Xu Fang couldn't argue with a child.

Besides, my niece has been spoiled by her sister-in-law, so it’s not uncommon for her to have a bad temper.

She explained, "Your eldest cousin had morning sickness and couldn't eat anything except eggs. We thought you would arrive at noon and go to a restaurant, so we didn't cook extra eggs at home in the morning. We didn't expect you to come so early in the morning. If you want to eat lunch, I'll order a plate for you at the restaurant."

Xu Yujia was exposed and felt embarrassed, "I don't want to eat, I just asked."

At this time, the courtyard door was pushed open, and Zhu Yaowu walked in first, holding something in his hand. Xu Fang looked at him and said, "You two, eat quickly," and then went out.

Xu Yujia asked, "Why did the Zhu family come so early?"

She also curiously leaned over to the window to look out, and then saw more than ten people coming in, some holding something and some looking up. She was surprised and asked, "Are they here to give betrothal gifts?"

Ji Ke moved closer, but at that time everyone in the Ji family had already gone out, so the sound was blocked. However, soon voices came from the outer room.

The visitor was welcomed into the house by the Ji family, and heard Li Songlan's voice that everyone in the Agricultural Machinery Institute wanted to hear, "Wow, so much betrothal gifts, Xiaoling, look at how much your in-laws value you."

Xu Yujia put her ear to the door, and she felt itchy inside. "Cousin, let's go out and take a look."

"Let's wait a while. I'm afraid the east room is full of people." Ji Ke refused. He sat down at the table, picked up a fried dough stick, and took a bite slowly. "Anyway, the betrothal gifts have to be taken back. My sister is getting married tomorrow, so there's no need to rush."

Xu Yujia was simple-minded and did not notice Ji Ke's negativity. Instead, she sat down and ate breakfast with her. She agreed, "Yeah, let's watch it tonight."

In the east room, Zhu Yaowu brought people to deliver the betrothal gift. This time, the Ji family and the Xu family finally saw the five brothers of the Zhu family. When they heard that the Zhu family had five sons, they were very surprised. After hearing that each son was very outstanding, they became even more envious and curious about what they were like.

Today I saw five men who were all good-looking, not to mention their aura. They looked like they grew up in big cities. They were polite and modest. Li Songlan's eyes were shining. She only regretted that she didn't have a daughter, otherwise she would have caught one to be her son-in-law.

After seeing the other three members of the Zhu family, Xu Hongmei also had the same idea as Li Songlan. Her eyes fell on Zhu Weiming, the fifth brother of the Zhu family who had the best appearance. Among the five brothers, Zhu Weiming was the most decent and elegantly spoken. Although he was the youngest among the brothers, he was very close to Zhu Weidong.

Thinking of Ji Ling's husband, Xu Hongmei couldn't help but turn her head to look over again.

Her face is as white as jade, her eyes are like stars, her clear pupils are shining with light, her brows are relaxed and she is smiling, like the spring sunshine that goes straight into people's hearts. She is polite, humble, knowledgeable, well-informed, and respectful to the elderly and loving the young.

She had heard from her husband that Zhu Weidong was still giving Ji Ke extra lessons, and he would come to visit Ji Yong the first thing he did during every holiday.

How could such an outstanding person not be my son-in-law?

Xu Hongmei felt that God must be blind. What was so good about Ji Ling? She was weak and always liked to stir up trouble. I don't know where her good life came from.

It can only be said that when her brother-in-law got into trouble, Ji Ling got a great advantage.

Xu Hongmei was in a daze. When she saw the Xu family open one of the boxes of betrothal gifts and put it in front of Ji Ling, her heart was bleeding.

"The gold bracelet and necklace here were given by my mother, the pearls were given by my father, the jade bracelet was given by my grandmother, and the rest were given by my grandfather." Zhu Yaowu did not look at the box after opening it. It was Zhu Weiyue who explained. He did not feel restrained in front of the Ji family. After he finished speaking, he said mischievously, "Sister-in-law, I have brought you all the treasures in our family. You have to give me a big red envelope when I get married."

"Wei Yue." Zhu Weidong scolded softly, but he didn't seem to be really angry. He was just dissatisfied with him joking in such an occasion.

The people present were amused by Zhu Weiyue.

Ji Ling also smiled and replied, "It depends on your usual performance."

The Zhu family sent such valuable things. Even if Mr. Xu, who was present, had a wide range of experience, he had never seen so many things. He knew that the Zhu family was powerful before, but when he saw this moment with his own eyes, he was shocked again.

The Zhu family does not have only one son, and there is no reason to spend everything just to marry a daughter-in-law, so these things may be just a drop in the bucket for the Zhu family.

Even Mr. Xu was shocked, not to mention the others present.

They came today to deliver the betrothal gifts. After delivering the gifts, the Zhu family left. The Zhu family also had to be busy, so Zhu Weidong followed them. Before leaving, he told Ji Ling to wear something thicker when going out at noon.

After sending the Zhu family away, the Ji family took stock of their talents in the face of the betrothal gifts sent by the Zhu family.

There are sewing machines, bicycles, watches and televisions. The rest are beddings, which don't look cheap either. There are the usual satin-faced dragon and phoenix quilts, as well as clean quilts with covers, which are the most popular nowadays.

The small items were brought into the house and the large items were placed in the yard.

Ji Yong asked his son to help take all the things to the west room, "Take them over when you get married tomorrow."

"Dad, we have all these at home, so keep the big ones for our family."

"No." Ji Yong just opened his mouth when Li Songlan interrupted him.

"If Xiaoling asks you to keep it, then keep it. The Zhu family doesn't lack such things."

When the Ji family spoke, most of the Xu family members would not speak. This time, Xu's mother also spoke, "Since Xiaoling asked you to stay, it is also her intention. You should stop refusing. It makes the child very sad."

"Yes, Dad, you know Xiaoling's temper. She is straightforward and won't beat around the bush." ​​Ji Jianhua also advised.

Ji Yong saw that everyone was looking at him, and it was obvious that they were all persuading him not to refuse again. Ji Yong said with a smile, "Okay, then I will stay, but you are living with two people now, and you can't make the decision alone. You have to ask Wei Dong today and get his consent."

"Don't worry, he said it's my family and I have the final say." Ji Ling smiled.

Li Songlan looked at the quilt on the kang with a smile, "It looks really nice. I wonder where I can buy it. Your grandma always said that the cotton quilts we make at home are heavy. Every year we re-stuff the cotton, but she still said it was too heavy. I heard that there are new quilts now, which are light and soft and very comfortable to cover. It seems that there really are such quilts now."

"Aunt, please give these two quilts to my grandpa and grandma." Ji Ling saw what Li Songlan meant. Although she didn't like it, she still responded. She was looking at her grandfather's attitude when her father was sick.

"How can this be good?"

"No, I'm used to your milk cap, I won't be used to anything else." Old man Ji glanced at his daughter-in-law.

"Dad, just take this from Xiaoling. It's a token of her love." Ji Yong advised.

"Grandpa, take it. I'm your granddaughter, and you're still being polite to me."

Old Man Ji looked at his granddaughter's sincere face and sighed, "Well, tomorrow is your big day, so I'll keep it."

The last time he and his son came back, there was an envelope under the food with fifty yuan in it. Old man Ji didn't say anything, but he knew in his heart that his granddaughter was very filial.

(End of this chapter)