Chapter 17: If you want a betrothal gift, shouldn’t you go get clothes?

In the yard, He Sufen got up from the ground and stared at Qin Xiao with cloudy eyes.

Her hands were shaking as she pointed at him vigorously, "Good job, you finally came back."

"Qin Xiao, did you hit my son?"

She rushed outside and dragged the man in. "I was wondering why my son was put in a sack for no reason. It must be you, the little bastard, right?"

Jiang Hu was put in a sack and beaten yesterday. At first, it was hard to find out who did it. But last night, when she knew Qin Xiao had returned, He Sufen thought nothing of it and thought it must have been Qin Xiao who did it!

He dragged Jiang Hu here early in the morning to settle accounts with someone.

Qin Xiao's face was cold, and his dark eyes stared coldly at the mother and son in front of him.

It seems that the beating yesterday was not too severe, so he can still come here to cause trouble.

Jiang Tang tilted his head to look at the man next to He Sufen, and at first he didn't recognize who he was.

His face was beaten beyond recognition and swollen like a pig's head, but He Sufen was so nervous and still came to settle the score with Qin Xiao. After thinking about it for a while, she recognized that the pig-headed boy was Jiang Hu who came to trouble her that day!

Jiang Tang stared at Jiang Hu, who was beaten into a pig's head, with his bright dark eyes. A smile instantly appeared on his porcelain-white face, and his eyes were as bright as stars.

You deserve it!

No matter whether it was Qin Xiao who hit him or not.

Well played!

Finally someone spoke up for her, Jiang Tangshi couldn't help but laugh out loud with joy.

He Sufen's eyes suddenly glared over and met Jiang Tang's smiling eyes.

Jiang Tang was startled by the cloudy eyes and shrank behind Qin Xiao. Qin Xiao's tall figure completely covered the woman.

He Sufen spit on the ground, pointed at Qin Xiao and cursed, "Well, what do I think I am? It was this damn girl who ordered you to do that."

"Thank goodness you were engaged to my Cuicui, and it's only been a few days, but your heart has been seduced. You're protecting her like nothing, you're such a ungrateful person."

"Jiang Tang! You stole your sister's man and instigated him to beat up your own brother. You are really capable."

He Sufen cursed harshly, and there were already people outside the yard watching the excitement.

Hearing from He Sufen that Qin Xiao's beautiful daughter-in-law instigated him to beat others, she couldn't help but look down on him. It is said that one should marry a virtuous wife, and a woman who seduces her man to beat others is not worth having, no matter how beautiful she is.

Qin Xiao's eyes turned completely cold as he stared at Jiang Hu. His eyes were as black as ink, deep and cold, and pierced straight into Jiang Hu's eyes.

The pain from yesterday's beating came flooding back to Jiang Hu, who couldn't help but tremble. He dared not look Qin Xiao in the face. He was a gangster, and was afraid of someone as cruel as Qin Xiao.

Jiang Tang tilted his head, poked his head out from behind Qin Xiao, blinked, and spoke timidly, "I... didn't steal Cuicui's man. Cuicui has a partner. Didn't she tell you? And you said your son was put in a sack. How did you know it was Qin Xiao who put him in the sack?"

She glanced at Jiang Hu and said honestly, "Jiang Hu is just a second-rate guy who doesn't go to school or work. It's normal for him to be beaten. You should be more open-minded and don't wrongly accuse Qin Xiao."

Qin Chuyang, who was standing next to Jiang Tang, also had a cold expression on his face. "That's right, sister-in-law is right. He is so bad, there must be a lot of people who want to beat him up!"

Humph! When he grows as tall as his brother, I will beat him too!

He Sufen naturally knew that Jiang Cui had a partner, otherwise she would not have forced Jiang Tang to go to the Qin family.

But the mother and daughter had the same way of thinking. Even if Qin Xiao married Jiang Tang, he could not favor Jiang Tang.

Even if they didn't want this son-in-law anymore, they couldn't let Jiang Tang marry this former son-in-law and still be pampered and live a good life.

