"I didn't take it... I didn't know about the money... Dad... Help me..."
Ye Lan tried to dodge, but the old woman's bamboo stick still mercilessly struck her, causing excruciating pain with nowhere to escape.
Ye Hua shrank his neck and didn't dare to utter a sound. In his heart, he resented Ye Lan. She stole money but didn't buy him any good food. She even caused him to be beaten. Ye Hua had no sympathy for Ye Lan. He even hoped that the old lady would beat him even harder.
Otherwise, it would be a waste of the beating he received this morning.
"You little slut, you dare steal my money! I'll beat you to death..."
The old woman kept hitting and beating Ye Lan, the louder Ye Lan cried, the more fiercely she hit her, her anger burning fiercely.
"I didn't take it... I really didn't take it... Daddy, help me..."
Ye Lan insisted she hadn't taken the money. She wasn't that stupid; admitting it would only lead to a more severe beating, just like the principle of "severe punishment for confession and leniency for resistance." Anyway, the money wasn't on her, so as long as she stuck to her guns, the old woman couldn't do anything to her.
That money was originally her dowry, why should it be given to that old hag!
Ye Zhiguo's expression softened. He was still unsure whether Ye Lan was Shen Yanhong's illegitimate child, but he had raised her as his own daughter for over twenty years. Seeing Ye Lan being beaten, Ye Zhiguo felt a pang of pity and wanted to stop the old lady.
"Ye Lan, you're still trying to deny it? You didn't steal Grandma's money. Where did you get all this money? You've already handed over your salary, how come you still have so much money?"
Ye Qingqing picked up Ye Lan's bag from the sofa. Inside were three hundred-yuan bills and several dozen yuan in change, which she emptied out.
Ye Lan had a bad feeling. She had forgotten the money in her bag. Damn Ye Qingqing, she tricked her into coming back to get beaten and even helped that old hag to deal with her. Just you wait, that brat will get what's coming to her sooner or later!
"It was given to me by Brother Qingquan..." Ye Lan pushed Lu Qingquan.
"You're kidding me. Lu Qingquan hands over every penny of his salary to his mother. Where would he get money for you to spend? Unless you're spending ghost money!" Ye Qingqing deliberately lied.
Actually, she had no idea whether Lu Qingquan had handed over his salary or not, and she hadn't heard any news from the second wife's side for a long time!
Ye Lan, however, believed it to be true, because Lu Qingquan was always very stingy on their dates and rarely gave her gifts. She was sure it was because that stinky woman Yue Hongxia had confiscated his salary!
Damn it, none of them are good, they're all bullying her!
The old lady's bamboo stick came flying like raindrops. Ye Qingqing's analysis made her even more convinced that Ye Lan had stolen the money!
But Ye Lan kept her mouth shut. No matter how hard the old lady beat her, she wouldn't let go. This made Ye Qingqing look at her with new eyes. She didn't expect that this bitch would actually have a tough bone to stick.
"Grandma, she refused to pay, so she was sold to an old bachelor in the mountains. I heard that in some places, several brothers marry one wife, and the price is much higher, definitely more than four thousand yuan!" Ye Qingqing sneered.
The barbaric custom of communal wives still existed in some remote mountainous areas in the 1990s, but it certainly didn't exist in Pingjiang City anymore. Ye Qingqing deliberately scared Ye Lan.
"That's it. Lock this half-dead woman up first, and I'll find someone to sell her tomorrow!"
When the old lady got tired of beating her, she realized that Ye Qingqing was absolutely right. Rather than beating her half to death, it would be better to sell her and earn some dowry money!
Ye Lan's face turned pale with fright. She believed that the old lady was capable of doing it. She didn't want to marry into the mountains, and she didn't want to be the shared wife of several old bachelors. Her body definitely couldn't take it, and she wouldn't last more than half a year!
"Dad, save me! I'm your daughter! You can't just stand by and watch me die!" Ye Lan rushed towards Ye Zhiguo, her words carrying a hidden meaning.
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