"Wedding? Get married? "Yang Yi showed a confused expression.
He had never thought about this question. Perhaps it was because he was used to not following the rules. He used to think that it was enough for two people to be together, even if they were a stable couple. The concept of marriage had never appeared in his mind!
Hearing his doubts and seeing his expression, Yang Chonggui's face immediately darkened.
"You two are not married? You haven't registered your marriage? "Dong Yuee frowned and asked.
Murphy lowered her head and stood beside Yang Yi like a little daughter-in-law. She did not dare to breathe loudly. She was not wrong, but when questioned, Murphy felt as if she had joined forces with Yang Yi to deceive the two elders. She felt very uneasy.
"Do we have to register our marriage?" Yang Yi honestly asked his question.
"Bang!" Yang Chonggui slammed the table, causing everyone's bowls and chopsticks to jump. Yang Huan and Yang Qing lowered their heads at the same time, not daring to look directly at the old man.
Even Xi Xi, who had finished eating early and ran to the side to play by herself, was shocked by the noise.
"Tiezi, your words are getting worse and worse. Did you learn bad things after staying outside for a few years?" Dong Yuee saw this and interrupted, "Murphy gave birth to your child. How can you let her down like this?"
"No, what I mean is, even if we don't register our marriage or hold a wedding, I will still spend the rest of my life with her. What's the difference?" Yang Yi explained, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Murphy was stunned. She stared blankly at Yang Yi. She was touched by Yang Yi's words, "spend the rest of my life with her."
From his point of view, that was indeed the case. Yang Yi did not think that a marriage certificate could make two people happy for the rest of their lives. Love needed to be carefully managed by two people. It could not be bound by a marriage certificate!
"You unfilial son, our Yang family doesn't have a scum like you who plays with women's feelings!" Yang Chonggui angrily rebuked. Dong Yue`er's interruption just now had no effect.
Yang Yi shut his mouth. From the memories of his previous life, he knew that when the old man was furious, any further explanation would only have the opposite effect. Talking back would only make Yang Chonggui even angrier.
"The child is already four years old. If you don't marry Murphy, won't others laugh at us?" This time, Dong Yuee did not spoil Yang Yi. She helped him and said, "Tie Zi, you have to think about this carefully."
"Consider what? I think he must have been blinded by the outside world after he retired. He doesn't even know the most basic principles of being a person. He has completely forgotten the teachings of his ancestors! "Yang Chonggui slammed the table and angrily rebuked.
Yang Yi avoided the limelight and remained silent.
On the other hand, Murphy was panicking. She quickly opened her mouth to explain for Yang Yi, "Dad, mom, don't blame Yang Yi. It's not his fault. It's because of me. I'm working now, so I can't make our relationship public. That's why we can't get the marriage certificate."
What? Yang Chonggui and Dong Yuee both looked over in confusion.
Yang Yi quickly pulled Murphy and whispered, "Are you stupid? Why are you sticking your head out? Leave this matter to me. "
"It's my problem. I can't let you bear the responsibility for me anymore." Murphy pouted and said.
"What! They're talking about the marriage certificate. I really didn't think about it before. " Yang Yi waved his hand and turned to his parents. "Dad, mom, don't listen to Murphy's nonsense. I didn't think it through."
He was also worried that Yang Chonggui and Dong Yuee would have a bad opinion of Murphy. It wasn't easy to make them accept Murphy today. He couldn't let it go to waste.
Yang Chonggui stood up with a sullen face. "Come with me!"
"Old man." Dong Yue-er hurriedly called out.
"Don't worry about this!" Yang Chonggui waved his sleeves and walked to the courtyard with his hands behind his back.
Yang Yi stood up helplessly and wanted to follow him. At this time, Murphy grabbed his hand. Yang Yi turned to look and saw tears in her eyes.
"It's okay. Don't worry." Yang Yi gently patted Murphy's hand and signaled to her with his eyes to his mother. "Go and wash the dishes with Huanhuan."
Yang Yi followed Yang Chonggui to the courtyard. Then Yang Chonggui took out the key and opened the door of the ancestral hall.
The ancestral hall was an independent tile-roofed house. However, there was no electric light inside. There was only a dim kerosene lamp and a few red incense sticks flickering.
Yang Chonggui didn't say anything. He took a lighter from the square table in front of the ancestral tablets and lit the two candles on the table. Only then did the ancestral hall become brighter.
"Kneel!" Yang Chonggui didn't look at him. Instead, he stood in front of the ancestral tablets with his hands behind his back. With his back facing Yang Yi, he looked up at the ancestral tablets.
Yang Yi hesitated for a moment and helplessly knelt on the futon. This action was very clear in the predecessor's memory. Before the predecessor was a soldier, he was often punished to kneel.
After kneeling, Yang Yi didn't say anything for a long time. It was as if he was ignoring Yang Yi. However, Yang Yi still satisfied him. He knelt there with his back straight and didn't say anything.
"Now that you have some money, you forget your ancestors. If I give you a few more years, will you abandon your wife and children?" Yang Chonggui turned around and snorted, "How do you say this in the ancestral teachings? I'll recite it for you: Eccentricity is natural, repentance is inevitable. Decadence and self-satisfaction make it difficult to establish a family. Tell me, what does it mean? "
Yang Yi knelt on the futon and was silent for a moment. Then he said, "Eccentric, self-opinionated, self-opinionated people will often do things that they regret. They will miss a lot of things that they cherish. A decadent, lazy, addicted, and unmotivated person will also find it difficult to establish a family. "
These ancestral teachings, in the past, Yang Chonggui made the three siblings copy and recite them. If they couldn't remember, they would be beaten! How could Yang Yi not remember?
"In front of the ancestral teachings, you have to think about it for an hour and see where you went wrong! If you can't figure it out, you can kneel here tonight and don't go back! " Yang Chonggui waved his sleeves and left Yang Yi in the ancestral hall. He left the door ajar and walked out.
In Yang Chonggui's opinion, Yang Yi was getting more and more outrageous. If he didn't teach him a lesson, he would be too arrogant! He also knew that someone would try to persuade him, so he didn't stay at home. He would come back later.
Yang Huan had been watching secretly. Then she quickly ran to the kitchen and reported to Murphy, who was panicking.
"Sister-in-law, my brother must have been punished by my father. I heard it. It seemed to be an hour!" Yang Huan whispered to Murphy.
"Ah!" Murphy was about to cry. "Yang Yi was punished because of me?"
"It's not all your fault. My brother is an idiot. He shouldn't have said that and annoyed my father!" Yang Huan took Murphy's hand and said, "But don't be afraid. An hour is a light punishment! Last time, my brother got drunk and got into a fight with the villagers. My father whipped him twice and punished him to kneel for a night. The next day, his legs didn't even belong to him! "
"But it's so cold now …" Murphy's eyes were red. She said, "Where is Yang Yi? I'll go accompany him! "
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