Chapter 220 Wedding Banquet
"I'm going to write to my parents right now, asking them to come to Ruan Chuxia's wedding, and they have to come in style!"
She turned around to find paper and pen, her face full of excitement and anticipation.
She wanted that woman who thought she was so superior to everyone else to fall completely from the altar.
"Why write a letter? It's too slow. Make a phone call!"
Jiang Yumin's tone was decisive and urgent.
The wedding is in seven days and every minute counts.
You must set up the game before others react.
"But...we don't have a phone at home."
Ruan Chenshuang was suddenly in trouble.
In their small mountain village, even the electricity is not very stable.
Not to mention personal calls.
Jiang Yumin's eyes almost rolled back to the back of her head.
"Then go to the village office and call the public phone! There are only seven days left until the wedding, and we can't delay this even a single day! Have them leave immediately!"
She spoke sternly.
It was as if he couldn't wait to rush over and make a phone call.
She didn't want to fail because of Ruan Chenshuang's hesitation.
Ruan Chenshuang followed Jiang Yumin and quickly went downstairs.
The night wind was a little chilly, but Ruan Chenshuang didn't feel cold.
The thought of Ruan Chuxia being pointed at and criticized at the wedding.
She couldn't help but feel refreshed.
Without saying a word, she reached out and dialed the number.
She took a deep breath and pressed the receiver tightly to her ear.
"Hello, Secretary Yuan? It's me, Ruan Chenshuang. Yes, I want to talk to my dad. Could you please ask him to call me back?"
She tried to remain calm.
She couldn't let Secretary Yuan notice anything unusual, otherwise it would be troublesome if the news leaked out.
The person on the other end of the phone responded and then called someone away.
Not long after, the phone rang.
Ruan Chenshuang grabbed the receiver.
My heart was almost beating out of my throat.
My father's urgent voice came from the receiver: "Chen Shuang? What happened? Why are you so anxious?"
There was also heavy breathing in the tone.
He had evidently come straight from the fields.
The phone bill is expensive, so Ruan Chenshuang didn't beat around the bush and got straight to the point.
"Dad, Ruan Chuxia and Xiao Zhiyu are having their wedding banquet in Beijing next week. You and Mom have to leave tomorrow. Come now!"
She didn't explain why.
Only the three words "must come" were emphasized.
As soon as he hung up the phone, Ruan Dejun's heart was in his throat.
He immediately turned around and ran home without even bothering to say goodbye to Secretary Yuan.
His mind was full of his daughter's words.
"We have to leave tomorrow, come right away!"
There must be something big behind this!
Secretary Yuan looked at his receding back and couldn't help muttering.
"You're running so fast, it's probably because Chen Shuang said something serious on the phone."
But it was too late to ask further questions, so I could only shake my head.
"Osmanthus! Osmanthus!"
As soon as Ruan Dejun rushed into the yard, he started shouting at the top of his voice.
Xie Guihua was busy in front of the stove.
Suddenly there was a rapid shout from the yard.
Without even looking up, she replied, "Why are you yelling in broad daylight? It's so scary!"
"It's...it's Chen Shuang! Chen Shuang..."
There were still spots of mud on Ruan Dejun's trouser legs and his face was flushed red.
His chest was heaving violently and he couldn't speak clearly.
When Xie Guihua heard her daughter's name, her heart skipped a beat.
She immediately put down the spatula and ran out of the kitchen.
"What's wrong? What happened to Chen Shuang?"
Ruan Dejun leaned against the wall, bent over, and gasped so hard that he could hardly speak a complete sentence.
"Chen Shuang said... Ruan Chuxia and Xiao Zhiyu are going to hold their wedding... in the capital!"
When I heard that it wasn't my daughter who was in trouble.
Xie Guihua immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
She patted her chest and muttered, "You scared me. I thought something happened to Chen Shuang!"
Turn around and go back to the kitchen.
"Can you take a breather? My food is about to burn!"
She turned around and glared at Ruan Dejun.
"It's just a wedding. Why are you rushing back to call for help? Even if the sky falls, there's no need to rush like this."
After taking two steps, she suddenly stopped.
She turned around suddenly, her voice rising suddenly: "Wait! You just said... who's having a wedding?"
She seemed to realize something and her heart suddenly tightened.
Ruan Dejun swallowed and tried to calm himself down.
He repeated, "Ruan Chuxia and Xiao Zhiyu...are going to have their wedding in the capital."
He also emphasized one sentence specifically.
"Morning Frost told me herself."
When Xie Guihua heard this, anger suddenly rushed to her head.
She slammed the table and her face turned red.
"What?! Chen Shuang didn't even hold her wedding in the capital, but Ruan Chuxia has the nerve to do it?"
Her voice was so sharp that it almost broke.
"Didn't she say she was broke? She couldn't even afford a proper wedding banquet? Now she can afford to throw a lavish one?"
She became more and more angry as she spoke, pacing back and forth, pointing at the yard and cursing.
"What's this? Do you think we didn't give you enough? Or do you want to show off in front of the people in the capital?"
"Chen Shuang called, is she asking us not to go? Is that right?"
She approached Ruan Dejun suddenly with a fierce look in her eyes.
"Explain it to her clearly! If she doesn't call and invite us in person, I won't go even if I die!"
She puffed out her chest, full of vigor.
"If the bride's parents don't show up on the wedding day, I wonder how the Xiao family can hold their heads up in front of others! How will they explain themselves when relatives and friends ask about it? Where will they put their faces?"
She seemed to have seen the embarrassment of the Xiao family.
Isn’t it because Ruan Chuxia made her lose face last time?
Before leaving, Ruan Chuxia stole the ancestral gold bracelet.
That was the dowry her mother left her.
It weighs a full twenty grams and is of absolute purity.
Whenever I think of the gold bracelet that was taken away, I feel so angry that my teeth itch.
"If she really wants us to go, that's fine. Just bring the money!"
Her eyes flashed with calculation, "Five hundred... no, one thousand! At least one thousand!"
His tone was firm, "If she doesn't give it to me, there's no way! I have to let her know that it's not easy to offend me!"
She swore secretly in her heart.
This time I must make back all the losses!
Not a cent less!
Ruan Dejun's words poured cold water on her.
"Chen Shuang said... we have to go, and we have to make it lively, don't hide it."
"What?!"
Xie Guihua’s eyes widened as if she had been struck by lightning.
She stared at Ruan Dejun in disbelief.
"Say it again? Chen Shuang said we have to go? And it has to be lively?"
She thought her daughter must have had a brain injury!
Otherwise, how could he say such a thing!
"I worked so hard to raise her, but ended up with nothing! Now she's getting married, and not only did I not get anything, I have to go all the way here to support her?"
"Besides, the capital is a thousand miles away from here, with winding mountain roads. Taking a bus is both expensive and tiring, and the travel expenses alone will cost a fortune! Our family's rice jar is almost empty this month, so how can we spare any money to spend outside?"
Ruan Dejun was sitting on a small bench under the eaves.
He took a slow puff of his pipe, his face still calm.
"Chen Shuang said that we don't need to worry about the travel expenses for this trip. Let's ask Ruan Chuxia directly for it."
"Ruan Chuxia? Isn't that her biological mother?"
When Xie Guihua heard this, her eyes widened.
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