Chapter 160 Sister
Seeing that the family was busy and in chaos, Cheng invited a cook to come over. After a little inquiry, she found out what was going on.
She chuckled and said to the fifth brother Xia Youliang:
"The old couple are still too soft-hearted."
After saying that, without caring about Xia Youliang's reaction, he directly called Liu Lang over and gave him a few words of advice. Liu Lang nodded and ran away.
A moment later, the fourth family living near Nanhu Lake received the news.
From the day Xia Youcai proposed to break up the engagement, he knew that sooner or later he would have to face the old couple coming forward to mediate.
Jiang felt helpless and didn't want to go. Her eyelids had been twitching since she woke up this morning, and she felt a little taboo in her heart.
Xia Youtian comforted her: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. You don't have to say anything. I'll take care of everything. Just take care of yourself."
Jiang suppressed her uneasiness and nodded.
She always paid attention to etiquette. Whenever she went back to her parents' home, she would bring some food to share with everyone. Now that she was going to the old house, she naturally couldn't go empty-handed.
After much deliberation, I finally prepared a small jar of Xia Daohua’s newly developed mushroom sauce, and also brought a piece of ruler as a souvenir.
This mushroom sauce is very popular now and is sold at a higher price than kimchi.
It was quite generous of Mrs. Jiang to take out a small jar.
When the old couple sent Silang to invite them, the fourth room couple took the gift and went out leisurely.
As soon as I walked outside the gate of the old house, I saw Liu waiting there:
"Fourth brother, sister-in-law, you are here, please come in!"
Liu's face was full of enthusiasm and she treated the fourth couple very kindly.
Xia Youtian and Jiang looked at each other, and Xia Youtian said, "I don't dare to accept Sister Liu as my fourth brother. I have already severed my relationship with the eldest brother of the Xia family."
As soon as Xia Youtian said this, Liu's face froze.
She never expected that Xia Youtian, who had always been honest and kind and never argued, would do such a disgrace to her in front of outsiders.
The old couple came out upon hearing the noise. Without even looking at Liu, they greeted the couple from the fourth room directly:
"Arita, if you're here, come in, why are you standing at the door?
You are not tired, but your wife is a twin, how can she not be tired? Why didn't you tell her to go into the house and sit down to rest, and let her come here to stand as punishment?"
Xia Youtian felt so ashamed after hearing what Zhou said that he hurried to support his wife Jiang.
Jiang blushed in embarrassment, and quickly picked up the gift in her hand to cover up the topic, and handed it to Zhou:
"Mom, this mushroom sauce was invented by Daohua. I think you will like the taste. Try it today to see if it suits your taste. The size is not big, you can arrange it as you like. It can be used to make a pair of shoe uppers or something. It is also soft and comfortable."
Zhou took it with a smile: "Old Fourth's, you are a filial son. Come in quickly, don't tire my dear grandson."
The couple from the fourth room followed Zhou's instructions and went into the house, leaving Liu at the door.
Liu was extremely angry, but she still had to put on a smile.
She took a few deep breaths until the muscles on her face were not so tense and her smile was not so distorted, then she returned to the battlefield.
The couple from the fourth room entered the house and saw the fully laid out table. They then discovered that Mrs. Liu had even hired a cook.
Although the meal prepared by the chef was not a top-notch meal that cost ten taels of silver per table, it was obvious that the dishes were exquisite, the ingredients were rich, and a lot of thought was put into it.
Liu has invested so much money, it seems that what he wants is not small!
Xia Youtian and Jiang looked at each other. Jiang's face was full of worry. Xia Youtian held her hand, indicating that she should not worry and that he would be at the forefront of everything.
Old Master Xia and Mrs. Zhou sat at the table, and the fourth wife and her husband, Mrs. Liu, and Jinhua were also invited to sit at the table. The second, third, and fifth wives were also invited to join them.
Originally, Liu was unwilling to let the other three wives accompany her. After all, if the fourth wife and her husband were not polite, she would only be embarrassed in front of the fourth wife, and the degree of shame would be different from being embarrassed in front of the whole family.
But the old couple insisted that the apology should be made with sincerity.
If you can't apologize in front of everyone, saying it in private won't show your sincerity!
Liu had no choice but to agree, but she also mentioned one condition: except Jinhua, no younger people were allowed to be present.
The old couple felt that this request was not excessive. Besides, they sincerely hoped that the first and fourth wives could put aside their past grudges and reconcile as before. This little thing was naturally not worth mentioning.
As a result, only the adults from the five families sat at the table, and the children were excluded.
Fortunately, in order to prevent the children from making trouble and also out of love for them, old lady Zhou instructed the cook in advance to fry a large pot of meatballs for the children.
In this way, the children will have something to eat and can play in peace without disrupting the adults' work.
At the banquet, Liu, together with Jinhua, sincerely apologized to the fourth couple in front of the old couple and the heads of other families.
However, her sincerity was only reflected in her attitude.
When it comes to the specific mistakes, she starts to be vague, saying only that she shouldn't have allowed Jinhua and Lihua to clash, causing the two children to misunderstand each other...
Then he asked Jinhua to kneel down and kowtow, begging for forgiveness from the fourth couple.
If Xia Youtian and Jiang refused to forgive, Jinhua would remain kneeling in front of them and would not get up.
After saying this, Xia Youtian and Jiang's faces turned ugly.
They thought that if they came here today, they would definitely be forced.
They also knew that since even Xia Youcai was not present, this so-called apology must not be very sincere.
But they didn't expect that Liu would resort to this trick, making Jinhua kneel in front of them and forcing them to accept this so-called apology.
Xia Youtian thought for a moment and said word by word:
"Jinhua, get up quickly. This matter is between me and my elder brother. It has nothing to do with you, a junior. Don't get involved."
"Uncle, I won't get up. This is all my fault, and I've been punished... If you don't forgive me, I won't get up!"
Xia Youtian looked embarrassed:
"Jinhua, you didn't let me down, you let Lihua down.
If you want forgiveness, you have to go and talk to Lihua.
Although I am Lihua's father, it is not up to me to decide whether she is willing to forgive you. In this world, there is no reason for a father to pressure his own daughter to accept an apology from an outsider.
So even if you kneel to me, it will be in vain.
You are a young lady with a weak body. If you get cold air in your legs, it will be no joke."
Seeing that Jinhua still refused to get up, Jiang went over to help her up despite her big belly.
"Jinhua, get up quickly. Don't kneel for too long. You'll hurt yourself."
When Jinhua saw the thin shrimp-whisker bracelet on Jiang's wrist, she suddenly became furious and opened Jiang's hand with a snap: "Don't pretend to be nice! If you hadn't instigated it, how could my fourth uncle break off the relationship with my father?"
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