Chapter 74: The wronged puppy

Perhaps, in most people’s cognition, it is extremely rare for brothers to have such a good relationship after getting married and starting a family.

But from Mai Xiangbei’s perspective, it is easy to understand.

He has no memory of his parents. They died when Mai Xiangbei was very young.

His brothers are his “parents”.

After many years, he still clearly remembers that when he was sick and about to die, it was his eldest brother who carried him to the hospital overnight.

He also saw with his own eyes that his eldest brother knelt on the ground and begged the doctor to save him.

And when he was abducted by human traffickers, it was his second brother who chased him for three miles with a knife and finally stopped the traffickers.

Later, the eldest and third brothers came and fought with the traffickers.

There is still a deep scar on the third brother’s thigh that can be seen to the bone. It was the wound he was cut in the fight with the traffickers.

If it weren’t for the third brother’s good luck, he would have died that year.

Later, when he was about to give up because of the high bride price, it was the third brother who helped him fill the gap and let him marry a city girl.

But this also caused the third brother’s own wife to break up.

Otherwise, the third brother would not have been single all the time and never married again.

The third brother often said to others that he didn’t like the ones introduced by the matchmaker, but in fact, the third brother gave him all the money.

It’s a pity that he knew it too late, otherwise he would rather be single for the rest of his life and never take the third brother’s money.

He still remembered what the third brother said when he gave him the money:

“It’s a blessing for us country boys to marry a city girl in several lifetimes. It’s normal to ask for a little more bride price.

Take it. The third brother has been lucky in playing cards recently and won a lot.

It seems that this is destined by God. He knows that you want to marry a wife and is sending us money.”

In order to comfort him, the third brother lied to him that he won the money from playing cards.

But what Mai Xiangbei didn’t know was that all this was just a coincidence.

At that time, Mai Laosan was indeed introduced by someone and was about to marry a young and beautiful widow.

But later it was discovered that the widow had an affair with another man, and the matter fell through.

How could Mai Lao San have the nerve to shout about such a shameful thing.

Later, he really didn’t like the ugly girls introduced by the matchmaker.

Although he was a widower with two children, he also had requirements, not just anyone could do it!

As a result, the older he got, the harder it was to find one.

Mai Lao San simply stopped looking.

As a result, a misunderstanding was created, which made Mai Xiangbei feel guilty all the time.

I thought Mai Lao San was obsessed with the widow and had a deep love for her.

It was because he had no money at the time that he broke up. It also led to him being discouraged and never wanting to find one again.

Just… cry to death!

Lin Shuhua also knew about this, but she felt that since the old Mai family had no elders, it was only right for the elder brother to give money to the younger brother to marry a wife.

Besides, she is a city girl, marrying a country boy like you, so what’s wrong with asking for more gifts.

Anyway, Lin Shuhua could not understand Mai Xiangbei’s mentality.

However, although Mai Xiangbei was good to Mai Laosan’s brothers, he was also very good to Lin Shuhua and her daughter.

He was not the kind of person who would mistreat his wife and support his brothers.

Since Lin Shuhua did not have a job, Mai Xiangbei was afraid that she would be worried because she had no money.

So, out of a monthly salary of 75 yuan, he only kept 10 yuan and gave the rest to Lin Shuhua.

Now he promised not to keep a penny.

He never said a word of empty words to Lin Shuhua’s behavior of giving money to her parents.

He really couldn’t understand why Lin Shuhua looked down on his brothers.

If it was because city people always looked down on rural people, then why did she marry him?

On the other side, Mai Sui and his friends came out of Mai Xiangbei’s house and prepared to go back to the village.

Seeing that they had a lot of stuff, Lu Chengye suggested driving them back.

Shen Xingchen refused without a second’s thought, fearing that if he delayed a second, some conscienceless person would agree.

Then he must drown in the vinegar jar today!

Mai Laosan and Mai Hongcai wanted to, but Shen Xingchen had already driven them away.

At this moment, Mai Laosan finally realized Shen Xingchen’s hostility towards Lu Chengye.

He was still muttering in his heart: He wouldn’t know, right?

So he quietly pulled Mai Sui aside to ask.

As a result, Mai Sui said frankly: “I know, Lu Chengye and I were walking by the river that day and happened to meet Shen Xingchen.”

Mai Laosan:…..

In this case, Mai Laosan no longer complained about Shen Xingchen’s refusal to see Lu Chengye off.

He would be anxious if he were in his place!

Afterwards, Mai Laosan and Mai Hongcai went to the station to take a minibus, while Mai Sui and Shen Xingchen rode bicycles back.

Because Mai Sui didn’t like the smell on the minibus, now that she had bought a bicycle, she would naturally not force herself to squeeze into the minibus.

Except for a 50-kilogram bag of rice that was still on the bicycle, Mai Sui threw all the other small things to Mai Laosan and the others.

Otherwise, it would be uncomfortable for her to sit.

After the four of them parted ways, Shen Xingchen went to the bank to withdraw money.

After coming out of the bank, Shen Xingchen handed the money to Mai Sui, another two hundred.

The experience of being stuffed with money by others was very new to Mai Sui.

“What are you giving it to me for?” Mai Sui asked.

“Household use.” Shen Xingchen replied as a matter of course.

Mai Sui pushed back: “I said, if you follow me, you don’t have to worry about this kind of thing, I will support you.”

Shen Xingchen was amused by Mai Sui’s serious expression.

He has only heard of men supporting their wives, but never heard of wives supporting men.

What to do? This kind of Su Sui is really cute, I want to hug her…

But there are people coming and going on the street, Shen Xingchen’s eyes flicker, and he can only try his best to restrain himself.

But Shen Xingchen still stuffed the money into Mai Sui: “Just put it here with you, if I need it, I will ask you for it.”

On the way back, Shen Xingchen rode a bike, with rice tied to the front bar, and Mai Sui sitting on the back seat.

Shen Xingchen rode very fast until he was out of the main urban area and in the suburbs, he suddenly stopped.

“Why did you stop?” Mai Sui asked.

Shen Xingchen did not reply immediately, but got off the car and turned around.

Then he hugged Mai Sui and pressed it hard into his arms.

His chin rested on the crook of Mai Sui’s neck, and his voice was full of grievance: “Sui Sui, you… forget it today…”

The puppy looked aggrieved, and Mai Sui, no matter how slow to react, could still notice something was wrong.

So, he coaxed as gently as possible: “What’s wrong? What do you mean forget it?”

Shen Xingchen did not answer, but lowered his head and rubbed Mai Sui’s neck.

He looked like a puppy begging for his owner’s caress.

However, Mai Sui grabbed Shen Xingchen’s hair at the back of his head and pulled him away in a very unpleasant way.

“Tell me! What’s the matter?”

It seemed that the boss was not good at coaxing people, and he showed his true colors just after he coaxed someone.

Shen Xingchen felt pain, and the charming and ambiguous atmosphere was directly broken by someone.

Despite this, Shen Xingchen was reluctant to say a harsh word to Mai Sui.

Instead, he asked carefully: “Sui Sui, you like me, right?”