It was quite a coincidence that Old Madam Ren and First Madam Ren were out attending a birthday party today and were not at home.
The people who came from the Li family were Li Siliang, the head of the Li family, Li Siliang's wife Li Pozi, and Li Ma, the eldest daughter of the Li family who was already married.
The Ren family is one of the most wealthy families in Baihe Town. However, it is not easy for the Li family to enter the Ren family. They were stopped by the doorman at the door without even being notified.
The Li family started making a scene right at the entrance to the Ren family's house. Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li Ma, true to their mother and daughter, were so loud that the doorman almost fell over.
Mrs. Li Ma pinched her waist, raised her fingers in a lotus position, and cursed while crying: "My parents saved money for several years to find a wife for my brother, but after you accepted the betrothal gifts, you turned your back on us and sold my poor sister-in-law to a brothel in the south! What a sin this is! My poor sister-in-law! Who will give us justice?"
Li Siliang listened to his daughter's wailing, which had already attracted several passersby who were passing by the Ren family's gate. They stood aside and pointed and watched the excitement. He tugged at his wife's sleeve with some concern and whispered, "Just let our daughter do what she wants. If the commotion gets out of hand and the master family loses face, not only will she not get the money, but will be beaten up by those servants instead."
Mrs. Li was watching the fun while crying and wailing. After hearing what he said, she thought about it and felt that what Li Siliang said was right, so she secretly winked at her daughter.
Unexpectedly, Li Ma was so engrossed in her conversation that she didn't even notice her mother's look. "...She said she accidentally offended your family's third young lady, and was beaten to death and kicked out. How could she be so cruel? Oh, God! What a sin! My poor sister-in-law!"
Seeing that more and more people were joining in the fun, the doorman was also frightened. A maid noticed something was wrong and immediately ran into the house to report to the masters.
Mrs. Li, listening from the side, felt something was amiss and stepped forward to tug at her daughter's sleeve. "Didn't you come here to ask for money? Why are you dragging this young lady into this?"
The Li family buys rouge and powder, and Mrs. Li has been the proprietress for decades and she knows everything.
Madam Li Ma gave Mrs. Li a reassuring look and whispered to her, "Mother. These wealthy families are most afraid of losing face. If I say this, they'll give us even more silver to silence us. If my brother wants to marry a good wife, he'll have to prepare more betrothal gifts, right? At worst, I'll just yell a few more times and say that everything I said just now was a misunderstanding."
Mrs. Li thought of her son at home, so she hesitated and let go of Li Ma's hand.
Li Ma was secretly pleased. She had persuaded her parents to come today because she had secretly accepted fifty taels of silver from someone. The person had promised to give her another fifty taels after she finished the play. One hundred taels of silver was a large sum of money. When she got married, her parents had prepared a dowry of less than twenty taels of silver to save money for her younger brother's marriage. She knew their family's financial situation, so she had always blamed her parents for being too partial.
So she didn't care whether her parents could get the money from the Ren family today. The money had nothing to do with her anyway. She just wanted to make a big deal out of it and tarnish the reputation of the third young lady of the Ren family.
Thinking of this, Li Ma howled even harder, and the plaque on the door of the Ren family was almost shaken down by her.
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