Free Web NovelChapter 490: Chapter 486: Eagerly Waiting
Yun Hao finally gave in. Eight tables it was.
The cook went to the kitchen to start the meal, grumbling all the while. If he had known it was going to snow today, and that he’d be stuck with such a small pot, he wouldn’t have come to cook this meal for three yuan, let alone two. It was a complete ripoff.
Fortunately, Yun Hao had prepared plenty of ingredients, all of which he had bought from the villagers.
Most of it was wild boar meat.
When everyone heard Yun Hao was getting married, they took out the wild boar meat they had been saving for themselves and sold it to him at market price.
But even so, it wasn’t as much meat as when Leng Yuan had hosted his banquet.
On that point, Yun Hao simply couldn’t compare.
No matter how much money he had, there was no way to buy that much meat. Still, this was already far more than what an average family would have for a banquet.
"Yun Hao, it’s time to go pick up the bride."
Hu Ziqiang called out to Yun Hao, wheeling a bicycle over.
’He was in such a rush just a moment ago!’
Hearing this, Yun Hao immediately walked over, took the bicycle, and headed for the village chief’s house with the other men from the educated youth settlement.
The villagers who had come to watch the spectacle immediately followed.
The custom in the Qingshan Team was to have the bride ride on the back of a bicycle for a tour around the village. This was how you announced to everyone that a couple was getting married.
「At Village Chief Xu’s house.」
Xu Wenwan was wearing a red padded cotton jacket, a pair of black trousers, and a large red flower pinned to her chest. This was her wedding attire.
Xu Wenwan had never imagined her wedding would be so shabby. She didn’t even have a single decent outfit; this red jacket was borrowed from another bride who had just gotten married.
She would have rather died than wear it, but then her mother came over with a willow switch. Her father’s face was grim as he glared at her, and her two older brothers and sister-in-law were all staring at her intently.
Xu Wenwan weighed the pros and cons and obediently changed into the jacket.
Village Chief Xu’s face immediately broke into a smile. Her two brothers looked relieved, and her sister-in-law’s reaction was even more exaggerated—she let out a huge sigh of relief.
Xu Wenwan felt like crying again.
’What do they mean by this?’
’Can’t they tolerate me at all?’
’My food is terrible, my living conditions are terrible, and I haven’t even said anything about it, yet they’re the ones who are unhappy!’
Xu Wenwan wanted to cry, but Chen Xiumin was a step ahead, pointing the willow switch at her daughter’s face.
"You dare shed a single tear. We’ll see if I don’t give you a beating today."
After spending so much time with this daughter, she had discovered that Xu Wenwan only responded to force, not persuasion. If you tried to coax her nicely, Xu Wenwan would immediately take a mile if you gave an inch.
But if you gave her a thrashing, she’d immediately behave.
No matter what happened today, she was going to marry this daughter off.
Xu Wenwan felt wronged.
"Mother, am I really your biological daughter? How can you treat me like this? It wasn’t my fault we were switched at birth. I thought you would treat me well when I came back, but I never expected you to be so intolerant of me."
"If this is how it’s going to be, I might as well... I might as well have never come back! You’ve broken my heart."
These flowery words from Xu Wenwan’s mouth grated on Chen Xiumin’s ears. ’Did the schools in the city just teach her this kind of nonsense?!’
She had no patience for this endless stream of fancy phrases.
Normally, she would have already resorted to violence, but her daughter was getting married today, and Chen Xiumin didn’t want to make the scene too ugly.
But her daughter just had to be so unreasonable.
So, Chen Xiumin just told her flatly.
"Everything you said is right. But I’m telling you now, no matter what you say, you are getting married."
With that said, the whole family turned to stare eagerly out the door, waiting for Yun Hao to come pick her up.
