"What's going on?"
Seeing that she couldn't hide the truth, Liu Zhaodi pretended to wipe away her tears and said, "Mom, my life is so hard. You see, Wumao is growing up day by day, Aimin is a person with no special ability, and these three children are all in school. I really can't bear it anymore!"
Niu Cuihua asked back, "What does that have to do with you finding a wife for Erni? You said you have a hard time, but everyone has a hard time."
"A while ago, an aunt from my mother's family asked me about a good young man she was looking for. He's from a very wealthy family. I was thinking that Erni is of the right age, and I don't know if she can go to high school. It would be a good opportunity to marry her off. He has only one son and several sisters. Marrying him would bring her happiness."
Erni interrupted, "It's not what you said at all. You're pretending I didn't hear anything. That guy is just an old bachelor. His previous wife died, so he asked someone to act as a matchmaker. You only asked me to marry him because he offered you a lot of money! Anyway, I won't marry anyone, so whoever wants to marry can marry me!"
Niu Cuihua looked at Liu Zhaodi and spoke slowly, "Is that so?"
Liu Zhaodi glared at Erni and said, "This girl just doesn't want to get married, that's why she said that. You said I'm her mother, how could I harm her?"
Erni roared, "You're only after her money, not for my own good! Grandma, you can't listen to her!"
"Er Ni, what's wrong? Why are you so angry?"
As soon as Li Aimin came back from the mountain, he heard that his daughter and wife had a quarrel at his fourth brother's house. He rushed over before he returned home, and as soon as he entered the yard, he heard these words.
As soon as Niu Cuihua saw the third brother coming, she asked him directly, "Third brother, do you know that your wife is looking for someone to be a matchmaker for Erni?"
Li Aimin looked puzzled. "I know, Mom, what's wrong?"
Niu Cuihua was furious when she heard this and pointed at Li Aimin, "Third brother, you actually knew about this. What do you want mother to say to you?"
Li Aimin didn't understand why Niu Cuihua was angry. He thought that it shouldn't be that serious if he was just arranging a matchmaking for Erni. He asked, "Mom, is there anything wrong with arranging a matchmaking for Erni?"
Niu Cuihua was very disappointed with her husband and said, "What's wrong with that? You two love money so much that you want to marry your daughter to an old bachelor, a bachelor whose wife is dead!" After saying that, she kept sighing.
Old man Li, who never liked to meddle in other people's affairs, also glared at Li Aimin angrily.
Li Aimin still didn't understand what was going on. "Mom, I don't understand what you're saying. What do you mean Erni is marrying an old bachelor? Isn't he a young man? He's the only one among several sisters in the family. They said the child is still working in the commune. Isn't that right?"
After hearing what he said, the onlookers all looked at Li Aimin with sympathy.
Having said that, Niu Cuihua still had nothing to understand. This was Liu Zhaodi pretending to obey but secretly disobeying the Third Brother. She glared at Liu Zhaodi and said, "You should ask your wife!"
"Zhao Di, what's going on? Didn't you say you found a good guy for Er Ni? How come she became a bachelor now?" Li Aimin asked her while staring into Liu Zhao Di's eyes.
Liu Zhaodi knew that she was finished. She had specially chosen a day when her mother-in-law and husband were not at home. She didn't expect that she could no longer hide the truth before the matter was done.
She stopped pretending, "It's nothing. Although he's a little older, his family is well off. Erni won't have to work if she goes there! Besides, people say Erni is educated and younger than him. He can give us 80 yuan as a betrothal gift!"
When the onlookers heard about the eighty yuan betrothal gift, they were shocked.
"Eighty yuan, why is it so much?"
"That's right, that's right, we haven't seen so much money before!"
When Li Aimin heard Liu Zhaodi say this, he felt like he had never known her. He originally thought that she was just a little bit patriarchal, but would never do such a thing as selling her daughter. But now this person wanted to sell her daughter for 80 yuan. How could he believe it!
"You sold your daughter for eighty dollars?"
Liu Zhaodi retorted, "Look at what you said. What do you mean by selling a daughter? Didn't I tell you that the man's family is rich, and Erni will be able to enjoy a good life once she marries him, without having to work? Didn't you also agree to find a wife for Erni?"
Li Aimin roared, "I agreed to find her a mother-in-law, but I didn't expect you to find someone like this for our daughter!"
Liu Zhaodi was puzzled. "What's wrong? Isn't it good to find someone like this? If I were a girl, I would be willing to find someone like this!"
"What's wrong? What's wrong? Do you know what's going on in that family? His previous wife was beaten all day long. Later, she got pregnant, and I don't know if it was because of the beatings, but she died in childbirth! How can you let our daughter marry such a man? How can you be so cruel?"
Liu Zhaodi didn't care. "Is it abnormal for a man to beat his wife? There are many men who don't beat their wives. After Erni gets married, she can just serve the family well!"
Li Mingxi who was standing by was shocked when she heard this. She only knew that her third aunt-in-law was a bit patriarchal, but she didn't expect that this person was such a weirdo who believed that there was nothing wrong with men beating women!
At this time, Li Aimin was heard cursing, "Have I ever hit you? You said it's normal for a man to hit his wife. We've been married for more than ten years. Have I ever touched you?"
Liu Zhaodi lowered her head and kept silent. Looking at her man's crazy look, she was a little scared and didn't dare to speak, but she didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what she said.
Niu Cuihua said, "Alright, stop talking. Let's just leave it at that. Erni doesn't want to get married now anyway, so let's just leave it at that. If she passes the high school entrance exam, she can go. If not, let her go to work in the fields first. We can talk about matchmaking later!"
Liu Zhaodi screamed, "Mom, how can we just let it go like this? I've already accepted the betrothal gifts, I can't give it back!"
Niu Cuihua: "Why can't we just go back? Okay, let's just stop standing here. The arguing just now gave me a headache."
Liu Zhaodi wanted to say something else, but was pulled away by Li Aimin.
Li Aimin originally wanted to go home and talk to Liu Zhaodi again, but when he entered the house, he saw an old woman sitting there.
"Zhao Di, you're back?" When Old Lady Zhu saw Liu Zhao Di coming back, she hurried out.
Then he saw Li Xinghua standing behind Liu Zhaodi. He grabbed her hand and said, "Hey, this is your daughter, isn't she? She's really pretty. Don't worry, with her looks, her family will definitely agree."
"Aunt, my Erni doesn't want to be a matchmaker anymore," Li Aimin directly pried open the arm that Old Lady Zhu was holding on Li Xinghua, and told her to go into the house.
When Mrs. Zhu heard this, she immediately refused to do it. "No, Zhaodi, didn't we agree on this? How could you change your mind again? Do you think the gift is too low? It's okay. I'll talk to their family when I get back!"
Li Aimin said directly: "Aunt, this is not about the betrothal gift. My family doesn't need that little betrothal gift. My daughter won't get married!"
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