Reborn as a Tough Army Wife-Chapter 62 - 59: The Zhang Family Visits (Requesting Monthly Tickets.)

Chapter 62: Chapter 59: The Zhang Family Visits (Requesting Monthly Tickets.)

Luo Cuilan wanted to say more after hearing this.

Fang Pingying had completely run out of patience. Looking at her and raising an eyebrow, she said, "If you utter one more word, I’ll take back everything I’ve said. Marry or not, nobody owes you anything. Don’t come at me with that flip-flopping nonsense; this isn’t a court where once you’ve spoken, you can’t take it back."

Seeing this, Zhou Yunmei gave Luo Cuilan a meaningful glance and Luo Cuilan fell silent. Zhou Yunmei did not speak anymore either.

For Zhou Yunmei, the ability to request some trifle from Fang Pingying here could at least help reduce Luo Cuilan’s burden somewhat.

Because just now, Luo Dashan had taken the responsibility for the dowry upon themselves, which meant that no matter how much the Zhang Family gave as a betrothal gift, they would still have to contribute something extra.

Luo Zhiyong saw Fang Pingying make this decision and did not object, figuring they could discuss the matter later. There was no rush, and his wife had spoken diplomatically. A dowry is a dowry, even if it was just a piece of cloth.

Today, he was thoroughly heartbroken over Luo Cuilan. If not for the fact that she was still his biological sister, he would not want to involve himself with her anymore.

Later on, seeing that Luo Cuilan and the others had nothing more to say, his annoyance somewhat subsided, and after being persuaded by Luo Dashan, he no longer insisted on staying out of Luo Cuilan’s affairs.

The family wasn’t in the mood for food, so they ate something simple and then Zhou Yunmei asked Luo Cuilan and Luo Honglan to go inside, while they waited outside for the Zhang Family to arrive.

Not long after the Luo Family finished their meal, the Zhang Family arrived.

Fang Pingying had some recollection of Zhang Jianguo’s parents. Mrs. Zhang was Zhang Jianguo’s stepmother, named Su Yan—a shrewd-looking woman.

Mr. Zhang was named Zhang Yusheng, who appeared honest but was actually sharp and harsh, in some ways even more formidable than Su Yan.

But there was a girl, around seventeen or eighteen years old, following behind them whom Fang Pingying didn’t recognize.

After asking Luo Honglan, Fang Pingying learned that this girl was named Xue Hua, Zhang Jianguo’s sister, though not by blood; she was brought over by Su Yan. frёewebnoѵēl.com

Apparently, she wasn’t Su Yan’s biological child; unable to bear children herself, Su Yan had adopted Xue Hua from somewhere else since she was young, and the girl took on the Zhang surname after coming here.

It seemed that reliving this life, many things had changed, Fang Pingying remembered there was no one called Zhang Xuehua in her previous life.

After greeting Zhang Yusheng and the others and making small talk, the Luo Family brought up the wedding arrangements between Zhang Jianguo and Luo Cuilan.

Zhou Yunmei cut to the chase, directly asking Su Yan, "Girl from the Su family, now that things have turned out this way between the two kids, what do you intend to do?"

"What’s the matter?" Su Yan paused briefly, then feigned sudden insight, "Are you referring to their wedding?"

"Yes..." Zhou Yunmei was baffled by Su Yan’s demeanor, unsure of how to respond; it seemed as if Su Yan didn’t even know about Luo Cuilan’s pregnancy.

After regaining her composure, Zhou Yunmei was about to explain when Su Yan abruptly interrupted her.

She laughed and said, "What’s there to discuss about their wedding? Wasn’t it all settled before that they must marry only after the New Year?"

Then, seeing Zhou Yunmei about to speak, she spoke first, "Sister-in-law, don’t blame me for being blunt, but your daughter, Cuilan, has tough luck. If it were someone else’s family, who knows what they’d say, but I’m not one of those unreasonable parents, and I can’t break up the children, can I?"

"But after all, we’re country people, and some things still need to consider feng shui and luck, so the wedding date we’ve set for the children can’t be changed, otherwise, if something happens to my family, nobody could take that responsibility."

Zhou Yunmei was really puzzled now. Su Yan seemed to act as if she truly knew nothing.

So Zhou Yunmei turned to Zhang Jianguo, who was sitting on the other side of the courtyard, and asked, "Jianguo, have you not spoken to your parents about the situation?"

"I..." Zhang Jianguo hesitated and did not speak, glancing at Su Yan and Zhang Yusheng with a troubled look in his eyes.

However, everyone knew that Su Yan and Zhang Yusheng were already aware of the situation, because Luo Cuilan had said she had already told them.

It was clear that Su Yan was intentionally speaking in such a way, essentially just to cover up the words she had just spoken, and at the same time, it showed their family’s position: the wedding date must be at the end of the year and absolutely cannot be changed.

Since it was like this, Luo Zhiyong was not polite anymore. He directly said to Su Yan, "Auntie, Jianguo and Cuilan have been together for so many years, and our two families have met several times. Let’s not beat around the bush."

"Jianguo has gotten Cuilan pregnant this time, and you must know about it. Our family doesn’t talk about feng shui and luck; we value practical matters. Now that Cuilan is carrying Jianguo’s child, and since they were engaged long ago, our intention is to get them married as soon as possible."

Seeing Luo Zhiyong speak so frankly, Su Yan stopped pretending.

Her expression turned serious as she said to Luo Zhiyong, "My dear nephew, our two families had plans for a long time to wait until the end of the year for the wedding. I do not agree to them getting married now."

"As for the child in Cuilan’s belly, if you don’t want her to have an abortion, then let Cuilan come live at our house. We will take care of her, and by the time the New Year comes, which is only a few months away, it won’t delay anything."

No sooner had Su Yan finished speaking than Zhou Yunmei became infuriated and roared at Su Yan, "What do you mean by that? You want my daughter to go live in your house without being married, making people in the village laugh at me?"

Su Yan scoffed, glanced at Zhou Yunmei with a hint of irony in her eyes, and said, "What’s there to laugh at? It’s not like the old days of communal dining. These days everyone lives in their own homes and lives their own lives, regardless of what others say."

Su Yan was quite formidable with her words, and when it came to twisting logic like this, Zhou Yunmei might not be her match.

Zhou Yunmei couldn’t be bothered to argue and expressed her family’s intentions forcefully, "Anyway, I don’t care about the many concerns of your family; their wedding must be settled before the end of this month. I can’t let people in our village know that my daughter got pregnant before getting married."

"It’s not the first time, and if people were going to talk, they would have already done so by now," said Zhang Xuehua, who was sitting behind Su Yan with a mean look on her face that seemed even more formidable than Su Yan’s.

Moreover, when she spoke while looking in the direction of the house where Luo Cuilan was, her tone was extremely disdainful, as if she didn’t like Luo Cuilan and even had some hostility towards her.

Fang Pingying sighed inwardly, feeling sorry that Luo Cuilan still defended the Zhang family; after all, there was really not a single good person in the Zhang family. If Luo Cuilan didn’t learn to love herself in this life, her fate might be even worse than in her previous life.

At least in her previous life, there was no such formidable younger sister-in-law in their family.

Zhou Yunmei and Luo Zhiyong didn’t want to get angry with a teenage girl, so they ignored her words and turned to Zhang Jianguo, who had been silent, and asked him, "Jianguo, what do you have to say for yourself? How do you plan to arrange Cuilan’s situation?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for the recommendation ticket, monthly ticket. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)

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