Chapter 65: Pray that she would stop acting like a demon?
Brother Xu and Sister Xu stayed at home to look after the house and set up a stall in the south city, while Father Xu, Mother Xu and Xu Ruyun went to Yu Li's parents' home. Someone from the Xu family had to go there to let others know how much the Xu family valued Yu Li.
Xu Ruyun didn't want to go at first, but after thinking about it, she decided that it would be a good idea to go and take a look, just to relax. Deng Manni was about to give birth, and Xu Ruyun didn't want to run into Deng Manni. She wasn't afraid that Deng Manni would try to blackmail her, but she simply didn't want to bother with Deng Manni.
Yu Li was naturally very happy when she learned that Xu Ruyun was going to go with her. Although Xu Ruyun did not have a high degree, she was good at making money. Xu's father and mother were relatively stingy, but Xu Ruyun was generous. With Xu Ruyun around, some things would become much simpler.
"You can go with me." Yu Li said to Xu Ruyun with a smile.
The Xu family was sitting in the living room, discussing this matter. They had to decide how many people should go and when to go.
The wedding banquet was scheduled for the sixth day of the first lunar month, so Yu Li and the others had to arrive a day or two earlier and not go too late. If they went too late and missed the time, it would not look good.
Seeing Yu Li so happy, Mrs. Xu thought about her own wedding, but Xu Ruyun didn't go. Xu Ruyun was younger and didn't have much money, so not only Xu Ruyun, but also Xu's mother went to the countryside alone. Xu's mother went to the countryside to attend the wedding banquet, but she was in a hurry to leave, saying that something happened at home and she didn't stay in the countryside for a few more days.
Now, Xu Erge and Yu Li's wedding banquet, Xu's father and mother will go, and Xu Ruyun will also go. These people really give face to the Yu family. Xu's eldest sister-in-law is uncomfortable, but it is difficult to say.
Xu Ruyun noticed that Xu Dasao was unhappy, but she didn't care. Xu Dasao was still the same Xu Dasao as in her previous life. Xu Ruyun was dissatisfied with Xu Dasao, but she couldn't make Xu Dasao become another person.
"Boss, when the time comes, the house will be handed over to you." Xu's mother said, "Remember to feed the chickens in the backyard."
"We can kill them and eat them during the Chinese New Year, so we don't have to feed them." Mrs. Xu said, "We have to set up a stall and feed the chickens, which is too troublesome."
Mrs. Xu wanted Xu's mother and others to go to Yu's house so that she, her husband and children could eat more meat.
"If you want to kill me, just kill me." Xu Ruyun said.
"It's not just a chicken." Xu's mother was not happy.
"Mom, we're just eating them for our family anyway." Xu Ruyun said, "Those chickens are big enough, so it's worth it to give them to my nephews and nieces."
It was impossible for Mrs. Xu to eat all those chickens by herself. She must have given them to Brother Xu and the children. Xu Ruyun didn't care about those chickens. She seldom ate at Xu's house. It was not worth it to have a quarrel over a few chickens. They could buy a lot of chickens with the money they earned from setting up a stall.
"After my second brother and his wife's wedding banquet is over and we come back, I will buy two chickens for you, mom." Xu Ruyun said.
"Okay, you can kill it and eat it." When Xu's mother heard Xu Ruyun say this, she could only nod in agreement.
"We'll see what happens." Brother Xu said, "If..."
Before Brother Xu could finish his words, he was stepped on by Sister Xu. Sister Xu motioned Brother Xu to stop talking, saying that since Mother-in-law had said so, they could eat chicken. Who would complain about too much meat? Sister Xu thought that since her parents-in-law were not at home, they could eat more.
"We can also buy two chickens for our parents," said Yu Li.
"Don't talk about chickens or not." Xu Ruyun said, "We're not talking about chickens today."
Before the Chinese New Year, the Yu family was in a very unhappy situation. Yu's sister-in-law asked Yu Guochao to borrow 15 yuan to send to her parents' home. When she didn't get 20 yuan, Yu's sister-in-law turned her face away. The couple bought few New Year's goods and had no money on hand. They went to borrow money from others, but others were unwilling to lend them money.
Yu Guochao and his wife had bought things on credit before, and people asked them to pay back the money at the end of the year. They had no money to pay back, so people were unwilling to continue to sell them on credit. There were not many things at home, but they did not reflect on themselves, but instead thought about the mistakes of others.
