Most of the people queuing up to buy food were women. When they saw the injuries on Lian's body, they felt the same pain and started to curse at each other.
At this moment, an old man suddenly stood out from the crowd and looked at Lian Shi meaningfully: "Oh, I knew it... evil fate, evil fate!"
"Ms. Lian, do you still remember me?" the old man asked.
Lian looked over in confusion: "Yes...it looks familiar."
"The night your father died, I was a guest at your house. I knew your father and Guo Yulai. I thought you had been doing very well these years, so I didn't tell you about it, but now... I have to tell you."
"Back then, I was visiting your home and accidentally learned that you were engaged to the Guo family. Your father then asked me about the Guo family's character. I knew some old stories, so I told your father the truth. He was furious and said that the Guo family was a marriage fraud. He immediately took your engagement token and went out to break off the engagement. I remember that day was the Qiqiao Festival, and the streets were very crowded. Your father was too impulsive at the time, and I didn't catch up with him. Later, I heard that your father had an accident and passed away..."
"Niece, actually, your father had not planned to marry you off to the Guo family. What a pity... what a pity!" The old man sighed.
After hearing this, Lian felt a chill all over her body.
"My father... my father died because he wanted to break off my engagement?! And I knew nothing about it and still married Guo Baocheng?!" Lian collapsed. "I didn't know my father's true feelings, and for so many years I lingered in the Guo family. I thought obeying my father's arranged marriage was filial piety, but I didn't expect it to be my fault. I was wrong!?"
"Guo Baocheng, your family's marriage fraud indirectly caused the death of my father. I will go to the government to sue you. I will break off all ties with you!"
"For over twenty years, others have only thought I was enjoying myself in the Guo family, but they never knew that, all these years, they and their son forced me to sever ties with my mother's family! I simply followed the old saying, 'Marry the chicken, marry the chicken, marry the dog, marry the dog,' and out of concern for my children, I had no choice but to obey, causing my mother to worry all day long! How can I, so incompetent and unfilial, be worthy of my father?"
"Forty-seven pieces of my flesh and blood were eaten by him! I was a daughter-in-law before, and I was willing to do it out of filial piety. However, they shouldn't touch my daughter, not my son! My daughter is only twelve years old, and she has to suffer my pain. My son was beaten all over his body just for making decisions for me!"
"The Guo family, father and son, have ruined my life! I hope my neighbors and fellow villagers will stand up for me, and I hope the Guo family will stand up for me! I only wish to leave the Guo family, take back my own dowry, and from now on, we will have no further contact!"
Lian's words made everyone indignant.
Without waiting for the father and son to respond, they immediately gathered together and went to the government office.
Fortunately, there are yamen runners here, so there is no need to worry about the Guo family's servants taking action!
The scars on the bodies of Lian and Guo's three children are all evidence. The old man who just told Lian the truth can also testify that the Guo family was defrauding her in marriage.
It is not unreasonable to say that the Guo family committed marriage fraud and caused someone to die.
With Lian's sincere request, the government could not force them to continue living together. The father and son suffered successive setbacks and had not yet reacted when the government had already ruled them divorced.
All the dowry that Lian brought with her when she entered the family must be returned.
In addition, because Lian came into the family, made great contributions to raising children, was filial to her elders, and even dug out her flesh and blood to feed her father-in-law, the Guo family was ordered to pay Lian five hundred taels of silver in compensation.
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