"What happens next?" the lady in blue continued to ask.
"Then the Zhang family felt they had lost face in the village, and He Qinqin refused to do it, so they wanted their son to divorce her. No, they wanted a divorce, and they had to return the 80 yuan betrothal gift."
"They said they spent a lot of money to marry a wife, but they didn't even touch her. So they must return the money and they can marry another one."
"Will the He family agree to this?" the blue-dressed woman asked uncertainly. "Everyone knows what kind of person He Qinqin's mother is. She definitely won't return the money."
"Who says it's not true? He Qinqin ran home crying, but her mother kicked her out. She also threatened that since the Zhang family had paid to marry her daughter, she was now part of the Zhang family and they could do whatever they wanted with her."
The lady in blue was terrified. "Does this mean that He Qinqin's mother agrees with the old man from the Zhang family and his daughter-in-law having a child?"
"Isn't that what it means? He Qinqin couldn't accept it when she heard it and jumped into the river. Fortunately, someone happened to pass by and saved her. Otherwise..." The aunt in black sighed, "I really pity that child. Everyone in Changxiu Village praised her, but now she has ended up like this."
"What a sin! It happened to these two families." The aunt in blue also sighed.
After hearing these words, Su Qingyun didn't know what expression to use to react. The ugliness of human nature made her feel cold in her heart.
She remembered that when she first arrived here, she also jumped into the river to commit suicide, but she was much luckier than He Qinqin. She had a family who always cared for her and supported her, and she had the courage to bear any consequences.
But He Qinqin didn't do that. Even her own family didn't care about her. She had nothing and could only choose to end her life. Even if she was rescued, she still didn't know what to do in the future.
Although she had only met He Qinqin once, she could tell that she was a sensible and polite girl. It was a pity that she was born in such a family. As long as she could not be independent, she would never be able to get out of the mire.
Su Qingyun felt a little uncomfortable thinking about this. Although she knew very well that such things would exist in any era, the empathy between fellow girls still made her heart filled with a strong sense of discomfort.
Her face turned pale. Wu Guixiang, who was beside her, woke up at this moment. Looking at her face, she immediately asked worriedly, "Bao, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay, grandma. Maybe I feel a little uncomfortable sitting in the car." There were many people in the car, so Su Qingyun didn't say much.
Wu Guixiang frowned and looked at her without asking any further questions.
When the bus arrived at the county and the three of them got off, Wu Guixiang saw that Su Qingyun was still in a daze and asked seriously, "Yunyun, what happened?"
"What's wrong, Mom? What happened just now?" Li Xiu Lian was also confused.
Both of them looked at Su Qingyun.
Su Qingyun sighed and told everything she had just heard in the car. After she finished speaking, both Wu Guixiang and Li Xiu Lian fell silent.
"How could the Zhang family do such a thing?" Li Xiulian reacted and said in disbelief, "This is so inhumane!"
"The He family is really something. After all, she is their daughter, yet they are actually pushing her into the fire pit. How could they bear to do that?"
Even though she was an outsider and they had celebrated the holiday together, Li Xiu Lian couldn't help but feel a little sorry for He Qinqin.
Wu Guixiang's face was extremely cold. "With someone like He Qinqin's mother, there's nothing she can't do. Have you forgotten how she threw dirty water on Congjun before?"
"It's so pitiful." Li Xiu Lian didn't know what to say.
However, while feeling sorry for He Qinqin, Li Xiu Lian was also somewhat relieved that her family did not marry into the He family after joining the army, otherwise who knows what their future life would be like?
People like the He family would come over with the slightest benefit, just like a cat seeing meat. If Kong Jun married He Qinqin, he would definitely be taken advantage of by the He family.
Wu Guixiang was also feeling a little complicated. She had lived for so many years and had seen many dirty things, some even uglier than this. But times were different now. It was no longer the oppressed and exploited society of the past. Both men and women should learn to stand up and resist.
"He Qinqin can't stand on her own, and no one can help her." Wu Guixiang said lightly. She had the same idea as Su Qingyun.
Ultimately, the problem lies with He Qinqin. As long as she has the courage to fight, her life will be better than it is now.
"How can she, a girl, stand up for herself? She is not loved by her father and mother." Li Xiu Lian did not receive much education and did not have enough experience. Her ideas were still relatively old-fashioned. She always felt that a girl could not survive without a man and her family.
"Why can't she stand up?" Wu Guixiang asked her. "As for what she's been through, if she doesn't want to, she can go to the Women's Federation. This is a new society. Forced marriage is illegal, and the oppression she's suffered shouldn't exist. As long as she can expose it, someone will help her and make a decision for her."
"Can it be like this?" Li Xiu Lian asked blankly.
"Of course." Wu Guixiang said firmly.
Su Qingyun looked at her grandmother with a strange look in her eyes. She had always known that her grandmother was very open-minded, but she never expected that she knew so much.
"Okay, let's go. We still have important things to do." Wu Guixiang said. She had been talking for so long that she almost forgot about the important things.
"good."
The three of them walked towards the county department store. The first floor was for daily necessities, the second floor was for cloth, clothes, and the like, and quilts were also on the second floor.
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