The next day, Yang Wei really did bring over a bucket of soy milk, and as Xiaoxiao was seeing him out, he said, a bit embarrassed, "Third sister-in-law, thank you for yesterday."
"..." Xiaoxiao only felt incredibly awkward, she had been caught red-handed.
"That..." Xiaoxiao really wanted to remind them that what they were doing was wrong, and what if it resulted in a lost life? Couldn’t they follow proper procedures and start with proposing for marriage?
"Third sister-in-law, what do you want to say?"
"You really do like Hehua, right?" Oh heavens, why couldn’t she speak properly? Yang Wei’s heart couldn’t be more sincere, there was no need to ask; she was just stating the obvious.
"Yeah." Yang Wei nodded affirmatively.
"Then you should propose, it’s not good to continue ."
"Proposing is a no-go, her mother insists on one hundred taels."
As soon as Yang Wei mentioned the one hundred taels, his expression became very somber. Last time, because of that amount, he nearly sold himself.
"..." Given Hehua’s tarnished reputation from previous events, it was impossible for her to marry into a decent family, so why ask for such an exorbitant price?
"What are you planning to do then?"
"We’re thinking of having a child first."
"..." What now? There’s such an approach? Shotgun wedding? Is this place that progressive? Wouldn’t an unwed pregnancy lead to being drowned in a pig cage?
"Yang Wei, if she gets pregnant before marriage, won’t Hehua be drowned in a pig cage?"
"We won’t drown her in a pig cage, we don’t have a river here."
Thank goodness, thank goodness, luckily there’s no river here. Since there’s no drowning in a pig cage, it seems this place is quite advanced.
"But they would burn her."
"..." Isn’t that just as bad? Xiaoxiao was scared into a cold sweat by Yang Wei’s words, "Then what are you even trying to do!"
"We’re thinking of telling Hehua’s mother before anyone finds out, that way she would agree."
"..." Xiaoxiao was truly speechless. Who came up with such a brainless idea? What if they were discovered before they could tell Hehua’s mother? Wouldn’t Hehua be burned then?
"Yang Wei, this seems really dangerous. Why don’t you think it over some more?"
"Third sister-in-law, I really do want to marry Hehua, but there’s no other way." Yang Wei said, sighing, completely lacking the vitality of a young man, "Speaking of which, third sister-in-law, could you please help me?"
Seeing Yang Wei , Xiaoxiao was also in a dilemma. Should she help or not? She and Hehua had serious grievances in the past.
Yet, seeing Yang Wei and Hehua , she couldn’t bear it. If they truly ended up together, it would be a good thing.
Perhaps for the sake of being relatives, and for the fact that Hehua wouldn’t bother Yang Ming in the future, she could try to come up with a solution?
"You go back first. Let me think about this for a while."
At Xiaoxiao’s words, Yang Wei immediately perked up, "Eh, then thank you, third sister-in-law. I’ll wait for good news at home."
And with that, Yang Wei left.
Xiaoxiao felt like she had just had a brain fart, agreeing to help like that. She was truly making trouble for herself, taking on a hot potato. She was just too soft-hearted.
Maybe tomorrow she would tell Yang Wei that there’s no good solution and be done with it. With this thought, she went inside, "Younger brother’s wife, how come there’s so much soy milk?"
"The whole family will drink it. From now on, every morning, the whole family will drink a bucket of it."
"Younger brother’s wife, this stuff is just like water, why don’t we just drink water?"
Xiaoxiao started to lecture, "The nutrients in soy milk are plentiful. It contains rich protein, it’s good for the body when consumed. Children will grow taller, women will beautify, men will..."
"..." Enough, we’ll drink it, okay!