Chapter 4 A confident smile
Chapter 4 A confident smile
"What kind of attitude is this?!" Liu's mother was even angrier and shouted loudly.
Three days ago, Liu's mother and He's mother learned that the Xia family had spent all their money on Xia Mo's medicine, and they were already feeling resentful. When they heard Xia's eldest brother and second brother's tone, their eyes immediately blazed with anger.
After exchanging glances, Brother Xia and Brother Xia Er stepped forward to speak.
Looking at Liu's mother and He's mother, Brother Xia sincerely and solemnly expressed: "My little sister is very important. I got married so that my wife could join us in loving and caring for her! So that there would be one more person to love and care for our little sister!"
"Aunt Liu said those things just now for your own good! She was afraid your younger sister would take away your interests! And now you're telling me that getting married is about having another person to care for your younger sister! Is your family joking with us?! A sister-in-law who's going to marry out of the family is more important than a wife?!" Mother He questioned angrily.
"you……"
After hearing what He's mother said, Liu's mother's temper surged up, and she became even more upset, glaring at Xia's mother and grinding her teeth.
"Fine, fine, you can all go and live your lives with your precious little sister!"
With a swift sweep, Liu's mother knocked the sugar water and its bowl to the ground with a loud crash, then stormed off in anger.
Mother He, not forgetting to offer hindsight advice, said, "Look, look! No wonder Sister Liu looks down on your family. Does this place even resemble a home?! What good girl would want to marry into a family like yours!"
Liu's mother and He's mother left, both filled with anger.
The Xia family members inside the main room were both angry and aggrieved.
Xia's father and mother felt that Xia Mo was their responsibility and felt sorry for Xia's eldest and second eldest brothers. They were ashamed and dared not look the two of them in the eye.
The next morning, the Liu and He families sent people to break off the engagement.
They not only broke off the engagement, but they also told everyone they met along the way.
"You have no idea how outrageous the Xia family is! They actually used the money meant for their two sons to get married to their daughter! They completely disregard their two sons. If they really marry their daughter into such a family, wouldn't that be sending her into a wolf's den!"
Hearing what the Liu and He families said, everyone felt that the Liu and He families were right. In their eyes, the Xia family was the odd one out.
This is the folk custom of the Great Sheng Dynasty!
The Xia family didn't want Xia Mo to know that her two older brothers had been rejected by their engagements, so she pretended not to know.
Ten more days have passed—
Ma Yiyi has been staying at her aunt's house in the county for half a month, and still shows no sign of returning to the village.
The two families who broke off the engagement spread rumors about the Xia family. Now everyone in the village knows that the Xia family spent all their money on Xia Mo's medical treatment and that the Xia family is so poor that even rats would avoid them.
When Xia's father, mother, eldest brother, and second brother went out, they would be pointed at and gossiped about.
The reason is so simple it's suffocating at the end of summer.
As soon as Xia's father walked by, the villagers who had greeted him warmly just moments before started pointing and whispering behind his back.
"We can understand that the Xia family loves their daughter, after all, she is their own child. The Xia family is just bizarre. They are sick and they spend all their money on their daughter's medical treatment, which has prevented their two sons from getting married. I don't know if there is something wrong with the Xia family."
People who talk behind others' backs should also remember to check their own brains before they speak.
They were talking about people behind their backs, very loudly, completely unconcerned whether Xia's father, who was walking ahead, could hear them.
Xia's father froze for a moment, then continued striding away.
They do not regret their choice, but when others point fingers at them, Xia's father still feels extremely embarrassed.
The job Xia's mother found was washing clothes for people. She was paid ten coins for each wash. The people who did this job were all from several familiar villages nearby.
Xia's mother was washing clothes by the river. Beside her were people who pretended not to know her. As they washed, they chatted and kept repeating the story of how "the Xia family spent all their money on their daughter's medical treatment, which resulted in their two sons being unable to get married."
They wanted to see Xia's mother so ashamed she wanted to disappear.
Xia's mother clutched the dirty clothes tightly, trembling with anger. But thinking that her two sons had indeed been rejected because of this, and that they had been wronged, she chose to remain silent.
Brother Xia and Brother Xia Er, who were helping to carry rice at the rice shop, were receiving a lot of unnecessary care.
"Your parents are really something. Your little sister is going to get married eventually, and she'll be someone else's daughter. How could you use up both of your dowries for her sake?"
Those people thought they were just showing concern for Brother Xia and Brother Xia's second brother, which is why they said those things.
Brother Xia and Brother Xia Er each carried a hundred-pound grain sack on their shoulders, their teeth clenched, their faces tense, walking forward without saying a word, while the people beside them continued to chatter.
Frustration, anger, and depression!
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Anjia Village —
Xia Family —
As summer drew to a close, I stepped out of my room and couldn't help but look up at the sky.
Apart from Xia Sange, who stayed at home until the end of summer, everyone else went out to find work.
"Little sister, are you thirsty or hungry? What do you want?" Xia Sange anxiously stepped forward.
Xia Mo's eyes flickered, and she tugged at Xia Sange's sleeve.
Xia Sange looked at Xia Mo and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Third Brother, I want to go over there and take a look. Will you come with me?" Xia Mo pointed towards the mountain.
In her previous life, someone discovered ginseng, and she had envied and sighed, wondering why she didn't have such good fortune. In this life, she doesn't need good fortune; she has a powerful divine sense.
She cannot directly bring the magic and immortal power of the cultivation world back to this world; she still needs to cultivate again. However, her powerful divine consciousness returns along with her soul.
This was a serendipitous encounter at the end of summer, and also her lucky charm.
Xia Sange frowned.
"Third brother..."
Xia Mo stared at Xia San Ge with her big, clear, bright eyes, like a deer's, her long eyelashes fluttering.
Xia Sange struggled and hesitated, but when his gaze met Xia Mo's eyes, which seemed to hold a galaxy, all his struggles and hesitations vanished.
“Okay,” Xia Sange thought that he would protect his little sister and just walk around at the foot of the mountain. Nothing would happen.
Even so, Xia Sange was still worried, and subconsciously took the wood-chopping knife and tucked it into his waistband.
Xia Mo picked up a small hoe and followed behind Xia San Ge.
When the villagers saw Xia Mo, their eyes lit up.
"MoMo looks even prettier than before!"
Xia Mo glanced at the aunt who was speaking, her gaze haughty as she raised her chin slightly.
This gesture, made by Xia Mo in the beautiful late summer, was strangely cute. The aunt, who was ignored, was not angry, but instead smiled at Xia Mo.
With the powerful soul nourishing and replenishing Xia Mo's body, she was indeed even more beautiful than before.
After Xia Mo and Xia San Ge had walked a certain distance...
The aunt who greeted Xia Mo warmly said loudly to the aunt next to her, "If I had such a beautiful daughter, I would definitely cherish her dearly!"
"Me too. What's the big deal about giving up these two marriages? If my pretty daughter marries someone powerful, I'll have both again, right?"
"Speaking of which, wasn't he supposed to be dying? He doesn't look like it."
"..."
"Little sister," Xia Sange looked at Xia Mo with nervous worry.
Xia Mochong smiled confidently at Xia Sange.
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