"Something happened at home, so your sister-in-law didn't come. This is the gift money. I have something else to do, so I'll go back first." Wu Huaili handed over five dollars. He didn't want to stay here anymore, so he wanted to leave first.
"Brother, is that all? Where are my dad, second brother, and eldest sister?" Wu Lidong held the money in his hand with an unhappy look on his face.
Wu Huaili felt a tightness in his chest and said stiffly, "Go to their house and ask them for it!"
"Oh, my dear brothers, how can you leave without eating? The bride's side will be here soon, and no one from my mother-in-law's family will be here. Wouldn't that be a joke?" Old Mrs. Jin laughed.
"Auntie, I won't be here anymore. Since the engagement, it's a matter between two families. It doesn't matter whether I'm here or not. I'll come over when we get married." Wu Huaili said politely to Old Lady Jin.
"You must come to the wedding. You are my mother's uncle. You have to spend more money to support Lidong." Mrs. Jin's words made Wu Huaili feel a little disgusted. Spending more or less is a matter of reciprocity, not a request.
He smiled, said nothing, and prepared to go out.
"There's one more thing!" Old Mrs. Jin raised her voice.
Wu Huaili felt that it was nothing, but he still looked at Mrs. Jin politely and said, "Auntie, if you have anything to say, please tell me."
"Logically speaking, an old lady like me shouldn't interfere in your family affairs. Lidong is your daughter, and your father is here. It's not my place to say anything if you brothers and sisters fight each other. Right? You can fight, but you can't smash my bicycle. A bicycle costs about 200 yuan, which is not a small amount of money. How much does my family earn in a month? What do you think?"
What the old lady said was very reasonable. They didn't care about Wu Lidong being beaten, but they couldn't let you smash the bicycle for nothing!
Wu Huaili was not stupid, of course he understood the implication of the words, "Auntie, if you have any opinions or ideas, please go to my second brother and sister-in-law. I have nothing to do with this matter, and I really can't control it." He was about to walk out after saying that.
Mrs. Jin immediately stopped Wu Huaili from walking. "This is not right. Brother, you have to take care of this matter. We don't care about the accident in your family and our daughter-in-law was beaten like this by you. But for the bicycle accident, you have to give us an explanation."
Mrs. Jin didn't want to say it so early. She thought she would say it after the engagement dinner and when the girl left. But she didn't expect that such a big brother would come to her daughter-in-law's family and leave soon, so she had to say it.
She is not unreasonable, the bicycle was damaged by you, you have to pay for it. As for why Wu Lidong was beaten, Wu Lidong came back and said a few words lightly, anyway, it was someone else's fault. After decades of being a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, she still doesn't know what kind of character this daughter-in-law has. Without her suppressing her, she can grow arms and fly into the sky.
"Auntie, my father is still alive. It's not my turn to take care of our family affairs. You can ask Wu Lidong why the bicycle was smashed!" Wu Huaili didn't want to get entangled with the old lady.
"No matter what the reason is, you can't smash our bicycle. I have been very reasonable. I don't care about your family's affairs. You must compensate for the bicycle. I don't even want a new one, just the same one as the previous one." Old Mrs. Jin stopped Wu Huaili from leaving.
Wu Huaili suppressed his anger and said to Jin Guang, "If you want a bicycle, go find Wu Huaiqing. I don't care how you discuss or fight. You have nothing to do with me."
"Brother, you can't say that. Second brother listens to you. We are real relatives. It's not okay for the relationship to become too strained. You can just ask second brother to compensate for the bicycle. Lidong beat him, so she beat him. We won't care about it." Jin Guang had the same idea as his mother. The bicycle incident must be explained today.
"Uncle, that bicycle is mine. Now it's broken and I have to buy a new one. You know I just got a job and my family is not well off. Now I'm getting married and need money everywhere. Please mediate. If my dad and I really have to fight with my second uncle, we will both suffer losses!" If he hadn't been waiting for these two uncles to give gifts for his marriage, he and his dad would have come long ago and would have been in such a good mood to discuss it.
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