"Qinglan, give all the things you brought from the Wang family to your father. Consider it compensation for the Wang family's trouble at our house."
As for your remarriage, let that guy give you 500 yuan as a bride price. If you don't have time to buy the four major items (household items, children's items, etc.), convert that into cash as well. We won't ask for anything else for now.
Old Zhao looked at him with an expression that said, "Look how much your father cares about you."
Zhao Qinglan laughed in exasperation. "Did my grandmother tell you to say these things to me?"
Old Zhao was furious. "What did your grandma say? That's what I thought too. You good-for-nothing, do you know how much face you've made our family lose in the village?"
Li Huai heard that the Zhao family didn't care why Zhao Qinglan got divorced or how she was doing with her daughter after the divorce.
All they know is to blame her and demand money and things, which explains why Zhao Qinglan doesn't tell her family anything and even says her family can't be relied on.
Even though she had been hurt many times and had no hope for her family, Zhao Qinglan still felt heartbroken when she heard her father say those words.
She exhaled a breath of stale air and said calmly, "Ever since you disregarded my wishes and sold me into the Wang family, I have severed all ties with my family."
"Consider the dowry the Wang family gave as a way to buy back the Zhao family's kindness in raising me."
"As for what I took from the Wang family and my marriage to Li Huai, don't worry about it. It's no use worrying about it."
"I won't give you a single penny, so you might as well give up on that idea."
"Qinglan, what happened to you?" Old Zhao pointed at his daughter, his face full of shock.
"Ha, why did I become like this? Wasn't it all because of you and the Wang family? Without you, I wouldn't be where I am today." She said with a mocking expression.
"Hey, how dare you talk like that, you little brat!" Zhao Lao Er couldn't help but strike.
However, with Li Huai watching, Li Huai pressed down on his hand as soon as he raised it.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?" A staff member wearing a red armband at the train station came over after hearing the commotion.
Zhao Qinglan immediately sought help.
"Comrade, this is my wife, an active-duty officer. Our family is trying to get back to our unit by car, but these people are trying to stop us and extort money from us. Please help us."
"What?" The staff member's eyes widened.
Both Li Huai and the Zhao family members were dumbfounded when they heard Zhao Qinglan's words.
However, Li Huai reacted quickly and immediately followed. "Yes, comrade, my wife is right. Please help us." As he spoke, Li Huai reached for his military officer's ID.
Now the military and civilians are one family, and the staff immediately saluted upon seeing the identification. "Greetings, sir."
Li Huai returned the greeting and quickly said, "It's nothing, you're too kind." He was just a deputy regimental commander, and being called "commander" made him nervous.
"Hey, comrade, don't listen to her nonsense. We're all her family." Wang said anxiously.
"That's right, that's right, I'm her second uncle."
“I am her third aunt.”
"I am her biological father."
The others quickly chimed in.
The staff looked at Li Huai and his wife with a puzzled expression. "What's going on?"
Zhao Qinglan quickly shook her head. "Comrade, they're lying to you. I don't know them."
Well, since she said so, Li Huai could only agree. "Comrade, we really don't know them."
"Well, you guys dare to swindle and bully soldiers and their wives right here at the train station? I think you've really gone too far."
After saying that, he waved to several colleagues, ignored Zhao Laoda and the others' explanations, and kicked them out of the waiting room.
Watching the Zhao family being driven away, Li Huai whispered, "Qinglan, is this the right thing to do?"
Zhao Qinglan glanced at him sideways. "You really want to give them money if you don't do it this way? They're like a stubborn leech that you can't get rid of. The more you give them, the more they want. This is the easiest way to solve the problem."
Okay, since it's your family, I'll listen to you.
With an incredibly slow reaction time, Xiaoduo swallowed the last bite of egg, looked up in confusion, and asked, "Mom, isn't that Grandpa?"
"Shh, don't say anything before we get on the train. We don't know them," Zhao Qinglan quickly instructed.
Xiao Duo, who only sees the Zhao family a few times a year and has little affection for them, obediently nodded.
When the staff returned, Zhao Qinglan expressed her gratitude again, making the staff feel quite embarrassed.
Finally, after the ticket check, the three of them boarded the train with their bags.
Fortunately, the train they were on had only been at the starting station for a few stops, and there weren't many people at their station, so the three of them were able to board the train safely.
In Zhao Qinglan's memory, in those days, taking the train was so crowded that many people had to climb in through the windows.
Because he bought the tickets in a hurry, and because sleeper tickets were too expensive and required relevant documents, Li Huai only managed to buy two hard seat tickets.
As for Xiaoduo, she is too young and not tall enough, so she doesn't need a ticket yet.
The carriage was about 80% full. Zhao Qinglan and the others found places to sit down and stuffed all three bags under the seats.
Because Zhao Qinglan had gotten up too early and hadn't slept much the night before, she felt sleepy as soon as she sat down.
Xiao Duo had gotten up early and had just eaten, so she was feeling drowsy.
Zhao Qinglan held her daughter in her arms, and the mother and daughter fell asleep.
Li Huai always got up early, and being in good health, he could stay up all night without anything happening; he would just sit there and look at things.
Seeing the mother and daughter sleeping soundly opposite him, he couldn't help but smile.
Only now did he have time to slowly recall his experiences over the past few days.
He thought it was just a formality, but he actually married a wife and gained a daughter along the way.
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