Rebirth Era: After the Beautiful Sister-in-law Refuses to Open Business

For Feng Yuanyuan, she was really not sad at all about calling off the engagement with Zhao Jing. After all, they had been engaged for only two months. Even though they were classmates in junior high and high school, they had little interaction during their student days. In the two months after their engagement, although they had several dates every Sunday, it would undoubtedly be too fake to say that they had a deep affection for each other!

What's more, Feng Yuanyuan knew very well that before today, she only had a good impression of Zhao Jing. To put it bluntly, it had not yet developed into the kind of romantic feelings between a man and a woman.

Therefore, breaking off the engagement would not be a big blow to her, and she would not seek death or think that breaking off the engagement would be embarrassing.

After all, it was not her fault. Zhao Jing's father made this clear in front of her parents.

"His father, since the child has no objection, then we will cancel the marriage with the Zhao family, so that people won't say that our family is trying to marry up and is clinging to the man who is not willing to give up. If such a reputation really spreads, wouldn't our family be wronged?"

Mother Feng spoke in a calm tone, but this calm tone was clearly filled with sarcasm.

"Okay, the Zhao family is a high-class family. We can't marry into their family, and we can't afford to marry them. Let's cancel the marriage between the two families today!"

After listening to what Mother Feng said, Father Feng made a decision without hesitation. Then, he asked Father Zhao, "Did you bring the gifts that were exchanged on the engagement day?"

Hearing this, Zhao's father looked embarrassed: "I came here in a hurry and didn't take it with me."

After a moment, Zhao's father said, "What I mean is this. Regarding the marriage between our two families, it is my family's fault. Based on this, you can keep the things my family bought for Yuanyuan. As for the things your family handed over to my family, my wife and I will personally deliver them to you tomorrow. You can see..."

Father Feng: "No need! We will naturally return the things that belong to your family. If you want to cancel the engagement, just cancel it cleanly. We don't want to hear any gossip in the future!"

Feng's mother objected: "Dad, I have no objection to canceling the engagement, but the things that the Zhao family gave to our family on the day of the engagement cannot be returned. Otherwise, people who don't know the situation will inevitably think that our Yuanyuan did something shameful and was canceled by the Zhao family.

In addition, the Zhao family has to compensate our Yuanyuan. They can't just come to the door and say a few words and then pretend that the marriage between the two families never happened.

Furthermore, nothing that our family gave to the Zhao family should return to us."

After listening to what Feng's mother said, Feng's father was silent for a long time.

Father Zhao knew that he was in the wrong, so he had no problem with what Mother Feng said. He said, "Old Feng, just do as Sister said. Tomorrow my husband and I will bring the things your family gave us for the engagement, and we will also compensate Yuanyuan with 200 yuan. What do you and Sister think of this?"

Mother Feng snorted coldly, but didn't say anything, which was considered as her agreement with what Father Zhao said.

"alright."

Since his wife had no objection, Feng's father naturally wouldn't say anything more.

"That's it, we'll meet again tomorrow at noon."

Father Zhao stood up and said goodbye to Father Feng and Mother Feng.

Unexpectedly, Feng's mother said at this time: "The fault of canceling the engagement is your Zhao family, so my family should go to your door to cancel the engagement. Tomorrow at noon, my old Feng and I will go there with some things."

She is not confused!

If the Zhao couple went to the Feng family tomorrow to discuss breaking off the engagement, and the neighbors accidentally found out about it, they would definitely talk about how the Zhao family had broken off the engagement with them!

"..."

Father Zhao was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, my husband and I will be waiting for you two at home tomorrow."

Father Feng said "hmm" with a blank expression.

After Zhao's father left, Feng Jianping, or Feng's younger brother, clenched his fists and said angrily, "Don't let me see Zhao Jing later, or I'll make him pay!"

"How can you make them look bad? Are you going to have a fight?"

Feng Yuanyuan touched the back of her brother's head and said, "I don't have any feelings for Zhao Jing, so you don't need to defend me."

"He's going too far, I can't bear the anger if I don't give him a good beating!"

Feng Jianping is the fourth child in the family, with three older sisters and one older brother. He is currently a freshman in the town middle school. He is a handsome young man. Since he was a child, he has heard his parents say that as the man of the family,

You have to protect your sisters at all times. Now he knows that his second sister's marriage has fallen through because Zhao Jing has a girl he likes. The originally mild-tempered boy gets furious and feels it is necessary to get back at his second sister Feng Yuanyuan!

"Can you beat Zhao Jing?"

Feng Yuanyuan looked at her brother's physique and said, "The other person is several years older than you, taller and stronger than you. If you two really fight, you will definitely suffer a great loss.

