First watch.
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"Zhao Qiliang, do you not like anymore?" Seeing Zhao Qiliang staring blankly at her without saying a word for a long ti, Luo Xiaoqiong’s eyes reddened, "Actually, all you said are just excuses, not liking is the truth, isn’t it?"
"No no no..." Zhao Qiliang waved his hands frantically, "Xiaoqiong, it’s not... not like that, it’s... it’s just unexpected for you to make such a decision, I..."
"What do you an, can’t you be straightforward?" Luo Xiaoqiong adjusted her expression and glared at him in dissatisfaction, "I’ve even proposed to you, what more do you want?"
"I..." Zhao Qiliang looked to his dear cousin for help, he really didn’t know what to do.
"Brother, don’t look at , I can’t make this decision for you, well, you two take your ti to discuss, I have to go over to Doudou’s place, so I’ll be heading out first."
"Where are you going..." Luo Xiaoqiong pulled her back, "You have to stay and be a witness, besides, if we both get married on the sa day as Doudou, we have to start preparing right away, you have to accompany , Doudou’s side has almost everything ready, whether you go or not doesn’t make much of a difference."
"You’re... serious?" Chuxia looked at Luo Xiaoqiong with so uncertainty, "With only two days, notifying the family is a bit nerve-wracking."
"It’s fine, Aunt Yulan and Uncle Baohe, aren’t your grandparents all here? We’ll have one ceremony here first, then have another back ho, won’t that work?"
At this mont, Zhao Qiliang had co to his senses completely and seriously looked at Luo Xiaoqiong, "Are you sure this is the result of your careful consideration, are you certain you won’t regret it?"
"Of course!" Luo Xiaoqiong nodded forcefully, "I’ve thought this over in my mind many tis, just hadn’t made up my mind before, now knowing your feelings, I have no more hesitation.’
Zhao Qiliang, don’t talk about what’s good for , or leaving room for retreat, all I want is to be with you right now in life, no matter what happens in the future, being together this lifeti is enough.
Feelings aren’t like a faucet, turned off, they’re gone, turned on, they’re there, besides you, whether I’ll like soone else in this life, even I don’t know, but what I know is what I want most now is to marry you!"
"Alright." Zhao Qiliang nodded solemnly, "I’ll go back now to get the referral letter..." He turned to look at Chuxia, "Sis, I’ll trouble you with your sister-in-law."
A slight pause, Chuxia realized he referred to Luo Xiaoqiong as "sister-in-law," imdiately nodded, "Alright, don’t worry brother, I’ll accompany sister-in-law to get the proof, then co find you to et up, but I think before you two handle this affair, you should call ho, let both families know, and I think, even if we still have to hold one back ho, they would want to co over."
"Yes, call the family first." Luo Xiaoqiong stood up hastily, pulling Zhao Qiliang as they headed out, while instructing Chuxia, "You sit here, don’t move, I’ll co find you after the call."
"Don’t talk like I’m made of porcelain, can’t be touched..." Chuxia rolled her eyes speechlessly, and shouted towards Luo Xiaoqiong’s back as she left, "I’ll wait for you outside in the car."
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"Xia, your uncle and aunt called..." Zhao Yulan suddenly halted, looking at Luo Xiaoqiong and Zhao Qiliang following behind Chuxia, "Are you two... really getting married?"
"Yes, Aunt Yulan, we’ve already got the proof ready, we’re going to get the marriage certificate first thing tomorrow morning." Luo Xiaoqiong said while handing a docunt folder from her bag to Zhao Yulan, "It’s all in black and white here, Zhao Qiliang can’t regret even if he wants to, haha..." She suddenly realized there’s a lot of people in the hall, and awkwardly smiled.
Old Master Zhao and Old Lady Zhao were also sitting in the hall, upon hearing, got up excitedly, Chuxia pulled Luo Xiaoqiong towards the elder couple, "Grandma Grandpa, happy?"
Luo Xiaoqiong blushed and greeted the elder couple, then greeted Old Master Zhou, Old Madam Zhou, Second Uncle Zhou’s family, Third Uncle Zhou’s family one by one as they smiled at her, anwhile, Zhao Qiliang had been pulled over by Zhou Xikang and Zhou Huakang...
And at this mont, the happiest must be Li Aiyuan and Zhao Yushan.
The couple never dread this joyful news would co so quickly, a few days ago, they were troubled by rumors, so worried and anxious, if they hadn’t really been unsure, they wouldn’t have called Zhao Yulan asking for help to inquire about the situation.
As a result, before the stone in their hearts settled, suddenly ca such a huge joyful news!
Benefiting from their niece’s luck, Zhao Yushan has now been transferred to the town, several people in the village, openly flattering and trying to curry favor, but secretly waiting to see the joke.
And how could the couple not understand what everyone was thinking?
When Zhao Yushan was the village party secretary, quite a few people were secretly eager to take his place. But people are strange; once he moved away and vacated the position, they started coveting his current position.
