Chapter 116: Chapter 116
"Grandpa, Great Aunt, just stay at home and wait for the new bride to serve tea! What sense is there in having elders go to fetch the bride? I’ll go!" Bai Ruxue heard the commotion and ran out from the kitchen.
"Xiao Xue, what can a young girl like you do if you go? Better for your uncles to go! Beat them up and then bring our sister-in-law back!" Wang Shusheng decided to act like a man and stepped forward at this crucial moment.
"What are you talking about? Beat whom? What if something happens when you beat someone?" Liu Lingling quickly ran over and grabbed Wang Shusheng, preventing him from moving.
"Yes, Uncle, don’t go making things worse. We need to be smart about this! I’ll go first! You all wait here!" Bai Ruxue waved her hand and left.
"Xiao Xue..." Wang Cuihua called out worriedly.
"Mom, don’t worry, I’m going to protect my sister!" Bai Ruchuan followed her out.
"Cuihua, don’t worry! Big Brother went to watch over them! If they dare to bully the kids, Big Brother will break their legs!" Wang Junsheng, who was originally standing by the courtyard gate, also ran out following the two kids.
Feng Minghua was busy in the kitchen and didn’t come out, so no one was there to stop them.
Wang Shusheng wanted to follow too, but his arm was tightly held by Liu Lingling, and he couldn’t break free no matter what.
"Alright, everyone, come inside and have a seat! It’s all good!" Grandpa Wang ushered the softly chattering guests inside, and Li Xiuying went back to the kitchen to help.
Wang Cuihua also wanted to follow her daughter, but was stopped by her great aunt, "Cuihua! Don’t worry, the kids seem clever, and besides, your big brother went too, it’ll be fine! We still want to be in-laws; making a scene isn’t good! The child did right, she’s just a young girl, and being the younger generation, she’s definitely more convenient than adults in handling things!"
"Great Aunt, I’m just worried about that family being unreasonable and hurting Xiao Xue!" Wang Cuihua still looked outside uneasily.
"If they don’t come back soon, I’ll go with you!" Wang Guirong comforted Wang Cuihua.
Over at the Niu Family, Wang Yongsheng was furious. Previously, he didn’t get this angry when they asked for a hundred bucks as a bride price. But these two little brothers-in-law of his demanding he arrange jobs for them both was beyond belief. How did they think he had such an ability? Jobs couldn’t just be handed out at will! If that were the case, he would have married Yingying long ago; why wait till now?
"Mom, Dad, didn’t we agree on everything during the betrothal gifts yesterday? Why has this blown up today? Besides, jobs can’t just be arranged at a whim! I’m just a small worker, not a factory director!" Wang Yongsheng couldn’t get into Niu Yingying’s room, so he came to talk to Grandpa Niu and Grandma Niu instead.
The old couple sat on the heated floor, their faces looking worse, "Yongsheng! We didn’t know those two rascals would pull something either! Look at us now; they don’t listen to anything we say! What can we do? Why don’t you... try to think of a way to arrange something for them?" Grandma Niu tentatively suggested.
"Mom, what are you saying? Yongsheng’s ability to work was thanks to his niece! How could he possibly arrange anything? Isn’t this nonsense?" Niu Zhengde stared in disbelief at his own mother from where he stood on the floor.
He had originally thought it was just his two brothers causing trouble, but now it seemed his parents were involved too!
"What can we do? Your two brothers are causing a fuss, and we can’t do anything! They won’t listen to us!" Grandma Niu glared at her eldest son. Official source is novel·fire.net
She knew well enough that his straightforward nature could ruin things. Fortunately, they had sent him out while discussing matters yesterday.
Ma Xiaohua didn’t know about this either, but good things never involved her or Zhengde, so she just watched coldly to see what would become of the little sister-in-law, who had fetched a good price.
Grandpa Niu didn’t say anything, just sat with a dark face, not even responding when Wang Yongsheng begged him to deal with his two sons.
Inside the room, Niu Yingying was crying anxiously, but her two brothers refused to open the door for her, even when she tried kicking it open.
She had cried and screamed hoarsely and begged her two brothers, but she just couldn’t get out.
"Yongsheng! You’ll have to figure this out yourself! Mom can’t help you!"
Things remained at a stalemate. They wouldn’t open the door unless they got job arrangements.
As Niu Yingying was stuck, pacing back and forth, she heard some movement from the back window.
With the weather still cold, the house’s back windows were covered in plastic, so no one thought Niu Yingying would escape through them, and they weren’t guarded.
Bai Ruxue took Bai Ruchuan carefully around to the back of the house. Because many people were coming and going today, nobody noticed them.
The siblings carefully knocked out the window glass. With loud noises at the front, this was barely audible. Then Niu Yingying turned and saw Bai Ruxue and Bai Ruchuan at the back window.
She recognized Bai Ruxue. The clothes she wore were given by her, as the family didn’t have time to make anything new for her.
"Little Aunt! Come on! Jump out the window!" Bai Ruxue gestured, whispering.
"Xiao Xue..." Niu Yingying called out slowly.
"If you want to marry my little uncle, hurry and jump out the window! Otherwise, if you get caught, you won’t be able to leave again!" Bai Ruxue whispered urgently.
"Okay!" Without hesitation, Niu Yingying ran over and clumsily climbed out the window.
Since the window was small, it took a lot of effort to climb out.
"Xiao Xue, thank you for helping me out!" After jumping down, Niu Yingying thanked Bai Ruxue, then decisively ran out, but after a few steps, she turned back.
"Little Aunt?" Bai Ruxue was puzzled, worried she would go back inside and be trapped again. But she saw she didn’t go back inside.
"Huh? Yingying, how did you get out?" Relatives walking in the yard saw Niu Yingying come around the front and asked in bewilderment.
The commotion in the yard was heard inside, and the two brothers ran out first. Second Brother Niu Zhengming shouted, "Sister, we haven’t agreed on terms with Brother-in-law yet. How did you get out? How did you get out? Get back inside!"
He moved forward to grab his sister.
But he was stopped by the brothers of Wang Yongsheng, who had come out behind him.
Joking aside, the bride had finally gotten out; how could they let her go back in? The auspicious time was already upon them.
"Niu Zhengming! Niu Zhenggang! Listen up! From today onward, I am no longer your sister! We sever all sibling ties! When I leave, don’t claim to be my brothers!" Niu Yingying said tearfully, enunciating every word.
Everyone was stunned to silence, but Niu Yingying wasn’t done. She kneeled with a ’thud’ and bowed three times toward the house:
"Mom, Dad! Your daughter is ungrateful! This is goodbye! Your kindness in raising me, your daughter will repay! As for the futures of the two brothers... forgive your daughter’s inability! Take care of yourselves!" She stood up and walked out without taking anything, without looking back.
"Sister... you can’t just leave!" Niu Zhenggang called out behind her.
Grandpa Niu and Grandma Niu both ran out, feeling a bit unsettled as they watched their daughter walk away without turning back.
However, it was a scheme hatched by the two of them. Seeing the Wang Family straightforwardly send over eighty-eight bucks in bride price and four boxes of gifts yesterday, they felt it wasn’t enough and came up with this plan, hoping to secure jobs for both sons at best, or at least one. But who’d have thought things would turn out ? Their daughter breaking ties with them?