"Your father only knows how to give money to your brother." Yu Dasao said in the room, "All the good things are given to your brother. We have nothing here."
"Dad, he..." Yu Guochao thought about it carefully and felt that his wife was right.
"Even after all this, your brother and sister-in-law are still thinking of leaving mom to us." Yu Dasao said, "Why don't they let dad eat at our place? Dad has subsidized them a lot. Your dad is too partial."
"Oh." Yu Guochao sighed.
"Look at the New Year's goods they bought and then look at what we bought. There is such a big difference," said Mrs. Yu.
"It's a big difference." Yu Guochao said, "How about buying more?"
"How to buy it? How to buy it without money?" said Mrs. Yu.
Yu Guochao didn't dare to say that he shouldn't send so much money to Yu Dasao's parents' home. If he said it, Yu Dasao would be very angry. Yu Dasao was very satisfied with Yu Guochao. Although they were both members of the Yu family, Yu Guochao was not very good at making money, which was far behind Yu Jiachao.
"You don't know how to make a little more money." Yu Dasao said, "Your parents are really something. They even eat separately for the New Year's Eve dinner."
The New Year is just around the corner, and only two days away, Yu Dasao asked Su Xiaogu if she wanted to have a New Year's Eve dinner with all the Yu family members. Yu Dasao thought that Yu Jiachao and his wife bought so much food, and her family could just eat with them, and she didn't have to produce too much.
Aunt Su didn't dare to answer and said she would ask Yu Jiachao and his wife. Yu Jiachao and his wife were naturally unwilling and refused immediately.
Yu Dasao and his wife don't work hard to earn money, but always think about taking advantage of others. Yu Jiachao and his wife are such smart people, they would never let Yu Guochao and his wife take advantage of them.
"How many families have separated, but still eat New Year's Eve dinner together at their parents' house." Yu Dasao said, "Your mother is really, I asked her, and she had to ask your brother. Your brother and sister-in-law refused, and she didn't dare to say a word. For a person like her, if she is asked to eat at our place, she would be wasting our food."
"..." Yu Guochao listened to what Mrs. Yu said about his mother, and he didn't dare to say anything bad about Mrs. Yu.
"Fine, fine, they just say we are wrong." Yu Dasao said, "We didn't know we would be fined. Those things won't kill people. We just want to make more money, don't we? They still have the nerve to blame us."
Mrs. Yu was cursing in the room, and Zhu Baoqian heard it all.
Zhu Baoqian rolled her eyes and deliberately said loudly, "Jiachao, put all the things away, don't let the dog take them away."
Zhu Baoqian didn't just dislike Yu Dasao a little bit, she disliked Yu Dasao very much. It is said that country people are hardworking and capable, but when it comes to Yu Dasao, Yu Dasao wants to lie on the bed every day, she doesn't want to work at all. Zhu Baoqian can't stand Yu Dasao's behavior. You have to work harder when you don't have money. If you don't work hard and wait for others to help you, you think others are fools.
Mrs. Yu was very angry when she heard what Zhu Baoqian said in her room. But Zhu Baoqian didn't mention Mrs. Yu by name, and there were indeed people who kept dogs nearby, so Mrs. Yu could only bear it.
Compared to the difficulties of the Yu family, the Su family has a much better life. The third brother Su and his wife are willing to buy New Year's goods. Together with the things sent by Su Xueqing and others, the Su family can have a good New Year.
“Is there so much stuff in the refrigerator?” Amelia Su looked at the Su family’s refrigerator, “I was thinking of stuffing some things into your side.”
"What do you want to stuff in?" Su's mother asked.
“Put some chickens and ducks in there, we have a small family.” Amelia Su said, “We can’t stew a whole chicken and duck at once, thinking of eating half and freezing the other half.”
"There's no room for it." Su's mother said, "The weather is cold, you can wait until New Year's Eve to kill chickens and ducks, and then you can keep them for a few more days."
“In the past, when there were no refrigerators, did you also buy so many things?” Amelia Su asked.
"Not all of them were bought by us. Your younger brother-in-law sent us a lot of things." said Su's mother.
“…” Amelia Su thought that she shouldn’t ask that question, Amelia Su and her husband did send a lot of things.
"Just this morning, another lamb leg was delivered." Su's mother said, "There is no room for so much, so we can only eat some first."
