In the living room.
After Mother Yu was awakened by a well-placed pinch, she sat on a chair with an expressionless face.
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Yu Song soundlessly gestured at Yu Dong and swiped his hand across his neck.
Father Yu was smoking a cigarette as he looked at his daughter. With a sigh, he finally reined in his murderous aura and said to the overwhelmed Xia Feng: "You, go and feed the pigs."
"Ah...yes...feed the pigs." Xia Feng was dumbfounded.
"Oy, hurry up and go, the pig food is in the black barrel in the kitchen. Go carry that to the pigsty at the back." Yu Song knew that Father Yu wanted to hold a family meeting, so he hurriedly urged Xia Feng.
Xia Feng wasn't comfortable leaving Yu Dong alone in this situation, but Yu Dong smiled and motioned him out too.
In the end, Xia Feng uneasily left for the kitchen.
Yu Dong scrutinized her mother's face and felt that her old woman body has had enough time to digest the previous series of events. So she began to speak: "Mom, don't be angry."
"How can I not be?" Mother Yu straightened and said, "You...you...with him...when all is said and done..."
"Didn't you already see exactly what's been done?"
"You..." Mother Yu began to feel faint again.
"Mom, calm, calm down." Yu Song hurriedly passed her a cup of tea.
Mother Yu waved away Yu Song and pointed a trembling finger towards Yu Dong: "You...you...just how did I end up raising such a girl...don't you know the meaning of restraint?"
"Mom, don't worry so much, they're in love and couples nowadays..." Yu Song wanted to help defuse the situation but ended up being scared off by Mother Yu's fierce eyes.
"You're a girl, how can you lack so much self-respect? In my time, you think you'd still be able to marry out?" Mother Yu scolded
"Then I won't get married."
During your time it was also common to be forced into an arranged marriage. In your era, a girl who couldn't marry out would be considered an embarrassment by her family. When Yu Dong thought of this, she couldn't help but be angry. She couldn't resist arguing these things back to her mother.
"You..." Mother Yu was speechless.
"How can you talk to your mother like that?" Father Yu who had never spoken until now, was angry.
"Oh." Yu Dong lowered her head.
"Forget it, let that Xia Feng come in and ask him when he's marrying you." Mother Yu breathed out while she placed a hand over her chest.
"You're not grilling them anymore?" Yu Song was surprised and couldn't help but ask, "Does this mean you approve?"
"Your sister has already been taken..." Mother Yu couldn't help but shed a few tears. "What would be the point of investigating further? We can now only hope that he's a responsible man. Just be good to your sister when you pay the dowry."
"Mom..." Yu Song was speechless; did his mother just push the cost of the dowry to him?
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Yu Dong had never doubted her mother's love for her, but the generation gap, educational gap, and their different personalities doomed them to never see eye to eye. Every time her mother cries, Yu Dong would feel extremely sad and guilty. Even when she clearly did nothing wrong, her mother would always attack her heart by shedding tears.
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