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Han Yao returned to the private room. Ye Puyu stood up suddenly, and the chair moved back with a rustling sound. He didn’t care and looked at his girlfriend anxiously.
Han Yao pulled out a chair and sat next to him. She poured a glass of water and sipped it slowly.
Ye Puyu was almost dying of anxiety. He pulled her arm and whispered, “Yaoyao!”
Han Yao appreciated her boyfriend’s anxious expression. She smiled and said, “My dad said…” She paused here.
Ye Puyu hurriedly asked, “What did uncle say? Does he look down on me and don’t agree with us being friends?”
Ye Puyu felt very wronged at the end. He knew that he had many shortcomings. He really liked Yaoyao. In order to be with her, he was willing to change. Why didn’t uncle like him?
Han Yao was helpless, and said with a mixture of laughter and tears: “Really, you should let me finish what I’m saying? What’s the hurry?”
Ye Puyu sat next to his girlfriend and said kindly: “Then tell me quickly.”
Han Yao stopped teasing him and smiled: “My dad said he won’t let you marry into his family.”
Ye Puyu felt cold in his heart, and was almost crying in anxiety. His words were a little incoherent: “Then, then, what should I do? I’m not afraid of marrying into his family. My parents also agreed, why doesn’t he let me marry into his family?”
Han Yao held his arm and comforted him, “Don’t worry, from what I know about my dad, he has no intention of letting us sisters marry men into his family. My dad would rather suffer himself than make things difficult for us sisters. How many boys in this world are willing to marry into his family and become a live-in son-in-law?”
Ye Puyu hurriedly expressed his opinion: “I do, I do.”
Han Yao smiled and nodded, “I know you agree, but not everyone has my blessing, and not everyone is like you, willing to be a live-in son-in-law for their girlfriend. I understand my dad. After all, he is worried that you will regret it in the future, and we sisters will be the ones who are sad then.”
“I won’t regret it. I only like you.”
Ye Puyu was deeply moved and said, “Your dad is so nice. He considers everything for you.”
Han Yao looked at her boyfriend and said seriously, “Whether I marry as a live-in son-in-law or not, I will live with my parents after marriage and provide for them in their old age. Do you agree?”
Ye Puyu said without thinking, “Supporting parents is the unshrinkable obligation of children. Of course, I agree. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be unfilial?”
Han Yao smiled and said, “I believe you.”
Ye Puyu’s family is happy and harmonious. His parents and grandparents get along very well. Ye Puyu, who grew up in such a family, is upright and kind. She agreed to Ye Puyu’s pursuit because she likes him and because the elders in their family are generous and kind. If she marries Ye Puyu, she will save a lot of trouble after marriage. Although she is confident that she can deal with her future mother-in-law and live a peaceful life, who would be willing to calculate all the time?
When Han Yao was a junior, Han Ze demolished the house in his hometown and rebuilt it. The rebuilt house was a three-story building. The building was very beautiful. The yard was paved with cement, flat and clean. There were also several small flower beds with various flowers planted in the flower beds. The rooms were all designed and decorated according to the houses in the city. Whether it was outdoor or indoor, it all gave people a sense of déjà vu of a single-family villa. Ye Puyu and Han Yao’s wedding was held in their hometown. Han Ze believed that marriage was a union of two surnames. In order to prevent the children from having regrets, the banquet was first held by the daughter and son-in-law in Hanjia Village, and then held at the son-in-law’s home. Both sides were lively and festive.
Ye Puyu readily agreed to her father-in-law’s proposal.
Han Yao and Ye Puyu were both good at dealing with things. They got along well with their classmates at school. When they got married, almost all the classmates who could come came. The gap between the rich and poor families of the classmates was quite large. Those who had cars drove themselves, and those who didn’t, Han Ze asked Han Yao to charter a car to pick them up.
