Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Asking for Dowry

Except for the people from the second room, no one else came out for dinner.

To be precise, they didn't dare to eat at the same table with Yu Li. Even though their stomachs were growling with hunger, they endured it and did not come out, hiding in their rooms.

Today's dinner is very rich. The chicken soup is delicious, and the braised chicken is even more delicious. It is braised with mushrooms, black fungus and fresh bamboo shoots. The aroma is fragrant, and the people in the second room eat it very happily.

This was something that the second branch had never dared to imagine before. They could actually eat meat in big mouthfuls?

They don't have to worry about other people's faces, they can eat whatever they want, and no one will scold them for being lazy, greedy, and wasting food no matter how much they eat.

Yu Li had a delicious dinner.

Unlike lunchtime when she was always disturbed, this time only people from the second room were there. She didn’t have to deal with certain people’s nagging. She just had to try and concentrate on eating.

Yu Li enjoyed the meal so much that he ate up all the food, not even leaving any soup.

The people in the second room stared at her in amazement. Yu Yin asked worriedly, "Big sister, you eat so much, won't your stomach be full?"

In fact, they were very full, but they were used to being hungry in the past, and their appetite was so large that even if they tried hard, they couldn't eat much, and there was still a lot of leftover food.

After all, when Yu Yin cooks, she cooks for the whole family.

But now Yu Li actually took all the remaining food. She even used the remaining braised chicken broth to mix a bowl of rice and continued to eat happily.

"No!" Yu Li said confidently, "I've never been full before."

She didn't lie. The original owner had never been full before.

As for herself, although she ate so much, she felt only 80% full, not yet 100% full.

Upon hearing this, Yu Laoer and his wife felt ashamed. It was all because of them as useless parents that they let their four daughters go hungry.

It’s not that they don’t know the situation of the four daughters in the Yu family, but because they have no sons, they can’t stand up straight and are used to being exploited by their family. They think this is what they deserve.

There is nothing wrong with this idea. After all, the couple has been living in an environment that favors boys over girls for a long time. They have been subjected to PUA and brainwashing. They will only think that they have done something wrong and look for the reasons in themselves. This not only wrongs themselves, but also their daughter.

**

After dinner, it was already dark.

It’s time for Yu Li to go back.

Before going back, she knocked on the door and knocked out the people hiding in the house one by one.

Naturally, the people in the house refused to come out. In order to avoid her, they would rather go hungry and just wait until she left before going to the old lady to get food to cook dinner again.

That's why they don't come out for dinner.

After all, there is still food at home, so we just need to cook again and we won’t starve.

Facing the locked door, Yu Li said calmly: "If you don't come out, I will kick the door."

As soon as these words were spoken, the people in the room dared not hide anymore and quickly opened the door and came out.

Given her violence, I'm afraid she will really kick the door panel to pieces. Then without the door panel, I won't be able to sleep peacefully at night.

It was dark, and Yu Jin was holding an oil lamp beside him.

Most people these days suffer from night blindness. As soon as it gets dark, they become blind.

This oil lamp is in the main room. Normally, the second room doesn't have the courage to light the oil lamp, as they will be scolded for wasting oil, and they have to do everything in the dark.

But she was naturally not afraid today because it was Yu Li who asked to turn on the light.

Seeing the oil lamp in Yu Jin's hand, Old Lady Yu was indeed very dissatisfied. However, when they saw Yu Li standing there, he was obviously skinny and frail, and had no deterrent effect at all, but they were still very scared.

Half of her face was sunk in shadow, and her slender body stood still like a heavy mountain, which made people inexplicably feel fear.

This was the psychological trauma left on the Yu family by her violent outburst at noon. No matter what she did, they would instinctively be afraid.

"What do you want to do?" Old Madam Yu said in a timid tone, "You've already eaten two chickens, isn't that enough?"

Which married girl eats like this when she returns to her parents' home?

What a damn girl, she brought disaster to her two chickens.

