No wonder Li Pingwang was angry.

The Li family is not a wealthy family. It was very hard for them to raise Li Hongli. What's more, her three brothers also supported her to go to college.

Finally, she graduated from college, and she hadn't seen a penny in return yet, and she was about to get married. But the betrothal gift was actually returned?

"I'm her father, and I haven't even agreed yet. Who told you to give out the betrothal gift?"

Li Pingwang was furious and stared at Chen Xiaoying, wishing he could hit her.

Chen Xiaoying was no longer afraid of him, and said calmly: "If I don't ask to bring the betrothal gifts back, the Xu family will not want to marry her. What can I do?"

“We can’t take all of them back.” Li Pingwang roared.

Chen Xiaoying was indifferent: "Then you can go ask the Xu family."

Li Pingwang was so angry that he covered his chest and pretended to faint again.

The eldest daughter, Li Hongyan, was afraid to serve him: "Dad, don't get dizzy, Hongli's wedding still needs your help."

When talking about his second daughter, Li Hongli, Li Pingwang felt his heart bleed and he kept scolding his sons: "What did I say in the beginning? I didn't let her go to school. I didn't let her go to school. When a girl grows up, she will marry into another family. Why should I support her to go to school?"

"You just saw that you made a few bucks and let her go to school, and what happened? What's the result? She didn't learn good things, fell in love when she was in school, and got married after graduation. What's the point of being a mother-in-law?"

Li Pingwang was so angry that his eyes turned red.

The girls in the village are all like this. When they turn 18, they get married. A married daughter is like water spilled on the ground. A girl marries into another family and bears children for others. Every penny she earns goes to her husband's family.

In some families, even if you want to bring a piece of meat back to your parents' home, you need the approval of your mother-in-law and husband.

The more Li Pingwang thought about it, the more he couldn't stand it, so he shouted at the eldest brother Li Hongwei: "Go, go to the Xu family tomorrow and get the betrothal gift back for me."

Li Hongwei was in a dilemma, frowning: "Dad, please don't be confused, okay? If Hongli doesn't marry into the Xu family, what do you want her to do?"

"I don't care if she dies. Even if she dies, it's her own fault." Li Pingwang scolded Li Hongli mercilessly.

Everyone in the room, except Chen Xiaoying, looked embarrassed.

In Li Hongli's situation, the best outcome is actually to marry into the Xu family.

In this way, she can have the child, save her life, and live with the man she loves.

In a word, among the whole family, only Li Hongli was happy and prepared to get well and get married.

Li Pingwang kept cursing.

But no one agreed with him. Even the eldest daughter Li Hongyan, who was not satisfied with the betrothal gift and wanted to return it and even gave a house as a gift, knew that she would never get the betrothal gift back.

Xu Xiaodong was willing to marry Li Hongli only in exchange for the return of the betrothal gift and a house.

No matter how Li Pingwang scolded, it was useless.

Chen Xiaoying only said one sentence: "If you want to keep her at home forever, then go and get the betrothal gift back."

Li Pingwang was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly became speechless.

He also watched his second daughter, Li Hongli, grow up. She was cunning, bad-mannered, lazy, stupid, and selfish since she was young. There was only one bowl of rice in the pot, and no matter whether her parents who were still working had eaten it or not, she would quickly scoop it into the bowl and eat her fill first.

If she is not allowed to marry Xu Xiaodong today, because her legs are too long, she will run away with Li Xiaodong or Wang Xiaodong tomorrow.

"I'm really going to be pissed off. Ouch, ouch."

He cried out, but no one paid any attention.

Li Hongli’s matter is settled.

Then Chen Xiaoying discussed the wedding banquet with the eldest brother Li Hongwei, at least to ensure that Li Hongli was married off in a proper manner.

After ninety-nine steps, this one step doesn't matter. It can be considered to save the face of the second daughter Li Hongli and also to prevent her as a mother from being embarrassed.

The whole family suffered because of Li Hongli, but Li Hongli herself didn't realize it. After being hospitalized for seven or eight days, she was anxious to be discharged. She also wanted to see if the decoration of the house was fashionable, and she also wanted Xu Xiaodong to buy her clothes and gold jewelry.

"Mom, I'm about to get married, and you don't even give me some money to buy furniture and appliances?" The second daughter, Li Hongli, had no idea what shame was.

"Isn't the house I gave you enough?" Chen Xiaoying looked at her coldly: "Don't forget, you still owe your brothers tuition. Your brothers work in the lumber mill carrying wood, it's not easy either."

Li Hongli was a little impatient: "I know, I definitely will, but I'm pregnant now, and I still have to get married..."

There are a lot of reasons.

Chen Xiaoying also regretted that she should not have been allowed to go to college. She did not go to college to study hard or to benefit the society. She just wanted to avoid staying in the village to work.

Honestly speaking, without her occupying the school's social resources for nothing, if the school postponed the admission ranking by one, it might change the student's fate.

Li Hongli would not leave unless she got the money, and she seemed to be thinking: If I keep pestering you and make your business unsuccessful, you will definitely give me money to get rid of me.

But her mother Chen Xiaoying didn't buy it: "If you do this again, I will cancel the gift contract."

Li Hongli was stunned. It was only later that she learned from her younger sister Li Hongxia that the gift contract she signed had such effect and that those who signed the contract could withdraw it.

"Mom, don't say that."

She didn't tell Xu Xiaodong about this. If Xu Xiaodong knew about it, he would definitely make trouble with her.

"If you don't let me speak, then leave quickly. I'm getting married next month, so just keep quiet." Chen Xiaoying said.

Li Hongli left angrily.

Now Chen Xiaoying and her granddaughter Li Yutong have set up a small workshop for making hot pot ingredients. Although it is a small workshop, thanks to Secretary He's relationship, they have all the necessary documents and procedures.

The youngest daughter Li Hongxia is helping here.

The hot pot ingredients were selling very well, and gradually, word began to spread that the city was going to set up a food factory.

The grandparents and grandchildren discussed the matter privately.

"Grandma, this is probably going to work out," said Li Yutong.

Once this is done, she will be able to buy a shop within half a year.

Chen Xiaoying said, "We are not in a hurry. There are a lot of things to do at home. Let's wait until your second aunt is married."

Didn't she say that if her second daughter Li Hongli knew that hot pot ingredients could be sold for money, she would definitely get involved in it. Even if she didn't want to, Xu Xiaodong would instigate her behind the scenes.

Li Yutong also knew how powerful her second aunt and her husband were. In her previous life, she had seen how the couple behaved. Both of them were shrewd on the surface, taking advantage of others as they pleased, thinking that others would not argue with them, and they did not even feel ashamed.

He lived his life in a confusion, and his only daughter, Xu Xiaoni, was also delayed.

In the blink of an eye, Li Hongli's wedding date arrived.

It was held in a restaurant in the county town.

All the relatives and people who had connections in the village came.

Although it was a lively occasion and they were greeting each other, they didn't ask any questions about why the wedding was so rushed. However, the county town was so small and there were so many people coming and going in the village. They had already known that Li Hongli was pregnant and had to be hospitalized to protect the fetus.