Aunt Tang Xue couldn't stand her older brother and sister-in-law's pretentious manner, so she said irritably, "Brother, what kind of talk is that? If you don't want to go, just go home by yourself. We'll go to Xiaoyu's house with Xiaoliang!"
Fang Youcai leaned closer to Tang Liang and whispered to him, "Your cousin from your uncle's family is now saying he's doing business, but he doesn't even respect me and your aunt anymore."
To put it bluntly, my uncle and aunt have just gotten too big for their britches.
Tang Liang understood. Regardless of what his uncle's family was doing, all he wanted today was to smoothly set a wedding date with Xiaoyu!
"Uncle, I've been preparing for today for a long time, and I absolutely can't be late. If you don't want to go, then we'll be going now."
Tang Liang doesn't indulge his uncle's family; in fact, Tang Liang doesn't really like his uncle's family.
Tang Dongliang always took advantage of being the eldest son of the Tang family to boss around Tang Liang's honest and hardworking farming parents!
He used to be quite polite to his aunt and uncle who worked in a state-owned factory, but now that they've started their own business, they don't even respect them anymore.
Seeing that Tang Liang didn't listen to him, Tang Dongliang looked displeased.
He couldn't stay in Tang Liang's rented house any longer, so he got up and prepared to go with Tang Liang to visit Li Junsheng's house!
He still retorted defiantly, "Tang Liang, you won't listen to your uncle sooner or later, you'll suffer for it no matter what I say!"
Tang Liang didn't take it seriously; his uncle was just joking.
With such a good father-in-law, how could I possibly suffer any loss?
It's better than my uncle's family looking down on my parents!
"Let's go, take the betrothal gifts I prepared for Xiaoyu."
Tang Liang specially rented a small truck and brought the gifts he bought for the Li family, including betrothal gifts and other items, to Li Junsheng's house downstairs!
Afterwards, Tang Liang, his parents, aunt and uncle carried the gifts upstairs. However, his uncle and aunt not only did not help, but also looked around at the building where Li Junsheng lived.
The house upstairs is Li Junsheng's house.
Li Xiaoyu dressed up especially beautifully today, just waiting for Tang Liang to come and propose marriage. Today was her formal meeting with his parents, and Li Xiaoyu was also nervous!
Li Chunya, Li Guohua, and Ji Xiaocui were all at home. After all, today was an important day for their younger sister, and they couldn't possibly be absent.
Knock knock knock!
Someone knocked on the door, and Li Junsheng got up to open it. He saw Tang Liang, his parents, his aunt and uncle, and his eldest uncle and aunt at the very back.
"Dad! We've come to propose marriage. This is my dad, my mom, and my aunt and uncle. You've all met them before, no need for further introductions. And lastly, this is my eldest uncle and aunt."
Tang Liang first introduced his family and relatives to Li Junsheng.
Li Junsheng smiled and nodded, then quickly led them into his home.
"Please come in, welcome."
Li Guohua came over to help Tang Liang move his things. After inviting them to sit down in the house, Li Chunya poured them tea from a teapot.
After Fang Youcai sat down, he exchanged pleasantries with Li Junsheng. The two hadn't seen each other for several days and had a lot to talk about.
Tang's parents and aunt held Li Xiaoyu's hands and praised her profusely!
"Oh my, Xiaoyu is so beautiful. It's truly a blessing from our Tang family ancestors that Tang Liang was able to marry such a wonderful and hardworking girl like you."
"Auntie brought you a gift this time, you must accept it!"
As Tang's mother spoke, she slipped a jade bracelet onto Li Xiaoyu's wrist.
Seeing this, Li Xiaoyu quickly declined, "No, Auntie, this is too valuable, I can't accept it."
Aunt Tang Xue leaned over and smiled at Li Xiaoyu, saying, "It's alright, you must accept this gift. It's from your aunt!"
Tang Liang's aunt gave Li Xiaoyu a large red envelope. Looking at Tang's mother's rough hands, Li Xiaoyu was moved.
This jade bracelet must have taken Tang Liang's parents a long time of hard work to save up for!
Giving it to yourself on the very first meeting shows how much you value yourself.
Tang Liang's aunt is also very nice!
However, the aunt on the other side did not show any reaction to Li Xiaoyu.
Li Junsheng took in all of this and thought that Tang Liang's mother was a good person, so he couldn't let Xiaoyu receive her future mother-in-law's gift for nothing.
So she thought that once her daughter officially got married, she could give Tang Liang's mother a gift in return!
Just then, Tang Liang's uncle spoke up and asked Li Junsheng a question.
"Tang Liang's father-in-law, how many people are in your family? Do you all live together?"
Tang Dongliang's tone was a bit off, but Li Junsheng didn't think much of it and simply introduced, "This is Xiaoyu's older sister, and this is her second brother and sister-in-law. Currently, only Xiaoyu's second brother and sister-in-law live here."
"Xiaoyu's older sister doesn't live at her parents' house anymore. She only came back today because Tang Liang came to propose marriage!"
Li Junsheng had already explained it very clearly, but Tang Dongliang seemed not to understand human language, clicking his tongue in disdain several times.
"If you ask me, your house is too small. Living in the city is not as spacious as living in the countryside. Otherwise, with so many people crammed together, you can't even move your feet!"
"The upstairs and downstairs are all other people's homes. There's not even a place to grow vegetables or hang clothes to dry. I really don't know what's so good about the city. Why are people so eager to come here?"
Tang Dongliang spoke arrogantly and disdainfully.
They completely disregarded whether anyone agreed with or paid attention to him.
Li Chunya and her second brother Li Guohua looked at each other in bewilderment. They had never heard of a man choosing a woman whose family had many members and a small house!
They haven't even brought up the fact that Tang Liang doesn't have a house in the city yet.
Why does Tang Liang's uncle only talk about the bad things in the city and not mention the convenient things in the city?
Li Junsheng's eyes darkened. He could tell that Tang Liang's uncle was no pushover!
Fortunately, Tang Liang's parents, aunt and uncle are all honest people; otherwise, Li Junsheng would never have married his daughter to such a family.
These days, every household has a large number of people, so it's not surprising that there are a few outcasts among them!
Li Junsheng was very curious: where did Tang Liang's uncle get such a great sense of superiority?
They even went so far as to belittle themselves as city dwellers, while elevating their status in the countryside.
Li Junsheng didn't look down on people from the countryside, but he simply couldn't agree with what Tang Dongliang said!
The city has its conveniences, and the countryside has its advantages too. It's not as bad as he makes it out to be.
Tang Liang's parents glanced at Li Junsheng and saw that his expression had darkened and he was silent, worried that their son's marriage would fall through.
They quickly gave their older brother a meaningful look and tried to change the subject.
"The countryside isn't that great. The city is pretty good. Why don't we send our son to the city? Brother, you don't understand, so don't talk nonsense."
Tang Liang's parents were extremely anxious and frantically tried to signal to Tang Dongliang with their eyes. Even Tang Liang himself looked unwell.
He was afraid that his uncle would say something hurtful and anger Xiaoyu, causing her to break up with him!
Her father-in-law might not hold a grudge against her uncle, but Xiaoyu would not tolerate anyone speaking ill of her father.
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