Du Yunying sneered from the side, "Looks like they think we're ATMs."
Du Guangsheng couldn't stand Du Yunying saying such things, "You can't speak so harshly."
“Jiahao is your brother. He’s in trouble. You have an obligation to save him.”
"To hell with obligations. Last time Qin Fang went to Xingfu Village, he gave you the highest dowry. You said you wouldn't care about my life or death anymore."
"The Du family's affairs are no longer my concern. A married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl—you said that yourself, and now you're going back on your word?"
Du Guangsheng never expected this good-for-nothing to embarrass him like this, which made his face even uglier.
The habitual action... He reached out to hit her, but Qin Fang caught the hand that was attacking her with lightning speed.
"What do you want to do? You dare to hit my people right under my nose? You've got some nerve!"
Qin Fang's shout caused Du Guangsheng, that scoundrel, to cower to the side, not daring to make any further moves.
"I'm just in a hurry, aren't I? Jiahao is your youngest brother, he's only twenty years old this year. Do you want to just watch him die?"
Du Yunying snorted coldly, "Qin Fang gave a thousand yuan as a bride price. The village chief's family must have spent a lot of money on bride prices to get his son a wife back then."
"That happened so many years ago. The dowry given by the village chief has long been spent."
Du Yunleng gave a mocking smile, "The village chief has spent all the dowry he gave me, so he was planning to sell me a second time. If I hadn't managed to escape, I wouldn't even be alive now."
"How could I? You are my daughter, how could I possibly harm you?"
"Although the second son-in-law we found for you has a bit of a bad temper, his family is rich and has more pork than they can eat every day."
“I chose this husband for you so that you could have meat to eat every day, but you don’t even say thank you and instead complain about us. You don’t appreciate our kindness.”
Du Yunying found it amusing. "I think you just want to eat meat every day. Didn't that violent man promise you that he would bring you meat every day once I married into the family?"
Du Guangsheng and Li Cuihua exchanged bewildered glances. They had kept this a closely guarded secret; how did she know?
Looking at their expressions, Du Yunying felt sorry for the real Du Yunying.
Her parents didn't love her, so she married into the village chief's family and took care of that disabled man for eight years, but the man never treated her well.
Fortunately, she didn't marry that violent man, otherwise she might not even be alive now.
"How did you find out about this? We didn't tell you anything."
"If you don't want anyone to know, then don't do it in the first place. I'm putting my words out there today. Du Jiahao, you have to take responsibility for the trouble you caused. Asking for two thousand yuan is outrageous."
"I have no money. You can take my life."
Li Cuihua wailed, "My son-in-law has such a respectable job, and he's a high-ranking official, so his salary must be very high. You must save my brother!"
Du Yunying was speechless. These two people asked for two thousand yuan right off the bat, as if they thought they were easy targets.
"Either go back and discuss the dowry of five hundred yuan with that family, or send Du Jiahao to Lao Gai."
Choose one of the two.
Li Cuihua wanted to step forward and hit someone, but Qin Fang grabbed the hand that was trying to disturb her and flung it away, causing Li Cuihua to fall to the ground.
She lay on the ground and sobbed, accusing Du Yunying of being heartless and also accusing her son-in-law of hitting his father-in-law.
"How could you be so heartless? How could you treat your brother like this? He's innocent!"
Du Yunying felt nauseous upon hearing Li Cuihua's words. "He's innocent. He took advantage of his drunkenness to force himself on a girl, which is a crime of hooliganism, a crime punishable by death."
"If we continue to indulge them like this, their lives will be ruined."
"You ungrateful wretch, how dare you curse your brother? You heartless ingrate!"
Du Yunying had a headache from the noise, and Su Ying even more so. She didn't know why, but since she got pregnant, she was most afraid of noise. She didn't want to linger in these shrewish games anymore, as they made her dizzy.
She slowly walked up to Qin Fang, leaned close to his ear, and whispered something.
"Dad, don't be foolish this time. Once you've messed with this family, it won't be easy to get rid of them. No matter how much money you give them this time, they will definitely have to write a letter of severance. It will avoid a lot of trouble."
Qin Fang nodded. Last time, it was because Beijing was a long way from Xingfu Village, and it would take several days to get there by train.
He thought the Du family would behave themselves after taking the money.
After receiving a large dowry, they promised not to cause them any more trouble, and everyone lived peacefully together.
He took it seriously.
That's incredibly stupid.
That won't happen anymore. They've taken the money, and from now on, they'll have nothing to do with Du Yunying anymore.
"I understand. I'll be careful."
Su Ying nodded. "Alright then. You two continue with your household chores. Gu Sinian and I will go back to rest first. Neither of us can stay up late."
Okay. Get some rest.
"Uh-huh."
Gu Sinian helped Su Ying out of the living room and headed towards the door.
As soon as the two entered their living room, they could still hear the noise from next door.
Su Ying looked helpless. "It seems that having strange relatives is also a kind of helplessness."
"Yes, that's why my wife is the best."
"Glib-tongued".
"Let's go back and rest."
"Uh-huh."
"It's too noisy outside. Let's go into the space instead."
Su Ying was a little worried. "This isn't a good idea. What if my parents need help later and they come in and don't see anyone? How are we supposed to explain that?"
That's true, and Gu Sinian also gave up the idea of entering the space.
For some reason, he was able to sleep very soundly and well after entering the space, and he would wake up the next day feeling much more energetic.
Sleeping outside has a slightly different effect.
I never sleep very soundly.
This caused his mental state to fluctuate repeatedly.
"Then let's sleep outside for now."
Su Ying nodded. Perhaps because she was pregnant, she slept very soundly.
Su Ying was right; Gu Sinian had just fallen asleep when there was a knock on the door.
The two were awakened by the knocking on the door. Gu Sinian patted Su Ying on the shoulder and said, "I'll go check on her. You go back to sleep."
"good."
Su Ying lay down and continued sleeping.
Gu Sinian opened the door, and Qin Fang appeared in front of it. Gu Sinian looked helpless and asked, "Father-in-law, what brings you here so late at night?"
"We've reached an agreement and would like you to be a witness."
"It's almost ten o'clock and you've only just settled the terms. This Du couple is really not to be trifled with."
Qin Fang, deeply aware of this, complained, "They're not only difficult to deal with, but they're also incredibly troublesome. We talked all night and finally settled on a price of 1,500."
"There's nothing I can do. This is the only time. If we meet again, we'll be strangers."
“They should be treated as strangers. None of them are good people. The Du family only has Aunt Yunying as their daughter, and everyone treats her like a cash cow.”
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