Chapter 33 This girl looks pregnant.
The Su family's living room was small and cramped, and at this moment, the already small space was filled with people.
Su Niannian stood in the corner, watching the man's family, their gazes sweeping over her from head to toe.
It's like examining a piece of merchandise.
I felt incredibly suffocated.
The groom's mother, dressed in designer clothes and carrying a handbag, finally smiled after hearing her son's words, her expressionless face breaking into a smile.
She held her simple-minded son's hand and patiently asked, "Son, do you really like this? Don't let it happen that when Mom marries her, you don't like her anymore."
Zuo Mingming glanced at Su Niannian out of the corner of his eye and nodded vigorously.
"I like her, she's beautiful, I want to have her baby. Mom, let's take her home and hide her away, okay?"
Yan He nodded, then turned to look at Li Xiumei, her eyes filled with a hint of self-righteousness.
“We’ve clearly taken a liking to your daughter. Even though your family’s circumstances aren’t great, my son likes her, so we’re not going to complain. The Audi and the 500,000 yuan dowry we promised you will be delivered to your family tomorrow.”
Li Xiumei disliked her arrogant attitude from the bottom of her heart.
But what can you do when they offer so much more?
She could only smile and say, "The bride price and the car are easy to discuss, but what do you mean by the three gold pieces and the dowry?"
Yan He immediately understood her meaning: "We won't treat you badly, Sanjin. Our family is not short of money, so let's skip the dowry."
Su Niannian found it utterly absurd.
No one ever asked for her opinion, the person involved.
In no time at all, they were already haggling over the price right in front of her.
Su Niannian interrupted Li Xiumei: "Mom, I won't get married."
She is not a commodity, but a person with flesh and blood.
She has feelings, and a heart of flesh; she would never allow herself to become a sacrifice for their money-making schemes.
Li Xiumei glanced at her subtly, her eyes warning her not to cause any trouble.
Then he said to Li Dahai, "Dahai, take your niece back inside for a while."
Upon hearing his sister's order, Li Dahai stood up from his chair and immediately pulled Su Niannian into the adjacent bedroom.
He closed the door behind him.
Su Niannian looked at Li Dahai and said, "Uncle, I don't want to get married. Please let me go. I can earn money now, and I can give you money."
Li Dahai was born with a gambling addiction, but his luck was terrible. He would often accumulate a mountain of gambling debts and be constantly harassed by loan sharks at his doorstep.
His parents were notoriously stingy and didn't want to use their retirement savings to pay off his debts.
So they made Li Xiumei a "brother-supporting demon".
Li Xiumei was reluctant to let her mother-in-law have surgery, but when it came to paying off gambling debts of tens of thousands of yuan, she didn't even blink an eye.
Li Dahai didn't believe that a young girl like her could make money without graduating from university.
His sister promised him that once she got that Audi, she would give it to him to use when he got married.
He can still tell what's important and what's not.
“Niannian, listen to your uncle. If you meet someone from a well-off family, just marry him. That stupid son of hers can’t even count. In the future, all the money will be yours to manage. After those two old people die, you can take the money and go out and find anyone you want.”
Su Niannian listened to his words and felt speechless.
What kind of values are these?
No wonder she and her mother are like siblings; their values are so distorted.
She couldn't help but retort, "If it's so good, why don't you marry him?"
Li Dahai was taken aback, but he was thick-skinned and didn't take it seriously: "Do you think I don't want to get married? If her son takes a liking to me, I'll pack my bags and marry into their family today."
Su Niannian turned her head away and ignored him.
Outside the room.
The matchmaker was doing her best to bring the marriage together; if it went through, she would certainly get a referral fee, since the couple doted on their son.
I've introduced him to a lot of girls before, but his son has high standards and didn't like any of them. This time, he's finally found one he likes.
“Your son has such good taste. This little girl is really pretty. Her face is so delicate that you could pinch water out of it. I’m not exaggerating when I say that I’ve never seen such a beautiful girl in all the surrounding villages.”
"If we marry her, and she gives birth to a pair of big, healthy boys, they will definitely inherit her intelligence. When Mingming gets old, he won't have to worry about being taken care of."
The matchmaker's words were incredibly effusive.
Yan He frowned, then suddenly said, "Wait, could this girl be pregnant?"
Standing beside her, her husband, who hadn't said a word, turned to look at her and asked, "What's wrong?"
Yan He: "I think that girl's buttocks are quite round. When I was pregnant with our son, they were like that in the first month or two."
Zuo Wei didn't understand these women's things.
But a wife wouldn't say things without reason.
He couldn't help but look at the matchmaker with a serious expression.
"Did you do your research before introducing us? Or did you plan this all along, deliberately keeping it from us, hoping we would raise someone else's child and make our family the laughingstock of the whole village?"
Zuo Wei was a village head, and the matchmaker naturally didn't want to offend him. How could she dare to introduce a pregnant woman to their family?
But after they said that, she felt uncertain.
With a stiff expression, he could only ask Li Xiumei, "Didn't you say your daughter is a virgin? You wouldn't be hiding this from me, wanting the village chief's son to be your stepfather, would you? Li Xiumei, don't get me into trouble."
She needs to get rid of the blame quickly.
Li Xiumei was originally happily waiting to receive the betrothal gifts, but she never expected things to turn out this way.
She quickly denied it: "Mrs. Zuo, you can't talk nonsense. Our Niannian has only ever studied since she was a child. She has never even held a man's hand, let alone had a boyfriend. She is still a virgin. How could she be pregnant?"
"You must have misread it. I wouldn't joke about this even if I were crazy. Even if I tricked you into marrying him, do you think I could hide it from you? When it's discovered, he'll just be sent back."
Yan He's furrowed brows relaxed a little; she realized that Li Xiumei wouldn't dare lie to her.
“What you said makes sense, so I’ll believe you. I’ll transfer the 500,000 yuan dowry to your account later, and I’ll have someone drive the Audi over for you. Then we’ll take your daughter away.”
Li Xiumei's worries vanished instantly, and she shouted into the room.
"Dahai, quickly bring Niannian out so she can go with her husband's family."
She had barely finished speaking.
"What in-laws?"
An aged voice rang out from the stairwell.
Su Niannian was reluctantly pulled out of the room. As soon as she stepped into the living room, she saw her grandmother, whom she hadn't seen for many days, standing at the top of the stairs.
She widened her eyes and said, "Grandma?"
Grandma Su was over seventy years old, about the same age as Madam Gu, but her face was covered with wrinkles left by the years, and a lifetime of hard work made her look exceptionally old.
The old lady walked shakily to her granddaughter's side, her somewhat cloudy eyes scanning the people in the room before finally settling on Li Xiumei.
"Xiumei, you've really gone too far! Are you trying to sell girls behind my back?"
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