I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

Su Hanzhang and the others had lunch with Su Yunhe in her courtyard, chatted for a while about everyday things, and then went down the mountain before it got completely dark.

Wang Guihua didn't feel bored at all after spending the whole day on the mountain. She felt that the knot in her heart that had been tied up for so many years had finally been untied. She even thought that next time Su Hanzhang went up the mountain to deliver something to Su Yunhe, she would go with him.

After a busy day, everyone tidied up briefly and went to bed.

the next morning,

As soon as Su Shiyan got up, he told Wang Guihua that he was going to take Lianhua to Luo Family Village to visit his wife's family today.

Wang Guihua was a little worried that the two of them would be mistreated if they went. Su Shiyan repeatedly assured her that he would protect Lianhua, and only then did Wang Guihua agree to let them go together. She also packed many gifts for them to take with them.

Su Shiyan found a cotton quilt and spread it on the oxcart, then put a woolen hat and a thick cotton coat on Lianhua before driving the oxcart toward Luojia Village.

On the way home, Lianhua was very worried, afraid that Aunt Luo would not let her and Su Shiyan into the house, and what would happen if Su Shiyan felt embarrassed?

Although she was worried, Lianhua didn't say it out loud for fear of affecting Su Shiyan's mood.

When the two finally arrived at Luo Family Village and reached Aunt Luo's house, they found the gate tightly closed.

Lotus asked, puzzled:

"Logically speaking, we don't have any relatives to visit on the second day of the Lunar New Year. Besides, everyone knows that married daughters should return to their parents' home on the second day. Why aren't my parents waiting for me at home?"

Seeing Lianhua say this, Su Shiyan immediately went to her side and comforted her:

"It's alright, it's still early. We can just wait at the door. Maybe your parents went out to run some errands and are on their way back now. Are you cold? Make sure you're covered up properly with the blanket."

Lotus nodded, took Su Shiyan's hand, and said:

"Come sit in the blanket with me. Your hands are all red from driving the oxcart all the way. Warm up in the blanket first. You're so concerned about putting more clothes on me, but why don't you put more clothes on yourself? Look at your face, it's all red from the cold!"

Su Shiyan scratched his head.

"I feel cold. Let me jump around a bit to warm up first. I'm afraid that if I sit with you now, the cold air will hit you."

Lianhua grabbed Su Shiyan's sleeve.

"Am I that delicate? I can't even stand this little bit of cold. Listen to me, stop jumping around, come sit on the oxcart for a while and wait for my parents. If they don't come back, we'll leave the things at the door and drive the oxcart back."

Seeing that Lianhua was really insistent, Su Shiyan had no choice but to climb onto the oxcart and sit under the covers.

The two sat huddled together on the oxcart for a while, and Lianhua was almost asleep when she heard Aunt Luo's cursing voice coming from not far away.

“Fu Bao, if you ask me, you’re just too stubborn. There are plenty of girls in the world, why do you have to fall for that girl from the Liu family? Did you see how she treated us when we went to her house today? She didn’t even offer us lunch. We hadn’t even sat down properly when her mother was kicking us out. You and I are so embarrassed. And your deadbeat father, all he does is gamble. We haven’t even gotten home yet, and he’s already gone off to gamble at Old Wang’s aunt’s house. Ugh, I’m always worrying about you two!”

Aunt Luo cursed as she dragged Fu Bao toward the front door. Once there, she saw Lianhua and Su Shiyan sitting on the oxcart, and her sarcastic tone returned.

"Oh, these two are really rare guests. I thought you were going to cut off contact with me. I didn't expect you to be so good at making a show of things during the New Year, and even came to visit relatives."

Lotus glanced at Su Shiyan somewhat awkwardly, then whispered:

"Mother, what are you saying? We've come all this way to see you and Father, bringing gifts, how could we find something wrong?"

Aunt Luo was already annoyed, and seeing Lianhua only made her more irritated.

"They say a married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl, and that's absolutely true. When you were living at your parents' house, you never dared to talk back to me. Now, if I say one thing, you have ten things to say back. When did you become so sharp-tongued? Did you learn it from your good-for-nothing sister-in-law?"

Upon hearing this, Su Shiyan could no longer hold back and spoke up directly:

“Speak your mind, get to the point. Why do you keep dragging my family into this? Besides, if my sister is useless, then your family is even more shameful. Even if she's useless, she still earned money to build our family a two-story house and helped us set up a stall to do business. Your Fubao is capable, but what good things has he done? All he does is spend your money, drain your savings, and make you lose face with him all the time. Is this what you call being capable? If this is what you consider being capable, then our family is indeed useless.”

Aunt Luo was furious that Su Shiyan would dare to treat her like this, and she clenched her fists, pointing at Lianhua and cursing:

"I don't think you came back to visit your relatives; you came back to spite me, and you brought your jinxed son-in-law here specifically to make me angry! What are you capable of? All you've got is a good husband's family. I even went to great lengths to find him for you. And now you've already forgotten your roots? No matter what, you're still my flesh and blood, the child of your father and me. You can never escape us. Don't think that just because you brought him back to spite me, I'll let you off the hook!"

Lianhua didn't expect Aunt Luo to go off on a tangent, so she quickly stepped in to explain:

"Mom, can't you use your brain? We didn't say anything. We came to see you with good intentions, bringing things, and this is how you treat us? We've been waiting at the door for so long, we're shivering from the cold, and you didn't even bother to invite us in. You just start cursing as soon as you see us. If you continue to be so stubborn, I don't think I'll ever come to see you again. You're annoyed by me anyway, so I'll just stay away from embarrassing you! You should just stay and enjoy your obedient and promising Fu Bao's life!"

As she spoke, Lianhua didn't get out of the car. She simply threw the things in the car onto the ground and turned to Su Shiyan, saying:

“Let’s go. We’ve already delivered the New Year’s gifts and met with my mother. Judging from her condition, she definitely won’t let us stay for dinner. We might as well go back before dawn and avoid being mistreated and hungry here!”

Su Shiyan was also furious with Aunt Luo, so without saying a word, he jumped off the oxcart, walked to the front, and started driving the oxcart away.

Seeing this, Aunt Luo pointed at Lianhua's nose and scolded:

"You're getting more and more capable and skilled. How dare you talk to your mother like that? Let me tell you, it's only right that you bring me things. Whether I provide you with food and drink is up to me. In the future, when you come again, you don't need to wait for us at the door. Just put down the things and get out of here. Otherwise, I'll get angry every time I see you!"