"I raised my daughter, I can marry her to whomever I want! You don't need to interfere! Besides, she's not married yet, right? Not only did she run away secretly, she also forced us to return the betrothal gift, and her brother's job was ruined! And when she left, she stole all the money in the family, causing our family to live in hardship for several years. I'm so thin, all because of this dirty little girl. I finally found her, how can I let her go? Come back with me quickly, Wang Degui'er is still single, and the betrothal gift has increased by another two hundred!"

Zhu Shuzhen kept cursing and even yelled back at the passers-by she called over.

"Stealing money? That's impossible. I didn't steal money from my family when I went to the countryside. Don't make a mistake!" Li Mengxue couldn't admit that she made a mistake. "Take a closer look. You really look a bit like me in those years when I haven't seen you. You cruel mother, but stealing is a serious crime. I didn't do it!"

Gao Yinghua took out his ID card and said, "I'm from the Criminal Investigation Division of the Public Security Bureau. Regardless of whether your daughter is her or not, you are suspected of trafficking in human beings and making false accusations. Come with me to the Public Security Bureau!"

The people watching the excitement nearby kindly said, "This is really a police officer! My nephew is a police officer, and his ID card looks like this!"

Zhu Shuzhen was dumbfounded. Yesterday she heard from the Lin family that they saw their dead girl being led to this guesthouse by a man. This man was obviously very close to the dead girl. He looked like a decent human being, but she didn't expect that he was a public security officer!

Although she was arrogant, she knew that she couldn't afford to offend the powerful people, so she lowered her arrogance and said stubbornly, "I'm her mother, how can I not make the decision on her marriage! How can this be human trafficking? And what about false accusations and frame-ups? Our family lost money and all the neighbors know about it. Who else could it be but her? This is our family's business, the police can't do anything about it! Don't be attracted to this damn girl. I tell you, even if you are a police officer, you have to give a gift of 400 yuan to marry this damn girl!"

In fact, she didn't know whether it was this girl who stole it, but she signed up to go to the countryside without telling her family, so she felt that it must be her.

"You have an old feudal mindset! Even parents can't arrange marriages. Now everyone loves freely!" said a fashionable young girl next to him. "If you did this two years ago, your daughter would report you and your whole family would have to go through reform."

Li Mengxue nodded, deeply agreeing that she had left too hastily back then and failed to give the scumbag parents a good try!

She was about to continue to argue, but when she saw Gao Yinghua was about to speak again, she quickly grabbed her arm and nodded at him, "It's okay, I can handle it!"

Although she didn't think this scumbag had anything to do with her, they were indeed mother and daughter by blood. Even if she really went to the police station, it would be difficult to convict them. It would be better to take this opportunity to completely sever this relationship!

The most important thing is, she finally has the chance to lead the charge, how can she let others do it? Even her boyfriend can't steal the show!

Lian Qingqing was so confident in her that she focused on eating melon seeds. She must solve this matter brilliantly!

"Four hundred yuan is enough for you to marry me off? Anyone? Even an old widower who is about the same age as my dad and has children?" Li Mengxue asked.

"Anyway, it can only be more, not less! We have raised you to this age, you can't just come up with nothing in return, right?" Zhu Shuzhen just wanted to get the money quickly and buy Xiaojun a job.

When Li Mengxue ran away, the family had no money left. Xiaojun had no job. His father was a coal hauler and she was a temporary worker collecting sewage. Xiaojun refused to do either job, and was finally forced to go to the countryside by the neighborhood committee.

After suffering for several years, the college entrance examination was resumed last year, and the educated youth returned to the city in batches. Xiaojun will also come back for the Chinese New Year this year, and we have to buy him a decent job by then, so the money must be prepared!

I was originally worrying about where to get the money, but when I heard that the dead girl had returned, I finally came up with an idea: Let's go get her!

There is no place to go to the countryside this time, let’s see where she can run!

"Repay? That's right! Although I had to serve the whole family and my younger brother since I was young, and I had to go hungry and eat one meal a day, but at least I went to school and didn't starve to death. I do want to repay, but 400 yuan is a lot of money," Li Mengxue said, "and if I get married, I will have to let him bear parents like you with me. No matter how rich my family is, it won't be enough to pay for it. In this case, I might as well not harm other people's families! At worst, I won't get married. Can you still tie me up and marry me? I'm not as stupid as before. If you dare to marry me off casually again, I will go to the Women's Federation to report you for feudal superstition and arranged marriages. Anyway, you can't expect to get away with it!"

"Don't whine to me here. Once a daughter is married off, it's time for us to get the bride price. No matter what you say, it won't work. Even if you report it, the Women's Federation can't control whether a woman gets married and receives a bride price!"

Zhu Shuzhen refused to back down. There were more people without jobs in the city now. A good job would pay at least three or four hundred yuan. Where would the money come from if not from the betrothal gift? She had to get the money no matter what for Xiaojun!

"You still have the nerve to say that a married daughter is like spilled water! Can you guarantee that after I get married, you won't come to your house to ask for money anymore?" Li Mengxue rolled her eyes, looking unconvinced.

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Zhu Shuzhen was provoked by her and said, "If you don't subsidize the family after marriage, you can't give a penny less than 400 yuan. After all, I have raised my daughter for more than ten years, and it cost a lot of food just to raise her!"

"You even blame me for losing the money at home. You just say whatever is good for you. Who would dare to believe what you say? What if you get the 400 yuan and then come to disturb our lives?" Li Mengxue said sarcastically.

Yi Qingqing ate the melon with gusto. Comrade Dajinhua's fighting power was indeed not exaggerated. He was taking this opportunity to completely break away from his original family and eliminate the possibility of them sticking to him again in the future!

She remembered that in the original book, Li Mengxue had not returned to Haishi for ten years after he went to the countryside, and had completely lost contact with his family. Later, when others found out that he had become successful in the capital, they came back and told her parents, and they went to the capital for money.

Li Mengxue had originally traveled through time and space, and she sympathized with the original owner's experience. She didn't want to have anything to do with this group of people at all. In the end, she took out some money as a way of repaying the original owner's kindness in raising her, and ended it all once and for all, severing ties with them.