Chapter 1382 Not a Family
Qiao Mei and Xia He were not deaf. They could hear what Bian Jiu said, but they did not necessarily have to do as Bian Jiu said. It was already good enough for the three women to get the chance to come in, so they were dreaming if they wanted to stay for a meal!
Shao Yin looked at Qiao Mei without moving and it did not look like she had any intention of leaving. Xia He said in exasperation, "There's nothing else we can do about this and there's no point in you begging us here. You should go and look for Xia Xing!"
Unexpectedly, Shao Yin knelt down with a loud plop and almost broke Qiao Mei's marble floor tiles. These floor tiles were one size bigger than ordinary floor tiles and had different patterns from the ordinary ones. They were all rare materials which Xia Wen found and each piece was custom-made. If the tiles really broke, Qiao Mei might even want to kill Shao Yin!
Xia He closed her eyes and pretended not to see anything. If Shao Yin liked to kneel, then Xia He would let her kneel for as long as she wanted!
"Second Cousin! Third Cousin-in-law! Please help me! I'm really at my wits' end!" Shao Yin cried.
"Are you going to force Shao Yin to her grave! She's already begging you like this! What else do you want! Our Shao family's daughter doesn't have to worry about not being able to get married! Why does she need to suffer such grievances after she marries into your Xia family!" Bian Jiu pointed at Xia He and Qiao Mei and yelled at them angrily. The loud noise caused the two children sleeping soundly in the next room to wail loudly and Qiao Mei immediately heard their cries.
"Then don't marry Xia Xing. Find someone else to marry!" Xia He retorted.
"You!" Before Bian Jiu could continue, Qiao Mei smacked the table and said, "Did we force her to beg us! Did we force her to kneel! Instead of going to Xia Xing and Third Uncle, you come to my house! Do you think you're behaving reasonably!"
It had been a long time since Xia He had seen Qiao Mei like this. Qiao Mei did not want to quarrel with them. Ever since she became a mother, she had been very gentle. However, whenever she saw the two children crying, she would feel as if her heart was being fiercely squeezed by someone.
It was very difficult to coax Xia Xing to sleep. Even though she had already dropped her habit of needing someone to hug her to sleep, she was still a little harder to wait upon than Xia Fan.
"You… Aren't you Xia Xing's relatives! Why can't we look for you!" Bian Jiu stammered.
"Then I have to ask you. Did you tell the Xia family in advance that the Shao family members are coming to the capital? Was the date fixed? Who did you tell in the Xia family? Give me all the details!" Xia He questioned.
Shao Yin whispered, "I did… I told Xia Xing…"
At this moment, she could only blame everything on Xia Xing. Looking at how Qiao Mei and Xia He reacted, she might not even be able to walk out of Qiao Mei's house otherwise.
She just wanted to put some pressure on Qiao Mei. However, she not only did not manage to do that, but had even made Qiao Mei angry now.
Previously, every time she saw Qiao Mei, Qiao Mei was always smiling and speaking very gently to others. Shao Yin thought that Qiao Mei was someone who did not get angry and was a pushover. She did not expect to see this side of Qiao Mei today.
"Then go and look for whoever you've told! If he can't make the proper arrangements, why are you here to look for us? Although we're all from the Xia family, there's still a difference! We're from the eldest son's family and you're from the third son's family. If you want to ask our family for help, you have to ask the head of our family, either my father or my eldest brother! What's the meaning of coming to look for us privately? Is this how your family behaves!" Xia He said.
Even if the entire matter ended up being a mess, it was the third son's family who would feel embarrassed. As the eldest son's family members, they had already done their best to be kind. How much more did they need to do before the Shao and Zhou families would feel satisfied!
"They're all men! How can we go and look for them!" Bian Jiu said.
"Then is my mother-in-law sick? Even if it's not convenient for you to speak to the men, my mother-in-law is still the head of the womenfolk. Don't use these lame excuses on us. We've already told you how to resolve this matter. Either you do as we say or get lost! Don't be an eyesore here!" Qiao Mei pointed at the door and roared.
Bian Jiu was so frightened by the imposing manner with which Qiao Mei and Xia He spoke. The three women scrambled out of Qiao Mei's house and ran into the distance. They only dared to stop after running for a long time.
After they left, the children's cries became much softer. Feng Hua coaxed them for a while before they fell asleep again. Fortunately, this matter did not affect the children much.