Chapter 48: “Rich Man Distributing Money, Line Up to Receive”

Ye Xiaochun’s relationship was ruined by Ye Xiaozhen, and their family couldn’t swallow this anger.

However, with the family injured, the burns on their butts weren’t serious, but they hurt a lot and affected their sleep.

They thought about finding trouble, but they would have to wait a while longer.

After a few days, the burns on their butts healed, but when their “evil son-in-law” came, they didn’t dare to confront him and were left fuming at home every day.

Ye Xiaochun had enough of serving them for a few days.

“I’m so annoyed, can you stop complaining? I’m serving all of you here, and I have to listen to your whining. What’s the point of sitting at home and cursing? If you have the guts, go to their house and curse, go and drag that little bitch Ye Xiaozhen over and beat her up!”

Ye Xiaoqiang didn’t like this and retorted, “Who are we doing this for? We’re doing this for you. We got burned by the poker because of you, and now you can’t handle a few days of serving us?”

“For me?” Ye Xiaochun snapped back, “Do you think I’m as dumb as Ye Xiaozhen? You’re just thinking about finding a rich man to support you, you’re doing this for yourself!”

“I… hey, Ye Xiaochun, have you lost your mind? Are you taking your frustration out on us because you were dumped by a man?”

“What did you say? How dare you say I was dumped by a man? I’ll tear your mouth apart…”

Ye Xiaochun lunged at Ye Xiaoqiang.

Sun Qing and Ye Zhengguo quickly pulled them apart.

“Enough, can’t you two work together without fighting? You’re siblings, and now you’re fighting amongst yourselves?”

“Mom, you only know how to blame me, but she was the one who started it!”

Sun Qing said, “Your sister is in a bad mood.”

Ye Zhengguo supported his son, “Even if she’s in a bad mood, she can’t take it out on her brother. I’m not saying anything against you, Xiaochun, but you said you wanted to bring your boyfriend home, and we all worked hard to prepare the house to receive you. In the end, this matter fell through, and we’re all uncomfortable. You can’t take it out on your brother; why would you do that?”

Ye Xiaochun was furious, “You’re biased towards boys!”

Ye Zhengguo replied, “You little girl, what are you talking about? If I didn’t favor your brother, would I favor you?”

Ye Xiaochun’s face turned sour.

Sun Qing hurriedly tried to mediate, “Alright, alright, why are you two arguing? I see this matter isn’t completely over yet.”

Hearing this, everyone turned to her.

Sun Qing said, “Xiaochun, why don’t you just tell Qian Jian that Ye Xiaozhen is a fool? Tell him that a fool can’t be trusted.”

“But educated people care about these things, they worry about a fool being in the family. There’s a big sister in our county who always talks about her brother-in-law, their family was really poor, and they couldn’t find a wife, so they bought a foolish bride, and all three children they had were fools.

When Qian Jian was there, he said something about genetics, that it’s best not to have children with a fool, and families with fools shouldn’t be considered. He meant that siblings of fools could also give birth to fools, this is what he said himself. If he knew I had a foolish sister, it would be completely over.”

At this point, Ye Xiaoqiang said, “Can it get any worse than it is now? You saying that Ye Xiaozhen is a fool means that her mother is also problematic, so she gave birth to her with issues. You and I are not from the same mother, so we’re fine.”

Ye Zhengguo and Sun Qing suddenly understood.

“Right, Xiaoqiang is right, you should say it like that.”

Ye Zhengguo said with relief, “My son is smart, Xiaochun, just listen to your brother.”

With no other options left, she sighed, “Fine, I’ll go find him tomorrow.”

“Hey, you should talk nicely with him. I think this kid Qian Jian is not bad, you can give it a try.”

Ye Xiaochun was busy trying to win over Qian Jian, while the Xie family was busy preparing for the wedding.

Xie Lin’an’s family had only one daughter in the previous generation, so they didn’t have many relatives.

As for his cousins, there were three brothers, and after the family head passed away, the second uncle took over his job. He always worried that in the future, Xie Lin’an would compete with him, so he always found excuses to avoid them, except for special occasions.

The workplace wasn’t far away, it was in the city, and Lin Xinghua had just heard that they would come to drink at the wedding.

As for the third uncle’s family, Xie Lin’an had been so angry with them that he declared, “No one is allowed to notify them, even if they come, I’ll kick them out.”

Lin Xinghua puffed on his cigarette and said nothing. His children and grandchildren were all so decisive, he couldn’t control them.

“What about Xiaozhen’s relatives? Her mother is gone, but she still has her grandparents, and I heard she has uncles and aunts.”

“Humph.” Xie Lin’an snorted coldly, “Her grandparents’ side has already cut off ties, we’re not inviting them.”

Lin Xinghua thought it was inappropriate, “They’re Xiaozhen’s grandparents, we should go and tell them, it’s up to them whether they come or not.”

Xie Lin’an’s face darkened, “No, if those relatives still remembered Ye Xiaozhen, they wouldn’t have gone 20 years without visiting her once. Xiaozhen has never met them, they’re strangers to her, why invite strangers? No, we’re not inviting them.”

Lin Xinghua: “…”

This little bastard doesn’t recognize his own family.

“What about your sister?”

“I’ve asked someone to send her a letter, whether she comes or not, I don’t know.”

Thinking about his granddaughter, the old man sighed, “Sigh!”

Then he started smoking again.

After a while, he said, “We have to invite Ye Zhengguo’s family, right? We’re all from the same village, everyone in the village is coming to the wedding banquet, it wouldn’t look good if we didn’t invite them.”

Xie Lin’an didn’t really want to invite them, but he also knew it wasn’t realistic.

So he said impatiently, “Whatever.”

Lin Xinghua finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought that he wouldn’t invite Ye Zhengguo’s family either, that would have been embarrassing.

Xie Linqi counted the number of people and said, “Big brother, all these people together will be about nine tables, do you think ten tables will be enough?”

“Not enough, add five more tables.”

“Ah? Where will all these people come from?”

Xie Lin’an said, “My friends are coming, just add them.”

Those were his connections.

Ye Xiaozhen didn’t know anything about weddings, she just watched her family of men busy themselves.

From arranging the various procedures, to the cigarettes, alcohol, and candy on the table, to the cold dishes and hot dishes, Xie Lin’an was the one who arranged everything.

Lin Xinghua also found a few old carpenters to renovate the house, and he also asked Grandma Liu to help arrange the wedding room.

It really looked like the real deal.

As the wedding date approached, Xie Lin’an received the project payment, and a bunch of people came to their house to collect their wages.

A solid wood table was placed in the middle of the yard, with various amounts of money on it, several stacks of cash, an account book, and an abacus.

Xie Lin’an sat at the head of the table, wearing a tank top, half-length shorts, his strong arms were bare, his hairy legs were exposed, and he was wearing flip-flops.

He had a cigarette in his mouth that wasn’t lit, someone gave it to him, but Ye Xiaozhen knew he didn’t smoke.

After calculating the wages of the person in front of him, he put the pen behind his ear, his hands kept counting the money, creating a blur.

In front of him, there was a long queue, and there were villagers watching around.

This setup, this look, this scene, it was a typical nouveau riche.

If this were to be filmed for a short video, it would be a hit, right?

The title would be “Rich Man Distributing Money, Line Up to Receive”.