Xiao Bin and his wife were already very happy to get six yuan for free, and of course they would not care about the ten yuan. This was the money that the second brother took out himself, so how could they have any opinions? Moreover, the six yuan for free was thanks to the words of the second sister-in-law in the future, so they were very happy.
Mrs. Xiao frowned and stopped talking.
Lin Yiyi's hand quietly reached behind Xiao Yu and poked his waist with her fingers. There was no fat on his slender waist, and it felt hard when poked, which made her fingers a little painful.
Xiao Yu's body stiffened, and his ears turned red in an instant. He turned his head to look at Lin Yiyi, who gave him a brilliant smile with an innocent look on her face. Xiao Yu's eyes were heavy, his heart was pounding, but his mouth was tightly closed. He didn't know what his fiancée was trying to do. Was she expressing her gratitude to him? She should be, but she was embarrassed to say it in front of everyone, so she did this, right? But...but this is too unrestrained. How can a girl be so pretentious? It's not nice to do this. But...but the other party didn't do anything to others. He is his fiancé, and she only did something to him. So...it shouldn't matter, right?
Lin Yiyi: "Brother Xiao Yu, you are so kind to me. I will definitely take good care of you. I will also help you to be filial to your aunt and treat her as your own mother."
Xiao Yu: “Yeah.” Just say it, can you please stop poking his waist? Although he is not afraid of itching, he always feels that his fiancée’s fingers are electric and they make his whole body numb.
Mrs. Xiao thought to herself, it’s just nice talk, who can treat the mother-in-law as their own mother?
Lin Yiyi said to Qin Xiangju again: "Aunt, I am speaking from the heart. My mother has passed away. I don't have a mother now. Maybe others say that it is not credible to treat your mother-in-law as your own mother, just to say something nice, but I don't. For someone like me who has no mother, I really treat my mother as my own mother."
Qin Xiangju didn't take Lin Yiyi's words seriously at first. Although she was happy to hear that Lin Yiyi said that she and her son would be filial to her, she didn't take it seriously. But now she heard these words from Lin Yiyi, and it was different. Yes, this daughter-in-law is different from the other two daughters-in-law. She is still young and her mother has passed away. If I treat her well, wouldn't she treat me as her own mother? Qin Xiangju thought about it and said, "Da Ya... Yi Yi, my aunt believes in you. You are a good child, a filial child."
Mrs. Xiao watched them interacting, feeling very sad. She really underestimated Lin Daya.
Mrs. Xiao: "Daya, Uncle Er's betrothal gift is 50 kilograms of food, 2 kilograms of wedding candy, and 16 yuan in betrothal money. What is your dowry?"
When Lin Yiyi heard this, she immediately lowered her head in grievance: "I..."
Xiao-Woo frowned.
Qin Xiangju's eyes gradually showed displeasure. This daughter-in-law was just here to cause trouble.
Then, Lin Yiyi raised her head stubbornly again: "I... I think like this. My third brother just got married in the first half of the year. If... if my dowry exceeds that of my third brother's wife, then my third brother's wife will be compared with me. I... although I am poor, but... but I will also try my best to come up with a dowry similar to my third brother's wife, so that we sisters-in-law will not be compared with each other."
Xiao Yu couldn't bear to see her aggrieved, pitiful and stubborn look. Let's not talk about feelings first. Daya was raised by Xiao Yu as a younger sister, and she was the wife he was willing to marry. Even though she was the eldest sister-in-law, as a man, it was unreasonable for him to let others bully his wife. Xiao Yu said, "Da Ya's dowry should be similar to that of the eldest sister-in-law." He prepared it for her privately and would never embarrass her.
Qin Xiangju said, "Nonsense, no dowry is needed. The third wife doesn't have any dowry either. If we prepare dowry, how will the third wife live?"
Xiao Bin's wife was called Liang. She lowered her head silently and said nothing. Indeed, she had no dowry and was married into the family with 50 kilograms of grain. But at that time, it was not only her, but also other families. When there was no grain at home, they used maids to exchange for grain.
It was not nice to talk about a daughter-in-law bought with food, but everyone was like that, so there was nothing to say. Now that Xiao's wife mentioned the dowry, Liang felt embarrassed and was upset, but she didn't dare to say it.
Lin Yiyi said, "Aunt, I still need my wedding dowry. Otherwise, I will be embarrassed when others bring up my wedding dowry in the future. It will not only embarrass me, but also Brother Xiao Yu. So I will prepare my wedding dowry, don't worry."
Qin Xiangju: "This..."
Xiao Yu: "Mom, what Daya said makes sense. You can't use the matter of the third son's wife to criticize Daya. The dowry was prepared by each party. You can't prevent the other party from preparing if one party doesn't prepare, right? After all, Daya is not from the third son's wife's family."
Qin Xiangju said, "Then you guys can do whatever you want."
Lin Yiyi and Xiao Yu had agreed on their marriage, and it was getting late, so Xiao Yu said, "I'll take you back."
Lin Yiyi said: "Hey, thank you, Brother Xiaoyu."
Grandma Xiao said, "Xiao Yu'er, come in. Grandma has something to tell you."
Xiao Yu said to Lin Yiyi: "Wait a moment."