This made the Jiang family's hearts, which were as small as a needle hole, extremely uncomfortable.

"Our Cuicui has known you for so many years, but you and Jiang Tang have only been together for a few days and you have completely forgotten the friendship we had before! You even beat Hu Zi, you are such a heartless person."

Qin Xiao sneered, "How come I don't know what kind of relationship we have."

Staring at the mother and son in front of him, Qin Xiao didn't intend to waste words, "I was just about to go look for you today, but I didn't expect you to come to my house on your own."

"That's good."

He Sufen's voice was like a megaphone. "What's good about that? Are you still going to settle accounts with us?"

With a bang, Qin Xiao slammed the door shut, blocking out the noisy eyes from outside the courtyard wall.

His black eyes stared at He Sufen with a wolf-like look.

He Sufen and Jiang Hu were a little scared when they saw the other party close the door.

Qin Xiao doesn't talk nonsense.

"The betrothal gift I gave to the Jiang family was for my wife to spend. Since Jiang Tang didn't spend a penny, the money should be returned to me."

He Sufen's voice rose eight degrees, "You want a betrothal gift? You little bastard, have you lost your mind? It's not right to ask for the betrothal gift back after marrying someone else's daughter. You are shameless!"

Qin Xiao remained calm and said, "If I have to give it, I will give it to my wife's adoptive parents. They have raised my wife for nearly twenty years."

He Sufen said, "You are dreaming. Jiang Tang is the daughter of my Jiang family. This doesn't make sense."

The old lady pointed at Qin Xiao's back and spitted, "Jiang Tang, I'm your mother! You need to control your man. How dare you talk to your mother-in-law like that?"

She couldn't say anything about Qin Xiao, nor could she say anything about that damn girl Jiang Tang!

Jiang Tang grabbed the corner of Qin Xiao's clothes, got out from behind him, and suddenly said, "You didn't raise me for a single day, but now you're acting like you've raised me for a lifetime and are asking me to do the same? That doesn't make sense."

"I worked so hard to give birth to you, you ungrateful bastard. You were born to be filial to me!"

He Sufen shouted with great righteousness and energy, her voice shaking the heavens.

Jiang Tang tilted her head. Hiding behind Qin Xiao gave her some courage. "Then you should return all the money you got from my adoptive parents to them first, and then give me the money they should have for raising me over the years. Then I will acknowledge your kindness in giving birth to me and raising me, and everything can be discussed."

"I went through ten months of pregnancy and gave birth to this ungrateful bastard who even taught her husband to beat his brother. I'd rather die!"

He Sufen suddenly fell to the ground and rolled around, shouting that Jiang Tang was unfilial.

The sun was shining brightly in the sky above the yard. He Sufen's wailing cries could be heard throughout the entire Shili Village. The piercing sound made people cover their ears.

Jiang Tang let go of Qin Xiao's clothes, covered his ears with his hands, glanced at the pig-headed Jiang Hu, and raised his voice, "You carried him for ten months, gave birth to him desperately, and spoiled him to raise him. This is your son. He is not an ungrateful person. You still come to me for trouble. He is your good son, and you should be happy."

This good-for-nothing gangster son will cling to He Sufen and suck her blood all his life, and she is happy with it. Such a mother-son relationship is touching.

"You stinky bitch, you dare to talk back to my mom? I'll beat you to death!"

Jiang Hu rushed towards Jiang Tang with a ferocious look, fist raised high, wanting to teach Jiang Tang a lesson on behalf of his mother.

Jiang Tang was so scared that he quickly shrank back behind Qin Xiao, his hands tightly grasping the clothes on Qin Xiao's back.

Qin Xiao grabbed Jiang Hu's wrist and bent it hard.

The sound of slaughtering pigs filled the entire yard.

Jiang Hu hunched over, tightly covering his broken wrist with his left hand, and screaming and gasping for air.

Qin Xiao stared at He Sufen, who was rolling on the ground, and Jiang Hu, who was grimacing in pain.

