Farmhouse Green Plum

July 12th is the day Luo Yanxing returns to her parents' home three days after her wedding.

She hadn't prepared any gifts for her return home, and ordered the coachman to bring the carriage over. She prepared to get in empty-handed.

Chen Yunze suddenly appeared from the side.

Upon seeing him, Luo Yanxing immediately frowned.

Chen Yunze hurriedly said, "I just came to ask, since it's the third day after your wedding, do you need me to accompany you back?"

"Come back with me?" Luo Yanxing sneered. "The marriage certificate says it's between me and your dead brother. You're coming back with me?"

Chen Yunze was caught off guard and awkwardly chuckled, "Didn't you ask to be my wife? No matter what happens in private, in front of others, you should..."

Luo Yanxing frowned, said nothing more, and got into the car on his own.

Seeing this, Chen Yunze secretly breathed a sigh of relief and waved to the servant behind him. The servant hurriedly had someone bring tea, dates, a brocade bag of grains, and other gifts for returning to his parents' home.

When the carriage arrived at Xinghua Village, the villagers naturally greeted it enthusiastically. "Yanxing is back? Wow, he looks much fairer!"

"That's right, she's only been a daughter-in-law of the Chen family for a few days, and she's completely changed..."

To keep this a secret, Luo Yanxing naturally couldn't show any displeasure at this time. The villagers were the most gossipy, and they were very perceptive about these marital issues. If they noticed even the slightest sign of displeasure on his part, the next day they would spread all sorts of rumors about him being disliked by his in-laws.

She lifted the carriage curtain, adopting her usual expression and mannerisms, and responded to the villagers' greetings.

Through the car window, the villagers saw Chen Yunze sitting inside and became even more enthusiastic, greeting him respectfully.

Chen Yunze was an extremely adept social man, responding to the villagers one by one with a friendly yet distant attitude, which made the villagers sigh that Luo Yanxing had married into a good family and that the couple were very loving.

When they arrived at the Luo family's house, Luo Yong, who was sitting at the door smoking a pipe, saw Luo Yanxing and was so startled that his pipe fell to the ground with a "thud".

Wang was cooking in the kitchen when she heard the noise and came out, nearly dropping the spatula in her hand. "What are you doing...?"

Luo Yanxing sneered.

Worried that she might get angry and ask questions, Chen Yunze quickly stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Greetings, Mother-in-law."

At this point, most of the village was probably watching the Luo family's situation. Yan Xing had a loud voice, and in his anger, if he didn't control his volume, the whole village would know about the ghost marriage.

Only then did Wang notice him, her eyes widening, "Yue..."

She looked at him, then at Luo Yanxing, her expression gradually becoming tense. "Okay, come in and sit down quickly."

She never expected her daughter to come back. This is terrible. Knowing that woman's temper, she'll probably skin them alive.

Meeting her daughter's deep gaze, she felt her scalp tighten.

Luo Yong felt a chill run down his spine. "They're back."

Luo Yanxing gritted her teeth to stop the question that was about to come out. She strode forward, snatched the welding rod from Luo Yong's hand, and slammed it to the ground: "Smoking, smoking, smoking all day long, you'll only stop when you smoke yourself to death!"

Aunt Liu from next door was shocked. After a moment of stunned silence, she raised her voice and advised, "Yanxing, you have too much of a temper. You're already married and of age, how can you still be so ignorant of manners? Look at any girl who dares to yell at her father."

Luo Yanxing glared fiercely at Luo Yong and shouted back, "I was doing it for his own good. Smoking welding fumes is bad for his health. He's so old. If he dies from it one day, no one will even know if he rots in the house!"

She emphasized the words "smoked to death" with extra force, making no attempt to hide the gritted teeth.

"You still have your mother, don't you? Besides, what newlywed girl curses her own father on her third-day homecoming? The wedding isn't even over yet, aren't you afraid of breaking a taboo!"

Luo Yanxing didn't want to waste any more words with her. She walked over, grabbed Wang's hand, and dragged her into the main room.

Wang instinctively wanted to scream, but quickly realized she couldn't. So she lowered her voice and kept saying, "What are you doing? What are you doing?"

Luo Yanxing remained silent, dragging her along as they walked. When they reached the door, he pulled Luo Yong, who was sitting on the threshold, up and dragged him into the house as well.

Chen Yunze did not follow them inside. He gave the servants a look, and a group of servants went out, carrying snacks and chatting enthusiastically with the neighbors, subtly separating them from the Luo family's residence.

Inside the house, Luo Yanxing looked at her parents, her eyes slowly reddening. "You are truly my good parents. How could you even think of arranging a ghost marriage for me!"

"Have I lacked your food or your clothes? A thousand taels, a mere thousand taels, and you want my life!"

With her last sentence, she let out a low growl, barely able to contain herself.

A guilty look flashed across Wang's face. "What, a ghost marriage? I don't know what you're talking about."

Luo Yanxing was too lazy to argue with such a clumsy excuse. She stared straight at Wang Shi, her voice trembling and hoarse, "Mother, why?"

"It's only a thousand taels. I can earn that back in a few years. Even if you have no affection for me and only love money, you shouldn't have sold me to arrange a ghost marriage!"

“How can they be the same!” Luo Yong retorted instinctively.

Wang quickly nudged him with her elbow, and Luo Yong, realizing he had spoken out of turn, immediately shut his mouth.

Luo Yanxing looked at him, "How is it different?"

Luo Yong didn't know how to answer, so he nudged Wang Shi.

Wang, equally unaware, nudged him back with her elbow, signaling him to think quickly.

The two pushed each other for a while, and then they saw that Luo Yanxing was looking at them with a deep gaze and a look on his face that said, "I must get an answer today."

Knowing she couldn't avoid it today, Wang made up her mind and glared at Luo Yanxing, "Isn't this all your fault? You're so stingy. Every time I ask you for money, I have to be so humble. What kind of parents are as pathetic as us?"

"Just because of that?" Luo Yanxing asked incredulously.

"Isn't this enough?" Wang said angrily, her voice rising a few decibels. "In other families, parents discipline their children, but in our family, it's the opposite. You, our daughter, order us around and ask us for money. You're so despicable."

If you have to be shameless to have money, I wouldn't take any more than this. This thousand taels is more practical; it's ours to use however we want!

"Just because of this?" Luo Yanxing repeated, tears streaming down her face. "Hahahaha, just because of this? How could I have such foolish and cruel parents like you?"

"Who are you calling stupid?!" Luo Yong was furious and slapped Luo Yanxing across the face with his large palm.

Luo Yanxing raised her hand, intercepted the slap that was coming at her, and slapped it away hard.

She used tremendous strength, and Luo Yong was thrown back several steps, almost losing his balance.

Luo Yanxing took a deep breath, suppressing the pain in his heart and the tears in his eyes. "That thousand taels is my way of severing all ties with you for raising me. From now on, I will cut all ties with you!"

"A married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl; I have nothing to do with you anymore!"