Yao Yulan's attire was incongruous; she wore a white wedding dress, a red headpiece, and her face was made up to look like a monkey's bottom.
She used to be a pretty girl, but now her nose and eyes don't look like noses or eyes.
The bride didn't go inside; she just stood at the gate and stared at Chen Ji and Xu Ruantang.
"Wife, please come in and sit down first."
Wang Jian has been thoroughly exhausted by Yao Yulan these past few days. He's going all out to get a wife, doing whatever Yao Yulan asks him to do.
He also had his own ulterior motives. Putting aside how comfortable it was to hold her that day, given Yao Guoqiang's status and position in the village, he would definitely think of him, his son-in-law, if anything good happened in the future.
He used to have his heart set on Xu Ruantang, but now he only has eyes for Yao Yulan.
He looked at Yao Yulan with a fawning smile, his features scrunched up in a comical way.
He was still wearing a large gray suit, which Yao Yulan had made him wear. It cost sixty yuan a piece, and he was heartbroken to buy it.
Yao Yulan stared intently at Chen Ji, at his sharply defined and deep-set face. Looking at him today, she felt a sharp pain in her heart!
"Shut up!"
Regardless of the occasion, Yao Yulan immediately began to berate Wang Jian, when a middle-aged woman walked towards her.
"Yulan, come on, let's go inside with Mom!"
Before she could speak, the middle-aged woman glared at her warningly and gave her a meaningful look.
Yao Yulan turned her head slightly and saw Yao Guoqiang's face, which was darker than the bottom of a pot. She immediately went into the bridal chamber obediently.
She started crying as soon as she entered, which frightened Yao's mother so much that she hurriedly closed the door.
"Oh my god, on such a joyous day, why are you crying?"
Yao's mother gently comforted her, then grabbed the handkerchief from Yao Yulan's hand and wiped away her tears.
"Don't you know why I'm crying? I used to want to marry Chen Ji, but my dad wouldn't allow it, saying he was infertile and that a woman has to have her own children!"
Yao Yulan was sobbing uncontrollably and her speech was slurred, but her mother understood her and her expression changed drastically as she covered her mouth.
"Yulan! If your dad hears you saying these things, you'll get a beating again. Stop talking now."
"Let him beat me to death!" Yao Yulan felt more and more aggrieved. "He has bad taste, how can he blame me? It's all his fault for ruining my happiness! I hate him!"
Her chest heaved with anger as she blurted out, "He was the first to know about Chen Ji's marriage plans. If he had any foresight, the three thousand yuan dowry would be ours now! I could marry the person I love!"
"But he's so insistent on stopping me, saying it's all for my own good!" Yao Yulan's tears flowed like water, and she continued to sob, "Now he's forcing me to marry into the Wang family, saying it's for my own good! If he thinks it's good, why doesn't he marry into the family himself!"
Yao Yulan felt a tightness in her chest and wanted to throw things, but her mother held her down firmly.
Yao's mother's eyes also reddened, but she still couldn't help but defend Yao Guoqiang, saying, "Yulan, you mustn't talk about your father like that! Your father is doing this for you. Look at Chen Ji's wife, her family sold their child for a dowry of three thousand yuan! Your father doesn't want the money, but it's his fault?"
Chen Ji is infertile. A woman without children is like a rootless weed. What will you do when you're old? Rely on other people's children to support you?
She raised her hand and wiped Yao Yulan's face with a handkerchief, then continued, "Don't you really know what's going on between you and Wang Jian? You've made such a scene for so many days, turning the house into a mess, and no one has said anything. Why are you still not satisfied?"
"Do you really want the villagers to gossip about you behind your back, and your reputation to be so bad that it's known for miles around? You're no longer innocent, so who would want to marry you off? If you don't marry Wang Jian soon, you'll be stuck at home as an old maid!"
Yao Yulan retorted defiantly, "So what if I'm an old maid? What am I afraid of?"
"Aren't you afraid? Where will your parents put their faces? What will you do when your father and I are gone? What woman doesn't get married and have children!"
Yao's mother favored Yao Yulan the most. This younger daughter was smart and cute and knew how to please her and Yao Guoqiang the most. On the contrary, the eldest daughter was neglected from a young age.
Life is unpredictable and fate is fickle. The eldest daughter was gentle and kind-hearted. She didn't want to marry the younger daughter, so the eldest daughter was married off instead. Unexpectedly, they ended up living quite well.
The youngest daughter, after being so picky, ended up like this.
The mother and daughter embraced and wept bitterly. If it weren't for the fact that Wang Jian's room had no windows and wasn't well soundproofed, and the noise from the banquet outside was loud, today's joyous occasion would have turned into a farce.
When someone gets married, the mother-in-law and the bride cry in the room as if their parents have died.
The banquet hadn't officially started yet; everyone was sitting around the table chatting.
Xu Ruantang was seeing this kind of banquet for the first time. It was a square table with two people sitting on each of the four sides, making a total of eight people at the table.
She wondered if Chen Ji would fall on his backside if she suddenly stood up on the long bench.
Chen Ji is someone who never panics no matter what happens. Xu Ruantang really wanted to see him break down; just thinking about it made her laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" Chen Ji looked over with a deep gaze.
Xu Ruantang sat up straight and smiled slightly, saying, "Enjoying the feast is delightful!"
Yeah?
Chen Jicai didn't believe it. Her smile clearly carried a hint of lewdness, a touch of cunning, a hint of eeriness, and a hint of smug satisfaction at having successfully done something bad.
"ah!"
Xiao Bao, a bit slow to react, imitated Xu Ruantang's speech in a childish voice, but he couldn't speak properly, only mimicking interjections.
Looking at the two figures in front of him, one big and one small, Chen Ji wondered why they seemed to be looking more and more alike.
"Do you want me to carry you?" His voice carried an unconscious smile, and his eyes were filled with tenderness.
Xu Ruantang refused decisively, "No need, just help me pick out the food when the meal starts. I don't eat fatty meat."
Chen Ji: "I'm holding Xiaobao, can't you eat by yourself?"
“No, my arms are too short to reach what’s in front of me,” Xu Ruantang said righteously.
Chen Ji: "......"
Xu Ruantang couldn't actually eat much, and besides, she didn't like meat. She would only eat a few bites of fish at most, but the main thing about a banquet was the atmosphere, and she especially liked this lively atmosphere.
Sharing in the joy makes life feel more hopeful!
Just like when people are overflowing with negative energy, they should go to crowded parks or other places to get more sunshine and listen to patriotic songs.
The food was served immediately, and the door to the bridal chamber was opened.
Yao Yulan was still wearing a white wedding dress, but the monkey-like bump on her face was gone, and she looked much more radiant.
"Why is she wearing white? That's so unlucky."
To Xu Ruantang's left was an elderly woman, next to whom was probably her husband, who was holding a young boy in his arms.
"Exactly! What was Widow Wang thinking? She'd be willing to marry a woman like that!"
"The banquet has already been held, what else can we do?"
"What? If we don't teach her a lesson now, she'll take advantage of us later! It's only natural for a mother-in-law to discipline her daughter-in-law since ancient times!"
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