"What did you say?" Zhan Aiguo couldn't believe it and was extremely devastated.

"Is it you or your mother? Could it be that both of you were killed by that old beast..."

"Only me." Zhan Hongyan lowered her voice and lifted up Chen Juxiang's clothes.

"Dad, Mom's skin easily scars, and it won't go away for ten days or half a month. Look, there are only scars from you beating her, and there is no trace of Huang Jianhua biting her at all."

Chen Juxiang was scared of being beaten these days, and quickly said, "Old Zhan, it really wasn't me. At that time, everyone in the team was there, and for the sake of my daughter's reputation, I had to take the blame for her."

Zhan Aiguo was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. Compared with his wife being abused, he could not accept his daughter being pregnant.

"You are not a virgin anymore, how can I ask for 300 yuan as a betrothal gift? Forget 300 yuan, I am afraid 100 yuan is not worth it now."

Being cuckolded is a matter of face, and not having a bride price affects whether his son can eat well. Zhan Aiguo loves his son very much, and for his son, he can give up his face.

Now, both the face and the betrothal gift are gone!

"Dad, I'm already in this state. I definitely can't marry into the city. The city people are cunning and if they find out that I've been abused, they will ask for the betrothal money back and even retaliate against my family."

Zhan Hongyan scared her father.

"If I marry Li Jian, we are from the same brigade, and he is a newcomer from another place. Even if he is discovered, he won't dare to do anything to me."

"Besides, our family is not far from the Li family. With my mother's help, I am sure I can make him think that I am still a lady."

Zhan Hongyan's implication was that if she married in the city, Chen Juxiang would have to come back that day and would not be able to help Zhan Hongyan at all.

Zhan Aiguo's expression relaxed for a moment, and Zhan Hongyan immediately seized the opportunity and began to make a big promise: "Dad, just let me marry Li Jian. I promise that in three years, Li Jian will be rich, and I will give you 1,000 yuan when the time comes!"

Three years later was 1980, and the reform and opening up had already begun for a year. According to the memory of his previous life, Li Jian was already a household with a net worth of 10,000 yuan.

"Alas, I raised you for eighteen years, but how come I ended up raising a mean girl with a crooked elbow?!" Zhan Aiguo's facial features were distorted, and he stamped his feet. Knowing that things had come to this point, there was no point in saying anything more, so he could only nod in agreement.

In the 1970s, the best dowry for a woman was chastity. His daughter didn't have that. How could Zhan Aiguo still have the nerve to ask for a dowry?

Zhan Hongyan did not feel ashamed. Seeing her father nod, she said happily, "Dad, then give me the 20 yuan. I'll give it to Li Jian and let him know. We'll get married on the 18th."

"Today is the 13th, and there are only five days left. I will make an agreement with him first, and then let him come over to propose marriage."

Zhan Aiguo was reluctant to spend his money, and he wanted to leave all his money for his son, but now he had to get his chaste Zhan Hongyan away quickly, so Zhan Aiguo had to give Zhan Hongyan 10 yuan.

"That's all. No matter what, you've never been married. Li Jian is a husband with two children. He has no right to pick on you. It's good enough that you give him 10 yuan."

Zhan Hongyan lowered her head and counted. She now had 25.5 yuan in her hand. Zhan Aiguo gave her 10 yuan, which was only 35.5 yuan, a big gap from 50.

"Dad, please give me 5 more yuan." Zhan Hongyan took the ten yuan from Zhan Aiguo's hand, quickly put it in her pocket, and then stretched out her hand to ask for more.

Zhan Aiguo said, "That's all. If he doesn't want to marry you, I will marry you to the old bachelor in the next brigade. He will definitely not dislike you."

Zhan Hongyan had no choice but to run to find Li Jian with the 35.5 yuan.

She now only wants to be a rich wife and tries to please Li Jian in every way. She wanted to make things settled with Li Jian before, but she was afraid that Li Jian would think she was too unreserved, so she decided to give up.

Now that he had money, there was no need to take risky moves. Zhan Hongyan called Li Jian from home, found a secluded place, and gave him all his belongings.

"Brother Li, I'm giving you all my money. Here are 35.5 yuan, which is only 14.5 yuan away from 50 yuan. Can you see if we can get married first? After I marry you, I will definitely work hard and earn work points to give you the money."

If it was Zhan Xinyue who could give Li Jian 35.5 yuan, he would definitely be very happy and would have happily married her home.

But now it was Zhan Hongyan's turn. Li Jian looked at the worthless woman with disdain and said coldly, "You're still short of 14.5 yuan. This is too much."

"How about this, if you give me another 8 yuan, I will marry you?" Li Jian looked reluctant, but he held the 35.5 yuan in his hand tightly, fearing that Zhan Hongyan would change her mind and leave.

Zhan Hongyan rolled her eyes and nodded, saying, "It's a deal. I'll give you the money and you'll marry me. We'll get married on the 18th of this month."

"Yeah." Li Jian nodded. He wanted Zhan Hongyan to come home earlier so that she could do all the housework and help take care of the children, thus reducing Liu Ruyan's burden.

When Zhan Hongyan saw Li Jian nod, she took a pill in her heart and ran away with the confidence of winning.

She now wanted to shout to the sky: Money, here I come! I want to be a rich wife.

The temptation of rich wife was too great. In order to achieve her goal, Zhan Hongyan went to find one of her lovers in her previous life, the educated youth Fang Jiaming.

It was already evening, and people who had been taking a walk were returning home one after another. There were only three men and two women at the educated youth site. Two of the women went to the lake to wash clothes, and one man went for a run. Only Fang Jiaming and a male educated youth who was hiding in a room reading a book were left.

Zhan Hongyan invited Fang Jiaming over and said directly: "Fang Zhiqing, I know about your deal with Widow Qu."

"She slept with you, and you gave her money and tickets." This was said by Fang Jiaming himself in his previous life.

Fang Jiaming had been in Changhong Brigade for two or three years. Seeing other educated youths return to the city, he had no connections and felt that his future was bleak. He had no place to vent his anxiety, so he paid 1 yuan each time, or the price of one or two sugar tickets, to find the still charming widow Qu.

"What do you want?" Fang Jiaming narrowed his eyes slightly. He thought Zhan Hongyan was trying to threaten him.

"I want 10 yuan." Zhan Hongyan stretched out her hands. She planned to give Li Jian 8 yuan and use the remaining 2 yuan to buy candy for the two children.

"On what basis?" Fang Jiaming was unhappy. "Everything depends on evidence. You didn't catch me in bed. Even if you want to report it, I won't admit it."

Zhan Hongyan said hurriedly: "I will sleep with you. To tell you the truth, I am short of ten yuan and I am in a hurry. I will sleep with you and you give me money."

In her previous life, Zhan Hongyan and Fang Jiaming had a good life. She thought the man had good skills, and she wanted to continue their relationship while they were still single and get money, which was just right to solve her urgent problem.

Fang Jiaming narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhan Hongyan, grinning foolishly: "She has no waist, no butt, and only the four ounces of flesh in front of her chest are worth looking at. That's it, and you still want to sell it for 10 yuan?"

"Let's go, it's not worth it." Fang Jiaming waved his hand.

Zhan Hongyan stamped her feet anxiously. Just as she was about to say that she only wanted eight pieces, she heard an obscene voice coming from behind.

"Comrade Zhan, we can each give you 3 pieces, is that okay?"