There are also a lot of food placed in the refrigerator. Since the weather is cold, they can be kept in the refrigerator for a few days.
Others say that the Su family married their daughter well, but Su's mother said that it doesn't matter what kind of family a daughter marries into, the important thing is that the daughter is filial. If the daughter is filial, no matter who she marries, she knows that she should be filial to her parents.
"That's a lot of gifts. Isn't Xueqing afraid that her mother-in-law will be unhappy?" Amelia Su asked.
"Her mother-in-law's family has more things, and they don't care about these little things." Su's mother said, "They are on different levels."
Su's mother was also afraid that the Ning family would be unhappy, so she said that Su Xueqing said that the Ning family didn't care about this little bit of food at all. The Ning family was rich, and they didn't spend too much money on food. They were all ordinary food, not the kind of particularly expensive ingredients.
"Do we still have to open the store these days?" Su's mother asked.
"Open, of course we have to open." Amelia Su said, "Only by opening a store can we make more money. Others have raised prices when opening stores these days, but we won't."
Amelia Su thought that they were all acquaintances who lived nearby. If she raised the price at this time, it was not impossible to raise the price, but others would feel uncomfortable. Amelia Su thought it was better not to raise the price, so that others would be happy to buy it and would continue to buy from her in the future.
We are all neighbors, so let’s all be happier.
"Everyone has plenty of food at home, so don't make too much." Su's mother said.
"I know." Amelia Su said, "We have made less these two days. On New Year's Eve, we will make even less. On the first day of the new year, we will sell some vegetarian buns and steamed buns instead of meat buns."
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, many people eat vegetarian food. Amelia Su was worried that the meat buns would not sell well, but selling vegetarian food was okay.
Amelia Su didn’t think about taking more rest, taking one more day off and earning one less day’s money. Besides, they didn’t work all day, and they also had time to rest.
When Amelia Su came home, Amelia Su was tidying up the refrigerator. Amelia Su wanted to put those things in a better place, and she even cut the whole ribs. Before, the ribs in the refrigerator had not been cut and were left to take up space.
Kakaka, Amelia Su took the knife and started chopping.
The ribs that were put out earlier were not so cold, so Amelia Su was able to chop them.
“The knife at home is not sharp enough.” Amelia Su saw Su Xueqing, “I’ll go and sharpen the knife. Little sister, next time you buy these things for your parents, you should let them cut them well. My parents are old and don’t have such a big benefit.”
"It's okay, let your third brother cut it." Third Sister Su said immediately, "It's not good to send gifts in cut form, especially during the New Year and other festivals, they are sent in one piece."
"We are family, why should we be so particular?" Amelia Su said, "It's not cut, but it looks heavy and decent. Isn't it still the same thing?"
“Let’s talk about the future later.” Su Xueqing said, “The ones you buy on weekdays can indeed be cut.”
"If you want to eat it right now, you can cut it." Third Sister Su said, "If you don't want to eat it right now, it's better to keep it in the refrigerator as a whole piece. Another day, let your third brother get a guillotine. It's really fast to cut the ribs with a guillotine."
"This knife must be put away properly and not where children can touch it." Su Xueqing said.
"I know." Mrs. Su said, "Not to mention this kind of knife, even other knives should not be left lying around. Children nowadays like to touch things around the house. A few days ago, a little grandson of a family took his grandmother's medicine and was admitted to the hospital. It's almost the New Year, and such a thing happened... The grandmother blames herself, the daughter-in-law is unhappy, and the whole family has complaints."
When the child is alive, the mother will still have some thoughts even if there is nothing else to do. If the child is gone, the family will break up. At least the relationship between the daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law will not be good, but will only get worse.
"Is there such a thing?" Su Xueqing was surprised.
"It's out." Mrs. Su said, "At first they thought the child would be fine, so they waited until the child started to convulse before sending him to the hospital. Fortunately, the child was rescued and is still in the hospital and has not been discharged yet."
Children have no idea what they can eat and what they cannot eat. When they see adults eating, they think those things are edible and just put them directly into their mouths.
After Su Sansao learned about this, she thought that she must put things away properly, not just randomly placing them, and not letting the children eat things they shouldn't. The young people in the family all went to work, and the elderly were taking care of the children. After this happened, the neighbors became much more careful. Everyone was very sad when talking about this incident, and no one wanted such a thing to happen.
