Chapter 5 Successfully Obtained the Letter of Severance
"Does he want to sell his daughter at a high price to a cripple or widower who can't find a wife, or send her to a rich family as a concubine? The scholar is selling his daughter for fame and fortune, he is really a man of high moral character!"
Ye Caiping continued.
Li Zhiyuan was a very proud person and could not stand the slightest humiliation: "Absurd! Absurd! How could I, how could I... sell my daughter for fame and fortune?"
Ye Caiping sincerely raised two thumbs up: "Just your words are enough, I give you a thumbs up!"
"Everyone come and see, our scholar master is a man of high character and integrity, and he really deserves to be a high official!"
"Also, the Li family is now a wealthy family, and their daughter is a real money-loser!"
"If the bride price is 10 taels, then the dowry will be 20 taels. If the bride price is 50 taels, then the dowry will be 100 taels. Otherwise, how can you be considered a wealthy family?"
Old Man Ye and others were stunned when they saw what Ye Caiping did. It was actually, actually...it was possible?
The two young sisters-in-law who supported Ye Caiping were very sensible. They looked at each other and quickly replied:
"Oh my, he is indeed worthy of being called the Scholar! My eldest nephew's cousin's uncle is a storyteller in a restaurant. I will find him tomorrow and ask him to spread the good character of the Scholar!"
"My brother-in-law happens to be a classmate of Mr. Xiucai. If he knew, his classmates would definitely admire Mr. Xiucai."
Second Aunt Ye said, "I'm very familiar with the matchmaker at the town street entrance. I told her directly that the scholar is from a wealthy family and his daughter is very precious. If she wants to marry, she must marry a good man. Not only does she not want a gift money, but she must also double the dowry! Let her pay more attention to good families!"
Whether it is a matchmaker or a brokerage firm, information is exchanged.
If Second Aunt Ye really goes to the matchmaker and tells the whole neighborhood about it, then it will be impossible for her to marry her daughter off for money.
Mrs. Li was almost mad: "What are you talking about? Ask the people in the village which family gave away money when marrying off their daughter!"
"We are poor people who can barely afford three meals a day. We have no choice but to do this." Ye Caiping spread her hands, "But isn't the scholar a wealthy family? Are scholars so worthless?"
"Alas, it turns out that passing the imperial examination is not that great. Just like us peasants, we have to sell our daughters to make money!"
Mrs. Li rolled her eyes in anger and said, "You shrew, if you keep talking nonsense, I will tear your mouth to pieces! Of course the scholar is great. He is different from you peasants. He is from a wealthy family!"
"That's right!" Ye Caiping clapped her hands, "Rich families all marry their daughters off generously, and no one sells their daughters for fame and fortune."
Going back again! Mrs. Li almost vomited blood: "You, you evil woman...Okay, very good, very good!"
Mrs. Li suddenly thought of something and felt a little better.
You spread it! Just spread it! When the storm died down, she directly sold the two loss-making goods to the county!
Unexpectedly, Ye Caiping said something even more outrageous: "From now on, I will keep an eye on my two daughters, hoping that they can marry into a good family soon! I believe that the noble scholar will not let us down."
"If they suddenly disappear one day, it must be some shameless beggar who kidnapped them. I will report it to the police!"
The breath that Mrs. Li had just breathed smoothly was stuck again.
In the Zhou Dynasty, selling children was not illegal, but it was a shameful thing if it was made public!
Especially since Li Zhiyuan had the title of scholar, he was afraid that it would affect his continued imperial examinations.
This isn’t okay, that isn’t okay! You also have to give the two money-losing guys a generous dowry!
Do I really have to pay compensation?
"Enough! Shut up!" Li Zhiyuan swung his sleeves fiercely, his face gloomy: "Ye, I know you want Zhaodi and the others, I am not unreasonable."
"Zhiyuan, what are you doing?" Mrs. Li immediately interrupted him.
Do you really want to give those two money-losing goods to Ye’s?
That's worth dozens of taels!
"Just listen to me!" Li Zhiyuan glared at her.
Mrs. Li immediately became timid, as Li Zhiyuan had always been the one making the decisions at home.
Li Zhiyuan knew the value of his two daughters, but this vicious woman Ye put them on the rack and they just couldn't get off it!
He couldn't explain this to others. If he did, how would others and his classmates look at him? You say that a scholar is reluctant to give away his dowry? Want to sell your daughter?
