Li Xiyue's eyes darted around and she said, "No, I didn't go to the village entrance. I went to the neighbor's house to see if they had any of our chickens. If I can't find any, Grandma will beat me when she gets back."

She deliberately put on a scaredy-cat look.

Seeing Li Xiyue's cowardly appearance, Jin Cuicui felt a little relieved. Anyway, once she got the money, she would have the man's people pick her up first thing tomorrow morning. At that time, whether Li Xiyue lived or died would have nothing to do with her!

She warmly invited the matchmaker into the house and told Li Xiyue to boil water and make tea!

Li Xiyue pretended to be obedient as she boiled water and made tea. Her gaze went to the inner room, and to her surprise, she could see through the walls!

The walls of the adobe house seemed to have become transparent!

Her eyes were wide open, staring in disbelief at everything before her.

Although the system had just told her that she had the ability to see through things, she was still amazed when she actually used it!

I have to say, this superpower is really amazing!

The system said in the space, "How is it? The X-ray vision is very useful, isn't it?"

I told you, I'm the most powerful system in the entire Milky Way's parallel universe! Praise me, praise me now!

Anyway, the mouth is in front, and the brain is chasing behind. If it catches up, it loses!

Li Xiyue said, "Great! You are the most powerful system!"

Tsk tsk, why does this system seem a bit dog-like?

Jin Cuicui and the matchmaker haggled over the price in the inner room. Jin Cuicui wanted the matchmaker to add another 50 yuan.

The matchmaker, puffing on her pipe, shook her head like a rattle drum. "Sister-in-law, this man is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant!"

Does your daughter have two heads and four legs? This 500 yuan, you should ask around, it's definitely the highest dowry in the whole village!

Even though the man is an old bachelor, if he were a young man, he would only give your family 100 yuan as a bride price at most!

So what if your daughter gets into university? Can a university acceptance letter feed you? She still has to work in the fields!

In the city, 500 yuan is enough for a worker to save up for a year's wages without eating or drinking!

In our village, it takes ten years of tightening your belt to save up enough to make this!

If you don't agree, I'll go talk to Old Sun's family in the next village. They have an old daughter who wants to get married, and they're only asking for a dowry of 400 yuan!

The matchmaker tapped her pipe on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), then got off and prepared to leave.

Jin Cuicui quickly grabbed the matchmaker and whispered, "Fine! 500 it is! Give me the money, and take the person away tomorrow!"

The matchmaker pulled out a large wad of banknotes from her bosom, handed them to Jin Cuicui, and said with a smile, "I like straightforward people like you! When it comes to business, if it's okay, it's okay; if it's not okay, it's not okay. Dragging things out is no fun."

Jin Cuicui sat on the edge of the bed, counting the 10-yuan bills one by one. In those days, the largest denomination was 10 yuan.

She counted the money three times before she felt comfortable putting it into the innermost pocket of her clothes.

Li Xiyue saw all of this clearly, and her almond-shaped eyes slowly narrowed.

She said in the space, "You said I have another superpower, something called telekinesis? What's the use of this superpower?"

The system said, "I can simply look at what you want to take and then transfer it to your space."

Li Xiyue smiled slightly, "Chief, it's time for you to show your talents!"

She stared at the 500 yuan in Jin Cuicui's inner pocket, and suddenly a large stack of ten-yuan notes appeared in her personal storage space!

She was so surprised she almost jumped for joy!

That's 500 yuan! With this 500 yuan, she not only has travel expenses, but once she gets to the city, this money will be her living expenses!

The system said, "Congratulations, you've leveled up again! Haha! Keep it up! Just do your best!"

Jin Cuicui smiled and saw the matchmaker out. With the 500 yuan, she found Li Xiyue a little more agreeable.

Even now, she is absolutely certain that her decision to spare Li Xiyue's life was the right one!

As Li Xiyue watched Jin Cuicui walk past her, she deliberately stretched the firewood behind her onto the ground.

Jin Cuicui stepped on a wooden stick, stumbled, and fell face down on the threshold, her nose immediately bleeding.

Li Xiyue pretended to exclaim as she walked over, "Oh dear, let me help you up. How could you be so careless? Look, you've even scraped your nose!"

She grabbed Jin Cuicui's arm and deliberately pressed her fingers on the nerve endings in Jin Cuicui's elbow.

She used all her strength this time, and Jin Cuicui's arm went numb and ached so much that she screamed and jumped on the ground in pain.

"It hurts! It hurts so much! Don't touch me! You brat, where did you touch me?!"

She wanted to hit Li Xiyue with a stick, but her arm was so sore and numb that she couldn't even lift it.

Li Xiyue ran out of the house, yelling at the top of her lungs, "Don't hit me! Don't hit me! Aunties and grandmas, help me!"

Jin Cuicui was both anxious and angry. She couldn't let Li Xiyue get away, so she had no choice but to chase after her, not even bothering to wipe the blood off her face. "You brat, you better come back here, or I'll break your legs!"

The matchmaker stood by watching the commotion. She took a puff of her pipe, rolled her eyes, and shouted at Jin Cuicui, "Come pick her up first thing tomorrow morning! If even a single hair is missing, you get your money back!"

She swaggered back, puffing on her pipe. What did it matter to Jin Cuicui's family, no matter how much they argued? Anyway, she'd made her money as the matchmaker!

Thinking about the 500 yuan Jin Cuicui earned, she became angrier and angrier, regretting that she hadn't adopted a daughter to raise. Otherwise, would this good fortune have fallen into Jin Cuicui's lap?!

Hearing Li Xiyue's shouts, the neighbors, including aunties and grandmas, all ran out to see what was going on, scolding Jin Cuicui and asking why she hit her daughter when she had fallen down herself!

Jin Cuicui was afraid that if Li Xiyue ran away, she would not be able to explain it to the man, so she had no choice but to patiently coax Li Xiyue to go home!

She said to Li Xiyue, "Um, Mom was wrong. Mom shouldn't have hit you. Come home with Mom now, Mom promises not to hit you again!"

Li Xiyue said, "But I twisted my arm, so I can't cook or do any work tonight. Grandma will beat me when she gets back!"

Jin Cuicui shook her head and said, "Don't worry! I'll tell your grandma not to hit you."

I'll cook, I'll do the chores! Good child, hurry home with Mom, don't let others laugh at us!

Li Xiyue said, "You dare swear to heaven that if you lay a finger on me, may you be struck by lightning and your whole family be killed!"

Forced into a corner, Jin Cuicui had no choice but to grit her teeth and swear an oath for the sake of the bride price. She didn't believe in curses or oaths at all. If oaths and curses worked, then bad people would have been dead long ago!

Li Xiyue gazed sadly at Jin Cuicui, who was making her vow. The day of death for Jin Cuicui's entire family was fast approaching!

She pretended to cover her arm as she went home, and Jin Cuicui indeed didn't dare to make her do any housework, but locked her in the side room.

The system said in the space, "What should we do? She's locked you up, how are you going to escape?!"

Li Xiyue peeked out through the crack in the door and said, "Not only am I going to run away tonight, I'm also going to find Mu Cangnan!"