Chapter 104: Not Afraid of Being Embarrassed
I don't know where he got it from, but it's white paper with red horizontal lines, and it's as big as two sheets of notebook paper that Wen Wan uses put together.
Afraid that Wen Wan couldn't see clearly, he ran back to the house and got a flashlight out to her, then leaned over to her and said, "Take a look at this and see if it's okay to write like this?"
The two of them sat on a bench against the wall. Wen Wan took a flashlight and shone it on the first line. The three big words "Guarantee" were written carefully, stroke by stroke. She was slightly stunned, turned to look at Lu Dongping and smiled.
This matter had not been mentioned for such a long time that Wen Wan had forgotten about the prenuptial agreement. She didn't expect that he would actually do it.
You can tell how carefully he writes just by looking at the handwriting. Wen Wan knew that he hadn't even finished elementary school, but his handwriting was very neat, completely following the shape of the characters in the book.
The list was very clear. Wen Wan started reading, "The first rule is that you are not allowed to keep all your salary except for household expenses. You must give it all to Wen Wan for safekeeping. The second rule is that you cannot do anything to Wen Wan—"
Lu Dongping hissed beside her and reached out to take the paper from her hand.
"What are you doing? I haven't finished reading it yet!" Wen Wan tried to grab it from him, but failed.
"Then just read it, don't read it out loud."
When he was writing, he tried his best to write down everything he thought of, and he felt that this was the way it should be. But when Wen Wan took his hand and read it to him, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
A grown man in his twenties, he made himself so embarrassed.
Wen Wan chuckled, very happy: "Okay, I won't read it, I won't read it. Didn't you want to show it to me? I haven't even finished reading it yet and you took it back. How can I know if what you wrote is okay?"
Lu Dongping wrote it in great detail, listing more than a dozen rules and regulations.
It can be summed up in one sentence: you have to be nice to Wen Wan, listen to her, and make her happy.
The last paragraph written by Lu Dongping is extremely confusing.
That is, if he fails to do what is written above, Wen Wan can file for divorce, and from then on, they will have nothing to do with each other in marriage.
Although he told himself that it was impossible, that he married his wife to love her, and that this piece of paper was to reassure the little girl, he still felt very uncomfortable when he wrote this.
A real man keeps his word, and he will not give Wen Wan such an opportunity.
Once you enter his house, you are his family, for the rest of your life!
Wen Wan read it over and over again, then turned and looked at Lu Dongping with her head tilted, her eyes shining.
"Then, I'll write my name on it tomorrow, and then you can send a copy to my seventh brother?"
“I really have to give it to you!”
Wen Wan nodded affirmatively: "Send it, and then we'll go get the certificate."
Lu Dongping was immediately overjoyed. Getting the marriage certificate was the most important thing; everything else was secondary.
The next day, he didn't send him off, but instead formally invited Xu Qingming to his home.
After lunch, Zhang Hongying picked up a piece of bacon, roasted it, washed it, and threw it into the pot. When it was almost cooked, she kept it on low heat and simmered it for a while before going to work.
As soon as I got off work, I started to clean up.
Dried vegetables and radish cocoons were cooked in the bacon. The meat was taken out, cut and fried with fermented black beans. It had just been put into the jar not long ago. Some half-dried bamboo shoots were fried to make a dish.
Lu Dongping walked into the courtyard, followed by Xu Qingming, who had been invited several times but failed.
Wen Wan was sitting under the eaves, correcting homework. When she heard the noise, she looked up and saw the person coming. Her eyes lit up immediately: "Seventh Brother!" As she said that, she capped the pen in her hand, stood up and greeted him, saying, "It's really not easy to finally invite you here!"
Xu Qingming glanced at her without saying anything, then followed Lu Dongping to the kitchen door and greeted Lu Mingjiang and his wife, "Uncle, aunt."
Lu Mingjiang stood up and said, "Hey, Dongping, get Qingming a stool. Let him sit under the eaves for a while. The meal will be ready soon."
Lu Qingming smiled and said, "No hurry, it's still early!"
Lu Dongping brought him a bench and said, "Sit down. I'll go to the next door and be right back."
He gave the paper to Xu Qingming, so Xu Qingming was willing to come to his house for dinner.
He didn't care whether Xu Qingming came or not, but he felt that Wen Wan would definitely be very happy if Xu Qingming came.
Even though he is not Wen Wan's biological brother, he is still a legitimate member of her family. Since it is his first time visiting, she naturally has to invite Lu Minghai, her uncle, to sit with her and chat with her.
Xu Qingming moved the bench to the front of the table and watched Wen Wan correcting homework. He put his hands in his trouser pockets and squeezed the paper that had been warmed by him.
Lu Donglin called him, "Xu," then turned to look at Wen Wan and asked, "Sister, do I have to call you brother too?"
Wen Wan nodded: "Yes, my brother, also your and Chun'e's brother."
