Chapter 72

Shen Wu looked outside. The leader was Mai Miao’s parents and Mai Miao, followed by a group of onlookers. Among them, Lu Tao, the team leader who came to handle the division of the family, was the most crowded.

They were all asking what happened.

Shen Wu had already spread the news when she went to the county town this morning, and now some aunties who knew the inside story have spread it everywhere.

“The fifth son is getting married to Long Zhiqing, and the bride price is 188 yuan!”

“Oh, so much! Then you can’t marry him, you can’t break up the family just for a son.”

“That’s right, Mr. and Mrs. Lu have agreed. I heard that if there is a split, each family has to pay back 15 yuan for the bride price.”

“What is the sixth son doing? Why are Mai Miao’s parents here? I see that their family is very happy.”

“Aren’t you happy that Lan Lan is making such a fuss?”

“Hehe, I’m happy. I’m happy if she’s not happy.”

…

Everyone thought that Mai Miao’s family was also here to watch the show, just like everyone else. Unexpectedly, they went straight into the Lu family’s yard and said they were here to give the sixth son Lu a gift.

Mr. and Mrs. Lu didn’t even go out.

Hearing the commotion outside, Lu Cheng was the first to get restless. It would be bad to tell others about marrying into the family. What if the sixth son regretted it? Wouldn’t that mean the money would be gone? It has come to this point, and we can’t let it go to waste.

He hesitated for a while but still gritted his teeth and went out.

Mai Miao’s mother now looked down on Lu Cheng. She used to think that he was a good boy, good-looking, and well-spoken. He almost replaced the seventh son of the Lu family to be elected as a worker-peasant-soldier college student.

It seemed that things had suddenly gone wrong.

Lu Cheng wanted to take the money, but Mai Miao’s mother had no intention of giving it to him. Instead, she looked in the direction of the house and said loudly: “Lu Feng is willing to marry my daughter Yang Mai Miao. I am here to give Lu Feng a betrothal gift today, a total of fifty yuan. Lu Sulan, if you don’t come out to receive it, then I will…”

Before she could finish her words, the door was creaked open.

It was Lu Sulan who went out. Now she was not as arrogant as she was a few days ago, like an eggplant hit by frost.

Old man Lu did not come out at all, but when the door was opened, he could be seen sitting on a chair smoking a pipe, and the room was filled with smoke.

Old lady Lu glared at Mai Miao’s mother fiercely when she saw her.

“Don’t stare at me. I didn’t make you go this far. It’s you, Lanlan, who’s getting old and confused.” Mai Miao Niang handed the money wrapped in red cloth to Old Lady Lu, “Here, give me some.”

The villagers who originally thought that Mai Miao Niang came to eat melons were stunned.

Is this possible?

Old Man and Mrs. Lu are so proud, but they are willing to let the male in their family marry into the family!

Are they crazy? What happened!

Someone whispered, “I heard that it was Lu Laoliu who

insisted on marrying into the family.” Old Mrs. Feng sneered, “My house is next door to his, and I heard it clearly. Laoliu couldn’t eat enough and couldn’t find a wife, so he was shouting that he wanted to get married.”

“The two Lu family members are still unwilling to find a wife for Laoliu. I think they think Laoliu has a good temper and deceived him into coming. Now they want to use the betrothal gift for Laoliu to marry his fifth son. He really married a golden wife.”

“Feng is talking nonsense, are you serious? It’s impossible.”

Old Mrs. Feng found the one who was talking in the crowd, glared at him and cursed, “When did I lie? I was lying on the wall of their house and listening. I didn’t sleep all night and was bitten by mosquitoes and got several big lumps. I was itching to death.”

“Don’t believe it? Do you want to see the mosquito bites on my body, and there’s one on my eyelid!”

Everyone…

Usually, Old Mrs. Feng never tells the truth and is unreliable, but this story sounds quite reliable.

Old Mrs. Lu couldn’t stand the words outside, so she took the money and went back to the house in shame.

The people outside who were watching the show stayed for a long time and surrounded Mai Miao Niang to ask questions.

Mai Miao Niang smiled and said, “It’s mainly because of the two of them. The sixth child also grew up under my nose and is a good child…” She

left without saying much.

But her polite words made the Lu family seem too disrespectful. It was not until the lunch break was over that the team leader rang the gong and asked everyone to go to work before they dispersed.

Lu Xuan and Lu Ye naturally went to work as well, and they felt more energetic than usual.

Lu Qing went into the house again and scolded Old Mrs. Lu and her husband Lu Chenglong Yujiao. Shen Wu was listening outside. No one inside refuted, but if anyone refuted, Lu Qing would scold them even more fiercely, and they scolded for more than half an hour. Since

it was not their own scolding, Shen Wu and Xu Yin just felt good listening secretly.

What big bad guy in the book, what the only obstacle for the heroine in the countryside, Shen Wu now only thinks that this is her dear elder sister-in-law.

There is no conflict between the sister-in-law and her.

Lu Qing scolded her and looked at Shen Wu and Xu Yin who were playing with the children.

She didn’t know these two new married women, but they didn’t look like the ones who made trouble. The matter was so big, and the two of them almost didn’t talk.

Shen Wu didn’t know what she was thinking. If she knew, she would only think that she had done nothing behind her.

Lu Qing divided the shaqima given by Shen Wu among the children.

Then she said to Shen Wu and Xu Yin, “I have something to do at home, so I’ll go back first.”

After thinking for a while, she added, “My parents have something to do. You don’t have to spoil them. If you can’t, let the third and fourth children call me.” She knows what her parents are like.

“Don’t care about the rumors in the village. Just live a good life.”

Lu Qing’s explanation obviously treated them as juniors, and they were obviously not much older than her.

“Sister, we can’t bear to part with you.” Shen Wu was sincere. “Give them all the shaqi ma, and this candy is for you.”

Lu Qing looked at Shen Wu stuffing her a handful of White Rabbit milk candies, and a rare smile flashed across her thin and cold face. “I’m not a child anymore.”

“This is a gift from both of us.”

Lu Qing looked at Shen Wu and then at Xu Yin, and asked puzzledly, “I heard that you two have a bad relationship?”

“Although our relationship is not good, it doesn’t affect the fact that we both think you are good, sister. We can be at peace for a few minutes for you.” Shen Wu said, looking at Xu Yin, “Isn’t that right, Xu Yin?”

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. This elder sister-in-law is very good at scolding people, and it suits Xu Yin’s temper. She nodded, “Yeah.”

Lu Qing laughed, “Okay, I’ll take your candy and leave first. I’ll come back on the day Xiaoliu and Maimiao get married.”

The Laoya Village is bustling today. People going to the fields are talking about the Lu family splitting up and Lu Laoliu marrying into the family.

This embarrassing thing, when Old Lady Lu didn’t go out, few enemies came to find him, but it was not the same for Old Man Lu. Whenever he had free time, he would come to ask him what was going on and comment on it.

“Stupid! Stupid!”

After living separately, they also separated cooking and other things. When Shen Wu went to cook, she met Long Yujiao who had just finished cooking. She smiled gently and said, “I’ll go take food to my parents.”

When Long Yujiao was about to go out with the bowl in her hand and a smile on her face, she just reached the door and a pair of long legs crossed the door in front of her, blocking her way.