Chapter 12: Jiang Family Cancels Engagement

Chapter 12: Jiang Family Cancels Engagement

Today is the third day since Cuihua got married, and it is the day she returns home with Sun Wang.

According to the customs of the Dayuan Kingdom, when a woman returns home after getting married, it is called "returning home", and her brothers and sisters from her natal family have to go to her husband's family to pick her up.

Wenzhi went to the private school early in the morning, and Wenyong walked to Sun's house in Xiangyang Village to pick him up.

Sun Wang took the gifts he had prepared for his father-in-law and mother-in-law, took Cuihua, and followed his brother-in-law to Yunfeng Village.

It took the group almost two or three hours to reach Yunfeng Village, a distance of twenty or thirty kilometers.

Boss Liang and Mrs. Zhu were standing at the gate of the courtyard. They saw the few people from afar and both showed joy on their faces.

Cuihua was walking in front, carrying a basket of eggs in her hand. Sun Wang, who was following behind her, was holding a big rooster in his left hand and a pot of wine and two pounds of pork in his right hand.

Since ancient times, the number of gifts for returning home has to be even, and the Dayuan Dynasty is no exception.

When the three men came closer, Zhu saw the gifts in their hands and smiled so much that the wrinkles on her face were revealed.

She couldn't help but secretly admire in her heart: Although this son-in-law is not good-looking and not tall, he is really polite and prepared the return gift very carefully.

"Dad, Mom, we're back." Cuihua walked to the door and shouted to her parents when she saw them.

"My son-in-law greets his parents-in-law." Sun Wang bowed and greeted the couple.

"My daughter and son-in-law are back. You must be tired from walking. Come in and have some rest." Zhu warmly invited them in.

After entering the house, Sun Wang greeted Old Man Liang and Old Lady Liang one by one, and Old Man Liang introduced Sun Wang to other members of the family.

After recognizing the people, Sun Wang chatted with the elders, while Zhu took Cuihua into the bedroom to talk privately.

Liu was assigned to help the family prepare the lunch for the return home in the kitchen. Qianhuan and Chen also helped Liu wash vegetables, light the fire, and help cook.

Near noon, Cuihua, Sun Wang and the entire Liang family's house were all sitting at the dining table to eat a homecoming lunch, with laughter and joy all around.

When they were halfway through their meal, there was a series of rapid knocks on the door. It was Qianhuan's fiancé Jiang Lin and his mother who came.

So, they deliberately chose the time of dinner when someone from the Liang family came with their son to cancel the engagement.

"It's our in-laws, come in quickly, we're having dinner right now. Have you eaten?" Liu got up and opened the door, and she warmly invited the two of them in.

When Old Man Liang heard that Jiang Lin and his mother were coming, he immediately asked Liu to bring two more stools over for the two of them to sit down and eat together.

Old Man Liang likes people who are good at reading. Jiang Lin will be his grandson-in-law in the future, so he naturally likes him even more.

"Father Liang, I'm so sorry, we won't eat this meal. The main reason we came here today is to cancel the engagement between my son Jiang Lin and Qian Huan."

Jiang Lin and his mother did not expect that today was Cuihua's homecoming banquet. Seeing outsiders were present, she still felt a little uncomfortable.

But it was only for a moment, and she immediately explained her purpose with a calm face.

"Why do you want to cancel the engagement for no reason?" Old Man Liang asked in surprise.

"Sister-in-law of the Jiang family, you came to ask for our Qianhuan on behalf of your son, and now you want to cancel the engagement. Is this how scholars learn to be treacherous in school?"

Liu was just about to move a stool, but when she heard this, she immediately turned around and angrily questioned Jiang Lin's mother.

"Sister Liu, there is nothing we can do. Jiang Lin will take part in the college entrance examination next year. Once he passes the examination, my son will be a scholar. In the future, my son will take the examination to become a juren and become a high-ranking official. It has been several months since your Liang Laoer broke his leg, and now he can only walk with crutches. My son cannot have a disabled father-in-law in the future." Jiang Lin's mother was not polite at all.

His son had long been having an affair with the daughter of Mr. Liu in the town. Originally, Qianhuan had been sending gifts to their family, so he had been keeping Qianhuan hanging. Now that Liang Laoer could not earn any money and could not give any benefits to his family, she naturally had to come to cancel the engagement.

Liu was very angry when she heard this reason. In the whole Yunfeng Village, only Liang Laoer inherited the old hunter's true teachings and was the best at hunting. He also earned more money than other families. Qianhuan often used her pocket money to subsidize the Jiang family, but they turned a blind eye.

Qianhuan's appearance is one of the best in the entire Yunfeng Village. Although Qianhuan has not been well taken care of in the past few months, her facial features are still excellent. Jiang Lin's mother came to her house in person to propose marriage.

Liu saw that Jiang Lin was handsome and a scholar, so she thought it was a good match and agreed to marry him.

Now that her husband's broken leg has not healed yet, they actually despise him and come to cancel the engagement. They are truly heartless and ungrateful.

"Sister Jiang, in a few months, maybe the second brother's legs will ..."

Although Liu was angry, she knew that breaking off the engagement would damage Qianhuan's reputation and make it difficult for her to marry again in the future. In order to save the marriage for her daughter, Liu was planning to explain to Jiang's sister-in-law that her husband's leg might heal in a few months and he would not be disabled.

"Mom, you don't need to say anything more to them. I, Liang Qianhuan, don't like such heartless and ungrateful people. I agree to cancel the engagement, but it's not your Jiang family who cancels the engagement. It's me, Liang Qianhuan, who doesn't like Jiang Lin, and I want to cancel the engagement with Jiang Lin." Qianhuan said coldly.

