After understanding the reason, Qin kicked open the door and shouted, "What are you yelling about? If you keep talking nonsense, do you believe I'll sew your mouth shut with a needle?"
Zhou Youfu crawled over crying, “Waaah, sister-in-law, dear sister-in-law, please save me! I’m being tortured to death by your eldest son.”
"You made a mistake by taking our things, and now you're trying to blame it on my son? Bah!"
Qin gave him a good scolding, refusing to listen to any of his explanations, and ordered Zhou Dawei to throw him out while she was cursing me.
Zhou Youfu was unwilling and felt guilty, so he could only leave in a sorry state. Why was it that his family was struggling to make ends meet while her family had everything they wanted? God was too unfair.
Just as he was complaining, Zhou Youfu suddenly noticed two women arguing back and forth under the old tree, and he curiously leaned over.
“Sister Zhang, you only betrothed Xiaohua to the Zhou family because they are wealthy and offer a large dowry. I’ve even scraped together forty taels of silver these past few days, even though my family is useless. They still have their eyes on your Xiaohua.”
That spoiled brat in the family is so desperate for that girl that he's willing to die for her every day. Otherwise, she would never have been willing to pay forty taels of silver to marry a wife. In Li's opinion, ten taels of silver would be enough for a wife!
Zhang looked troubled. "No, no, Sister Li, please don't make things difficult for me. I've already agreed to the Zhou family's request, and the wedding will be held in a couple of days."
Li sighed, "I didn't mean to break up someone's marriage. But as a parent, I'm afraid that Xiaohua, such a good girl, will be dragged down by the Zhou family."
"What do you mean by that?" Zhang's expression hardened.
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