During the Chinese New Year, Lin Shumei returned to Sihe Village with Xu Xuejun. This time, they were even more open and drove back in a car in broad daylight.
According to Lin Shuchao, word has spread in the village that the two have obtained their marriage certificate in the provincial capital.
Some people would occasionally ask the two families when they would hold their wedding.
In fact, the Lin family knew almost everything, but they followed the words of the "head of the family" Lin Guoqing and pretended not to know.
When Xu Youqing's wife was asked the question for the first time, she was confused and ran back to ask Youqing.
"Do you know about the story between our Xuejun and Guoqing's Shumei?"
Xu Youqing: "What's the matter?"
"Tsk!" His wife stamped her feet anxiously. "People say your son and Shumei are in the provincial capital! They're both! Living together illegally! Who knows! Shumei might come back home pregnant someday!"
"Nonsense!" Xu Youqing's face suddenly darkened.
"Who is gossiping like that with you?! Let's not even talk about whether or not our family has any shame! How can you say that about a girl? If Guoqing hears this, how can we still be friends?"
Xu Youqing was a bit careless when he was young, but now that he is middle-aged and has been doing business for almost ten years, he has become much more calm and steady, and he also has the dignity of a head of the family. When he puts on a stern face, he is quite intimidating.
His wife suddenly lowered her voice, "...I didn't say that...someone else said that..."
"So I'm asking you who this person is! I need to have a good discussion with him!"
Xu Youqing said angrily,
"Besides, this is your first day living in the village? Don't you know the morals of the villagers? One point of work can become five points after one round in the village, and ten points after two rounds!
And I have a big belly...I really am..."
It's not that no one asked him questions, but they were usually about whether the two children were really dating, or whether the two families were planning to get married. That was all pretty normal.
Since he could spread such ridiculous and vicious rumors, he felt that it would be okay even if he just broke up with the person.
I don't know if this has reached Guoqing's ears...
You tell me! Whose family is it? "
Xu Youqing slammed the table and cursed, his anger turning from three points to nine points.
Now his wife was even more afraid to say anything, for she was afraid Youqing would really come and beat her up.
Youqing's mother listened in the outer room for a long time, and then she couldn't help but come in. She first scolded her daughter-in-law,
"How many times have I told you to stay away from those gossipers? They're always idle, gossiping about other people's affairs. It's fine for them to chat, but you can't believe a word they say... You never know when you might offend someone!"
Youqing's wife was more vocal towards her mother-in-law than her husband. She felt that she was going to die unjustly.
"Mom... I didn't... You talked about me before, I remember it all...
I ran into Li Sanjia when I was out buying groceries. She came right up to me and asked me, "I'm Xuejun's mom after all! But I didn't know anything, so I rushed home to ask!"
"It's Li Sanjia again!" Xu Youqing cursed and was about to leave.
"The couple are the same! They're just fucking..."
"Where are you going! Come back here!" Youqing's mother stretched out her arm and pulled her son back, and closed the door of the main room.
"You're almost a grandfather, and you're still so impatient! What kind of family is the Li family? Who doesn't know that they're a bunch of scoundrels? You don't feel cheap coming to their house to look for them, but I feel ashamed!"
The old lady rolled her eyes at her son and daughter-in-law. Really, none of them is reliable!
She walked to the upper seat and sat down, then started asking about the business.
"So is this story about Xuejun Shumei looking for a partner true or false?"
Xu Youqing scratched his head.
"I... asked Xuejun, and he said they were in talks."
Youqing's mother glared at her son and said, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
"I only found out about this in the past two days!" Xu Youqing spread his hands, expressing his innocence.
In fact, he is similar to his wife. He is curious because he can't explain it when people ask him.
But unlike his wife, Xu Youqing called the person directly to ask.
"He just told me that he had a conversation, but he didn't say when... But I guess it happened around this time.
That time they came back together that night in the summer, he even came to help Shumei pay half of her travel expenses the next day during National Day. If they had been together at that time, that incident would definitely not have happened.
Youqing's mother nodded as she listened, "...That's right...We just talked about it..."
She was also thinking that if they had been dating for a long time, then their family should prepare to propose to the Lin family first.
Xu Youqing saw what his mother meant and said with a smile,
"Neither of them has graduated yet. It's not too late to start dating now. And according to Xuejun, they will probably stay in the provincial capital to work after graduation.
These days, people in big cities get married late, and young people need time to get used to each other before deciding whether to get married or not!
Youqing's wife blinked, looked at her mother-in-law, then looked at her husband, with a huge question mark on her forehead.
"What do you mean? You mean... you agree with them being together?"
"So what? Are you saying that... the little daughter of the Guoqing family is not worthy of your son?"
Xu Youqing was also puzzled. He found his wife very magical. Did she forget the time when Lin Guoqing and Shen Chunhua married their eldest daughter?
It's not that he wants anything from them, but the Lin family's intention is clear.
If you can marry their daughter, you can be secretly happy!
"We have such a big reputation! And you chose us?"
His wife: ...
"I just, I just think, no, how can you be so hasty in finding a daughter-in-law?"
Youqing's wife was stuck for a long time, and suddenly she seemed to find some logic.
"When we were looking for a partner before, we had to ask around first, and then sit down together to look at each other. Especially since we were the man's family, we were marrying a daughter-in-law, so we had to make sure we were the right girl."
Even Youqing's mother was speechless at this moment.
"What are you asking about? What are you looking at?
When I married into the Xu family, they already shared a wall with the Lin family! If it weren't for the fact that everyone's living conditions have improved and we've moved to a new place and built a bigger house, we'd probably still be sharing a wall!
Is there anything else you want to know that other families know but our two families don't know about?
Still need to confirm the girl? Confirm what? Confirm whether Shumei can cook? Can she clean? Or can she work in the fields?
Even if she can, would you dare let her do it?"
Youqing's wife really wants to say, "Why don't you dare? What's wrong with the mother-in-law asking her to do work? Don't you also ask me to do work?"
But looking at the looks in their eyes, she always felt that it shouldn't be possible?
"It's not just about work, right? Well, our two families have been separated for so many years... The Lin family is well-off, what if Shumei gets spoiled... and has a bad temper..."
"As long as your son can bear it, it's fine. He's not marrying you."
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