Even though Wang Mingxia was mentally prepared, she was still so angered by Jiang's mother's words that her teeth were chattering. If she hadn't seen Xu Qinghuan being born by Song Wanlin with her own eyes, she would have doubted if Xu Qinghuan was truly Song Wanlin's biological child.
If she didn't have a grudge against her daughter, why would she find such a family for her to marry into?
The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is so important!
With such a mother-in-law, how can Xu Qinghuan live in peace if she marries over there?
Fortunately, Xu Qinghuan is not her biological child, and her goal is to call off the engagement.
"Sister Shao, you misunderstood. Although Qinghuan has no objection to this marriage, she doesn't plan to get married for the time being. Now, we should liberate our thoughts. There's something I didn't dare to say earlier. Previously, her second uncle found a fortune teller who did her eight characters, saying she cannot marry before twenty-four, or she would bring bad luck to her husband."
Jiang's mother was shocked and almost jumped up, exclaiming in anger, "How could there be such a thing? Why didn't you say it earlier?"
Many things, if you believe, they exist; if you don't, they don't.
Even though thoughts are being liberated, Buddhism and Taoism have been spread for one or two thousand years and are beliefs ingrained in people, the more illusory and mysterious they are, the more they make people believe.
Getting married at twenty-four means they have to wait six or seven more years, how is that possible!
If they marry earlier, it might not harm Xu Qinghuan, but to bring bad luck to her husband, she only has this one son, can he be cursed to death?
No, no matter what, this engagement cannot proceed.
Wang Mingxia was extremely pleased in her heart, but was rather embarrassed on the surface, "Sister Shao, it's also our fault, we didn't dare to say such things lightly, if you hadn't mentioned getting married today, I still wouldn't have dared to say it."
Jiang's mother was so angry that her chest heaved violently, "Waiting for six or seven years is absolutely impossible! Regarding this engagement, let's see what you'll say!"
"I've raised her for fourteen years, saying she calls me 'mom' wouldn't be too much. She also said she wanted me and her second uncle to make decisions for her on her marriage, if you have any dissatisfaction, we can also understand.
But, our family has a daughter, we can't bear this burden, after all, it's not like we are rushing to marry into this family." Wang Mingxia was thinking about her daughter being able to marry Jiang Chengxu.
But the Jiang Family has to propose first, not only to absolve her of any blame, so her sister-in-law has nothing to say; also to gain a benefit.
Jiang's mother was angered again, she really had never met someone so shameless, sneering, "Could it be that we are the ones eager to marry into this family?"
Wang Mingxia responded quickly, "That's great, neither of us is willing, forcing a marriage won't end well. Your family has a son, our family has a daughter, neither of you is willing, and we are even less willing.
Let's just break off the marriage!"
Jiang's mother was more than willing, but she was not the one to make the decision, she could only swallow down her frustration, "I have to ask his father about this."
Xu Qinghuan arranged to meet Lin Xiaolan in the morning at the hospital. She arrived a bit earlier and went to visit the new mother first, whose wound was healing well and her recovery was good.
"Thank you so much!" The new mother was genuinely grateful, "My mother wanted to thank you, but you stubbornly refused, our whole family is very grateful to you."
"No need, it was just a small effort, don't worry about it. Speaking of it, we helped each other; you happened to need this and I happened to have the ability to help, which made me very happy." Xu Qinghuan smiled.
"Oh, by the way, my name is Tian Xia, I work at Yong'an Department Store, if you need anything, feel free to find me. I'm on maternity leave now, but when you go, you can find Wang Juan at the counter. She will come to see me today and I'll tell her to take good care of you when you shop."
Xu Qinghuan said, "Then I won't be polite, I indeed have things to buy these days, I'll go find Sister Wang later."
Tian Xia was delighted to be able to help Xu Qinghuan.
Xu Qinghuan checked on the baby again, "The baby is doing well, just a bit of jaundice. Sunbathing in the morning and evening when the sun is gentle, it will fade in a few days, everything else is fine."
Tian Xia felt reassured by her words and watched Xu Qinghuan leave with ease.
Lin Xiaolan had already arrived, accompanied by her sister-in-law, and Xu Qinghuan led them to find the director of the personnel department, "Director Liu, can the position Qinghuan previously held be transferred to my sister-in-law?"
Though it is not allowed to privately trade positions, there is always a market if there is a demand. The director of the personnel department had seen this often, usually explaining its for family members or such.
Xu Qinghuan was someone Dean Wu valued, so naturally, he didn't disagree, he actively helped with the transfer procedures.
"This was initially a trainee position, 18.5 yuan per month. After becoming a regular employee, it would be 28 yuan a month." Director Liu called an assistant, "Lead this comrade to handle the onboarding, if there's time, start training today."
"There's time!" Lin Xiaolan's sister-in-law had already sent her child to the nursery, ready to start working on the first day.
The nurse position is highly technical; there was a lot to learn. Lin Xiaolan's sister-in-law was a bit nervous but very active.
Director Liu was also quite satisfied.
After Xu Qinghuan expressed gratitude, she left the hospital with Lin Xiaolan, "Huanhuan, thank you so much for this, here's some money and some tickets, take it."
Lin Xiaolan shoved a not-so-small cloth bag into Xu Qinghuan's hands. Xu Qinghuan opened it, finding ten bundles of the 'big unity', and quite a few receipts.
One thousand bucks.
"Why so much? This much isn't needed; six hundred bucks would have been enough." Xu Qinghuan had a rough understanding of the sale price of positions, generally around two years' salary of a regular position.
So, taking six to seven hundred would be about right.
Xu Qinghuan intended to return the extra money to Lin Xiaolan, but Lin Xiaolan stubbornly refused, with reddened eyes she said, "If you don't take it, we can no longer be friends henceforth!"
Seeing her say it so seriously, Xu Qinghuan paused, "Lanlan, taking so much of your family's money, I really don't feel at ease!"
Lin Xiaolan shook her head, "You don't understand; it's not about the money."
Xu Qinghuan wasn't an outsider, and time had passed, so Lin Xiaolan didn't hide it, "You don't know, we were all quite worried about my sister-in-law. My mom said she once felt my sister-in-law wanted to hold my nephew and die together.
She was scared out of her mind at the time. My sister-in-law graduated from high school, couldn't find a job, and wasn't able to transfer to a commodity grain household registration. Although we never said anything, it was apparent. She was under a lot of pressure, and the more careful we were, the worse she felt. Over time, we really became terrified."
Relieved, Lin Xiaolan covered her face to cry for a while, then extended her arms to embrace Xu Qinghuan, "Huanhuan, you take this money, we are friends, we help each other, there's no need to fuss over it, really. I specifically told my mom to give you more money and tickets, it's my intention, do you want to refuse it too?"