Chapter 362: Yushui's Marriage

Punishment plus public self-criticism.

This method.

To others, it might not amount to much.

But when used on Liu Haizhong, it stirred a hint of contempt for Liu Guangfu in the neighbors' hearts.

Father beats son.

It's natural and just.

Ask the children of the front, middle, and rear courtyards which child hasn't been beaten by their parents; sometimes the parents even team up to beat them together.

Going further up, which of the children's parents hasn't been beaten by their own grandparents?

No beating.

The child then lacks a complete childhood.

Filial sons come from under the rod.

This is an old principle.

Just because I hit you.

You don't treat your father as a father.

Not very filial.

As a son, Liu Guangfu uses such vicious means against Liu Haizhong, clearly intending to trample Liu Haizhong in the mud.

Feeling it unbearable to the heart.

Only Shazhu finds it unsurprising.

In the previous life.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu have seen even more beastly things than this.

After growing up, feeling his wings hardened, he opposed Liu Haizhong in every way, and after marriage he put on a posture of not associating with Liu Haizhong and his wife.

Liu Haizhong earned money through his disciples; Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian, smelling the profit, rushed to him like flies in a toilet, putting on a show of filial sons.

When Liu Haizhong was swindled out of all his money by You Fengxia, the two felt there was no more oil to squeeze from him, with no profit to be had, they staged a melodramatic overnight move.

The next day, seeing the place emptied, Er Da Ma fainted, Liu Haizhong was hospitalized, and the brothers neither visited him in the hospital nor paid his medical fees.

It reveals a lack of filial piety at the core.

The lower beam is askew.

The upper beam naturally won't be straight either.

Liu Guangfu and Liu Guang inherited Liu Haizhong's beastly practices.

In the previous generation.

Liu Haizhong, used by Deputy Factory Director Li, upon becoming group leader, directed his first fire toward the neighbors in the courtyard, causing a death.

Liu Haizhong's fate.

It's simply what he deserves!

Shazhu had no leisure to tail Liu Haizhong cleaning the courtyard; seeing the Liu family father-son drama nearing its end, he gave Liu Jianguo a glance, and the two entered their home one after another.

He found a stool and they sat facing each other, south and north.

Yu Li poured two cups of tea for them.

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

"What for? We're one family now."

Yu Li then sat down beside them.

Her relationship with Yushui is no longer just that of sister-in-law and sister-in-law.

Their feelings surpass that limitation.

To prevent Yushui from suffering after marriage, within our means we give He Yushui as much support as possible, letting her marry in glory.

As Shazhu's wife, she knows Shazhu's attitude toward Yushui's marriage, and she is no less than him.

In his previous life, under the joint scheming of Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu, Shazhu became utterly a beast of burden for the Jia family, with no spare energy to care for He Yushui.

Sometimes.

Also because Qin Huairu sucked blood too fiercely, when Shazhu had no money for food, he needed to ask He Yushui for money or food.

All these reasons combined.

Yushui failed to get into college.

After graduating high school.

He entered a textile factory job, finally got a boyfriend, but when discussing marriage, he encountered the Bangeng chicken-stealing incident; Shazhu, helpless, took the blame, and Yushui almost got dumped by the other party; later, her marriage was arranged by herself, and her dowry was also self-provided.

This laid the groundwork for the later rift between Shazhu and Yushui!

He was reborn.

Shazhu, in order to compensate as much as possible for his debt to Yushui in his previous life, loving her in every way, naturally made her marriage his top priority.

Regarding the dowry.

Certainly must satisfy Yushui.

No matter what, we cannot let Yushui be looked down upon by her in-laws after marriage!

Qin Huairu is a living example; Shazhu does not want Yushui to end up exactly like her, bullied by a wicked mother-in-law.

He looked at Liu Jianguo in front of him.

Shazhu spoke.

"Your sister-in-law is right; we're clearly one family now, and family doesn't speak of two families. What kind of character and temper you have, how you treat Yushui—these years, as Yushui's brother, I've seen it all. I entrust Yushui to you, I'm reassured, and your sister-in-law agrees too."

"Brother, sister-in-law, I, Liu Jianguo, swear before the light bulb that I will treat Yushui well for life; if I mistreat Yushui, brother or sister-in-law, feel free to slap me with a big palm."

"We two were just talking casually; why are you still in a hurry?"

Shazhu rolled his eyes at Liu Jianguo.

The conversation shifted.

They got to the main topic.

"Yushui marrying you, we both agree; as for when you two will get the certificate, my and your sister-in-law's opinion is the sooner the better."

Seeing Liu Jianguo staring fixedly at him,

Shazhu added a sentence.

"Why are you looking at me? Get married early, have children early, so our great undertaking will have someone to carry it on."

"Then how about this Sunday?"

"I have no problem."

Liu Jianguo tried to suggest a date.

Shazhu and Yu Li discussed it briefly and accepted the date.

After that came the specific wedding details.

That is, the dowry.

What thirty-six legs, what forty-eight legs, and also this three-turns-one-sound.

On these details, both sides began a war of words; Shazhu, wanting to compensate the unfortunate sister He Yushui, intended to provide a dowry of forty-eight legs.

Sofas, wardrobes, washstands, and other furniture.

Liu Jianguo thought the dowry items were too valuable; he and Yushui are police officers at the precinct, and if it got out, their reputation wouldn't be great.

He suggested a light dowry or no dowry at all.

Shazhu thought that would make people laugh, saying as a brother he doesn't love Yushui, and also worries that Yushui would be looked down upon by Liu Jianguo's parents.

Each side has its own reason.

Each mother-in-law has her own justification.

For a moment.

Neither could convince the other.

Later, Yu Li, seeing the two sides at an impasse, adopted a compromise: the dowry for Yushui should not be too expensive, nor too cheap.

She proposed providing a radio as part of the dowry.

The reason given was to let He Yushui and her husband, as well as Liu Jianguo's parents, have more free time to study the instructions of higher leaders.

Things have come to this.

Liu Jianguo naturally had nothing to say.

Pointing at the light bulb, he gave another assurance that he would treat He Yushui well.

Next came some details of the couple's wedding, such as whether to hold a banquet, how many tables, and so on.

They were discussing it.

Xiao Dang came running in, panting.

Out of breath, he knelt on the ground, his face full of terror.

"Uncle Zhuzi, Uncle Jianguo, Aunt Yu Li, please hurry and save my grandmother; my stepfather took a cleaver to the backyard to settle scores with my grandmother."