"It seems you don't want to resolve this properly. Fine, let's make a big scene. We can have your village chief and our village chief witness this together. That would be a good thing, so that we won't have to blame ourselves later."

"Although our family has also lost face, we're ultimately the victims. We're not afraid of being criticized, since our sons won't have trouble finding wives anyway, and they're not usually home." Even if people criticize them, our youngest son won't hear it.

"Don't even mention sending another daughter over. This is a new government now; those old ways don't work. Besides, we really wouldn't dare take your daughter. Who can guarantee that you only have one woman in your family who likes to have affairs?"

That's practically a direct accusation, implying that having affairs is part of your family's reputation.

"Don't say anything else, just one question: will you refund the money or not? If not, we're going down the mountain right now to find someone to reason with."

Cao Xing's father gave her a vicious look. Cao Xing felt his gaze even without looking up, and her body trembled.

"Since your family has said so, I have nothing more to say. However, it's impossible to return all the money. Cao Xing worked for your family this year and even spent time with your children. She should be given some compensation for her hard work."

Before the second grandfather could speak, the second grandmother spoke up first: "Dream on! Let me tell you, your Cao Xing has never even set foot in the fields in our house all year, and she hardly does any housework. She's always out meeting random men."

"The work she does isn't even enough to cover her food expenses, yet she's thinking of giving compensation? Bah! I didn't ask your family to compensate my son, so you should be secretly happy. Hurry up, are you going to give her money or find someone to reason with? Give me a straight answer."

Cao Xing's mother was extremely anxious. Where would the family get so much money? The original bride price had all been given to her son as a bride price, and Cao Xing had spent most of the money he brought home that year. There was simply no way they could come up with that much money.

If it weren't for her unmarried son and grandson, she would have made a huge scene today. She refused to believe that the Qian family would actually kick that brat out of the house.

Cao Xing's father wanted to tell them to do whatever they wanted, but when he saw his eldest son, as well as his sons and grandsons, he realized that they were being manipulated by the other party.

If this matter really escalates to the village chief and affects the young men in the village from getting married, the old women in the village might tear their whole family apart. That would be the most terrible consequence. Their family is going against the entire village, and in the end, it's their family that will suffer.

That brat wasn't even careful enough to cheat on her husband; she got caught red-handed. Since she dared to cheat, why didn't she just kill herself? Maybe then she could get some money from the Qian family.

The eldest sister-in-law tugged at her mother-in-law and patted her pockets, and the second grandmother immediately remembered that there was such a thing.

"Hurry up, if you don't pay back the money, let's go to the police station and have a good talk. Tell them about your good daughter poisoning my son. I still have that medicine; it'll be good evidence."

These words were taught to her by her own younger brother and sister-in-law. When they encounter such things, they either accept it with a bitter face or, at most, divorce the couple to avoid seeing it and getting upset. They know that the losses are never going to be recovered.

Upon hearing that poison had been used, all three members of Cao Xing's family looked at Cao Xing. Cao Xing didn't dare to look up and was trembling all over, thinking that she had gotten away with it.

She had a sudden inspiration and said she was using a folk remedy to help her have a baby, but her in-laws didn't believe her at all. What if she was really arrested and executed?

Thinking of being executed, he quickly turned to look at Xiangzi beside him. Xiangzi was also trembling. He didn't know if the drug was poisonous or not. He just heard someone say that, so he spent money to buy it, thinking that he could make Qian Laosi infertile so that he could raise his own child without spending money.

He was a penniless scoundrel, otherwise he wouldn't have been unable to come up with fifty yuan to marry Cao Xing. At that time, the fourth son of the Qian family came to ask Cao Xing for her hand in marriage. Cao Xing asked him to take her with him, and that's when he came up with this idea.

This way, he doesn't have to spend money to get married or support a wife, and he can easily inherit his children's property. What a great thing! There are no marriage constraints, and he can even find other women to enjoy himself with.

Actually, he didn't know if drugging Qian Laosi would result in a prison sentence. Hearing what the Qian family said, he panicked. If he were really sentenced, what would he do for the rest of his life? Although he didn't eat very well outside, at least he was free and had women to give him money. He didn't want to be arrested at all.

Yes, as long as he doesn't admit that he gave him the drug, it's fine. Anyway, he wasn't the one who got caught for drugging him. He didn't even raise his head, trying to minimize his presence, thinking that he could get away with it that way.

Cao Xing looked disappointed. She thought Xiangzi really liked her. He clearly wanted her to take all the blame, but why should she?

But considering their friendship, she didn't immediately reveal the source of the medicine.

"Mother, Mother, please save me. I promise I will work hard and be obedient from now on. Mother, I don't want to die."

Cao Xing's parents were stunned. Had their daughter really poisoned someone? Was she stupid? Why would she give up a good life to poison her husband? If her husband died, what good life would she have left?

This is a difficult situation. If there hadn't been any drugging, it would have been much easier. Even if their family refused to pay, it would have just become a big scandal and made them a laughingstock. If all else failed, they could have married Cao Xing off to a mountain village, and eventually, no one would remember the incident.

But if their daughter is born into a family that is forced to stay in the village, then their grandsons will have no future, their daughters will not get married well, their granddaughters will never be able to get married, and the villagers will not let them off the hook. The most likely outcome is that they will be driven out of the village.

Cao Xing's father, with a shameless grin, said, "In-law..."

Second Grandfather raised his hand, silencing Cao Xing's father who was about to speak: "Don't call me that. I don't deserve to be called your in-law. Our family is extremely unlucky to have married into your family. Hurry up, we still have work to do in the fields. We don't have time to waste with you."

Cao Xing's father gritted his teeth: "We'll give it to you, we'll give it to you." What else could he do but give it to her? He didn't care about his daughter, but he couldn't let his son and grandson's reputation be ruined.

Cao Xingniang suddenly raised her head: "Her father?"

"Boss, come back with me to raise the money."

Looking at her second grandfather, she said, "We'll send the money over by tonight at the latest, is that alright?"

The eldest uncle of my second grandfather's family took out a piece of paper and handed it to my father. My second grandfather took the paper and said, "Sign here, and you can take the person away. Bring the money over later, or I will take this paper and sue you."