Yan Yan said worriedly, "I don't know if my mother will come and cause trouble."
Su Xueli said, "Don't worry, even if she's angry, she won't give me any face. Besides, my mother can talk her out of it."
Su Xueli's mother was quick-witted and sharp-tongued, and most shrewish women would give her some face.
Yan Yan's mother really didn't come to cause trouble.
With Yan Yan around, Liu Fengying cooked red date and millet porridge, stewed cabbage and tofu, and stir-fried scallion eggs, which was quite a feast.
Yan Yan had no appetite, but Su Xueli and her family forced her to eat, saying that she had been standing in the cold wind at the market all day and couldn't go without eating.
Yan Yan felt a warmth in her heart, and tears welled up in her eyes again.
After dinner, Su Xueli told Yan Yan to wait at home while she went to her uncle's house and told her cousin about the situation. Her cousin readily agreed and accompanied the two of them to town.
Cui Huabiao was surprised to see his fiancée come to him. Su Xueli said, "Yanyan wants to talk to you about something important. Please arrange for my brother and me to wait in another room. It's too cold outside."
Cui Huabiao then led them to sit in the room next door for a while.
Su Xueli had already taught Yan Yan how to greet Cui Huabiao, so Yan Yan only needed to repeat what she said.
The dormitories at the grain depot all had stoves, so the rooms weren't cold.
Su Xueli and her cousin were sitting by the stove, warming their hands while waiting for Yan Yan. Suddenly, her cousin grinned and looked up at his older cousin, asking, "Sister Xueli, why are you staring at me? Don't you recognize me?"
When Su Xueli met her cousin for the first time after her rebirth, she couldn't help but stare at him.
This cousin was her closest relative. In her previous life, when he learned that she was not doing well in the Wei family, he repeatedly advised her to divorce and return to her parents' home, but she refused. She waited patiently for Wei Mingshen to have a change of heart...
Su Xueli affectionately smoothed her cousin's wind-blown hair and said with a smile, "Feng, I haven't seen you for days. I'm so glad to see you. Look, my little brother is getting more and more handsome."
Upon hearing this, Su Yunfeng became extremely vain, "Yeah, my sister has good taste. I also think I'm getting more and more handsome."
"Hahaha..." Su Xueli laughed happily.
"Sherry, Feng, let's go." Yan Yan came over and called to them.
"Uh, you left so soon? Didn't you say a few more words?" Su Yunfeng asked in surprise.
Yan Yan smiled shyly, "He's coming home with us."
Su Xueli smiled, this trick really worked.
Su Xueli instructed Yan Yan to tell Cui Huabiao the truth about being scolded by her mother that day. She said that she was saving the money she earned for her dowry, but she was afraid that her parents would try to take it from her. So she asked Cui Huabiao to go to her house and tell her parents not to take her money. She was about to marry him, and her parents would not dare to disrespect his opinion.
Think about it, when Cui Huabiao heard that Yan Yan could earn money and use it to prepare a dowry to bring to his home, how could he not be happy? Now that his future in-laws are trying to swallow his fiancée's dowry money, how could he, as her fiancé, not step in to stop them?
And so, Cui Huabiao, full of pride and high spirits, led the way to Yan Yan's house.
Once they arrived in the village, Su Xueli's role was no longer relevant. She pulled her cousin aside and said, "Feng, come with me home. I'll get you some good food."
The siblings went into their room. Su Xueli took out a can of meat and a package of pastries from the cupboard and said, "You eat the pastries first, and I'll go to the kitchen to fry an egg. We'll have a drink together."
Su Yunfeng's eyes lit up. "That's great, Sister Xue Li. Let's go to the kitchen together to prepare the dishes and eat together when we get back."
The two cousins went to the kitchen together to help out.
Su Xueli calculated and said, "One can of meat, one scrambled egg, one bag of pastries, and let's make a cold cabbage salad, that'll make four dishes."
Su Yunfeng rubbed his hands excitedly and asked, "What's the occasion today, sis? Why such a lavish feast?"
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