The man in black was shocked when he was blackmailed. What has he been through these days, and how did he even learn how to blackmail money? Su Xiaoxiao looked at him with both hands resting on her cheeks, “Wei Ting, you are getting more and more attached to me ah?” Wei Ting glanced at her lightly and said in a nonchalant manner, “Did the fat you lost all gone to your face*?”
*means : she became overconfident because she lost some weight.
Damn! Was this a roundabout way of calling her being thick-skinned?! What did this guy do before? Why was he so dislikable? A top student? The one that has debated with people with good eloquence? Forget it, for the sake of the money, I will forgive you! …… Su Xiaoxiao went to the Old Su family’s house to return the money to Su Yuniang. Su Yuniang looked so haggard. People say that after giving birth, a mother’s skin would become more and more rosy, but she looked so lonely sitting there. It was not surprising to think about it. As the saying goes, married daughters were like spilled water*, returning to her natal family’s house every two days, would make people criticize her.
*Married daughters were like spilled water (idiom) : This saying came from a traditional belief in Chinese family structure that daughters are no longer considered part of the core family once they are married. The relationships and their positions to the family is described as water being spilled / cast out of the door, gone and cannot be collected.
Not to mention the fact that she gave birth to her child and also had her postpartum recovery at her natal’s house. As she stayed longer, the more the villagers gossiped about her. Especially when the Zheng family came last time and had an argument with her, which was heard by the neighboring Mrs. Zhou. Mrs. Zhou was known as someone who loves to gossip, so the news was immediately known by everyone in the same evening. It was true that the people in the village respected the Old Su family, but they could not resist their conservative thinking and their gossipy heart. In addition, the conflicts between Su Yuniang and her natal family were also becoming bigger. The people of the Old Su family hoped that she would just yielded, and stopped before going too far*. Since Xing ge’er* sincerely repented, she should not be pretentious and return back to live a good life with Xing ge’er.
*Stop before going too far (idiom) : to stop while one can / stop at an appropriate level and don’t overdo it.
*(Name) + ge’er (哥儿) / jie’er (姐儿) : In the past, the elders using this to call the younger generation affectionately.
That woman was just a concubine, and couldn’t make much of a difference. The Zheng was a big family, more children was just a matter of more chopsticks, and it didn’t really cost her anything. Whether she cared about it or not, it would be fine as long as turns a blind eye. Su Yuniang couldn’t accept it and refused to go back. Old Mrs. Su and her eldest sister-in-law disagree with her decision.Mrs. Fang’s heart ached for her daughter, although she was okay with her daughter staying longer, she disagreed with her daughter’s attitude. She also advised her daughter not to hurt their husband and wife relationship. Life must go on, so she shouldn’t push her own man away. The whole family, no one really stood in Su Yuniang’s standpoint, to understand Su Yuniang. What the villagers thought of her, Su Yuniang actually didn’t care. What she cared about was her own family. However, to her family, she was already an outsider. “I sometimes really envy you.” Su Yuniang was sitting on the bed and said melancholically. Su Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows and said, “I also quite envy myself.” Su Yuniang gritted her teeth and said, “Don’t intercept my words!” Su Xiaoxiao pouted her lips and said, “…… so fierce.” Su Yuniang took a deep breath, resumed her broken emotions, and continued, “I envy that you can recruit a son-in-law at home.” Generally speaking, only those whose families couldn’t produce a son would let their daughters recruit a son-in-law at home in order to inherit the incense of the family. However, The Su family had Su Ergou. And in this situation of recruiting a son-in-law, Su Cheng, as the head of the family, would have to bear a lot of pressure. But Su Cheng would rather be criticized behind his back by others, and would never let his daughter marry to other people’s family to suffer hardship.