Wang Qiaofen fell silent. She hesitated for a moment, then left the main room. As she left, she tried to pull Li Xiaohua, but couldn't budge him. She pulled harder, and then heard Li Xiaohua say, "Mother, don't pull me. I have something to tell Father."
When Wang Qiaofen saw the look in Li Dafa's eyes, she immediately lowered her head and walked out.
Li Xiaohua said, "Dad, I want to make this matter clear to you."
Li Dafa nodded. Today's events happened too suddenly. Although he knew his daughter was not doing well in the Bao family, how many people could be like Qian Duoduo? Besides, Wang Qiaofen's patriarchal attitude meant she certainly wouldn't treat her daughter like the village head's wife. The fact that Li Xiaohua had food to eat was because she had to help with chores and look after her younger brother.
Li Xiaohua recounted her life at the Bao family's house, and how she earned money at the village's tofu shop but never received a penny of it. It wasn't until Qian Duoduo found out that she was able to see her wages. Even then, as soon as her wages were paid, they were taken by Old Lady Bao. She ate meager meals at the Bao family's house and never even smelled meat.
Listening to Li Xiaohua's words, Li Dafa recalled that Qian Duoduo had gone to the brigade headquarters and mentioned that it was generally accepted that workers had to collect their own wages. So this was where the trouble started.
He hired Li Xiaohua to work at the tofu shop, thinking that she would have a job, earn money, and be able to stand on her own two feet in her husband's family. But now it seems that it has been of no use at all.
Li Xiaohua said, "Grandma Bao said that having a family is the same as not having one, because my family will never stand up for me. I'm beaten in the Bao family for nothing, because my mother..."
Li Dafa's face turned ashen. After hearing the last words, he asked, "Why did you stop? Speak!"
Li Xiaohua felt bitter and choked up as she said, "My mother's heart is all with my younger brother. When she agreed to my marriage, she told the Bao family that a married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl, and that the Li family would not care whether I lived or died!"
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