Rebirth in the 90s: Her Counterattack and Redemption

Chapter 1318: Chapter 786: Joy and Sorrow for Every Family

“What? Nuonuo is getting married right after the New Year?” Shangguan Yunhong’s eyes went round as she stared at her younger brother. “Yunhang, Nuonuo will only be twenty-two after the New Year. Do you really need to be in such a hurry?”

Sun Min secretly curled her lips. When she was twenty-two, her mom was fussing every single day, rushing her into blind dates, wishing she could meet a man today and marry him tomorrow—of course, on the premise that all kinds of conditions met her mom’s standards.

Unfortunately, up to now, that man who satisfied her, was satisfied with her, and satisfied her mom even more had never appeared, so she could only listen to her mom nagging every day that she was useless.

“Sis, twenty-two is not that young anymore. The sooner she settles down, the more at ease everyone will be.” Shangguan Yunhang replied to his sister with a smile. He knew his own sister’s temper very well, naturally he wouldn’t fuss with her.

“She hasn’t even graduated yet and you’re already marrying her off, that’s really not too good, is it? The Luo Family’s background is there for all to see. If someone starts gossiping, that wouldn’t be good…” Shangguan Yunhong chattered on and on, trying to persuade him.

As soon as she brought her daughter and rushed over, Mr. Shangguan cheerfully told her that the Luo Family was coming to fix the engagement, and that everyone should discuss which day would be best.

Without needing more explanation she understood: once the engagement was set now, they would definitely marry next year. But her own daughter’s marriage didn’t even have a shadow yet, so reflexively she thought about persuading her younger brother’s family not to be so hasty.

In her heart, she herself couldn’t quite tell what she was feeling. Originally, her younger brother’s family wasn’t doing as well as hers, and she would from time to time lend him a hand. Gradually, as her younger brother’s family surpassed hers in all aspects, she felt a bit unbalanced.

Later, when she learned that her niece was going to marry the son of the Secretary of the Municipal Committee (at that time Luo Zhenggang was still the Island City Secretary), she was so anxious she practically went crazy.

From childhood to adulthood, her younger brother had never outdone her in anything, and as the eldest sister, the sense of pride in being able to look after him was about to vanish forever. How could she not be anxious?

Judging by Minmin’s conditions, it was basically impossible to find a husband’s family better than the Luo Family.

So during that period she really was torn to the extreme, hoping to bask in a bit of reflected glory from her younger brother’s family, yet worried that from then on she would have to depend on her younger brother.

In the end, before long, Luo Zhenggang was transferred out of Island City, which made her heart, rolling and boiling in hot water, gradually cool down again.

Having slogged around in this circle for so many years, of course she knew how important it was for families to be well-matched and mutually beneficial. But what could the Shangguan Family offer the Luo Family?

She had already retired, and her husband Sun Fuquan was almost at retirement age as well. In that case, the possibility of their family gaining any advantage from the Luo Family was close to zero. So, for her, if the Shangguan Family and the Luo Family didn’t become in-laws, it wasn’t a big deal; besides, maybe she could even regain the prestige of being the eldest sister…

Thus, she had been waiting, waiting for news that Luo Feng and Ying Nuo had broken up.

Especially over the past year, Luo Feng had only come to Island City once, which made her feel that the two of them breaking up was practically a sure thing. Otherwise, at such a hot-blooded age, how could they only see each other once a year?

Everything she imagined was very beautiful, only, how come they were suddenly going to fix the engagement?

According to the local customs, being engaged still left room for a breakup, but once the betrothal was formally fixed, it was truly nailed down like an iron plate.

Moreover, given Luo Zhenggang’s position, if he still had second thoughts about this matter, he absolutely wouldn’t have his family come all the way here to fix the engagement.

“Eldest, who doesn’t know what you’re thinking? Enough, stop talking.” Mr. Shangguan, who couldn’t listen anymore, spoke up.

“What am I thinking? Dad, I’m saying all this for Nuonuo’s own good, aren’t I? Nuonuo is my niece, how could I not wish her well?

Besides, if she gets married before she even graduates, doesn’t that mean she’ll be a housewife in the future? A woman getting married and staying at home is a huge taboo…”

Shangguan Yunhang cut off Shangguan Yunhong: “Sis, the wedding date will be set for after Nuonuo graduates.”

According to local customs, on the third day after the engagement is fixed, the girl’s family must send an envelope with an auspicious date written inside to the boy’s family. Then, as long as the boy’s family has no objections, the two sides can start preparing the wedding.

The Luo Family was following these rules naturally to give Shangguan Yunhang some face.

Shangguan Yunhang was a local, with all kinds of distant relatives. There was only this one precious girl, Nuonuo, in the family, so he didn’t want others gossiping.

Looking a bit deeper, in families with daughters, who doesn’t hope others will feel that their own girl is highly valued by her husband’s family? And the measure of that value is the bride price.