Ling Jiuyue turned around in astonishment.

Qin's mother and aunt appeared at the door carrying baskets filled with cotton quilts and straw mats. They were covered in sweat, which soaked their collars, showing how arduous their journey had been.

Sun Yulan and Tian Yunzhen hurriedly stepped forward to greet them: "Oh my, mother-in-law, what brings you here? And why are you carrying so much stuff!"

After the basket was put down, it was discovered that there were vegetables, fruits, rice, and noodles under the bedding.

Ling Jiuyue quickly brought over some water: "Auntie, Aunt, you must be tired from your journey, please have some water!"

Tian Yunzhen turned to her daughter-in-law and called out, "Eldest daughter-in-law, is the stove ready? Hurry up and boil water to cook!"

The reply came from the other end: "Alright, the pot is clean, we can start cooking right away!"

Qin's mother took the towel, wiped her sweat, and said with a smile:

"We country folk, delivering grain and doing transportation work, carrying dozens of kilograms of stuff for dozens of miles, it's not like we've never done it before. We didn't walk that far, it's just a short distance from the station, what's so hard about it!"

Aunt Qin looked around the yard with satisfaction: "Hmm, this yard is big enough. We can grow vegetables, raise chickens and ducks, and do whatever we want!"

They had never heard of any haunted courtyard; they just thought the place was big enough and the house was fairly well-preserved, so it was fine with just a little repair.

My nephew is so lucky! He got rid of that jinx and found such a lucky wife. His future will definitely get better and better.

Yang Xingzhi cut up the watermelon he had brought back: "Auntie, Auntie, hurry up and eat this watermelon! You should have told me you were coming, I would have come to pick you up!"

Mother Qin waved her hand: "You young people have things to do, we're not in a hurry, just come over yourself, why bother with that!"

Huang Yongqin's expression turned sour when she saw that Sun Yulan and Ling Jiuyue only cared about the Qin family's sisters-in-law and had completely forgotten about her, their own sister-in-law.

"Little sister, this is the family you found for September? Tch, the mother is already this old, so the son... must be at least thirty-four, right? Little sister, is finding such an old man for your daughter your way of showing love?"

Hearing his wife's words, Sun Weimin frowned as well: "Little sister, Jiuyue is still young, and she's only just graduated from high school. There's no rush to get married, so why..."

"Hmph!" Sun Yulan said disdainfully, "Then there's no need to worry so much. My son-in-law is young and promising; he's already a battalion commander in the army in his early twenties, with a bright future ahead of him. My mother-in-law is kind and honest, and her children are all well-liked and harmonious. We are all very satisfied with this in-law family!"

"In her twenties? A battalion commander?" Huang Yongqin looked astonished. "How is that possible...? Ling Jiuyue... she was jilted before..."

"So what if the engagement is called off?" Qin's mother glanced at her. "That family isn't good people. It's just that our Jiuyue is smart. She saw something was wrong and escaped the fire pit early on. Our Qin family cherishes such a good girl. Why would we care about whether the engagement is called off or not? We can't just jump into a fire pit knowing it's a disaster!"

Seeing that Qin's mother was wholeheartedly protecting her niece, Sun Weimin also felt that his younger sister had made a good choice as a relative by marriage, much better than his mean-spirited sister-in-law, Huang Yongqin.

"Little sister, you're getting engaged in September! How come you didn't even tell your uncle about such a big deal!"

Sun Yulan said with a sneer, "I wouldn't dare. When I called you before my wedding in September, my second sister-in-law said that you two get carsick, the country roads are bumpy, and it's hard to take time off work, so you really didn't have time to come to the wedding. How could I possibly trouble you two with such a small matter as an engagement!"

Sun Yulan was angry. If her daughter had her uncle and cousin Sun Weimin had helped with the wedding, how could the He family have dared to bully her to that extent?

Sun Weimin's face turned pale and then red, his lips trembled a few times, and he looked at his wife with dissatisfaction, but he didn't say anything more.

When Ling Jiuyue got married, her younger sister asked him for help to go to the countryside to see her off, as a way to save face for her in front of the He family.

But Huang Yongqin...

Huang Yongqin had a big argument with him, scolding him for going to a strange wedding in the countryside when he was about to receive his quarterly bonus, thus losing the money he was about to receive.

The couple had a big argument, which made it impossible for them to attend the wedding banquet.

After this incident, he felt regretful and upset, but he didn't know what to say to his sister.

Later, when he learned that Ling Jiuyue had been jilted, his guilt intensified. Huang Yongqin suggested introducing Ling Jiuyue to her nephew from her maternal family. Although he felt that this nephew had a bad temper, he felt that he had done right by his niece by marrying into a family in the city and securing a stable job.

Unexpectedly, after being jilted, my niece got engaged again, and to a pretty good family. Compared to that, the man my wife introduced to my niece seemed like a joke.

He lowered his head, not daring to look into his younger sister's eyes again.

"Let's go back!"

Huang Yongqin snapped out of her daze and shook off his hand: "What are you talking about? Sun Weimin, look at your sister. Over the years, what have I, as her sister-in-law, ever done to wrong her? When our parents left their money to her, did I say anything?"

I didn't say anything. She had three daughters in a row and was struggling financially. You secretly helped them out behind my back, and I pretended not to know.

Sun Yulan, tell me, what have I done to wrong you? Your niece's engagement being called off is such a big deal, and you haven't even mentioned it once. I've been running around worrying about Ling Jiuyue, and you think I'm a joke?!

"Pah!" Sun Yulan cursed, unable to bear it any longer. "Huang Yongqin, have some shame! You keep saying that my parents left me 158 yuan back then. Is that all you've been saying for so many years? Ask my second brother, would he rather have this chance to go back to the city or that 158 ​​yuan?"

You even helped my family? Haha, Huang Yongqin, all those years, did you feed the dogs all the rice, flour, and cooking oil you took from my house? You weren't afraid of getting carsick back then, and you would come to the countryside all the time, saying that your family couldn't make ends meet. When you left that time, did you take nothing with you?

Originally, I didn't want to bring up old grievances because of my second brother, but you insisted on doing it. If you expect my family to be grateful to you, don't blame me for being rude!

"Let's go!" Sun Weimin roared, grabbing Huang Yongqin and walking outside.

Huang Yongqin was dragged along by him, cursing as they walked: "158 yuan? You're kidding me! I heard it with my own ears, it was 1200! 1200 yuan!"

Sun Yulan cursed, "1200 my ass! If I had that kind of money, I wouldn't have been living such a miserable life, and my Erni wouldn't be in such dire straits..."

Ling Jiuyue also had a second older sister named Ling Xia, who died when she was a little over one year old due to a sudden illness and lack of money for medical treatment.

Ling Jiuyue was born in August. The couple dared not name their daughter Lingxia again, fearing they would not be able to keep her. Instead, they named her Jiuyue, thinking that even the King of Hell would not be able to keep her if he wanted to take her away.

Ling Jiuyue asked Sun Yulan, "Grandma only gave you 158 yuan, why does your second aunt insist that she gave you 1200 yuan?"

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