“Li Shuan, don’t forget, if you had married Li Xia off back then, you would have had the money to treat her illness, and you wouldn’t be limping like this today. If you keep Li Xia at home, no one will want her in the future.”

"Shut up!" Faced with Tu Cuilan's belittling remarks, Li Qu couldn't hold back any longer and stepped forward to retort: ​​"Back then, you accepted our family's betrothal gifts, and when my elder brother got into trouble, you not only broke off the engagement but also refused to return the betrothal gifts, saying that the money was to buy out the two years of your youth spent by my elder brother's side. If it weren't for you, would my family be in this state today? You vain woman, you're not doing well yourself and you want to ruin my sister's happiness, get out of here."

He was about to raise his hoe to strike.

Li Shuan stopped the impulsive Li Qudong: "Do you still want to join the army? Why are you so agitated?"

One sentence calmed Li Qu down, but Tu Cuilan became even more audacious.

“I’ve been waiting for you, Li Shuan, for two whole years, but who told you to be so useless? All that money should have been mine. If you had been willing to marry your sister off to the Tu family and use that money to treat your illness, things wouldn’t have turned out like this, and I wouldn’t have suffered so much.”

Gu Qiuning couldn't listen to it anymore and went into the courtyard.

I saw that Li Xia was already crying her eyes out.

Gu Qiuning picked up a bucket and poured in the ashes from burning firewood. Enraged, she carried it out and poured it all over Tu Cuilan.

"Ouch, it's burning me, you little slut!"

The ash was still scalding hot; when it was poured directly onto her, it burned holes in her skin.

"You're the one who's a scumbag. You have no manners whatsoever. You dare to show off here with just a few stinking bucks. Watch out, I'll report you. You're living the capitalist lifestyle. I'll send you to a labor camp."

Gu Qiuning, with her straightforward personality, truly cannot bear to suffer any injustice.

"Go ahead, I'm not afraid of you. Look at your outfit, you slut, who knows which wild man touched you, ptooey!"

"What did you say?" Gu Qiuning was completely agitated and stepped forward to slap him across the face. "Smack!"

Lin Qiyue was absolutely thrilled; this kind of woman deserved to be taught a lesson.

"Dare to hit me?" Tu Cuilan was also completely enraged. She grabbed Gu Qiuning's hair and started to fight.

Gu Qiuning was no pushover either; having her hair pulled was her Achilles' heel, but she wasn't about to back down and grabbed the other person's face in return.

Hesitating for a moment, she changed the wind direction, grabbed her neck, and slashed her neck hard several times.

She scraped it until it bled, then kicked it in the knee, yelling, "Ouch!"

"Let go!"

When others saw this, they immediately came to stop them and separated them.

Lin Qiyue stepped forward to help Gu Qiuning.

Seeing Gu Qiuning beaten like this, Hai Dongcheng felt sorry for her and glared at Tu Cuilan angrily, saying, "Try hitting her again!"

Tu Cuilan, who had been separated from her, wanted to continue her attack, but Hai Dongcheng's fierce expression scared her away.

"I'm going to report this to the brigade! You're bullying me!" Tu Cuilan didn't dare to lay a hand on him, but she was in the right. She touched her neck, which had been cut and was bleeding.

Her hair was disheveled, and she angrily pointed at Gu Qiuning, threatening, "Let me tell you, this isn't over!"

"Tu Cuilan~" Li Shuan was enraged. He had been mindful of their past relationship and hadn't said anything too harsh until this time. "If you come to my house again and humiliate my family, of course, don't blame me for being impolite."

"How was she being impolite? She started it."

“You started by insulting them. You came to their door to belittle and humiliate them. Is this never going to end? Then come on over! We did sign an engagement agreement back then, and you took the money. If you want to cause trouble, then I will cause trouble too, and I will make you return all the two hundred and fifty yuan that you didn’t return back then.”

Tu Cuilan was stunned; she felt threatened in this way.

She hadn't thought about marriage certificates at the time.

"I'll let it go out of consideration for our relationship. But if you dare to slander or anger my family again, I'll make a scene in the city, at your in-laws' workplace, and if I can't have a good life, you won't have one either. If all else fails, I'll make a scene at your son's school."

Li Shuan has no shame.

Tu Cuilan was so threatened that she dared not speak; they had her life in their hands.

He clenched his fists, unable to utter a single word, picked up his belongings from the ground, and slunk away.

Gu Qiuning watched her leave, and she was furious.

Turning to look at Lin Qiyue, she said with a guilty look, "Sister, I'm sorry, I was just angry."

"You didn't do anything wrong, why are you apologizing to me?" Lin Qiyue tidied her hair and asked with concern, "Does it hurt?"

Gu Qiuning shook her head, then looked at Li Shuan, whose expression was very serious and seemed to be not good.

Seeing this scene, Liang Youquan knew how difficult things were for the Li family, so he took out twenty yuan from his pocket.

"Pay back the money first, and the hard times will pass." He handed the money to Li Shuan.

Li Shuan looked down at the money he had accumulated over the years, and for the first time, he did not refuse.

He couldn't gamble with his sister's happiness. He glanced at Liang Youquan and whispered, "Thank you!"

All his dignity and pride were trampled and rubbed into the ground by this farce.

Lin Qiyue could see that everyone was indeed having a tough time.

Li Xiaoxiao couldn't help but cry too; her family was having such a hard time.

Li Ernian also went to borrow money early in the morning, but only returned with ten yuan by noon.

When he returned and saw everyone's sad and distressed expressions, he, as the father, went inside feeling ashamed.

Lin Qiyue came in to comfort Li Xia, took her hand, and said, "Okay, I'll discuss the money with Yu Chu. Things will get better."

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