Boy Qian’s mother saw Boy Qian run out and hurriedly chased after him, shouting, "My son, where are you going? Where are you going? Don’t be angry, I’ll find you a better one."
The Qian family members who saw this mother and son act couldn’t properly describe their expressions with the word "spectacular."
Not to mention Boy Qian’s older brother, who was so dissatisfied that it could fill his entire chest. His face was even blacker than coal.
As for his wife, she cursed her mother-in-law to death in her heart.
However, despite the cursing, they remembered the main point.
She and her husband collected the gifts they had brought and prepared to call for the Qian family members to help carry them back home.
Seeing this, Yang Chuxia hurried to block them, "Wait!"
She coldly glanced at the Qian family members, and said, "You can leave, but the things must stay!"
"Young lady, isn’t what you’re doing wrong? Our families haven’t settled on the marriage, so why should we leave the betrothal gifts behind?" Boy Qian’s older brother said.
"Why not? Why not?" Yang Chuxia stood in front, hummed, and said, "This time the marriage failed not because of our Yang family, but because there’s something wrong with that kid from your Qian family. He keeps changing his mind. He’s insulting our Yang family’s daughter. And if this gets out, will our Yang family daughter’s reputation still be intact? So, these things are not betrothal gifts now, but compensation. Compensation, understand? For damaging the reputation of our Yang family."
After saying that, Yang Chuxia pointed at the group of people behind Qian’s older brother, "And there’s the cost of food and hospitality for all of you. Since there’s no marriage, you are not considered our relatives. And if you’re not relatives, then why should a group of people eat and drink well here? Anyway, you guys can’t take these things away!"
Qian’s older brother was speechless at Yang Chuxia’s words. He looked at his wife, hoping she would help say something.
However, his wife was feeling petty at the moment because she recalled that when she married Qian’s older brother, they didn’t receive as many gifts. She was so jealous.
So, she was annoyed by these things and didn’t want to help at all. She thought that even if they took them home, she wouldn’t get any, so why bother?
As for the others, Boy Qian’s aunts, uncles, and so on wanted to take the stuff back. But after listening to the young lady, they knew they were not in the right and couldn’t ask for these things anymore.
Qian’s older brother saw no one was helping and said, "We can’t leave these things, but we can pay for our food."
"What about our reputation? What do you plan to do about our Yang family’s reputation?" Yang Chuxia asked aggressively.
"All present here today are relatives and friends of both our families. If we don’t tell anyone, who would know?" Qian’s older brother said, quite convinced of his own reasoning.
Unfortunately, Yang Chuxia had already lost her patience with this family. Upon hearing his words, she kicked a stone at her feet, hitting Qian’s older brother in the leg.
There was just an "ouch" sound.
Yang Chuxia cursed again, "Are the people in your Qian family incapable of using their brains? Your whole family came pompously to our village to propose marriage. This matter is almost like announcing it with a gong in the village. I’d like to ask, now that the marriage hasn’t been made, how are we supposed to explain this to others?"