"He was rescued, that's good." Su Xueqing breathed a sigh of relief. If something happened to the child, the child would be so pitiful. The child's parents and grandparents could quarrel, and the family affection would be gone in an instant.
Amelia Su was still chopping ribs. She really wanted to say: There is no meat on the ribs, why buy so many ribs?
But Amelia Su couldn't say it. She didn't buy so many ribs for her parents' home, and Amelia Su and her husband didn't buy other meat. It was not Amelia Su's turn to say these things.
This year, Su Xueqing planned to have the New Year’s Eve dinner at the Su family, but next year she would have to go to the Ning family.
After Su Xueqing and Ning Yanjing got their marriage certificate, they had not yet held a wedding banquet, so it was appropriate for them to have the New Year's Eve dinner at her parents' home. If they wait until next year to hold the wedding banquet, it would not be appropriate for Su Xueqing to have the New Year's Eve dinner at her parents' home. She would have to go to her husband's home to have the New Year's Eve dinner, and she couldn't always be at her parents' home.
"Eat these things during the New Year, eat more, and finish them quickly." Amelia Su said, "Don't freeze them all in the refrigerator. They won't taste good if they're frozen for too long. It's not like my younger sister won't give me other things. My parents and grandma are still here, so my younger sister will always give me something."
"..." Third Sister Su felt uncomfortable when she heard this. It seemed that they were all waiting for Su Xueqing to send something over. "No need to send it often, little sister, just be like the eldest sister and the second sister."
"Okay." Su Xueqing nodded.
Amelia Su was not very happy to hear this. Was her sister-in-law saying that she gave too little?
"My second sister and I are just ordinary people. We didn't marry as well as my youngest sister, so of course we can't give so many things." Amelia Su said, "Whoever marries well should give more, isn't it reasonable? It is said that those who are capable should work harder, so shouldn't those who are rich be more filial?"
"Money is not the standard to measure filial piety." Su Xueqing said.
"If you have money, of course you can say that." Amelia Su said, "Without money, you can't even send out New Year gifts. Look at Guochao and the others, they have no money and no ability. Whoever sees them despises them, and when they see them from a distance, they want to turn around and leave."
"..." Su Xueqing really didn't know how to say good things about Yu Guochao and his wife. These two people didn't even think about working hard. They were lazy and gluttonous. Who would want to associate with such people?
"Guochao and his wife borrowed money from everywhere before the Chinese New Year. Now is the time to pay them back." Amelia Su said, "They don't care about their face at all, and they are not afraid of what others say about them. They just think that they borrowed the money with their own ability."
"Sister, did you lend them money?" Su Xueqing asked.
"You didn't lend them any money, so where can I get the money to lend them?" Amelia Su said, "I have to pay back the money I owe my parents. I can't not pay it back."
Amelia Su paid back a sum of money to Su's father and mother, but there was still some money left to pay. Amelia Su paid back part of the money first. She wanted to let Su Sange and his wife know that she, Amelia Su, was not someone who borrowed money and didn't pay it back. If she said she would pay it back, she would definitely pay it back. She was not Yu Guochao and his wife. Yu Guochao and his wife had no intention of paying back the money, so they couldn't expect the couple to pay back the money.
Treat the borrowed money as your own and never pay back the money borrowed from relatives.
Amelia Su thought that Yu Guochao and his wife were very bad, “I’m not like Guochao and his wife, who even cheated their biological parents.”
"It's a good thing that I didn't lend them money. They haven't paid back the money my parents lent them." Su Xueqing said.
Su Xueqing believes that the younger generation should pay back the money borrowed from the elders as soon as possible. The elders are old and it is not easy for them to make money, so it is better to pay back the money as soon as possible.
For people like Yu Guochao and his wife, it would probably be difficult.
Su Xueqing couldn't lend money to Yu Guochao and his wife, no matter if she had a lot of money. Su Xueqing didn't want to be the scapegoat, nor did she want to give Aunt Su this face. Giving this face would embarrass herself.
“Pack these cut ribs.” Amelia Su said, “Little sister, help open the bag.”
"Okay." Su Xueqing went over.
“Forget it, forget it.” Amelia Su looked at Su Xueqing’s hands, which were still wearing gloves. Su Xueqing had to take off the gloves to do these things, “Don’t touch it, let your sister-in-law do it.”
When Mrs. Su San heard this, she hurried over and did not say that Su Xueqing should do it.
