A chaotic house, a perfect couple

The time goes back to half a month ago.

That day, Liang Shuangyue and Dong Dalei invited Deputy Director Yang's family to be their guests. Their original intention was to discuss the marriage between the two families. They did not hide it from Liang Shuangyue. After all, whether Cheng Jiajia agreed or not was not within their consideration. No one took this girl from the countryside seriously.

Everything was fine, but Cheng Jiajia suddenly climbed up the window, threatened to commit suicide, and cried bitterly, "Dad, I'm coming to find you! My grandparents passed away and I couldn't survive in the village anymore, so I came to Beicheng to seek refuge with my biological mother. I just wanted to find a way to survive, but I didn't expect my biological mother to sell me to a fool for a betrothal gift. I have no way to live and I don't want to live anymore. Dad, I'm coming to find you!"

Cheng Jiajia's call completely ripped off the face of Dong Dalei and Liang Shuangyue.

At noon, almost instantly, people from every household came out to watch the fun, pointing fingers at Dong Dalei and Liang Shuangyue, accusing them of being cruel, making the couple, who were very proud, blush with embarrassment.

While advising Cheng Jiajia, "Girl, don't do anything stupid! If you die, it will be a relief for your vicious mother and stepfather. They will just feel relieved of their burden, but they won't be sad for you!"

Cheng Jiajia refused to listen. With a determined look on her face, she shouted at the air, "Dad, it was Mom and Uncle Dong who forced me to death. You must remember to avenge me and cause trouble for them!" Then she closed her eyes and pretended to jump down to accompany her father.

“Don’t, don’t—”

Of course, they failed to jump, as they were "just in time" stopped by the director of the Women's Federation who arrived at their house.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew by.

Then, the glass photo frame hanging on the wall of the Dong family shattered inexplicably, which scared everyone in the room.

Although feudal superstitions are being eliminated everywhere now, many people of this generation still believe in them because of their special growing environment. Liang Shuangyue and Dong Dalei are still deeply addicted to them. Every year during the Qingming Festival and the Zhongyuan Festival, they would secretly burn paper money against the wind.

So almost instantly, the wicked couple thought of Cheng Jiajia's biological father, Cheng Zhize, and felt that it must be him! He must have seen his only daughter being bullied, so he ran up to teach them a lesson! He was going to avenge his daughter!

The two of them were so frightened that their teeth were chattering. They hugged each other and trembled, not forgetting to blame each other, "Brother, brother, Liang Shuangyue used to be your woman, and she is also Jiajia's mother. She is not good to the child. You, you go find her! Don't come to me!!"

Liang Shuangyue screamed, "Ahhh! Cheng Zhize, don't come to me. It wasn't my idea, it was Dong Dalei. He was the one who said Jiajia is good-looking and will definitely get a betrothal gift if she gets married! Wuuuuu!"

Dong Dalei pushed the person away, furious. "You vicious woman! It was you who said Director Yang's idiot son wanted to get married, and you also said Jiajia was an eyesore at home and it would be great if she could get married! It was you who told me to marry her to a fool!"

Liang Shuangyue glared angrily, "It's you, it's you, it's you! You bastard!"

Dong Dalei collapsed and screamed, "It's not me, it's not me, it's not me! You vicious woman!"

He pointed at Liang Shuangyue in anger and shouted into the void, "Brother Cheng! Remember to find Liang Shuangyue and take her away. Don't find the wrong person!"

Everyone: "..." Don't mention it, they are also quite scared. But they didn't bully Cheng Jiajia, so they shouldn't come after me...

Cheng Jiajia couldn't help but twitch her lips. Are you two just having an elementary school quarrel here?

Also, although husband and wife are birds of a feather, they fly away separately when disaster strikes, aren’t you flying too fast?

The people who had come to watch Cheng Jiajia jump off the building had forgotten their original purpose. They were fascinated by the two people arguing with each other, with their hands on their hips and glaring at each other, and they would comment from time to time.

Cheng Jiajia: “…” This is outrageous, everyone. Have you forgotten that there is someone who wants to jump off the building?