Yu Li looked at them and said politely, "I'm going back now. I came to tell you guys."

Hearing this, Old Lady Yu and the others were delighted and couldn't wait for her to leave.

Then they sincerely felt relieved that she was married and no longer lived at home. Otherwise, facing her every day, they would not be able to sleep peacefully at night.

Just as I was feeling happy, I heard her say, "Fortunately, grandma married me in the village. The Fu family is very close to the Yu family. I will come back to see you every day in the future."

Everyone: “…”

The faces of Old Lady Yu and the others were blank for a moment, then they reacted and their expressions changed suddenly.

Come back every day? ! !

God damn it, she actually has to go back to her parents' home every day? A married daughter is like spilled water, which married girl would go back to her parents' home every day?

"You..." Old Madam Yu was furious. "You are already married, how can you go back to your parents' home every day? Wouldn't it be a joke if it got out? Aren't you afraid that the Fu family will be dissatisfied?"

Yu Li said calmly: "No, my mother-in-law and Fu-husband are very nice people, they won't mind."

She really believed so. Zhou and Fu Wenxiao were both good people. One gave her food, and the other didn't even kick her out when she pinched him. They were both good people. Why would they care about such a small matter?

The Yu family was speechless.

They suddenly became panic-stricken, fearing that she would really go back to her parents' home every day. How could the Yu family withstand her harm?

Yu Laosan and his wife even began to complain about the old lady for marrying her in the same village. If she had married her to another village far away... No, no, no, if she married her to a village thousands of miles away, were she still afraid that she would come back to her parents' home every day?

After Yu Li announced his decision to the Yu family, he said to Old Lady Yu: "Grandma, I'm going back to my husband's house. Won't you bring me something back?"

"What? Bring what?"

"When I went back to my parents' home, my mother-in-law brought me a gift. I can't go back empty-handed, right? How rude is that?"

What Yu Li said was also true. Generally speaking, in families that are more particular, when their daughter returns to her parents' home, she will bring home gifts. When she leaves her parents' home, her parents will also try to return some gifts to prevent her from being looked down upon by her husband's family.

Of course, Yu Li was not afraid that her husband's family would look down on her. She just heard a lot of things from Aunt Guihua during the day. Although Aunt Guihua's words seemed to have ill intentions in Aunt Feng's eyes, she did listen to them and felt that some of what Aunt Guihua said was actually correct.

Old Mrs. Yu felt a breath stuck in her chest and she almost burst into a curse.

At this time, Mr. Yu said, "Give it to her."

"What?"

"Give it to her." Old Master Yu said, "Take it back for her."

He now has some understanding of his granddaughter's personality. Even if they don't give it to her, she will get it herself. It would be better to give it to her proactively to avoid her having to take action again and who knows what she might do.

Old Mrs. Yu was so frustrated that she had to go back to her room to get something. She first opened the basket of eggs and took out a dozen eggs. Then she hardened her heart and packed a small bag of fine grains.

When she handed these to Yu Li, her face lengthened with heartache.

They planned to save up a certain amount of eggs and then take them to the county town to sell for money. The fine grains were also to be kept for the eldest brother, Jingde and Jingli to nourish their bodies. They had worked hard in their studies, so how could they keep eating coarse grains?

Obviously, they didn't get any of the gifts that this damn girl brought back, as they were all eaten by the second wife. Now she actually wants to bring gifts back to her husband's family...

How could this be possible?

Yu Li didn't quite understand what the return gift was, but when he saw eggs and fine grains, he reluctantly thought it was okay.

Anyway, if it's not enough, she can always come back and get more.

"Then I'm going back." She said to Old Lady Yu and the others, "Also, from now on, whatever you eat, my parents and sisters will also eat. If I knew they were still going to be hungry, I would have to come back and tear down your house so that you would starve too."

Yu family: "..."

After Yu Li calmly threatened them, he said goodbye to them.

