Chapter 393 How about we catch up now?
It was not long before lunch when Lin Wanxia woke up.
The two children were playing with the toys they had just bought in the town in the living room.
Jiang Sinian was sitting nearby reading a book, but he could still keep an eye on all directions and accurately catch his daughter who was about to fall or hold up the cup that his son accidentally knocked over. He
even raised his head the moment Lin Wanxia entered the living room.
"Awake?"
Lin Wanxia snorted twice and rolled her eyes at him.
If it weren't for him, would she have gotten up so late? !
"I'm hungry!" Lin Wanxia raised her chin like a queen.
Jiang Sinian raised his wrist to check his watch, "If we go home now, we can just make it in time for lunch."
"Going back to Qianyu Village?" Lin Wanxia frowned.
"Don't want to go back?" Jiang Sinian asked.
Lin Wanxia shook her head, "Nothing to think about. Wait a minute, I'll go change my clothes." This was the first time she went
to her parents-in-law's house after three or four years of marriage. It would be inappropriate not to see them all the time.
Anyway, they had to leave before the Chinese New Year at the latest, and they had to visit Xingxing's hometown.
While Lin Wanxia was changing her clothes, Jiang Sinian had packed the two children and stuffed them into the car.
Five or six minutes later, the family of four showed up at the Jiang family.
There were still children who ran after the car out of curiosity.
Xingxing's child king, Jing'er, came up again, got out of the car and started playing with the children in the village.
The topic was cut in a crisp and rough manner, "Do you want to sit? Come with me, I'll take you in the car."
The children were immediately bought and quickly accepted this half-way boss.
"Isn't he going to eat?" Lin Wanxia glanced at the children running after the car in the rearview mirror.
"He and Yueyue haven't stopped talking all morning, and they're not used to the food at home. It doesn't matter whether they eat it or not." Jiang Sinian explained.
Lin Wanxia nodded.
She knew that what Jiang Sinian meant by "not used to the food" was not about despising the poor and loving the rich, but about different tastes.
The Jiang family is poor, probably to save money, so they always like to make the dishes extra salty.
The fourth sister-in-law said that this is because Jiang's mother said that salty dishes can save a little.
When they entered the door, the fourth sister-in-law was just serving dishes to the table.
Her eyes were as red as a rabbit.
Lin Wanxia frowned, and the fourth sister-in-law could tell at a glance that she had been scolded.
The second and third sisters were not here today.
Jiang's father, Jiang's mother, and the seventh brother were sitting at the table waiting, while the fourth sister-in-law and the sixth sister were busy serving dishes and bowls of porridge.
When Jiang's mother saw Lin Wanxia, ββshe pouted her lips in disdain, "You still remember to come back? What time
is it?! You know that you have spent money to stay in a hotel, but you won't come back before the time! It's not like there is no room at home, why spend that money?!" "Enough!" Jiang's father scolded Jiang's mother, "Can you say less? Why do you dislike every daughter-in-law? I really don't know if you have a grudge against your son or me."
Jiang's mother closed her mouth with an angry look on her face, glared at the fourth sister-in-law, and when Xiaoliu brought the soup to the table, she slapped Xiaoliu's hand heavily without warning.
Xiaoliu cried "ouch" and his eyes turned red, but he dared not say anything. He wiped his tears aggrievedly, rubbed his hands on his clothes with his back, and continued to serve the bowl.
Lin Wanxia couldn't stand it and was about to speak, but was stopped by Jiang Sinian.
Jiang Sinian whispered in her ear: "Don't! My mother likes to vent her anger."
The implication was that the more Lin Wanxia angered Jiang's mother, the worse it would be for the fourth sister-in-law and the sixth sister.
Lin Wanxia was speechless for a moment, and sat down with anger suppressed.
The meal was very quiet for a while.
It was not until Jiang's father put down his chopsticks that he spoke: "You two will go to the village committee with me later."
The words were said to Jiang Sinian and Lin Wanxia.
Lin Wanxia didn't say anything.
"What are you going to the village committee for?" Jiang Sinian asked.
"What else can I do? Ask the secretary to be your witness. When you come back, go to your third uncle's wife's house and ask her to match your horoscopes."
Jiang Sinian put down his chopsticks, "Dad, Mom, Fourth Brother, Fourth Sister-in-law, Xia Xia and I are really married! We have obtained the marriage certificate and held a wedding. There is no need to go through the trouble again."
He has been married twice, and his biggest regret is the trouble.
Being a bride and groom is tiring.
"What's the difference between a wedding without parents and a child playing house? This is where you were born and raised. The purpose of holding a wedding is to let everyone know that you are getting married, and to announce it to relatives and friends. You told your comrades and the woman's relatives before, so what? We don't want to save face at all?" Jiang's father asked in a deep voice, his face a little bad.
Jiang Sinian frowned and wanted to say something.
Lin Wanxia gently pulled Jiang Sinian's hand on her leg under the table and said with a smile: "Okay! Getting married is a good thing, what's there to be unwilling about? Since marriage is inevitable, just go through the whole process, starting with asking a matchmaker to look at the bride and groom."
Jiang's mother sneered: "You two have a child, do you still need a matchmaker to look at the bride and groom?"
"Why not?" Lin Wanxia asked back, "What's wrong with having a child? How can it delay the wedding if having a child doesn't delay it? And there's more! When we got married, we said it would be thirty-six, forty-eight legs and three turns and one ring. Now that's not the case, now the four big items are the case. In this way, buy the three big items, and I'll ask for less for the betrothal gift, just one thousand and one will be fine."
Xiaoqi asked curiously: "What are the three big items?"
"Refrigerator, color TV, washing machine."
Jiang's mother was furious, "What? You, a slut who gave birth to a child, dare to ask for the three big items?"
"Mom, don't talk like that!"
"Shut up!"
Jiang Sinian and Jiang's father spoke in unison.
"Okay, okay! You don't even let me speak, you guys are capable! If you are capable, you can give her three big things!" Jiang's mother angrily threw the chopsticks on the table and went into the inner room.
Jiang's father took the dry cigarette from his waist, and when he wanted to light it, he saw Yueyue looking at him with a curious look in her eyes. He put the match back, and his rough big hands carefully handed the cigarette stick to Yueyue, "Little baby, can you hold it?"
Yueyue was immediately happy, and took her two chubby little hands and opened her mouth to chew.
"You can't eat this!" Father Jiang was so scared that he quickly retracted his hand, but he didn't dare to use too much strength.
Jiang Sinian quickly picked up little Yueyue.
The fourth sister-in-law hurriedly asked the seven-year-old eldest daughter to take Yueyue to play over there.
Father Jiang then lit up his dry cigarette and looked at Lin Wanxia and said, "Girl, you don't look like you are short of money, nor do you look like you are after money."
Lin Wanxia smiled, "Grandpa, whether I want it or not is different from whether you give it to me or not. You have your reasons for insisting that we hold a wedding, you can't let me work for nothing, right? Getting married is a very tiring thing."
Father Jiang nodded and asked Jiang Sinian, "Didn't you give her a dowry when you got married before?"
Jiang Sinian didn't say anything.
I gave it since the fake wedding.
Father Jiang naturally knew what kind of person his son was, and asked Lin Wanxia, ββ"Girl, you have already received the betrothal gift."
"We have been married before." Lin Wanxia answered calmly.
"But you didn't marry your parents."
"How about we make up for it now?"
Father Jiang: "..."