Besides, Zhou Ni's city hukou was a good thing. All the families in the village who had some means wanted to marry their sons to city wives.

Nowadays, a child’s household registration follows the mother. If you marry her, the child will become a Beijing resident from the moment he is born.

Although people with city household registration cannot work in the fields to earn work points and do not have food rations, their family is large and their conditions are good, so they can still support Zhou Ni.

When the children grow up and go to school, it will be much easier for them to find jobs than for those with rural household registration. Rural people may not be able to find jobs even if they have a diploma because it is not easy to transfer from rural to non-rural status.

But how could a city girl be willing to marry into the countryside? When the Wang family learned that the Zhou family was willing to marry their daughter to the countryside, they immediately came to the door.

After meeting Zhou Ni, the Wang family was very satisfied. She did not have the arrogance of a city girl, was a good worker, and had a city household registration. To them, every aspect of her was perfect.

Zhou's parents were worried that Zhou Ni would be a burden to them, so they didn't dare to ask for too much. They only asked for a betrothal gift that was slightly higher than the average amount.

Although the Wang family felt that the amount was a bit too much, they later thought that the extra money could be used to buy a city household registration, so it was not too outrageous.

One party wanted to marry and the other wanted to be married, and soon the two parties had agreed on everything and were waiting for the wedding.

Zhou Ni was also satisfied with this marriage. She didn't want to marry in the city and wanted to live far away from home.

She knew her parents' personalities very well. If she married too close to them, they would definitely come to her house every few days and ask her to continue working like a slave for the Zhou family.

It is conceivable that if this happens, her life after marriage will be in chaos and she will have no peace.

She didn't want to live like this, so marrying into the countryside was the best choice for her.

First of all, Wang's father is the team leader, and the Wang family is a well-known figure in the local area, and the family financial situation is quite good.

Secondly, it was far away, and it would be difficult for her parents to find her. Moreover, the villagers were mostly relatives with the same surname. If her parents dared to go to the village and act recklessly, no one would stand idly by.

Although the living conditions in the countryside are not as good as those in the city, they are definitely not worse than our current lives.

She is not afraid of hard work at all. From childhood to adulthood, she has done all kinds of work and experienced all kinds of hardships.

Zhou Ni was very happy with the hope of escaping from the Zhou family. She would smile even when her parents beat and scolded her, and she didn't feel any pain at all.

Although the Zhou family received a lot of betrothal gifts, they did not prepare any dowry.

But Zhou Ni doesn't care about these. As long as she can leave this home, the future will not be worse than the present.

She had also seen the Wang family when they came to visit. Neither the Wang family's father nor the Wang family's mother was the kind of person who was cunning and mean. The eldest son of the Wang family, who was also her future husband, also looked honest and kind. If the two of them lived well in the future, their life would not be too bad.

But just as Zhou Ni was waiting to get married with hope for the future, reality gave her a heavy blow.

Zhou's parents actually changed their minds because another family came to propose marriage.

The man is a widower, in his forties this year, not much younger than Zhou's father. The eldest son in the family is almost the same age as Zhou Ni.

He also liked to drink and would beat people every time he was drunk. He had three wives before, but they were either beaten to death by him or ran away because they could not withstand his beatings.

Everyone nearby knew about these things, and when he was looking for a wife later, no one was willing to marry their daughter to him.

This time he came to the Zhou family to propose marriage and offered a high price. When Zhou's parents saw his betrothal gift, they canceled the marriage with the Wang family without saying a word and accepted his betrothal gift.

Zhou Ni was stunned when she heard the news. She had endured so many years of suffering just thinking that one day she would be able to leave the Zhou family, but now they wanted to push her into another fire pit.

Now she finally had hope of escaping the quagmire, but she lost it after getting it. No one could accept such a blow.

Either explode in silence or perish in silence.

Zhou Ni, who had been suppressed for many years, chose to explode, and if she didn't take action, it would be fine, but when she did, it was shocking.

No one would know where Zhou Ni, who had been submissive for so many years, got the courage to resist.

Perhaps with the mentality of since you don't want me to have a good life, then let's die together, Zhou Ni went directly to the ge wei association to report Zhou's parents.

She has been a servant in the family for so many years, and no one knows the Zhou family better than her.

Although Zhou's parents kept some of the family's private collections secret from her, they still could not escape her eyes.

In the past, because she still had to live in the Zhou family and hoped that one day she could leave the Zhou family, she had chosen to remain silent because of this hope.

But when her last hope was shattered, she had no more scruples.

The consequences of finding those things are much more serious than abusing or selling a daughter.

Zhou Ni did not use her injuries or the fact that the Zhou family accepted a large amount of betrothal gifts to report them.

After all, these are family matters. They are big or small, and many times there will be no major consequences.

Zhou Ni didn't want to give them any hope of a comeback, so she directly exposed all of the Zhou family's secrets.

Originally, Zhou's parents and brothers were not good people. They had done many bad things before liberation. Now Zhou Ni had revealed everything and they were being investigated thoroughly.

What happened to the Zhou family later still scars the neighbors nearby, and other families who favored boys over girls and abused their daughters quickly restrained themselves.

After all, as the saying goes, you can guard against thieves day and night, but you can never guard against thieves in your own home. What would they do if their daughter did something like this to them?

Even those who don't have anything hidden at home or have no evidence to prove their wrongdoing don't dare to go too far. People can do anything when they are forced into a corner.

"Actually, when I think about it carefully, Sister Zhou Ni and I are quite similar. Sometimes when I see her, I always feel like I'm seeing another ending for myself." Seeing that the two of them didn't speak, Li Li broke the silence and said.

"Lily, don't say that. Everyone has a different personality and the final results will be different." Zhou Ni's experience was too tragic, and Pan Ning didn't want Li Li to bring herself into it.

"I'm right. Think about it, I'm just like Sister Zhou Ni. I have two older brothers and one younger brother, and my parents also favor boys over girls.

We both had to work since we were young and endured beatings and scoldings from our parents. Don’t you think we are very similar?

Of course, I am luckier than her. I have a second brother who loves me. My second brother is not favored either, and he has protected me since I was a child.

Whenever my parents beat or scolded me, he would rush out to protect me, even though we would often end up getting beaten together. But this was also the hope that allowed me to hold on during those dark days.

If it weren't for him, I would never have the opportunity to go to school, let alone work in the department store. I would only ask Sister Zhou Ni to become a free nanny for the whole family.

When I get older, I'll marry someone with the highest bride price and squeeze out every last bit of profit." Li Li's voice grew quieter as she spoke, as if she saw another ending for herself.