The classmates were naturally surprised by the special car. Han Yao was a rural girl. Her parents supported five sisters. From Han Yao’s dress, it can be seen that their family was not well-off. Unexpectedly, Han Yao’s parents were so generous that they were willing to charter a car to pick them up. Now, even the classmates who had not planned to come to Han Yao’s wedding came.
“There were three couples in our class who were in love at the beginning. Now Han Yao and Ye Puyu are getting married. Yu Lan, when are you and Zheng Kai going to hold the banquet? Don’t forget to invite us when the time comes, so that we can see how you city people hold banquets.” The long-haired girl He Fengdie asked with a smile.
Yu Lan lifted her bangs and smiled a little nonchalantly. She didn’t plan to come to Han Yao’s wedding. What’s so good about rural weddings? Just give gifts. Later, she knew that they had a special car to pick them up and didn’t have to pay for the car fare, so she planned to come and join in the fun.
In school, Han Yao was smart and pretty, better at studying and popular than her. She was always inferior to Han Yao. Even Ye Puyu was the one she liked first. Later, when she found out that Ye Puyu was from the countryside, she lost interest and agreed to the pursuit of Zheng Kai, who was also from Li City. Later, when she saw Han Yao and Ye Puyu together, she felt a little proud in her heart. She felt that Han Yao was dating Ye Puyu, whom she looked down on. She looked down on her because she was from the countryside and had a low vision.
In her opinion, Han Yao was better than her in every way, except for one thing, which was their background. Although background could not determine a person’s life, it could bring them a lot of convenience. For example, before she graduated from college, she found a very good job through a relative’s introduction, but Han Yao and Ye Puyu didn’t even see the shadow of the job. It seemed that after they got married, they would not face a sweet trip, but constantly running to the talent market.
Thinking of this, Yu Lan smiled and said, ” Zheng Kai and I were also planning to get married after graduation, but we had never found a good wedding house. Recently, Zheng Kai and I have been running all over Li City looking for houses. Before our legs broke, we finally booked a wedding house. It will take some time to get the house ready and renovated. Getting married is not a matter of one or two days, so we are not in a hurry.”
Hearing that Yu Lan had bought a house, He Fengdie was surprised and envious: “You are so lucky. Your family bought you a house after graduation. Unlike us, we can only work hard if we want a house. We don’t know when we can buy a house in Li City.”
Yu Lan hooked her lips, patted He Fengdie’s shoulder, and said jokingly, “You are so beautiful, how can you not find a rich boyfriend? You already have everything, why do you have to struggle on your own?”
He Fengdie didn’t say anything, but her cheeks were red. After a while, she said, “I didn’t feel it at school, but I saw the difference after leaving the campus. Han Yao and Ye Puyu were the celebrities in our class, but after graduation they became passers-by and couldn’t even find a job. Now they are getting married early, but they have no connections or houses in Li City. After marriage, they have to support their parents and children. When will it end?”
Yu Lan glanced at her and said with a smile, “So whether you are looking for a boyfriend or a girlfriend, you have to find one that suits us, otherwise you have to struggle for everything by yourself. What’s the point of living like this?”
Han Yao is smart and capable, but her vision for finding a man is far inferior to hers. It is destined that Han Yao will never be as good as her in this life.
The car slowly drove into Hanjia Village. He Fengdie looked at the scene outside the car and said in surprise: “Hanjia Village looks good. Many families have built buildings.”
Yu Lan was lost in thought as she looked outside the car. She had a relative in the countryside. Several children in the family finished junior high school and went out to work at a young age. They sent their wages back home and their parents saved them. After saving for a few years, they used them to build buildings and marry wives. She guessed the countryside here is also like this.
The car stopped in front of Han Ze’s house. The classmates got off the car and stared at the building in front of them in amazement. He Fengdie pulled Yu Lan’s arm and exclaimed: “If all the houses in the countryside are like this, I would be willing to stay in the countryside every day.”
Yu Lan looked at the house in front of her and said nothing. She had to say that she was a little surprised.