On the surface they appeared polite and enthusiastic, but behind closed doors, they spoke countless sour words. For the villagers, a county official is not as approachable as the present administrator, and gradually, so people’s attitudes shifted.
Although Zhao Yushan moved to the town, Li Aiyuan remained in the village, and how could she not know about the rumors circulating in the village?
The phone call was made to Zhao Yushan in the town. After confirming several tis that he hadn’t misheard, he imdiately went to find Zhang Guoqing, the current commune secretary and Zhao Yushan’s brother-in-law. Upon hearing the news, Zhang Guoqing was just as excited as Zhao Yushan and urged him to quickly go ho and share the good news.
After Zhao Yushan and Li Aiyuan shared a mont of joy, they rode their bicycle to Dalin Village.
The ti Luo Gangshun and Fat Auntie received the news was roughly the sa as Zhao Yushan. However, their feelings about the matter were vastly different from those of the Zhao Yushan couple.
It’s not that they weren’t happy about the marriage — they did harbor so aspirations to climb higher socially. But mainly, marrying off a daughter is different from taking a daughter-in-law. They felt their daughter handled the matter too hastily, which seed unfair.
Thus, when Luo Gangshun returned ho and told Fat Auntie, she started wiping away her tears, "This child, in such a big matter, how could she decide for herself?
At least she could have discussed it with us, let us be ntally prepared. Moreover, nothing was organized, so what kind of wedding is this? Even if they ca back ho to hold it, it would be a second one, and it’s just not the sa."
"Alright, the child has already decided to do it, so stop overthinking..." Luo Gangshun said while sighing again, "That stubborn girl, always insists on her ideas. At the very least, she could have inford us ahead of ti, but now..."
"Sigh, we can’t bla the child..." As her husband began to complain, Fat Auntie started defending her daughter, "You know her temper since she was a child. On reflection, she did the right thing. Qiliang is a good kid, and we can’t just think of ourselves."
"I’m not only thinking of ourselves. I was considering that we should prepare more dowry for her, right? Originally, it was set for the end of the year, but the quilts haven’t been made, and sheets haven’t been bought, and there’s no ti in just a couple of days, right?"
"We can prepare those when we co back. We’ll discuss it with the young couple when we visit, and we must hold it at ho, which will be at least half a month later. We’ll have ti to arrange everything."
Luo Gangshun nodded, "Alright, we’ll do it your way."
"Look at you..." Fat Auntie suddenly rolled her eyes at him, "Do you think I didn’t notice your little sches? You feared I’d bla our in-laws, so you deliberately spoke against our daughter to provoke — isn’t that right? We’ve been together all our lives, and you’re still calculating against , Luo Gangshun—are you an ungrateful person?"
"Haha..." Caught by his wife, Luo Gangshun laughed awkwardly, "Cha Xiang, I was just trying to calm you down. You know our girl’s temperant — once she decides on sothing, we can’t change her mind. Better to go along with it, and everyone’s happy, right?
On top of that, Zhao brother and Sister-in-law Zhao are honest people. If you say sothing, they won’t hold a grudge, but it will make them uncomfortable, won’t it?"
"What is there to be uncomfortable about? My daughter, whom I raised, is his family’s daughter-in-law now, and I can’t speak? Moreover, our daughter is now more capable than Qiliang. Their family is making a massive gain."
"Cha Xiang..." Luo Gangshun’s expression imdiately turned serious, "I must emphasize again, it doesn’t matter whether our daughter progresses well or our son-in-law does—it’s all the sa to us. You can’t feel superior to them.
Besides, why has our daughter done well? Isn’t it thanks to Chuxia’s help? If you think of it that way, Chuxia is still Qiliang’s cousin, so we owe them, don’t we?"
"Co on now, Chuxia helped Xiaoqiong because they’re friends, not because Xiaoqiong is her future sister-in-law. If Chuxia were inclined towards Qiliang, she wouldn’t have helped Xiaoqiong so much."
"You know that too?" Luo Gangshun chuckled and patted his wife’s shoulder, "So no matter how much you think about it, these accounts can’t be figured out. But, whether Xiaoqiong or Qiliang, they both benefited from Chuxia. If you beco dissatisfied with Qiliang because Xiaoqiong is doing well, you’d be wasting Chuxia’s good intentions."
"I know..." Fat Auntie glared at her husband disapprovingly, "Do you really see as unreasonable? Would I genuinely be mad at Qiliang? I’m just mad at our daughter; we raised her, and she couldn’t even discuss it with us before deciding. We couldn’t have disagreed with you, right?"
Luo Gangshun quickly agreed with his wife, "You’re right; we should talk to our daughter later. She shouldn’t beco so capable that there’s no room for her parents in her eyes, right?
"Hmm." Fat Auntie nodded, sighed again, and looked at her husband with a face full of reluctance, "You say she’s getting married? Our daughter will really beco part of another family?" (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please go to Qidian (qidian) to vote for recomnded and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian to read.)
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