Several village elders of senior standing came, along with the village chief.
With a few nearby neighbors added, the Liu family properly set out two full tables, and throughout the meal, they praised Su Qiao and Xiao Jingsheng to the skies.
Old Lady Su and Su Youqing looked at all the things in the Liu family's main room, so jealous that their eyes nearly turned red.
But with the village chief and Lin Bingkun present, they did not dare cause trouble. In the end, the two left while cursing and grumbling.
Because of this, Old Lady Su grew increasingly dissatisfied with Yang Yue'e, her new daughter-in-law.
If she had not been concerned that Yang Yue'e had an elder brother who was a director at the town's Machinery Factory, she would have wanted to beat her straight out of the house.
Ever since Old Lady Liu had said that the baby in Yang Yue'e's belly was a girl, she had looked at her from every angle and felt that the child inside could not possibly be a boy.
*
At five-thirty in the afternoon, after Lin Bingkun had eaten at the Liu family home, he dawdled for a long while. When Liu Chunfang saw him off, he finally could not hold it in any longer.
Perhaps it was because he had drunk a little during the afternoon meal.
At that moment, the alcohol gave him courage, and he was not quite as afraid.
"Chunfang, I... my sister told you, right?"
Liu Chunfang froze. As if she had thought of something, her cheeks flushed, and she lowered her head. "It's getting late. You should hurry home."
Seeing her expression, Lin Bingkun knew that his sister had already told her about this. He hurriedly said:
"Chunfang, I swear, I'm serious. I want to