The duck that's already in our mouths can't just fly away.
Lin Xiuzhi thought for a moment, then gritted her teeth, grabbed Song Ning's arm, and said with a smile, "Old Song, it's just 20,000 yuan, let's just go along with Song Ning's offer."
Song Daqiang was somewhat displeased, but seeing Lin Xiuzhi say this, he was easily swayed and had no choice but to hand over 20,000 yuan to Song Ning.
"You'd better hide this money well. There are a lot of thieves in the countryside."
"Don't worry, Father. I'll hide it very safely."
She happily accepted the money and quickly wrote her name on the letter severing ties.
Now I have money, and I won't have to bear the stigma of being labeled as having a bad class background anymore.
"Okay? Let's do it this way. Song Xue, you should go to the textile factory to report for duty."
"Okay, Dad. I'll go change my clothes right away."
Song Xue hummed a song and went back to her room to get ready. Before leaving, she glanced at Song Ning, her eyes showing a mixture of dissatisfaction with Song Ning asking for money and a smug, defiant look of having taken over the job.
Song Ning ignored her and pressed her advantage, "Dad, before I go to the countryside, I want to go back to the Song family ancestral home to pay my respects to my mother and grandparents. After all, I don't know when I'll be able to come back this time."
"Okay. I'll have driver Lao Li take you there."
Song Daqiang didn't think much of it.
"Okay, Dad, I'll go back to my room and change my clothes too."
Song Ning returned to the house, bit her finger until it bled, and dripped the blood onto the jade ring. Soon, the jade ring emitted a spiritual light.
She was sucked in.
There was a space with ten acres of fertile land and a small courtyard.
There is also a spring in the courtyard that keeps gushing out.
She tried a sip and felt refreshed; the medicine worked wonders!
She walked into the house and found that the layout was very similar to her mother's room in the Song family's old house.
She opened the drawer of the dressing table and found a small box with a combination lock.
Song Ning tried entering her birthday, and the box opened.
Inside was a marriage certificate and a key to the cellar.
Song Ning had read the novel; this key was the key to the Song family's secret base.
The assets that Song Daqiang has sold off over the years are only a part of the Song family's assets; the majority of the Song family's assets are in a secret base.
Before Song Ning went to the countryside, she took advantage of the fact that Song Daqiang hadn't discovered this secret base yet, and moved all the treasures from the ancestral home into her spatial dimension, hehe.
After leaving the space, Song Ning changed her clothes and followed driver Lao Li back to the Song family ancestral home.
Driver Lao Li is an old member of the Song family. He worked as a housekeeper at the Song family's ancestral home before the liberation and can be said to have watched Song Ning grow up.
Seeing that Song Ning had given the job that originally belonged to her to her stepsister, Lao Li felt indignant on her behalf.
“Miss, you just gave the job to Song Xue like that, and now you have to go to the countryside. I really feel sorry for you.”
"It's alright, Uncle Li, don't worry about me."
Song Ning felt a warm glow in her heart, thinking that even a stranger like her felt sorry for her, while her scumbag father, Song Daqiang, was siding with the outsider.
“But Miss, I remember now, when you were just born, Madam arranged a marriage for you as a child. The groom was the son of Madam’s close friend. I remember there was even a marriage certificate. It was in Madam’s dowry chest at the Song family’s old mansion.”
"What? An arranged marriage between children?"
Song Ning, who transmigrated from the 21st century, had never heard of arranged marriages before.
Does this mean she was born with a husband?
She remembered the marriage certificate she had seen online, which she had initially thought was for her mother. She hadn't expected it to be a marriage certificate for her.
"Then why haven't I heard my dad mention it?"
"Madam didn't tell Song Daqiang about this. Song Daqiang had already cheated on you at that time, so it can be considered that Madam left you a way out."
Hearing this, Song Ning felt a pang of sadness.
It seems that Song Ning's mother had long anticipated that her daughter would be schemed against, and had planned ahead. Parents' hearts are always full of love and worry.
With this arranged marriage, she no longer needed to go to the countryside.
"Uncle Li, do you know what my childhood betrothed is like?"
Song Ning was a little curious.
"I heard his surname is Meng, and his name is Meng Yuming. The Meng family used to be quite wealthy, but they fell on hard times, and I heard Meng Yuming joined the army. I haven't seen him in all these years. But I heard he's very handsome. I heard he went back to his hometown to visit relatives today. Why don't you come with me to see him?"
"good."
...
Midday in the southern part of the city, on the streets.
A military jeep was parked on the side of the road.
Meng Yuming bowed and pleaded with the man in the car, "Sir, please talk to my mother and ask her to break off the betrothal. My mother is so old-fashioned and insists that I marry a girl I've known since childhood, and I heard she's from a wealthy family. You know, I'm about to be promoted, and I've heard things are getting tense again. I don't want her family background to affect my promotion."
The man in the car had a subtle, ambiguous expression on his face, and his dark eyes were both handsome and cold.
"Why don't you just plead with your mother yourself?"
“Boss, my mother is very stubborn. She won’t listen to me. You’re the boss, your words will definitely carry weight.”
Meng Yuming's idea was to have his superior, Huo Beian, speak up and say it was the order from above. He figured even if his mother had objections, she wouldn't make things difficult for him.
Although Huo Beian was displeased, he thought that he had always hated the old feudal arranged marriage system, and since the two of them had no feelings for each other, it was acceptable to break off the engagement.
After all, Meng Yuming is quite clever. It would be a real pity if his marriage problem affected his further promotion, since he is one of his men.
Thinking of this, Huo Beian decided to go with him to talk to Meng's mother.
...
After returning to the Song family ancestral home, Song Ning first paid respects to her mother and the ancestral tablets.
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