"It's beautiful, beautiful. Have you thanked your sister Cheng?" Ma Xiu Lian really likes her only granddaughter.
The main reason is that Lu Xiuhe's personality is more pleasing than Li Hongmei's. Although Ma Xiulian, as a grandmother, longs for grandsons, she loves her only granddaughter more.
"Thank you!"
"You are showing off like that. You try to please the old man first and then the old woman, but you start playing tricks before you even enter the house. The Lu family won't fall for this, but I won't!" Li Hongmei dared to murmur until Ma Xiulian left.
Cheng Yunan is going to marry Lu Shiye. It is a happy event for the Lu family, but for her, it is like an enemy looming.
Cheng Yunan has already coaxed Ma Xiulian's heart to her side before she even gets married. When she gets married, she will definitely be biased. Then, will she still have a place as the daughter-in-law of the first wife?
But what is she angry about?
If she dared to have any evil thoughts and ruined Lu Lao San's marriage, the old woman would fight her to death.
Li Hongmei could only bring the dishes into the house reluctantly. Ma Xiulian spent a lot of money to entertain her daughter-in-law.
There was a dish of braised rabbit meat, fish stew made from the freshly cleaned fish, scrambled eggs with mushrooms, and three dishes of green vegetables. The staple food was white flour and steamed rice buns. The tender yellow steamed rice buns exuded a fresh rice fragrance. In short, this table was definitely carefully prepared, and it was obvious that the Lu family attached great importance to this meeting.
Ma Xiulian invited Cheng Yunan to eat, and Cheng Yunan started eating only after seeing Lu Weimin pick up his chopsticks.
Lu Shiye picked up the chopsticks and first picked up a piece of fish and put it in Cheng Yunan's bowl.
Cheng Yunan was a little embarrassed and thanked him loudly.
Ma Xiulian was so happy to see her son picking up some food for Cheng Yunan that she smiled widely.
Lu Weimin didn't show anything, but Li Hongmei looked at Lu Jianguo who was eating beside her and glared at him with a sour look in her heart.
After dinner, before everyone was seated at the table, Ma Xiulian said, "Nannan, I was supposed to go to your house to discuss your engagement and marriage, but now..."
"Auntie, I can make my own decisions about my own affairs." Cheng Yunan immediately expressed his attitude.
"That's perfect. My third eldest son is no longer in office. The marriage report has been prepared, and the organization has approved the marriage. However, my aunt doesn't agree with that. Let's just follow the procedure. Your uncle and I have discussed the betrothal gift. When your second sister-in-law married, she gave a betrothal gift of 100 yuan. Of course, so many years have passed, and I will be impartial. I will still give you a betrothal gift of 100 yuan, and I will also give you an extra quilt and a set of clothes."
Before Cheng Yunan even opened her mouth, Li Hongmei was the first to yell out her disapproval, "Why? As the daughter-in-law of the Lu family, why should you give Cheng Yunan more clothes and quilts and not me? Mom, you can't be so partial to Cheng Yunan just because she's pretty and from the city. I don't agree. You can give her everything you want. I don't have any, so no one else can give her more."
"On what basis? Just because you have moved so many things to your mother's house over the years, and the things you brought back to Old Li's house are enough to make three new quilts. Also, the third brother sends money home every month. As his brother and sister-in-law, don't you spend it? Every time he comes back to hunt, don't you eat it? Let me ask you, is it too much to give the third brother's wife these extra things?"
Li Hongmei's face turned blue and white, like a chameleon.
I felt so sick to my stomach.
This old man, in front of her sister-in-law, directly pulled her face to the ground and rubbed it, not giving her any face at all.
But this is the fact, their family has benefited the most, so they can only say with a straight face:
"Mom, what are you talking about? I just think that life is tight at home, so we should save as much as possible. The quilt in the third child's room was made three years ago and is still new. There is no need to make a new one. Cheng Zhiqing, I'm sure you can understand, right?"
Cheng Yunan: "..." She didn't understand why she would lower her status when discussing giving her a dowry!
You have to protect your own wife.
Under the table, Lu Shiye held Cheng Yunan's hand, "My wife doesn't understand. We are discussing giving her a betrothal gift. Our family values it. Why do we need my wife to understand?
What should be given to my wife should not be less, and what should not be taken from us should not be greedy.
If the second sister-in-law feels wronged, just ask the second brother for it. Don’t blame my wife for this matter. She doesn’t owe you anything!”
Cheng Yunan was looking after Lu Shiye at this moment, and he was simply stunned by her handsomeness.
Bonus points if you can firmly defend your wife in front of your family.
She pinched her fingers twice in his palm to show her happiness.
Who knew that the man's hand suddenly clenched tightly, leaving her no room to move.
However, this man's hands were very powerful, and there was a thick layer of silk around the base of his thumb. Cheng Yunan suddenly wanted to take a closer look at his hands.
Seeing his brother's face as dark as ink, Lu Jianguo knew that he had made him angry, and quickly grabbed his wife, "What are you talking about? My sister-in-law is coming from the city, and my parents' family is not here. It's only right for mom to give her more money. Besides, we have been married for many years, and the betrothal money can be doubled. Don't make trouble for no reason and disturb the peace of the family."
"I disturbed? How did I disturb? People from the city are called maids, but I, a country girl, am destined to be a maid. I deserve to be inferior to others." Li Hongmei yelled at Lu Jianguo as if she had been wronged by heaven.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Seeing his third brother's increasingly gloomy face, Lu Jianguo wanted to rush over and sew this woman's mouth shut.
"Second brother, what you said is too much!" Lu Weimin, who had been silent all this time, spoke with a gloomy face. Li Hongmei was immediately frightened and shrank into a quail.
She dared to contradict Lu Jianguo's words, but she didn't dare to talk back to her father-in-law Lu Weimin.
After being pulled by Lu Jianguo, he obediently sat back on the stool.
"The third family will give the betrothal gift as your mother asked. Cheng Zhiqing, do you have any other requests? Feel free to ask!" Lu Weimin took over the conversation.
"Uncle Village Chief, I have no objection." Cheng Yunan smiled. She really had no objection.
"No problem. Then let your aunt deliver the betrothal gifts tomorrow at noon. While the third brother is on vacation, we can pick a date to get you and the third brother married!"
"Okay, I'll listen to the village chief!" She had already decided to marry Lu Shiye, so there was no need to be fussy and she agreed readily.
Cheng Yunan stayed at Lu's house for a while and then stood up to say goodbye. Lu Shiye sent her back to the educated youth institute.
"Sorry! I'm sorry for making you feel wronged!" Seeing the Youth League Institute right in front of him, Lu Shiye spoke in a low voice.
Cheng Yunan looked at him with a smile, "You know I've been wronged, so when I marry you in the future, you have to protect me more."
"Yeah! Don't worry! I'm here!"
He won't let his wife suffer any injustice after marrying her.
"When I submitted my marriage report, I also submitted my enlistment report. However, the family compound was a little nervous and I was afraid I would have to wait!"
"Okay, I'll wait for you to pick me up!"
"Tomorrow you can have a good rest at the Youth Institute. I'll do your work for you. At noon, my mother and I will come over."
The man sounded caring between the lines, but his face was still cold and affectionate, like a hard block of ice.
Suddenly Cheng Yunan wanted to break his coldness.
There was a hint of cunning in his eyes.
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