Although Old Man Ye and Ye Lizheng were angry, they lacked confidence, since they were really in the wrong to want the child.

Just when everyone thought Ye Caiping was going to make a scene, she simply shrugged and said, "Since you won't let me take it, then I don't want it!"

Li Zhaodi and Li Laidi were so disappointed that they almost cried.

Although their mother often scolded them as "good-for-nothing girls" and complained that they were useless, at least she wouldn't hit them, and they ate whatever their mother ate.

Granny Li and Li Zhiyuan treated them like livestock.

They wanted to go with their mother. But their mother suddenly said she didn't want them anymore.

Granny Li was taken aback: "You're smart enough to know your place. Since that's the case, what are you still doing here? Hurry up and leave!"

Ye Caiping said, "I want to ask you a few questions. Now that Li Zhiyuan has passed the imperial examination and become a scholar, he's the most well-known person in the surrounding area, isn't he?"

Granny Li found her a bit strange, but couldn't help being smug: "Of course!"

"Then your Li family must be considered a prominent and wealthy family, right?"

A wealthy and powerful family?! Granny Li smugly replied:

"Of course! There are no more than ten scholars in the entire Dashu Town! Everyone calls a scholar 'Master'! And look at our house with its blue bricks and tiled roof. There aren't many houses in the surrounding villages that are better than ours."

They are from a prominent and wealthy family! Yes, they are from a prominent and wealthy family!

Even Li Zhiyuan thought so. His social standing had changed completely after he became a scholar!

A glint of light flashed in Ye Caiping's eyes as she smiled and said, "Since that's the case, do you know what a worthless person is?"

"What? Can't wealthy and powerful families treat their daughters like money-losing goods?"

"Yes! Of course! This was originally the idea that came from wealthy and powerful families," Ye Caiping nodded. "Because it really costs them a lot of money to marry off their daughters!"

"As a prominent family, for the sake of face, they always give their daughters a generous dowry. The groom's family gives ten taels of silver as a gift, and the bride's family gives twenty taels as a dowry. The groom's family gives twenty taels, and the bride's family gives forty taels as a dowry. That's why they say their daughters are worthless."

"Only illiterate peasants like us, who toil in the dirt, would misunderstand someone's meaning and try to exchange their daughter for money."

Granny Li and Li Zhiyuan's expressions had changed.

What? Not only can these two money-losing items not be sold for profit, but we also have to pay extra for them?

Old Lady Li was about to retort: ​​"You..."

"No way, no way?" Ye Caiping raised her eyebrows, staring at Li Zhiyuan with a mocking look. "The most promising scholar in our surrounding area, do you really want to sell your daughter for money?"