The Wen family spent so much money to marry their daughter-in-law, but her family only gave her two quilts as a dowry. It was really embarrassing for the Wen family when they were displaying the dowry in the staff quarters.
"If the Shi family hadn't said that the three big items would be included in the dowry, your father and I wouldn't have added another hundred yuan in cash. When I was showing off the dowry, I wished there was a crack in the ground for me to crawl into." Chen Yuelian feels ashamed when she talks about it now.
"Mom, it's the Shi family that's embarrassing. Our Wen family has done well enough. It's the Shi family who doesn't consider their daughter. At worst, we can just stop associating with such a family. I hope that Big Brother can just avoid gossip during the three festivals and two birthdays."
Isn't this just selling a daughter? If done well, it's a one-time deal. Smart people will build good relationships with in-laws who have good conditions.
"Although your eldest brother doesn't say it, he must have a rift in his heart towards your eldest sister-in-law." Chen Yuelian took her daughter's hand and said, "I didn't expect my daughter to know about this worldly matter."
"I don't know what happened. I was more than three months pregnant and I fell and lost the baby." Chen Yuelian felt heartbroken just thinking about it. It was her eldest grandson.
"How did he fall? In fact, if the adult is in good health, he will be fine unless the fall is too serious." Wenwen was a little skeptical.
"I don't know what happened. No one was home when she fell. You happened to be out playing with your classmates that day, and we were at work. We only found out when we got home from get off work that she went to the hospital on her own after the fall. She had an abortion there and took a car home on her own. I blamed her for not letting anyone call us, but your sister-in-law said the baby died before she even got to the hospital, so she didn't call us."
"Mom, I have amnesia now. It's like I'm an outsider listening to you talk about this. I always feel like something is weird and wrong." Wenwen felt that something was very wrong.
The family didn't even know the child had fallen and died. Most young wives would have been so scared that they would have asked their family and neighbors for help if they encountered such a thing. However, Shi Xiaofang was so calm that she didn't even notify her newlywed husband.
"I thought it was strange, too. She said she fell, but there were no signs of injury." The more Chen Yuelian thought about it, the more she felt something was amiss with Shi Xiaofang. If it weren't for the hospital's prenatal checkup report, she would have thought she wasn't pregnant.
"How did you meet your elder brother and his wife?" Wenwen asked
"I don't know the details. When I asked your eldest brother, he just said that he helped Xiaofang once, and then the two of them started to interact."
"Is my sister-in-law also from Beijing? Mom, have you ever been to my sister-in-law's parents' home?" Wenwen wondered if the original owner had been there.
"It's in the countryside of Beiyuan City, hundreds of kilometers away. It's very troublesome to get there by car. I've only been there once, and you didn't want to go that time because you thought the countryside was dirty."
Chen Yuelian herself is from the countryside, and she still remembers that time when she went there very clearly. It was so dirty; the tables and chairs in the house were covered with chicken droppings. In fact, it was not that the countryside was dirty, but that people were lazy. Her own mother's house was kept very clean.
Wenwen touched her nose and was very calm. It wasn't that she disliked the countryside anyway.
Now Wenwen has a preliminary understanding of this sister-in-law. She doesn't know if it's because she read too many novels and watched too many conspiracy theories on TV in her previous life, but she always feels that something is wrong. It seems that she has to ask her eldest brother.
After returning home to recuperate for a while, Wenwen felt that she had fully recovered. During this time, in addition to helping with housework, she practiced calligraphy. In order to let her family know the changes in her handwriting, she bought calligraphy and practiced.
She also asked her fourth brother to practice with her. In her previous life, she had also practiced calligraphy and had developed beautiful hairpin-shaped small regular script, so she could not accept the neat handwriting of the original owner.
Wenwen felt that the atmosphere at home was a bit solemn today. Did something happen at home?
After dinner, Wen Zhongxiang said he wanted to hold a family meeting. Except for his sister-in-law who said she was not feeling well and went back to her room to rest, everyone in the family went to the living room.
"Originally, I didn't want to trouble my younger sister with these things, but the rumors were spread about you. Rather than hearing it from others, I'd rather tell you directly." Wen Zhongxiang said to Wenwen solemnly.
"What happened?" Wenwen was puzzled. Rumors? She didn't even leave the courtyard now, so where did the rumors come from?
"The Lai family, it must be the Lai family. They are not satisfied with me breaking Lai Youcai's leg, so they resorted to such a shady trick." Wen Xiao angrily pounded the armrest of the chair.
"I just came back yesterday, and as soon as I entered the compound, I felt someone pointing fingers at me. I thought it was strange." Wen Ze crossed his arms across his chest. It turned out that the Lai family was causing trouble. Last night, the fourth brother told him the whole story and complained about him being out for so long this time.
"What's that rumor? I've been rumored about it, so I have to know why." Wenwen glanced at her family. Except for her second brother, they were all there. Well, they were all good-looking and pleasing to the eye. As for the rumors, she really didn't take them seriously.
"The rumor is that you, my little sister, seduced Lai Youcai and that you were willing to be with him. They're saying the Wen family is blaming us and asking us to compensate them." Wen Xiao was furious. "If I had known that, I should have beaten him to death. The Lai family is so shameless."
"Not only that, Lai Qiang came to see me today, and his words and actions were very intimate with me." Wen Zhongxiang said.
"Why does he want to take over the Lai family? Just because Lai Qiang is the deputy factory director? Because his son is a gangster?" Wen Xiao got furious when he heard this.
"Fourth brother, listen to what dad has to say." Wenwen looked at Wenxiao, the most impulsive boy in the family.
Wen Zhongxiang glared at his fourth son and said, "How many times have I told you to stay calm? Even my younger sister is calmer than you."
"The Lai family is using these rumors to pressure us. They're trying to ruin my sister's reputation and force her to marry into the Lai family." Wen Zhongxiang frowned. Rumors were already circulating that his daughter was a slut.
"No wonder several people in the workshop congratulated my Wen family today." Wen Lei said, but they were just congratulating him in a sarcastic tone, bah.
"Dad, have you told the Yu family about my younger sister's accident?" Wen Ze looked at Wen Zhongxiang.
Wen Zhongxiang frowned even more tightly when he heard this. "After my younger sister got into trouble, I called the Yu family twice but no one answered. I also called the second brother, but he's not in the army. He's probably on a mission."
Wenwen heard her family mention the Yu family again, and it was all related to her.
"What Yu family? You are hiding something from me." Wenwen asked affirmatively.
Wen Zhongxiang sighed and said to Chen Yuelian, "Go get the photos."
Chen Yuelian handed the photo to Wenwen: "I'm afraid it will upset you, so put it away."
"What photo?" Wenwen held up the photo and pointed at the wall of photos in the living room. "I'm just wondering why there's one missing."
Wenwen looked at the two handsome guys in the photo. She knew that one of them was her second brother because there was a photo of her second brother on the photo wall at home, but who was the other handsome guy with sharp eyebrows, bright eyes and clear features?
"Who is this handsome guy? He's even more handsome than my second brother." Wenwen was purely admiring and curious.
"Your fiancé since childhood, my future brother-in-law." Wen Ze watched his sister's reaction leisurely. He felt that his sister had changed too much.
Wenwen was surprised. "Fiancé? My fiancé?"
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