12dz Chapter 203 Aunt Xiao's Family Affairs
Chapter 203 Aunt Xiao's Family Affairs
On the second day of the Lunar New Year.
The eldest and second aunts of the Xiao family have both returned.
Since they already knew, none of the Xiao family's wives went back to their parents' homes, planning to wait until tomorrow.
Upon seeing Aunt Xiao and her family carrying many gifts, the Xiao brothers hurriedly went out to greet them.
"Auntie, Auntie, give them to us." Xiao Siqi took the items and handed them to the servant, who then took them into the house.
After everyone was seated, Aunt Xiao and her family greeted the two elders and then chatted with Xiao Qinian.
The group hadn't seen each other for several years, and they had a lot to talk about. Especially Aunt Xiao, who was a twin with Xiao Qinian. Even though they hadn't seen each other for years, their relationship was still very good. After a few words, the slight distance between them disappeared.
The group asked Xiao Qinian about his experiences in Qianyuan County over the past few years, and Xiao Qinian also asked them how they had been doing.
After they finished chatting, Aunt Xiao and Aunt Xiao introduced the two new brides to Xiao Qinian's family.
In the past year or so, all of Xiao Siyue's cousins, except for Qian Jun who is still younger, have gotten married.
When the group entered, Xiao Siyue noticed two unfamiliar young women.
"This is Xiao Hao's wife, her name is Yu Xin," Aunt Xiao introduced, pulling her daughter-in-law aside.
A graceful young woman, about seventeen years old, bowed to Xiao Qinian and Lin Qin.
"Greetings to my third uncle and third aunt."
Aunt Xiao then introduced her daughter-in-law to the two of them: "This is Le'an's wife, Shuwen."
Shuwen has a delicate face, graceful demeanor, and refined features, exuding an air of scholarly elegance.
Both of them have their own unique characteristics, but they are both delightful to look at.
Lin Qin quickly helped her up: "Niece-in-law, get up quickly. Your third aunt didn't prepare anything for you either. This is just a small token of our appreciation. Please don't find it offensive."
Although Lin Qin said that, the gifts she gave were all of the highest quality. Although they didn't come back to attend their two nephews' weddings, they still sent gifts.
Knowing that her two nieces-in-law would definitely come to the Xiao family, Lin Qin prepared gifts for them well in advance.
Xiao Qinian also handed two gifts to the two of them.
"Thank you very much, Uncle and Aunt. My niece-in-law likes it very much, how could she dislike it?" Shuwen said with a smile as she helped Lin Qin up.
“Yes, Third Aunt, you’re being too kind to your niece-in-law,” Yu Xin chimed in from the side.
After the group met, Xiao Siyu suddenly asked, "Auntie, where are Cousin Lekang and his wife?" He had only asked casually because he hadn't seen them. He hadn't come back for Su Lekang's wedding and hadn't met his wife yet.
The moment those words were spoken, the atmosphere froze. Xiao Siyu realized he had said the wrong thing, but didn't know how to ease the tension.
"Big sister, what exactly happened?" Seeing this, Xiao Qinian felt that since they had already come this far, they should just tell her what happened, since they were all family.
"Well, there's nothing wrong with saying this," Aunt Xiao sighed.
"We're so unfortunate. We married a scourge, and now we've got an ungrateful son." Aunt Xiao couldn't help but feel sad as she spoke, after all, he was her son.
“Back then, Le Kang wanted to marry Sun Ni, and I didn’t agree. But Kang Le is our son after all, so in the end we let her marry Sun Ni as she wished.”
Who would have thought that the Sun family was truly ruthless? Not only did they not get back any of the betrothal gifts we brought, but Sun Ni also received no dowry at all. This incident made me the laughing stock of the neighborhood.
Every time I go out, people ask me if it's true. Thinking back to that time, Aunt Xiao still feels embarrassed.
Everyone except Xiao Qinian and Xiao Siyue knew about this incident; they had witnessed it firsthand back then.
Aunt Xiao continued, "Even so, I think it's fine if we don't have it. We don't lack those things at home. As long as the two children are doing well and the family is harmonious, it's nothing. At most, we'll just hear people gossiping, but after a while, no one will say it anymore."
"But who knew that this was just the appetizer? Ever since the two got married, the Sun family has been coming to our house to cause trouble every few days. What's worse, they even took things from our house, whether they were usable or not." Aunt Xiao felt a pang of heartache when she thought about the things that the Sun family took away. Those were all things they had worked hard to accumulate over the years.
"Sister, didn't you report this to the police? This is blatant robbery!" Xiao Qinian asked, his brows furrowed in confusion.
“We wanted to report it to the police, but Le Kang knelt down and begged us, so I had to give up.”
Sun Ni has been completely brainwashed by her family. Even though the Sun family treats her this way, she still sides with them. When she heard that her mother-in-law was going to report the case to the police, she begged Su Lekang. Su Lekang couldn't bear to see his wife so heartbroken, so he went to ask Aunt Xiao for help.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Siyue couldn't help but think to herself, "Su Lekang is really a hopeless romantic."
"Is that kid Le Kang out of his mind? The Sun family is bullying our family, and she's still siding with the Su family." Xiao Qinian was so angry at Su Le Kang's behavior that he almost laughed. Their Xiao family had never had such a treacherous descendant before.
"Su Lekang is a complete ingrate. He only thinks about Sun Ni and doesn't care about us family members at all," Su Le'an suddenly said, her tone full of hatred.
"A few months later, Sun Ni became pregnant. For the sake of the child in her belly, I made way for her step by step. But Sun Ni changed her personality. She was no longer the timid person she used to be. Taking advantage of the child in her belly, she bullied my mother every day, making her do this and that. If she did not do it well, she would insult my mother. She even led the Sun family to bully my mother."
Su Le'an recalled how haggard his mother looked during that time, and felt a pang of heartache. He wasn't home at the time, and when he returned, he saw the Sun family bullying his mother. Enraged, he grabbed a broom and chased the Sun family out.
"Husband, don't be angry, it's all over now." Shuwen saw this and tugged at Su Le'an, comforting him.
Seeing his gentle wife, Su Le'an's anger subsided by half.
"What is Su Lekang doing? He just lets his wife bully your mother." Xiao Qinian's eyes flashed with a dark light when he heard that someone was bullying his sister.
"That ingrate Su Lekang has already sided with the Sun family. He said his wife is pregnant and asked my mother not to make a fuss and to let Sun Ni have her way." After kicking the Sun family out, Su Le'an went to find Su Lekang and demanded an explanation. However, she was so enraged by Su Lekang's shameless words that she gave him a severe beating.