Looking at the mother and son coldly, "Three years ago, my grandmother was seriously ill. Because Jiang Hu got into trouble at school and injured a classmate, your Jiang family had no money to compensate him, so they took the initiative to find a matchmaker to come to my house. The old man agreed to the marriage without my consent, hoping to arrange my marriage before the old lady passed away. I didn't have time to buy three turns and one ring, so I gave the Jiang family a thousand yuan as a betrothal gift."

Qin Xiao spoke of the past, his tone calm, "My grandma didn't make it to the wedding in the end. I went to your house to cancel the engagement but was rejected, and not a cent of the betrothal gift was returned."

"Last year, the old man had an accident at the steel mill. I once again asked the Jiang family to cancel the engagement. Even if it was because of the old man's injury and asked you to return the betrothal gift, the Jiang family still didn't pay a penny."

"This marriage has been delayed for three years. Do you think no one knows that Jiang Cui has found a partner in the city? I don't care. I have called off the engagement several times, but the Jiang family never mentioned Jiang Cui's partner and didn't return the money until recently."

Feeling the tug on his back, Qin Xiao paused and continued in a cold voice, "The Jiang family forced Jiang Tang to come here, not to mention the dowry, they didn't even give her a set of bedding. With this kind of behavior, you should have avoided me, Qin Xiao, when you saw me. How could you have the audacity to come to my Qin family and cause trouble!"

The man's voice was extremely cold, as if he was telling someone else's story.

Jiang Tang felt inexplicably sad. A year ago, this tall and strong man in front of him was 22 years old, an age when he would still be in college in his later life, but he began to face major changes at home and had to support a family alone.

I heard that Qin Xiao gave the Jiang family a betrothal gift of 1,000 yuan. 1,000 yuan was not a small amount of money in 1979. At least three years ago, Qin Xiao's family was rich.

She tilted her head and looked around at the dilapidated courtyard. Only three years had passed, and the relatively wealthy Qin family had become like this.

Jiang Tang tilted his head to look at Xiao Chuyang beside him. He looked malnourished and knew that he was going to have a hard time.

The boy's eyes were red, and she raised her hand and rubbed his head.

Qin Chuyang looked up at his sister-in-law and wiped his eyes fiercely with his little hands.

Qin Xiao's words made He Sufen's wailing stop abruptly, and Jiang Hu stopped crying out in pain.

He Sufen lay on the ground in a wolf-like state, not moving a single muscle, pretending to be dead.

Anyway, it's impossible to ask her to pay back the money. She has already married Jiang Tang, the ungrateful guy, to Qin Xiao. That little girl is so pretty. Qin Xiao should not take advantage of her.

His deep black eyes stared at the woman lying on the ground pretending to be dead and Jiang Hu, who was hunched over and silent beside her.

Qin Xiao snorted and opened the gate directly.

Suddenly the gate of the courtyard opened, and the person outside the wall who was watching the hustle and bustle was caught off guard, and the person clinging to the gate almost fell to the ground.

He stood up awkwardly and moved away from the courtyard gate.

Qin Xiao ignored them all. Wang Qilei and Zhang Hetian rushed out of the crowd and looked at Jiang Hu with frowns. "Brother Xiao, I will teach this bastard a lesson for you."

Qin Xiao stopped him with his eyes, and Wang Qilei reluctantly stepped aside.

Qin Xiao walked out with a brisk pace, his voice tinged with icy coldness, "There is something I need your help with."

Wang Qilei and Zhang Hetian followed him and said, "What's the matter?"

Qin Xiao looked into the distance, his voice was so cold that it made people feel cold all over, "Come with me to the Jiang family, and smash everything that can be smashed!"

After saying that, he turned around, his dark eyes fixed on the woman hiding by the door, his tone softened for a moment, "Aren't you going to get some clothes?"

Jiang Tang was stunned for a moment, then followed Qin Xiao closely, holding the kid in his hand. The group of people went to the Jiang family in a mighty manner.

The farce is not over yet.