Zhang Juan looked at the back of the taxi, turned around and ran back. Halfway through, she saw He's mother, who looked like a madman, with blood all over her face. "Why are you back? Where's that bitch?"
"Mina ran away in a taxi"
He's mother hit Zhang Juan hard with a stick and said, "She ran away, so you won't chase her, right?"
Zhang Juan cried in grievance, "Mom, can my two legs outrun four wheels?"
"You don't know how to take a taxi. Is your brain dead?" He's mother had a ferocious look on her face. She gritted her teeth and poked Zhang Juan's head hard with her fingers.
Zhang Juan quickly hid back, aggrieved and anxious, "Mom, I don't have a penny in my pocket, how can I take a taxi?"
"Idiot, idiot! You're so stupid! I'm so unlucky to marry a hen like you who doesn't lay eggs." He's mother pinched Zhang Juan twice to vent her anger, and then chased her to the alley. She couldn't catch up with the taxi, so she went to the matchmaker's house. It must be that Xiao Liu who didn't want to give the bride price, so he instigated He Meina to steal the household registration book. Now the matter was done, and there was nothing they could do if she didn't give the bride price.
This is what He's mother thought. She never thought that He Meina wanted to escape. She had no money in her pocket, so where could she go?
Zhang Juan wiped her tears and said, "If your son was not incompetent, would you find someone from the countryside? How can a city girl live with that loser? He is just bullying her because she is from the countryside. Even if he finds out after marriage, she will have to endure it in order to stay in the city."
Many neighbors in the alley stretched their necks to look, "Xiaojuan, what's going on in your family?" Zhang Juan looked honest and obedient, and her popularity was a little better than that of the He family.
"Mina ran away with the household registration booklet, and my mother-in-law went after her." Zhang Juan would not hide it for the He family. The worse the He family's reputation became, the harder it would be for her brother-in-law to find a partner, and the He family would not have next generation, so her life would be more difficult.
The neighbors became interested and asked, "Run away? Why did you run away?"
"My mother-in-law found a butcher in his forties for Mina. His previous wife was beaten to death. Mina is scared, really scared," Zhang Juan said in a low voice with her head down.
"Oh, damn He family, they are sending our daughter to death! How can they be so cruel?"
"That girl is not on the right path. It's all taught by that woman from the He family. She only knows how to cheat young boys at such a young age. Bah! If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beams will be crooked too." Everyone in this alley knows who the He family is. They have let their girl cheat people since she was a child.
"Didn't that girl give all the money she earned back home?"
"Who said it wasn't? You are so cruel. Xiaojuan, is it because the butcher gave a high gift that your mother-in-law doesn't care about your daughter's life or death and wants to sell her for a high price?"
"It seems to be one or two thousand. I don't know the exact amount." Zhang Juan knew it, so she deliberately left it ambiguous so that everyone would guess higher. Maybe tomorrow people would hear that he sold it to He Meina for ten thousand yuan.
"This He family is really evil. How can they not feel sorry for the flesh that fell from their bodies? Just run away. That girl is not stupid at all."
The neighbors despised the He family even more. They even plotted against their own children. They were so evil that they had to stay away from this family.
Zhang Juan was very satisfied watching a group of people gathered together chirping crickets. She went home, packed two sets of clothes, and left. Her mother-in-law had beaten her and now she had a good reason to leave. The family had been in unrest for the past few days and she was an outsider, so she couldn't get any favor at home.
He's mother angrily went to the matchmaker's house and knocked on the door. "Matchmaker Jia, matchmaker Jia, come out!"
Matchmaker Jia was dozing off, and the noise startled her. She was no pushover.
"God damn it, you're here to announce my death. You broke my door. I'll kill your whole family!"
Jia the matchmaker angrily opened the door and saw He's mother, who was mad and had blood on her face.
"What are you doing? You are such a man, why are you acting so wild here?"
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