Chapter 25 Reassured Father-in-law and Mother-in-law
At night, after washing up, the two were on their way back to the house. Chen Qi took advantage of the fact that no one was around and pulled him to look at the hole in the flower wall.
"Last time, when your family came to deliver the betrothal gifts, my sister-in-law asked me to look out from here."
Xie Yuduo leaned over to take a look, but because he was tall, he had to lower his head to look. He deliberately said, "I can't see anything."
Chen Qi laughed and scolded: "Silly, it's the middle of the night now, naturally you can't see anything."
Xie Yuduo asked with a smile, "What were you looking at that day?"
"Look at what you look like!"
Xie Yuduo held his wife's hand and lowered his voice.
"Didn't I see it when I first came to your house?"
Shen Qi was shocked and exclaimed repeatedly.
"Oh, so you really saw me that day."
Xie Yuduo raised his eyebrows, feeling very proud.
"Of course I saw it."
He thought about it seriously.
"The other day, I saw you carrying a tea tray out of the room. At first, you acted very politely, but after taking two steps, once you were alone, you jumped up. As you walked, you waved the tea tray around vigorously, like... a young tiger just coming down from the mountains."
"Alas, it's all my little brother's fault. If he hadn't been climbing up the tree, I might have been able to slip away."
Xie Yuduo smiled and scratched the tip of Chen Qi's nose.
"I have to thank him very much. Otherwise, how could I find such a good Xiaoyue as my daughter-in-law?"
Chen Qi covered her mouth and laughed secretly.
"If you really want to thank him, go to West Street tomorrow and pick a fight with a guy named Ermao. If you win, you'll be happier than thanking him for anything!"
"Why should we fight? What if I lose?"
She patted his hard body, extremely confident.
"You're definitely going to win. I'm only twelve!"
She told him what her brother had said at that time, and they both laughed.
Talking and laughing, the two of them almost reached the door of the house. Xie Yuduo asked again: "Could it be that you didn't see me that day?"
Well, Chen Qi felt a little embarrassed and stammered guiltily.
"I saw it, but it's a little bit..."
"It was far away, so you couldn't see clearly?"
He guessed a plausible reason.
"Yes, yes, yes."
Chen Qi nodded desperately as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw, and hurriedly turned around to open the door.
Xie Yuduo saw the girl's tone and realized something was wrong. As soon as he entered the room, he pulled her and gently pressed her against the door panel that had just closed. His hand with visibly bulging veins exerted a little force.
"Could it be that you didn't see me?"
Chen Qi struggled in vain and could only confess.
"I...saw both of you at once, but I couldn't tell which one was you."
Xie Yuduo was greatly disappointed.
"So, you didn't fall in love with me at first sight, you were attracted by my beauty!"
Chen Qi hit him with a smile, but was afraid that he would be really sad, so she hurried to explain.
"Although I didn't know which one was you, I fell in love with you. Later, I was afraid that I had mistaken the person, so my sister-in-law took me to take a sneak peek."
While Xie Yuduo was holding her in his arms, she added another sentence.
"I thought at the time, if it wasn't you, I would rather not get married."
"Really?"
He lowered his head, smelled the fragrance of her hair, and asked softly.
"More real than pearls!" Chen Qi imitated his words.
Xie Yuduo was very satisfied.
"Did you see it clearly when you went to look the second time?"
Shen Qi snorted.
"I was just saying that. You and your brother had your backs to us, and you never turned back. I... waited for a long time, but all I saw was your... nose."
Xie Yuduo smiled gently, lowered his head and touched her delicate nose with his nose.
"It's my husband's fault. So what do you think of the nose?"
"Yeah, it's big, tall, and nice looking."
"Then when you were in the bridal sedan, did you ever worry about marrying an ugly woman with a beautiful nose but sunken eyes and a sore mouth?"
Chen Qi laughed secretly in his arms.
"Not really, it's just a pity that I didn't see it clearly both times."
Xie Yuduo picked her up and strode towards the bed.
"Come, come, come, this time I will let you see clearly."
