Chapter 876: engagement ceremony
Chapter 876 Engagement Ceremony
The trivial matters were all taken care of, and the engagement day finally came.
According to etiquette, the engagement ceremony was held at her parents' home, and a group of husband's family members headed by Mr. Li once again arrived at the Xia family's territory. No matter how much Mr. Li disliked his grandson's daughter-in-law, he still understood that she had a distinguished status and could not afford to offend her easily, so he still gave Xia Ling enough face in front of everyone.
He handed a jade bracelet to Xia Ling's hand: "This is an heirloom jade bracelet of the Li family. It has always been worn by the daughter-in-law of the head of the family. Now I give it to you. From now on, you will be the daughter-in-law of the head of the Li family." . "The dark green ancient jade has a quiet and lustrous luster, is slightly warm to the touch, and has complex and beautiful patterns.
Xia Ling took it and thanked the old man respectfully.
Since the old man was polite to her, she would be equally polite to him. No matter how dirty the two of them were in private, as important figures in a big family, they knew very well what occasions they could not mess with.
She smiled and looked at her prospective husband beside her: "Bring it to me."
Li Lei also chuckled, stretched out his hand and carefully put the jade bracelet on her white wrist.
Very well matched.
“You must live a good life with Li Lei from now on, and don’t let him down.” This time, it was Mrs. Mrs. Xia was very happy that the Li family gave her an heirloom jade bracelet in advance, which was a high recognition of their daughter.
She didn’t know how Mr. Li agreed with Xia Ling?
It's just that because the Xia family has great hands and eyes, they have to be nice to their grandson-in-law, so they sent the family heirloom that was supposed to be presented at the wedding ceremony in advance.
Xia Ling did not tell her mother about the twists and turns. Her family should not worry about these things. She smiled sweetly, kept her mother's advice in mind, and said softly: "Mom, we will be happy." She raised her head and looked at her sweetheart with tenderness.
Today, Li Lei was wearing the haze-colored suit and gown that she had given him personally. He looked extremely handsome, standing next to her like the most perfect guardian. He also looked at Xia Ling tenderly, then turned to Mrs. Xia and said, "Mom, don't worry, I will take good care of Xiao Ling."
He was smiling, changing his words very smoothly, and being affectionate.
Mrs. Xia was so happy that in addition to the red envelope she had prepared in advance, she put two more gold bars into his hand and said repeatedly: "Good boy, good boy, you will treat this place as your own home from now on. As soon as I saw you, I felt like It’s not like the ice cube in our house. I’ve had it for decades, and it’s never been so sweet to call me mom.”
The elder brother who is called a certain ice cube has black lines all over his face. Is this his real mother? Although he knew that his mother had always regretted having only one son. When she was bored, she would say that her eldest son was too serious. She should have had a cute little son to laugh with and relieve her boredom. But, but...Mom, come on During the Phoenix Return Ceremony, who proposed changing the two-way contract into a master-servant contract?
You cheated Li Lei and you are still smiling like this, does Li Lei know?
Hand-sama really wanted to expose her, but he held back for the sake of world peace.
Mrs. Xia didn't feel embarrassed at all. In her opinion, Li Lei was an outsider before, but after signing the master-servant contract and changing his name to mom, he became the private property of the Xia family and one of his own. What's the point of having an eldest son when there's a junior whose mouth is sweeter than honey?
In just a moment, a certain miserable elder brother was disliked by his own mother.
Li Lei was still smiling, and he called Haosheng Mom affectionately, and said: "My biological mother died young. Over the years, I have been envious of other people having mothers. Now I have one too, and I will treat you as my own from now on." mom."
Mrs. Xia was so moved that she said repeatedly: "I will be your mother from now on."
No wonder people say that the more a mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the happier she becomes. This is a living example. Even Clan Chief Xia was jealous. He couldn't help but cough a few times and admonished Li Lei majestically.
Li Lei was still affectionate and said: "Dad, I will often come to play chess with you in the future."
Therefore, the majesty of Patriarch Xia disappeared in an instant: "You are my biological son!" Xia Mo said: "..."
The engagement banquet was held in an orderly manner. The Xia family held an open-air flowing banquet and the whole clan celebrated together. The day went on until very late, and the Li family stayed overnight at Xia's house.
Xia Ling returned to the room, changed out of her engagement dress and took off her makeup. Her back was aching, and she screamed, "Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, give me a pounding on my shoulders," she directed Li Lei, who climbed in through the window as usual.
Li Lei obeyed the order and served her comfortably.
I was holding her in my arms and getting ready to sleep when suddenly there was a knock on the door: "Xiao Ling."
Li Lei felt bad all over, and it was the voice of his elder brother that made him tingle the most.
［I’m going to open the door. You must be good. ] Classmate Xia Xiaoling told him word by word using lip language.
Li Lei nodded aggrievedly and watched her leave.
Xia Ling raised her head and looked at her brother in front of the door: "Brother, do you want to see me if you have anything to do?"
Xia Moyan said calmly: "Xia Yu is back."
Xia Ling was stunned for a moment, then remembered that there was such a person, and couldn't help but ask: "She tried to murder Shao Hui before, and later confessed and said she wanted to surrender. How did she show up here so well?"
"Have you forgotten that in addition to surrendering, she also said she wanted to return to the family?" Xia Moyan reminded her, "Xia Yu surrendered, that's right. Because the circumstances were minor and no harm was caused, the court pronounced that she was guilty of intentional misconduct. For attempted murder, he was sentenced to three years in prison and suspended for three years.”
“What does three-year probation mean?” Xia Ling didn’t know much about this aspect.
"It means that she is free during these three years. Even if she returns to the Xia family to recognize her ancestors, it will be no problem if she lives here without going out." Xia Moyan said.
“That’s too cheap for her!” Xia Ling was unhappy, “My little Shaohui almost died!”
Xia Mo said calmly: "Since she threw herself into the trap and returned to the family, why are you unhappy? The clan has its own rules. You think you can get away with murdering the son of Phoenix so easily?"
“Will you kill her?” Xia Xiaoling asked with bright eyes.
"Originally, she would," Xia Moyan said, "But she formed a part of your disaster. Since it is God's arrangement, it is not easy to punish her too much. The family law punishes her 30 times. From now on, every year on the birthday of the son of Phoenix, she will punish her again. Hit 30 big boards. "This is not easy. 30 big boards is enough to rip apart the skin and make you lie in bed to recuperate for ten and a half days.
Xia Ling was a little disappointed, but well, it was better than no punishment at all.
Xia Moyan saw her unhappiness and said, "She is in the ancestral hall now, preparing to be tortured. Do you want to take a look?"
(End of this chapter)