noffsinger Chapter 216 The lion opens its mouth
Chapter 216 The lion opens its mouth
Li Laoliu was numb. As an honest man, he really felt that his three views were completely shattered by his brother-in-law's words.
After hesitating for a long time, Li Laoliu thought of something else. He told his brother-in-law frankly that Gu Wenxuan not only had a good temper, good skills and the ability to make money, but also had a wealthy family. With the current financial situation of the Gu family, they would definitely not marry their daughter to his brother-in-law's grandson.
After all, although his brother-in-law's family was wealthier than his family, they could only barely make ends meet, and could not be compared with Gu Wenxuan's current family.
However, his brother-in-law looked at him as if he were a fool. "If her family is not well off and she can't make money, why should my grandson lower himself to curry favor with her?"
Is it because she is dark, or because she eats half a bowl of rice more than others in one meal?
(Gu Wenxuan: ...I'm just asking you if you're polite?)
Li Laoliu was extremely angry, but he had no way to deal with his shameless brother-in-law and his family. After much thought, he decided to go and warn Gu Wenxuan's family.
The old man felt extremely ashamed. After apologizing to the Gu family, he said that he had decided to drive them away. He no longer wanted the bags of food they had given him and returned them to them as they were.
Old Master Gu and the others didn't know about this, but Gu Wenxuan smiled and said to Li Laoliu, "Don't be angry, and don't worry. If his grandson dares to get close to me, I don't need to do anything. The other people in the patrol team will teach him what the rules are."
She told Li Laoliu that the young man had been ordered around by the patrol team members these days. Not only could he not show off his talents in front of Gu Wenxuan, he didn't even get a chance to talk to her.
In other words, his hospitality was in vain, he didn't even get the girl, but he had been a free laborer for a while.
Li Laoliu was immediately happy when he heard this. He was a man of dull brain and could not deal with his brother-in-law's family, but he was very happy that Gu Wenxuan could easily deal with those who had evil intentions.
Gu Wenxuan comforted him again, telling him not to chase them away and not to worry about the matter. Li Laoliu felt relieved and went home happily.
Coincidentally, Fang Youliang's fiancée's parents and younger brother also had the same idea.
Fang Youliang is the child of the third branch of the Fang family. His father Fang Dazhong and his mother Pang Shi both respect their eldest sister-in-law Gu Xing very much. Gu Xing has a good relationship with Gu Wenxuan's family. For Gu Xing's sake, they have helped Gu Wenxuan's family a lot before.
Of course, when Gu Wenxuan's family rose to prominence later on, their family also benefited greatly from it.
The two families have a close relationship, and Fang Youliang's family is getting more and more prosperous day by day. This is why they have the confidence to accept Fang Youliang's fiancée and her family to stay at their home.
The Fang family was poor before, so the family that could marry into their family would naturally not be a wealthy family. But even such a family that was still on the brink of starvation now had their eyes on Gu Wenxuan.
Fang Youliang was speechless and told the other party bluntly that Gu Wenxuan was already engaged, and the man was a powerful figure like Bai Jingzhou, and asked them not to have any bad ideas. As a result, the family immediately became unhappy.
His future father-in-law accused him of not being able to distinguish between inside and outside, not siding with his own in-laws, but instead helping Bai Jingzhou, an outsider.
Fang Youliang's parents tried to explain for their son, but the other party blamed them as well.
When Fang Youliang saw that they were looking down on his parents, he immediately became angry and stuck his neck out to figure out who was right and who was wrong.
The two families quarreled more and more fiercely, and the other party even threatened to cancel the engagement.
They thought that they could threaten Fang Youliang's family in this way. After all, Fang Youliang's family was poor and it was not easy for them to get married. In order to facilitate this marriage, they had previously humbled themselves in front of their family.
What they didn't know was that Fang Youliang not only had his own small treasury now, but also because he had been working with Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou, his horizons had broadened and he had become more confident, and he was not afraid of their threats at all.
He even felt that for a family like this one that didn't understand how things work, canceling the marriage would do more good than harm.
Fang Youliang agreed immediately, "If you want to withdraw, then withdraw!"
His parents became anxious. One of them grabbed their son and scolded him not to talk nonsense, while the other hurried to apologize to that family.
However, the more humble they were, the more confident that family became.
They even suggested that Fang Youliang's mother go to help their son find a wife. If she could marry Gu Wenxuan to their family, they would let their daughter marry into the family. Otherwise, Fang Youliang's family would have to add another 20 taels of silver as a betrothal gift.
Fang Youliang's parents were dumbfounded. If they had so much money to give to the girl, would they bother to find such an unreasonable family as their son's in-laws? Their daughter was not so pretty or capable.
It is because they are poor that they don’t mind if the other person’s family is difficult to deal with, or if the other person is dark, thin, short and cross-eyed.
After all, when the engagement was made, they knew very well what their family conditions were like, and they were content as long as their son could get married.
Later, when their lives got better, they did not cancel the engagement and continued to treat each other with courtesy. It was because they were kind people, not because they were weak and could be bullied.
The couple looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
Fang Youliang couldn't stand the other party's unreasonable demands. He insisted on canceling the engagement and asked his sister to find the head of the village and two village elders who lived nearby.
Unable to persuade their stubborn son, his parents were angry and anxious. They could only patiently try to reason with the other party and ask them not to propose such an outrageous condition.
The more anxious they were, the more proud that family became. Fang Youliang's fiancée's younger brother even mocked Fang Youliang loudly, "Your family is so poor that you can't even afford a piece of vegetable leaf. How dare you yell that you want to break off the engagement with my family?"
Fang Youliang's fiancée's mother echoed loudly, "That's right, if you really break off the engagement with my family, you'll be single for the rest of your life!"
Fang Youliang had a sullen face and didn't argue with them at all.
When Bai Lizheng and the two village elders who lived nearby were invited over, Fang Youliang immediately told them about their plan to take advantage of Gu Wenxuan.
The three old men and the younger generations from various families who came with them became angry when they heard this, and they looked at that family with strange eyes.
Fang Youliang took the opportunity to say, "Anyway, my parents and I don't have the ability to marry Wenxuan to their family. We can't do such a thing that goes against our conscience, and my family can't afford the twenty-five taels of silver betrothal gift."
The villagers who came to watch the noise gasped. Wow, twenty-five taels, is it because his daughter's jewel is inlaid with gold that it is extra valuable?
Fang Youliang continued amid the whispers of the crowd, "Since they want to cancel the engagement, then it's better to cancel it. As they said, my family is indeed very poor. We can't afford to serve a family like this who wants an additional 20 taels of silver as a betrothal gift even if we sell everything we have."