Chapter 29: Breaking off the Engagement (Part 2)
Because it was the Xia family who proposed to cancel the engagement, the Xia family not only had to return the betrothal gift to the Xie family, but also had to pay an additional sum of money as compensation.
After a brief discussion, the compensation was set at ten taels of silver.
However, the condition proposed by the old couple of the Xie family was not compensation, but something else.
If Xie Jiabao cannot get over this hurdle, then Xia Yujiao cannot get married right away. She must wait for Xie Jiabao for a year before she can talk about marriage again.
The old couple of the Xia family didn't even have time to object to this condition before Xia Yujiao agreed to it.
Xia Daohua was stunned the whole time.
Xia Daohua was very surprised that the Xie family agreed to cancel the engagement so easily and did not continue to pester her.
She even thought that the Xie family would target Xia Yujiao and force her to marry him!
Afterwards, she wondered anxiously, could it be that the Xie family had already prepared to cancel the engagement, but just wanted the Xia family to speak first? In this way, they could take advantage of the situation and make the Xia family pay!
However, Xia Daohua didn't hesitate for too long, because she heard the old couple's words of comfort to Xia Yujiao:
"Yujiao, my dear daughter, don't cry. Your father and mother, are they not as sensible as your niece?
Your eight-year-old niece knows to protect you. Your father and mother are so old now. Can they still live like dogs at such an age? "
The marriage between the two families was concluded smoothly and without any incident.
The only small episode in the middle was that Second Uncle's wife, Sun, seemed to try to object, but Second Uncle quietly gave her an elbow, which made her words stuck in her throat.
The second aunt-in-law coughed loudly, and when she finally calmed down, she saw Xie Yougui glaring at her. She was so frightened that she dared not say a word.
The old couple of the Xia family quietly sorted out the betrothal gifts, borrowed a carriage from the head of the village, loaded the betrothal gifts into the carriage, took Xie Jiabao's marriage certificate and engagement letter, and also took Erlang brother with them, and went to the Xie family to cancel the engagement.
The Xie family has split up and spread across several different villages, but there are still many of the Xie family members living in the same village as the old couple.
Most of the Xie family members the old couple met along the way had very bad attitudes.
The news that the two families wanted to cancel the engagement had already spread.
When they saw the old couple driving the carriage and pulling the betrothal gifts, most of them turned their heads away and ignored them, pretending not to see them. Some of them were very hot-tempered and not only put on cold faces, but also spit at the feet of the old couple of the Xia family.
The old couple of the Xia family lowered their heads with grim expressions and endured it, but in fact they didn't care at all.
At first, they really felt a little sorry for Xie Jiabao - the child was a good one.
Although he is a little weak, he is usually gentle and polite to others. I believe that Yujiao will not be bullied after she marries him.
When the Xie family came to propose marriage, the main reason why they readily agreed to the marriage was that they were attracted by Xie Jiabao's personality and temperament.
However, seeing the attitude of the Xie family, the old couple suddenly felt that their decision to cancel the engagement could not be more correct.
The old couple are old, and sooner or later they will be buried.
Moreover, she will most likely walk ahead of Yujiao.
If Yujiao married Xie Jiabao for the purpose of bringing good fortune, although it would also be a formal marriage, the status of the "wife bringing good fortune" would be pitifully low.
It would be nice if Xie Jiabao could live to be a hundred years old.
But what if he still dies young after the wedding?
At that time, if the Xie family members rely on their numbers and gang up to bully Yujiao, who can stand up for her?
How can she live her life all alone?
The old couple kept silent, had a quick meeting with the old man of the Xie family, and quietly took back Xia Yujiao's engagement letter.
The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren sat in the empty carriage and returned to Beiguan Village.
The Xie family's mansion was left far behind them.
The friendship between the two families ended here.
It is said that the old couple of the Xie family finally went to Puji Hall, knelt on the street in front of the hall, and begged Doctor Wang with tears in their eyes to save their lives.
Doctor Wang felt sorry for the old couple and was also interested in Xie Jiabao's condition. He not only personally accepted the patient, but also made an exception and allowed him to be "hospitalized".
After Doctor Wang gave Xie Jiabao his first acupuncture treatment, Xie Jiabao's complexion improved a lot and he began to have some appetite.
Doctor Wang simply let him live in Puji Hall and continue to receive acupuncture treatment.
He also instructed the Xie family to leave someone to serve and accompany him.
Xia Daohua was quite surprised to hear the news.
Is there such a thing as hospitalization these days?
Before this, Xia Daohua always thought that patients at this time were all taken care of at home.
It would be a good thing if Xie Jiabao could escape this disaster.
However, after hearing some things about the Xie family, Xia Daohua felt that she might have wronged the bearded man.
Although he looked vicious and brutal, and had the motive to murder Xie Jiabao, he was not necessarily the murderer who secretly caused Xie Jiabao to fall into the ice hole.
Thinking of this, Xia Daohua couldn't help but think of herself.
The wound on the back of her head had been itching recently. In order to avoid infection, she really used a lot of willpower to restrain herself from scratching it.
But it’s okay when you’re awake, but you can’t be sure when you’re asleep.
She couldn't help it last night. After she fell asleep, she scratched the wound. It was so painful that it woke her up.
The existence of this wound reminds her from time to time that her situation may not be safe.
It is still unknown whether the original owner’s injury was an accident or not.
Recently, Xia Daohua has been exploring the uses of supermarkets whenever she has free time or opportunities. Finally, she found a way to take out things from the supermarket without having to go in person.
But this method is only applicable to storage areas.
In other words, it only applies to two types of items: one is what she bought from the supermarket and kept in the storage area; the other is what she brought from outside to the supermarket and stored in the storage area.
Xia Daohua has prepared a lot of miscellaneous things "just in case", and put them here according to categories so that she can use them at any time.
But in fact, so far, she has only used some packaged food. Tools and weapons have basically never been used.
However, she had already planned it out. Although it was not very useful now, she would go to the mountains for an "exploration" in the spring. It would be useful then!
The summer rice flowers are always looking forward to the arrival of spring, but the people of Beiguan Village are always looking forward to the Lantern Festival.
Even the Xia family is the same.
Ever since they called off the marriage proposal with the Xie family, Mrs. Song and the bearded man have never visited the family again.
It was as if these two people disappeared out of thin air.
Please collect, please recommend to the female channel, please leave your paw prints, love you! (づ￣ 3￣)づ
(End of this chapter)
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