382 You look down on our family, don’t you
Yu Zi walked in. There were not many people in the room. People from Yue Yu's family were sitting around the large round table.
Because only Yue Jingchen's parents live in city B, and the other relatives in the family are out of town, they naturally won't come all the way to get engaged. Yue Jingchen's parents also said that they would call their relatives over after the two get married. After all, the travel expenses are not cheap and they also need hotel accommodation. No one is willing to travel so far just for a meal. The relatives in Yue Jingchen's family seemed to have ordinary financial conditions, so they naturally had to make every effort to make ends meet.
Therefore, it was not appropriate for the Yu family to call Yu Zi's uncles. Only Yu Zi's parents and elder brother came.
As soon as Yu Zi entered the door, he quickly apologized, "Sorry I'm late."
In fact, it’s not too late, it’s not yet time to start the banquet. It's just that as the protagonist today, she wasn't there from the beginning, which was a bit bad.
Pan Yunfeng, Yue Jingchen's mother, took a sip of water and said aloud when Yu Zi sat down: "Xiao Yu, you are such a busy person. They say doctors are very busy, but I see that my Jingchen family is not as busy as you. You You've only been working as a lawyer for two years now, right? That's incredible. If you become a big-time lawyer in the future, you won't be homeless every day."
Yu Zi smiled with embarrassment on his face. He secretly glanced at his parents and brother and found that their expressions were very ugly.
She knew that neither her parents nor her brother were satisfied with this marriage.
It's not because of family issues, but because of Yue Jingchen's parents.
No matter how good Yue Jingchen is, he can't compare to the fact that his parents are the best.
Yu Zi grew up being pampered at home, and her parents never restricted her. Although she was born into a judicial family, she was never asked to pursue a career as a lawyer. It was just that Yu Zi had been influenced by it since she was a child and she liked it and made her own choice.
The same goes for her choice of mate. She knew that her parents and brother were not satisfied, and she also knew that they accepted Yue Jingchen and his family because of her. Because of her, she tolerated all kinds of rudeness and excessive demands from Yue Jingchen's parents. They just didn't want to make her sad, but she made them feel wronged again and again because of herself.
The smile on Yu Zi's face faded a little, and he said without interest: "It's just because I'm just a young lawyer now that I'm so busy. I need to learn more and do more to start practicing as soon as possible."
"Mom, I am always so busy, all because Yu Zi understands me. You all know that I can't go home many nights." Yue Jingchen said from the side, looking at Yu Zi's parents and brother apologetically.
But they didn't react.
But Pan Yunfeng didn't think so. Did Yue Jingchen's words mean that she didn't understand Yu Zi
Not even married yet, just engaged, but my son has turned to an outsider. Will he do it again in the future
Ignoring Yue Jingchen's obstruction, he continued: "Then what you mean is that after you leave the army, you can take care of your family, right?"
Just as Yu Zi was about to answer, the waiter knocked on the door and came in, holding cold dishes in his hand.
It turned out to be 11:58, the time when the banquet officially started.
After the waiter left, Yu Zi's brother, Yu Han, said coldly, "A capable woman can take care of her career and family. I believe my sister can do it. The judicial examination is difficult, but she will still take it." Separate from life, combine work and rest. And a capable man will not put all the family affairs on the shoulders of his wife. Being busy at work does not mean that he cannot take care of the family. If my sister is doing nothing at home, As a housewife, I wonder if my aunt would think that it’s not good for her to rely on Yue Jingchen to support her? It seems like she is taking advantage of your family? "
"What do you mean?" Pan Yunfeng said angrily, and his face became even more mean with his sharp voice.
"It's not interesting. Our whole family supports my sister's career. My mother is also busy at work, but she can still take good care of the family, my father, and my siblings. My father is considerate of my mother's work and will help her as much as possible. A family is not only a wife’s contribution, but also a husband and wife’s shared responsibility, is it not a family?”
"You are looking down on our family, aren't you?" Pan Yunfeng asked sharply, trying to slap the table, but as if she noticed something was wrong, she raised her hand and then took it back.
"Mom, Brother Han didn't say that." Yue Jingchen said, "Family should be a joint effort by both parties, and the responsibility cannot be placed on Yu Zi. And Yu Zi really balances work and life very well. On the contrary, When I didn't do well, Yu Zi was always considerate and tolerant of me."
But the more Yue Jingchen spoke for Yu Zi like this, the angrier Pan Yunfeng became.
