novelinnhs Chapter 1599 - 1601: One Cup After Another
Chapter 1599 - 1601: One Cup After Another
Yang Dong didn’t speak, he just nodded and symbolically pinched the wine glass that Xiaocui handed over.
Then, Aunt Lan Hua stood up, picked up a water jug from the table, and handed it to Xiaocui, saying, "Yang Dong, your brothers aren’t home to drink with you, so it’s just me and Xiaocui. We’ll drink water instead of wine, to keep you company."
Yang Xiaocui hadn’t spoken at all; whatever her mother told her to do, she did. After taking the water jug, she filled her mother’s and her own glass with water.
Their family’s situation didn’t allow for tea, so they could only use plain water instead.
At this moment, Yang Dong spoke, "Auntie, no need for this, let’s just eat, no need to drink. Save the wine for the brothers at home."
As he spoke, Yang Dong pushed the wine glass that Xiaocui handed to him slightly forward, his hand naturally moving away from it.
Seeing Yang Dong like this, Yang Xiaocui became anxious, worrying about what would happen if Yang Dong didn’t drink.
Her eyes turned to her mother, pleading for help.
Aunt Lan Hua saw her little girl’s look and just smiled, then raised the water-filled wine glass in her hand and said, "That won’t do. Coming to our home once, if you don’t drink, people would say we aren’t hospitable enough. You must drink this wine, come on!"
When the elder raised her glass, it wasn’t appropriate for Yang Dong to refuse, so he had no choice but to pick up the glass he had just put down, gesturing to Aunt Lan Hua, and then drank it all at once.
Seeing Yang Dong finish that glass of wine, Aunt Lan Hua and Yang Xiaocui were overjoyed, thinking that today’s matter would surely succeed.
Aunt Lan Hua immediately gave her daughter a meaningful glance, and Yang Xiaocui quickly picked up the jug to pour more wine for Yang Dong.
Seeing this, Yang Dong quickly said, "No need, just one glass is enough to show respect. I don’t enjoy drinking much, better to save it for the brothers at home."
Hearing this, Yang Xiaocui paused, then turned to look at her mother.
Aunt Lan Hua immediately said, "Go ahead and fill it up, how can you just drink one glass? People will laugh at us if word gets out."
Listening to her mother’s instruction, Yang Xiaocui filled Yang Dong’s glass again.
Actually, she also wanted Yang Dong to drink more because her mother had put that stuff in the jug, it would be better to drink more, otherwise, what if it didn’t work?
Yang Dong was thus made to drink one glass after another by Aunt Lan Hua, hardly eating any of the food.
He also heard Aunt Lan Hua talk a lot about Yang Xiaocui, about how their family was poor, Xiaocui had suffered from a young age, her father died early, they had to tighten their belts as a family, and hoped that if Xiaocui married into their family, Yang Dong would treat her well.
Yang Dong just mumbled and didn’t say anything else.
Then Aunt Lan Hua mentioned that Xiaocui was fifteen and could be married, to which Yang Dong only replied that he would discuss it with his family before deciding.
At the dining table, Yang Xiaocui had never spoken, just sat there quietly like a well-behaved girl.
Unknowingly, a lot of time had passed. Seeing that Yang Dong had already drunk quite a few glasses, and the effect of the medicine should soon appear, Aunt Lan Hua winked at her daughter and then stood up, saying, "Yang Dong, you eat first, don’t be a stranger, treat it like your own home. Auntie has a bit of discomfort from eating and needs to use the restroom."