Either that, he would really have to pay money to marry off his daughter, or he would lose face and make a fool of himself in front of his classmates.
Besides, he is going to marry her soon. Wouldn't it be disgusting for her to keep two illegitimate children at home?
Li Zhiyuan snorted coldly: "It's not that I don't want to spend money to marry off my daughters, but they ran away on their own. It seems that they really want to live with the Ye family."
As he spoke, he looked at the Zhaodi sisters:
"Zhao Di, Lai Di, have you thought it through? Do you really want to go with your mother?"
"She is a wicked woman who beats her mother-in-law. She is a divorced and abandoned woman with a bad reputation. If you follow her, you will never be able to marry into a good family in the future."
"If you stay at home, you'll still be the daughter of a scholar! What a good life you can have!"
Ye Caiping burst out laughing.
A poor scholar, just because she praised him a few words, he really thought he was from a wealthy family? It’s worth a thousand gold!
Old Man Ye and others stared at the two granddaughters nervously, fearing that they would be unwilling to go with them.
So are Li Pozi and Li Zhiyuan.
The two sisters held each other's arms, looking flustered. Finally, Li Zhaodi whispered, "I want to live with my mother."
"Me, me too." Li Laidie said timidly.
Li Zhiyuan said solemnly: "Very good, this is your choice."
Ye Caiping quickly pulled her two daughters behind her and said, "Take out their household registration books, and also, write a letter of severance of relationship!"
Li Zhiyuan turned and went into the house, and soon came out with the household registration book, paper and pen.
He quickly wrote a letter to break off the relationship.
Ye Caiping took the household registration and the letter of severance of relationship and breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, everything was settled.
Mrs. Li stared at Li Zhaodi and the other two with hatred: "You blind evildoers! Once you leave this house, you will no longer be the daughters of a scholar!"
Ye Caiping finally dared to laugh out loud after receiving the letter of severance:
"Hahaha, how many pounds of gold do you have at home? Can it be used to allow them to drink half a bowl of brown rice porridge a day, or to do less farm work? A poor scholar who digs for food in a pit, and you want a thousand gold coins! Pah!"
"Pfft, hahahaha!" When the people around heard it, they all laughed out loud.
Although the scholar is very capable, he still has to farm! There really isn’t much gold at home!
The people in Lijia Village laughed, but then held back. They were on Li Zhiyuan's side, so how could they boost his morale?
"Bastard!" Li Zhiyuan finally reacted.
Although he is a scholar, he still has a long way to go. It is indeed too much to say that he is a rich man:
"I, Li Zhiyuan, reiterate here that Li Zhaodi and Li Laidi are no longer my, Li Zhiyuan's, daughters. From now on, you can never marry someone else under the guise of being the daughter of a scholar!"
"Don't worry! Who wants to be associated with shit?"
"You—shrew! Vulgar! Humph!"
Li Zhiyuan acted as if he was proud of himself and refused to argue with such a rude person. He flicked his sleeves fiercely and turned to walk into the house.
Ye Caiping took Zhaodi and Laidi into the house to pack their clothes.
Mrs. Li had a gloomy face and stood at the door staring intently, fearing that Ye Caiping would take even a single needle or thread from their Li family.
Over the years, Ye Caiping has spent all her money on Li Zhiyuan, and she has less than six sets of clothes.
Sister Zhaodi had even less, only four sets of clothes, two for winter and two for summer.
The mother, her two daughters, and their small bags got on the ox cart and left with the Ye family.
Mrs. Li looked at the two ox carts going away and cursed angrily:
"You shameless things, a divorced whore and two bitches, go back to the poor den of the Ye family, I wonder what good life you can have."
The neighbors hurriedly advised: "Don't be angry, auntie, Zhaodi and her sister are blind, and they will suffer in the future."
"Zhiyuan is a scholar now, and he will be a juren or jinshi in the future. When he becomes a high official, I will earn you an imperial decree!"
"They are just a bunch of poor people, born without the destiny to enjoy happiness."
Mrs. Li was flattered by her neighbors, and her mood improved:
"Mother Gou Wa, Mother Yan Zi, I have been neglecting you these past two days. Come to my room and sit for a while."
Yesterday she said that when Ye Caiping pushed her down, Gou Wa's mother was the first to stand up to help her, and she said she saw Ye Caiping pushing people with her own eyes.
Yan Zi Niang was the second one. If it weren’t for these two good neighbors, things wouldn’t have been so smooth.
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