Chapter 401 Her family's money is gone
Aunt Tao's smile immediately froze, her face turning ashen as she grabbed Tao Meiyu, her lips trembling as she couldn't answer.
Zhou Quan continued, "Aunt Tao, the only person I want to marry is Tao Yaofang. I don't care even if she can't get pregnant, so don't waste your breath."
As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Tao Meiyu, who looked utterly astonished, and said, word by word, "And you, even if I never marry anyone else in this life, I will never marry you."
Tao Meiyu's face flushed red. She was so ashamed to be rejected by a man that she turned around and ran away crying.
"Beautiful jade!" Aunt Tao hurriedly chased after her.
"Meiyu! Wait for me!"
Looking at the two of them, Aunt Zhou felt extremely unlucky, so she quickly asked Zhou Quan about Tao Yaofang.
Aunt Zhou was furious after hearing this. "These two, mother and daughter, are so vicious. If I had known, I would not have listened to the matchmaker and would have let her bring her daughter to you for marriage."
Zhou Quan softened his voice and said, "Mother, this marriage proposal isn't all bad. At least I met Tao Yaofang."
Aunt Zhou sighed and said, "If you marry her, then the two people just now are your mother-in-law and your wife's sister."
Zhou Quan said firmly, "It's better to disown such a mother-in-law and sister-in-law. Once Yao Fang's injuries have healed, I will make them sever ties and never have any contact with each other again."
Seeing that he had already made up his mind, Aunt Zhou did not try to persuade him any further.
The two then tacitly avoided discussing Tao Yaofang's inability to conceive.
In Aunt Zhou's opinion, since Zhou Quan has made such a decision, it doesn't matter whether this matter is discussed or not.
Du Wanchun, who had been outside the mansion, did not enter the house. Instead, she went to the yamen and told Zhou Ruiyuan everything about the Tao family.
Zhou Ruiyuan kept it in mind; whenever Aunt Tao came looking for him, he would kick her out.
Aunt Tao was extremely anxious at home. Tao Yaofang had been staying at the Zhou family's house and hadn't returned, so she had no way to send her to the He family's house.
She had received fifty taels of silver from the He family, and she had to send her daughter into their household as agreed.
In a moment of desperation, Aunt Tao went to the government office to report that the Zhou family had detained her eldest daughter in their mansion.
Sure enough, Zhou Ruiyuan immediately sent someone to kick her out.
Soon, the news of Aunt Tao beating and selling her daughter spread throughout the streets and alleys, and people threw eggs at her whenever they saw her.
Left with no other option, Aunt Tao stopped causing trouble at the yamen.
As the day the He family was to come and pick them up drew closer, Aunt Tao had no choice but to return the fifty taels of silver to them first.
However, when she returned home, she found that the silver was gone.
She used the fifty taels of silver to buy clothes and jewelry for her youngest daughter, leaving her with forty taels.
But now we don't have a single coin of those forty taels.
She was frantic, frantically searching the house.
"Second brother, third brother, Meiyu! Have you seen the silver I put in the cabinet?!"
Tao Meiyu hid in the room and cried.
The second son lay on the bed without saying a word.
Only the third brother came running over excitedly.
"Mother, what's wrong?"
Aunt Tao was frantic with worry. "Yinzi, have you seen the silver that Mother put here?"
Tao Laosan scratched the back of his head and said, "Mother, I've spent this money."
"It cost money?" Aunt Tao exclaimed in surprise.
Tao Laosan said dismissively, "That's right, isn't this money for me to get married? I've taken a fancy to the Xu family's daughter in the next village, and I bought her grain and clothes."
Aunt Tao felt a wave of dizziness. "You spent all this money?! You didn't leave a single bit?"
Tao Laosan chuckled and said, "The Xu family's daughter wanted to eat at a restaurant, so I took the money and ordered a whole table of dishes for her."
"You! You idiot!" Aunt Tao was trembling with anger.
Tao Laosan was completely bewildered. "Mother, how could you scold me? I'm doing this so that you can hold your grandson soon!"
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