"It means exactly what it says. A woman from another village came to our village, gave us some money, and asked us to look after her children for a while. But she never came back." Li Aiguo said indifferently.
"So! Son, you don't have to feel guilty. This is your sister's fate!" Cai Hongfeng said calmly.
A "clang" sound attracted the attention of several people. When they looked in the direction of the sound, they found Li Tao standing at the door. She was pale and her whole body was shaky, as if a gust of wind could blow her down.
So that's it. She thought her mother just didn't like her.
The result is like this. No wonder she has endless work to do every day since she can remember, while Li Bing can go out and play every day. Even when Li Bing gets into trouble, she is the only one who gets beaten, and they say that she didn't take good care of her brother.
Even now that Li Bing has lost money, he is being asked to use himself as a gift to pay off his debts, and the other party is still a fool! !
That’s right, Li Tao didn’t know that the man she was marrying was a fool. She felt that since she couldn’t marry the man she loved in this life, it didn’t matter who she married in the end. But she didn’t expect the Li family to be so cruel and make her marry a fool!!!
"You heard it, that's perfect. I'm too lazy to waste any more words. You marry into the Chen family and that will be considered as repaying our kindness for raising you." Cai Hong said expressionlessly.
"Taozi, listen to me, although the other party is a fool, his family is well-off. You just need to coax that fool, and he will listen to you obediently. Besides, you don't have to work, and he will enjoy a good life in the future!" Li Aiguo's words were spoken in a loving tone, but made Li Tao feel like she was falling into an ice cave.
"Sister, I'm sorry, please help me, otherwise they will really break my legs. Dad is right, you just need to coax that fool. Once Chen's parents die, you will have the final say. We will still rely on you then." Li Bing also pleaded bitterly.
"Dad, Mom, you want me to die! That idiot will beat people." Li Tao felt a little hopeless. If it was the idiot from Chenjia Village, she would know a little about him. The aunties and grandmas in the village had said that the idiot from Chenjia Village had beaten two wives to death. His reputation was so bad that no family dared to marry their daughter to him, unless the family could not make ends meet, they would marry their daughter to him in exchange for a betrothal gift.
But considering that she is not their daughter, they don't care about her life or death, right?
Li Tao instantly felt that the whole world was dark...
"What's wrong with hitting people? You'll get used to it after a while. Anyway, Li Tao, I tell you, you have to marry me whether you want to or not! You can only blame your biological parents for not coming to pick you up for so many years." Cai Hong smiled coldly. If Li Tao hadn't snatched Li Bing's milk all those years, Li Bing wouldn't have been so thin since childhood. She took a lot of effort to make Li Bing fat.
"You'll get used to it after being beaten for a while. Why don't you try it yourself?" Qi Xinlan was really angry and retorted directly. They had come here happily, but heard such shocking news before they even entered the door. She always thought that the Li family only favored boys over girls, and most of the people in the village were like that. Only their parents were more open-minded and doted on her.
The truth is that Sister Taozi is not their biological daughter, so they were so harsh on her. She did the most tiring and heaviest work, but ate corn grits that did not contain much corn. If she had not met his brother later and brought food to Sister Taozi from time to time, Sister Taozi would probably have starved to death.
"Why are you here?" Li Tao looked at the people who came with tears in her eyes. She didn't expect that everyone from the Qi family would come.
"Silly girl, why didn't you tell me? If Lan Zi hadn't told me, I would have really thought that you broke off the engagement because you despised our family being poor!" Qi Xinwei said as he wiped Li Tao's tears with a distressed look on his face.
"Taozi, you are the daughter-in-law chosen by our Qi family. How could we not come?" Zhao Lan took Li Tao's hand with a look of pity and comforted her gently.
"What do you mean by the daughter-in-law your family has recognized? Our two families have broken off the engagement. I will send Taozi to the Chen family tomorrow." Cai Hong said sarcastically, with her hands on her hips.
"Aunt Cai, Taozi has been raised by you for so many years. Even cats and dogs have feelings for her. How could you bear to marry Taozi to the idiot from the Chen family?" Zhao Lan got angry when she saw Cai Hong's look and retorted.
"What's the point of talking about feelings? Can it be exchanged for money? You said it yourself, you have raised her for so many years and eaten our food for so many years, it's time to repay your kindness. If you really decide to make Li Tao your daughter-in-law, that's fine! Just pay the 800 yuan betrothal gift, and we won't say anything." Cai Hong said proudly. She was sure that the Qi family could not afford such a large betrothal gift. If they could, Qi girl would not have no money to go to college.
"Just because our family paid 800 yuan for the betrothal gift, will Sister Taozi break off all ties with you?" Qi Xinlan interrupted.
"Yes! If your family really pays 800 yuan for the betrothal gift, Taozi's life or death will have nothing to do with our family in the future!" Cai Hong said firmly.
"Okay, I'll make a document and you sign your names." Qi Xinlan said as she took out a pen and paper from her bosom and scribbled a few words on the paper. A letter of severance was drafted.
In fact, this letter of severance has no legal effect, but many people in this era have a weak legal awareness and are not very clear about it. She also took precautions to avoid being entangled by this family when her family's life becomes better.
Judging from Li Bing's personality, she will most likely gamble again. Then she will see who else the Li family can use to exchange for the betrothal gift.
Cai Hong and Li Aiguo didn't think much about it and pressed their fingerprints. They were waiting to see how the Qi family would come up with 800 yuan. But when the Qi family really came up with 800 yuan, their eyes widened so much that they almost popped their eyeballs out...
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