1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 998 Rejection again
After preparing the gifts, Xiao's mother said with a pained expression, "We've prepared quite a lot of things; I'm afraid even our whole area doesn't send this much."

Chu Xue retorted directly, "It's not that your status is different now. Before, you were farmers toiling in the fields, but now you're a working-class family with government jobs. You can't possibly receive less than what the villagers give you, or people will laugh at you, and you won't be able to hold your head up when you go back."

She doesn't care what they think; she'll just flatter them.

Thinking about it, Xiao's mother realized that with such a large sum of money from her family, the Qiu family would definitely not be able to find fault with them anymore.

When Xia Qiu got married, the Xiao family hadn't separated yet, so they couldn't afford a generous dowry. It was indeed unfair to their eldest daughter. Giving her more now is not unreasonable, since their lives are much better now than before.

After finishing her first snow, she took a basin of water and went back inside.

After locking the door, he slipped back into the space and rummaged through the pile of things he had previously looted. He found a plain-looking silver lock, filled a bowl with water from the space's pool, and threw it in.

Only then did he leave the space to wash his face, brush his teeth, and tidy himself up.

After all, they need to take the earliest bus, and Fu Yancheng should arrive soon.

Sure enough, just as she finished tidying up, there was a knock on the door.

Hearing the noise, Xiao's father came out of the kitchen: "Who is it?"

Fu Yancheng, holding a freshly fried dough stick in his hand, said, "It's me, Yancheng."

Mr. Xiao, who was about to open the door, said as he walked out, "The door isn't locked, come in."

When she saw what Fu Yancheng was holding, she said, "Oh dear, you bought food again. Didn't I tell you not to spend money when you come over next time? Why don't you listen?"

Fu Yancheng held up the fried dough sticks in his hand: "I don't get many days off usually, so I can't take care of Xue'er all the time. Naturally, I want to make it up to her when I'm on vacation. Besides, Auntie needs to nourish her body now. There weren't many people in line when I came over, so I brought some with me." Since he had already bought them, he couldn't keep talking about it.

Mr. Xiao reiterated, "After you get married, you'll have many more expenses, so you'll have to be careful with your money."

Fu Yancheng was a bit stubborn: "Uncle, don't worry, my salary is enough to support Chuxue. She will suffer with me."

Chu Xue arrived just in time to hear this, and not wanting him to continue, she quickly said, "I'm here."

Fu Yancheng saw Chu Xue holding up a fried dough stick in her hand: "I brought you some 'bangchui guozi' (a type of fried dough stick), it's still warm, come and eat it."

At this moment, Chunxiao also came out of the room: "Second sister, I want to go with you today too."

Chu Xue disagreed. Since they didn't get along well on weekdays, she didn't want to force herself: "We have other things to do today, so it's inconvenient to take you. If you want to go, let Dad take you another day."

Although the reason sounded lame, Chuxue didn't want to be uncomfortable herself, so she could only make others uncomfortable.

As for what Xiao's parents would think after hearing this, that was none of their business. After all, they knew what Chunxiao had done before, and there was nothing wrong with him rejecting her. Who would want to cause trouble for him?

Upon hearing this, Chunxiao stomped her foot and exclaimed, "Mom and Dad, look at Second Sister!"

Before she could finish speaking, she heard Xiao's father say, "Alright, school starts in a few days. Your second sister is only doing this for your own good. Besides, she said they have other things to do and it's inconvenient for them to take you with them, so don't try to get involved."

What could he do? He couldn't very well force Chuxue to bring Chunxiao along in front of his future son-in-law. Even before Chuxue could make a move, Fu Yancheng would be unhappy.

(End of this chapter)