He Fengdie asked in confusion: “Isn’t Han Yao’s family very poor? How can they afford such a beautiful house?”
Yu Lan lifted her long hair, looked at He Fengdie and asked: “Did Han Yao tell us that her family was poor?”
He Fengdie shook her head and recalled: “Han Yao only told us that her family was from the countryside and that she had four sisters…”
Yu Lan curled her lips and said uncomfortably: “We misunderstood.”
As far as she knew, Han Yao’s sisters were still in school, and her parents did not go out to work, so since their family could build such a big building, their family conditions should be good. She shook her head and didn’t take it to heart. No matter how beautiful the rural buildings were, they were not as valuable as a house in the city, so she had no need to envy them.
Han Yao and Ye Puyu knew that their classmates had arrived, so they came out to greet them and arranged for them to sit.
When Han Ze married his daughter for the first time, he invited all his relatives and friends to come. The old customers in the town knew that Chef Han was marrying his daughter, and even though Chef Han didn’t invite them, they all told Han Ze in advance that they wanted to come to the wedding to drink. Han Ze had no choice but to agree, so the wedding banquet was very grand.
In order to hold the banquet, noodle shops in the town, county, and Li City put up notices: they would be closed for three days, and the nine apprentices would be transferred to his home to prepare the wedding banquet.
Han Ze’s new and old customers have always thought that Chef Han can only make noodles and dumplings, but they don’t know that their Master Chef Han has already trained his apprentices to become chefs and is secretly preparing to open a restaurant.
Today’s wedding banquet is Han Ze’s test for his apprentices. If they can pass the test, the restaurant will open next month. If they can’t meet his requirements, the opening time of the restaurant can only be extended indefinitely. If they don’t have the skills, how can they dare to admit that they are his apprentices, and how can they dare to be the chef of a restaurant.
Before the wedding banquet started, Han Yao and Ye Puyu came out to chat with their classmates. He Fengdie smiled and said, “Han Yao, you are the first girl in our class to get married. How does it feel?”
Han Yao was not embarrassed. She put on bridal makeup and wore a wedding dress. Her face was full of joy. She smiled and said, “It feels good.”
After a pause, she smiled and said, “If you want to know how it feels to be married, find a boyfriend and get married quickly, and experience it yourself.”
He Fengdie smiled and shook her head. As they were chatting, Ye Puyu’s parents and brothers drove up. Han Yao and Ye Puyu looked at their classmates apologetically and stood up to greet them.
When the in-laws arrived, Han Ze and Wu Hongmei also went out to greet them. At this time, Wu Hongmei found that Ye Puyu’s parents were very particular about their dress. It was obvious at a glance that their family was either rich or noble, and they were very different from ordinary rural people. Thinking of this, she was shocked. If her son-in-law’s family was well-off, why would they agree to let their son-in-law live with them?
What Wu Hongmei could see, Han Ze could certainly see as well. He didn’t think much about it. His son-in-law’s family was well-off and theirs was not bad either. There was no need to be inferior to them.
Yu Lan sat in her seat. Seeing Ye Puyu’s parents, her pupils widened. He Fengdie beside her had already pulled her arm and exclaimed, “Isn’t Ye Puyu from the countryside? How come his parents are so elegant? They don’t look like rural people at all.”
Yu Lan clenched her fists, her eyes dimmed, and all kinds of feelings surged in her heart.
Han Ze and his wife welcomed the in-laws to the living room. Several brothers and sisters of the Han family and Han’s mother-in-law were in the living room. Seeing that the parents of their nephew-in-law had come, they all warmly entertained them.
Ye Puyu’s parents were indeed from the countryside. The family was too poor, so Father Ye went to the construction site to move bricks and learn to lay walls from others. Gradually, he became a contractor. Later, he opened a construction company. The reason why he rushed to come on the day of his son’s wedding was because the company was busy and the family had to hold a banquet, so he couldn’t get away.
Ye Puyu said to the outside world that he was from the countryside, which was not wrong.
