In the main room, Xu Mingshan and his wife finally sent everyone away and hastily ended the farce. They were discussing with their husband Xu Huaizhi what to do next.
Liu Guifang looked at her son expectantly: "Old man, you have always had an idea. Can you think of a solution? Our family is almost being bullied to death! If we don't get this place back, the Yan family will think we are afraid of them."
After what happened to Xu Huaizhi, he had long lost hope for his parents, and his feelings for his younger brother were completely gone. It was good that he didn't laugh behind their backs.
"What can I do? You are the ones who decided this matter. You can make your own decision."
"If you ask me, old man, you might as well find a few people from the village to go to Yan's house and take the betrothal gift back!" Xu Mingshan said angrily. This time he was really angry.
"Your dad is right!"
Xu Huaizhi smiled helplessly: "Dad, you have been the Party branch secretary for so many years, you should understand that the betrothal gift is a gift to a daughter, thanking her for raising her so well. Now that it is given to her, she should deal with it herself.
If they are willing to send it back in the same condition, it is out of kindness. If they are unwilling to send it back, it is also reasonable. You can't steal it no matter what. I don't want to be forced to do labor reform."
What Xu Huaizhi said was that this was also the reason why the Yan family dared to evade the betrothal gift. No matter what, the betrothal gift was also given to the girl's family. If they were willing to pay it back, they could pay it back. If they were not willing to pay it back, there was really nothing they could do about it.
Unless you cancel the engagement.
But to put it bluntly, the certificate has been forfeited and the wedding has been completed. If they divorce at this time, both of them will suffer. I don't want to go to this step unless it is absolutely necessary.
Normally, most families would keep a portion of the betrothal gifts and return the rest, but the Yan family was too abominable, they basically kept all of it.
Xu Mingshan took a deep puff from the cigarette bag, his brows furrowed.
"This won't work, and that won't work either. Let the third daughter-in-law go and get it back herself! If she doesn't want to come back, then don't come back!
This guy is really rich today. He took away hundreds of dollars’ worth of things. If he doesn’t bring them back, our family will be laughed at for the rest of our lives.” Liu Guifang said unyieldingly.
"It's already a joke in heaven now." Xu Huaizhi said lightly.
Yan Lijun supported Xu Huaiyu to the door and just happened to hear what the two were saying.
She held Xu Huaiyu's arm tightly to give herself strength.
Yan Lijun, hold on, you'll get through this.
"Third brother, why did you get up?" When Liu Guifang saw her son coming in, she hurried over to support him and glared at Yan Lijun fiercely.
Xu Huaiyu sat on a chair in the main room.
"Mr. Third, have you known all this? I'm telling you, if you don't return the betrothal gift, you won't have a peaceful life in the future!
Now that you've married into our Xu family, you're a member of our family. Our family has suffered great losses because of you. What do you think we should do about this?
Your parents are such bad people! They said they were doing this for your own good, but I don't think they treated you as a human being.
Not only did you swallow the betrothal gift, you don't even have any dowry. You became rich with just a broken box. How can you be so worthless?" Liu Guifang said angrily.
Because this is the third son's wife, the scolding she gave today was very mild. If it was the eldest son or the eldest son's family, she would definitely want to tear their hearts out.
But Yan Lijun had never experienced such a battle before, and had never seen the face of such an evil rural woman. Tears immediately flowed down her face, and she couldn't stop them no matter how hard she tried to wipe them.
"Why are you crying? Have I wronged you? You are a deadly omen. Ever since you got engaged to my son, nothing good has happened to our family."
Yan Lijun cried even harder.
"Mom, say less. She doesn't want this to happen." Xu Huaiyu spoke up when she saw that Liu Guifang was scolding too much.
"You are also a person who doesn't compete. You picked this thing after careful selection. I told you at the beginning to find someone in the village who knows you well, but you insisted on finding someone in the city. Now you have found a shameless poor guy. Are you happy?
It's up to you. You are home now. You spend your money and you throw away your people. Do whatever you want. If you have no money or food to live in the future, don't come to me for money."
Liu Guifang was angry that her son was overwhelmed by a woman and began to attack indiscriminately. It was the first time she said such harsh words to Xu Huaiyu.
Xu Huaiyu quickly patted Yan Lijun on the shoulder and said, "Why don't you apologize to your parents now!"
Yan Lijun immediately understood, wiped her tears and said with a strong nasal voice: "Dad, Mom, I'm sorry, my parents gave birth to me and raised me, I really have no choice but to do this.
When I make money in the future, I will definitely support the family and be filial to you. Please don't be angry with me, okay?" After saying this, she knelt heavily on the ground with a sincere look.
She couldn't have come up with this idea on her own, so of course Xu Huaiyu taught her.
Seeing her sincere attitude, Xu Mingshan and Liu Guifang's anger was relieved a little, but they were still indignant.
"Don't tell me these useless things. If you want me to forgive you, there is only one way. Go back to your parents' home and bring back to me the betrothal gift we sent over in style!" Liu Guifang said stubbornly.
"Mom, please don't make things difficult for her. Let's think about how to find them and get it back!" Xu Huaiyu was exhausted both physically and mentally.
"How can I take it? I ask you how can I take it? Your father-in-law and mother-in-law are so shameless that they even swallowed up all the betrothal gifts of their daughter. Can I just beat up his daughter and send her back?
Am I trying to make things difficult for her? It's her family who's making things difficult for us!
That's three turns and one ring. It's not just a piece of candy or a pound of flour. Just give it and it's given.
I think you have married a wife and forgotten your mother. You have been blinded by greed and don’t know what is good and what is bad.”
Liu Guifang has a special possessiveness towards her son. In the past, no matter who she quarreled with, her son always stood on her side. Now that they are married, he actually quarrels with her over his wife, which makes her very unhappy.
It was more painful than losing her son. Her son would no longer protect her and would talk back to her for other women. Thinking of this, she felt empty inside.
Xu Huaiyu didn't realize his mother's fall.
"I have an idea, Mom, and you must help me."
"What method?"
"Mom, aren't you the best at making a fuss? Just sit at the door of the Yan family and scold them for three days and three nights about the ugly things they have done. I don't believe they can still sit there. We can always get something back then." Xu Huaiyu made a bad move.
If it were in the past, Liu Guifang would have listened to it.
But today, with Yan Lijun in front, Liu Guifang was unhappy after the comparison.
Why should she, as a mother, fix the hole that her wife had made herself?
So Yan Lijun is too embarrassed to go out and make trouble, but she can?
It was a cold day, and she, an old skeleton, was yelling and cursing in the snow. No one knew she was frozen into an ice stick.
In short, Tian떘's daughter-in-law and mother-in-law are enemies.
Liu Guifang couldn't help it, so she picked up a chicken feather duster and threw it at Xu Huaiyu: "You stinky girl, I raised you in vain. You are as ungrateful as your brother. You forgot your mother after you got married."
"Ouch, ouch, Mom, I'm still sick!"
Seeing that Liu Guifang had brought the conversation to himself, Xu Huaizhi ran away like a gust of wind.
Xu Mingshan held his forehead and held the cigarette bag, not wanting to pay any attention to this weird mother and son.
Seeing that Liu Guifang was serious, Yan Lijun quickly stood up to persuade her. However, because she was kneeling, she suddenly got up too hard, felt dizzy, and fell directly into Xu Huaiyu's arms. Fortunately, she was caught.
Before she passed out, she was still wondering if it was because she didn't eat today.