Chapter 3 The Chen Family's Schemes
Upon hearing this, Chen Juncai was shocked and pointed at Liu Jianxin, saying, "Liu Jianxin! What do you mean by this? Didn't you convince your parents? No wonder you've been giving me that look. You still look down on me because my family is poor. Yes, your family has some money, and your family owns the only oil press in town, but so what?"
It's not like my family can't afford to eat! How can you be so materialistic? You promised to love me, and I was devoted to you too! I chased you for so long, and you kept me hanging on, but you're 28 years old, and you even slept with me, and so many people saw it!
Who else would dare marry you besides me? You were pregnant with my child, but I won't look down on you! If you marry into our family, we can still have children!
How could you let your mother cause such a scene here? With so many of my relatives and friends seeing this, don't I have any dignity?!
Hearing these words, Liu Jianxin felt extremely uncomfortable, and his eyes turned red.
She's tired of hearing it; she's explained it all over and over again.
No one wanted to believe her or understand her!
Everyone thought she was head over heels in love with Chen Juncai, yet she looked down on his family for being poor and kept him hanging on!
She even slept with him and got pregnant but had a miscarriage.
She was only accepted into the family when she turned 28.
This is all slander against her by others!
Zhao Fengxiu pointed a finger, nearly poking Chen Juncai in the eye, which startled him so much that he took several steps back.
Zhao Fengxiu said, "Don't worship money, worship your mother! What kind of gold do you have? What do you have besides wood and firewood?"
Your family is destined to be woodcutters! What gold do you have? Since you despise my daughter, why don't you marry Wang Meimei, the richer woman from the Wang family who used to like you?
You look like a deadbeat, yet you want to marry my beautiful eldest daughter? How can you be so shallow? And your supposed infatuation? Can it feed you?
Why is your face so big! Well, that's right, your face is naturally this big! You were having a good relationship with Wang Meimei, and then suddenly you took a fancy to my daughter, pestering her relentlessly in the clothing store. My daughter is so beautiful, what's wrong with not liking her?
You're just jealous of her, openly and secretly pursuing my daughter. You're like a lapdog, relentlessly chasing after her! You've been pursuing my daughter for three years, from when she was 22 until she was 25, and it still wasn't enough; you even want to marry her!
I told you three years ago that I didn't approve of you two being together! I didn't approve of you marrying my daughter. You can't afford the bride price, and you can't give her happiness! Our two families are simply not a good match!
You, however, are scheming and claim she's stringing you along, ruining my daughter's reputation! You even said she likes you and won't marry anyone but you, and you framed her by getting her drunk, stripping her naked, defiling her, and letting everyone see it, and even got her pregnant with your child!
You even let your family come to her clothing store and cause trouble because she had a miscarriage, and you're satisfied now? Now your family has scraped together 100 yuan for a bride price, and you're pretending to be generous and not mind marrying my eldest daughter! Are you dreaming?!
Upon hearing this, everyone present gasped in astonishment.
What did they hear? Was this part of the Chen family's scheme?
Chen's parents and Chen Juncai blushed immediately. Chen Juncai retorted, "Was it Liu Jianxin who told you? Mother-in-law, I've already told you that I truly love her and like her. We've come this far, and I won't look down on her. How could you say such things to slander your son-in-law?"
Our family has already offered 100 yuan as a bride price, and we're willing to accept her. Who would believe what you're saying? If she didn't like me, would she be willing to sleep with me?
She could have chosen not to drink! Why did she sit down? Defaming someone can land you in jail.
"Slander my foot!" Zhao Fengxiu glared at Chen Juncai and said, "I told you not to be together, but you still chased after me! You're so persistent, ruining my eldest daughter's reputation, and you even want to marry her! You're really good at scheming!"
My daughter earns at least 30 yuan a month at the clothing store, and what about you? How much do you make selling firewood in town? Do you even make 20 yuan a month? Your whole family depends on you to earn money. How much money could your family possibly have? Is it worth my daughter loving you to death? Loving you for not kneeling, loving you for not showering for three days? Loving you for picking your butt and nose?
Why didn't you marry Wang Meimei? She looked just like you, and her family wasn't bad either—they lived in the county town, much better off than ours! She could support you, you dark-skinned little devil! She could support your whole family!
"Aren't you just afraid people will say you're a gigolo? You're such a spineless coward, what are you afraid of people saying?"
After he finished speaking, everyone looked at him with strange expressions, utterly shocked.
The Liu family children were all stunned!
They had no idea what was wrong with their mother today!
Chen's parents looked ashamed and indignant, as if they had been stripped naked and exposed to the public!
Mr. Chen angrily said, "Mother-in-law! This is the last time I'm calling you! Don't make false accusations! Otherwise, we won't even be able to be in-laws! Our family is so kind that we're willing to give a dowry to marry your daughter. Otherwise, who would want her?"
You're still spewing nonsense here! So what if we're woodcutters? We still have dignity! Your family may be better off, but you can't look down on people like this!
"As long as the two children love each other, that's all that matters. What more do you want? You're only complaining about the insufficient bride price? We'll give you an extra 20 after the wedding, okay? Just pretend you didn't say anything today!"
Chen's mother also said, "What exactly do you want? Do you really want to ruin my Juncai's wedding banquet? Your daughter's reputation is already like this, and only our family doesn't mind! If you make a scene like this, others will only look down on your family even more!"
How are you going to keep your business going? Aren't you afraid that fortunes will change?
Chen Juncai took a deep breath, staring at Liu Jian with a warning look in his eyes, and thought to himself, "What do you think? Tell everyone the truth!"
Liu Jianxin was already in tears.
Her mother stood up for her, and finally someone understood the pain in her heart!
She's been relentlessly harassed, slandered, and defamed; now she's even been tricked into entering the house!
She screamed in anguish, "I've never liked you! I've always rejected you! You forced me, framed me, and pressured my parents! Are you satisfied now?"
You tricked me into drinking, ruined my health, got me pregnant and then miscarried, and then you schemed to get me into your family—isn't this what you wanted? Wang Meimei clearly likes you, yet you still pursue me! I really don't want to talk to you anymore! I've had enough!
I just don't like you! You've slandered my innocence, and today I'm doing what my mother says—I'm not getting married! So what if no one wants me in this life? I'm not getting married!
The people present were in an uproar.
The Liu family was shocked. Liu Shiping was stunned. These were indeed the words his eldest daughter had said, but since his wife said she didn't believe him, he didn't know what to say.
The eldest son, Liu Jianguo, was completely bewildered. "Someone tell me what happened? Weren't we supposed to come for the banquet and leave? What are Mom and my older sister up to? Why didn't they tell us?"
The third son, Liu Jiancheng, said angrily, "Mom! Stop making a scene!"
He was hoping for more money so he could marry Li Mengfei even more!
Chen Juncai said, "She and I are not suitable! You and I are the perfect match. Today is our wedding banquet. What? Are you going to change your mind at the last minute?"
Today is my bad luck. I won't argue with you, just tell your mother to get out of there, and I'll pretend I didn't hear anything. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!
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