CHAPTER 187: CHAPTER 187: MY YOUNGER BROTHER IS GETTING MARRIED

All the chicks hatched at home have grown quite a bit, and they’ve all been given away, except for three that Wang Cuihua insisted on keeping. Xiao Xue couldn’t do anything about it, so she just let her mother keep them.

Luckily, there are still more than a hundred pounds of corn grain left from the relief food, which is enough to feed those three chickens.

She’s not bothered anymore, and let her mom handle it.

Now that there’s someone to help watch the kids, she doesn’t need to work in the fields anymore. All she does at home besides sewing shoe soles is cooking and feeding the chickens.

The date for starting the house construction at home has been set, and the mason will be coming over in three days.

Xiao Xue didn’t ask Lin Daliang to take a leave to come back. Whether he’s here or not, the house can still be built, so why make him take a leave?

However, Lin Daliang brought his wages back this time and gave them all to his wife, Wang Cuihua, which made Wang Cuihua immensely happy.

Xiao Xue didn’t spend all the two hundred yuan she was given. Besides buying things for the kids, she also bought cake, shoes, and underwear for her mother-in-law. But there’s still a hundred yuan left, and now with what Lin Daliang gave her added, even a generally affluent family would have around a hundred yuan in savings, so how could she not be happy?

On Sunday noon, everyone had finished eating and those going to school or work were ready to leave when Bai Dahe’s daughter Bai Ruyu came over.

"Uncle, Aunt, Grandma asked me to come and tell you that tomorrow my new uncle is getting married! She wants you all to come!" Bai Ruyu hadn’t been home for a long time.

Her grandma said that she shouldn’t come over when there’s nothing going on, so she didn’t dare to.

"New uncle? Uncle Gangzi is getting married?" Xiao Xue asked again.

"Yes! Sis, you don’t know, my new aunt is very pretty! But she also has a daughter! That little rascal is quite annoying!" Bai Ruyu was thrilled that her big sister was willing to talk to her and spilled everything she knew.

"Who set them up? Do you know?" Xiao Xue became interested.

He’s marrying a second marriage woman, right? And she even has a daughter?

"It was introduced by my second aunt! They’re from her brigade!" Bai Ruyu answered immediately.

"Oh? From Chaoyang Commune? When did the second aunt come around?" Xiao Xue didn’t expect that Grandma Bai would find Bai Damei to introduce a daughter-in-law.

That’s Bai Damei showing her skill, being able to find a bride for Gangzi so quickly.

A second marriage woman isn’t bad; Gangzi has been married once too. Although he doesn’t have kids, he’s also a second marriage, and he’s almost forty; getting a wife is already good.

"Big Sis, you don’t know, my grandma took my new uncle personally to the second aunt’s house, asking her to introduce a wife! They stayed for several days and just returned a few days ago, and now they’re saying there’s a wedding, and my new aunt and her annoying little rascal have been brought home! The house is so cramped! They even asked me to make some space, and I’m now living in the lower room!" Bai Ruyu kept pouring out the family issues.

Seems like Gangzi caused some trouble for the Bai Family too; Grandma Bai was probably pushed to make Bai Damei introduce a wife for her son, right?

"How much dowry does your new aunt want?" Xiao Xue asked idly, enjoying the gossip.

Others in the room were also listening with interest, including Bai Xianglan.

"Twenty yuan! Plus new bedclothes, two sets of clothes, and two sets for her daughter! My mom has argued with grandma several times over these conditions! The household is a mess!" Bai Ruyu answered each question with a detailed explanation.

"Does your grandma have money?" Bai Xianglan tested with a question.

Bai Ruyu was a bit unfamiliar with this aunt because of Grandma Bai’s relationship with Bai Xianglan, Bai Xianglan wasn’t much acquainted with the kids from the old house, so it’s normal that she doesn’t recognize her.

Even though there was a thing about swapping kids that day and the kids were all there, they never came inside.

"Grandma wants to ask the three aunts for money, but the eldest aunt’s in-laws have clashed with grandma many times, so she dares not ask the eldest aunt. The youngest aunt’s family is too poor, with no money, and the second aunt has already introduced a wife for the new uncle and won’t handle anything else. So she had to go to the second uncle, who had no choice but to give his wages to grandma, and finally things settled!" Bai Ruyu showed her eloquence when talking about family affairs.

"But, grandma ordered that the second and youngest aunts each have to make a set of bedclothes, or else they’ll have it!" she added.

This is getting interesting, who knows what drama will unfold tomorrow! Since Grandma Bai doesn’t dare come over to fuss anymore, it’s decided that Xiao Xue will go.

"You go back and tell your grandma, tomorrow my grandma and I will attend the banquet! But tell her not to expect too much! There’ll be a gift, but it won’t be much!" Xiao Xue gave a precautionary warning, "If she makes trouble with us over the gift tomorrow, she can retire to the home!"

Xiao Xue realized that tomorrow would definitely be a trap of sorts; the child is getting married, and for someone who has raised him for so many years, Bai Xianglan should at least contribute something. So Grandma Bai was scheming for exactly this.

"I got it, Big Sis. When I left home, my dad told me to inform you all about the situation, so you’d be prepared. If it’s really unworkable, don’t go tomorrow to avoid a headache!" Bai Ruyu nodded.

Xiao Xue was a bit surprised, could Bai Dahe, usually selfish and self-centered, really say something like this? Did the incident that day really turn him around?

"Is your eldest aunt’s family invited to your new uncle’s wedding tomorrow?" Xiao Xue asked again.

This is a blood brother getting married, surely Grandma Bai must have something planned about persuading her mother-in-law to go, right?

"I’ve gone; my dad went to invite the eldest aunt. Grandma also asked the eldest aunt to prepare grains for tomorrow’s feast, saying if she doesn’t come or prepare, grandma will go to get it herself, and then the eldest aunt’s reputation will be sullied! Plus, the second and youngest aunts both have to contribute a set of new bedclothes, the eldest aunt only needs to contribute grains for the feast, which is pretty good already!"

"Alright! You can go back now! Tell your grandma exactly what I just said!" Xiao Xue waved her hand.

Until Bai Ruyu left reluctantly, others began discussing this matter.

"Xiao Xue! Are you really going tomorrow? I’m worried your grandma...no, your aunt might cause trouble again!" Wang Cuihua looked worried.

Bai Xianglan also appeared thoughtful.

"I’m going! Grandma anyway raised Uncle Gangzi for so many years, and the child swap was all caused by Grandma Bai, my father and Uncle Gangzi are innocent. Uncle Gangzi is getting married tomorrow; out of familial duty, we must go! Don’t worry, I’ve got it! Grandma Bai can’t cause any trouble!" Xiao Xue directly called her Grandma Bai, no longer calling her aunt.

"Should I take leave tomorrow then? Go with you!" Lin Daliang chimed in, concern written on his face.

"Forget it! What can you do if you go? Be careful not to be beaten by Grandma Bai!" Lin Xia dismissed her father.

She followed her big sister’s lead in calling her Grandma Bai.

Hearing these words from his third daughter, Lin Daliang felt embarrassed.

"What are you saying, kid?"

"Dad, don’t be in denial. Third Sister is right! How many times have you lost face facing them? Didn’t you get your head blown once? Remember?" Lin Chuan teased his dad along with his third sister.

Lin Daliang was left speechless, his face turning red as he bowed his head embarrassed.

Bai Xianglan had heard of this matter, and now that the kids brought it up again, she couldn’t help but be proactive.