Pan Yunfeng has a strong concept of favoring sons over daughters. A woman should stay at home to support her husband and raise her children, and listen to her son in everything. She must rely on her son to support her and be filial to her parents-in-law. Since you marry into their family, you become a member of their family. You have nothing to do with your natal family, and you have less to do with people from your natal family. Since you are a member of the Yue family, you should listen to them. Women are so capable, and it’s just not good to be disobedient.
No matter how rich and capable the Yu Zi family is, once they marry into the Yue family, they are still her daughter-in-law. There is no need to mention their previous identities.
"Let's eat first." Yue Jingchen said.
"You can eat whatever you want, it's all cold dishes!" Yue Jingchen's father, Yue Xing'an, threw his chopsticks loosely on the table and said displeasedly.
"Today is the engagement. Let's sum up the marriages of the two children. The in-laws are usually very busy, and they never have time to make appointments. The two children have been dating for so many years, and today is the second time they have met. It is rare to get engaged. It's hard for the in-laws to find time on this day. I want to see each other again in the future, but I don't know if I can." Yue Xing'an spoke calmly, and every word he said made people feel uncomfortable.
Yu Zi had been holding back the anger in her heart. Seeing that her parents didn't say a word and had a tolerant look on their faces, she wondered whether what she did was right.
Yue Jingchen is a very good person, gentle and progressive, kind and reliable. But because Xu was too gentle, he couldn't hold back at all when his parents were too unreasonable. Just like what I did just now, I said a few words, but chose to remain silent because of what my parents said. I could only look at them apologetically.
It was really helpless, but I couldn't sympathize with him. On the contrary, I felt very angry because of my helplessness.
Yu Zi's father, Yu Gesheng, didn't move his chopsticks. He took a breath, as if to calm down his anger, and said in a deep voice, "Then what do you think?"
Even my in-laws don’t like to call me anymore.
"You also know that our family has this condition." Pan Yunfeng said, with an attitude of being barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, "Both of us are working-class people and have not retired yet, but our monthly salary combined, It’s not even a fraction of what you pay to take on a case. It’s hard to train your son to study medicine, and it can be said that you have spent all your family’s savings. Our family, Jingchen, is still just an intern doctor and is not paid. Now he still has to pay for food. It’s up to both of us.”
No one in the Yu family spoke, they were too lazy to talk, but wanted to hear what Pan Yunfeng had to say.
Yue Jingchen's expression changed. He didn't know these words, nor his parents' plans.
I thought that today's engagement was just for the two families to sit down and talk, but unexpectedly, my parents didn't seem to think so.
From now on, the words spoken by the two of them have been very rude. In fact, before Yu Zi came, Pan Yunfeng had not stopped complaining. She said angrily: "On such a big day today, I am still thinking about work. I don't know if Yu Zi thinks work is more important than family. To be our The daughter-in-law of the family cannot be like this. No matter what, the family must come first. As a woman, what’s the point of having such a high career? The key is to take care of the family so that the husband can work without worries and be filial to his parents-in-law. Otherwise, people will think that a man has to rely on his wife to support him, which is outrageous."
Yue Jingchen saw that the more she spoke, the more outrageous she said, and he quickly interrupted. He was too embarrassed to see Yu Zi's parents.
At this time, Yue Jingchen felt that Pan Yunfeng didn't look like he was going to say anything decent, so he quickly said: "Mom, what do you want to say? Please discuss it with me later, and then I will discuss it with Yu Zi."
"Today is the right occasion. The elders from both sides are here. We can just discuss it directly. Why bother?" Pan Yunfeng shook off Yue Jingchen's hand.
Yue Jingchen was really anxious and wanted to stop him. Yu Zi calmly said, "Auntie, please speak."
He didn't even look at Yue Jingchen.
Yue Jingchen's heart dropped a little bit, and he suddenly felt that today's wedding might not be possible.
He looked at his mother sadly, why did his parents do this
Don't they want to see him happy
Frustrated, Pan Yunfeng stopped trying to stop him. He didn't seem to notice Yue Jingchen's sadness at all. He was very satisfied with Yu Zi's reaction. He actually smiled with pride on his face.
"It stands to reason that the man should be responsible for the wedding, but the conditions of our family are really like this, and we can't hold a luxurious wedding. So I have two plans here. Take a look at which one you choose." Pan Yunfeng said, unexpectedly from He took out a small notebook from his bag.
He dipped his fingertips on his tongue, then opened the notepad, and said while reading: "One of them, according to our family's conditions, is serving wine in a Sichuan restaurant next to my house. It's that Sichuan restaurant, I don't know Have you heard that the hotel has two floors, which is enough."