I can still clearly hear what Wang Guifen said during the day.
A marriage without the blessing of parents is always unhappy. Su Niannian stole the household registration booklet from Su Jianshan, which led to her being imprisoned for two years and unable to leave the Jin family. The so-called love of men is too illusory and can change at any time. She is unwilling to let the other party go down this path of no return.
Seeing that Su Niannian intended to stop him, Wang Wei stared at her warily like a leopard ready to pounce.
Su Zhaodi was obviously hesitant.
Su Niannian pursed her lips and finally gave a strong answer: "If I tell you that I have a way to make Second Aunt accept him, will you still choose to elope?"
“Nian Nian…”
Su Zhaodi opened her eyes wide, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes, clearly moved.
…
The next morning.
Before Su Niannian got up, a scream tore through the silence in the yard, accompanied by Wang Guifen's consoling voice.
"I'm not going to live anymore! I raised such an ungrateful bastard... I worked so hard to raise her, and now she just ran away without caring about me as her mother!"
"She's a whore! A slut! A whore who can't live without a man! How could I give birth to such a beast--!"
"Second brother's family! Don't go too far!" Wang Guifen was obviously angry. Suppressing her anger, she raised her voice and said, "Since Zhaodi doesn't like the Du family so much, you might as well reject this marriage and return the betrothal gifts. Wait for three to five days, and the girl will eventually come home."
Su Niannian was no longer sleepy, so she got up, washed, and changed into a bright dress. When she appeared in the yard, the whole yard seemed three times brighter.
Shen Xiu'e, who was in a state of collapse, collapsed on the ground. Facing Wang Guifen's accusations, she avoided his gaze and said, "The Du family is coming to visit today. That damned girl! She definitely did it on purpose!"
"That's great, you can return the betrothal gift to them."
"I can't pay it back! My mother used the money to buy my nephew a Phoenix 28-bar. You know, my nephew works in a steel factory and has a promising future..." She swallowed and said with difficulty: "Mom, how about you lend me fifty yuan?"
"It would be faster if you just go and rob it." Wang Guifen pulled Su Niannian and walked towards the main room, not wanting to pay any attention to her. The second daughter's family was confused and always liked to move things from the house to her mother's house. She usually turned a blind eye to it, but this time, Shen Xiu'e had hit the nail on the head. That was a full fifty yuan, and no one could fill this hole.
The bright yellow color brushed across Shen Xiu'e's cheek, and she grabbed Su Niannian as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw.
"Zhao Di is not here, but we still have Nian Nian, right? The two sisters are similar in size, so can we let her pretend to be Zhao Di? Once we get through today, I will immediately go and capture that girl, Mom! The Du family is a bully in town, we must not do anything to tease them, otherwise, our Su family will be finished, seriously! Just think of it as our own..."
Wang Guifen slapped her directly.
"Shake out the water in your brain before you talk to me!"
"Mom! What I said is true. Even if you sell me today, you can't get fifty dollars. Let's get through this first. Anyway, no one in the Du family has seen Zhaodi or Nian Nian..."
Wang Guifen was about to curse when she saw the usually cold Su Niannian suddenly speak up: "Okay."
"..."
She calmly held Wang Guifen's hand and reassured Shen Xiu'e, "We are all family. I am willing to help."
Shen Xiu'e immediately got up with joy. She even went back to her room and took out a handkerchief from the bottom of the box. She handed it to Su Niannian and gestured, "Cover your face. Then you can say you have a rash. This is all for your own good."
Su Niannian was particularly well-behaved and did everything she was told.
Wang Guifen's old face was wrinkled like tree bark. She wanted to say something, but was afraid of delaying her eldest granddaughter's good fortune, so she had to keep it in her heart. Shen Xiu'e was right. At least they had to get through this stage, and then they could slowly settle the remaining accounts.
The rumored Du Laoliu soon arrived with the matchmaker. He was 1.7 meters tall, only a little taller than Su Niannian, with a face full of fat, and it was obvious that he was not short of money. As soon as he entered the Su family, he looked around. It was not until he saw Su Niannian's eyes as bright as cold stars that he condescended to sit down at the wooden table.
Shen Xiu'e's rhetoric has no effect on men at all.
While Su Niannian was helping to pour some water, Du Laoliu tore off the veil on her face. Then, his lustful eyes widened and he couldn't stop smiling.
"She's fine. I think she's fine!"
The matchmaker who was helping out nearby was so frightened when she saw Su Niannian's face. This... this is not Su Zhaodi at all!