Lin Yiyi: “Yeah.”
Xiao Yu came back after a while and took the sleeping Lin Wudi from Lin Yiyi's arms: "Let's go."
The four Lin brothers were carrying the basket they had brought earlier. There were only five pounds of food in the basket, which they had taken out from the betrothal gifts.
On the way, Xiao Yu said, "The remaining food, wedding candy and 16 yuan of betrothal gifts will be delivered to you tomorrow. My mother will come with you to deliver the betrothal gifts."
Lin Yiyi: "Well, I will wait at home. There is no adult at home, so I will ask the captain and his wife to be witnesses." Lin Yiyi, who knew the plot, knew that the captain and his wife were of good character.
Xiao Yu didn't expect Lin Yiyi to think of this, and praised her, "How smart."
Lin Yiyi smiled sweetly.
When they arrived at the Lin family, Xiao Yu handed Lin Wudi to Lin Dajun and said, "You go in first. I have something to say to your sister."
Xiao Yu's tone left no room for doubt, and due to his age, the Lin family's younger brothers, whose oldest was no more than 13, did not dare to act unruly in front of him. They all nodded and went in. Lin Erjun wanted to eavesdrop, but Xiao Yu passed Lin Yiyi and scanned the place where Lin Erjun was hiding with his sharp eyes. Lin Erjun's legs went weak and he ran into the house.
Xiao Yu didn't bother to argue with him, and said to Lin Yiyi: "My family will come to propose marriage tomorrow morning, and I will come to see you the day after tomorrow, and we will go to the county town to buy you a dowry. Don't worry, I will take care of the dowry and will not embarrass you, and will also shut up your sister-in-law." Sister-in-law Xiao was a gossiper, but as her brother-in-law, he couldn't say anything.
Lin Yiyi was impressed by the man's thoughtfulness when she heard this. She smiled sweetly: "Thank you, Brother Xiao Yu, you are so nice, you are the best."
Xiao Yu listened to her clear and soft voice and felt it was pleasant. He hummed and took out something wrapped in red cloth from his trouser pocket. He opened it and found a jade Guanyin pendant: "My grandma asked me to give it to you. She insisted on giving it to you. You should keep it." As he said this, he turned his head and his ears turned red.
Lin Yiyi looked at his red ears and asked jokingly, "What did grandma say?" Otherwise, why would he feel ashamed? It must be something Grandma Xiao said.
Xiao Yu recalled what his grandmother said: Xiao Yu'er, this is Guanyin, the Goddess of Childbirth. Grandma hopes that you and Daya will have many children and grandchildren after you get married.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yu felt embarrassed to look at Lin Yiyi: "I'm just giving it to you. My eldest sister-in-law and third brother's wife don't know about it, so don't tell them. I, I'm leaving first." As he said that, he hurriedly walked away.
"Brother Xiao Yu..." Lin Yiyi stopped him, "I...I will miss you at night."
Xiao Yu paused and walked faster.
Seeing this, Lin Yiyi smiled unconsciously. This man is so cute.
Xiao Yu walked very fast, thinking about Lin Yiyi's words in his mind. He felt that his young fiancée was really... too unreserved. How could she say such words in broad daylight? Even if she thought about it, she had to keep it in her heart. However, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he felt a little better.
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Lin Yiyi walked into the yard and closed the wooden door. She returned to Daya's room. In fact, although this was a utility room, in this era, there were very few girls like Daya who could have their own rooms. Xiao Yu was wrong to think that Daya's life was not easy because he saw that this was a utility room.
Lin Yiyi walked to the door and saw the five Lin brothers in her room. Except for the fifth brother Lin who had fallen asleep, the others were all looking at her.
Seeing her come in, Lin Erjun asked, "Sister, what did Brother Yu tell you? Why did he talk for so long?"
Lin Yiyi said: "Brother Xiao Yu said that he paid for my medical expenses this time, so I have to pay him back."
Lin Erjun froze: "That's all... Is that all? There are no other Lins?"
Lin Yiyi said, "He also said... he also said that after I marry him, he will not interfere in the affairs of the Lin family. After all, a daughter who is married is like water spilled out. I think so. If I interfere with you, people will say that you are cowards and look down on you."
Lin Erjun: "Sister, we are willing to be taken care of by you." This way they don't have to worry about family matters.
The other members of the Lin family also said, "We are willing to be taken care of by our eldest sister." How nice it is to be taken care of by our eldest sister, who will take care of our food, drink, and tuition fees.
Regardless of the little thoughts of the Lin brothers, even if the Lin brothers have no little thoughts now, Lin Yiyi will not care about them. What they say is that they haven't made any mistakes yet, which is all nonsense. Lin Yiyi has nothing to do with them. Even if she occupies Daya's body, the cause in the previous life is the result in this life, and she just wants to repay the fifth brother Lin.
However, Lin Yiyi couldn't speak out her thoughts. She lay weakly on the bed and said, "As a married girl, if I continue to care about my parents' affairs, people will say I'm too lenient. Besides, I have Dajun at home, and my eldest brother is like a father. I believe Dajun will support this family."
Lin Dajun didn't want to support the family. He just wanted his eldest sister to marry into the Xiao family and then take his younger brothers to beg for money.