“Such beautiful clothes, and beautiful gloves, don’t touch these things.” Amelia Su said, “If they get dirty, they have to be washed.”
"I'm not the one washing it." Su Xueqing said.
"You have to be careful even if you're not the one washing it." Amelia Su said, "It's dirty, and you ask someone to wash it. Won't others complain? Look at you, if it's a little cold, your face will turn red from the cold."
Amelia Su glanced at Su Xueqing. Her little sister was really weak. "When I was an educated youth in the countryside, I had to wash clothes in the winter. There was little firewood at home, so it was not easy to always boil water to wash clothes. I hurried to the river to wash clothes when the sun came out. Sometimes, when I went to the river to wash clothes, the ice on the riverside had not melted yet, and there was still ice on the grass. I could only say to wash quickly, because it would be hotter to work, so I washed more while it was hot."
Su Xueqing looked down at her hands. In winter, it was not Su Xueqing who washed the clothes, but her mother would help her. Su's mother would sometimes say that Su Xueqing was too old to wash her own clothes, but her mother still helped Su Xueqing wash all the clothes and did not let Su Xueqing wash them.
In the middle of winter, Su Xueqing was afraid of the cold, and she couldn't stand putting her hands in the cold water. In this respect, Su Xueqing really couldn't say that she suffered.
Before Su Yanan got married, she helped Su Xueqing wash clothes. After Su Sansao got married, she sometimes helped Su Xueqing wash clothes. These people didn't say anything about Su Xueqing, they just did it directly.
With this comparison, Su Xueqing really enjoyed it more.
“Some of us have frozen hands that are swollen and cracked.” Amelia Su said, “The bones at the joints are exposed. We still have to do things. We can’t not do anything.”
Why did so many educated youth couldn't bear it and married local people early? They just couldn't stand the hardship and thought they could do easier work after getting married.
The scene that Amelia Su described emerged in Amelia Su’s mind. She didn’t dare to think about how painful it would be if her hands were frozen and cracked. She didn’t want that.
"Don't scare your sister." Su's mother came back from outside, "Everyone has his or her own destiny. You and my mother have different destiny."
Su's mother did not deny that she loved Su Xueqing more. Su Xueqing was the youngest, beautiful and smart. Who would not like such a daughter? It was not that the youngest daughter did not repay them, and it was worth it for them to be so good to the youngest daughter.
“It’s a different fate.” Amelia Su said, “My fate is much different.”
Amelia Su and Mrs. Su San put all the chopped ribs away and put them in several bags. If you use so many ribs to make soup, you can't eat so many ribs at one time.
“If we tidy it up like this, we can put more things in the refrigerator.” Amelia Su said, “Next year, we will also buy a refrigerator.”
"Go ahead. In winter, there aren't many things, so you don't need a refrigerator." Su Xueqing said, "You run a breakfast shop, and you use fresh ingredients every day, so it doesn't matter whether you have a refrigerator or not. In summer, having a refrigerator will be much more convenient."
“It’s said to be next year, but we may not buy it next year.” Amelia Su said, “The refrigerator is too expensive, and we haven’t bought a house yet.”
Amelia Su thought that she had to buy a house first. If she had her own house, she could buy as many things as she wanted. If it wasn't her own house, she wouldn't feel safe living there. No one knew when the landlord would ask them to move out and not rent the house to them.
"You are still the best. You bought a new house as a wedding house." Amelia Su said, "Your brother-in-law is not as good at making money as your man. He can't buy so many houses. It's hard to buy even one house."
Wei Dashan's relatives are all in the countryside, digging for food in the fields. Those people have no money, so it's good that they didn't ask Amelia Su for money. It's impossible for Wei Dashan and Amelia Su to borrow money from those people to buy a house. If they want to buy a house, they can only rely on themselves.
Buying a house costs a lot of money, not a small amount of money. The Su family themselves live in such a small house. Su's father and mother have not bought a house, so it is even more impossible for them to lend money to Amelia Su and his wife to buy a house.
Amelia Su was not a little envious of Amelia Su, “Mom, didn’t someone ask you before, saying whether my little sister wants to customize furniture, can you ask them to do it?”
"Your brother-in-law has his own arrangements." Su's mother said. She didn't care about these things.
"Everything has been arranged." Su Xueqing said, "Yan Jing has found someone."
