Chapter 43 I object to this marriage!!!
Upon hearing this, Zhang Huilan frowned again.
"That won't do! This is a wedding! A once-in-a-lifetime event! How can we be so hasty?"
“Mom, I think Yueyue is a sensible child.” The eldest brother, Gu Beihan, who hadn’t spoken until now, said, “She’s thinking about Beichen and our Gu family. As long as we mean it, the formalities don’t matter.”
Zhang Hui-lan sighed, knowing that her eldest son was right.
"Alright then. The wedding can be simple, but the bride price absolutely cannot be simple!"
Zhang Hui-Lan immediately perked up and started counting on her fingers.
"We must have the 'three turns and one sound' (referring to a watch, bicycle, sewing machine, and radio)! We need the best of everything!"
"Furniture! Yes, furniture! I heard that furniture with seventy-two legs is all the rage now, let's get them a set! No, two sets! One set for Hainan Island, and one set for when they return to Beijing!"
"More money! Cash! Good things come in pairs, so I'll give you 888 yuan!"
Zhang Huilan became more and more excited as she spoke, feeling that these words were not enough to express her love for her future daughter-in-law.
She slapped her thigh and made a momentous decision.
"No, that's too little! I still have three thousand yuan of my secret stash of money. I'll take it all out and give it to Yueyue as a settling-in allowance! Let her buy whatever she wants. We can't let her suffer!"
Three thousand yuan!
In an era when an ordinary worker's monthly salary was only thirty or forty yuan, this was undoubtedly a huge sum of money!
The whole family gasped in shock.
Even the usually composed Gu Jianguo couldn't help but glance at his wife.
The eldest daughter-in-law, Wang Yaqin, smiled and said gently, "Mom, your intentions are good. But I think it's a bit vulgar to just give money and gifts."
She looked at her parents-in-law and earnestly suggested, "Beichen and his wife will definitely be returning to Beijing in the future. Why don't we just buy them a courtyard house in Beijing right away? That way, they'll have a place to stay whenever they come back. We can't let Mom pay for it all by herself; I have some savings, so I'll contribute some!"
After these words were spoken, the living room fell completely silent.
Buy a courtyard house?!
This gesture is bigger than three thousand yuan in cash!
Zhang Huilan looked at her eldest daughter-in-law with emotion and nodded repeatedly: "Good, good, Yaqin's idea is good!"
The Gu family was filled with joy and harmony, everyone immersed in the happiness of welcoming their new bride.
However, a discordant voice suddenly rang out.
"no!"
Gu Nanxing, the younger sister-in-law who had been sitting quietly in the corner, suddenly stood up.
She pursed her lips tightly, her face full of defiance, her voice clear and firm.
"I disagree!"
Gu Nanxing, the younger sister-in-law who had been sitting quietly in the corner, suddenly stood up.
She pursed her lips tightly, her still somewhat childish face filled with defiance and resistance, her voice clear and firm.
"I oppose this marriage! Su Yue can forget about ever entering the Gu family!"
The festive atmosphere froze instantly.
The smiles on everyone's faces froze, and they all turned to look at Gu Nanxing, their eyes filled with astonishment and confusion.
Gu Beichen's expression darkened instantly on the other end of the phone, and a cold warning quickly formed between his brows.
Gu Nanxing seemed oblivious to everyone's reactions; she was emotional and spoke vehemently.
"Brother! Are you all crazy? Who is Su Yue? A pampered capitalist's daughter! Can her ideology be the same as ours? Does she know what thrift and hard work mean? She's not good enough for you! She's only here because we're a military family, trying to climb the social ladder!"
"And have you forgotten what she was like before? She always looked down on us and resisted marriage."
She became more and more agitated as she spoke, pointing at the telephone on the table as if she were about to expose a huge scam.
"And you guys! A three-wheeled watch and a radio, furniture with seventy-two legs, three thousand yuan in cash! My sister-in-law even wants to buy her a courtyard house in Beijing! Are you marrying a wife or buying an ancestor to worship? What makes her so special! Isn't she just after our family's money and status? A woman with impure intentions like that absolutely cannot be allowed into the family!"
