Chapter 45 Marrying a Wife
"Cousin, I wish you a happy wedding. This is a gift for my sister-in-law." Qianhuan handed over the silver bracelet in her hand.
She specially selected a silver bracelet for her eldest cousin's wife as a wedding gift, mainly because Qianhuan felt that this eldest cousin was a good person. When she fell into the water, he would rather not marry a wife, but gave her the money to buy medicine first. For this reason, she was also happy to be nice to them.
"Qianhuan, this gift is too expensive. I can't accept it." Wen Yong saw that it was a silver bracelet and quickly refused it.
"Oh, Qianhuan, you gave your sister-in-law such a beautiful bracelet. As a mother-in-law, I will accept it on her behalf. My daughter-in-law will definitely like your gift very much."
When Zhu saw that her son actually pushed the gift away, she cursed him inwardly and called him a fool, then immediately ran over and snatched the silver bracelet away.
"Mom, what are you doing? This bracelet is too valuable, please return it to Sister Qianhuan." Wen Yong looked displeased, and he reached out to take the bracelet from Zhu's hand.
"What are you returning? This is for your wife, not for you." While scolding her son, Zhu quickly grabbed the silver bracelet and took a step back.
"Brother, please don't refuse. The bracelet is for my sister-in-law. Please accept it."
"Okay." His mother would definitely not return the bracelet to his cousin, so Wen Yong had no choice but to nod and agree.
"Aunt, please take out the bracelet and give it to my cousin Wenyong." Qianhuan was really worried about Zhu. Who knew if she would use the silver bracelet to subsidize her second son who was studying.
"It's the same if I hold it. I'll give it to your sister-in-law later." Zhu didn't want to give it to her son.
"I want my eldest cousin to put it on my sister-in-law himself. Aunt, please take it out."
Zhu had no choice but to give the bracelet to her son reluctantly.
Wen Yong put away the silver bracelet and warmly invited them to take their seats, saying, "Uncle, Aunt, and Sister Qianhua, please take your seats quickly. We have reserved a place for you at Grandpa and Grandma's table. We will start eating soon."
The family of three then looked towards the table where Old Man Liang was sitting, and saw Cuihua and Sun Wang were also sitting at that table.
"Second brother, bring your wife and daughter to sit next to daddy." Old man Liang waved to them happily.
His eldest grandson finally got married, and soon they will have a great-grandson. How could he not be happy?
After the three of them sat down, the family of three called out to Old Man Liang and Old Lady Liang, and Old Man Liang happily responded.
However, Mrs. Liang turned her head away and pretended not to hear because she had a lot of complaints about the family of three.
Cuihua, who was sitting next to Old Lady Liang, had an even gloomier face, as if she was not there to attend a wedding banquet but to attend a funeral.
She saw from afar that Qianhuan's skin was no longer as dark and yellow as before, but was beginning to become fair and rosy. She was jealous to the point of going crazy.
Cuihua originally thought that her second uncle had a leg injury and lost his ability to make money, and that their family of three would definitely have a hard time after being separated. She had always hoped that Qianhuan would become more and more withered and haggard due to the hardships of life.
Who would have thought that their family of three would be getting better and better, especially Qianhuan's lake blue dress, which was so beautiful and made her look radiant when she wore it.
At this time, people at other tables couldn't help but discuss: "I didn't expect that Liang Lao Er and Liu, who are average looking, actually gave birth to such a beautiful daughter."
"Yes, that's what they call good shoots come out of bad bamboos."
There were also girls from the same village who came to the banquet, including those of Qianhuan's age, and many of them were envious and jealous.
"Humph, what's the point of being pretty? Jiang Tongsheng's family still broke off the engagement."
The person who said this was a girl from the Xu family in the same village. Her name was Xu Tingting. She was the same age as Qianhuan and she had always had a crush on Jiang Tongsheng.
After Jiang Tongsheng canceled Qianhuan's marriage, she was complacent and even asked her mother to go to the Jiang family to sound out the situation, hoping to get engaged to Jiang Lin. However, she was rejected outright by Jiang Lin's mother. She had already resented Qianhuan in her heart.
When Cuihua saw someone disparaging Qianhuan, she immediately became interested.
She couldn't help but said sarcastically, "That's right. Some people are restless even after their engagements are broken off. They are born with a seductive look. I don't know what shameful things they did to have the money to buy such expensive gifts."
Wen Yong is getting married today, and there are many people coming, not all of them are from this village. Those who don't know the truth started whispering after hearing what Cuihua said. Qianhuan was born with a charming appearance, and she has become even fatter and more beautiful after taking care of herself during this period of time.
Liang Laoer had always had difficulty walking and had no ability to make money, but his family of three not only bought new furniture for their home, but also wore new clothes and cloth shoes. The gift they sent now was actually a silver bracelet. Everyone felt that what Cuihua said seemed to make sense. It was possible that Liang Qianhuan seduced some man and did some shameful thing to get the money.
When Liu saw Cuihua slandering her daughter, she was so angry that she blurted out: "Qianhua is only 13 years old, how could she do such shameful things? Everyone in the village knows that our family is engaged in the business of roasted chestnuts in sugar, Cuihua, you'd better be kind and stop slandering me."
