Zhao Xiaofang covered her face, lowered her head and dared not say a word.
Being beaten was a common occurrence for her.
She had long been accustomed to it, but before this, she had always told Lu Yaozu how much her family loved her.
The purpose was to make Lu Yaozu treat her well, cherish her, love her, and not treat her like her family members did.
In fact, she has always emphasized this point, and Lu Yaozu really believed it.
He always felt that his wife lived a good life in her parents' home before marriage.
She couldn't live a miserable life just by marrying him, so he always treated Zhao Xiaofang very well, fearing that she would feel disappointed.
"Zhao Xiaofang, are you crazy? What money do you want us to pay back?"
"Your parents have worked so hard to raise you, and now that you're married you're not going to care about the family anymore, right?"
Zhao Jiawei then turned his attention to Lu Yaozu: "And you, Lu Yaozu, don't think that just because you married my sister, you have the final say in this family."
"Why can't my sister earn money to help me find a wife?"
"Repaying this money is a loan. How dare you ask me to pay it back?"
After Zhao Jiawei finished speaking, the people around him who were watching the show also understood.
This is just eating free food.
It's not uncommon for people to rely on their parents, but it's rare for both sisters and their brother-in-law to do so.
Everyone started talking about it.
"Just listening to the words of this Zhao family son, you can tell he's a jerk. He didn't have money to marry a wife, so he forced his sister to steal his brother-in-law's money, causing the couple to quarrel over this matter."
"Yeah, the old couple in the Zhao family are not good people either. They spent other people's money and beat them up. Look at their son-in-law's face, it was beaten like a pig's head."
"I feel really bad for Zhao Jiawei's fiancée. I'm afraid she doesn't even know what this family is like. She's going to marry into a family like this. It's obvious she won't have a good life."
"His fiancée is from our village. Maybe one day this will get to their ears, and the marriage might not happen."
Yang Hongmei was right next to them and heard it all clearly.
She looked at Liu Xiaohui.
Liu Xiaohui's eyes were red: "He's not usually like this..."
Yang Hongmei comforted him softly: "Only at times like this can you see a person's character clearly."
"Fortunately, you haven't been with him for long, and your feelings for him aren't deep. Just listen to your mother. She won't harm you."
"If you don't cancel this marriage, you will suffer in the future."
Liu Xiaohui looked at Zhao Jiawei who was still pointing at and cursing Lu Yaozu in the yard, and her heart sank.
She had never seen Zhao Jiawei like this before, and she had never known him to be so unreasonable.
She also didn't know that her future in-laws, who were so kind to her, were not at all shy about beating people up.
He could even do this to his own daughter, let alone his daughter-in-law.
She bit her lip and slowly lowered her head, neither nodding nor denying.
Yang Hongmei took her hand and walked through the crowd.
The moment Zhao Jiawei saw Liu Xiaohui and her daughter, his face turned pale.
I hope Liu Xiaohui and her daughter didn’t hear what he just said, right?
Wouldn't that ruin his carefully crafted image as a good man?
It was all Lu Yaozu's fault, that useless guy, for bringing the village chief to his house to settle accounts and attracting so many onlookers.
He was not paying attention for a moment and didn't even realize that Liu Xiaohui was among them.
He walked towards Liu Xiaohui with a smile: "Xiaohui, when did you... come?"
Liu Xiaohui looked at him with disappointment in her eyes.
"We have seen what we should see, and heard what we should hear." Yang Hongmei looked at Zhao Jiawei calmly.
She had already thought it through on the way here. If what Chen Lichu said was true, she would definitely cancel the engagement.
She would never allow her daughter to fall into the fire pit, even if she blamed her and hated her, she would accept it.
"Aunt Yang, you misunderstood. This is all a misunderstanding." Zhao Jiawei immediately changed his expression and said with a smile, "Let me explain it to you."
Zhao Jiawei's mind was working rapidly, thinking about how to come up with a suitable reason to make this matter go away.
"There's nothing to explain. We're here today to cancel the engagement." Yang Hongmei said in a firm tone.
Seeing the other party's resolute attitude, Ye Fengchun, who was standing by, knew that the situation was irreversible.
He immediately rushed to Yang Hongmei and asked, "You said you would withdraw?"
"You accepted a five hundred yuan betrothal gift from us!"
"You have to cancel the engagement and pay us double the money!"
Liu Xiaohui on the side was also panicked. She thought that breaking off the engagement was as simple as returning the betrothal gift.
Why do I have to refund double the money?
Yang Hongmei sneered: "Are you really treating this marriage as a business?"
"This is the first time I've heard that a marriage can be cancelled and double the betrothal gift money must be returned."
After saying this, he looked at the crowd and said, "Everyone, please give us some advice. How can you cancel an engagement and return double the amount?"
Yang Hongmei's contribution made the atmosphere more lively.
Everyone started to blame Ye Fengchun.
Ye Fengchun didn't care what others said at all. He folded his hands in front of his chest, as if he couldn't leave without paying.
Yang Hongmei handed the five hundred yuan to the village chief and said, "Village chief, please be our witness. This is the betrothal money that the Zhao family gave to our Xiaohui."
"I'll entrust you to pass this money to them on my behalf. The marriage is now settled."
"From now on, marriages and funerals will have nothing to do with each other."
The village chief naturally knew Yang Hongmei's intention of not giving the money directly to the Zhao family, so he took the money and said, "Okay, I'll be a witness for both of you today."
"What are you trying to witness? We don't agree with this!" Ye Fengchun glared at the village chief. "Why should you decide between our two families?"
"What? You still want to snatch her away?" The village chief's face darkened. "Leave the money with me for now. When you figure it out, come ask me for it. If you can't figure it out, just think about it slowly. She's not willing to marry, so why are you trying to force her to marry your son?"
"Xiaohui, you can't just break up like that, right?" Seeing that Yang Hongmei had returned all the money, Zhao Jiawei hurriedly grabbed Liu Xiaohui's arm.
Liu Xiaohui's eyes were red: "You disappoint me so much!"
"Xiaohui, it's not what you see. Let me explain it to you." Zhao Jiawei said, and was about to pull Liu Xiaohui away.
"Don't touch me!"
"I really didn't expect you to be this kind of person."
"You take other people's money and still speak so confidently."
"Were your previous sensible behavior just an act for me?"
Liu Xiaohui shook off his arm and ran out crying.
Yang Hongmei quickly chased after him to comfort him.
Zhao Jiawei also followed.
Seeing that everyone had left, Lu Yaozu walked up to the village chief and said, "This money is mine. Can you return it to me?"
The village chief then remembered that he was called here by Lu Yaozu.
The village chief looked at Zhao Xiaofang beside him. No matter what, Zhao Xiaofang admitted that the money belonged to her and Lu Yaozu.
"No, this money is to be returned to our Zhao family! Why should I give it to you!" Ye Fengchun pulled Lu Yaozu away and reached out to take the money from the village chief.
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