Visiting Every Day

While they were rejoicing, they suddenly heard her add, "Fortunately, you married me off within the village. The Fu family is very close to the Yu family, so from now on, I will return to visit everyone every day."

Everyone: "..."

The faces of Old Madame Yu and her group went blank for a moment before they reacted, their expressions turning highly displeased.

Return every day?

The world had truly turned upside down. She actually wanted to return to her maiden home every day? A married daughter was like spilled water; what married girl returned to her mother's house every single day?

"You..." Old Madame Yu was so angry she nearly coughed up blood.

"You are already married. How can you return to your mother's house every day? Won't people laugh at us if word gets out? Aren't you afraid the Fu family will be displeased?"

Yu Li replied calmly, "They won't. My mother-in-law and husband are very good to me; they won't mind."

She truly thought so. Madame Chu and Fu Wenxiao were both good people—one provided her with food, and the other didn't drive her away no matter what she did. Since they were both good people, why would they care about such a trivial matter?

The Yu family members fell silent.

A sudden dread rose in their hearts, fearing that if she truly returned to her maiden home every day, how could the Yu family survive such a disaster?

The Third Yu couple even began to blame the Old Madame. Why did she marry her off within the same village? If she had been married off to another village far away... No, if she had been married off thousands of miles away, would they still have to worry about her returning to her maiden home every day?

After Yu Li announced her decision to the Yu family, she spoke to Old Madame Yu again, "Grandmother, I have to go back to my husband's house. Aren't you going to let me bring some things back?"

"What? Bring what?"

"When I returned to my mother's house, my mother-in-law had me bring return gifts, so I cannot go back empty-handed. Wouldn't that be impolite?"

Yu Li's words were not wrong. Families that valued etiquette usually acted this way. When a daughter returned to her maiden home, she brought gifts, and when she left, her maiden family would also return some gifts to prevent her from being looked down upon by her husband's family.

Of course, Yu Li wasn't afraid of being looked down upon by her husband's family. It was just that during the day, she had heard Aunt Guihua talk about many things—and although Aunt Guihua's words carried some ill intent, she still remembered them. She realized that Aunt Guihua actually made some valid points.

Old Madame Yu felt a lump rise in her throat, almost wanting to curse out loud.

At this moment, Old Master Yu suddenly spoke, "Give them to her."

"What?"

"Give them to her," Old Master Yu repeated. "Give her the things to take back."

He had already come to understand his granddaughter's temperament. If they didn't give them to her, she would just take them herself. It was better to give them proactively to prevent her from taking matters into her own hands, which could lead to who knows what.

Old Madame Yu felt extremely aggrieved but had no choice but to return to her room to fetch the items. She opened the egg basket, took out ten eggs, and then, gritting her teeth, grabbed a small bag of fine grain.

As she handed them to Yu Li, her face fell in sheer heartache. These eggs were meant to be saved up and sold in the county town for money, and the fine grain was reserved to nourish the Eldest Brother, Jingde, and Jingli. The two of them studied hard, so they couldn't be allowed to eat coarse grains all the time.

Clearly, no one in their household had even touched her return gifts—they had all ended up in the stomachs of the Second Branch—yet now she still wanted to take gifts back to her husband's house...

Was there ever such a thing?

Yu Li truly didn't understand anything about return gifts, but seeing the eggs and fine grain, she reluctantly felt it was acceptable.

In any case, if it wasn't enough, she could return to get more at any time.

"Then, I am heading back," she said to Old Madame Yu. "Furthermore, whatever you eat, my parents and sisters must also eat. If I find out they are still going hungry, I will have no choice but to return and tear down your house, so you can taste hunger as well."

The Yu family: "..."