Countdown to Awakening

After thinking about this, Luo Xinxin turned and looked at Luo's mother.

"Why aren't you talking, Xinxin? Didn't you just say you liked it very much? Why aren't you talking now? Are you bothered again?..." Mother Luo looked at her and asked at a loss.

Just now, she was still thinking about those words that made sense, but after seeing Luo's mother's somewhat haggard face, Luo Xinxin suddenly couldn't say anything... Those words were stuck in her throat, and she couldn't say them at all...

She didn't know either. Maybe she understood Luo's mother and the others too well, so she couldn't say anything.

"Mom knows that you are blaming mom and dad, but there is really no money at home. I just said that the money will be left to your brother. You also know that only your brother can provide for us in our old age. Sooner or later, you and your sister will get married and become members of other families. Are you still blaming your dad and me for not letting you read so many books when you were young, and letting your brother read them all? You have to understand us. Look, didn't mom not read many books when she was a child? Your uncle read them all, and mom didn't resent your grandmother that much." Luo's mother said.

She was right. She didn't have any education back then and all the money went to her younger brother's education. She had no education at all.

Luo's mother, who had experienced such a thing, did not sympathize with her daughter. Instead, she let her daughter follow the same path she had in her youth. She did not send her own daughter to school, leaving her with no education, and asked her to get married so that the money could be used for her son's education.

I can't say if it was intentional or not, I just think it's right because everyone does it. Luo's father once said that if girls go to school and surpass boys, the boys will lose face. Therefore, girls can't go to school.

Luo Xinxin could only shake her head. She didn't dare to admit it, because otherwise, if she got married and suffered grievances in her husband's family, no one would come to help her. She needed the support of her natal family in her husband's family. If her natal family didn't help her, wouldn't she suffer a lot of grievances in her husband's family?

What's more, her brother will help her in the future, and her parents will leave sooner or later.

Seeing that she was still unhappy, Luo's mother continued, "Xinxin, actually, your parents don't want this to happen either, but you have to understand...sooner or later, a woman will get married, and it's the same for everyone when she reaches that age. Getting married and having children is her destiny. There's no point in studying so much. Look at the girl from the Qi family. Although she's gone to college, she's going to get married in the future, too. Isn't that just studying for someone else's daughter-in-law? Especially since they don't have a son. If her parents have a funeral, there's no one to take care of it... When you and your sister get married in the future, even if we're gone, you'll still have a relative in this world. Your brother will be the only person you can rely on in the world. You can't blame him, and you can't blame your parents either."

Luo's mother knew that as long as she said a few nice words, girls were very soft-hearted and would not care so much about their parents.

I know that Luo Xinxin and her sister are very filial and they won't fall out with each other just because of a few words. If they do, it means they are not filial!

How can you blame me as a parent? If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being a girl and being born in the wrong family.

Luo Xinxin picked up the wedding dress again and looked at it, then smiled and said, "Mom, I know. I'm not unhappy, I'm just too excited. I'm getting to marry Brother Jianguo, so I'm very happy. Don't think too much about it. How could I blame my brother? Didn't you say that he will be the only person I can rely on in the world in the future? It wouldn't be right for me to blame him now... If I get wronged in my husband's family in the future and no one helps me, wouldn't I be asking for it?" After she finished speaking, she blinked, as if there were some tears in her eyes, but she held them back.

Luo's mother felt a little sorry after seeing this, but she didn't say anything, just smiled and left.

They couldn't really treat Xinxin badly. Otherwise, Xinxin might remember them for the rest of her life. They had to find something to marry Xinxin off with.

Afterwards, she went to the storage room to find some things that could be used as a dowry, thinking of getting married with Xinxin.

They really didn't want to pay that much, after all, it was going to be used as a betrothal gift for their son. So the dowry wasn't particularly large, just a few quilts, some shoes, and some clothes—nothing particularly rare...

Xinxin already has a quilt as a dowry, so what else should she add?

She thought about it and decided to give Xinxin a few more quilts and a few pairs of shoes she had knitted as a dowry. She couldn't just give her pork, could she? Pork was good food, and her family would need it. Her son still wanted to eat pork.

Anyway, everyone in this village does this. No one in the village has much money, except for the one from the Ma family. Alas... But the Ma family doesn't have a daughter. If he had a daughter, he probably wouldn't be so poor.

But since everyone was doing this, there was no one to compete with. So even if she prepared something casually, it was a thoughtful gesture... Luo Xinxin didn't dare to say anything wrong.

But this marriage is considered to be an injustice to Xinxin, she still doesn't know what's going on... Sigh...

It's my fault for being blinded by money... I've ruined my own daughter. In my next life, I'll just work like a slave for Xinxin to repay her.

But it's because the Zhou family has committed so many sins that no girl is willing to marry into their family. If they weren't so poor, they wouldn't have married Xinxin into their family...

After thinking about it, Luo's mother sighed helplessly.

It's also their own fault. If they don't earn more money... they will only push their daughter into the fire pit, and they still have to pretend to be happy.

If she had married another man, they wouldn't have been unhappy. But this Jianguo... there was nothing that could be done about it...

Whatever, it's like that anyway. No matter which family a girl marries into, she'll live the same life. Even if she marries someone else, it'll still be about food, clothing, housing, and shelter. It'll still be about having children, doing laundry, and cooking. What's the difference?

Who doesn't depend on their parents-in-law for daily necessities? But how they live their lives still depends on them. If they live well, that's the best thing.

Although the Zhou family has committed many sins, the only good thing is that Zhou Jianguo has no brothers or sisters, so Xinxin doesn't have to worry about the relationship with the sisters-in-law when she marries him. His parents won't be partial, because they don't know who to favor...

From this perspective, the Zhou family has a lot of advantages. They don't have as many relatives as other families. Wang Xiaohong doesn't seem like a mother-in-law who would make things difficult for her daughter-in-law.

After thinking about it, there are both advantages and disadvantages. As the saying goes, you can't have your cake and eat it too. It's just that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages... In the future, Xinxin will be looked down upon like Zhou Jianguo, and their children will probably be looked down upon too...

Ugh……