Although Father Ye is the general manager, he is very generous. After chatting for a few words, he said bluntly: “When the children get married, we can’t give them anything else, so we prepared a house for the two children in Li City. The house has been renovated. They will work in Li City in the future and can move in with their bags.”
Ye Puyu exclaimed, “Dad, why didn’t you tell me that you bought a house for me? What if I don’t like it?”
Han Yao pulled his arm, and the gift from his parents followed. Why do you have so many suggestions? Others want a ready-made house but they don’t have it yet.
Ye Puyu curled his lips and said nothing.
Seeing the actions of their son and daughter-in-law, Father and Mother Ye were full of smiles. Their son has not grown up yet, and there is a strong daughter-in-law to control him. That’s right.
The brothers and sisters of the Han family next to them all widened their eyes. Yaoyao found a good in-law family. The daughter-in-law didn’t ask for a house, but they rushed to give it to her. Is it as simple as having money? It must be very rich.
Only Mrs. Han didn’t react. She couldn’t react. She couldn’t hear what people were saying in the room. The old lady in her seventies was deaf now. Han Ze wanted to take her to a big hospital to see a doctor, but she refused.
Han Ze smiled and said, “Brother Ye, we have the same idea. When the children get married, we can’t give them anything else, but we can still prepare one or two houses.”
Father and Mother Ye: “…”
All the brothers and sisters of the Han family looked at their eldest brother.
Han Ze went into the house. In recent years, he not only sold noodles, but also fell in love with real estate investment. The family’s money not only came from the noodle shop, but also from the real estate. He took out two house purchase contracts, put them on the coffee table, and said, “The first house I prepared for the children is in Jinghu Meizhen, a single-family villa, and the other is in Yujing Apartment next to Century Commercial Building, a duplex villa, close to the city center, which will be convenient for finding a job in the future. I wonder where the house Brother Ye bought for them is?”
Father Ye: “…”
Father Ye was a little embarrassed. He prepared a high-rise elevator apartment of 120 square meters for his son. He originally thought that his daughter-in-law was from the countryside and her in-laws could not afford any dowry. The house of more than 100 square meters he gave his son should be presentable. Unexpectedly, the in-laws either bought a villa or a duplex villa. Even he, the boss of a construction company, did not dare to play like this.
The boss was really scared to death!
As for the Han family members next to him, they were all stunned.
After being surprised, the eldest and second sisters of Han came to their senses and actually had no thoughts. They just thought that the eldest brother was really generous. It seemed that he really made money. Without money, he could not do this?
Han Hai and his wife were full of envy and jealousy. For so many years, the couple had been guarding such a sales agency, and the money they earned was far from enough for the children to go to school, eat and spend. Not to mention villas and houses, their family still lives in a brick house built more than ten years ago!
The eldest brother gave the villa and house to their niece as a dowry. How could they not be jealous? They wanted to think, why didn’t they want to adopt a child to the eldest brother? If the child was adopted by the eldest brother, wouldn’t he be able to enjoy the treatment of a villa and a house? Why did he have to live with their useless parents and live in that moldy broken house?
They delayed the child.
Han Yang envied but was not jealous. It was not that he was not jealous, but that he dared not be jealous. After he was laid off, he asked people to find a job everywhere, but he couldn’t find a suitable job. By chance, he became a salesperson selling insurance at an insurance company. After running for several months without getting a single business, it was his eldest brother who took pity on him and paid for an insurance policy for each of the seven members of his family, which helped him get through the difficult times.
Strangely enough, ever since his eldest brother bought insurance from him and helped him open a business, his business has gradually increased. Although he does not earn as much as his eldest brother every month, he can still support his family. At that time, he couldn’t help but wonder, could it be that his eldest brother was born with wealth? Can he not only bring wealth to himself, but also to his brothers?
