Chapter 876 Engagement Ceremony

All the trivial matters were taken care of, and the engagement day finally came.

According to etiquette, the engagement ceremony was held at her parents' home, and a group of husband's family members headed by Mr. Li once again arrived at the Xia family's territory. No matter how much Mr. Li disliked his grandson's daughter-in-law, he still understood that she had a distinguished status and could not afford to offend her easily, so he still gave Xia Ling enough face in front of everyone.

He handed a jade bracelet to Xia Ling's hand: "This is an heirloom jade bracelet of the Li family. It has always been worn by the daughter-in-law of the head of the family. Now I give it to you. From now on, you will be the daughter-in-law of the head of the Li family." ." The dark blue ancient jade has a quiet and lustrous luster, it is slightly warm to the touch, and the patterns are complex and beautiful.

Xia Ling took it and thanked the old man respectfully.

Since the old man was polite to her, she would be equally polite to him. No matter how dirty the two of them were in private, as important figures in a big family, they knew very well what occasions they couldn't mess around with.

She smiled and looked at her prospective husband beside her: "Bring it to me."

Li Lei also chuckled, stretched out his hand and carefully put the jade bracelet on her white wrist.

Very complementary.

"You must live a good life with Li Lei from now on, and don't let him down." This time, it was Mrs. Xia who was dressed in a costume and told her with a smile. Mrs. Xia was very happy that the Li family gave her an heirloom jade bracelet in advance, which was a high recognition of their daughter.

But she didn't know how Mr. Li agreed with Xia Ling?

It's just that because the Xia family has great hands and eyes, they have to be nice to their grandson-in-law, so they sent the heirloom that was supposed to be presented at the wedding ceremony in advance.

Xia Ling did not tell her mother about the twists and turns. Her family should not worry about these things. She smiled sweetly, kept her mother's advice in mind, and said softly: "Mom, we will be happy." She raised her head and looked at her sweetheart with tenderness.

Today, Li Lei was wearing the haze-colored suit and gown that she had given him personally. He looked extremely handsome, standing next to her like the most perfect guardian. He also looked at Xia Ling tenderly, then turned to Mrs. Xia and said, "Mom, don't worry, I will take good care of Xiao Ling."

He smiled, changed his words very smoothly, and made each other warm and affectionate.

Mrs. Xia was so happy that in addition to the red envelope she had prepared in advance, she put two more gold bars into his hand and said repeatedly: "Good boy, good boy, you will treat this place as your own home from now on. As soon as I saw you, I felt like It’s a good match, unlike that ice cube in our house, I’ve had it for decades, and it’s never been so sweet to call me mom.”

The elder brother who is called a certain ice cube has black lines all over his face. Is this his biological mother? Although he knew that his mother had always regretted having only one son. When she was bored, she would say that her eldest son was too serious. She should have had a cute little son to laugh with and relieve her boredom. But, but... Mom, During the last Phoenix Return Ceremony, who proposed changing the two-way contract to a master-servant contract?

You tricked Li Lei and you are still smiling like this. Does Li Lei know?

Brother-sama really wanted to expose her, but he held back for the sake of world peace.

Mrs. Xia didn't feel embarrassed at all. In her opinion, Li Lei was an outsider before, but after signing the master-servant contract and changing his name to mom, he became the private property of the Xia family and one of their own. What's the point of having an eldest son when there's a junior whose mouth is sweeter than honey?

In just an instant, a certain miserable brother was despised by his own mother.

Li Lei was still smiling, and he called Haosheng Mom affectionately, and said: "My biological mother died young. Over the years, I have been envious of others having mothers. Now I have one too, and I will treat you as my own from now on." mom."

Mrs. Xia was so moved that she repeatedly said, "I will be your mother from now on."

No wonder people say that the more the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the happier she becomes. This is a living example. Even Clan Chief Xia was jealous. He couldn't help but cough a few times and admonished Li Lei majestically.

Li Lei was still affectionate and said: "Dad, I will often come to play chess with you in the future."

As a result, Patriarch Xia's majesty disappeared in an instant: "You are my biological son!"

Xia Moyan: "..."

The engagement banquet was held in an orderly manner. The Xia family held an open-air flowing banquet and the whole clan celebrated together. The day went on until very late, and the Li family stayed overnight at Xia's house.

Xia Ling returned to the room, changed out of her engagement dress and took off her makeup. Her back was aching, and she screamed, "Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, give me a pounding on my shoulders," she directed Li Lei, who climbed in through the window as usual.

Li Lei obeyed and served her comfortably.

Just as he was holding her in his arms and getting ready to sleep, suddenly there was a knock on the door: "Xiao Ling."

Li Lei felt bad all over, and it was his brother's voice that made him tingle the most.

[I'm going to open the door. You have to be good. ] Classmate Xia Xiaoling told him word by word using lip language.

Li Lei nodded aggrievedly and watched her leave.

Xia Ling looked up at her brother in front of the door: "Brother, do you want to see me if you have anything to do?"

Xia Moyan said calmly: "Xia Yu is back."

Xia Ling was stunned for a moment before she remembered that there was such a person, and couldn't help but ask: "She tried to murder Shao Hui before, and later confessed and said she wanted to surrender. How did she show up here so well?"

"Have you forgotten that in addition to surrendering, she also said she wanted to return to the family?" Xia Moyan reminded her, "Xia Yu surrendered, yes. Because the circumstances were minor and no harm was caused, the court pronounced that she was guilty. For the crime of attempted intentional homicide, he was sentenced to three years in prison and suspended for three years.”

"What does a three-year reprieve mean?" Xia Ling didn't know much about this.

"It means that during these three years, she is free. Even if she returns to the Xia family to recognize her ancestors, she will have no problem living here without going out." Xia Moyan said.

"That's too cheap for her!" Xia Ling was unhappy, "My little Shaohui almost died!"

Xia Moyan said calmly: "Since she threw herself into the trap and returned to the family, why are you unhappy? The clan has its own rules. Do you think you can get away with murdering the son of Phoenix so easily?"

"Will you kill her?" Xia Xiaoling asked with bright eyes.

"Originally, she would," Xia Moyan said, "But she formed a part of your disaster. Since it is God's arrangement, it is not easy to punish her too much. The family law punishes her 30 times. From now on, every year on the birthday of the son of Phoenix, she will punish her again. Hit 30 big boards." This isn't easy anymore, 30 big boards is enough to rip apart your skin and make you lie in bed to recuperate for ten and a half days.

Xia Ling was a little disappointed, but well, it was better than no punishment at all.

Xia Moyan saw her unhappiness and said, "She is in the ancestral hall now, preparing to be tortured. Do you want to take a look?"