Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 444: Ridiculing in person

Song Chunlin felt that his mother was exaggerating too much, but she was angry at the moment, so no one dared to refute her and just kept agreeing with her.

But Song Qinshi did not expect that the Liu family's outrageous actions were still to come. The date for the wedding arrived a few days after the last discussion in the teahouse. The Liu family chose a date in a hurry. Although the Wang brothers felt it was strange, they did not say anything. However, after seeing the list of the woman's dowry, their faces became a little unhappy.

At this time, Liu Xiu'e's stepmother stepped forward to smooth things over, saying that Xiu'e's younger brothers and sisters were still young, and she was the eldest granddaughter, so she should share some of the burden with her elders, so the dowry was changed again.

"Xiu'e was raised by us, loving her like the apple of our eye. Her mother passed away early, and now she is getting married, leaving one less person in the family. We can't let her brothers and sisters be left alone and helpless."

When the aunt spoke of something touching, she even symbolically wiped away two tears. This hypocritical act was just to withhold Liu Xiu'e's betrothal gifts and dowry and use them to supplement her own family. How could the Wang brothers not know the Liu family's little tricks? Wang Mian even had the idea of not getting married at all.

As soon as Wang Qin saw his brother's face, he knew that he wanted to break off the engagement, so he could only hold his brother down and signal him not to speak for the time being.

Song Qinshi picked up the conversation at the right time and chatted with Aunt Liu.

"Speaking of brothers and sisters, Sister Liu, please don't lie. I remember that Xiu'e's mother only had her as a daughter, so how could she have brothers and sisters? It's not very reasonable for your Liu family to do this. No matter what, it doesn't make sense to let a cousin who lost her mother take care of cousins who have both parents. If this falls into the eyes of people who don't know, I'm afraid they will say that your Liu family is mean."

Song Qinshi's words did not give the Liu family any face at all. So many people watching the ceremony were whispering. Those who were slightly familiar with the Liu family naturally knew what kind of person this stepmother of the Liu family was, but they probably did not expect that both parties could put everything aside at this moment. They were really not afraid that the marriage between the two families would be cancelled.

In fact, in Song Qin's view, if Wang Mian didn't really like this girl, if she were an elder of the Wang family, she would never agree to this marriage. The Liu family's behavior alone is despicable. Everyone knows that the Liu family's eldest granddaughter is already eighteen years old this year, which is an old girl in the village. The reason why she is still unmarried at such an old age is purely because the Liu family's stepmother wants to keep Liu Xiu'e at home to earn more money for a few more years.

The brothers and sisters-in-law that Liu's stepmother mentioned were actually her own children. Song Qinshi was talking about Liu Xiu'e's cousins from her uncles' families. This did not count the children born by the stepmother as Liu Xiu'e's brothers and sisters-in-law at all, which was also a disguised denial of the stepmother's existence.

This time, Liu's stepmother really shed tears. She was not pretending, she was just angry.

But Song Qin was dressed in imperial attire, and although she was the lowest-ranking lady, she was already superior to ordinary people. The Liu family themselves did not expect this. They originally just wanted to suppress the eldest sister-in-law of the Wang family and proposed to ask a person with more status to be the matchmaker, but they originally wanted to let their third sister-in-law be the matchmaker. The third son of the Liu family was the county magistrate in the county government, which was also a small official. They thought that they could not only suppress the Wang family, but also take the right to speak into their own hands.

But this family never expected that the Wang family actually invited a person of higher status to act as a matchmaker. This person's status was even higher than that of their third son, who was the county magistrate. It was so high that they had no way to refuse or change him.

So much so that now that Song Qinshi has fallen out with the Liu family in public, the Liu family doesn't even dare to fart.

Song Qinshi acted like a lady and made a decision in just a few seconds, which put all the Liu family's plans in vain.

"Since your Liu family is so insincere, let's do this. We can add anything on the dowry list and use it as a betrothal gift from the Wang family to your Liu family."

When the Liu family heard this, they immediately became unwilling and shouted that it was not possible.

"How can this be possible? Who would marry a wife like this? It's not like you can't afford the money." The Liu family had already inquired about it. The Wang brothers had built a vegetable greenhouse in the village, which can grow off-season vegetables in winter. These vegetables are extremely expensive in winter. They are specially supplied to some high-end restaurants and wealthy families. The income every winter is a figure they dare not even think about.

In the eyes of these people, the Wang brothers are nothing more than a big fat sheep. If you catch a fat sheep, you must pull it as hard as you can. Now Song Qinshi doesn't allow them to pull it away. How can that be possible!

Absolutely not!

So the Liu family started to make a fuss, saying that there had never been a wedding like this since ancient times. Song Qin was too lazy to talk nonsense with these people, so she directly pulled out Song Chunlin who was watching the fun on the side.

"Look, this is my son, the sharpshooter who protects the country. He has even met the emperor. Ask him if he has ever seen a family marrying off their daughter like you did."

As soon as the title of the National Sharpshooter came out, Song Chunlin knew it was his turn, so he cleared his throat and said in a loud and clear voice:

"Since ancient times, I've never seen a family that loves their daughter so much as to withhold all of her betrothal gifts. Auntie, I saw everything clearly just now. You are planning to take advantage of my brother Wang and his family for free. Does Miss Xiu'e know about this?"

Liu's stepmother stammered and couldn't say anything. The people around her immediately understood that she probably didn't know. Poor Liu Xiu'e, not only was she tricked by her stepmother, but when she married into the Wang family with such a dowry in the future, she would probably be looked down upon by her in-laws.

Song Chunlin also nodded: "Since she doesn't know, then you, as a stepmother, are indeed a bit mean. Our Big Brother Wang came here to marry a wife, not to marry your family's ancestors and a burden. If you really don't want to marry your daughter, you should have told us earlier, and we would definitely not come to propose marriage. Anyway, you also need a daughter to stay at home to support the family, right?"

On the surface, Song Chunlin seemed to be reasonable, but in fact, he was playing tricks on the Liu family, who were greedy and wanted both the betrothal gift from the Wang family and the dowry from Liu Xiu'e. If they couldn't get either of them, it didn't matter, as they could still let Liu Xiu'e stay at home for a few more years and earn more money for the family.

Of course, such a family is bound to be gossiped about behind their backs, and that is exactly what is happening right now. The guests watching the ceremony have changed from whispering to openly mocking them.

"How can this young man talk like that? Do you know who my third uncle is?"

Song Chunlin was amused by the little kid who was talking. He put his hands on his hips and asked him arrogantly, "Then do you know who I am?"

"I don't care who you are. If you bully my mother, I will have my uncle bring people to arrest you and put you in jail."