Lu Donglin was not polite and called Xu Qingming, "Brother!"
Xu Qingming smiled and said, "I came in a hurry. I don't have any candy in my pocket. I'll give it to you later."
"I don't want food for children. I'm an adult already." Who doesn't want to eat candy, but they can't say it. They can't let the people in the city think that their family is so poor that they have never eaten anything.
Wen Wan reached out and poked his notebook: "Well, you are an adult now, please write like an adult."
Lu Donglin covered his notebook with his hands.
Lu Chun'e also called out, "Brother Qingming!"
Xu Qingming nodded, his gaze falling on Wen Wan again: "Would you like to walk around with me?"
"Okay!" Wen Wan tidied up a little and stood up, took him to see the new house, then went out of the yard to the private plot.
Xu Qingming took the paper out of his trouser pocket and said, "Lu Dongping gave it to me, so I came here. I'm asking you one last time, have you thought it through? Do you regret it?"
"No regrets!" Wen Wan turned and looked at him. "If you worry about whether you'll regret it later when making any choice, then can you guarantee that you won't regret it by just not making any choice and letting things take their course? No matter what happens in the future, at least I'm willing to do it now and I'm happy. Even if there are frictions and bumps in our lives in the future, I'm not that kind of fragile porcelain. If I'm willing, I'll naturally be here. If I'm not willing, no one can stop me."
"Okay, this is the last time. I won't ask you this question again. I'll keep this thing. I won't tell your father or my family about it. As for whether you're willing to tell them or not, that's your business."
Logically, he should have sent a letter home about something like this, but Xu Qingming was a little hesitant. Given the old lady's protectiveness towards her child, she was afraid she would be furious if her beloved child, whom she had cherished since childhood, found a mountain dweller in such a place.
But if he doesn't say it now, he will find out sooner or later, and then he will be finished.
It’s hard to be a human being, and it’s even harder to be a gentle brother.
I have to take the blame and get beaten all the time.
Wen Wan lowered her eyes to look at the ground beneath her feet, kicking a clod of earth back and forth, then digging it back again. "For now, let's not talk about it for now! I'll find time to write a letter to my dad and tell him later." She raised her eyes and smiled, "Seventh Brother, can you please not look so sullen? I'm getting married. This is a good thing. I'll have a family, my own."
Xu Qingming nodded, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Okay, smile, it is indeed a good thing. Anbao is a grown-up girl and is about to get married."
Wen Wan leaned closer to him and said, "The house isn't dry yet, and the furniture isn't painted yet. We need to get rid of the smell after we clean it. Seventh brother, are you going to prepare some dowry for me?"
Xu Qingming felt like hitting someone. This little girl's temper would never change in her life. She just wanted to trick him all the time.
"Aren't you ashamed to ask for a dowry?"
Wen Wan snorted: "I definitely wouldn't be like this with others, but with you, I won't be polite."
Xu Qingming rolled his eyes in anger. Before his brother could even start to act arrogantly, Wen Wan had already exposed his arrogance.
With Lu Donghai by their side, the meal was a relaxing one, and they even had a few drinks. Lu Dongping remained silent throughout the meal, letting Lu Minghai and Xu Qingming chat. Even though they were not of the same generation, the two of them still managed to get along well.
After a few drinks, Lu Minghai got back to the point: "Wen Wan and Dong Ping have been together for such a long time, and they like each other. As for the gap, it goes without saying that this brat must have climbed up the social ladder, and climbed up too high. But now it's different from before, and it's important for two people to like each other. You've been here for a while, and you know what our situation is like, so I won't brag about it. We're poor, and it can't be compared to the city, but now that Wen Wan is home, we must do our best to make her life better. The house is up, and she's here too, so we won't talk about those old customs. We'll just do whatever she wants in the place where she and Dong Ping live in the future."
"You can find out what marriages are like here if you ask around. Dongping has put a lot of effort into Wenwan. It's not just about marrying her, but also about not letting her come so far to our house and suffer any grievances in the future. If anyone wants to let this girl suffer any grievances, I will be the first to disagree."
Xu Qingming smiled. "Uncle Minghai, you put it so beautifully. To be honest, I'm quite surprised Wen Wan is willing to settle down here. She's never suffered hardship since she was a child, and she doesn't know what it's like. She's willing to do this, and it doesn't matter whether others agree or not. What she's really after is Lu Dongping's kindness to her and the kindness of your whole family. But these things, it's invisible and intangible, and the easiest to become the most unreliable."
"Although I'm not her biological brother, I'm no different from a biological brother. She was raised under the care and love of us brothers. I have no objection to her liking it. She wants to build a home of her own here, and I can only support her. But if one day she doesn't like it anymore, or is sad, I will definitely take her back. There's no place for her here, and there are many places that are a hundred times, a thousand times better for her."
He said what was polite and what was impolite. He was not afraid of the Lu family turning hostile. If they couldn't stand such a small thing, then turning hostile now would be a good thing.
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