When Liu heard her daughter say this, she kept silent. Indeed, if her daughter married such a treacherous man, she would not have a good life. She was thinking wrongly. What if she could study? If the person was not good, then he was not a good man.

"You look down on our Jiang Lin, what a joke. If you looked down on me, why would you have sent things to my house every month?" Jiang Lin's mother deliberately raised her voice and said this.

Originally, Jiang Lin's mother thought that Qianhuan loved her son and that she wanted to cancel the engagement, so she would definitely kneel down and beg them not to cancel the engagement. However, the expected situation did not happen.

Qianhuan actually wants to cancel her son's engagement. How can a woman cancel an engagement with a man? The Jiang family can't afford to lose face like this.

At this time, the gate of Liang's courtyard was already full of villagers who came to watch the fun. Jiang Lin's mother shouted these words loudly, clearly intending to ruin Qianhuan's reputation.

The woman who broke off the engagement already had her reputation damaged, and she actually said such slanderous words. She is truly a vicious and evil woman.

"Aunt Jiang, I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it. Since you want to cancel the engagement, please convert the things I gave you into silver and return them to us. It's not much, just one or two taels of silver will be enough."

Qian Huan is not the original owner, she is not so easy to bully. Since they want to ruin her reputation, don't blame her for being ruthless.

"You, you..." Jiang Lin's mother was furious. She originally wanted to ruin her reputation, but who knew that it gave her an excuse to ask for the money.

"Qianhuan, you and I have been engaged for almost three years. Our two families have had regular contact and we have some affection for each other. Your father is lame now, and I have no choice but to cancel the engagement. How can you be so embarrassed to ask for money?"

Jiang Lin knew that Qianhuan liked him, and wanted to use this relationship to make her give up asking for money.

He looked at Qianhuan's delicate little face. Although her skin was now dark and yellow, he had to admit that her facial features were extremely beautiful.

But no matter how pretty her facial features are, she is just a dark-skinned country girl. He wants to pass the imperial examination and become a high-ranking official in the future. By then, what kind of beauty can he want? Even if she is a well-educated and well-mannered lady from a famous family, he can marry her.

"You have the nerve to cancel the engagement, so why shouldn't I be embarrassed to ask for money? Besides, is there any law that stipulates that you must cancel the engagement just because your father-in-law breaks his leg?"

Qianhuan felt that Jiang Lin was really shameless for even trying to talk about love with her.

"You gave the things to us voluntarily. We didn't put a knife to your neck to force you to give them to us. There is no way our family will return the money to you. You can forget about getting a penny." Jiang Lin's mother put her hands on her hips, looking righteous.

"Okay, you don't have to pay me. But..."

"But what..." Jiang Lin's mother was full of pride. That's what she said. This little girl loved her son so much before, how could she be willing to cancel the engagement.

It seems that this little bitch wants money just as an excuse to keep this marriage. Humph, when she opens her mouth, I will humiliate her and will never agree.

"However, I will go door to door and beat drums to tell the villagers that your Jiang Lin spends money on women and is a gigolo who lives off women. If this gets to the private school and then to the government, I want to see if he can still take part in the college entrance examination in a few months."

Although Qian Huan inherited the original owner's emotions and would have some emotional fluctuations when facing her old lover, she was not the real original owner after all. She looked down on men like Jiang Lin at all, so naturally there was no need for her to show mercy to them.

"You are so unscrupulous in order to get money. My son doesn't like you and wants to cancel the engagement. You just want to ruin my son's future. You are such a vicious girl. Not to mention that our Jiang family doesn't like you. Even if you were in another family, I'm afraid no one would dare to marry you." Jiang Lin's mother accused Qianhuan viciously.

"We in the Liang family look down upon a treacherous family like you. Stop talking so much nonsense and give the money to cancel the engagement. Otherwise, don't blame me for spreading the news that your son is a gigolo." Qianhuan was too lazy to waste her breath on this kind of person.

Since Jiang Lin passed the county and prefectural examinations in the first half of this year, he has become the youngest student in the entire Yunfeng Village. In everyone's eyes, he is now a hot commodity.

But in Qianhua's eyes, he was worthless. Even if Jiang Lin passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar, she would not want to marry a man of his character.

"Mom, give her some money. Breaking off the engagement is important." Jiang Lin saw that Qianhuan was determined to get the money and knew that it was useless to say more.

He quickly urged his mother to give the money and get back the marriage certificate. He just wanted to cancel the engagement quickly and didn't want any more trouble.

Now Mr. Liu's daughter loves him very much. Let alone one tael of silver, as long as he can make Miss Liu happy, maybe she would be willing to give him ten or a hundred taels of silver in the future.

"You are not the head of the household, so you don't know how expensive food, rice, oil and salt are. How can we have a tael of silver in the house? Your study costs too much, and we usually rely on the help of our relatives. Mother does some embroidery after farming to supplement the family income. Now mother has only half a tael of silver left. If you give it to her, there will be nothing left in the family."

Jiang Lin's mother started to cry poor. She didn't expect Qianhuan to become so difficult to deal with.

"Qianhuan, you heard it too. My family only has a little over half a tael of silver left." Jiang Lin looked at Qianhuan in embarrassment.

"How much silver your family has left is your business. I only want my one tael of silver. If you don't give it to me, we will not return this marriage certificate."

Qianhuan had planned that incident yesterday just to break off the engagement. If it weren't for Jiang Linniang ruining her reputation, she wouldn't have asked them for money.