Since then, he dared not have any thoughts when he saw his eldest brother again, because he was his god of wealth. With his eldest brother around, he was not afraid of losing his job. He also secretly regretted why he was so crazy and did not contact his eldest brother for several years, otherwise he would not have been laid off.
As for Han Xilan, she was almost eaten up by jealousy. Ever since she gave birth to her daughter, she had never had a good life. Liu Jinhua’s salary was not only used to support her sister-in-law’s schooling, but also to manage the family expenses. You can imagine how tight her life was. And all her money was spent on her daughter who made her unhappy.
She saw others making money in business, and she was so cruel that she didn’t teach them. After she graduated from high school, she found a way to borrow money and went out to open a clothing store with others. She vowed to make a lot of money and go home to show off her brothers. As a result, due to her lack of experience, her business failed and she owed a lot of debts. She has not paid off her debts yet. The debt collectors come to her house every day to ask for money, which makes her family very upset. Liu Jinhua hates her so much that he wants to divorce her.
Han Xilan has nothing now, so how can she get a divorce? She has no other skills, but she has a lot of bad ideas. Knowing that Liu Jinhua wants to divorce her, she secretly took out the contraceptive ring, thinking that if she is pregnant, he will not divorce her, right?
Two months later, she really got pregnant. At this time, Liu Jinhua’s sister Liu Jinyuan graduated from college and came back. As soon as she entered the door, she met the debt collectors. Liu Jinyuan went to college for a few years, and her temper changed a lot. The little girl also became sensible. Those debt collectors who looked like gangsters forced her elderly parents to hide in the room and dared not come out. She hated them so much. Of course, she didn’t hate the debt collectors, but Han Xilan, the culprit of all this.
As soon as the debt collector left, the two sisters-in-law started to quarrel, and in the end, they even wrestled with each other. Han Xilan’s life was not going well. Because she owed a lot of debts, she was already a little neurasthenic and not in good health. How could she save the child after this fight?
Although the child could not be saved, because it was Liu Jinyuan who caused her miscarriage, Han Xilan cried and made a fuss to find Liu Jinyuan and fight with her. Liu Jinhua had no choice but to promise her not to divorce. Han Xilan got what she wanted. Although they did not divorce, the couple became strangers who slept in the same bed but had different dreams.
After all, Father Ye had been the boss for so many years. He was bleeding in his heart, but he could still talk and laugh freely: “Brother Han, the house I prepared for the children is not as good as yours. It’s just a small house. I plan to give them a car. They have villas and houses, so they must have a high-end car to match. With a car, it will be convenient for them to go to work.”
Han Xilan’s eyes were red with jealousy. So many years of unhappy life made her look gloomy and unpleasant. Mother Ye next to her had already looked at her several times.
Han Xilan did not notice Mother Ye’s gaze. She looked at her mother with hatred. In the first two years when her mother’s hearing was good, she could still instigate her mother to ask her eldest brother for money to support her. Now that her mother’s ears are deaf, she can’t do anything even if she wants to instigate her. After all, her mother can’t hear a single word. Even if she writes a note to her, she won’t recognize it. She can only watch her eldest brother get rich and buy houses and villas for his nieces. She can’t do anything.
He Fengdie went to the toilet and passed by the living room. When she heard their conversation, her eyes widened. She leaned close to Yu Lan’s ear and whispered, “I only know now that the richest family in our class is not Yang Qian’s family, but Han Yao’s family.”
Yu Lan frowned and looked at her. He Fengdie said, “Guess what dowry Han Yao’s father prepared for Han Yao?”
Yu Lan didn’t say anything, just looked at her and waited for her to continue.
He Fengdie panted and said, “A single-family villa in Jinghumei Town, and a duplex house next to Century Building.”
The paper cup in Yu Lan’s hand fell to the ground.
He Fengdie supported her chest and continued, “Not only that, Ye Puyu’s parents also gave them a house of 120 square meters, and said they would give them a high-end car. My God, what kind of concept is this?”
Yu Lan could no longer hear what she was saying.
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