Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 252

Chapter 252: Confrontation
After coming back to her senses, Lu Jueyu pulled her husband into the bedroom and took out a can from the cabinet. She counted the money, handed a stack of coupons and 1,000 yuan to her husband, and said at the same time, “Husband, keep these money and coupons.”

Li Chenmo took the money and said, “I’m going to pick up my father and go to the hospital. It may take us a few hours to bring her back.”

“En. I’m going to help the eldest sister-in-law. Be careful on the way.” Lu Jueyu reminded her husband.

“Mhmm.”

After kissing his wife, Li Chenmo rode his bicycle to pick up Father Li and then went to the county hospital.

Lu Jueyu went to the kitchen, stored the food in her own space, and then went to the bedroom to change into dark-colored clothes. After that, she locked the door and went to Li Chenxuan’s house. When she arrived, several people were already decorating the funeral venue.

Seeing her coming, they nodded to her, expressed their condolences, and then continued working.

When Lu Jueyu entered the room, she saw Zhang Dongmei and several aunts cleaning up the room, and people were setting up tables and chairs outside. Zhang Dongmei saw her coming and said, “Third sister-in-law, you are here.”

“Eldest sister-in-law, is there anything I can help?” Lu Jueyu asked.

This was her first time helping with a funeral. In previous lives, these matters were handled by a professional team, and the family of the deceased only had to pay and perform the ceremony according to their instructions.

Seeing her confusion, Zhang Dongmei said, “Third sister-in-law, we have to prepare snacks and tea for the guests later. Can I leave this matter to you?”

When Lu Jueyu heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Eldest sister-in-law, don’t worry. I can handle it.”

After receiving the task, Lu Jueyu came to the backyard and saw that the kitchen was small and there was basically nothing in the jars. Thinking of Jiao Siyu’s thin body, she sighed. No wonder her body was so weak when she didn’t even have any food.

The kitchen was full of dust and she needed to clean it before she could use it for cooking. She folded up her sleeves, picked up the broom, and began to clean up the cobwebs and dust. Afterward, she wiped everything down with a rag. After half an hour, the kitchen was finally clean enough for her.

She looked around and saw a medium-sized pot in the corner of the kitchen. Looking at the dirty pot, she wondered if Jiao Siyu had washed it after using it. Taking the pot to the backyard, she spent ten minutes scrubbing it. Fortunately, she has good washing soap made in her own space. Otherwise, it might take her longer to clean the pot.

Then she lit a fire and boiled water in a pot. But when the water boils, she sterilizes the pot with hot water and then throws away the water. Then, she boiled another pot of water on the stove and cooked a pot of egg porridge in a brazier. It was almost lunchtime, and she didn’t know if her husband had eaten.

In the county town, Li Chenmo and Father Li had just arrived at the hospital. After questioning the nurse, they went to the mortuary. Before entering the mortuary, they heard Mother Jiao’s shrill voice, “You can’t take away my daughter!”

“Aunt Jiao, Jiao Siyu is the daughter-in-law of the Li family. She will be buried with the ancestors of the Li family.” Li Chenze said with a hint of anger in his voice.

Looking at the disheveled Mother Jiao in front of him, he couldn’t help but think, ‘If you really thought of her as your daughter, you wouldn’t ask us to pay you to look after her. Now that she’s gone, what good are these shows? It’s not like we don’t know how your family treated her.’

Mother Jiao was irritated by Li Chenze’s words and said, “Who is your family’s daughter-in-law? When my daughter was in the hospital, why didn’t I see your family come to visit her? Now that she is dead, you all come to claim a relationship. Don’t you just want to make some money by organizing her funeral?”

“In-laws, think twice before you speak. Is this what a mother would say about her daughter?” Father Li said coldly.

Everyone in the Jiao family was stunned when they saw Father Li bringing Li Chenmo over. They thought the Li family just sent Li Chenze to pick up Jiao Siyu, but they didn’t expect Father Li to come in person.

Although Mother Jiao was afraid of Father Li and Li Chenmo, she was not willing to let them take away her daughter. The Jiao family raised her for 23 years, but she died after only marrying Li Chenxuan for 5 years. Logically speaking, they should be the ones holding the funeral.

Mother Jiao’s eyes darted around and said, “No matter what, my family has raised her for twenty-three years, and your family has only raised her for five years. Therefore, we should hold the funeral.”

After hearing her words, Father Li’s face darkened and he said, “In-laws, your calculation is too unreasonable. From the moment your daughter married my second son and entered my family genealogy, she became a member of my Li family. ”

Before Mother Jiao could refute, he added, “While your family indeed raised her for 23 years, we have paid 300 yuan and a radio as her bride price. Doesn’t that count as the Li family paying back your money and effort for raising her?”

“The bride price is a gift from your second son to my family because we are willing to marry our daughter to him. How can a mere three hundred yuan and a radio be equal to our effort of raising her?” Jiao Siyu’s eldest brother suddenly interrupted.