Chapter 9: One wave has not subsided, here comes another
Suizi purposely provoked Yu Jingting upon noticing that his mother was behind them.
While she knew that he didn’t favor boys over girls, the village environment leaned towards favoring sons. As he often mingled with his friends in the village square, he was inevitably subject to their influence.
She needed to instill in him the idea that both sons and daughters were treasured.
She was pleasantly surprised by his mother’s reaction which was unexpected.
Aside from this, she had another goal.
Yu Jingting didn’t want to hand over the two hundred yuan. He intended to keep it secret from his mother, but Suizi felt that wasn’t appropriate.
Everyone had seen their argument when they went back to her mother’s house.
The news of the requested return of the bride price would spread throughout the village tonight, and everyone would know by tomorrow. Given how well-informed his mother was, there was no way she wouldn’t hear about it.
Since her wedding a month ago, there had been very little interaction between Suizi and her mother-in-law. She would run away whenever she saw her, and she would never dare to look at her mother-in-law’s eyes even when she happened to say a few words.
Although this was due to the trauma from her childhood, she realized it was quite hurtful after all.
Suizi estimated that her mother-in-law didn’t have a good impression of her. If the hidden money issue surfaced, it could lead to discord between them, which would make living together even more troublesome.