Chapter 132


    "If we''re not free then we won''t go," Lin Yuzhen scoffed.


    Just as she said that, the phone rang again. This time it was from Su Mei.


    Clearly her eldest aunt didn''t trust her to pass on the message and was afraid that her family


    wouldn''t attend the celebration, so she called Su Mei''s phone directly.


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    "I have to take care of your father and I can''t get away. Yuzhen, you should go. No matter what,


    Grandma is an elder and it''s only right of us to celebrate her birthday."


    Su Mei did have issues with this sister of hers, but she remained filial to her own mother.


    Lin Yuzhen didn''t know what to say. She opened her mouth to say that she didn''t want to go, but Su


    Mei had already hung up.


    Jiang Ning was amused. He had never seen Lin Yuzhen so reluctant before.


    Don''t look so grouchy anymore. We''ll go over tomorrow and I can take the chance to say hello to


    your rtives," said Jiang Ning. "Since I''m the son-inw, I should greet my new rtives too."


    "They might not like you very much,” replied Lin Yuzhen unkindly.


    That didn''t bother Jiang Ning. But since his mother-inw had entrusted this duty to him, he was


    going to make sure he did it well.


    First thing the next morning, Jiang Ning sent Lin Yuzhen to the office to settle a few urgent matters,


    then went to the mall and bought a present.


    Then he went back to pick Lin Yuzhen up and they headed for her grandmother''s house in


    Xiancheng.


    "Jiang Ning, if they ask a lot of questions, just answer them simply. If they say anything bad about


    you, please don''t be angry."


    Lin Yuzhen looked a little awkwardly at Jiang Ning. "Those rtives of mine might be a bit too


    curious."


    She knew those people only too well.


    "Rx, I know what to do."


    Meanwhile, at the Su house in Xiancheng.


    There werenterns and ribbons everywhere. Those who didn''t know anything would have thought


    it was Lunar New Year.


    Everything looked very festive.


    "Oh goodness me, why are there only three arches? Do you people know how to do things at all?


    Each family has to buy at least two, and if you can''t afford to buy then you have to at least rent one,


    right? Su Gang! Su Gang! Where''s the one from your family? Put it up quickly!"


    "Why aren''t there enough dishes in the kitchen? I''ve bought enough for my side, so if there isn''t


    enough then you all have to contribute out of your own pocket!" "Su Qin, go help Mum to change


    her


    clothes. I spent a few thousand dors to buy her new clothes, so it''ll help her to look more


    energetic."


    The whole house was filled with the loud voice of Lin Yuzhen''s eldest aunt, Su Hong.


    Su Hong was a plump woman who married a man of some standing in the local town office and was


    a fairly big shot in Xiancheng, so she was always smug and arrogant in front of her own family.


    Whenever something happened in the family, she would always say that she would get her husband


    to tell off whoever it concerned, but she never helped to settle anything before.


    Su Hong ordered her younger sister and brother to do all sorts of things, but she was just sitting


    around and snacking on peanuts. She started calcting who woulde today, who would give


    how much money, and how much she would be left with after deducting the expenses.


    "This Su Mei is terrible. What time is it already? She''s still not here?"


    Su Hong rolled her eyes in annoyance. "I know it''s hard for her family, but so what if it''s difficult?


    You mean she''s not going to contribute anything for Mum''s birthday? That''s too heartless of her!"


    The man seated across from her had a small beer belly and didn''t do anything at all. He just quietly


    drank his tea and looked very calm.


    "Even if their family contributed, how much could they contribute?"


    Xu Ming snorted disdainfully. "Every additional person thates means one more person to feed."


    This was why these two could get married to one another. The way they talked was also the same.


    "Xu Ming, could youe and give me a hand? It''s very hard for me to put this couplet up by


    myself!” a voice came in from the door.


    Xu Ming raised his eyes but pretended he didn''t hear anything and just changed his position and


    continued to sit there in peace.


    Su Gang was asking Xu Ming, a low ranked governor, to climb somedder just to put up couplets?


    What a joke!


    "If you can''t do it yourself, just go slow and you''d get it done! Do you know how expensive it is to


    dry-clean his suit if it gets dirty?” Su Hong scolded right back. "If you can''t get such a small thing


    done, why don''t you contribute more money?"