and did not give him any money at all.
He took out all the money in his pocket and said, "I only have eighty cents."
Ye Fuyun was dissatisfied.
Her mother-in-law is really stingy and doesn't even give her own son money.
So, Ye Fuyun could only use the 80 cents to buy a pound of brown sugar.
Now, seeing the brown sugar she took out, all the relatives had different expressions, and Ye's father and mother looked extremely dissatisfied.
"Is this what you brought back today?" Ye's father asked with a serious face.
Ye Fuyun lowered his head and nodded again: "Yeah."
Wu Longfei also felt a little embarrassed, but he knew that Ye's father and mother would definitely not dare to say anything to him, so he scratched his head, looked away, and pretended that it had nothing to do with him.
The relatives despised him in their hearts.
Ye's father and mother had just said that these things were nonsense and they didn't care. Now they clearly care a lot about them.
The first time she went back to her parents' home, she only brought a bag of brown sugar. It seems that Ye Fuyun is not very welcome in her husband's family!
Although they despised him in their hearts, for the sake of face, the relatives still joined in and said:
"Brown sugar is a good thing! Fuyun is thoughtful."
"As long as the two children can come back, it doesn't matter whether they bring more or less things, or whether they bring anything at all."
"Yeah yeah!"
Ye's father and mother felt very depressed.
I was hoping Ye Fuyun would get more things from her husband's family to help support the family. Now I only have a bag of brown sugar, what good is that!
But the relatives were all there, and they gave them a way out, so Ye's father and mother stopped scolding Ye Fuyun for the time being.
"You two must be thirsty. Come in and have a glass of water." Mother Ye put away the brown sugar and said to Ye Fuyun and Wu Longfei.
"Is my sister in there?" Ye Fuyun asked.
"Inside." Ye's mother replied.
"I'll go see my sister." Ye Fuyun said, and then said to Wu Longfei: "You can sit outside and I'll pour you some water."
Wu Longfei had originally planned to go in and take a look at Ye Fuyue. For no other reason than to be curious about whether Ye Fuyue looked good as someone else's bride.
But since Ye Fuyun had said so, Wu Longfei could only say, "Okay."
Ye Fuyun did not see Ye Fuyue in the living room, but saw Ye Fuyue in Ye Yu's previous room.
Ye Fuyue was wearing a new red dress, with her hair tied up and light but just the right amount of makeup on her face, making her look like a gentle and quiet fairy from heaven.
Jealousy was like a devil raging in Ye Fuyun's heart, especially when she noticed the new clothes on Ye Fuyue.
"Sister, you look so beautiful today." Ye Fuyun forced a smile on his face and said to Ye Fuyue.
Ye Fuyue smiled at her, looking even more bright and charming.
"I think I look so beautiful today too. I haven't seen a bride as beautiful as me recently."
The smile on Ye Fuyun's face froze.
Haven’t you seen a bride as beautiful as her recently?
Does this mean that she, who just got married the day before yesterday, is not as pretty as Ye Fuyue?
Ye Fuyun suppressed the smile on his face and said, "Sister, you are so confident."
"This is not called self-confidence, this is called correct self-awareness. Like you, no one has ever praised you for being beautiful. If you say what I just said, you are arrogant." Ye Fuyue said.
Ye Fuyun's expression collapsed.
Indeed, from childhood to adulthood, everyone only praised Ye Fuyue for her beauty, and no one ever praised her. Every time she stood next to Ye Fuyue, she was like an invisible person, and no one would notice her.
How many times had she wished that she could be as beautiful as Ye Fuyue.
However, she snatched Wu Longfei away from the generally recognized beautiful Ye Fuyue, which shows that being beautiful is useless.
"What's the use of being good-looking? After getting married, you don't rely on being good-looking to live your life. You think you are good-looking, but didn't Wu Longfei choose me instead of you?" Ye Fuyun said arrogantly.
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