Suddenly, he thought of something and turned to Old Lady Yu and said, "By the way, you didn't prepare any dowry for me when I got married this time."

The original owner married into the Fu family wearing her own old clothes and carrying a bundle. The bundle contained only a set of old clothes for changing, and nothing else.

What dowry? There is none.

No matter how poor a country person is, they will try their best to scrape together a dowry when marrying off their daughter. The Yu family is not that poor, but what they did was truly ugly.

They also received twenty taels of betrothal money from the Fu family.

According to Aunt Guihua, the Fu family received so much betrothal money. Even if they wanted to keep it and not let her take it with her, at least they could give her a complete dowry to take with her to the Fu family. That would be decent.

Although Yu Li didn't understand the ways of the world, he felt that what Aunt Guihua said made sense.

Well, Aunt Guihua is actually not as hateful as Aunt Feng says. After all, a lot of things she says make sense. I can listen to her more when I have time in the future.

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Old Mrs. Yu was shocked. She actually wanted a dowry?

You were sold there to bring good fortune, why should you ask for a dowry?

Although Old Mrs. Yu wanted to say so, she didn't dare. Her old face turned blue and purple, as if she was about to faint at the next moment.

The faces of the others were also very bad, but they did not dare to object in front of Yu Li.

Fortunately, Yu Li did not force the dowry right away, and said, "You guys prepare it first, and give it to me in a few days. I will come back to get it then."

After saying this, feeling that there was nothing more to add, Yu Li finally left the Yu family.

As for whether the Yu family would bully the people from the second house after she left the Yu family, she was not worried.

As I said, they married in the same village, one lives in the east end of the village and the other lives in the west end. It’s only ten or twenty minutes’ walk away, so they can come back and visit at any time. I think they shouldn’t dare to do anything to the second wife.

**

The night was dark and there was a faint crescent moon hanging in the sky.

The moonlight is dim tonight, and Yu Li has night blindness, so the road is not easy to walk on.

Fortunately, I had walked many times at night in my previous life, so I was not afraid even if it was pitch dark. I walked towards the Fu family according to my memory.

From a distance, she could see the lights ahead. Although they were dim, they were still very eye-catching in the darkness, as if guiding her in that direction.

Yu Li's eyes reflected the light, and his mood suddenly improved.

After returning to the Fu family, Yu Li knocked on the door and it was Zhou who opened the door.

"Mother Li, you're back!" Seeing Yu Li, she smiled, "Come in, have you had dinner?"

Yu Li said: "I ate it."

Then he asked them if they had eaten, and handed the basket in his hand to Zhou, saying that it was a gift from the Yu family.

Zhou was a little surprised. That stingy old lady Yu actually gave a return gift? Why did this sound unreal?

Living in the same village, Zhou had also heard some of the good things about Old Lady Yu and knew what kind of person she was.

Did I misunderstand Mrs. Yu?

"Auntie is back!"

Fu Yanhui and Fu Yansheng, brother and sister, held hands and stood in the corridor and spoke happily to Yu Li.

They liked their aunt Yu Li very much. They had developed a close relationship with her while eating with her these past few days. Every time they watched her eat, the food sounded delicious and made them very hungry.

Yu Li patted their heads, took out two boiled eggs from his pocket and handed them to them, "Eat."

“It’s an egg!”

The brother and sister were very happy. Yu Li's eyes were shining brightly. They thought their aunt was so kind that she actually gave them eggs.

Zhou also got a boiled egg and was very puzzled, "Where did it come from?"

"I cooked it at Yu's house." Yu Li said calmly, "Everyone has some, you can eat too, mom."

Zhou didn't know what to say. Her daughter-in-law actually thought of bringing them boiled eggs? This was too...good.

After talking to them for a few words, Yu Li went back to his room to see Fu Wenxiao.

If she didn't see him for a day, she would always worry that he would suddenly die, and she would have no reason to stay in the Fu family.