Since they went to such lengths to set up the scheme, how could they possibly commit suicide?
Yang Cui sat in the main room, staring at Wen Xiuli and her daughter with an expression that said, "I'm waiting for you to continue your performance."
Wen Xiuli's eyes widened: "Aren't you afraid?"
Yang Cui sneered, "What's there to be afraid of? We haven't done anything wrong."
The An family members were still very worried, because if someone died, rumors and gossip could kill them.
Yang Cui comforted her, saying, "Uncle and Aunt, you don't need to worry. Once she hangs herself, you can go to the big tree and cry, saying you're unlucky and that your niece is shameless. She has nothing to do with your son and is only threatening to kill herself to marry into your An family."
Everyone in the village knows Xiao Jiang is engaged. You don't need to worry about gossip. Anyone who dares to spread rumors will have their peaches and plums rejected by Pinxiangzhai this year, and my factory won't hire anyone from their family!
The momentum is right there, why not use it?
The villagers are all hoping to make money with Yang Cui, so who would be foolish enough to go against her?
As soon as Yang Cui finished speaking, Wen Xiuli became furious: "You're so vicious! What's wrong with my Xiaoyu? She gave her innocent body to Xiaojiang, and it's my Xiaoyu who's suffering. We're family now, we know each other inside and out, what's wrong with that? You just can't stand to see us doing well?"
"You just can't stand seeing my uncle's family doing well! Using such despicable means, threatening suicide at their house during the Lunar New Year, whoever has a relative or in-law like you is doomed!"
Wen Xiuli was at her wit's end and started crying, trying to appeal to family ties and moral blackmail, "Second sister, can you bear to see our Xiaoyu unable to get married in the future? Our methods are wrong, but I promise that Xiaoyu will definitely be filial to you in the future!"
"I won't agree! I've decided on Shuyun, and I don't want anyone else!" An Xiaojiang was afraid that his parents would soften their hearts and agree, so he immediately refused.
Gao Xiaoyu cried, tears streaming down her face: "Brother Jiang, do you hate me that much?"
An Xiaojiang glared at her angrily and said, "I didn't hate you before, but now... I hate you so much!"
Nobody likes to be schemed against!
Despite her fierce attitude towards others, Wen Shi couldn't be tough on her own family.
Wen Xiuli knew exactly what she was doing, and now she was holding her hand, crying her heart out, and talking about the things that happened when the sisters were young: "Second sister, you can't just watch Xiaoyu be ruined! Please, I'm begging you."
"When the famine struck, you were almost starving to death. I begged for food everywhere, saving it for you even though I couldn't bear to eat it myself. That's how you survived. Second sister, you can't be ungrateful!"
Gao Xiaoyu knelt down in front of Wen Shi and An Dafu with a thud: "Second Aunt, Uncle, I really like Brother Xiao Jiang, please grant me your wish!"
Wen looked troubled, but also softened somewhat, feeling that in the end, her son had the better deal.
She turned her gaze to An Xiaojiang: "Xiaojiang, why don't you..."
"Before I went to work at the Star Gazing Tower and stayed in Anjia Village, why didn't you like me then? Why didn't you want to become even closer to your family? Mother, don't be confused! You believe everything people say!"
An Xiaojiang knew very well that her feelings for him were fake; she really liked his money.
Anjia has made some money raising chickens and ducks. Xiaojiang and Xiaohe's wages are also higher. They used to be 400 coins a month, but now they have risen to 800 coins a month!
The wages were partly due to Yang Cui's influence, but also inseparable from the brothers' diligence and efficiency.
Eight hundred coins a month, plus room and board, this wage is more than many families can earn in a year by pooling all their resources!
"I will absolutely not break off the engagement! If you force me, I...I...I will go on a hunger strike! I will not work anymore, and I will stay at home and be lazy!"
An Xiaojiang looked like he had given up entirely.
"You good-for-nothing!" Yang Cui slapped him on the back of the head. "Why should you be so downcast because of someone who schemed against you? You even aspire to be the manager! Can't you handle things better?"
After scolding An Xiaojiang, Yang Cui said to her uncle and aunt, "Xiaojiang is so opposed to this marriage, uncle and aunt, I hope you will think it over carefully. A virtuous wife brings less trouble to her husband. If she can force you in such a despicable way, who knows what kind of trouble she will cause after the marriage? Don't forget that you have four sons, and you will have four daughters-in-law."
With many sons, many sisters-in-law, and many grandchildren in the future, large families don't easily separate in this era. With more people, there are more conflicts. If a wife isn't chosen well, it will affect the relationship between brothers in the future.
“Xiao Cui is right!” An Dafu, who hadn’t spoken for a long time, said, “No matter how much you make a fuss, I will not agree to this marriage! Make as much trouble as you want!”
Yang Cui sneered: "Their goal is to marry into this family and live a better life. How could they possibly commit suicide? If things really escalate, they'll be the ones who lose face."
Wen Xiuli and Gao Xiaoyu were truly dumbfounded!
"Second sister, what are you saying? Do you really not care about our sisterly bond? Don't you care about Xiaoyu's life or death?"
An Dafu: "Don't ask her. I'm the head of the family, and I make the decisions! Get out of here right now! And don't ever come to my house again!"
An Dafu directly ordered them to leave. Wen Xiuli and her daughter hated Yang Cui so much. If it weren't for Yang Cui meddling, the matter would have already been settled!
If looks could kill, Yang Cui would have died a hundred or eighty times by now.
However, Yang Cui was rich and powerful, so they dared not do anything drastic and could only glare at her.
"Well... Xiaoyu can be a concubine, right? Xiaoyu has lost her innocence. We're all relatives. You can't just stand by and watch Xiaoyu be unhappy for the rest of her life! Maybe Xiaoyu is carrying Xiaojiang's child, your An family's eldest grandson."
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