Chapter 533: Useless Jia Liang

However, Lin Chuxia could also sense from Mr. Liu and Mrs. Liu that Liu Na’s parents somewhat favored boys over girls.

In this era, prioritizing boys over girls is quite common, especially with Liu Na having an older brother and sister, as well as a younger sister, making it easy for her to be overlooked.

She could also understand why Feng Zhong could easily deceive Liu Na with just a few sweet words.

If she couldn’t get attention at home, she would easily fall for someone who sweet-talked her, thinking the person was the best in the world to her, desperately wanting to give them her heart.

The engagement ceremony went smoothly. Initially, the Liu Family didn’t think much of Hou Xiaobao, being an outsider without even a house in Yan City, and without a stable job.

But upon learning that he had an elder brother who was a restaurant manager, a friend who was a mall manager, and a small position at Huamei Mall, they reluctantly accepted him.

Once they saw Jia Liang and Lin Chuxia actually attend his engagement ceremony, any reluctance disappeared.

At the engagement ceremony, the two parties agreed on a wedding date for next month.

Initially, Hou Xiaobao considered how the mall would be busy before the New Year and thought of having the wedding after the New Year.

However, the Liu Family rejected this.

There’s a local custom there of not getting engaged in the twelfth lunar month or marrying in the first month of the lunar year.

After the New Year would be the first month; although Liu Na wasn’t the favored child at home, no parents want anything but the best for their children, and naturally, they wished for good fortune for their daughter’s future.

Hou Xiaobao was still a bit hesitant, but Lin Chuxia made the decision for him.

Work is important, but life events are even more crucial.

Houzi is not young, and it’s rare for Liu Na to find someone she likes and open her heart again.

So, they set the date.

Houzi talked about work being important, but when the day was set before his eyes, he was the happiest.

After sending off the Liu Family, Hou Xiaobao was so happy he couldn’t even speak clearly.

"Thank you, Mr. Lin. I’ll never forget your great kindness, Mr. Lin, in my lifetime."

Old Mrs. Jia always treated Houzi like her own son, and seeing him so excited, she gave him a playful slap, "Look how happy you are. Just work hard in the future, that’s better than anything."

"Yes, yes, I’ll definitely work hard."

Old Mrs. Jia was truly happy for him, "Since the date is set, we must discuss the wedding arrangements. There’s less than a month. The decoration at home looks decent; we just need to add a bit more. But what about the wedding banquet?"

Being outsiders in Yan City without many friends or relatives, they couldn’t neglect the Liu Family, and it was uncertain how many people would be coming from their side.

"My skills aren’t too bad. How about I cook for you then?"

Old Mrs. Jia pondered for a while before gritting her teeth and saying this.

Qin Juan’s cooking should be good, but Old Mrs. Jia couldn’t bear to have her cook for others in the cold weather.

Tianxue and Chuxia are out of the question; they’re managers. How could they cook for you?

Of course, if Old Mrs. Jia knew Lin Chuxia was pregnant, she wouldn’t even consider it.

"Mom, give it a rest. With your cooking skills, I’m afraid Houzi’s hard-earned bride might be scared away."

As soon as Old Mrs. Jia finished her words, Jia Liang spoke disdainfully.

Old Mrs. Jia glared angrily, giving him a slap, "What’s wrong with my cooking? You grew up so tall and strong, right? Now that you’re a manager, do you start looking down on your mom?"

Jia Liang retreated while pleading, "Mom, I’m not looking down on you. I’m just being honest. Don’t you have any idea about your own cooking skills? I could grow this big because of my strong willpower. If we’re entertaining guests, why don’t you ask Houzi if he wants you to cook?"

Houzi, who was watching the excitement, immediately tensed up. Under Old Mrs. Jia’s expectant gaze, he smiled awkwardly, "Auntie, with your age, you should just wait to enjoy the food. Let me find someone else for the cooking."

Finding a wife wasn’t easy for him.

Old Mrs. Jia acknowledged her cooking isn’t great and conceded.

"I’m not insisting, but someone has to do it. Even though we’re few, we need the wedding to be grand. Marrying someone’s daughter is not a small thing, and we can’t be too shabby."

That’s why Lin Chuxia likes Old Mrs. Jia’s character.

With such words, her elder sister wouldn’t have much conflict with her mother-in-law if she married Jia Liang in the future.

At least Old Mrs. Zhang wouldn’t do such things as Old Mrs. Jia.

"Auntie, don’t worry. We must organize Houzi’s wedding well. Let’s have Jia Liang get a chef from the restaurant; I assure you the outcome will be satisfactory."

Old Mrs. Jia immediately brightened up, "Oh right, with us running a restaurant, why worry about this?"

"Exactly, not just for Houzi. In the future, when Jia Liang marries, we can do the same."

Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Jia cast a disdainful glance at Jia Liang again, "I’d love to organize a grand wedding for him. It’s just this useless person is not even as good as Houzi. He’s over thirty and doesn’t know when he’ll bring me a daughter-in-law."

Useless Jia Liang: ...

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Lin Chuxia stayed at home for a while, and eventually, the news of her pregnancy spread in the community.

Sister-in-law Fu knew she was resting at home for pregnancy, so she often came around to visit her.

Sister-in-law Fu is quite skillful; whenever she came, she’d either have a half-finished sole or be knitting a sweater.

Lin Chuxia wasn’t interested in shoemaking but was quite keen on knitting sweaters.

After some back-and-forth, she learned some simple knitting techniques.

She thought about knitting a scarf for Qin Yang while being idle.

It was getting cold, and Qin Yang could wear it to and from work every day.

There was yarn available in the mall, so Lin Chuxia got some gray and bright red yarn.

The gray one was for Qin Yang, and the bright red one for herself.

To let Qin Yang wear a scarf as soon as possible, Lin Chuxia decided to knit the gray one first.

Sister-in-law Fu saw her determination and commented with a smile, "Our Old Hu always says Mr. Qin is lucky. See, see, what’s so special? You, as his wife, always think of him first. When Mr. Qin wears that scarf, I bet Old Hu might even envy me. Even though I can knit, I’ve never made a scarf for Old Hu."

As Lin Chuxia started to knit, she replied, "Sister-in-law, you didn’t make a scarf for Engineer Hu, but you’ve knitted plenty of sweaters. I only go for something simple because I can’t handle the complicated stuff."

The scarf is just a purl stitch, back and forth with the simple technique.

Sister-in-law Fu could do many sweater patterns.

The two were busy with their handiwork while chatting, and Hu Xingwei ran in from outside.

As he entered the yard, he couldn’t even bother with his favorite Yuan Bao, and shouted, "Mom, mom, my sister’s results are out, and she’s made it to the finals..."

Sister-in-law Fu was going to scold this noisy kid, but hearing the latter part of his words, she jumped up with excitement.