Just like those pitiful women in the 1950s and 60s who were treated like commodities by their parents in marriage exchanges, she naturally received no dowry whatsoever. Apart from a set of slightly worn clothes, she brought nothing with her. Therefore, her in-laws looked down on her, and given that she hadn't given birth to any children over the years, it's easy to imagine how her in-laws treated her.
She worked in the factory all day long, like a tireless ox, and after get off work, she had to take care of her whole family. Cooking, washing clothes, cleaning, feeding chickens and pigs were all her responsibilities. But at that time, she was like an ignorant and numb tool, and she didn't feel much pain. After all, she lived a similar life when she was with the Sun family.
Until the bad news came from the Sun family—her younger brother Sun Yaozu had died, and her parents were suspected of getting involved with something unclean and dared not continue living at home, so they came to her for help—what say did she have in her husband's family? It was only because the Li family was concerned about their reputation that they couldn't bring themselves to kick their in-laws out directly.
When her brother's creditors came to her house, her in-laws revealed their true, sinister nature, using the opportunity to try and drive her and her parents out.
They told her she had to choose between severing ties with her parents and getting a divorce. But she's not stupid; how could she not know her in-laws' true intentions? Her husband had been having an affair for a long time, and he was just waiting for the right opportunity to divorce her so he could marry his mistress.
Well, she's destined to be oppressed no matter where she goes, so she might as well go with her parents. That way, she'll please her in-laws and her own parents.
When the elderly couple of the Sun family passed away one after another, Sun Zhaodi didn't know how she felt. Sadness? Reluctance? It seemed like neither. All she felt was numbness and coldness.
Just as Tang Xiaoxiao had guessed, what she burned at her parents' graves was indeed the 50,000 yuan dowry money from back then. Her parents had been hiding this money all along, and no matter how fierce the debt collectors were, they didn't budge an inch. They were simply thinking that when these people saw that their family was really poor and couldn't squeeze any more money out of them, they would give up on their own, so that their family would at least have a way out.
Unexpectedly, Old Man Sun was too weak-willed and committed suicide in a moment of despair, which also frightened Old Mrs. Sun to death.
The elderly couple in the Sun family trusted their daughter, Sun Zhaodi, completely. They firmly believed that over twenty years of brainwashing would not cause any problems, so they did not hide the matter of the money from her.
But Sun Zhaodi is a living, breathing person; she is not a real puppet. She has her own thoughts and self-respect.
In her view, the 50,000 yuan dowry was a blatant mockery of her entire tragic life.
Even though she had never touched so much money in her entire life, she was unwilling to spend a single penny.
She thought it was dirty.
Furthermore, since she was prepared to die, she had even less need to keep the money.
So she burned it directly in front of the Sun family's grave. As for whether damaging the cash violated the law, or whether she was willing to part with it, those were not issues she needed to consider.
That night, she carried a bottle of pesticide up the mountain and prepared to drink it.
But unexpectedly, Tang Xiaoxiao saved him.
She didn't think about why Tang Xiaoxiao would happen to be in that kind of place in the middle of the night.
All she knew was that the other person had interrupted her suicidal thoughts, offered her warmth, and let her know that there were still good people in the world.
Before me stood Tang Xiaoxiao, and the villagers who helped her bury her parents and gave her money.
They are all good people.
Tang Xiaoxiao let her vent her feelings without saying a word until she had completely calmed down before asking, "Have you thought about what you're going to do in the future?"
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