Ning Yanjing is not at the Su family now, he is at the Ning family. Ning Yanjing's brother still did not come back for the New Year this year, saying that he still had to stay there. Brother Ning has to go to the countryside frequently to visit the villagers. Brother Ning has too many things to do. During the New Year, Brother Ning also had to visit the relevant personnel. The distance between the northwest and the south city is too far, so Brother Ning decided to stay in the northwest to do things, and he and his family will have plenty of time to reunite in the future.
Ning's mother wanted to see her eldest son, but he had not returned, so she could not force him to come back.
"Xueqing will celebrate the New Year at her parents' house this year. Next year, she will come to our house to celebrate the New Year." Ning Yanjing said to his parents.
"Wait until after the wedding banquet, then come over to celebrate the New Year." Ning's mother said, "It's you who's in a hurry to get the marriage certificate before the New Year. It's no wonder Xueqing is spending the New Year at her parents' house. She's not ready yet. There are rules for a bride to celebrate the New Year and visit relatives at her in-laws' house."
"Get the certificate sooner so you can feel at ease sooner." Ning Yanjing said, "There are too many people chasing after her."
Ning Yanjing still remembers that when he and Ning Jiaxuan went to see Su Xueqing, someone else confessed to her. In addition to the narcissistic Ding Ming, there are other people who like Su Xueqing. Ning Yanjing believes that everything may change before the marriage certificate is obtained. Even if the marriage certificate is obtained, we still have to pay more attention and cannot let down our guard.
"Where is Jiaxuan?" Ning Yanjing asked.
"We went to the Yan family." Ning's mother said, "Give Old Madam Yan some face."
When Ning Jiaxuan went to the Yan family, she mainly visited Old Lady Yan instead of Yan's mother.
Ning Jiaxuan had told Yan Yichen long ago that if only Yan's mother was at home and Old Lady Yan was not at home, Ning Jiaxuan would not go. Ning Jiaxuan would go when Old Lady Yan was at home. Ning Jiaxuan knew that Yan Yichen could not suppress Yan's mother, only Old Lady Yan could suppress Yan's mother.
After all, Ning Jiaxuan is just a junior, and Yan's mother is an elder. When a junior confronts an elder, Ning Jiaxuan feels comfortable, but others will criticize her. With Old Lady Yan around, it's much better.
Ning Jiaxuan didn't intend to embarrass herself for Yan's mother. Ning Jiaxuan thought she had given Yan's family a lot of face, and she also maintained her engagement with Yan Yichen so that Yan Yichen's factory could be built more smoothly.
When Yan's mother saw Ning Jiaxuan, she looked very unhappy. Yan's mother wanted to drive Ning Jiaxuan out and not let her enter the Yan family. Fortunately, Old Lady Yan was there, and Yan's mother didn't dare to say a word.
"Have some tea." said Old Lady Yan.
"Ah, why is it so salty?" Ning Jiaxuan took a sip, frowned, and quickly spit it out.
"What's going on?" Old Mrs. Yan immediately remembered that her mother had just left for a while, and her mother had put salt in the tea.
Mrs. Yan immediately took the cup of tea in front of Ning Jiaxuan, dipped her finger in it and put it in her mouth. It was indeed very salty. Mrs. Yan was very unhappy. Her daughter-in-law was too ignorant. How could she do such a thing?
"Change it." Old Madam Yan said, "Yichen, go and pour another cup."
Yan Yichen got up to pour tea again. He glanced at his mother. His mother was too much. Yan Yichen wished his mother was fine and not so crazy. His mother always said she was not crazy, but Yan Yichen hoped that his mother was really crazy and not pretending.
Old Mrs. Yan did not go to see Yan's mother because she didn't want to see this disgusting thing.
"I'd better go back first." Ning Jiaxuan said, "Eating too much salt is not good for your health. Since you have so much free time, why not lie down and sleep? You can dream about anything."
Ning Jiaxuan is not someone who would put herself in a difficult position. Mother Yan did not give her a good look. Ning Jiaxuan has already seen Old Lady Yan, so there is no need for her to stay here any longer.
"Yichen, why don't you see Jiaxuan off?" said Old Lady Yan.
"I'll take you there." Yan Yichen walked to Ning Jiaxuan's side.
"Let's go." Ning Jiaxuan said.
Old Mrs. Yan watched Yan Yichen and Ning Jiaxuan leave. She turned to look at Yan's mother, who was looking at her in a threatening manner.