"What is this sugar-roasted chestnut business? How come I don't know about it? I think she is doing something shameful."
Cuihua married into Sun Wang's family, which was twenty or thirty miles away from Yunfeng Village. She had not been back for a month, so naturally she had no idea about this matter.
"Cuihua, you are Qianhuan's cousin, how dare you slander your cousin like this? Every household in our Yunfeng Village knows about this sugar-roasted chestnut, and this is a way of making money that Qianhuan came up with. Thanks to Qianhuan, the people in our village can make a little money from selling chestnuts to improve their family's life."
Aunt Li was the first one to stand up for Qianhuan. Ever since she earned several hundred coins from selling chestnuts at Liang Laoer's house, she would never find fault with Liang Laoer's family again, nor would she target them.
"That's right, Qianhuan is such a smart girl. Cuihua, as her cousin, how can you accuse her of innocence without knowing the truth?" Aunt Yang also chimed in.
"This Cuihua is so vicious that she doesn't even care about her cousin's reputation."
Everyone began to blame Cuihua.
"I was in a hurry and didn't understand the situation clearly. Qianhuan, you won't blame my cousin, right?" Cuihua hurriedly found a lame excuse to defend herself. She didn't expect that only two months after she got married, even Aunt Li, who had always been at odds with her second uncle's family, would speak for Qianhuan.
"Of course I... blame you. You're married now, not a child anymore, but you're still so outspoken. Be careful that you'll get into trouble one day because of your mouth. Others won't be as easy to talk to as I am."
Oh, for someone who always hopes for bad things for me, do you still expect me to be nice to her? Sorry, I can't do it. Not scolding her is already showing mercy.
"You...I am your cousin after all. Is this how you talk to your cousin?"
"You also know that you are my cousin. How can a cousin be so active in ruining the reputation of her own cousin? I'm afraid you are even worse than a stranger."
"you……"
"Cuihua, shut up! Today is your brother's big day, so just be quiet."
Cuihua originally wanted to retort to Qianhuan, but Old Man Liang glared at Cuihua and yelled at her, saying that this eldest granddaughter was really not presentable and was always causing trouble.
Cuihua's cousin Zhu Wu and his family also came to the Liang family's old house for the wedding banquet. Zhu Wu's eyes were always on Qianhuan. He looked at Qianhuan, who was so dazzling in the crowd in a lake blue dress, and his heart was filled with ripples again.
He is 16 years old now. Country men usually get married early. Other men of his age would have already been arranged to get married by their families.
Her mother had asked him a long time ago if he had a girl he liked. Although he was thinking about Qianhuan at that time, he did not tell the truth to his mother because she had a fiancé, Jiang Tongsheng.
Later, Qianhuan broke off the engagement with Jiang Tongsheng. He told the truth to his mother and asked her to go to his house to propose marriage. Unfortunately, his mother disliked Liang Laoer because he had a lame leg and looked down on Qianhuan. No matter how much he begged, his mother would not agree.
Seeing Qianhuan becoming more and more beautiful and charming, he couldn't help but have some ideas in his mind. He would go back and beg his mother again that he must marry Qianhuan.
Cuihua's eyes were also on Zhu Wu. She saw that her cousin's eyes were always on Qianhuan, and she wished she could kill Qianhuan again.
She glared at Qianhuan with ferocious eyes, but turned to Zhu Wu with tenderness on her face.
Sun Wang saw all this and felt extremely upset. He usually responded to Cuihua's requests, but who knew that she was only thinking about her cousin.
He said to Cuihua with a mocking look on his face: "Why don't you take a piss and look in the mirror? How can you compare yourself with your cousin? Her mind is on your cousin, has she ever looked at you straight in the eye?"
Sun Wang's words touched Cuihua's sore spot. She turned around and glared at Sun Wang fiercely. She was already disgusted by Sun Wang's ugly appearance, and when she heard him say such words, she hated him even more.
Cuihua married Sun Wang reluctantly at first, and Sun Wang was really good to her. Sun Wang's mother knew that Cuihua's younger brother Wenzhi was a scholar and her own son was ugly. The Sun family felt that they were marrying above their station, so the whole family treated Cuihua very well.
But Cuihua was always thinking about her cousin in her heart, and occasionally compared Sun Wang with her cousin Zhu Wu, always saying that Sun Wang was not as handsome as her cousin.
Sun Wang would be angry if he knew about it. Sun Wang's mother gradually found out some things as well. She gradually started to dislike her daughter-in-law.
Cuihua blamed Qianhuan for all this.
After the wedding banquet, Wang Zhaodi's family members hinted that they wanted to take the silver bracelet that Qianhuan had given them back home.
Wang Zhaodi was not a pushover, so she naturally wouldn't allow it.
She was looked down upon by her parents in her natal family, and all the good things were given to her younger brother Wang Fuman. Now that she is married, she is a member of the Liang family, and she will no longer allow her natal family to control her.
Seeing her like this, her parents could only leave unwillingly.