Just when Old Mrs. Li was feeling extremely sad, Li Jiaojiao saw her mother's ugly face and finally came to her senses. She swallowed the bitter words that were on the tip of her tongue.
Then she said, "Mom, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
As she spoke, Li Jiaojiao helped Old Lady Li up. However, Li Jiaojiao had never done any work since she was a child, and Old Lady Li was a bit clumsy, so she pulled hard, causing her secondary injury.
"Okay, okay, Jiaojiao, don't pull me, I'll get up by myself, I'll get up by myself."
Old Mrs. Li had doted on Li Jiaojiao for so many years that she couldn't find any words to blame her. She could only blame herself for being too stubborn.
After Mrs. Li sat down, Li Jiaojiao started asking her for money again, saying that her clothes were dirty and she needed two taels of silver to make new clothes.
But Mrs. Li had no money at the moment. Before Li Jian left, he swindled the only dozen or so taels of silver left in the house.
"Jiaojiao, your clothes are not worth a penny. I think you have been cheated. They are not worth a penny."
"I'll give you twenty yuan, and you can go home and wash yourself properly."
"Mom, you have the nerve to say that after twenty years, I don't want it anymore." Li Jiaojiao said impatiently.
"Okay, okay, my darling, I'll give you another ten yuan, no more." Old Mrs. Li said flatteringly with a purple face.
Seeing her mother like this, Li Jiaojiao guessed that something must have happened at home. It seemed that something big had happened at home during the past few months since she hadn't been there, otherwise why would her mother give her dozens of dollars to get rid of her.
You have to know that in the past, she only had one or two taels of silver as a base, not including food and drink. This was also the basis for her to gain a foothold in her husband's family.
Even though she married into a town and her husband was a scholar, the living standard of her husband's family was not as good as her own.
In order to ensure that her husband had good food and clothing, she had already used up all her dowry. Even the money and things she brought from her parents' home were never spent on her.
The silver and money were all collected by my mother-in-law, who said it was for my husband's travel expenses for the imperial examination. She also gave my husband food and drinks separately.
This time she didn't come for four months. If she had brought more money and things last time, it would have lasted for four months and there was no food at home.
The mother-in-law then sent her back to her parents' home. Another thing was that she had heard about fried locusts, Xinghua Village, and twins from her neighbors.
After she asked the neighbors in detail, she found out that the twins were from her second brother's family.
Because as far as she knew, there was only one pair of twins in the entire Xinghua Village, and they were her second brother's two sons, Mingyu and Minghao.
But she couldn't quite believe it. Every time she went to the house, she saw the twins, skinny and small, either working or on their way to work.
She knew very well that it was not easy to make a living under her mother.
Because I am my mother's biological daughter, I am treated well at home. Otherwise, my elder sister Li Rong is an example.
Her mother betrothed her to Wang Meng, a butcher from Meihua Village, and received a high betrothal gift of ten taels of silver.
You should know that for a farmer to marry a wife, two taels of betrothal gifts are already generous, and ten taels of betrothal gifts can also marry a wife.
She heard that Wang Mengyu offered a high betrothal gift because he had a violent streak and his ex-wife was beaten to death by him.
After hearing this, she knew that her elder sister would definitely not have a good life if she married him.
Although she also sympathized with her elder sister Li Rong, she knew that the ten taels of betrothal gift would fall into her hands. Thinking of this, she suddenly no longer felt guilty towards her elder sister.
Marrying Wang Meng can earn me ten taels of silver and help me gain a foothold in my husband's family. This shows that the elder sister really loves the younger sister!
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