Chapter 111: Chapter 111

Early the next morning, Bai Ruxue rode her bicycle to the third team to tell her grandparents about the matter.

"Grandma, my third uncle should be back soon. You should go to our house to make the bedding first! My mom can’t finish it alone by tomorrow’s wedding!" Bai Ruxue had just finished speaking when the two aunts walked in one after the other.

"Why aren’t you two working? What are you doing at home?" Li Xiuying asked before the two could speak.

"Mom, the village was buzzing yesterday, saying that our Yongsheng is marrying the daughter of the Niu Family! They also said the bride price is eighty-eight yuan! Is that true? We came over to ask before going to work!" Feng Minghua spoke up first.

"Yes, mom! Is it really eighty-eight yuan? Is the Niu family’s daughter lined with gold to be this expensive? My sister-in-law and I together don’t even have eighty-eight yuan!" Wang Shusheng’s wife Liu Lingling chimed in.

"Dad, mom, is it true?" Feng Minghua asked again.

"Yes! The wedding is tomorrow!" Li Xiuying couldn’t avoid answering the two daughters-in-law. Even if she didn’t say, the wedding couldn’t be hidden tomorrow. Even though these two aren’t great, they are still Yongsheng’s sisters-in-law, and people in the village would gossip if the sisters-in-law didn’t help with the wedding.

"Mom... do we have that much money at home? You agreed to Yongsheng marrying her for such an expensive bride price of eighty-eight yuan? Let me introduce my cousin to Yongsheng! This wedding should be cancelled!" Feng Minghua shouted immediately.

Li Xiuying’s heart skipped a beat. Her cousin, how could the Wang family have another daughter-in-law just like their eldest daughter-in-law?

"Aunt, no matter how much the bride price is, my uncle didn’t ask the family for money, nor did he borrow from you! He earned it himself!" Bai Ruxue couldn’t stand it any longer and said.

The implication was, it’s not your money, so why are you so concerned?

"What? Xiao Xue, your uncle earned that much money after just a few days at work?" Liu Lingling quickly caught on and asked.

Feng Minghua also perked up her ears. Is it so lucrative to work in the city? Just started working and earned almost a hundred?

"I lent the money to my uncle first. He will pay me back slowly after getting his wages! Don’t get any funny ideas!" Bai Ruxue said, seeing the two aunts’ eyes rolling, knowing what schemes they had in mind.

"Oh oh oh, Xiao Xue! You’re such a good kid! Even lending money to your uncle to marry a wife!" Feng Minghua flattered her.

The look on her face was something Bai Ruxue was not used to seeing.

"Yes! I’ve always said my niece is a good one!" Liu Lingling hurried to say, not wanting the eldest sister-in-law to get all the flattery and leave her with nothing.

"Alright! You two hurry up and go back to work! Remember to come and help early tomorrow!" Li Xiuying urged the two.

"Mom, should we skip work today and help tidy up? The wedding is so sudden, you must not have prepared anything! At least clean up the third brother’s room!" Liu Lingling said as she checked around, wanting to see what the old couple had prepared for the third brother’s wedding, and if it was more than what was prepared for theirs.

"No need to clean! Just bring the bedding back once it’s made! Everything else is ready!" Li Xiuying said as she put on her shoes, "Old man, go ask for leave later! We can’t work these next few days! Xiao Xue and I will quickly make the bedding! We won’t make it in time for tomorrow’s wedding!"

"Alright! You guys hurry up and go! I’ll go right now!" Grandpa Wang was in high spirits about the happy event and was quick in his actions. Fresh chapters posted on novel⁂fire.net

"Mom... Mom! Where are you going to make the bedding? I can help! I’m good with needle and thread!" Liu Lingling stopped Li Xiuying, eager to help.

"No need, no need, my daughter and I can handle it!" Li Xiuying refused.

She didn’t dare take the two daughters-in-law to her daughter’s house, lest they upset her daughter.

"Mom, it’s two sets of bedding! Can you two finish them in one day? Let us come help!" Feng Minghua knew they were going to Xiao Yun’s house to make bedding, as there was no cotton or cloth at home!

This was too good of a chance to mend relations with her sister-in-law; she wouldn’t miss it!

"Oh, I said no need!" Li Xiuying was getting anxious, her voice sounding a bit annoyed.

"Grandma, since the two aunts want to help, take them along! Just have them sew, while my mom watches the children! As brothers and sisters-in-law, it’s not right for them to contribute nothing to their brother’s wedding!" Bai Ruxue hinted.

The two immediately looked a bit awkward, but quickly returned to their fawning expressions.

"Yes, mom! Our family is poor and can’t contribute money to help Yongsheng, but we can help with the sewing! Let us go!" Feng Minghua skillfully tossed back the ball that Bai Ruxue had thrown.

"Alright, alright! Hurry up, let’s go!" Clearly, Li Xiuying was not buying it anymore.

"Grandma, we also need to measure Aunt’s size. Xiao Yun is making new wedding clothes for my uncle and aunt!" Bai Ruxue almost forgot; Bai Ruyun knew her uncle’s size, but had never seen Niu Yingying, so she didn’t know hers.

"What? The woman’s clothes are our responsibility too? That’s unreasonable, right? When we got married, we made our own clothes!" Feng Minghua protested.

Asking for such a large bride price and even wanting the groom’s side to make clothes, that was too much!

"It’s my mom’s wedding gift to uncle! It’s none of your concern whether it’s reasonable!" Bai Ruxue replied coolly.

"Your mom’s gift?" Feng Minghua was even more displeased. When they got married, the sister-in-law didn’t send anything! Now, gifting a set of new clothes as a wedding gift was too biased.

She didn’t consider that when they got married, the sister-in-law hadn’t married yet, a little girl who had nothing to give!

If she knew that Wang Cuihua not only gifted new clothes but also two sets of bedding and life essentials, who knows what her face would look like.

"Yes! Is there a problem? Taking care of her brother since childhood, it’s not excessive to gift something on his wedding, right?" Bai Ruxue threw another deliberate hint.

Feng Minghua and Liu Lingling couldn’t say a word against it.

When they gave the work quota to the third brother, it was with this reason, which left them speechless, as indeed, they had wronged Wang Cuihua, and they had done it intentionally back then! But they didn’t know the once pitiful girl who couldn’t get enough to eat would now be living so well!

"Yes, yes! Xiao Xue is right! Let’s go then!" Feng Minghua quickly nodded.

"Grandma, you sit on my bike, we’ll head to the Niu family for measurements then go home! Aunts, you head to our house first!" Bai Ruxue waved and gave instructions.

The two dared not say anything more and resignedly headed to the fifth team.

Bai Ruxue and Li Xiuying took the measurements, then rode the bike home. On the way, they passed by the two women, but Bai Ruxue didn’t greet them and rode straight past them.