"What are you doing?" Old Lady Yan asked, "Do you know that your son is having trouble doing business here? If it weren't for the Ning family, he wouldn't have been able to run the program so quickly."
"They owe our family, my man..."
"Bullshit!" Old Lady Yan interrupted Yan's mother, "We owed them. You kept saying those things to your son and treating the Ning family like that. The Ning family also let Ning Jiaxuan maintain the engagement with your son because of my old face."
Old Lady Yan didn't want the marriage she had worked so hard to get to be ruined by Yan's mother. Old Lady Yan knew clearly that Ning Jiaxuan had no love for Yan Yichen, and that Ning Jiaxuan and Yan Yichen could not be together and could not get married.
Yan Yichen has been on the farm in the countryside for too long, and his heart is full of holes. He is no longer a simple boy, and it is impossible for him to fall in love with someone easily. In addition, Yan's mother always says those things, and it is impossible for Yan Yichen to have no grudges against the Ning family. If Ning Jiaxuan and Yan Yichen were not married, Yan Yichen would still think that the Ning family is good. If Yan Yichen and Ning Jiaxuan were married, Yan Yichen would not think so. He would wonder if the Ning family really owed him.
"You keep saying that others are our enemies. We don't have any such enemies. It's you who treat them as enemies." Old Lady Yan said, "I thought it would be better if you didn't say anything. You, you, if you keep doing this, sooner or later, your son will fall because of you."
Old Lady Yan didn't know how long she could live, but she was sure that she couldn't help Yan Yichen all the time. Old Lady Yan could only do more things while she was alive, and she couldn't kill Yan's mother first when she died.
"He is my son, he should listen to me." Yan's mother said, "He..."
"Next time, if Jiaxuan comes over again, you must stay in the room and not come down." Old Lady Yan said, "You can't do anything else."
Yan Yichen sent Ning Jiaxuan back home. As they walked on the road, a cold wind blew and Yan Yichen's body trembled.
"I'm sorry, I didn't expect my mother to do this." Yan Yichen said.
"Did you really not expect this?" Ning Jiaxuan asked, "When your mother sees me and my family, how can she not act like a demon?"
"I..." Yan Yichen couldn't refute. His own mother was indeed a demon.
"I'm fine." Ning Jiaxuan said, because they couldn't go to the end, and couldn't get married. But Yan Yichen still had to marry a woman in the future. Would Yan's mother be good to Yan Yichen's wife? I'm afraid not. Yan's mother would think that another woman had taken her son away. Yan's mother held Yan Yichen tightly as the last straw, "You should think about yourself."
"I..." Yan Yichen wondered what else he could think about. He had to work hard to bring the Yan family back to its peak and make it glorious again. His mother always talked about how good their family had been.
"You are her biological son, so you should bear the consequences." Ning Jiaxuan said, "You don't have to send me off. It's so close, I can walk there in a few steps."
In order to be closer to the Ning family, Old Lady Yan deliberately chose a house close to the Ning family to help the two families improve their relationship. Although it is close, it is also a distance away, not next door, in order to prevent Mother Yan from running to the Ning family.
"I'd better take you back." Yan Yichen said.
"Are you afraid to go back and face your mother?" Ning Jiaxuan didn't think that Yan Yichen really wanted to send her back.
"..." Yan Yichen felt a little embarrassed, but he didn't show it. Indeed, Yan Yichen didn't want to go back to face his mother. He would go back later because he thought his grandmother had something to say to his mother.
"You take it there." Ning Jiaxuan said.
Ning Jiaxuan did not talk about the Yan family again, and Yan Yichen did not show any embarrassment. Ning Jiaxuan thought that if she had a mother like that, she would definitely feel very uncomfortable.
Yan Yichen sent Ning Jiaxuan to the door of Ning's house. He did not go in, but went back to Yan's house.
Mother Ning saw Ning Jiaxuan coming back so soon, "Didn't she go to see the old lady of the Yan family?"
"I have seen it." Ning Jiaxuan said, "Yan Yichen's biological mother didn't want me to go, so she put salt in the tea. How could I indulge her? Of course I came back directly."
"It's good to be back." said Ning's mother.
"This engagement doesn't need to..."
"Brother." Ning Jiaxuan interrupted Ning Yanjing, "I didn't say I wanted to marry him. My family helps him, and he helps me fend off Second Aunt and the others."
