Chapter 190: Today Ah Wu Even Asked Me to Marry into Her Family

Chapter 190: Today Ah Wu Even Asked Me to Marry into Her Family

Li Donghua nodded in agreement, hugging Xingxing tightly and rubbing her cheek against hers. Her face flushed as she told Li Chunhua, "When I get married, Big Sister, could you bring Xingxing to help bless the bed?"

Xingxing, feeling shy, nestled in Li Donghua's arms and smiled awkwardly.

Li Chunhua was quite satisfied with the outcome at the Zhan family and lifted her chin proudly. "Then you must give Xingxing a big red packet!"

Li's mother laughed heartily. "That's for sure!"

The Li family chatted and laughed, their spirits high.

Feeling that matters were temporarily settled, Li Chunhua didn’t stay long at her maternal family. She took Xingxing back to the Yu family.

Just in time, Yu Sanbao and Yu Siyang had also come back from the county seat. During dinner, Li Chunhua casually mentioned the events at her maternal family to Wei Pozi.

Wei Pozi nodded in approval, praising, "Good," when suddenly Yu Siyang exclaimed, "Huh? Is it called marrying into the wife's family when a man goes to the woman's house to get married?"

Everyone looked at Yu Siyang.

Yu Siyang, with a heart as pure as a child's, had rarely encountered families in the countryside who took in a son-in-law. This was probably the first time he had heard the term.

Li Chunhua smiled. "Something like that. When Donghua gets married, Fourth Brother, if you're free, I'll take you along."

Yu Siyang suddenly clapped his hands together, as if realizing something. "So that's what marrying into the wife's family is!"

Everyone stared at Yu Siyang, who looked delighted, his eyes sparkling. "Dad, Mom, today Ah Wu even asked me to marry into her family!"

At this, Yu Laotou, who was drinking porridge, nearly choked.

Wei Pozi coughed violently.

Startled, Xingxing hurriedly helped Wei Pozi breathe easier, then patted Yu Laotou's back.

Yu Siyang was also startled. "Ah?"

Yu Daniu asked, "What? Fourth Brother, who asked you to marry into her family?"

Yu Siyang, his face red, "It was Ah Wu. Ah Wu..."

Yu Daniu's eyes widened. "Who’s Ah Wu?"

Yu Daniu couldn't help but look at Yu Sanbao.

Yu Sanbao was also dumbfounded. He didn’t have time to explain who Ah Wu was to the family. He hurriedly asked Yu Siyang, "Fourth Brother, are you serious? Did Ah Wu really say that to you?"

Yu Siyang nodded. "Yes, Ah Wu said it to me today."

"How did you run into Ah Wu again? What did she say?"

Yu Siyang thought back to the situation. This time, his ears turned red too.

He hadn’t understood what marrying into the wife's family meant before, but now knowing it was another way to say "getting married," he sounded excited, his voice bright with joy. "Today, I ran into Ah Wu on the street by chance. We shared a candy figure together, and Ah Wu asked me to marry into her family. I didn’t know what it meant, and Moliu, who was with Ah Wu, looked shocked and quickly pulled her away..."

Yu Sanbao opened his mouth but quickly shut it.

It was hard to know what to say.

Wei Pozi had finally recovered and, pressing her temples, her voice hoarse from coughing, said, "Is... is this Ah Wu you're talking about the same Ah Wu I know?"

Yu Sanbao's expression was complicated. "There should only be one."

Wei Pozi took a deep breath, and then another.

Yu Laotou was speechless too.

For a while, the room fell into an eerie silence.

Even Yu Siyang, usually oblivious, sensed something was off. He looked at his father, then his mother, and finally his third brother.

"What's going on?" Yu Siyang asked, confused.

Yu Sanbao sighed and took the initiative, "Fourth Brother, what do you think?"

Yu Siyang thought carefully, his face turning red again. He was pure-hearted and unable to hide his feelings, "I… I don't know. But if it means I can be with Ah Wu..."

Yu Siyang fiddled with his chopsticks, unsure how to describe his emotions.

But the Yu family could all see it—the corners of Yu Siyang's mouth were almost reaching his ears!

Wei Pozi felt conflicted.

A thousand thoughts raced through her mind.

She had thought it was fine for Li Donghua to marry someone into her family, but when it came to her own son being the one to marry into another family, she found it hard to accept...

While Wei Pozi was still in turmoil, Yu Laotou had already slammed his chopsticks onto the table.

Yu Laotou was usually easygoing and slow-paced in the Yu family. Even now, when he slammed the chopsticks down, the sound was light, just a gentle "pat."

"I don't agree with this," Yu Laotou said, his expression grim but firm, "Fourth, you can't marry into her family."

The atmosphere in the room immediately turned cold.

Yu Siyang was stunned, standing there in shock before slowly lowering his head, saying nothing.

The three older brothers—Yu Daniu, Yu Sanbao, and the other—felt sorry for their youngest brother. They wanted to comfort him but didn't know how. Especially since their usually easygoing father had never been this stubborn before, the three brothers exchanged a glance but stayed quiet.

It was Wei Pozi, who had also been leaning towards disagreement, but seeing how dejected her youngest son became after her husband's refusal, felt her heart ache for him.

"...Forget it, maybe Ah Wu was just teasing Fourth," Wei Pozi coughed, "Even though I don't know much about Ah Wu's family, judging from the gifts her family sent last time as a thank you, they are likely wealthy or of high status. A family like that wouldn't take in a son-in-law so casually. Maybe the girl was just talking casually."

Yu Sanbao couldn't help but nod in agreement.

It was possible that Ah Wu, like his fourth brother, didn't really understand what marrying into a family meant and had just said it casually.

Yu Siyang mumbled a quiet "Oh" and slumped down, looking deflated.

"Let's not dwell on it," Wei Pozi concluded, "Let's eat."

Li Chunhua, quick to notice, added a piece of rib to Xingxing's bowl. "Sure, sure, let's eat. Come on, Xingxing, give this rib a try, eat up."

Xingxing looked at Grandpa, then at Grandma, and finally at Fourth Uncle, her face showing concern.

The little girl’s face fell.

It seemed like Grandpa, Grandma, and Fourth Uncle weren’t too happy...

The meal dragged on in an awkward silence.

Yu Laotou went out for a stroll, hands behind his back, while Wei Pozi thought about chatting with Yu Siyang for a bit. However, after finishing the meal, Yu Siyang said he was too tired and wanted to sleep, and walked off quickly.

Wei Pozi stood in the yard, stewing in frustration.

Xingxing stood with Wei Pozi, and as the spring chill kicked in, she sneezed softly.

Wei Pozi snapped out of it and, not thinking about Yu Siyang anymore, quickly carried Xingxing back into the house.