Chapter 395: Chapter 396: The Bride-price is the Sea Water
"I’m telling you, the engagement proposal I, Uncle Cai, offer is unmatchable." Uncle Cai is the only doctor in the village, and the villagers usually go to him when they are sick. Therefore, his status in the village is basically equal to that of Land Officer Yang’s.
It’s because everybody might experience headaches and fever, so even Land Officer Yang has to show some respect when meeting Uncle Cai.
So when Auntie Li saw Uncle Cai speaking up, she shrank back a little, but still said, "Uncle Cai, of course the engagement proposal will be chosen from the best. And besides, it’s not up to you to decide. The engagement of Xiaxia is up to Dachuan and his wife."
At this moment, Ms. Wang and Yang Dachuan were also stunned by this sudden move from Auntie Li, wondering where all this nonsense was coming from. However, as they listened further to the conversation, they had a bad feeling.
Ms. Wang was becoming annoyed, as the good day for her daughter was disrupted by this woman. Especially if the events of today were to spread, who knew what people would say about their family?
Yang Dachuan pushed Ms. Wang away and stepped forward to speak first,
"Auntie Li, if you came to attend Xiaxia and Brother An’s engagement today, I would open the door and welcome you. But if you have other intentions and want to disrupt, then I will not entertain you. Take your things back where they came from. A chaste woman should not have two husbands; despite being disabled, my word is my bond, and I will never have one daughter engaged to two families."
Upon hearing those words from Yang Dachuan, Auntie Li’s face turned sour as she thought to herself that the couple was truly ungrateful. With the reputation of Xiaxia, it was already quite a compromise for her to allow Xiaxia to enter Li Family’s house in the first place.
And they still didn’t accept the offer and chose to refuse instead.
Well, in Auntie Li’s heart, she just assumed that the engagement between Yang Chuxia and Brother An wouldn’t have happened if no one had wanted Xiaxia, so she was forced to be engaged to a cripple.
Because she thought so, she dared to take advantage of the occasion to bring Li Anshun, who had four sound limbs, along. She always felt that if a better offer were placed in front of the Yang Family, they would definitely relinquish Brother An and agree to Li Anshun’s proposal instead.
"Uncle, please think carefully. My Anshun has all his limbs." As she spoke, she glanced at Ye Zi’an’s leg, with the meaning obvious. However, she dared not say it out loud, as she still remembered what had happened to Ms. Li Junior. But once Xiaxia entered Li Family’s house, she would see how she would deal with her.
While Auntie Li was saying these words, and Yang Dachuan was saying his, Yang Chuxia had been standing by, fuming but also finding Auntie Li’s nonsense amusing.
Yes, it was nonsense, trying to intervene in an engagement that was about to be settled, and this was just a one-sided wishful thinking.
Yang Chuxia circled around Yang Dachuan and went up to the front of the bridal gifts brought by Auntie Li’s family, looking left and right.
Seeing her, Auntie Li chuckled and hurriedly said with some temptation, "Xiaxia, these bridal gifts were prepared in the county. There are even some items used by large families there."
"Oh," Yang Chuxia nodded upon hearing this, and then stood in front of a box and noticed a little watermark at the bottom. With a flash of anger in her eyes, she kicked the box over.
Then there was a cry of "ow" and a splash sound, and soon there was water everywhere.
The onlookers were stunned by this scene.
With a sneer on her face, Yang Chuxia proceeded to kick down all the other boxes one by one, and a strong smell of saltwater filled the air.
She then clapped her hands and walked over to Auntie Li, jokingly saying, "Auntie Li, I heard these bridal gifts came all the way from the county town? I didn’t know there was an ocean nearby. And these items are used by large families, eh? I just wonder, do those big families use these buckets of seawater for eating, drinking, or washing their faces?"