Half an hour later, Jiang Xiaoluo confessed her thoughts. She asked Liu Chunhua, "Why don't I take my words seriously? I belong to this family, but I don't seem to have any sense of existence. They can dispose of my hard-earned money at will, and they can ignore my thoughts and opinions. Then what is the meaning of my existence? What is it?"

[This is a typical sequela of favoring sons over daughters.] Jiang Ruyi loves to read gossip and knows a lot about this kind of thing. In modern times, there are countless families that favor sons over daughters. Girls are supposed to do everything for the family. Some even use their marriage as a bargaining chip to exchange for high-rise buildings and cars, or as a down payment for their brothers' betrothal gifts.

Liu Chunhua listened silently. She had not experienced the era that Ruyi was talking about, but she also knew that girls were also a vulnerable group at the moment, and it was the same for both her and Jiang Xiaoluo.

"Xiao Luo, listen, it doesn't matter what they do, but you have to treat yourself as a priceless treasure. Your efforts and hard work are to create good conditions for yourself to live a good life, not to make wedding dresses for others. Keep the money you earn, don't give it to anyone, and don't trust anyone."

"Is it still possible...to be like this?" Jiang Xiaoluo had a dazed expression. She had always been taught that it was the right thing to do to make money to support the family, no matter how much money it was, to hand it over to her parents.

No one ever said that you can keep the money for yourself, and no one ever said that she can be a priceless treasure.

"Of course, if those people don't value your efforts, then your obedience will become their right to enslave you. You must learn to distinguish between what is good and what is bad, and don't blindly obey. That's not being sensible, but squeezing out the meaning of your life."

"Sister Chunhua..."

Jiang Xiaoluo was very surprised. "I didn't expect you to know so much, and it all sounds reasonable."

Liu Chunhua smiled and said, "Some of them I learned through my own experience, and some of them were taught to me by Ruyi."

"Ah? Ruyi?" Jiang Xiaoluo didn't understand how a little kid could teach people the truth.

Liu Chunhua didn't explain, but touched her hair and said, "Okay, it's getting late. You should think about the future slowly. It's time to go to bed now."

"Okay." Jiang Xiaoluo nodded, her eyes following Liu Chunhua. She suddenly felt that she admired her a little.

"By the way. If you don't want to go back tomorrow, you can continue to stay here. I'll have someone bring you food. But you're still an unmarried girl after all, so you can't stay out here for long."

"I see. Thank you, Sister Chunhua."

Liu Chunhua closed the door, left the room to her, and took Ruyi to the empty room.

The bedding had already been laid out, and Jiang Ruyi was rolling around in bed, [Oh, I've become a life mentor. ]

"You're making fun of me again." Liu Chunhua changed her into bed clothes and turned off the bedside lamp. "Okay, it's really late, go to bed."

[Got it. Good night.]

As the night deepened, the moon outside the house was shrouded in a layer of dark clouds, which piled up like an impenetrable fog filling the night sky.

Old Li sat in the middle of the main room with tears in his eyes, next to him were his son Li Xiao and daughter-in-law.

"Chunhua has already said that she will give me a raise. With these twenty yuan, my salary will be very generous, enough to support our family!"

"So what? Aren't the descendants of workers still workers? Nothing can ever be changed! It's fine if you work for the rest of your life, but do you want us to work for the rest of our lives too?"

"What do you mean by that?"

Seeing the puzzled look in Old Li's eyes, Li's young wife said proudly, "Liu Chunhua is so popular now that no one in the town can do business. There are more than one person who is dissatisfied with her! She said that if we can help discredit Jin Yu Man Tang, she will give us 5,000 yuan! That's 5,000 yuan! We can open a shop and be the boss ourselves!"

Old Li was also shocked. He didn't expect the other party to be so ruthless and would rather spend so much money to kill him. However, he still disagreed, "You want to be the boss, then we can earn it ourselves. I don't believe that we can't earn this money with our own hands!"

"You old thing, why are you so stubborn!" Li Xiao's wife lost her patience and was about to curse, but Li Xiao stopped her. He stepped forward and said earnestly, "Dad, to be honest, I have already agreed to this matter, and I have also received a deposit from others."

"What? How could you agree to this?" Old Li was furious and immediately asked him to return the money.

"It's impossible to return it. I've already lost the money in the bet. Besides, since they dare to do it, they are not afraid that we will regret it. I have heard rumors that if we don't take action, they will take action against us."

"I don't believe it. You must be lying to me again. Are you trying to force me to agree?"

Li Xiao lifted up his clothes and saw that his stomach and abdomen were all covered with purple bruises from being kicked. Some areas were filled with blood and looked extremely hideous.

"This....Did they beat me?" Old Li's voice began to tremble. Li Xiao saw this and pulled his wife to kneel down together. "Dad, I know you don't want to, but they said that as long as you give me the medicine once, they will deal with it later. Besides, the medicine won't kill me, but it will ruin the reputation of Jin Yu Man Tang. Please agree."

"I...I can't!"

Old Li still couldn't get over it, but at this moment, Li Xiao dropped another bombshell, "Dad, even if you don't care about me, can you not care about your own grandson?"

"What? What do you mean?"

As Old Li was shocked, Li Xiao took out a test report and said, "Juanzi is already three months pregnant. The doctor said that she can even see a human figure. Dad, if we don't do it, they won't let the child go!"

Li's wife reacted for a few seconds and then started wailing, "You've always complained about not having enough people at home, but now we have a child, which is considered a new addition to the family. We must raise him well!"

"Can't you just call the police?" Old Li trembled. The appearance of the child made his resolute heart waver.

Li's wife smiled coldly, "He is just a gangster, why would he be afraid of you calling the police? Even if the police can control you for a while, can they control you forever? How can we guarantee that we won't be taken advantage of all the time? Grandpa, this is your grandson! You have to think clearly, which is more important, Liu Chunhua or your grandson's life."

"I......"

Old Li raised his head and sighed, a line of tears slowly sliding down from the corners of his eyes.

When he thought of Liu Chunhua's trust in him, her instructions and care, he felt more and more uncomfortable.