Queen of flowers - Chapter 34

“Did Yang’s family find another suitable Chongxi candidate?” Yong Ruo asked the housekeeper of the Yang’s house, a middle-aged woman named Xiaoniang, who had retired.

That was the only explanation!

Aunt Xiao appeared to be surprised. Aunt Gu, whose face showed her awkwardness and sympathy, also showed some surprise.

Yong Ruo ironically ticked her lips, turning her face ruthlessly, “It seems to be true!”
“The girl is quite clever, but unfortunately, she is too poor, so don’t blame the Yang family’s ruthlessness,” Aunt Xiao had an undisguised contempt.

“The Yang family was looking for someone for chongxi, but they hoped to marry a clean and innocent girl. It would have been fine if you were merely poor, but your father is a sinner, a criminal who died in prison after being punished! Is your family innocent?”

“And your mother, who is sick dying. What if she died, would the Yang family rush for joy or mourn?”

“Let’s talk about the girl herself. The girl has bamboo nails array in her own yard, piercing the soles and palms of the Wu’s brothers! I heard that Wu Er’s feet are swollen and black now, and he wailed all day long. I don’t dare to ask …”

Yong Ruo sneered and interrupted her, “About the situation in my family, my aunt Gu didn’t hide anything from you! It wasn’t a disappointment at that time, but now it became an excuse for your family to betray us. Why bother to speak?”

Mrs. Xiao’s face sank, and she said, “Just because you are a sinner’s daughter, what did that have to do with my righteous family? I’m advising you! You should be honest and retreat and not rely on my family! Don’t make me use other means to deal with you. Otherwise, you will be ashamed! “

“Rest assured! I will cancel this engagement after such a betrayal,” Yong Ruo did not want to go on and decided to cut the relationship quickly.

“Mrs. Xiao also said that my family was very poor. You had sent a lot of things for the wedding ceremony. Now the wedding is canceled, it should be returned. This loss will have to be paid for the Yang family! “

Aunt Xiao had a look of surprise on her face, and said, “Girl, rest assured! For the silver that came from the Yang family. Madam said that If the girl readily agreed, my family would only take back the formal letter of betrothal, the wedding book, and a few valuable gifts. The rest, and the six hundred and twenty silver, can be regarded as compensation for your family. With this silver, the girl can also buy a decent dowry and choose another good family. This can be considered charity as it can accumulate a good fortune for the son!”

Yong Ruo said sarcastically, “It’s kind of your madam! But no need! We both want to retreat. Why do we need to get entangled again?!”

The abnormal color on Aunt Xiao’s face was even more obvious, “Girl, don’t be too rigid. Life is tough. Can pride be eaten?”

“Without pride, even rice will taste disgusting.”

“It’s up to you! The Yang family is already benevolent. If you don’t want to benefit yourself, don’t go outside and talk nonsense, so as not to annoy our family. You can’t afford the consequences.”

Yong Ruo hummed and said nothing.

No wonder Xiao Niang was doing that!

It turned out that the Yang family wanted to cancel the marriage, and that too with a good reputation. It was hence why they were using temptation and intimidation, really a style of shameless rich people.

She wanted to make a fortune. There were only two women and two children in the thatched yard! When she got some meat snacks, the Wu brothers came to steal it. Now with hundreds of silver and much precious jewelry left at home, she couldn’t imagine the number of thieves that would be attracted to go to her house!

This kind of compensation made her hold her heart in her hands.

They broke off the engagement with no compensation. She had to digest this loss. Since the situation was difficult, she could do nothing.

The things had already ended. The two immediately got into the carriage. They went to the shop where Yong Ruo was before, one by one, they apologized to the shopkeeper, and returned all the set items.

The deposit loss was borne by the Yang family.

Back at Yong’s house, Yong Ruo asked Yong Qiao to invite her neighbor Qin’s mother-in-law and two shatter-mouthed women who liked to gossip in the hutong.

Mrs. Xiao said suspiciously, “It’s not a glorious thing to say that a girl’s marriage was broken. People hid it, but you called someone to witness it. What do you want to do?”

“I’m not afraid of losing face, what is Aunt Xiao afraid of?”
Yong Ruo said coldly,“The marriage must be canceled clearly. Why did the two cancel it, and what do I have to return? I need to leave evidence.”

What if Madam Xiao secretly took the six hundred and twenty silvers and the dowry gift instead and told everyone that it was Yong Ruo who accepted it! How could she explain that?

The point was that she had to let the people in the hutong know that she didn’t get any benefit from the engagement.

Mrs. Xiao was so angry that she said, “Well! You are a slave, so it doesn’t matter. If you wish to lose face, lose it! But if you remember me, don’t try to ruin the reputation of the Yang family so as not to be guilty! “

Yong Ruo urged Yong Qiao, who was so angry with tears to ask someone to come.

Qin’s mother-in-law and the two nosy women arrived soon.

Yong Ruo said, “Yang Qigong, a son of Yongchang, was very ill and needed to marry a girl like me who was born with a water character for Chong Xi. Because my mother was sick, I wanted to rush it, so I promised the family. But when the Yang family came today, they said that they had found a more suitable candidate for Chongxi, and had to withdraw from the marriage. Since the Yang family was determined to withdraw from marriage, my family could only agree. Today, I invited you to give a testimony and clearly break off the engagement. “

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