"You've probably forgotten that we've severed our relationship. What does Li Bing's marriage have to do with me?"
Although Li Tao knew that Cai Hong's coming was definitely not a good thing, she still had some hope in her heart. After all, they had lived under the same roof for so many years, and there would be some feelings between them. But she didn't expect that she still overestimated Cai Hong.
What good girl in the village would marry Li Bing? Not only is he lazy, but he's also a gambler. Perhaps the betrothal gift is just an excuse, and the real reason is to pay off Li Bing's gambling debts!
If I really marry the idiot from the Chen family, I guess he will try every possible way to exploit me!
Thinking of this, Li Tao felt an inexplicable emotion well up in his heart, a kind of indescribable sadness...
"What are you talking about? When did we break up? It was just a quarrel. You still take it to heart. How can there be any overnight hatred between us mother and daughter? I know you like to eat wild vegetables. I picked these for you in the mountains. They are very fresh." Cai Hong smiled awkwardly, holding Li Tao's arm intimately while speaking.
Li Tao looked at the wild vegetables in the basket, her eyes reddened, as if she remembered something. She felt a surge of grievance, tears welled up in her eyes like a broken dam, and a sense of sadness emanated from her whole body...
"Oh, look at you, what's there to cry about? If you like to eat them, your mother will pick them for you every day in the future." Seeing Li Tao like this, Cai Hong thought that she was touched and was secretly happy in her heart, but her face still pretended to be the image of a loving mother. She wiped the corners of her eyes without tears with a handkerchief and said gently.
"Sister-in-law..." Qi Xinlan's heart was in a knot. She clearly felt that Li Tao was in a bad mood. She was interrupted by Li Tao just as she was about to speak.
"Lan Zi, I'm fine." Li Tao smiled, but there was bitterness in her smile. Then she coldly pulled back the hand that Cai Hong was holding and said:
"Go away! Don't come here again. Since you sold me to the Qi family for 800 yuan, I belong to the Qi family. I have nothing to do with you anymore."
"Woo... Taozi, I know you are still blaming me, but there was nothing I could do at that time. If I really couldn't come up with 800 yuan, your brother would have died! I know I was wrong. I know you like to eat wild vegetables, so I went up the mountain early in the morning to pick them for you. You see, they are still fresh." Cai Hong pinched her thigh secretly, and the pain made her tears fall instantly. She took the opportunity to sob.
The voice sounded desolate and sad, as if it was truly heartbroken...
The elderly people watching nearby, seeing Cai Hong crying like this, couldn't bear it and advised:
"Taozi, please forgive your mother. After all, she has raised you for so many years. Even if she has no merits, she has worked hard for you!"
"Yes, although your mother is not your biological daughter, the grace of raising a child is greater than the grace of giving birth to one!"
"That's right, that's right. Look at how much my mother is crying. She must have regretted it a long time ago."
“…”
Cai Hong was delighted to see that everyone was on her side. If Li Tao didn't forgive her, it would be unfilial!
"I don't like wild vegetables!" Li Tao smiled sadly, tears rolling down her eyes...
"What?" Cai Hong didn't react for a moment.
"I said I don't like wild vegetables! I like eggs! I like meat! It was you who said that the eggs should be left for my younger brother, and the meat should be left for my younger brother, so what can I eat? I can only pretend that I like wild vegetables. What I hate most in my life is wild vegetables! They are bitter, astringent and unpalatable!" Li Tao roared.
Cai Hong's face turned pale when she heard this.
After Li Tao roared, he felt much better. He no longer paid attention to Cai Hong and turned around to leave.
"You can't leave!" Cai Hong didn't want to pretend anymore and blocked Li Tao's way.
"Why can't I leave?" Li Tao curled her lips and smiled sarcastically.
"Lend me money, otherwise you can't leave!" Cai Hong said with a cold face.
"Cai Hong, we have already signed the severance agreement. Why should I lend you money? Besides, the housekeeper is my mother-in-law, and I don't have a penny." Li Tao snorted coldly.
"I don't admit it! You forced me to sign! I don't care. I raised you, so you have to take care of me for the rest of my life! As long as you agree to lend the money, won't my mother-in-law give it to you?" Cai Hong acted like a rogue.
"You know whether I was forced or not!" Li Tao said coldly.
"I don't care. If you don't lend it to me today, I will die at your doorstep!" Cai Hong said as she took out a knife from the vegetable basket and put it against her neck.
She was at her wit's end. If soft tactics didn't work, she decided to resort to hard tactics! Without the six hundred yuan, her son would be missing an arm! For her son, she had no choice but to risk it all.
"Then just go and die. If you die at our doorstep, I will set off a big firecracker for you right away." Li Tao said with her hands on her hips.
She has lived under the same roof with Cai Hong for so many years, and she still doesn't know what kind of person she is?
Are you going to use force because she won't respond to soft tactics?
Besides, Cai Hong is most afraid of death. After all, her beloved son has not yet married and had children. How could she bear to let him go?
"Cai Hong, if you want to die, do it quickly. I still have to go home and cook." Mrs. Chen said while cracking melon seeds.
"It's Cai Hong. If you want to die, do it quickly. I have to go back to feed the pigs."
"Cai Hong, are you scared?"
“…”
Everyone looked like they were here to watch the fun. They all realized that the betrothal gift was probably an excuse. They were afraid that Li Bing had gone gambling again and wanted to borrow money from Li Tao to pay off his gambling debts!
Cai Hong is so shameless. She previously sold Li Tao to the Qi family for a high price of 800 yuan as a betrothal gift, and now she comes to borrow money from them.
Cai Hong felt embarrassed when she saw everyone making a fuss. Just then the village chief arrived.
"Cai Hong, what are you doing? Put down the knife!" The village chief shouted angrily with a dark face.
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