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In the afternoon of the second day, the young couple said goodbye to Shen's parents, brother and sister-in-law, and the little monkey.
Xie Yuduo first helped Chen Qi get into the car by holding her hand, and then he went to hold the horse after she was seated firmly.
The Shen couple looked at each other and were very satisfied.
This son-in-law is not only worldly-wise, but also shrewd and steady. He knows the family business very well and can explain it clearly.
The most precious thing is that he understands people's feelings and is willing to take care of his most beloved little daughter.
Looking again, they saw their daughter's eyes full of love as she looked at her husband, and the two elders were finally completely relieved.
Before leaving, Chen Qi said to Zhang that she was afraid that her mother and sister-in-law would have a hard time when she was not at home in the future, so it would be better to let Si'er stay at home to help for a long time.
Firstly, she can do some cleaning chores, and secondly, since her family has many children, she can also provide an extra long-term household allowance, saving her from having to wash clothes at one house today and move goods there tomorrow.
Zhang sighed.
"The last time I met her mother, I asked her about it. She said that they wouldn't let Si'er go out to work these days. They were going to keep her for a month or so so she could meet someone else later."
Chen Qi was surprised, "Si'er is only thirteen years old, how can she get married at such a young age?"
"Her family is going to have a new baby, another mouth to feed..."
Chen Qi was silent.
Si'er is the fourth child in the family, with three older brothers and sisters and a group of younger brothers and sisters. His parents are lazy and extravagant, but they did not stop at giving birth to children one after another.
When she was only eight or nine years old, Si'er was forced out to work to earn money. Thanks to her diligence and ability, and the care of her neighbors, the family was able to survive.
Chen Qi always liked her cleverness and quickness, and treated her like a younger sister. She never expected that she would not get married until she was eighteen years old, and she was about to be married off at such a young age.
In the afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Shen Xie returned to the Xie family.
As soon as they got home, Xie Yuduo was called away by his father. Chen Qi then delivered the gifts that his parents had prepared for everyone in the Xie family, even to his second aunt's family.
Before Chen Qi left, her second aunt was complaining to her second uncle.
"I saw clearly that the second son went there yesterday in a large car! I was just confused. I had never seen a car of this style when renting a car before. I vaguely remembered that the family of Zhu, the richest man in the county, had one, and they bought it from the provincial capital.
Today, I guessed that they would be back in the afternoon, so I went to the door to wait early. I waited from lunch until the sun set in the west, and sure enough, I waited for them.
Guess what? This carriage is even better than Mr. Zhu's. It's decorated with colorful tassels on the outside, and the carriage is so big that even the stools are made of cypress. If you count everything inside and out, it must cost at least sixty taels of silver!"
Second Uncle sat cross-legged on the kang couch and said in a muffled voice:
"Erlang has had some money during his time away from home, and it's not like he's spending it on family expenses. Every year, we check the expenses and they're all in full."
"Bah, do you know how to read the account book? I'm afraid someone has robbed your house and you're still dreaming."
"I didn't see it well, but there's Ming'er. He checked the accounts, and there's nothing wrong with it. This car, maybe it's Erlang's money? He travels all over the country, how can he go out with an empty wallet? I told you earlier to let Ming'er go out for two years in place of the second brother, you just can't bear to let him go."
"Humph, it's so hard out there. Not only is there wind and sun, but there might even be thieves and bandits! I'd rather earn less money than let him go out. And you're the most useless person in the world. I have to work hard myself to support this family."
Second uncle didn't say anything.
"However, since he has a new car, it belongs to our Xie family. Since it belongs to our Xie family, it is half ours. In the future, when we visit relatives and friends, we don't have to go out in the sun, and we don't have to rent a sedan chair from outside, which is dirty and who knows whose hands have touched it."
"Well, it's up to you."
Second Aunt thought about it again.
"When the second son goes out again, I'll pull the car over to our yard. By then, there will only be a little girl and a shy new bride left in the east yard. How can she compete with me? If she needs it, she can just ask her to borrow it from me."
In no time, the new car belonged to her.
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