"I was wondering why I didn't see you this morning." Liu Hua suddenly realized and continued, "Didn't we see what happened yesterday together?"
Xu Manman nodded. They were together yesterday.
"Didn't the village chief arrange for his son to go to Sihe Village to call for help yesterday afternoon? I thought the matter was settled last night, but the Wang family didn't come at all.
I just brought my whole family here this morning."
"Your wife isn't at home, yet you specially sent someone to call her. You're not in a hurry at all. It seems you don't take it to heart at all." Xu Manman was also a little surprised. This was something she didn't expect.
"Who says it's not true? Besides, everyone in the Wang family is really amazing. Liu Laizi's wife probably wouldn't even be in the top three in their family."
Xu Manman handed over a handful of melon seeds and poured her a cup of tea. "Tell me more about it."
Liu Hua took a sip of tea and cracked melon seeds as he told Xu Manman the story, "The ones who came to Old Wang's house were her brother, Liu Xiaoya's husband, her mother, and the uncles and aunts from the next door. There were more than a dozen of them in total. They were so imposing, I thought they were here to confiscate the family's property.
After they arrived, before the Liu family could say anything, an aunt from the Wang family started yelling.
Liu Hua paused and organized his words. "To sum it up, it means that the Liu family is not righteous. When we were discussing the marriage, we had agreed that if we wanted the Wang family's daughter to marry into our family, we would have to introduce a daughter-in-law to her. We waited for the Wang family's daughter to marry us, but in the end, the one who married us was our own daughter.
Even so, they were relatives after all, and they accepted it. They went home to provide her with good food and drink, but the young wife was not satisfied and was making trouble all the time. Now she even left her family and ran back to her parents' home without saying a word.
Well, that’s roughly it.”
Xu Manman's understanding was rather vague. It wasn't that the Wang family was inhumane and had committed domestic violence against Liu Xiaoya, but why did this aunt make it seem as if all the Liu family was wrong?
"What did the Liu family say?"
"The Liu family will definitely deny it. After all, the injuries on Liu Xiaoya's body cannot be faked. Liu Laizi's mother refuted that the Wang family beat her up and tortured her beyond recognition.
I looked at Liu Xiaoya. We've all seen what she looked like before. She's definitely lost a lot of weight now, and her complexion is really bad."
"Then have they said how they want to solve this problem? Divorce? I guess that's impossible." Since people are here, the problem still needs to be solved.
"The two sides argued for a long time afterwards, and the villagers also helped to say some fair words, but the Wang family was too powerful." Thinking of the words they said when they were quarreling, Liu Hua's face turned a little red. Although she was in love, she was still a young girl who had not experienced anyone after all.
Skipping over this part, Liu Hua got to the point. "Liu Laizi's mother then said her daughter had been beaten and tortured, and her health was not good. She asked the Wang family to pay for her health. She asked for 50 yuan."
"This is not a small amount of money. Will the Wang family recognize it?"
"Of course I don't recognize her. Liu Xiaoya's mother-in-law asked me to take her back home for 5 yuan and have nothing to do with her parents' family in the future.
Or maybe they don't want the daughter-in-law anymore, since her heart isn't with her husband's family anyway." Liu Hua sighed, "Just from the tone and demeanor of her mother-in-law, you can tell at a glance that she's a very powerful person."
Xu Manman nodded and said there were two choices, but in fact there was only one choice. Nowadays, women's reputation is still quite important. For a married woman, being rejected by her husband's family is a very serious problem for rural women.
Not being able to get married is one thing, but you will also be criticized by others.
Xu Manman said affirmatively, "The Liu family will choose to ask for money."
"Manman, you are amazing. You guessed it all." Liu Hua looked at her with admiration.
"The Liu family chose to ask for money, but they thought 5 yuan was too little and wanted more. They made a fuss for a long time, but the Wang family refused to give in. In the end, they had no choice but to pay 5 yuan and let them take the person away. When Liu Xiaoya was taken away, she cried so pitifully." Liu Hua felt sympathetic.
Selling a daughter for five dollars is the sadness of the times, caused by poverty.
"What about Liu Laizi's wife, Wang Cuihua? Didn't the Liu family make trouble for her?"
"What's the fuss? Liu Laizi is devoted to her, and she herself is very powerful."
"That's right. That's why girls have to become strong themselves so that they won't be bullied." Xu Manman concluded.
Liu Hua widened his eyes. Wasn’t he saying that Liu Xiaoya was pitiful?
Xu Manman looked at the confused Liu Hua and explained, "Look at Wang Cuihua. Besides marrying Liu Laizi, who isn't a very good person, she's very capable herself. That's why she's never been bullied, and no one ever fights her, right?"
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