bookcurios Chapter 163: Ma Chunlei's Failure to Achieve the Final Victory
Chapter 163: Ma Chunlei's Failure to Achieve the Final Victory
Ma Chunlei ran out of Dahe Town in a panic, and only breathed a sigh of relief when Zhou Xiaoyan didn't chase him. He kicked the weeds on the roadside hard, and the dry leaves fell to the ground.
"Md! Chen Qin, you bitch, dare to ruin my future? I will never let you go! Just wait..."
"And Zhou Xiaoyan, what's so great about you? You just have a good dad. If I, Ma Chunlei, had a good dad, I wouldn't even look down on you, bah~"
With a heart full of anger, Ma Chunlei walked home with a gloomy face.
"The East is Red... The sun is rising... A man has emerged... He works for the happiness of the people..."
Sun Sanmei hummed a song while continuing to work. It was agreed yesterday that her son and Zhou Xiaoyan would get their marriage certificate today, and the Zhou family would come over for dinner.
Sun Sanmei borrowed money to buy meat and flour, and started working early in the morning to make a bag of meat dumplings to entertain the Zhou family.
Ma Chunlei's father, Ma Ganwei, was lying on the kang, and he said impatiently, "Old woman, please stop singing. It's annoying me!"
Sun Sanmei pursed her lips and said unhappily, "What are you so upset about? My son is so capable and has found such a wonderful daughter-in-law. We'll both enjoy happiness in the future. What's there to be upset about?"
Sun Sanmei covered the dough, wiped her hands and said, "Old man, today is a happy day, don't look so sad! What will Xiaoyan think when she comes?"
Ma Ganwei rolled over and said worriedly, "Chunlei has caused such a big mess. The betrothal money prepared for Xiaoyan has all been used to fill the hole in the Chen family. What if the in-laws find fault?"
"You don't need to worry about it!" Sun Sanmei put down the chopping board and prepared to chop the meat. She smiled and said, "Our son has a good mouth and is good at speaking. He will discuss with Xiaoyan and give the betrothal gift two days later.
Didn't Dadang also say that? He went out to borrow money, and when the two children were done with their affairs, he would bring the money back to pay the debt. Xiaoyan also said that she would bring back the betrothal money.
Ma Ganwei sat up from the kang and said guiltily, "I always feel uneasy! You said Chunlei is the same, where did he learn those crooked and evil things?
Whenever I think of the little girl from the Chen family, my heart aches! She’s my own granddaughter! And because of my son’s evil deeds, she became someone else’s…”
"Tsk~ A little girl..." Sun Sanmei said disdainfully: "If you like children, let Xiaoyan give birth! It's not like she can't have children.
That girl named Chen Qin, she looks unlucky, we can’t have her! Her family is so poor, what can she do to help Chun Lei? "
"Ah~" Ma Ganwei sighed and said, "You and your son are stubborn, and I can't convince you. I don't care anymore! Do whatever you want!"
After saying that, Ma Ganwei lay back on the kang and closed his eyes to rest.
"Don't lie down!" Sun Sanmei said unhappily, "Get up and clean up the house! Put out the things Chunlei bought for Xiaoyan.
"When the in-laws come and see us, they will definitely feel that our family values Xiaoyan, and they will be very happy! If we can add a little more to Xiaoyan's dowry, then our family will be better off~"
Ma Ganwei got up helplessly, took out a cloth bag from the cabinet, placed the things inside on the cabinet, and muttered, "Why spend this money?
It’s neither good for eating nor drinking… If you ask me, Zhou Xiaoyan is not a person who can live a simple life. She doesn’t know how to be frugal…”
"Bang--"
Ma Chunlei kicked the door open and stormed in. Seeing the meat on the chopping board, he angrily said, "Stop cooking! No one's coming."
"What's wrong?" Sun Sanmei put down the kitchen knife, ran to the door, looked around, and turned back to ask, "Chunlei, why are you so angry? Where's Xiaoyan? Did you have a fight?"
Ma Chunlei entered the house and lay down on the kang, his back to Sun Sanmei, without saying a word.
Sun Sanmei glared at him and said dissatisfiedly: "Chunlei, I'm not saying anything to you! Xiaoyan's family is so well-off, even for the sake of money, you have to give in to her a little!
You can act manly, but you have to wait until her dad retires. Or, wait until she has a baby, and then she can’t run away…”
"Mom, can you please stop nagging?" Ma Chunlei suddenly sat up and said angrily, "If Zhou Xiaoyan knew about Chen Qin and me, she would never marry me!"
Sun Sanmei was dumbfounded and stammered, "How, how, how did she know? Did Chen Qin tell her?"
"I don't know!" Ma Chunlei said, stiffening his neck. "I don't see Chen Qin every day, so how can I know if she said that?
Mom, let me ask you, yesterday I asked you to keep an eye on Zhou Xiaoyan, did you really keep an eye on her?
"I'm here to watch carefully!" Sun Sanmei said with a bitter face, "I never left her side. Even when Zhou Xiaoyan said she had a stomachache and went to the toilet, I was waiting outside!
I came back to get her some toilet paper, and it only took a moment, so there was no way she could have gotten out!"
Ma Chunlei thought about it carefully and said confidently, "We haven't let anyone know. Not many people know that Chen Qin and I have a child. It must have been Chen Qin who told us!"
Ma Chunlei pounded the kang hard. Ma Ganwei said distressedly, "You better stop pounding the kang! Where will I sleep at night if it collapses?"
"Sleep, sleep, sleep! All you do is sleep~" Ma Chunlei scolded, "If you weren't such a loser, would I have to be so humble and try to please Zhou Xiaoyan?"
"Zhou Xiaoyan's father didn't even have a son, yet he was able to become the mayor. What about you? All you know is digging in the dirt for a living. You're not even a village chief..."
Ma Ganwei glared and cursed: "You unfilial son, are you looking for a beating? What's wrong with me being useless? Didn't I raise you?
What you wear and what you eat, which one of them was not brought back by me? Now that you have grown up, you start to dislike me...
Ma Chunlei, let me tell you! I am a loser, and I didn’t deceive a little girl. I got her pregnant, but I still refused to marry her. What a shameful thing..."
Ma Chunlei was scolded so hard that he couldn't even lift his head. But Sun Sanmei was heartbroken. She pushed Ma Ganwei and said in a reproachful tone: "Will you die if you say less? Can't you see that your son is unhappy?"
"Just spoil him!" Ma Ganwei glared and said angrily, "Our Ma family has never produced such a bastard child! It's all because of you who spoiled him!"
"So what if I spoil him?" Sun Sanmei said unconvincedly, "I only have this one son, so what if I spoil him?"
"Ma Ganwei, I've been with you for so many years, and I gave birth to three sons and a daughter, but you're the only one who survived! The others all starved to death..."
"My son called you useless, and he was right! If you had the ability, would our children have starved to death? Hey, don't leave, come back here..."
Ma Ganwei shook off Sun Sanmei's hand and hurried out: "What am I doing staying home? Just to listen to you two scolding me?"
"Mm, I've caused so much trouble for my family, but in the end I didn't even get to keep my daughter-in-law, and my granddaughter is now someone else's... I've never been so cowardly..."