Mother Wu did not feel there was anything wrong at all.
She had not lied. Everything she had said was the plain truth.
Wu Haishan's head began to ache again.
"Mom, Yani and I just need to find jobs and earn money right now, so we haven't had time to return to our hometown and have the village issue us an introduction letter or get a Marriage Certificate. It's not like we're not going to get married. Haven't I already proposed?"
"Although we haven't had time to get a Marriage Certificate or hold the wedding banquet, we're still engaged. Back in our hometown, that would be the same as having formally arranged the engagement. How can you call that improper?"
"Besides, weren't you the one who kept urging us, saying that once the deed was done, Yani's sister would definitely agree after Yani got pregnant?"
Wu Haishan had pulled his mother back into the room before saying those last words in a lowered voice, afraid that Yani inside might hear them.
"Forget it. There's no point talking to you. I need to hurry and comfort her. She's really furious this time. What if her sister says something again and she refuses to stay with me?"
Mother Wu snorted dismissively. "Why bother comforting her? She's already slept with you. Are you really afraid she'll run away?"
"Mom, things aren't like they were before. Even if she's slept with me, as long as we aren't married, she can still find another man and marry him.
"Besides, even back in your day, weren't divorced women and women whose husbands had died still able to remarry?"
"I've been so busy trying to find work that I'm practically running myself ragged. Can't you make things a little easier for me?"
He had to go out