Besides, Zhao Jing has someone she likes in her heart. If I don't agree to cancel the engagement now, and I really marry her in the future, do you think my life will be easy?"

Shaking her head slightly, Feng Yuanyuan continued, "He's not particularly outstanding, and I haven't developed any feelings for him yet. I'll consider it a good deed to cancel the engagement and help him. Besides, his family will give him compensation. That's it. Just study hard and don't worry about it."

"But canceling the engagement will be bad for your reputation, second sister."

Feng Jianping still spoke angrily.

"It's not my fault, what should I be afraid of?"

Feng Yuanyuan looked disapproving. She said, "The Zhao family would never publicize the cancellation of the engagement. As for the people in our family, would you mention your second sister's cancellation of the engagement?"

"Of course I won't."

Feng Jianping responded.

Mother Feng then asked Feng Yuanyuan: "You don't blame me for not returning the Zhao family's things, but instead ask for compensation?"

"Zhao Jing was at fault first. It's reasonable for us not to return the things they gave us as part of the engagement. And I know you're not after their things, you're just angry and trying to save my face.

Similarly, you are also protecting me by asking for compensation. Unless I am mentally ill, I would not blame my own mother. "

The Zhao family wanted to cancel the engagement, even if it was her family that canceled the engagement, but if she just returned the things exchanged for the engagement between the two families and let it go, it would seem a bit disrespectful to her!

If an engagement is broken off, no matter if it is the man or the woman who is broken off, as long as the fault lies with the party who proposes to break off the engagement, the other party has sufficient reasons not to return the things given by the other party's family as part of the engagement. At the same time, it is reasonable to ask for compensation from the other party's family.

Otherwise, it would be too unfair to the other party!

Feng Yuanyuan really didn't think that her family wanted to take advantage of the Zhao family. On the one hand, her mother's request was reasonable, and on the other hand, the Feng family's conditions were no worse than those of the Zhao family.

First of all, the Zhao family only has one son, Zhao Jing. In contrast, in the Feng family, Feng Yuanyuan has brothers and sisters. The eldest brother, Feng Jianhua, joined the army and is now a company-level cadre. He married the daughter of a leader and is a nurse. The eldest sister, Feng Shanshan, married to the county town and works in the county post office. Her husband is the director of a workshop in the county food factory.

Feng Yuanyuan graduated from high school and works as a salesperson in the county supply and marketing cooperative; her younger brother Feng Jianping is currently studying in the town middle school; her younger sister Feng Tingting is two years older than her brother and was adopted by her uncle who works in the city since she was a child.

My father, Feng Xueyi, was the director of the town grain station, and my mother was a housewife, responsible for the family's food and drink.

In Feng Yuanyuan's opinion, such family conditions are much better than those of the Zhao family.

Now that she is about to break off the engagement with the Zhao family, she does not feel any regrets from the bottom of her heart.

There are three people in the Zhao family. Although Zhao's father was transferred to work in the county, he is not a high-ranking cadre; Zhao Jing works in the county agricultural machinery factory and is just an ordinary worker, with a monthly salary of only five yuan more than hers.

There's really nothing great about it!

"It's good if you understand."

Mother Feng looked relieved, and then turned her gaze to Father Feng: "Don't act so bitter and resentful. If you ask me, it would be best if the marriage with the Zhao family is cancelled. Just think about it, if our Yuanyuan finds out that the boy from the Zhao family has someone in his heart after marrying him, how upset she would be!

If the kid from the Zhao family is still confused and keeps giving our Yuanyuan the cold shoulder after marriage, and has an affair with the woman he is obsessed with behind Yuanyuan's back, will Yuanyuan still be able to live her life?

Although it is a new society nowadays and people can get divorced after getting married, divorce is not pleasant after all, especially for women. After a divorce, no matter what the reason is, rumors will basically surround the woman. "

"I have no problem with canceling the engagement. I just think the Zhao family is really bullying!"

Father Feng sighed and said in a deep voice: "Does Zhao Shengli really not know that his boy has someone in his heart? In my opinion, he probably knows, but he is not satisfied with the one his boy has in his heart, so..."

After a long while, Feng's mother saw this and said, "So what? You don't even know how to continue, which shows that your guess is not unreasonable. Besides, the reason why our family and the Zhao family can finalize the marriage is that Yuanyuan and the boy from the Zhao family like each other and have no objections to each other, so the marriage between the two families can be arranged."

"Then how did things turn out like this?"

Father Feng frowned, his eyes full of confusion.

