After Li Xiaobo poured the rice he bought into the rice jar, he took out the things he bought from the basket and sorted them. Then he looked at Lin Siyan and asked," Do you want to go to your mother's house for dinner first, or do you want to give the gift first?"”
Lin Siyan came back to her senses and saw that Li Xiaobo seemed to be carrying the basket on his back. She couldn't help but ask curiously," What did you buy?”
Li Xiaobo hesitated for a moment before answering,"Some snacks, cured meat, and so on. Although we don't have much money at home, you should at least prepare a presentable gift for your return to the family, so that others won't gossip."”
Lin Siyan stared straight at Li Xiaobo, her eyes shining. Although this eight-foot-tall man in front of her looked a little rough, his thoughts were very meticulous. Perhaps the heavens had really opened their eyes and allowed her to find such a considerate husband in this life.
"Is there something wrong?" "If there's anything wrong, you can tell me."”
"No, no." Lin Siyan hurriedly shook her head, then turned around and prepared to leave." You did very well."”
Lin Siyan walked at the door and waited for Li Xiaobo to catch up before walking towards the Lin family.
Lin Yu's house was the third house from the right of the village entrance, while the Lin family's ancestral house was the eighth house from the left. If one wanted to go to Lin Yu's house, they had to pass by the ancestral house first. However, according to tradition, the first thing to do when returning home was to pay a visit to the most senior in the family. Therefore, Lin Siyan and her brother went straight to the ancestral house.
Lin Siyan's grandparents lived in the ancestral house now. The two elders didn't need their son and daughter-in-law to serve them. They only needed to give the two elders 200 wen every month. Because the two elders didn't care much about their sons 'families, they didn't understand the coldness and ruthlessness hidden under their happiness.
Of course, all of this had nothing to do with Lin Siyan. She was just a daughter who was not valued. As a granddaughter, she was also not valued. She estimated that she would be chased back to the Lin family after leaving the gifts at the ancestral house, so she didn't feel any pressure at all. On the other hand, Li Xiaobo's expression was serious, as if he was paying a lot of attention to today's return.
Lin Siyan smiled, seemingly recalling the scene of the original owner waiting here for her aunties to return home when she was young. However, she heard from the adults that the aunties would bring delicious food for them when they returned. After they grew up and became more sensible, they were unwilling to wait here because they were shy. She just didn't expect that one day it would be someone else's turn to wait for her. It was a pity that she didn't prepare any candy for the children.
As she recalled the past, she walked into the house. After entering the house, she passed the open-air water platform and came to the main house. As soon as she entered, she was shocked by the array in front of her.
She saw two elderly people, her grandparents, sitting on the main seat. Beside the two elderly people sat two middle-aged men. They were the Lin Yu brothers. Behind the four brothers stood four middle-aged women, who were the wives of the Lin Yu brothers. On the left side of these women stood a few cousins and their wives. On the right side were their underaged cousins. As for the children of the younger generation, they were not allowed to come to the main house.
Lin Yu was the eldest son of the Lin family. His wife was Cui Shi, and he only had Lin Sixing and Lin Siyan. Second Uncle Lin Hong, wife Zhou, has two sons and a daughter. The eldest son was already married and had a son and a daughter. The second daughter and the youngest son were not married yet. The youngest son, Lin Sijin, liked to run around with Lin Sixing. Third uncle Lin Ming, wife Wei, two daughters, are married; Fourth Uncle Lin Cong, wife Wang, one son and one daughter, children are underage.
This was the first time Lin Siyan had directly connected these blood-related relatives from the original owner's memories, which also allowed her to have a deeper understanding. At the same time, she could not help but sigh. The Lin family was really a big family. In this poor and backward era, her grandmother had given birth to seven children, but they were still able to support them. Moreover, looking at everyone's mental appearance, it seemed that their lives were not bad. At least, they would not be like her, who ate one meal after another.
Lin Siyan and Li Xiaobo respectfully greeted the elders and returned home. Then, they sat down at the banquet prepared by the Cui family. As they were not from a wealthy family, other than the simple distinction of men and women sitting at each table, there was no special attention.
The womenfolk all sat down, but the only elder kept staring at Lin Siyan and didn't eat. The people below didn't dare to eat either. After a long while, Grandma smiled and said," Siyan looks quite energetic. Is Hunter Li treating you well?”
As soon as Grandma said this, all the womenfolk's gazes were focused on Lin Siyan. She casually glanced at everyone and said honestly," It's only been three days. Who knows if it's good or not? There's still a long way to go in the future.”
"You can't say that. Hunter Li is paying a lot of money to marry you. If he doesn't treat you well, it won't make sense.”Third Aunt Wei Shi said enviously.
"That's right. It's just because they took a lot of money to betroth, so they don't like the sons of ordinary families.”Madam Zhou mocked.
Lin Siyan's curiosity was piqued when she heard that. She didn't expect there to be so many secrets behind her marriage. However, the Chui Corporation that she had hoped to clear up the confusion had disappointed her. She saw that Chui Corporation's face was filled with anger and grievance, but she could not say a single word to refute it.
" Second Sister-in-law, it's better not to mention it." Fourth Aunt was the one who spoke. Because of Fourth Master Lin's identity as a child, her words carried some weight at home." I've heard from our head that the family you introduced is indeed innocent. It's understandable that they're poor, but their parents are both cripples. You can't even bear to let your daughter marry over to suffer, so why should Sister-in-law marry Siyan over?"”
Madam Zhou blushed awkwardly."... I just found out. Besides, there are so many young men in the neighboring villages who insisted on marrying their daughter to an ugly hunter. Isn't it because he can afford it? Living in a bamboo house with money, perhaps the money came from a shady source.”
Madam Zhou's words hit the nail on the head of most people, and for a moment, the banquet fell silent.
Grandma Qian knocked on the table lightly and swept her gaze across the crowd solemnly. Then, she said sternly," Look at all of you elders. What nonsense are you talking about? Aren't you afraid that the children will laugh at you! The four of them are of one heart, but you wives are trying to sow discord behind their backs. Don't you know how to lose face?”
Mrs. Qian's words rendered everyone speechless. Except for the ignorant children, everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to look at the old lady.
Mrs. Qian was very satisfied with everyone's reaction. Then, she saw that Mrs. Chui was being bullied and Lin Siyan was being submissive. She was disappointed. If it wasn't for Lin Siyan's homecoming banquet today, she might have reprimanded these two in public. If Lin Siyan knew that she had escaped a scolding because of her homecoming banquet, she would probably wake up laughing.
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