Chapter 270 Breaking off the Engagement
Chapter 270 Breaking off the Engagement
Aunt Sun stayed at the Hang family for the whole morning and left near noon. Xu also wanted to go back to prepare lunch for Shuisheng and the others, and since it was on the way, the two of them went back together.
When the two were almost at the door of their home, they saw a few people standing outside the Sun family's gate from afar. Aunt Sun recognized the matchmaker in the bright red robe and their future mother-in-law at a glance.
Aunt Sun was puzzled as to why they came to the house at this time, but her pace quickened involuntarily. After separating from Mrs. Xu, she walked quickly towards her own door.
The matchmaker brought the family from Xiatang Village to the Sun family and was about to knock on the door when he heard someone talking behind him.
"Matchmaker Zhao, mother-in-law, why are you here?"
When they turned around, they saw Aunt Sun coming back from outside. The woman whom she called mother-in-law looked embarrassed and did not respond.
Matchmaker Zhao smiled professionally and said, "Let's go in and talk!"
"Yes, yes, please come in. We can talk about it after we go in." Aunt Sun was puzzled by the attitude of her future in-laws just now, and she didn't know what they came for this time.
He opened the door and invited the person in with kind words. But quarter of an hour later, he angrily kicked the person out.
The woman wanted to go back and talk more, but the door of the Sun family slammed shut. If she hadn't reacted quickly and stopped in time, she would have lost her nose.
She put her hands on her waist and pointed at the door, cursing, "What kind of family are you? You are so uneducated. I really regret that I shouldn't have gotten engaged to your family in the first place."
The commotion outside the Sun family's gate gradually attracted people to watch the fun, and Zhao the matchmaker felt extremely embarrassed. You came to cancel the engagement yourself and asked them to return the betrothal gifts. Who else should they scold if not you?
"Well, I've already changed your horoscope. I won't be responsible for what happens next." After saying that, she didn't want to stay any longer and left in a hurry.
The horoscope has been changed, so the marriage has been called off. As for what happens next, she doesn't want to get involved at all, and she has no control over whether she can get the betrothal gifts back.
She had been a matchmaker for so many years and had brought together countless good marriages, but it was unlucky for her to meet this family.
The woman was kicked out again because she did not take back the betrothal gift. She looked extremely embarrassed and started swearing outside the gate of the Sun family. She kept spewing harsh and ugly words at them as if they were free.
Just as she was cursing happily, the door of the Sun family opened, and soon a basin of dirty water was poured out, splashing all over her head and face.
Auntie Sun stood inside the door holding a wooden basin and taunted, "I think your mouth stinks. I'll wash it for you. No need to thank me."
The woman was stunned by the splash. She spat out a mouthful of dirty water from her mouth, which had been chattering just now. When she came to her senses, the door of the Sun family slammed shut again.
Soon, the news that Sun Jiabao's sister had been broken off from engagement spread throughout Shangtang Village.
In this era, it was basically difficult for a girl whose engagement was rejected to find a good family. Sun Baomei locked herself in the room and cried all day long.
When the news reached Song Ning, contrary to the sympathy of the villagers, Song Ning felt that breaking off the engagement with this family might not be a bad thing.
Take the woman who was yelling and cursing outside the Sun family’s gate, for example. She was no pushover. With Sun Baomei’s personality, she would be bullied to death sooner or later if she had to make a living under a mother-in-law like that.
After all, the Sun family's rejection of the engagement was not a glorious thing, and others would not pay too much attention to the follow-up of this matter.
Song Ning was the same. She was more concerned about her Yangyang who was about to arrive home. Zhou Ting sent a message this morning. If nothing unexpected happened, he would arrive in the city today, and at the latest, he would be home tomorrow.
Upon hearing the news, Song Ning was so excited that he felt like he had endless energy to do anything.
Originally, Xiao Yun and his group were supposed to arrive at the city today without any problems, but a small accident happened.
"I built this road, I planted this tree, if you want to pass by here, please leave some money for passage."
Outside the carriage, Chu Shisan, who was driving the carriage, and Chu Fang and Chu Er, who were riding horses on both sides, looked at the dozen or so ferocious bandits who were blocking the road in front of them and looked at each other in bewilderment.
I don't know who broke down first, but burst out laughing. Then, the three of them laughed unrestrainedly at the same time.
Being robbed on the road was the first time in their lives. It was really an interesting experience! Was it because they were too high-profile and attracted attention? Or did they look stupid and rich and easy to bully? As soon as they left the city, they were targeted.
Their arrogant laughter made the bandits on the opposite side angry and embarrassed. Even when they met bandits, they could still laugh. It was not very harmful but extremely insulting.
The leading bandit carried a big knife on his shoulder and shouted, "Hey, what are you laughing at?" They hadn't even started laughing yet, and the other side, who were only four adults and a child, dared to laugh.
"If you know what's best for you, leave all your valuables behind and I'll spare your lives."
Chu Fang stopped laughing and asked, "What if you don't know what's best for you?"
"You don't know what's best for you?" The bandit leader blew on the blade of his sword and sneered, "Humph! Then it depends on whether my sword agrees or not."
"Oh! I'm so scared!"
Chu Fang pretended to be scared in a very exaggerated way, which pleased the bandits on the opposite side to a great extent.
"Hahaha! Since you are afraid, just hand over your valuables obediently, leave behind your horses and carriages, and also leave behind your valuable clothes."
"All our valuables are on the carriage, why don't you come and take them away yourself!" Chu Fang pointed at the carriage, looking regretful, "It seems that the ten thousand taels I collected this time will be wasted."
When the bandits heard that there was 10,000 taels, their eyes lit up and they didn't care about anything else. They immediately sent a few people forward.
Chu Fang and Chu Er looked at each other, then raised the corners of their lips as they watched the bandits getting closer and closer. They hadn't stretched their muscles for a long time.
Those bandits didn't take these young men from wealthy families seriously at all and rushed forward with determination. However, before they could get close to the carriage, they were blown away with screams.
The other gangsters were stunned for a moment, but soon realized that they were tough guys.
"Humph, you don't want to drink, I wanted to spare your lives, but I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful." The leader of the gang waved his hand, "Go ahead, no need to leave any alive, kill them all."
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