Old Mrs. Ding said with a stern face, "Stop! In our Linjiang City, in the Ding family, there is no reason for a married daughter to return to her parents' home for the New Year!"
"You don't know the rules. Can you afford to compensate us for ruining the Ding family's fortune? Butler, quickly have someone pack Huizhu and Ziyuan's luggage and send them to the Xie family!"
"Mom!" Ding Huizhu exclaimed in astonishment.
Even though Old Mrs. Ding had always been on her side and kept nagging her not to be soft-hearted towards Xie Sidu.
They said that if Xie Sidu didn't agree to the conditions of apologizing, they might as well stay at the Ding family's house for the New Year, since the Ding family would always be their home.
"Didn't you say before that Ziyuan and I could stay at the Ding family's house for the New Year? I've already prepared all the New Year's goods..."
Yesterday, after returning to the Ding family home, after Old Madam Ding told her and her daughter to stay for the New Year, the housekeeper came to report that the New Year's goods ordered earlier had arrived and asked Old Madam Ding to check them. Ding Huizhu thought she couldn't spend the New Year empty-handed at her parents' home, and upon hearing that the money for the New Year's goods hadn't been settled, she took the initiative to settle the bill.
That evening, Old Mrs. Ding said that with two more people celebrating the holiday at home, there wasn't enough New Year's goods, and asked the housekeeper to go and buy some more. Upon hearing this, Ding Huizhu quickly and voluntarily gave her more money.
She spent hundreds of thousands of yuan on New Year's goods, but she still can't spend the New Year at the Ding family's house?
Grandma Ding sighed, her tone softening, but her attitude remained firm.
“Huizhu, I also hope that you and Ziyuan can stay for the New Year, but you are a married woman, and it is unlucky for you to stay at your parents’ home for the New Year!”
“Even if I wanted to stay, the Ding family clan wouldn’t agree! It would bring bad luck to the entire clan! If the clan sends people to kick you and your daughter out, that would really damage the harmony.”
Grandma Ding spoke earnestly, leaving him in a dilemma.
Ding Huizhu felt a pang of sadness. The Ding family had always valued rules, but even she had no idea that there were such rules.
"I'll take Ziyuan to a hotel." The Xie family can't just go back like this; that would make all her perseverance over the years a joke.
If she were to slink back to the Xie family like that, who knows how people would laugh at her behind her back.
Rushing things won't make a good deal; it will only make Xie Ziyuan look bad in the end.
Grandma Ding had no objections, as long as they didn't stay at the Ding family's house for the New Year, as it was considered unlucky!
"Alright, you and Ziyuan go to the Yunhe Hotel. Book a presidential suite and enjoy the hotel's services. It'll be much more relaxing than spending the New Year at the Ding family's house. You won't have to worry about anything!"
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"Going to a hotel for the New Year?" Xie Ziyuan heard the news when her luggage had already been packed.
The Ding family didn't even arrange a car; Ding Huizhu had her housekeeper help her hail one.
Standing at the taxi door, Xie Ziyuan felt she simply couldn't accept it.
Even though she was as gentle and unassuming as a chrysanthemum, she knew what being kicked out of her home at this time meant.
"Mom, no, we can't go to the hotel." Xie Ziyuan turned around. "I'll go and have a good talk with Uncle. The Ding family is our home. Why can't we stay at the Ding family home for the New Year?"
She went to find Ding Ruoxu, but Ding Ruoxu hid in his study and refused to see her.
Feng Ruoxue, being soft-hearted, secretly ran out to see her. "Ziyuan, why don't you stay? You're my granddaughter, it's okay."
The custom only says that married daughters cannot return to their parents' home for the New Year, as it will bring bad luck to their parents' home, but it does not say that granddaughters cannot.
Xie Ziyuan is not married. The old lady wants her children and grandchildren to be around and make things more lively. What's wrong with letting her come home for the New Year?
"No, Ziyuan can't stay either!" Ding Ruoxu heard the commotion and finally came out of the study.
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