She looked at the director of the Women's Federation who was hugging her and watching the fun with great interest, and then looked at her aunt who had just advised her not to commit suicide but was now eating melon seeds.

She thought to herself that it was a good thing that she was just pretending to scare people. If she really wanted to die, she would have been reincarnated long ago... She hadn't finished her business yet, and these people were too unreliable!

During this time, two glasses were broken in the living room, which made the two people who were blaming each other shut up instantly!

The story ended with Dong Dalei swearing and promising that he would never dare to have any ideas about Cheng Jiajia again.

He was already feeling guilty about sleeping with someone else's woman, and now he wanted to sell their only daughter. He was really afraid that Cheng Jiajia's dead father would come after him, his stepfather! The thought of that scene made his hair stand on end. He didn't dare to do it again, he really didn't dare to do it again! Never again!

As for Deputy Director Yang, another important figure in the incident, he had already taken advantage of the time when everyone was watching the Dong couple quarreling and slipped away with their stupid son. He didn't dare to marry a daughter-in-law with a dead father-in-law by his side. Cheng Jiajia was such a cruel girl!

Since this incident had a great impact, Dong Dalei's leaders had a talk with him afterwards, and their words were all about asking him to properly resolve his family affairs and not bring shame to the factory.

Dong Dalei naturally agreed repeatedly. He just wanted to send this girl away quickly and tell Cheng Zhize not to come to see him. He didn't dare to keep this girl at home anymore, otherwise Cheng Zhize would come up to see his daughter at any time. Who could resist this?

For this reason, Dong Dalei has been coaxing Liang Shuangyue these days, yes, coaxing her.

Because ever since that day when they were blaming each other for their lives, they had been on a cold war! They had ignored each other for several days, and both of them felt that the other's feelings for them were not as deep as they thought, and that their sincerity had been wasted!

But he couldn't just go find a matchmaker as a grown man, could he? He could only coax Liang Shuangyue and let her worry about Cheng Jiajia's marriage. He asked her to find a husband for Cheng Jiajia as soon as possible.

Fortunately, they finally found him. As for whether the man was called Zheng Haiyang or Yu Junsheng, they didn't care at all. As long as he was a decent person who could send that dead girl away, it was fine.

……

Today, Dong Dalei and Liang Shuangyue both took half a day off, waiting for Yu Junsheng's arrival.

It wasn't that they valued Cheng Jiajia that much, but many people knew that Cheng Jiajia's partner was coming to visit today. If they weren't there, wouldn't they be criticized? The last "Cheng Jiajia was forced to jump off the building" incident was still under the influence, so they didn't dare to make such a fuss.

And the most important point is, how can I ask for a betrothal gift if they are not here today?

A few days passed, and "Cheng Zhize" did not bother them again, and the two men gradually became more active.

The calculations in his mind were clattering. Even if he couldn't marry Cheng Jiajia to the stupid son of Deputy Director Yang of the Fertilizer Factory, the betrothal gift couldn't be reduced, right? Otherwise, how could he justify all the efforts he had made for this girl? Cheng Zhize would understand if he knew, right?

So the two of them cleaned up the house, cut two taels of meat, and pretended to be entertaining guests, waiting for Yu Junsheng to come and ask for a huge price.

They had no intention of giving Yu Junsheng any good face. This snobbish couple felt from the bottom of their hearts that Yu Junsheng was not worth their attention.

So when Yu Junsheng came to the house today, he was greeted by the forced smiles of his future mother-in-law and future father-in-law, but he didn't care much.

Cheng Jiajia had already told him about her relationship with this family, and she also knew that the Dong family wanted to sell his girlfriend to the stupid son of the fertilizer factory director. The young couple had the same attitude towards these two people - just do their best to save face.

He greeted people with a smile, "Mom, Uncle Dong!"

Dong Dalei and Liang Shuangyue only responded faintly. Seeing that the gifts Yu Junsheng brought were just some ordinary cakes and cigarettes, they curled their lips. He was just like a dead girl, not presentable!

