Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 87

Chapter 87: Chapter 085: The Glowing Phoenix Egg [250+ Votes]

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"Mother, if Zhang Shanni doesn’t want to, let’s not force her. We came to acknowledge kindred ties, not to trouble others." Feng Chunling stepped in to stop her mother-in-law’s unfinished words, and instead, she smiled at Zhang Shanni, signaling her not to take her mother-in-law’s words to heart:

"Big sister, don’t be upset, my mother-in-law truly appreciates you for saving my little aunt and her child. Our visit is indeed to genuinely express our gratitude to you, and for your spouse’s help in rescuing my little aunt, she means well."

Seeing this, Zhang Shanni quickly waved her hands, thinking of her own origin, she felt it inappropriate to say more. She just showed a shy, naive smile.

"Indeed, kindred friend, we are here to say thanks and also to bring these newlyweds their wedding gifts. Don’t make it difficult for the young lady to decline! Otherwise, she might get annoyed with us..."

Li Baojia put aside his hidden casual indifference, seeing no one from the Xie Family agreeing, he instead became genuinely sincere towards everyone from the Xie Family, trying to smooth things over.

He also presented the gifts meant for acknowledging kinship as wedding gifts. The original idea between both families was exactly that: if the Xie Family approves, they could become recognized kindred; if not, it would be taken as a gift in gratitude.

But who knew, plans cannot always keep up with reality, now it’s not them looking down on the Xie Family, but rather the Xie Family not caring for it!

Although Li Jianfeng didn’t have his father’s scheming mind, seeing his father making such earnest gestures made him even more thankful, so he also turned around to persuade his own mother-in-law.

For a moment, the hall was filled with harmonious laughter again.

"Alright, Shanni, it’s reasonable for you not to agree at this moment; after all, to you, this old lady is practically a stranger. I can’t force you now, but you wouldn’t refuse our families bringing you wedding gifts, right?" Liu Guilan, seeing her daughter-in-law agreeing and even her son and kindred friends advising her, found it difficult to persist.

After all, kinship must come with the willing consent of both parties, right? They were not here to make enemies, so they couldn’t force it on someone else.

"Ah, Aunt Liu, Uncle Li, Sister Feng, Brother Li, for you all to come and offer congratulations is already a blessing for my spouse and me. But without merit, we cannot accept rewards; we cannot accept your gifts..." Zhang Shanni still insisted on shaking her head, even casting her gaze to her husband.

"No, no! Big sister, you saved my little aunt’s life! For our Old Chen Family, this is a great deed! How can you say there’s no merit! If you don’t accept our gift, Sister will not be pleased!" Feng Chunling saw Xie Jingchen wanting to speak and quickly interjected to speak first.

Xie Jingchen paused, looked at his young wife, then at the equally anxious Li father and son, he fell silent: "..."

It wasn’t that he coveted the gifts from others, but considering their status, whether it’s his older generation or his current young wife, they still need to live and get along in this community. Out of respect for their social standing, he found it difficult to outright refuse.

"Uh, Sister Feng, this is really not appropriate..." Zhang Shanni glanced at the courtyard, where Li Jianfeng had already hastily unloaded a bunch of items and the shining big two items, hurriedly refusing.

Before entering the hall, Xie Jingchen had also seen the pile of goods placed under the eaves of the hall, the most conspicuous of which were the two big items—a Phoenix brand bicycle, and a Huannan brand sewing machine.

As for the fine cloth and grain, they were already brought into the hall by Li Jianfeng and placed shiningly on the table; it was impossible for Xie Jingchen not to see, but if these were indeed meant as wedding gifts, they were indeed too generous!

It seemed that this young couple were not greedy for profit. Both were about to refuse, which unanimously met with disapproval from the Li father and son and the Chen family mother and daughter-in-law—

"What’s wrong with accepting or not? You two young folks saved my grandson and daughter-in-law’s lives, all these are material possessions which are external to the body and are no difficulty or burden to our family. If you refuse to accept these, isn’t that slapping me, Old Li, in the face?"