When Lin Zimei asked her if she had done something wrong to be beaten by Yuan Dasheng, Li Xue'e pursed her lips aggrievedly and said, "I just... I've been on my period these past few days... I'm not feeling well, and I didn't want to do 'that' with him... so he hit me."
Because there were children at the table, Li Xue'e didn't explain it clearly, but the adults all understood.
The expressions of the group became subtle, but Yuan Dasheng and Yuan Mengge were taken aback.
Yuan Dasheng didn't know if she was menstruating that day, so he was somewhat surprised.
Yuan Mengge knew that if Li Xue'e got her period while she was with Li Xue'e these past few days, she would know.
But she knew very well that Li Xue'e hadn't come these past few days.
To her surprise, Li Xue'e actually brought this matter up in public. Men generally find this kind of thing taboo and disgusting, especially men of this era, who think it's very dirty.
Bringing this up during dinner instantly turned both men's faces dark.
The food and drinks didn't taste good anymore.
After hearing this, Lin Zimei glanced at her with a slightly awkward expression, then looked at Yuan Dasheng and scolded, "Since she's not feeling well, how could you do this? Why did you hit her? Did you marry your new wife to beat her? Other people marry their new wives to pamper them!"
Li Xue'e's eyes immediately reddened, and she silently lowered her head to wipe away her tears.
Yuan Mengge: "...???" Was she really crying? But it doesn't seem quite real to her...
Seeing Li Xue'e lower her head and wipe her eyes, the Fifth Uncle's family immediately became nervous.
Yuan Xiangbiao: "Hey, hey, hey, if you don't want to drink this wine, then don't. I'll give him a good scolding for you, no need to cry."
Lin Zimei chimed in, "Yes, yes, we've only just started eating, why are you crying already?"
Then Yuan Xiangbiao looked at Yuan Dasheng and scolded, "Look at you, why are you bullying your newlywed wife? You don't know how to cherish her at all! You married such a beautiful wife and you don't treat her like a treasure. Others are envious of you, but you treat her like a piece of grass?"
Yuan Dasheng, after being scolded, tried to defend himself: "I didn't know she was on her period... If I had known, I wouldn't have done that with her..."
Yuan Xiangbiao said to him, "Alright, you don't need to say anything more. Take her out this afternoon and make her happy. If you don't pamper your own wife, do you expect other men to do it for you?"
Yuan Dasheng's expression darkened at what he said.
The younger Yuan Shudi asked his brother curiously, "Brother, what was that about?"
His brother already understood a bit, and answered, "It's when a man and a woman take their clothes off and are in bed..."
"Shut up! Why are you telling your brother this? Is this something you can say to him?" Yuan Shuyun couldn't stand it anymore and slapped her younger brother, scolding him.
Yuan Shuyu silently shut his mouth.
Lin Zimei also noticed her two sons' conversation, turned to them and said, "Don't talk nonsense!"
Then he served Li Xue'e some food and meat, saying, "Come on, eat your food. Don't cry, don't cry, or your mother-in-law will say we didn't take good care of you, our new bride."
Li Xue'e wiped her eyes with her sleeve before slightly raising her head.
Looking at her slightly red eyes, Yuan Mengge could tell that she was obviously faking it: "..." How come I didn't know you had this kind of acting skill?
At this moment, Yuan Xiangbiao picked up his wine glass and clinked it with Yuan Dasheng's, saying, "If the bride won't drink, then we uncle and nephew will drink."
Yuan Dasheng didn't say anything, but raised his glass and drank with him with a gloomy expression.
Yuan Mengge had originally thought that the meal might end badly, but unexpectedly, Li Xue'e pretended to cry and everything was fine.
After finishing their meal, Yuan Xiangbiao and his wife discussed with Yuan Dasheng and his wife the idea of having the younger generation take their younger siblings to Black Sheep Ridge for a trip.
Black Sheep Ridge is a high mountain by the sea in this county. It is famous for its beautiful scenery and various strangely shaped boulders.
People in the city thought the mountain had nice scenery, so they developed it into a tourist attraction.
A cable car was also built on the mountain, allowing people to slide from the top to the bottom.
The two younger brothers of the Yuan family were very happy to hear that they could go out and play.
With three adults and three children, Yuan Xiangbiao and his companion were not worried about their safety.
After finishing their meal, Yuan Mengge and the other six left the village. Because there were too many people, and the family only had one motorcycle and two bicycles, although all six of them could ride out together, they didn't want to go out on their own bicycles since they were going to have fun.
When you go out to have fun, you should relax. Cycling is so tiring, what's the point of having fun?
So the six of them decided to walk, and once they reached the crossroads outside the village, they could hail a taxi.
Walking along the village road, Yuan Mengge and Li Xue'e walked together, and then Yuan Mengge whispered in her ear, "We'll ride in the same car later, we're not going to the mountain with them."
If I'm going to have fun, it's not with these people; that would be too much of a downer!
She planned to sneak away with Li Xue'e to play somewhere else.
Hearing this, Li Xue'e glanced at her in surprise, then her eyes darted around before she nodded: "Okay!"
Yuan Shuyun looked at Li Xue'e and Yuan Mengge walking together with a strange expression, and then at Yuan Dasheng walking by himself.
However, considering what I overheard at the dinner table earlier, I feel that the young couple might be a little unhappy right now, so it's understandable that they're not together.
Yuan Shuyun walked over to Yuan Dasheng and asked him, "By the way, Dasheng, have you found the person who messed up your wedding room?"
She was helping out on the wedding day, so she saw everything that happened.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Dasheng's expression immediately darkened. He said, "We haven't found it, and we don't know who did it. But I suspect it was one person..."
As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at Yuan Mengge, who was walking behind him next to Li Xue'e.
After witnessing Yuan Mengge's frantic behavior and her disdainful words over the past few days, he couldn't help but suspect that she might have been the one who did it.
Yuan Mengyun asked curiously, "Who?"
Yuan Dasheng said, "It's just a suspicion, there's no evidence yet, so I won't say anything more."
After walking a short distance out of the village, you reach a crossroads that connects directly to the main road in the city.
The main road runs along the city center on one side and the new train station on the other, so every now and then a van picks up passengers from the station and takes them to the city center or the old station.
The newly built station is the terminal station, serving both inter-provincial and inter-city long- and short-distance buses.
The old station served town-line buses, which were minibuses that traveled to various towns in different directions.
Yuan Mengge and her six companions walked to the roadside and picked up two Fengcai cars, each of which could seat a maximum of three people.
Yuan Dasheng originally wanted to suggest that Yuan Shuyun and her two siblings ride in one car, while he and Yuan Mengge would ride in the other.
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