The wedding was set for the twentieth of the twelfth lunar month, by which time Xiaohua would be back from school for the holidays. She had previously complained that she missed her second brother’s wedding, and had insisted that she must be back for her third brother’s. Li Baoying had kept that in mind.
With only a month to go, both families began their preparations. Old Lady Lin, knowing that Zhang Jinlin was getting married, would often come over to Li Baoying’s house to help out when she was free. Though she was over sixty and in declining health, her daughter-in-law had relegated her to living in the east wing, even after the family had built a new two-story house. Whenever she mentioned her daughter Xiaohong, her eyes would redden.
"Baoying, I never thought Xiaohong’s husband would be such a man, beating my girl until her face was black and blue. If only I had listened to you back then and let her be with that educated youth, she wouldn't be suffering like this now."
Chapter 93