Chapter 838: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 838: Private Whispers in the Boudoir (3)
Seeing this, Chu Heng shot Xiao Ruiyuan a stern look, but ultimately said nothing further.
As the two cousins showed such a harmonious relationship, Mo Qingze couldn’t help but smile. The worries he had been harboring in his heart faded somewhat.
To crown Princess Liang, however, this scene struck a different chord. She secretly envied Mo Yan, who had just met Xiao Ruiyuan but had already captured the love of such an outstanding man. Because of that love, Xiao Ruiyuan didn’t want his beloved to be caught in a difficult position.
Watching the smile on Xiao Ruiyuan’s face, which appeared because his future father-in-law had relented, crown Princess Liang sincerely wished both of them happiness, hoping the two lovers would soon have their wish fulfilled and enjoy a happy life together.
With the engagement settled smoothly between the two families, Zhen’er and the others surrounded Xiao Ruiyuan excitedly, calling out “Brother-in-law!” The scene caused bursts of laughter, with everyone teasing the children to ask Xiao Ruiyuan for “mouth silver.”
The so-called "mouth silver" typically referred to a gift from the new husband to his wife’s brothers when the newlywed woman returned to her family for the third visit, also called "three-day return." Now, with the children asking for "mouth silver" in advance, it was all in good fun, and whether or not Xiao Ruiyuan gave any was of no real consequence.
Xiao Ruiyuan hadn’t expected such a small interruption, but since he always brought gifts for the children when he visited, he was prepared. This time, he took out small animals carved from high-quality jade and distributed them to the kids.
The children thanked him before happily putting the jade animals into their pockets, intending to play with them later when no one was around, so the little toys wouldn’t be ruined by their friends.
Although the exact value of the jade was unknown, everyone could tell by the quality that it was expensive. To carve such precious jade into small animals for his future siblings-in-law showed that Xiao Ruiyuan either had deep family resources and wasn’t concerned about such gifts, or that he was truly sincere. Otherwise, no man would carry so many small trinkets around.
Xiner ran excitedly to her sister’s room, showing her the jade carvings while excitedly recounting what had happened in the hall. She eagerly praised her new brother-in-law, “...All the uncles and aunts praised Brother-in-law, saying how lucky you are!”
Mo Yan, however, immediately sensed that the engagement had been successfully settled, and her concerns, which had been subtly creeping up in her heart, disappeared completely. She picked up a small jade dog sculpture to admire it before jokingly saying, “Such a quick change of address—be careful, Dad might get mad and not give you dinner tonight.”
Xiner stuck out her tongue and boldly replied, “I’m not scared. I can see Dad’s happy, and he’s definitely proud that Brother-in-law is bringing him face! Besides, we didn’t call him wrong. Brother Xiao will be our brother-in-law sooner or later!”
Mo Yan lightly tapped her sister’s forehead, smiling helplessly.
Inside, Liu Tinglan felt happy for her friend’s success and laughed, “Xiner’s right, you’ll have to call him that sooner or later. If Uncle Mo gets tired of hearing it, he might just set your wedding date with Xiao Daren earlier! Maybe you’ll even marry before I do!”
After the engagement between the Liu and Du families was set last year, they had already agreed on the wedding date for this September.
Mo Yan shook her head with a smile, “My dad won’t change his mind that easily. Even if he’s willing, I don’t want to marry so soon! No matter how good the marriage is, life is never as carefree as when you’re single.”
“True, that’s very true!” Liu Tinglan agreed, then sighed, “Why must women always get married? It would be so much better to stay in their own home, being pampered by their parents and loved by their family. But once they go to their husband’s house, they have no relatives by their side, and all their hopes are tied to one man! If the man is reliable, it’s fine, but if he’s not, you might as well be jumping into a pit of fire for the rest of your life!”
(The End of This Chapter)
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