She collapsed on the ground, crying so hard that she almost suffocated. Her hair was messed up by her adoptive mother and her mouth was bleeding from being hit.

Seeing her crying like this, the villagers around her were pointing and talking.

Her adoptive father then started to shout, "Girls grow up and have to get married. I've already received the betrothal gifts. What do you think I should do?"

At this time, the village party secretary had already arrived. Seeing Li Xiaojuan beaten beyond recognition, he felt really pitiful.

So he said, "Then just call it quits. We haven't got the marriage certificate yet, and the wedding hasn't taken place yet. What's so hard to discuss?"

The village party secretary had spoken, and people around him began to agree.

"Yes, this is not the old society anymore. Marriage is free. Children can marry whoever they want. There is no such thing as tying people up to get into a bridal sedan anymore."

"That's right, Ergou, you are such a fool. You didn't even ask her if she was willing before getting her engaged?"

Most people are kind, so this society is still developing stably and harmoniously.

Li Ergou was so ashamed. The tens of thousands of dollars he had earned were gone just like that?

"No, I'm raising the child, so she can marry whoever I tell her to marry."

When Li Xiaojuan heard this, she realized that she had tried so hard but was still beaten like this. She felt pain all over her body, half of her face was unable to open her eyes, and she had not received any forgiveness from her adoptive parents.

She cried desperately, "I won't marry. If you force me to do so, I will die."

"I won't live anymore."

She had suffered so much since she was a child, and had cried so many times that she thought about just dying.

There’s a reservoir at the entrance of the village. Just jump in.

But she didn't dare.

"Well, you little bitch, you're still angry and dare to threaten us with death." Her adoptive mother was furious and rushed over to push her: "Go to hell, go to hell, I want to see if you dare to die!"

Li Xiaojuan was pushed to the ground, feeling pain all over her body and unable to get up.

Li Hongwei and Liu Lanxiang looked at the child and felt that he was really pitiful.

But this was someone else's business, so they couldn't say anything. They just looked and left.

When Li Xiaojuan saw the two of them, it was as if she saw Li Yutong.

She suddenly found the courage and looked at her adoptive mother fiercely: "I am already eighteen years old and an adult. If you force me again, don't blame me for not recognizing you!"

Li Ergou and his wife were still yelling at Li Xiaojuan for being heartless and ungrateful when they suddenly heard her say this.

The couple was stunned for a moment.

The villagers also started talking about it.

"Look, you guys are pushing the child into a corner."

"Xiaojuan, don't be impulsive. If you don't recognize them, how are you going to live in the future? Where are you going to live?"

As soon as this question was asked, someone remembered it.

"Xiaojuan's parents are from the next village, and Xu Minsheng, who drives the tractor, is her uncle."

Most people from Xujia Village, which is next to Lijia Village, know each other.

Some people expressed different opinions.

"It's been so many years, can they support her? If they could, they wouldn't have given her away earlier."

Others said: "That's not necessarily true. Xu Minsheng is a piece of shit. When Xiaojuan's parents died, he took the compensation money and built his own house. He also occupied someone else's house and sent their child away. Now that the child has grown up, it's only natural for him to want his things back."

In the countryside, everyone knows who something belongs to. Even if the property and land are now under someone else's name, they just want to know who it originally belonged to.

If someone goes to rob it, others will think it is natural and that they should rob it.

This is called justice is in the hearts of the people.

After hearing this, Li Xiaojuan couldn't help but feel hopeful.

Li Ergou and his wife became anxious.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Li Xiaojuan is registered in our household. We raised her to this age. She is our daughter. Xu Minsheng is nothing to us."

That's what was said.

But there was someone who wanted to see the fun and leaked the news to Xu Minsheng.

"Minsheng, your niece was forced by her parents over there to marry a cripple. She can't survive on that, so she has to come back to live. What do you think?"

"Your eldest son should live in that yard. I don't think he can vacate it for a while."

Xu Minsheng made a fortune more than ten years ago and took over the family property of his eldest brother and sister-in-law. Many people were jealous and looked down on him. Now they finally have the chance to laugh at him.

When Xu Minsheng heard this, his face turned dark.

Li Xiaojuan was beaten and locked up by her adoptive parents.

Li Ergou and his wife, Li Ergou is a lazy man, and his mother-in-law is also a lazy woman. After they cooked a horrible meal that was a complete waste of food, they still released Li Xiaojuan.

"You've been eating our food for more than ten years. You can't deny us just because you say you don't want to. Hurry up and get to work."

"If you try to run away, I'll break your legs!"

Liu Lanxiang told people what happened to Li Xiaojuan when she went to the store to help the next day.

Li Yutong couldn't help but ask, "Is he okay? Don't beat him up."

Liu Lanxiang thought for a moment and said, "It should be fine. I heard that Li Ergou and his wife ordered her to do some work."

Li Yutong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Her grandmother Chen Xiaoying said, "Li Ergou and his wife are not good people. The three sons they raised are lazier than the last. Only Xiaojuan looks good, but they don't know how to cherish her. They just bully her. When the child really runs away, the couple regrets it."

Now is a time of great social development, and many young and middle-aged people in rural areas have chosen to work outside their hometowns. There are quite a few of them in Lijia Village.

Li Xiaojuan is eighteen years old. If she also goes out to work, she will definitely be able to find a way to make a living with her own hands.

The eldest daughter-in-law Liu Lanxiang said, "Yes, no matter if she is her biological child or not, she has been raised for more than ten years. How can she be so cruel as to marry her to a cripple?"

The breakfast shop's business had been open for five or six days and was gradually getting on track. My aunt Su Wanping also took care of the shop's affairs. In fact, it was not that difficult.

She just prepares the ingredients step by step, sells the food to customers when they come, and settles the bill, and she doesn't have to worry about anything else.

One day, Li Yutong sent her home. When she was about to leave, she saw He Zixuan playing basketball on the court. The familiar figure was not in the crowd.

It has been many days since I last saw Shen Jiaze.

Li Yutong thought about it, turned around and prepared to leave.

He Zixuan suddenly called her: "Li Yutong, wait a minute."

Li Yutong stopped pushing her bicycle. He Zixuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and ran over to ask her, "My cousin has gone home. I have his home phone number. Do you want to call him?"

Thinking back to last night, Shen Jiaze called and didn't mention Li Yutong's name at all. Instead, he asked about her grandmother Chen Xiaoying opening a store.

But even without mentioning every word or sentence, it seems as if every word and sentence carries that meaning.

After seeing Li Yutong today, he couldn't help it, right? If Li Yutong called him, he might be happy.