Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Ma Shan admitted that before moving in, she could estimate how much money Zhou Banxia had spent building the Yuyuan Garden, but now, the more she calculated it, the less confident she became.

It's no longer just about using high-quality and thick bricks, tiles, and wood; just replacing the window paper in each room for the Lunar New Year is a considerable expense.

No wonder Sanya built a paper mill in Dali. Ouch, naughty child, she even bit her mother. "Don't be in such a hurry, how could your mother let you go hungry?"
Why isn't your maternal grandma coming in yet? Your paternal grandma feels awkward staying out while she's outside. Well, your maternal grandma and your second aunt are going back first.

outside.

Just as her sister-in-law had guessed, Ma Ersao, who followed her mother-in-law out, had been out for most of the morning. Even if her mother-in-law didn't come home, she would have gone back anyway.

When Zhou Banxia came out of the west wing, she saw a group of people standing in the courtyard, divided into two groups of men and women. Some of them had their backs to the main house, while others were facing the main house.

There were also those who suddenly turned around and left, some saying they were leaving, others saying there was no rush; some saying they would leave after dinner, others saying there was still plenty of time.

It's still early. Grandpa Ma was right. It's just past noon, not even 3:45 PM yet. Even if we eat two meals a day, the evening meal will be at least 3:00 PM.

"Father, Uncle Ma—"

"Don't rush to greet me. Quickly turn around and let this old man see if there's anything different about the back of your head. How come you've managed to turn everything around after taking over?"

Zhou Banxia thought Ma Dazhuang was saying something, but it turned out he was praising her. What kind of rebellious thing did she do later to get the back of her head pointed at?

Generally speaking, when people insult someone, they say that the back of their head has a rebellious bone. I've heard people say that brains are different, but I've never heard of praising someone by looking at the back of their head to see what's different about it.

Thankfully, there was another sentence after that. After hearing it, Zhou Banxia couldn't help but chuckle, "Outsiders may not know, but how could we family not know that it's because I have two good fathers?"

Ma Dazhuang slapped Gu Erzhu on the shoulder, "Hahaha, did you hear that? Just based on that, it wouldn't be right if you didn't treat this kid like a slave!"

hiss.

The sound of a slap.

Zhou Banxia silently felt sorry for her father-in-law.

Gu Erzhu was indeed in a lot of pain; half of his shoulder was almost crushed by the blow.

Suppressing the urge to rub his shoulders, he shook his head and chuckled, not wanting to waste any more words explaining that he wasn't going out tomorrow because of his daughter-in-law's business.

Those who believe will believe without needing much explanation; those who don't will not believe even if you talk yourself hoarse, so it's better to let the in-laws go back and trick their daughter themselves.

"Same here, sir. Otherwise, how could you get along with my father? Because you are the kind of fathers who would rather suffer than let your children suffer."

No!

well said!
Help Dad choke him to death!
Let's see if you, Uncle Ma, dare to speak with hidden meanings again!
“We are so fortunate to be your children. Look at my dad, Uncle. I have my dad to help me out and keep me busy. I can do everything smoothly.”

This silly boy!

How could you say such a thing!
Don't you see that Aunt Ma is right there? If she hears this, she'll think that Dad did you a great favor. In the future, she'll use Dad's contribution as an excuse to ask her daughter for a share of your family property. Let's see what you do then!
Gu Erzhu dared not let his old daughter-in-law continue talking or try to pin credit on him. Even though she knew it wasn't true at all, her mother-in-law would still want to believe it.

"Hahaha, Dad knows, Dad's contribution is huge. How could your Uncle Ma not know his own worth? I'm almost embarrassed to hear it."

"You're the only one who always thinks Dad's the best at everything. Anyway, Dad's going over there with your uncle. Go get Dad some snacks to go with his drinks."

“Okay, Dad, I’ll go right away.” Zhou Banxia readily agreed, taking two steps back to turn to her mother-in-law while muttering, “That’s right, don’t lose anywhere.”

Liu couldn't help but chuckle and patted her on the shoulder. "Go on, hurry up and get your father some snacks to go with his drinks. I won't let your aunt run away either." Zhou Banxia understood her mother-in-law's meaning. Since Uncle Ma was here, it wouldn't be good to let Aunt Ma go back now. She had to keep her for dinner first.

She immediately and tactfully suggested two dishes that suited Aunt Ma's tastes, and without waiting for the other woman to refuse, she smiled, bowed, and went to make the arrangements.

Of course, just like her father-in-law said, "Go and prepare two dishes to go with your drinks," he didn't actually ask her to cook; he just asked her to say something.

He instructed Maixiang to go to the kitchen to check on the cook's preparations and to send someone to Aunt Fang's small kitchen in the west courtyard if anything was missing. That was all that was left for her to do.

Returning to the courtyard where they had been standing, the group of people who had initially gone to the study went in, those who had gone to the hall went in, and even those who had wanted to leave left.

As for Ma Ersao, she went home first.

This is why, when the eldest daughter-in-law is not at home, the second daughter-in-law has to take her place in order.

If things aren't done in the correct order, it will definitely end up like today, where her mother-in-law left and her sisters-in-law followed suit and ran away.

Originally, my mother-in-law had decided that she would not leave early today, just like the day before yesterday. She would wait until the old family gathering ended and most of the relatives had left before returning.

It's just that someone came up with this terrible idea, and without even discussing it beforehand, they wanted to make her parents-in-law sit down in public to receive the farewell tea ceremony from her niece and nephew-in-law.

This immediately scared her in-laws away. They no longer cared about the eldest son's pregnancy or whether the second son's family would cause trouble and become a laughing stock if they didn't take the lead and follow the order.

After all, putting aside whether her father-in-law deserved such treatment and the significance of sitting there, Erniu absolutely could not sit down to receive the courtesy because there was Da Niu in front of her.

The same niece, if her parents-in-law are to be seated in the honored seats, don't put the young couple in such a position.

It's only because her in-laws are kind-hearted that they didn't need to make an excuse to leave. If they had been any less malicious, they wouldn't have needed to tell any of the three families about it at the time.

None of the three families would stay behind, let alone Wulang and Daniu, who were happily going to see the bride off.

What if the wedding procession were to be without the brother and sister?
That would be interesting.

If her brother and sister don't go, will her brother-in-law still go?
That smiling fox was just hoping to see his uncle make a fool of himself; it would be a miracle if he didn't add fuel to the fire.

"...Why is the master back now, instead of going to escort the bride? What will Huiming say? Never mind, you go and find the master and tell him that the master is about to enter the mansion. I'll go find the madam right away."

Who?
Brother-in-law?
Just as Zhou Banxia was about to step onto the first stone step in front of the main house, and was about to gather her thoughts and enter the hall, she heard faint voices.

The voice sounded very familiar.

But I'm not familiar with the sound of Gu Dahua's voice; I hear it every day.

No doubt about it.

The fact that Gu Dahua asked in surprise meant that the "old man" was indeed the old man of the family, and that he had really returned and was almost at the outer courtyard.

Strange things.

Why are you back now?

Even if the Yang family had arranged for the newlyweds to perform the wedding ceremony earlier, the wedding feast wouldn't have been held this early, let alone the fact that they would at least have a token meal before heading home.

Surely the bridal sedan chair won't run into any trouble on the way? (End of Chapter)