Yu Yuehua pulled Xie Yan into the house and began introducing him to the people in the house. Xie Yan greeted each person in turn while offering them cigarettes. These cigarettes were from his father, since his father was a man who loved cigarettes, alcohol, and tea, and now he was the one who benefited from them.
My cousins were also very happy to see the cigarettes. They usually smoked pipe tobacco, and only cadres and leaders smoked cigarettes. Now, seeing the cigarettes that Xie Yan brought out, they all took them but didn't smoke them. They held them to their noses and smelled them.
Because of this cigarette, their gazes towards Xie Yan became much kinder. Qian Shu was even more pleased with Xie Yan. His niece's marriage had always been a problem on everyone's mind, and now she was finally getting married, even though her fiancé was an educated youth.
But the young man is quite good-looking, a handsome man, and not bad-looking at all with his niece.
Let those people outside who laugh at their niece see how good their child's marriage is. With Xie Yan's looks and being a sent-down youth from the city, it's such a source of pride to take him out!
After handing out cigarettes, Xie Yan started handing out candy to everyone. Since they were all family, Xie Yan simply took out half a pound of candy, put it on the table, and let everyone help themselves.
Everyone took a handful and put them in their pockets to take back to their families for the children to eat!
After all the cigarettes and candy were handed out, Xie Yan chatted with a few adults, mainly being questioned. He felt like he was being interviewed by a boss, and the whole process was nerve-wracking!
The Yu brothers, Yu Shan and Yu Hai, were relatively good at interrogating Xie Yan, as they knew him quite well. However, Qian Shu didn't know Xie Yan well, so he started interrogating him like he was checking his household registration.
Xie Yan answered them one by one with a smile, and then Qian Shu asked, "Did you tell your family about your marriage?"
Qian Shu was still worried about his niece. Although he secretly thought his child was good enough for anyone, he had also heard what people outside were saying about his niece.
In addition, his niece has been rejected in the marriage market for the past few years, which makes him quite uneasy!
I've heard that city people are very arrogant and look down on country folk. What if Xie Yan's parents don't approve of him marrying their niece, or they have a problem with their niece's appearance? What will happen then? It's fine if they live here, but what if they go back and their whole family bullies their niece? He might be a bit skilled, but even the best can't fight off four fists!
They live in remote mountains and can't help at all!
Oh, how I worry!
Xie Yan knew Qian Shu's thoughts at that moment, and said with a smile and gentle tone, "Uncle, please don't worry. I've already told my parents about Yuehui in detail, and they are very satisfied with her. They originally wanted to come to the wedding in person, but it's really difficult to get time off from the factory, and the journey is too far, so they just couldn't get away. However, they specially sent money over and asked me to set up a few tables here to have a good celebration."
However, food supplies are tight right now, and it's really not easy to buy decent ingredients. My dad and I discussed it several times, and considering the actual situation, we finally decided to give up.
"We can only afford to set up a few tables for our own family to get together. I hope you can understand, Uncle!"
After saying that, he looked at Yu Shan with a smile, leaving the battlefield to him.
Although it was a lie that his parents sent money, he did mention wanting to host a banquet, but food was indeed a big problem. Yu Shan refused and suggested that it be just a family gathering instead.
Qian Shu indeed went to see Yu Shan, and only felt relieved after seeing him nod. "That's good, I was just worrying for nothing!"
Xie Yan quickly smiled apologetically, and that hurdle was cleared.
Xie Yan is suffering! His parents won't give him a penny!
That's all my own money!
Xie Yan tried to reason with her parents, but deep down she didn't want to. No way! She had to write a letter when she got back asking for the money for the wedding; she couldn't just let it go like this.
Why shouldn't they contribute a single penny to his wedding?
The other siblings have them!
While Xie Yan was facing a barrage of questions from a group of male elders, Yu Yuehui in the kitchen was doing something similar.
However, the atmosphere there is much better.
The first to speak was Yuecao'er, Yu Yuehui's aunt. Just by hearing her name, you can tell that this aunt is formidable.
Her grandmother named her daughter this way so that she would be easy to raise. At that time, her name was not Grass, but Weed, hoping that the child would grow as tenaciously as weeds.
The main reason is that before Yu Cao'er, Grandma Yu had already given birth to two children, neither of whom survived. So, the child was given this name in the hope that she would be easy to raise and survive!
The name was chosen well, and the child really did survive. However, the name "weed" didn't sound good and was hard to pronounce, so the family called him "Grass," and gradually everyone started calling him that. When registering his birth, he was registered as "Grass."
Aunt Yu lived up to her name perfectly. From childhood to adulthood, she rarely caught a cold and was always in very good health. However, she had a temper that was anything but gentle and was rather hot-tempered.
Although her voice was very low, she spoke quickly: "Hui'er, tell me, what do you think of Xie Yan? I heard you didn't even ask for a bride price this time!"
"That won't do. Let me tell you, even though you two are so close and loving right now, marriage is about living life together. Living life involves the mundane things like food and household chores. There will always be bumps and bruises. If you're naive and don't want anything, how good can a wife be to you?"
Yu Yuehui wanted to interrupt her aunt several times, but her aunt was so fast that she couldn't get a word in edgewise. So she could only wait until her aunt finished speaking before saying, "Aunt, don't worry, I didn't ask for anything, but Xie Yan offered to buy me something. Look, it's a watch, a Shanghai brand, and I heard it costs over a hundred and you need a receipt!"
This chapter is not finished, please click the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