Ning Jiaxuan said this on purpose, she didn't want her brother to think that she did this for the Ning family. Ning Jiaxuan was not an innocent little girl, some things should be experienced by herself.
Ning Yanjing looked at Ning Jiaxuan, and he quickly understood what Ning Jiaxuan was thinking.
"Okay." Ning Yanjing said.
Yan Yichen just felt very tired. He walked on the road, feeling the cold wind. Although he was wearing very warm clothes, Yan Yichen still felt cold in his heart. Yan Yichen looked back at the Ning family. The Ning family was really kind to the Yan family.
Sometimes, Yan Yichen thought that it would be nice if he could marry Ning Jiaxuan. Unfortunately, it was impossible for him and Ning Jiaxuan to be together, just because he had such a biological mother.
The Ning family would never let Ning Jiaxuan suffer in the Yan family, and Ning Jiaxuan would never fall in love with Yan Yichen. Yan Yichen stretched out his hands and rubbed them. It was difficult for him to get warmth. When others gave him a little warmth, his mother would pour a basin of ice water on him. His mother would not give him the slightest chance of happiness. In his mother's eyes, he was a member of the Yan family, the son of her husband, and he had to work hard for the revitalization of the Yan family.
Ning Jiaxuan, a very beautiful girl, Yan Yichen couldn't help but think that his home was too dark. There were only a few people in his home, but he felt suffocated and couldn't breathe.
When Yan Yichen returned home, his mother was sitting in the living room sobbing.
Old Mrs. Yan was too lazy to pay attention to Yan's mother. She had already gone upstairs to her room.
"We are just engaged, but she doesn't give me face. Your grandma even scolded me." Mother Yan cried in front of Yan Yichen, "Today, I just wanted to test her, but she is like this. She is not good enough. She doesn't respect her elders and has no manners at all."
"Mom..." Yan Yichen didn't understand. How could this be considered a test? Who would test others like this?
"When you are together, she will only make you listen to her." Yan's mother said, "She..."
"Mom, she has gone back." Yan Yichen said.
"She has returned physically, but has her heart returned? Does she like you? She..."
"She doesn't like me and has no romantic feelings for me. She just treats me as a brother. No, not even a brother. There is no such friendship." Yan Yichen said, "Mom, she is helping us by maintaining this engagement. She doesn't owe us anything. We owe her."
"No, we don't owe her anything. She owes us. Tell me, she owes us." Mother Yan grabbed Yan Yichen's arm tightly with both hands and pinched Yan Yichen's arm hard, "Speak, tell me."
Seeing that Yan Yichen refused to speak, Yan's mother shook Yan Yichen's arm vigorously. Seeing that Yan Yichen still refused to speak, she let go of her hand, grabbed her hair frantically, and ran to hit the wall. Yan's mother was threatening Yan Yichen and insisted that Yan Yichen say those words.
"You tell me, you will tell me or not, you will tell me or not." said Yan's mother.
"Yes, she owes us." Yan Yichen closed his eyes. He felt that he was ridiculous. No matter how he bowed and scraped to others outside, no matter how hard he worked, he couldn't relax a little when he returned home. His mother still made things difficult for him. It was no wonder that Ning Jiaxuan didn't want to stay here any longer. Indeed, what was there to stay in a place like this?
"Louder, louder." Yan's mother yelled.
"..." Yan Yichen didn't want to speak louder so that others could hear him.
"Have you had enough of the trouble?" Old Madam Yan came down from downstairs again, her face cold, "You said you're not crazy, but I think you're crazy. You're really crazy. There are neighbors around, and you insist that Yichen say those things. What do others think? What do the Ning family think? He's a grown man, but he has no responsibility at all, so he can only let you manipulate him."
"He is my son, he is my biological son." Yan's mother muttered.
"If he were your own son, you should stop saying so much." Old Madam Yan said, "If you were like this, it would be better if you were the one who died and your husband lived, and you died!"
"I deserve to die, I deserve to die." said Yan's mother.
Yan Yichen quickly asked Yan's mother to take medicine. With Old Lady Yan around, Yan's mother took the medicine and became much calmer. Yan Yichen asked Yan's mother to sit down and patted her back gently.
"Yan Yichen, you have to remember that you are a grown man," said Old Lady Yan, "not a three-year-old child begging for candy from his mother."
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