At this time, there was a knock on the door. "Father Xiao, what are you all doing inside! Your in-laws have already arrived, why are you not coming out to welcome them!
Hurry up and come out! How come no one from the host family is here!" The one speaking was Lyra's uncle, Xiao Shu. "Coming, brother, we are coming," Father Xiao said as he opened the door.
"We just wanted to talk with Lyra for a while and forgot the time." "Alright, hurry up! The guests are waiting!" "Yes, yes, okay."
On the other side, Shawn's parents gave a generous dowry so their only son could marry a wife. They gave away a piece of land worth two or three hundred yuan. In this time, land was the foundation for a family's survival.
If not for their son being a soldier, they would never have had this land. Private ownership of land had just started. A few years ago, who would have dared to give away land?
Even now, giving away this piece of land was like tearing off their own skin. But they had no choice, because their son could not have children. Just a month ago, they were pressuring their son to marry quickly.
When the pressure became too much, their son finally told them the truth. When they heard it, they felt like the sky was falling. How could their healthy son not be able to have children?
With trembling voices, they asked if it was true. Their son said it was, and even the head of the military hospital had confirmed it. His fertility rate was very low, which usually meant he could not have children.
Unless he found a woman with very strong fertility. But how could they find such a woman? They could not just let him search for women everywhere for children.
That would be against the law. Otherwise, their son might never have children of his own. But the chance of success was very small.
So, they gave away their land to marry him a wife. Father Xiao came out and saw his in-laws. He smiled and said, "In-laws, you are here!
Lyra will be out soon. She is just fixing her clothes." "Alright, let her take her time. We can wait a little," Shawn's mother said with a smile.
At this time, Lyra came out. Because the groom was not there, only her father-in-law and mother-in-law came to welcome her. She walked to Shawn's mother and stopped beside her.
She said, "Mother, you are here. Then let us go." Without the groom, everything was kept simple. "Alright, let us go," Shawn's mother said as she held Lyra's hand and walked out of the house with her.
Lyra looked at Shawn's smiling mother and felt deeply moved. In her past life, she was an orphan. No one cared for her.
She stumbled through life alone. Inside, she always longed for a home, a father and mother who loved her. The original Lyra was also unlucky, but she had a grandmother who loved her.
Now, in Shawn's mother, she felt the warmth of being cared for. Although Shawn's mother did not say much, Lyra could feel it. It was a very wonderful feeling, and she liked it very much.
She looked to the other side at Shawn's father. He and Shawn's mother walked with her in a way that protected her. At first, she walked on the outside of the road.
When Shawn's father noticed, he quietly moved to the outside so that Lyra and Shawn's mother could walk safely inside. Lyra felt that this was what a true father should be like. Seeing such parents, Lyra began to look forward to her life in her new home.
She felt it would be very good. Just like that, Lyra and Shawn's mother laughed and talked all the way as they entered the Shawn family home. Shawn's mother even noticed the wound on Lyra's head and took her to the clinic to get it bandaged.
This feeling made Lyra feel very happy.
When they arrived at the Shawn family's house, there were many people in the yard. They were all Shawn family's relatives and friends. This showed that the Shawn family really valued her as their daughter-in-law, so they invited all the relatives and friends to come.
As soon as they entered the yard, someone came to greet her. "Oh! This must be Shawn's wife, she is so beautiful!" "This is your Aunt, just call her Aunt."
Lyra called out, "Aunt!" "Yes!" The Aunt happily answered. After that, more people came over to greet Lyra, and she followed Mother Qin to meet all the relatives and friends, who all praised her.
Lyra thought she was not very good-looking. Her skin was a little dark, her body was not slim, only her height was okay. She was 168 cm tall, which was not short in this time period.
But because the original owner was a bit chubby, 168 cm tall and more than 130 pounds, she looked strong. Maybe that was why Shawn's parents chose her, thinking she could give birth easily. Lyra thought she didn't want to change too much right now.
She planned to change her appearance before going to the army. But losing weight must start soon. The first day of marriage was spent in lively happiness.
On the second day, just at dawn, noises came from the yard. Lyra heard Father Qin telling Mother Qin, "Lyra must have been tired yesterday. Let her rest today. Don't wake her too early.
Keep her breakfast for her, give her one more egg." Mother Qin rolled her eyes at her husband. "Am I such a bad mother-in-law? Don't I know my daughter-in-law was tired yesterday?"
"You make it sound like I'm a cruel mother-in-law! Let me tell you, don't say bad things about me in front of her! If she thinks I'm cruel, you'll see how I deal with you."
Inside the room, Lyra wanted to laugh. These parents-in-law were really nice. Even though she knew they had their own reasons, it didn't stop them from treating her well.
Hearing this, Lyra thought she might as well get up. Since she couldn't sleep, staying in bed was useless. After getting ready, she went outside and saw Mother Qin cleaning up things left from yesterday.
When Mother Qin saw Lyra up, she smiled and said, "Why did you get up so early? Why not sleep more? Did our voices wake you?"
"No! I just woke up myself. Mom, let me help you." "No need, go wash and eat breakfast. Your father and I can handle this."
Father Qin also said, "Yes, we can do this. Go ahead!" "Alright, Dad, Mom, I'll wash and eat first, then I'll come help. If everyone helps a little, things will be easier."
"Good, go ahead! Come back when you're done." Life continued like this, with Lyra enjoying the peaceful days of being cared for by her parents-in-law. A month passed.
During this month, Lyra slowly changed herself. She had lost weight, now down to 110 pounds, like a model from her past life. Half a month before going to the army, she began taking the whitening pills and beauty pills given by the system.
Now she was much fairer and more beautiful. Lyra felt it was time to tell her parents-in-law about going to find Shawn at the army. After dinner one day, Lyra told Father Qin and Mother Qin, "Dad, Mom, I have something to say."
"What is it?" "I want to go to the army to see Shawn. I don't want us to be apart all the time without seeing each other. I wonder if you agree?"
"Of course, we agree! We were just about to tell you to go see him, but you brought it up first. When do you plan to go?" "I want to go the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow I want to visit my grandmother."
"She should be back home now, and I want to see her." "Yes, that's right. You should go. Since you came here, you haven't gone back."
"I will prepare some gifts for you to take. Talk well with your grandmother." "Yes, Mom, I will." Father Qin said, "Tomorrow I will call Shawn, tell him to meet you there, and I will also buy your ticket."
"That way you don't need to run around." "Thank you, Dad! Thank you, Mom!" "We are family, no need to thank us. Just pack your things, we'll handle the rest."
"Okay, Mom."