C33 (2/2)

When the first wife finished speaking of Xu Yanqing's marriage, Madame Jiang did not wait for Xu Xiaozhi to speak. Following Xu Mingyuan's tone, he looked at Old Madame Xu and said: ”What a coincidence, the marriage is set, and so is ours, Yanzhu's wedding.”

The moment Madame Jiang's voice fell, everyone in the hall looked at her.

Madame Jiang could not see what the others were thinking, she only felt that everyone was looking at her, and looked at Old Madame Xu proudly: ”Mother, Yanzhu is already old, and coincidentally my brother's nephew does not have a wife, so he could betroth Yanzhu to him.”

The Madame Jiang saw that right after Old Madame Xu finished speaking, Xu Yanzhu who was standing behind him almost fell to the ground.

If not for Old Madame Xu reaching out her hand to hold hers in time, and if she had not supported herself with her other hand on the Old Madame Xu's chair, she would have definitely fallen down in front of the entire family.

But Madame Jiang did not see Xu Yanzhu's reaction, she saw that after she said that, no one spoke, and immediately continued: ”My brother's family has plenty of silver, if Yanzhu marries, she will live a life without worry.”

Just as Madame Jiang finished her boasting, Old Madame Xu immediately scolded him angrily: ”You only said that your brother's family has plenty of money, why don't you mention that your nephew has already lost two wives? My Yanzhu, how can you be the successor?! ”

When Old Madame Xu saw Madame Jiang finish asking this question in a stern voice, Xu Yanzhu finally couldn't hold it in anymore. Tears instantly poured out of her eyes.

She did not expect that her mother, who just looked down on Madame Hu girls who were eighteen years old and unmarried, would once again directly betroth her to her cousin.

Dong Shu sat beside Xu Shiqiu. Originally, when she heard Madame Jiang's words, she thought that she had really found a good marriage for him.

But when she heard what her mother-in-law had to say, she completely understood that this nephew of hers from Second Sister-in-law's mother's family was not worthy of Yanzhu at all.

Dong Shu thought for a while, and just as she was about to speak, Xu Shiqiu suddenly pulled her back. ”Humph!”

Xu Shiqiu's words were extremely clear, but everyone who heard it knew, he was referring to Xu Xiaozhi allowing the Madame Jiang to use his daughter to flatter his family.

Xu Xiaozhi's face was also burning hot, but he was the one who would only speak up when he agreed to it. Otherwise, she wouldn't have the guts to speak up and ask about it at a time like this.

Xu Yanzhu had originally held onto a trace of fantasy, thinking that her father might say that this was her mother's own thoughts.

However, after looking for a while and seeing that there was nothing but guilt on her father's face, she finally understood.

Father and Mother knew and agreed to this.

After she understood all of this, Xu Yanzhu felt an unbearable pain in her heart, as if someone was using a blade to cut him.

When she thought about her uncle's cousin who did not study at all, Xu Yanzhu felt really bad inside.

Just as Xu Xiaozhi was silent, the Madame Jiang continued to look at the people in the hall proudly, ”Mother, Yanzhu's father agreed to this marriage.

My brother also promised me that as long as Yanzhu gave birth to the eldest grandson of the family, his family property would only be left to Yanzhu's son! ”

The more Madame Jiang spoke, the greedier her eyes became, and seeing that no one was talking, she looked towards Xu Yanzhu who was standing behind Old Madame Xu and said: ”Yanzhu, you are still Mother's own daughter, how can Mother not treat you well?

Your uncle has only one son, your cousin. Both of his wives were unlucky; one left behind a girl, while the other died in childbirth.

As long as you give birth to the eldest grandson of the Jiang Family as soon as possible after you enter the door, you will have nothing to worry about in the future. ”

Madame Jiang said these words to Xu Yanzhu bewitchingly, at the same time, she threatened Xu Yanzhu to agree to the marriage in front of him.

Seeing her mother like this, Xu Yanzhu wanted to speak, but who knew that when she opened her mouth, she would immediately spit out a mouthful of blood?

Dong Shu was originally being watched by Xu Shiqiu, yet she did not speak. Seeing Xu Yanzhu spitting blood, she could no longer sit still and quickly ran towards him.

When Dong Shu supported Xu Yanzhu, everyone in the hall reacted.

Xu Shiqiu followed Dong Shu and walked behind Old Madame Xu. Seeing Xu Yanzhu's pale face, he immediately spoke towards outside: ”Men, quickly go and invite Doctor Du in!”

After saying that, Xu Shiqiu looked at Dong Shu and said: ”My wife, help Yanzhu to sit down.”

Dong Shu was panicking. Although she was supporting Xu Yanzhu, she did not know what to do.

When she heard her husband's words, she immediately reacted, and was prepared to support Xu Yanzhu to sit on a chair to rest.

And because of this sudden scene, Old Madame Xu watched angrily as Xu Xiaozhi slammed the table in anger.

”Xu Xiaozhi! Tell me, why did you and your wife agree to this marriage at Jiang Family? ”

Old Madame Xu was indeed worthy of her abundant experience. When she looked at Xu Xiaozhi just now, she knew that Xu Xiaozhi and Madame Jiang were hiding something from her.

Xu Xiaozhi did not expect his mother to guess that this was not a simple matter, he was being stared at by his mother's sharp eyes, and on the other side was his third brother, who was looking at him with unfriendly eyes.

After nervously swallowing his saliva, he looked at his mother hesitantly and said, ”At the end of last year, I lost a sum of silver from my business. Because I was in a hurry to use the silver, I went to the bank to borrow some.

As Xu Xiaozhi said this, he saw that his mother's expression did not change, and thus continued to speak in a broken tone, ”Later on, I owed more and more, so I had no choice but to borrow money from the Jiang Family. But for some reason, either my goods have met with an accident or my guest was robbed. In the end, I really couldn't afford to pay you back the money for my Jiang Family. ”

Xu Xiaozhi stopped talking here, although he did not continue speaking, everyone in the hall understood what he meant.

Especially for Xu Yanzhu, she felt that it was better than dying, which was why she spat out that mouthful of blood.

However, she did not expect that after spitting out that mouthful of blood, she felt herself going dizzy and was just about to fall to the ground. Unexpectedly, after Third Aunt supported her, she felt her entire body brimming with strength.

Although she looked very haggard this time, she knew that she wouldn't fall down again.

After listening to her father's words, Xu Yanzhu saw that her grandmother was about to get angry again. She suddenly looked at Old Madame Xu and said, ”Grandmother, don't be angry.”

After saying that, Xu Yanzhu ignored the stupefied gazes of the crowd, and looked towards her father and her mother one last time. With a resolute tone, she said: ”I'll marry, I'll marry!”