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Fu Wan silently made a mental note of it, while her hands continued to wash the water spinach, eggplant, and persimmons in the basket.
"Xiao Cui, is Ye Xiao Cui here?!"
Someone knocked on the door. Ye Xiaocui responded, quickly washed her hands, and went out.
Who is it?
Fu Wan peeked out from the kitchen doorway and saw that it was Aunt Xu from the next village.
Aunt Xu has six daughters and one son. Her third daughter, Xu Panlan, is the fiancée of Fu Ming.
Could something have changed? You know, there are many times in this world when things get even worse.
When Aunt Xu glanced at her in the kitchen, Fu Wan was about to greet her with a smile, but the other woman immediately curled her lips, as if she had seen something unclean.
Fu Wan: ? ? ? ? ? ?
No, she didn't offend her, did she? What's with that expression?!
Fu Wan shook the water off her hands and then walked out.
"Mother, what's wrong?"
Ye Xiaocui's face was a little pale. Aunt Xu stuffed the things in her hand into her hand and then instructed, "Now that things have come to this, my family can't possibly marry off a useless person, especially since your daughter has brought a money-losing child into the house."
"The marriage between the two families is off. Knowing that your family is short of money, the bride price will be returned to your family."
Without even glancing at Fu Wan, she turned and left.
Fu Wan wasn't about to let him leave so easily, and quickly grabbed her, "Don't go! What have I done to offend you at home? You called my daughter a good-for-nothing? Aren't you a woman? Isn't your daughter a woman?"
Ye Xiaocui also snapped out of her shock, counted the money in her hand, and grabbed Aunt Xu, "Sister-in-law, my family gave your family a dowry of sixty-six yuan, and now you're only giving me fifty yuan? That's not right, is it?"
"What a penny-pincher! He's haggling over a mere ten dollars!"
Aunt Xu struggled desperately; this damned Fu Wan, I don't know what she ate to grow up so strong.
"You brat, you still won't let go! It's all because of you, you troublemaker, that Fu Ming is paralyzed. Don't you know how a cripple can be worthy of my third daughter!"
They were all cursing their son for being paralyzed, and Ye Xiaocui couldn't stand it. She grabbed her and started to cry.
"How can you be so unreasonable? My Fu Ming may be injured, but he hasn't done anything wrong to your third daughter. So what if the marriage doesn't go through? You're insulting my daughter and my son. Do you think I'm easy to bully now that my man is gone?"
"God, you're blind!"
The wailing attracted the attention of the neighbors, who all came to see what was going on and started pointing and whispering.
"The Xu family has gone too far. They've already broken off the engagement before Fu Wan's father's seven-day mourning period has even passed."
"That's because Fu Ming is paralyzed; no one would push their daughter into a fire!"
"Who said Fu Ming is paralyzed? They brought a doctor today who said he was just poisoned and will recover once the poison is cleared!"
"And Fu Wan caught so many fish today, she probably made a fortune!"
The whispers of the crowd reached Aunt Xu's ears, causing her face to turn pale and then red. In fact, she hadn't come to break off the engagement because Fu Ming was paralyzed.
To be precise, it was only after seeing that the Fu family had lost their breadwinner that they hurriedly called off the engagement. Who would have thought that Fu Ming would actually be able to make a living, and that Fu Wan would even be able to earn money by fishing?
Damn it, those old hags who spread the message didn't even finish their sentences!
"Then I won't return it, is that alright?"
Her eyes darted around. Fu Ming was the only man in the family now. Once her daughter married into the family, wouldn't he be the one to have the final say?
Even the money Fu Wan earns has to be handed over to her daughter!
Isn't her daughter's child hers?!
Ye Xiaocui wasn't stupid; this Xu guy's schemes were practically jumping out at her and her daughter's faces.
"Marriage is not child's play. If you don't back out today, my family will back out too!"
A male voice came from inside the house; it was Fu Ming shouting loudly from inside.
At this moment, the village chief of Fujia Village also rushed over. "What are you doing? What are you doing? Xu Chunhua, who gave you the right to run wild in our Fujia Village?"
"Do you think I, the village chief, am dead?!"
Xu Chunhua quickly smiled apologetically. This village chief was the brother-in-law of her father's cousin's cousin. Although they were related by several intermediaries, she didn't dare to challenge his authority.
After all, being a relative of the village chief is a respectable thing to say!
“Uncle Village Chief, you have to be the judge for my family. This Aunt Xu came here and immediately called me a troublemaker, said my daughter was a money-loser, and said my brother was a cripple.”
Even if her daughter doesn't want to marry into my family and suffer, you can't treat people like this!
"Our family doesn't necessarily need this marriage, but this is just too much of a bullying!"
“My divorce was because the Shen family was tormenting my daughter-in-law. I have the ability to support my daughter, so why do they have to look down on women? Isn’t she a woman herself?”
"I think she has a problem with her thinking. Men and women are equal now. If there were still farms now, she should be sent for re-education!"
Fu Wan put the hats down one by one, which scared Xu Chunhua so much that her face turned pale.
"If I hear anyone bring up my divorce again or say anything inappropriate in front of my daughter, I will definitely report them to the police for defamation!"
Don't think she didn't know; there were plenty of busybodies in the village gossiping behind her back.
The village chief's eyes narrowed sharply. "Xu Chunhua, aren't you going to apologize right now?!"
"I apologize! I'm sorry, I... I had a bad mouth!" After saying that, she slapped herself in the face with such force that Fu Wan felt pain just watching.
Since they had both admitted their mistakes, Fu Wan and Ye Xiaocui couldn't hold a grudge. Under the witness of Village Chief Fu, Xu Chunhua settled the dowry, and from then on, the marriages of men and women were no longer related.
Seeing that the excitement had died down and Xu Chunhua had run away, everyone went home.
Seeing that the village chief was about to leave, Ye Xiaocui quickly asked Fu Wan to stop him and told him to bring Dr. Bai over for dinner that evening as a way of thanking him for his help these past few days.
Seeing that it was getting late, Fu Wan hurriedly pulled Ye Xiaocui to start preparing dinner. Fu Wan would be in charge of cooking tonight, while Ye Xiaocui would tend the fire.
Watching her daughter cook, Ye Xiaocui always felt like she would be scared sick. The reason was that her daughter wasted too much oil. While others used a small spoonful of oil when stir-frying, Fu Wan used a whole spoonful!
Take these white shrimp, for example. Her daughter even fried them in oil. Frying shrimp in oil? That's outrageous! If the oil could still be used after frying, she definitely wouldn't have agreed to it.
Fu Wan used a kitchen knife to separate the dragon's tail and head, and then used scissors to cut open the shell on the tail.
Once the white meat from the baby lobster's tail had come out, Fu Wan steamed the baby lobster directly in a basin. Then she stir-fried the chopped garlic and chili until fragrant and spread them evenly over the shrimp meat.
After steaming for a few more minutes, when it was ready to be taken out of the pot, Fu Wan sprinkled the chopped green onions picked from the backyard on the shrimp meat, and then poured a small spoonful of hot oil over it.
The aroma of scallions and the freshness of shrimp, mixed with the bold flavors of garlic and chili, instantly filled the entire kitchen.
"Honey, this smells amazing!"
Fu Wan smiled smugly, then quickly stir-fried a few more dishes and fried a bowl of peanuts. Just as the last vegetable was put into the pan, the village chief, accompanied by a stranger dressed in a shirt and trousers, and Fu San with his wife, entered the house chatting and laughing.
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