Yan Lijun cried all day at home, not showing any joy as a newlywed, because she didn't know what she would face if she lost the betrothal gifts.

If the Xu family were more talkative, they would at most just curse at them verbally.

If they started to hate her from then on, she would probably never have a peaceful life. The thought of it was terrifying.

She did not go on the day of her brother's marriage proposal. She hated her brother's wife who had not yet married into the family. She used the baby in her belly to threaten her family and ruined her life.

Seeing their daughter crying so hard, Yan's parents were heartbroken and finally couldn't bear it anymore. They looked for relatives and friends, but they could only borrow a watch ticket.

The family pooled their remaining money and bought her a watch so that she could take it with her. At least she was not penniless and could give an explanation to her in-laws.

Yan Lijun knew that this watch could not eliminate the resentment of her in-laws, but at least it was better than nothing, so she accepted it.

The wedding of my eldest brother and her was scheduled for one day.

The whole family was worried. What would they do if Xu Huaiyu came to pick up the bride on the wedding day and couldn't get the betrothal gift that was given to him? What would they do if there was a commotion?

According to their customs, the betrothal gift is sent to the bride's family when the engagement is arranged, and then on the wedding day, the gifts are moved from the bride's family to the groom's family to show respect.

There are some parents who will forget one or two things, but most of the parents who love their children will return them intact.

Unexpectedly, at this time someone from Xujiatun came and brought news that Xu Huaiyu had injured his foot while climbing the mountain and was now lying in bed and unable to walk.

However, the Xu family hoped that the wedding would be held as scheduled. However, Xu Huaiyu could not come to pick up Yan Lijun on the wedding day, and hoped that she would find a way to go to Xujiatun by herself.

This move was of course done by Liu Guifang. She thought that Yan Lijun was too strong and had brought bad luck to her son, so she tried every possible way to punish the new daughter-in-law.

The person who brought the message had already prepared to be chased away. After all, who was the one who married a daughter-in-law and let the new daughter-in-law come to the house on her own, and she was a city girl at that? If she was chased away like this, how could she have a good life in the future?

Unexpectedly, Secretary Xu's relative was also a weirdo. He happily agreed and politely sent him out.

Strange things happen every year, but they are especially common in New Year.

This news was great joy to the Yan family. They were afraid that Xu Huaiyu would have a seizure when he came to pick up the bride, which would affect their son's wedding. Unexpectedly, God had eyes and he couldn't come. What a good thing.

I feel a little sorry for my daughter. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has been turned out so shabby that there's not even anyone to pick her up.

The family had recently run out of money, so after discussing it with Yan's parents, Yan's mother sold a pair of gold earrings that she had worn as a dowry in her early years and exchanged them for a few dollars for her daughter as a deposit, fearing that her husband's family would bear a grudge against her because of the gift-giving issue when she passed away, and that her life would be difficult.

Having some money in hand at least means she won't go hungry. Besides, both she and her son-in-law have jobs. At worst, they can move to the city and out of sight, out of mind.

It’s just that it’s hard to say about my son-in-law.

The night before the wedding, Yan's mother pulled her daughter aside to talk to her about sex.

"Lijun, you're getting married tomorrow, so stop looking so miserable."

"Mom, it's easy for you to say that, but why don't you think about me? What will I do after I get married?" Yan Lijun hated her parents' partiality in her heart, but she just thought about the friendship between the family members in the past and couldn't let it break up.

I always thought that my parents were very open-minded and treated us sisters equally. The fact that they allowed her to graduate from high school was a good proof of that.

But now she deeply feels the difference between boys and girls. When her parents have to make a choice between her and her older brother, they will choose her older brother instead of her without hesitation.

He even used their past friendship to force her to submit.

She didn't want to think about blood ties anymore.

"Mom knows that you are wronged, but your brother and sister-in-law's family can really do this. If he doesn't get married, your eldest brother will have to be a prisoner in labor reform for the rest of his life. He is the only male in the Yan family. How can your father and I bear it?

If we could afford that much money, we wouldn't even consider your betrothal gift.

Mom hopes you're well. "

"You don't have the heart to destroy your eldest brother, so you have the heart to destroy me?

Money, money, I have been giving my salary to you since I started working, and my dad also earns money, it is impossible for our family to have no savings at all!

At worst, I still have this house. At worst, I can sell it for money and use it to help my eldest brother get married.

In other words, you are reluctant to give up the house and your eldest brother, but you are willing to give up me.

You knew clearly that if a woman left all the betrothal gifts to her parents, I would be treated badly by my husband's family, yet you still forced me to swallow my anger." Yan Lijun's anger reached its peak.

Mother Yan was embarrassed and didn't dare to look her daughter in the eye.

She really couldn't break up the family, so the whole family slept on the streets to fill this hole, but it just happened that her daughter was getting married.

Sometimes you really don't want to delve too deeply into things, because you'll find that human nature is extremely ugly.

Even parents, when they have many children, cannot treat them all equally and have to weigh the pros and cons.

"Didn't you just happen to catch up when you were fighting with that kid from the Xu family?

Why are you talking about this now? You should have a good rest, because you have to get up early tomorrow morning." The strict mother stood up and left the lady's room in a hurry. She was afraid to see the ridicule and disappointment in the lady's eyes.

Is she really wrong?

No, this has been the rule since ancient times. A daughter who is married off is like water spilled out of the house. She will ultimately depend on her son for the rest of her life, so she must stand firm.

In fact, if the family burns their boats and scrapes together money from everywhere, is it really impossible to come up with the money?

no.

It just so happened that their daughter had a dowry, so they took it for granted and made full use of all the fancy things, and even said that they were poor and couldn't afford it.

Her father and mother loved her, but not much. She had to give way to her eldest brother.

Yan Lijun looked at her mother's fleeing back, a sarcastic smile forming on her lips.

After that, she can only rely on herself.

The next morning, the eldest brother of the Yan family dressed in new clothes and went out to pick up the bride.

Yan Lijun looked at the bustling scene outside, as if everything had nothing to do with her. She tidied herself up and put on thick powder to cover her dark circles and puffy eyes.

The person in the mirror did not show any joy, only disappointment and confusion and fear about the future.

Her dowry consisted of a few old clothes and a quilt, a small package in total.

Carry your watch and the money at the bottom of your suitcase with you.

Yan's father borrowed a suitcase from a relative to save face and asked her to carry it to Xu's house. He also told her in person that she must bring it back and return it to the parents when she returned.

If Xujiatun wasn't so far from the county seat, Yan's father would have even let her walk to get married.

Finally, she found a familiar friend who gave her a ride on his bicycle.

Without any relatives or friends to accompany her, without any flowers or applause, and even without setting off any firecrackers, she quietly left home.

Just as she went out, she looked back and saw her mother bringing a basin of water and splashing it at the door, which meant that a married daughter is like water splashed out.

Yan Lijun felt cold all over.