Chapter 335 You are a beast too!
A thin middle-aged man stepped forward and stood beside Xu Cui.
"Mom, we have already spent all the money from Master Lu, so Nian'er will have to marry him. You can't force us to death, right?"
When she saw her son-in-law Cheng Fu, Mrs. Hu became even more furious and picked up her walking stick to start beating him again.
"You are also a beast! You are idle, addicted to gambling, irresponsible, unworthy of being a husband, let alone a father! If your family members don't teach you, today, even if I risk my life, I will teach you a lesson!"
Seeing this, the old couple of the Cheng family hurried forward to stop her.
"Mother-in-law, calm down. This matter is not our Cheng Fu's fault. It's not that the harvest was bad this year, and the family didn't get any money. For the sake of the family's livelihood, we wanted to marry Nian'er off as soon as possible."
It is said that you should not hit someone who smiles at you.
This is Lushan Village after all, so we have to be polite in front of the Xu family.
Seeing this, Xu Cui hurriedly said, "Yes, mother, you don't know how difficult my daughter's life in the Cheng family is."
Although Mrs. Hu felt distressed, she remained calm.
"You asked for it. Who was the one who cried and made a fuss about marrying into the Cheng family? It's too late to regret it now!"
"Mom is right, so I am just trying to find a way to make life better at home." She said, looking at Cheng Nian'er in the yard, "Nian'er, come here quickly, Master Lu is here with us to take you home, he promised us that he will treat you well in the future."
The little girl shrank behind Song Yuntang and shook her head, saying, "I don't want it."
Cheng's mother said sternly, "What do you mean you don't want it? Your parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, you are the daughter of my Cheng family, you should listen to your parents, if everyone is so disobedient like you, won't the world be in chaos?"
Song Yuntang, who had been silent, spoke.
"That's not right."
Xu Cui frowned, "What's wrong?"
She didn't like her nephew's wife at all.
She clearly had the money, but her relatives were so poor that they couldn't even fill their stomachs, yet she didn't help them at all.
Now he is still holding her daughter hostage.
Song Yuntang said, "She is the daughter of your Cheng family, but she has sold herself into slavery and is now my slave, so now, I will be in charge of her affairs. You just want money. I can give you the money that Nian'er sold herself to the pawnbroker in exchange for a letter of severance of the relationship. Are you willing?"
She had discussed this matter with Nian'er before.
Anyway, the money is not much. If she can break off the relationship with the Cheng family, then Nian'er will not be too passive when the Cheng family comes to her again in the future.
Just think of it as spending three taels of silver to buy some peace and quiet.
The Cheng family looked at each other and asked tentatively.
"How much did she sell herself for?"
Song Yuntang looked at Cheng Nian'er.
The little girl raised three fingers.
"Three or two."
"Only three taels? You must be kidding!" Cheng Fu pointed at Master Lu who was pinching his beard not far away, "Master Lu gave us six taels of silver."
Cheng's mother also looked fierce.
"That's right, the difference is doubled. Don't try to deceive us!"
Aunt Zhang was listening at the side and felt unhappy too.
"Do you Cheng family members only care about money? Nian'er is your daughter and granddaughter, not a commodity. Why are you bargaining?"
Mother Cheng was blunt, "I see you are talking without any concern. You also have a daughter. When your daughter got married two years ago, didn't you accept the betrothal gift?"
The betrothal gift was received, a total of eight taels of silver.
She only had one daughter, and when she got married, half of the betrothal gift was given to her to take home to supplement the family income.
The other half is still in her hands, and she plans to give it to her daughter in case of emergency in the future.
But she definitely couldn't talk about money matters in front of outsiders.
"How can this be the same thing? We are marrying off our daughter. When she reached the right age to marry, the man married her home in a formal ceremony. What are you doing, Cheng family? Are you selling your daughter?"
"It sounds nice to say that you're marrying off your daughter, but in the end, isn't it just selling her?" Mother Cheng said as she tried to take the opportunity to squeeze into the yard and catch someone. "No matter what, Nian'er must go with us today!"
Li had been staring at her. Seeing that she was trying to run inside, she quickly squeezed to the side and dragged her to the ground.
"Ouch!" Mother Cheng was caught off guard by Li and dragged to the ground. Her butt was numb from the fall. "Who was the blind person who pulled me?"
As soon as she saw it was Li who had just confronted her, she immediately started to grab her hair.
Suddenly seeing a few peanuts dropped from Li's body, Cheng's mother's eyes lit up. She stopped fighting and focused on picking up the peanuts.
Now that food prices are high, we have nothing but bland food at home every day.
When she sees some food, she wants to put it into her mouth. It is an instinctive reaction.
Seeing that she hadn't eaten anything, the Cheng family members felt a little embarrassed, especially Xu Cui, because her mother-in-law now represented the face of the Cheng family.
The Cheng family's reputation is also her reputation.
Now that the mother-in-law is so aggressive in grabbing food, it is obvious how hard life is for the Cheng family.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
As she spoke, she went to help Cheng's mother up.
"Go away!" Cheng's mother didn't buy her story and pushed Xu Cui hard, causing her to fall to the ground.
"Tsui'er!"
Seeing this, Mrs. Hu pretended to go forward to help.
Xu Cui avoided her touch.
She cried and accused.
"Are you satisfied? Now the whole Lushan Village knows that the Cheng family is so poor that they can't even afford to eat. Yes, I didn't listen to you back then and insisted on marrying Cheng Fu, but over the years I have openly and secretly wanted you to help me, but what did you do? You clearly have money, but you still watch your daughters and sisters suffer. You have such a cruel heart!"
Mrs. Hu raised her eyebrows, obviously disagreeing with what Xu Cui said.
"Your mother-in-law's family has three sons, and Cheng Fu is a grown man with healthy hands and feet. Don't you see why their family is poor? If the people in the Cheng family were more diligent, would the Cheng family be in its current situation? We can help you temporarily, but can we help you forever?"
Some ideas are deeply rooted in Xu Cui's heart.
No matter what Hu said, she felt that as the youngest and only daughter in the family, her parents and brothers should give her some financial support when she was in trouble.
Xu Cui wiped the tears from her face.
"I know you all look down on me and my husband. I just want to take my daughter away today and never bother my parents and my elder and second brothers again."
Hu was heartbroken.
"You kid, why can't you make sense?"
Only after picking up all the peanuts on the ground did Cheng's mother get up from the ground.
"Cheng Fu, why don't you go and bring your daughter here?"
As she spoke, she winked at her sons and daughters-in-law.
Seeing this, several people rushed into the yard.
The brothers Xu Yongfu and Xu Yongwang hurriedly blocked the door.
"Xu Cui, Cheng Fu, Nian'er can't let you take her away today."
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