He spoke quickly and urgently, as if pouring out all his words like beans.
On the other end of the phone, in the post office on Hainan Island, Su Yue listened to Gu Nanxing's sharp accusations, but her face showed no anger.
She even smiled gracefully.
She took the receiver from Gu Beichen's hand, spoke into the microphone, her voice gentle yet exceptionally clear, carrying an undeniable power.
"Hello, Nanxing."
"We've never met before. Are all these comments you've made about me based on what you've seen and heard with your own eyes and ears, or have you just listened to snippets of conversation from others?"
In a single sentence, spoken calmly and deliberately, it struck Gu Nanxing's vitals with precision, like a soft knife.
Gu Nanxing on the other end of the phone was instantly speechless.
Before she could think of a rebuttal, Gu Beichen's icy voice came through the receiver, carrying an unquestionable authority.
"Gu Nanxing, that's enough!"
"My marriage is my own decision. Su Yue is the wife I, Gu Beichen, have chosen, and I will not allow anyone to interfere."
His voice wasn't loud, but every word struck a chord deep within the hearts of everyone in the Gu family in Beijing.
Grandma Gu's face immediately darkened, and she slammed her cane heavily on the ground.
"Nanxing! What nonsense are you spouting! You're getting more and more unruly! How dare you, a junior, criticize your brother's fiancée so casually?"
The mother, Zhang Huilan, also frowned. Although her tone was gentle, it was full of disapproval.
"Nanxing, how can you say such a thing? Although we've never met Su Yue, she's already our family's daughter-in-law. You don't know the situation, so how can you make assumptions about her character?"
Sister-in-law Wang Yaqin quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Nanxing, don't talk nonsense. From now on, we're all family. Sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law should get along well."
As Su Yue listened to her family's protectiveness on the other end of the phone, her smile deepened.
She took the microphone at the right moment, her voice carrying just the right amount of grievance and understanding.
"Grandma, Mom, sister-in-law, please don't blame Nanxing."
“I can understand my sister’s concerns. After all, I’m from Shanghai, and there are many things she doesn’t know, so it’s normal for her to have some misunderstandings.”
"However, I genuinely want to spend my life with Beichen, and I sincerely hope to get along well with everyone in the family in the future. I am willing to use my actions to dispel all of Nanxing's concerns."
These words were spoken flawlessly.
This demonstrates both magnanimity and the ability to position oneself as a reasonable and understanding victim.
Sure enough, the Gu family elders on the other end of the phone instantly felt a surge in their favor towards her.
"Listen to this! Listen to this! How sensible Yueyue is!" Grandma Gu praised her highly.
Zhang Huilan felt extremely distressed: "Good child, I'm so sorry you had to suffer like this."
In the living room of the capital, Gu Nanxing became the only lonely person.
Under the collective pressure from her entire family, she felt an unprecedented sense of defeat.
Her face turned red with anger, and her eyes were filled with tears, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.
She was reluctantly pulled back to the sofa by her mother. Although she had calmed down, her dissatisfaction and suspicion towards the woman named Su Yue remained undiminished.
Just you wait and see!
Once she gets to the island, I'm going to personally "investigate" her and see what kind of person she really is!
After hanging up the phone, Gu Beichen turned around, looked at Su Yue, and his eyes were filled with apology.
"My sister, she..."
Su Yue smiled and shook her head, interrupting him.
Her eyes sparkled, revealing a glint of cunning and interest that Gu Beichen had never seen before.
"It doesn't matter."
She spoke slowly, drawing out her words.
"You should at least try to understand it first."
"I'm really looking forward to getting to know Nanxing better when we get to the Gu family compound."
She spoke those last four words with a profound meaning.
Gu Beichen keenly caught the fleeting glint in her eyes and suddenly had a premonition.
His future wife is probably no pushover.
Life after marriage is unlikely to be peaceful.
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