Even if Shen Xiu'e and the matchmaker picked out Su Niannian's flaws, with that pretty face, Du Laoliu would be happy even if he took her home as a decoration. He directly took out five big unity notes from his trouser pocket, slapped them on the table, and said with a heroic face, "I like this kind of girl, good looks, good temper, everything is good, there is absolutely no flaws! How about we go to the town now?"
Wang Guifen was so angry that her heart ached and her hands trembled.
The cabbage stew with meat in his hand fell directly to the ground.
Shen Xiu'e was uneasy, the matchmaker was silent, and the only one who remained calm was Su Niannian. She sat opposite Du Laoliu, frowned slightly, and said disapprovingly, "There are flaws."
Du Laoliu immediately became interested: "What?"
"I have a husband."
"Didn't you get divorced?" Du Laoliu didn't understand.
"Who said I'm divorced? The rumors in this village are getting more and more outrageous..." Su Niannian frowned and said impatiently, "Grandma, I'm not happy anymore. I want to go back to the army."
Du Laoliu's face changed immediately. He had already gone to the street office to find out the situation of the old Su family. The one who married into the army was Su Zhaodi's sister, the fake daughter who was sent back home. Looking at the other party's delicate and dignified demeanor, his eyes went dark and he asked with gritted teeth, "You... who are you?!"
The matchmaker reminded tremblingly: "She is Su Niannian."
"Where's Su Zhaodi?"
"She doesn't like you and ran away." As soon as Su Niannian said this, Shen Xiu'e was so scared that she almost fainted. Why did this ancestor tell everything to others?
"Then why are we still meeting each other? Return the betrothal gifts!"
Su Niannian looked at Shen Xiu'e nonchalantly. The latter was trembling with fear and managed to utter two words after a long while: "No money."
"How dare you play tricks on me, you bitch?!" Du Laoliu was a scoundrel who made his fortune as a middleman, and upon seeing this he immediately overturned the dining table and glared at Shen Xiu'e ferociously. He even controlled his strength so that the whole table of soup spilled onto Shen Xiu'e and her husband.
Su Niannian took half a step back, not even a leaf of vegetable was touched.
Then Shen Xiu'e was dragged out by the collar. Wang Guifen was so anxious that she stamped her feet: "Second brother! Hurry up and take out the money!"
Su Laoer said with a blank face: "Our family is so poor that even Mouse doesn't come. All the money was taken by Xiu'e to support her parents. I don't care about this matter. Do whatever you want."
Du Laoliu was a ruthless character. He grabbed something and threw it at Shen Xiu'e. Su Laoer was so scared that he went back to the house and locked the door. Shen Xiu'e's screams echoed throughout the yard. Wang Guifen gritted her teeth and grabbed the broom under the eaves. She wanted to teach her daughter-in-law a lesson, but was afraid that she would be beaten to death.
Just as the old lady was about to step forward to dissuade her, Su Niannian grabbed her hand. She looked serious and whispered, "Grandma, wait another half a minute."
Shen Xiu'e is always a chatterbox and annoying.
Seeing her suffering, no one from her neighbors came to help.
Just when she thought she was going to be beaten to death, a dark and strong man passing by came to her aid and kicked Du Laoliu to the ground. The man was tall and big, and Du Laoliu knew he was no match for him, so he left cursing and threatened to come back to cause trouble in two days. The matchmaker was scared half to death, and she glanced at the young man tremblingly, then quickly took out two big unity notes from her pocket and threw them to the other party.
"Wang Wei! You dare to hit Du Laoliu? I don't dare to introduce you to a wife. You decide for yourself!"
The matchmaker ran away with her waist twisted.
The taciturn Wang Wei leaned over and picked up the twenty yuan. His thin lips were almost pursed into a straight line. He had broad shoulders and long legs, and stood there like a wall, giving people an endless sense of security. At least in Shen Xiu'e's eyes at this moment, he was like a god descending from the sky, shining with his own light.
Shen Xiu'e, whose face was swollen and bruised from the beating, raised her eyelids tremblingly and asked, "Comrade, which village are you from? Thank you for helping me. You are really great, a hundred times better than the young people in our village!"
"We're going to clear the mountain valley." Wang Wei made a gesture to leave.
Su Zhaodi, who was hiding in the crowd, suddenly became anxious. Just as she was about to jump out, her eyes met Su Niannian, who gave her a soothing look, calm and composed.
"Aunt, the guy from the Du family just said he will come again. I think you should just go back to your mother's house and hide. Our Su family has no capable people and can't hold on."
Shen Xiu'e shuddered violently, her eyes rolled, and she said almost without thinking: "Comrade Wang, come in... come in and have a glass of water before you leave!"
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