Old Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Cai looked at each other, and both saw the devastation in each other's eyes.
Although Mrs. Cai looks much older than her actual age because she worries too much, Old Mrs. Bai is plump and strong because she enjoys life all day long!
However, it cannot be denied that Old Mrs. Bai is actually more than ten years older than Cai's mother!
One is sixty and the other is fifty.
How can a daughter-in-law be older than her mother-in-law?
If I marry her, who will serve whom?
Besides, Old Mrs. Bai is so old, how can she continue the Cai family’s lineage?
Cai's mother waved her hands repeatedly, "Who wants to spend money to marry an old woman? I won't even take it if you give me money. I'm looking for a bride for my son, not for me!"
Although Mrs. Cai's disdain made Old Lady Bai lose face, she did not forget that the most important thing was to marry Bai Ying off, so she quickly composed herself and started to criticize Zhou Li.
"What do you, an educated youth from outside, know? The girls here are all matched up by their families. She has to marry whatever family I recommend!" Old Mrs. Bai said with a very confident look.
Upon hearing this, Bai Ying looked surprised.
"Looking for a master" is their local dialect, which means looking for a husband's family or in-laws' family.
From childhood to adulthood, Old Lady Bai has said this to every one of her granddaughters. Perhaps others will gradually get used to it, but Bai Ying has always been disgusted by this word.
What is a master? Master?
Any independent person would not like to find a master to ride on her head and pee and shit on her. She would only be her own master!
"Grandma, feudal ideas are unacceptable!"
Bai Ying decisively counterattacked, "This is no longer the era of blind marriages, arranged by parents' orders and matchmakers' words. As the great leader said, everything will change. The decaying forces will give way to the new, smaller forces. The small forces will eventually become the larger forces, because the majority of people demand change. Only constant change can truly remain unchanged. Grandma, your awareness is not good enough. You need to reform yourself."
Bai Ying quoted a teacher's quotation, which was truly red and professional.
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone present applauded her.
The director of public security even glanced at Old Lady Bai and said coldly, "Ms. Bai Liu, do you want the brigade to hold a meeting to criticize you?"
“…”
Old Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Cai, two old ladies who came from the feudal era, were so angry that they almost fainted.
At this time, Bai Maozhong and Bai Hongbing, who had already started work, were finally called back. Together with them came Secretary Liu, the team leader and other cadres.
Secretary Liu defined the situation: "Dare to come to our brigade to cause trouble? Where are the militia? Quickly drive them away and don't let them come again!"
Upon hearing this, several militiamen immediately got ready to throw Cai's mother and Cai Dabao out of the village.
"Don't, don't come over here!"
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Cai's mother said unwillingly, "How dare you! If you dare to touch me, I will report you to the commune revolutionary committee! I spent the betrothal money! What's wrong with taking my daughter-in-law away? I'm right even if I bring the matter to the revolutionary committee!"
Secretary Liu wasn't frightened. "This is a new society. If the woman doesn't want to, the marriage won't count."
"Then, then give me back my money! Give me back my money and I'll leave!"
Cai's mother rolled her eyes and continued, she had a lot of calculations in her mind, that Old Mrs. Bai was definitely not going to be able to come up with the money given her condition, and in the end she would still have to marry her granddaughter to her Bao Ge'er.
Secretary Liu quickly looked at Old Lady Bai who was trying to sneak away and said coldly, "Bai Liu, why don't you hand over the money!"
Old Mrs. Bai shuddered with fear. "I, I can't take it out. The money is not with me."
“Where’s the money?!”
"My youngest son took it."
Upon hearing this, Secretary Liu frowned.
Everyone in the village knew that Old Lady Bai's youngest son was a gambler. The Bai family was quite capable and earned a lot of work points, but this youngest son was a real spendthrift and wanted to gamble as soon as he had money.
He couldn't gamble because the villagers watched him closely, so he always sneaked away to the county town to gamble.
Giving Old Lady Bai the money was no different from just throwing it away down the drain.
"What!"
Hearing that Old Lady Bai had squandered all the money so quickly, Mrs. Cai, who paid for it, had no time to get angry before Mr. Qiao Xiaoling started to get angry. "Grandma, why did you give all the money to my uncle? Didn't you say you would save the money for my dowry?"
Everyone: “…”
Is this some earth-shattering and tear-jerking tide that Old Lady Bai is about?
They actually wanted to use their granddaughter's betrothal money to save up a dowry for their granddaughter-in-law. They had never heard of such an outrageous thing in their entire lives!
Qiao Xiaoling's words brought back unpleasant memories of Bai Ying's past life.
Perhaps because she made a different choice regarding Shen Ao after her rebirth, some subsequent developments underwent earth-shaking changes.
The first thing is that the Lin family did not come out to recognize her as their biological daughter, as if she did not exist. Of course, Bai Ying would not think that her life was too easy and would not take the initiative to recognize the Lin family.
The second thing was that Old Lady Bai arranged a marriage for her. Although the object remained the same, still that fool Cai Dabao, the time and some details had changed.
Perhaps it was because the Bai family was in a mess in her previous life and no one could support Bai Ying, so Old Mrs. Bai had full control over her marriage, so she was not in a hurry to marry her off like she is now.
Old Lady Bai accepted the 100 yuan betrothal gift from Cai's mother, leaving half for her youngest son to gamble with and the other half for Qiao Xiaoling to save up for her dowry. Add to that the dowry Bai Meicui had saved up for Qiao Xiaoling over the years, and the total was over 100 yuan, which was a great honor for Qiao Xiaoling!
Because her dowry was generous enough, Qiao Xiaoling had a very high status in her husband's family after marriage. Her husband also spoiled her, which made Qiao Xiaoling arrogant.
It can be said that Qiao Xiaoling's good life is entirely built on the basis of exploiting Bai Ying!
Bai Ying looked at the grandparents and grandchildren with a cold look in her eyes.
Old Mrs. Bai is a typical stupid and bad person, and Qiao Xiaoling is even more selfish and vicious. What stupid things can't these two generations of grandparents and grandchildren do?
Unfortunately, they are both destined to be disappointed. As long as Bai Ying doesn't marry the fool in this life, and Cai's mother refuses to give in, the person who will marry the fool is likely to be Qiao Xiaoling.
Bai Ying didn't mind adding fuel to the fire. She wanted to see which was more important to Old Lady Bai, the one hundred dollars or her granddaughter Qiao Xiaoling!
"Stop it!" Hearing Qiao Xiaoling bring her private plan to the table, Old Lady Bai was so angry that she grabbed Qiao Xiaoling and said, "When your uncle comes back with the money, you will definitely get a share."
Qiao Xiaoling stamped her feet in anger. "How could my uncle still have any money left? He must have spent it all! Grandma, you promised me that you would use Bai Ying's betrothal gift money to make up my dowry."
Old Mrs. Bai was really shameless. Not only did she not intend to return the betrothal money to Cai's mother, she even set her eyes on Chen Ao's betrothal money.
She rolled her eyes and pressed Bai Ying, "Granddaughter, how much will the prisoner you want to marry be willing to pay for you? If he pays more than that fool's family, I will agree to your marriage!"
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