Chapter 5: Wedding night, happy to be a mother?

A few questions successfully directed the anger towards Sun Yuxiu. Li Cuihua and the rest of the family stared at Sun Yuxiu coldly.

Seeing this, how could Sun Yuxiu dare to admit that she had private money and cloth coupons?

The Xia family has always lived together and has never separated. If she dares to admit it, Li Cuihua and her eldest sister-in-law Liu Hongmei can go into her room and turn it upside down at any time!

She could only reluctantly say, "I didn't steal it, so I didn't steal it! I...I just remembered it wrongly, okay?"

When everyone heard this, they all realized that Sun Yuxiu was deliberately framing others and wanted to take the wedding dress for herself.

Li Cuihua did not scold Sun Yuxiu, but said with a straight face: "Okay! Stop arguing!"

Lin Yuru was used to her mother-in-law's partiality, so she didn't pursue the matter any further. She just went forward to put the wedding dress on Xia Juanjuan, and then covered her head with a red scarf. She choked up and said, "Juan'er, you...you have to take care of yourself in the future..."

The ox cart went a long way away. When Xia Juanjuan lifted the veil on her head, she could still see Lin Yuru and Xia Shuangshan standing at the entrance of the village, watching her from afar.

She lowered her head and looked at what was in her palm.

It was a cornmeal ball that Lin Yuru had secretly stuffed into her palm.

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but sigh.

This pair of unqualified parents is really hateful and pitiful.

The ox cart soon arrived at Li's house in Qingshui Village.

Xia Juanjuan was led into a room, and the person left, leaving her alone in the room waiting.

I waited until it was dark outside, but no one came in.

Xia Juanjuan took off the lid herself and looked at her "new house".

The room was not big, with loess walls, a small paper-covered window, and a thatched roof.

The room was simply furnished with a kang, a worn-out, shaky table next to it, a small, shaky table, and two small stools. In the corner near the door were some farm tools, baskets, and other miscellaneous items.

A double happiness character cut out of red paper was scribbled on the yellow earth wall.

On the table beside the kang, there was a red candle with a little bit of fire left and a box of matches. Xia Juanjuan struck a match and lit the red candle.

There was also an enamel cup on the table, with a picture of ducks playing in the water and the double happiness character printed on it.

There was a red satin quilt on the kang, but it looked very worn, as if it had been used by someone before.

Xia Juanjuan frowned in disdain.

Putting aside her cleanliness obsession, the quilt she used on her wedding night had been used by someone else. How could that be a big deal!

At this moment, Xia Juanjuan's stomach began to growl, and then her stomach began to cramp.

She remembered that she had not had a drop of water since last night, and it had been almost a whole day and night now.

Moreover, it should be due to long-term malnutrition and hunger. The original owner's stomach might have been damaged by hunger.

The cornmeal dough that the original owner's mother secretly stuffed into her hand was now lying on the table next to her.

Xia Juanjuan lost her appetite just by looking at the ugly, yellow, dry and hard nest head. She couldn't help but want to take out some snacks and dry food from the space to fill her stomach.

But...she still carefully held back.

It was her wedding night and her 'husband' might come in at any moment, and if she was caught, there would be no explanation.

We are unfamiliar with the place now, so we should first understand the situation before using the supplies in the space.

Xia Juanjuan listened attentively.

On the wedding night, there should be friends and relatives having a feast outside and having a lively time.

But, after listening for a long time, she heard complete silence outside, so did the party end so early?

At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open.

Xia Juanjuan was startled, and saw an old woman with gray hair and a middle-aged daughter-in-law who looked quite wealthy walking in with three children who were covered in dust and had pale and skinny faces.

"Daughter-in-law Zhan, are you still awake?" the old woman asked with a smile.

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment. On her wedding night, it was not her husband who came in, but two women and three children?

Seeing her bewildered look, the wealthy daughter-in-law immediately explained, "This is our mother-in-law, and I am your second sister-in-law. We came to see you."

Xia Juanjuan heard this and based on the original owner's memory, she knew that her future mother-in-law would be Liu Lan, a widow, and her second sister-in-law would be Wang Guixiang, the wife of her husband's second brother Li Qiang.

Liu Lan said, "Daughter-in-law Zhan'er, please don't feel wronged. Zhan'er is in the army and can't come back. Even if the wedding is held, without a groom, you will be laughed at by the whole village in the future! Moreover, food is scarce at home now, and winter is coming. It will cost a lot of food to hold a banquet! So mother made the decision and saved the wedding banquet. When Zhan'er comes back, I will make up for the wedding!"

Second sister-in-law Wang Guixiang also added:

"Yes! The situation now is different from when I got married. In those years, the commune's big pot of rice even had meat! Even so, they still used the dowry I brought that year to hold a wedding banquet in a hasty manner!

The commune's big pot rice these past few years has been so bland that you can't even pick up a grain of rice! Don't be disgusted, sister-in-law. The most important thing now is to fill your stomach."

Xia Juanjuan understood what the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were saying after listening to them.

Her marriage was a lonely one.

Her husband was absent, there was no wedding, and now she is being laughed at for not having a dowry.

It turns out that the Li family only spent thirty dollars and then brought her home in an ox cart. This is even worse than marrying a concubine in ancient times!

What Xia Juanjuan didn't expect was that there was something else waiting for her!

Seeing that Xia Juanjuan didn't say anything, the second sister-in-law became even more convinced that the new daughter-in-law was a blockhead who was easy to bully because she didn't say a word. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been sold by her family for thirty yuan... No, she would have married into the Li family and become a widow.

At this time, the mother-in-law pulled the three little ones who were following behind her to the front and scolded them in a low voice: "What are you doing standing there! This is your fourth aunt, hurry up and call someone!"

When the second sister-in-law heard this, she immediately laughed and said, "Mom! If you call me Fourth Auntie now, you will have to change your name in a few days. Why not just call me Mom now?"

When the mother-in-law heard this, she immediately nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes! I was confused. Why bother changing my words? Xiaowen, Xiaowu, Beibei, call me mom quickly!"

Xia Juanjuan remembered.

Her husband was injured and unable to function. Coincidentally, the eldest son of the Li family, Li Jun, was swept away and died by a mountain torrent two years ago. Her eldest sister-in-law also remarried, leaving behind three children, two sons and a daughter, who were helpless.

The Li family planned to pass these three children on to their fourth son.

This is great, I haven't even met my husband yet! I already have three children!

In fact, she had stored billions of supplies in her personal space, so she had no burden at all to raise three more children.

However, Xia Juanjuan had no intention of letting them gang up on her and bully her.

If she lets Liu Lan and Wang Guixiang control her tonight, they will become even more aggressive and bully her in the future!

Without waiting for the three poor children to speak, Xia Juanjuan said calmly:

"Mother-in-law, second sister-in-law, I just got married today and haven't even met my husband yet. Now I have three children calling me mom... Isn't this inappropriate?"