Then they looked critically at the young man in front of them. He was wearing a half-new black cotton-padded jacket and was tall and thin. They heard that he worked at a scrap yard and that both his parents were orphaned. They looked down on him. He was just a rag collector. How could he be as respectable as a factory worker? And he lived in a slum!

However, although the two looked down on Yu Junsheng in their hearts, they also felt that his conditions were more than enough for Cheng Jiajia. After all, it was a blessing for a country girl like her to find a man in the city who could eat commercial grain. What else could she complain about?

Cheng Jiajia naturally also saw the contempt in the eyes of these two people. She felt that these two wicked guys needed to be punished. They were really spoiled!

She quickly invited Yu Junsheng to sit on the sofa, "Comrade Yu, you are here, come and sit here!" She then took out the kettle and poured him a cup of sugar water, "It's still quite cold this morning, don't get frozen." After all, if nothing unexpected happened, she would live with this man for the rest of her life, so naturally she hoped that he would be healthy.

Liang Shuangyue felt uncomfortable seeing her attentiveness. She snorted and said sarcastically, "This girl is just an extrovert. She hasn't even gotten married yet and all she knows is pouring tea for men. Didn't you see that your mother and your Uncle Dong don't have any water to drink?"

Cheng Jiajia felt wronged. "Mom, how could you think of me like this? Comrade Yu came from afar and was a guest, so I poured him some water. In my heart, you and Uncle Dong are my family, my own people. If you want to drink water, you can just get the kettle and pour it yourself. Could it be that you have never considered me a family member?"

Her tears fell, her mouth pursed and she began to howl, "Dad, why did you die so early? Do you know that once you die, I will have no home? My mother's home is not my home, and she doesn't consider me a family member. Dad, it's so hard for me to live alone. Why don't you just take me away?"

Yu Junsheng had never seen such a scene before and was stunned. His future daughter-in-law turned out to be like this?

Dong Dalei's heart skipped a beat, fearing that Cheng Zhize would really come to pick them up, so he quickly stepped out to smooth things over. "Jia Jia, no, no, no! Your mom was just joking with you. In our hearts, you are naturally family, our own daughter!"

As he spoke, he looked at Liang Shuangyue helplessly, "Come on, why are you arguing with the child? You said such harsh words. If you know, you are reluctant to let your daughter get married so soon. If you don't know, you will think you are mean to her."

He said to Yu Junsheng embarrassedly, "Xiao Yu, don't mind it. Your Aunt Liang is just reluctant to let Jiajia get married. She's upset, so she spoke a little harshly. She loves Jiajia the most."

Cheng Jiajia: "..." The corners of her mouth twitched. Do you believe what I said? I'm afraid Liang Shuangyue herself doesn't believe it.

She glanced at Liang Shuangyue and saw that her expression was very interesting. She looked as if she had swallowed a fly. She opened her mouth to say something, but because of Dong Dalei's staring eyes, she closed her mouth again.

Yu Junsheng didn't believe it either, but he nodded with understanding on his face, "How could that be? Auntie only spoke without thinking because she loves Comrade Cheng. I'm so happy that there's one more person who loves Comrade Cheng."

"Haha, that's good, that's good." Dong Dalei smiled awkwardly and quickly changed the subject.

After a few bland, random chats, Dong Dalei got straight to the point, speaking earnestly, "Xiao Yu, what are your plans for the betrothal gift? My daughter may have grown up in the countryside, but she was pampered. Not only is she beautiful, she even graduated from high school. Such qualities are hard to find in the city. You can't look down on her just because she has a rural hukou!"

The implicit meaning of the words is that the betrothal gift cannot be given away casually.

Yu Junsheng raised his eyebrows. He was not surprised. After all, he had sold Cheng Jiajia to a fool in exchange for a betrothal gift before. He knew that his future father-in-law would not miss the opportunity to earn a betrothal gift.

He put on a very kind expression and said with a smile, "Of course. Comrade Cheng is one in a million in my heart, and I will naturally not let her down. It's just that this is my first marriage, and I don't know much about the betrothal gift. I'd like to ask Uncle Dong to help me steer the ship."