Chapter 233: Cancellation of Engagement
(First release chapter 232)
Ziyi and Yike were heading back to their home in Dongtianfudi with a few girls, but the mountain was in chaos at this time.
"Xiaoying!"
"Xiaoying!"
"Xiaoying!"
"Li Xiaoying, you are so cruel, you want to kill my mother, come back soon! Wuuuuuuuu..."
Li Xiaoying has disappeared. She went out to cut grass for the cows in the morning and never came back. When Shen Hongmei didn't see her daughter come back at noon, she went out to ask other people who were cutting grass. Finally, she asked everyone. Some said they didn't see her, while others said they did and that Li Xiaoying went to the paradise with a backpack on her back.
Chen Hongmei and Nong Hongmei hurriedly asked their son Li Dashan and his son to go to the paradise to have a look, while she and her daughter-in-law Chen Yue'er searched at the edge of the field on the other side of the orchard.
Chen Yue'er married her son last year. She is really satisfied with her daughter-in-law. She treats her daughter-in-law's family members very well, except for her father. Earlier this year, my son felt it was time to help his sister call off her engagement. As it turned out, when they went to talk about it, the daughter-in-law's father Chen Shengli strongly opposed it, but the person involved, Chen Dawang, agreed to cancel the engagement.
Before Chen Yue'er got married, Li Dashan, Chen Yue'er and Chen Dawang discussed this matter together. If Chen Dawang did not agree, Chen Yue'er would not marry Li Dashan. Like Li Dashan, she could not sacrifice the happiness of her brother and sister for her own. Chen Dawang agreed at that time, but the time of breaking off the engagement had to be postponed. They didn't want the two families to have unpleasantness because of this matter right after getting married. It just so happened that Li Xiaoying was still young, so he made the excuse that he would wait until Li Xiaoying was older before getting married.
Although Chen Shengli had some objections, his children insisted, so he did not ask his son and daughter to get married on the same day. This time, Li Youcai and his wife failed to cancel the engagement, but they angered Chen Shengli. Not only did he not cancel the engagement, he also came to Li Youcai's house to propose the marriage, saying that Li Youcai should not be a person who breaks his promise, as the two families had exchanged the engagement letter back then.
Outside the paradise and the blessed land, Li Youcai and his son searched everywhere but couldn't find it. They were completely panicked.
"Dad, let's go back and ask everyone to help look for it." Li Dashan's voice was shaking a little.
Chen Shengli turned around and walked back without saying a word, and Li Dashan hurriedly followed.
Everyone knew that Li Xiaoying was missing, and everyone went together to look for her. After searching for an afternoon, everyone returned to the paradise, everyone looked disappointed. Not only was the person not found, even the backpack was not seen. Even if they encountered a wild beast, at least the backpack would be found.
"It's a good thing that we didn't find the backpack. At least it means Xiaoying didn't encounter any wild beasts." Hu Haohan said.
"I'll look for it again." Chen Dawang said as he walked out of the cave with a flashlight.
"Come back. It's dark now and you're still out. Don't you know it's dangerous in the forest at night?" Tao Xiu'e went to hold her son.
"What are you looking for? She doesn't want you anymore, and you're still looking for her. You're a loser." Chen Shengli scolded.
Chen Dawang turned around and stared at Chen Wangshengli and shouted, "Do you know why she doesn't want me? It's because of you. She said she was afraid that I would become a selfish person like you in the future. You are my father, and she said that all sons look like their fathers."
Chen Shengli was stunned by his son's yelling. His lips moved for a long time but he couldn't utter a word.
Chen Dawang shook off his mother's hand and strode out. Chen Fugui also quickly caught up with him: "Brother, slow down, I'll go too."
Seeing this, others also took their weapons, lanterns and flashlights and went out to continue searching.
When Li Youcai and Li Dashan's family came back and saw that no one had any clues, they went out to look for it again. No one had time to waste at home, so they didn't know what Chen Dawang said.
When Chen Shengli came to his senses, he was so angry that he scolded his wife Tao Xiu'e, "Look, look, this is the good son you taught. For a woman, he even dared to yell at his father. What an unfilial boy."
Tao Xiu'e looked at her man with complicated eyes. Li Xiaoying was wrong when she said that sons all look like their fathers. What is the difference between her husband and her selfish and biased mother-in-law? It's definitely the son who looks like his mother.
If I had heard what Tao Xiu'e said, I would have definitely applauded and praised her. Children are mostly raised by their mothers. As the saying goes, "Birds of a feather flock together." That's why the old people say that a virtuous wife brings less trouble to her husband.
"Is that a look you're giving me?" Chen Shengli looked at Tao Xiu'e viciously.
"Do you know what you look like now?" Tao Xiu'e didn't look scared at all. "Like your mother. Selfish and greedy."
"How am I selfish? How am I greedy?" Chen Shengli looked like he was going to beat you up if you didn't explain clearly.
"Since you moved here, you saw a little girl named Yi Ke raising so many animals, with endless vegetables, fruits and rice, and you got jealous. You looked down on a girl who was more capable than you, so you ate her meat and rice. Even the farmland belonged to Yi Ke, and you ate with a clear conscience. You farmed the land as if it was your due. When Yi Ke grew up, she gave you the calf, but not only were you ungrateful, you even wanted to take advantage of her. If you are not selfish, what are you? If you are not greedy, what are you? Even a child can see clearly and understand, but you have no self-awareness at all."
"So what? She's a girl, why should she do that? If it weren't for big brother and Ziyi helping her, would she have all these? And she acts so great, as if everyone should be grateful to her. But I won't. If anyone is grateful, it should be to my big brother. What does it have to do with a little girl like her?" Chen Shengli shouted with his head held high.
"Haha!" Tao Xiu'e taunted, "Before your elder brother and Ziyi knew her, Yike had all this. Just like your elder brother said, everyone is blessed by Yike. But you, you obviously look down on women, you are jealous, you are envious of them, what excuses are you looking for? How can you be grateful to your elder brother, haha."
"Pa!" Chen Shengli slapped Tao Xiu'e hard, and Tao Xiu'e fell towards the door.
"Mom!" Chen Yue'er had just come back from outside and saw her mother falling out. Chen Yue'er hurried to help her mother, and Nong Hongmei also quickly stepped forward to help.
Tao Xiu'e was helped up and shook her dizzy head.
"Mom, how are you? Are you dizzy?" Chen Yue'er asked anxiously.
"It's okay, help me sit over there." Chen Yue'er and Nong Hongmei helped her sit over there on the stool.
Chen Shengli regretted the moment he slapped his wife. Seeing that his wife was fine, he turned around and went back into the room, as if what happened outside had nothing to do with him.
"Mom, why did Dad hit you?" Chen Yue'er poured a bowl of sugar water for Tao Xiu'e.
Tao Xiu'e drank the sugar water and the dizziness in her head disappeared. When she heard her daughter's question, she couldn't help but sneer, "Haha, why? You must be angry because of shame. Hongmei, Xiaoying, you still can't find it?"
Shen Hongmei shook her head, and Chen Yueer also brought Shen Hongmei some sugar water.
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