Xie Xinran closed her eyes and felt that there was nothing strange about the city. She breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't want any messy things to appear in such a beautiful world.
However, she still planned to leave something behind, so that future generations could be prepared should anything happen here in the future.
Xie Ming, who was still sleeping inside, had no idea what big thing his daughter was about to do.
At this moment, in a hotel in the city, Mr. and Mrs. Xie looked at their youngest son and daughter-in-law, who had come from the countryside, looking weary from their journey, and felt as if they had found their pillar of support.
The resentment that had been building up for the past few days suddenly found an outlet, and the two unleashed a torrent of anger on their son and daughter-in-law.
They practically portrayed Xie Ming as an utterly wicked villain, and Xie Xinran as a prostitute deserving to be drowned in a pig cage.
Xie Chen is more than 10 years younger than Xie Ming. When Xie Ming left home, he was still a senior elementary school student.
Back then, he thought his parents were too old-fashioned, so he asked Xie Min to be his father. The relationship between the two brothers was quite complicated.
However, Xie Ming left his hometown for his daughter, and they lost contact with each other.
Aside from meeting once a year during the Lunar New Year, the older brother would also squeeze out some of his living expenses to buy his younger brother some things that the child liked.
As the older brother, Xie Ming never took anything from his parents, which Xie Chen was quite satisfied with.
But later he realized that it wasn't that he didn't want to take things, but that he was too ashamed to. He didn't have any sons, only two daughters, so why should he ask the Xie family for things?
Over time, Xie Chen developed an unparalleled sense of superiority over Xie Ming.
"Mom and Dad! This matter can't be left like this!"
Xie Chen's wife held her son, who had lost a lot of weight, and gritted her teeth.
She was overjoyed when her parents told her they wanted to come to Xie Ming's place.
Every time her brother-in-law returned home looking glamorous with his two daughters, she was incredibly envious.
Why are those two girls allowed to study, live in a house, and enjoy a life of luxury in the city?
Besides, her brother-in-law has lost his daughter, which makes room for her beloved son, so she thinks it's a done deal.
She also planned that if she was carrying two boys, she would send them to the city.
With her brother-in-law looking after her, she felt reassured!
Unexpectedly, her parents were not only kicked out when they came over, but her son was also beaten up by Xie Xinran, that good-for-nothing.
She couldn't swallow this insult.
"Yes, this can't be left like this. It's one thing for him to hit our child, but how can he send Mom and Dad home?"
Seeing his wife speak, Xie Chen quickly added fuel to the fire. He knew how much his parents cared about their grandson, so he deliberately placed the child behind the two of them to make it seem like he was very filial.
“Who said this is over? We have a child with us, so we can’t argue with him.”
Mr. Xie felt that things happened too fast that day, and he didn't have time to react.
If he were given another chance, he would definitely smash up that house, then slap Xie Ming 10 times, and as for Xie Xinran, he would of course drag her out and execute her!
"That little bitch must be kicked out! She's the one who ruined that house!"
Xie's mother still refused to believe that her eldest son would treat her that way, and thought that Xie Xinran must have been the one to sow discord between them.
“Mom, she’ll be 18 after the New Year and can get married. There’s a family in the other side of our village looking for a wife. They’re offering 200,000 yuan as a bride price. They’ll give the money and let her into the family as soon as their son is born.”
Xie Chen's wife spoke smugly about the gossip she had overheard at her parents' home.
"200,000? We need to have a son first. You can ask your mother about it later. If they haven't found someone yet, leave them a message saying that our family is marrying off our daughter."
Mr. Xie quickly replied, and unconsciously swallowed after speaking.
He planned to use the 200,000 yuan to build houses and renovate the land behind his old house, and also lease the hillside connected to his property. He planned to buy another batch of chicks after the New Year.
Once their grandson is born, their family will be considered one of the wealthiest in the village. But then they realize that 200,000 yuan might not be enough.
He added, "You should ask your parents if they can add some. Xie Xinran is good-looking and has good grades, so her child will definitely be smart too."
Xie Chen's wife knew the matter was settled as soon as she heard this, and nodded vigorously in agreement.
The group of people started by attacking Xie Ming and then somehow veered off course, eventually even talking about his great-grandson building an aircraft carrier.
Xie Ming doesn't care whether his great-grandson builds an aircraft carrier or not; he's currently concerned about whether his daughter has gone off-topic.
See what you see in her room: "A Research Report on Physical Attacks on Spirits" and "On the Influence of Human Brainwaves on Non-physical Matter".
Is this a move to revitalize the nation through science and technology?
That's good. With his eldest daughter in charge, he can focus on writing dramas from now on.
With Xie Chen around, Xie's parents didn't rush to cause trouble in the neighborhood as they had before. Instead, they started inquiring about Xie Ming's ways of making money, thinking that if he started a big company, they would cause trouble.
If Xie Chen isn't given shares, this matter won't be over.
After asking around, the result was that people really didn't have any other ways to make money besides delivering food and doing odd jobs.
Xie Chen was briefly confused. Was food delivery really that profitable? Not only could it support two daughters, but it could also provide a large house in the city.
He asked a few more guys, and they said it was indeed possible, but the condition was that you had to be able to endure the hardship of working overtime day and night.
When Xie Chen found out, he immediately backed out; this wouldn't do.
All things considered, his hometown is still the best. His parents go up the mountain to tend the fruit trees and raise chickens. His wife stays home to do housework, and he only needs to wander around every day.
When it's time to harvest the fruit, he'll ask some unemployed relatives in the village to help him. Once the harvest is done, the fruit will be transported by the distributors contacted by the village, and his family's livelihood will be secure for the year.
Knowing that his older brother's life wasn't easy either, Xie Chen still wouldn't give up.
So he decided to do what others online did and ask the program team for help, at least to let his son go to school in the city first!
They eventually approached a shady TV program and asked them to mediate. The program contacted Xie Ming several times, but he refused each time.
Time dragged on until after the New Year. Seeing that things weren't going well, the unscrupulous production team decided to take a tougher approach. However, before they could make a move, Xie Ming took the TV station he had contacted to his hometown.
What was he doing there?
Because the Xie family was quite lively today; they had come to formally present betrothal gifts to the family Xie Xinran had chosen.
The betrothal gifts here are not much different from those in other places, such as rice, noodles, and pastries, but they also have a unique name called "titong," which means to tell the girl that she should abide by the family's rules.
More than a dozen people from the neighboring village arrived at the appointed time. The two elders of the Xie family stood happily at the door, ready to set off firecrackers to welcome the betrothal gifts as soon as they saw the people.
Xie Ming and his men arrived at this time.
Before Xie's father could even light a lighter, a van pulled up in front of the yard, and the people inside started jumping out.
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