"It's either that the Zhao family kid has fallen in love with someone else, or that he has been deliberately seduced by another girl and has been manipulated by the other girl, so he is making a scene at home and wants to cancel the marriage.

In short, it is definitely true that the young man from the Zhao family has fallen in love with someone else. We should immediately cancel the marriage, which will not be bad for our Yuanyuan."

At the Feng family's side, Mr. Feng and his wife were chatting intermittently about breaking off the engagement with the Zhao family. On the other side, in Shisong Village, Song Sanhe and his wife were sitting on the kang, both with unhappy faces, thinking about going to the Han family tomorrow to break off the engagement between the two families.

"That couple seem like honest people, how could they raise such a shameless daughter?!"

Li Jumei was almost mad with anger. Yes, her family was thinking of breaking off the engagement with the Han family, but they had never expected that Han Bailan, the future daughter-in-law, would have a scandalous affair with someone else and even had a child, causing the marriage between the two families to fall through. Wasn't this also trampling on the face of their Song family?

"The marriage will be called off tomorrow, there's no need to think so much about it."

Song Sanhe received a call from Song Qingbin in the evening. When the two men finished talking, he was so angry that his whole body was shaking. Just like what Li Jumei was thinking now, he felt that the Han family was stomping on the Song family's face. Otherwise, how could they raise a daughter who was so immoral and had an affair with others before marriage.

But now that things have come to this, what's the point of getting angry?

What's more, their family had originally planned to reject the marriage proposal from the Han family. Now, they were simply humiliated by the Song family, which provided them with a sufficient reason to cancel the marriage proposal from the Han family.

"I'm worried that people I know will know the truth about the cancellation of the engagement between the two families."

Li Jumei's face was very ugly: "If this were to be known by others, wouldn't our boss be regarded as a coward?"

"You think too much! What kind of coward? It's just that his partner cheated on him, but can it be the eldest brother's fault? It can only be said that the Han family did not teach their daughter well. It was the Han family's daughter who had no sense of shame and did such a shameful thing. As the victim, our eldest brother is feeling wronged!

Unless others have nothing to do and their brains are muddled, they will think that our eldest brother is eating turtle."

As Song Sanhe spoke, his expression gradually eased. He sighed and spoke again, "You can't possibly want the boss to go to the Han family and make trouble, right? Or do something to the Han family's daughter? If you do that, what good will it do to the boss?"

"I know what you said makes sense, but when I think about the girl from the Han family putting a big green hat on our eldest brother's head, my heart is blocked."

"Think about it from another angle. If Lan Lan hadn't accidentally discovered that the Han family's daughter was pregnant, our family wouldn't have had a suitable reason to cancel the marriage with the Han family. By the New Year, wouldn't the eldest brother have to marry the girl?"

"The Han family is wishful thinking!"

"It's not about what the Han family thinks. Our family has no reason to cancel the engagement. We can only welcome the bride into the family on the wedding day. In this way, won't the eldest brother become a cheap father next year?"

"It's the wrong month, so what will happen even if she gives birth?"

"You can enter our house pregnant, do you think the other party won't make arrangements in advance?"

At this point, Song Sanhe remembered Song Qingbin's mention of Song Lan's guess on the phone. He thought for a moment and then told Li Jumei about Song Lan's guess. Hearing this, Li Jumei's eyes widened and she didn't say anything for a long time.

"Now you know, don't you? Some people have a lot of unorthodox ideas in their minds."

"She...how dare she?"

Li Jumei couldn't believe it.

"The man who wants to marry doesn't want to marry her. For the sake of the Han family and her own reputation, she will definitely plot against the eldest brother and make the eldest brother and you and me think that the child in her belly is ours. By then, everything will be set in stone.

If nothing unexpected happens, the eldest son will not only have to help raise the child, but also have to worry about the child's marriage. In this way, the eldest son will be the one who is taken advantage of."

"Cancel the engagement. Let's go to the Han family tomorrow at noon and cancel the engagement between the two families!"

Li Jumei was terrified. She felt that Song Lan, her daughter, was the lucky star of their family. She thought so in her heart and said so out loud.

"Lanlan is our family's lucky star. It was all your fault that you didn't take good care of her. The nurse took her away by mistake, and we were separated for nearly twenty years."

Li Jumei glared at Song Sanhe and said, "Since Lanlan came to the village and got to know us, our family seems to have changed. Apart from other things, the second brother joined the army and the eldest brother would not be taken advantage of. If it weren't for Lanlan, one of them would probably be a second-rate person all his life, and the other would be successfully schemed by the girl from the Han family and be a cuckold for the rest of his life!"

Song Sanhe was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then nodded: "You are right, Lanlan is indeed a good child."