Song Liyun is not afraid of difficulties as high as mountains or opponents as powerful as gods, nor is she afraid of a long time; she is only worried about her companions being like pigs.
Hopefully, the older brother I haven't met yet isn't an old-fashioned person.
There were things here that satisfied her.
The original owner was sold to a restaurant as a maid when she was seven years old. Although the work was hard, she could at least eat her fill of leftovers from the customers.
He looks thin, but he is actually healthy and strong, with a lot of strength.
Just as she began stretching and bending over in the room to adapt to her body as quickly as possible, Old Madam Gu also ended her argument by the river and returned in a huff.
"Bang!"
The half-open door was kicked open roughly, and the old Gu family mother and daughter-in-law rushed into the house with wooden sticks in their hands.
"You little slut, I've already given you a good marriage offer, that's already a huge favor. And you dare to complain and run away? Now I'll beat you to death!"
Old Madam Gu's face was gloomy and wrinkled, her triangular eyes glaring viciously at Song Liyun.
She was stunned by Song Liyun's sudden aura when she was by the river. She was surprised but more annoyed. However, she didn't have time to teach her a lesson because the villagers and the village head's wife, Huang, were there.
Now that the door is closed, I'm ready to roll up my sleeves and teach this disrespectful little bitch a lesson, and see who will stand up for her.
She said she would beat Song Liyun to death, but she didn't actually do it.
The second son said she wasn't allowed to lay a hand on him.
The second son has received confirmation from Master Xue that if things go well, he will receive a dowry of fifty taels of silver.
An ordinary family works hard all year and earns only ten taels of silver. Giving away this wretched woman would bring in fifty taels of silver—a windfall.
If that wretched woman runs away, we'll lose fifty taels of silver.
The Xue family might come to carry someone away at any time, and if they are injured, their money might be withheld.
It's not worth losing money in the heat of the moment.
Despite the menacing demeanor of the Gu family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Song Liyun showed no fear.
First, she carefully tied up her waist-length wet hair with a hair tie, then looked coldly at Old Madam Gu and said, "Stepmother, you say it's for my own good, that only older men can be considerate. Why don't you, a widow, marry into an old man's family and be pampered?"
From the original owner's memories, she already knew the whole story. It was this "good marriage" that the old woman talked about that forced the original owner to drown herself.
The original owner had been sending money home since childhood, and now she could sell it again for a large sum of money, so Old Madam Gu was kind enough not to scold her as a "money-losing good-for-nothing".
But hearing her constantly use such vulgar terms as "lowly maid" and "lowly slut," Song Liyun became furious and retorted sharply.
Stepmother! Widow!
The fact that an old maid was marrying a widower was a source of heartache for Old Madam Gu. She was already unhappy that her own virgin daughter had married Old Man Song to become his stepmother.
Hearing Song Liyun call her a stepmother and widow, she was so angry she almost fell over backwards, her hand trembling as she pointed at her: "You, you..."
Seeing her mother-in-law upset, Madam Gu quickly stepped forward to comfort her: "Mother, don't take this little brat to heart. Once we send her to the Xue family, no one will upset you anymore."
Just now by the river, in front of the villagers, Xiao Gu still tried to hide the truth, saying that Song Liyun's fall into the water was accidental.
By this time, the door was already closed, and Song Liyun was like a caged bird. She stopped pretending and, shaking her fat face, forced a fake smile, saying, "Liyun, you've always been sensible. You still have to behave this time, otherwise things will get out of hand and it won't look good for anyone."
Marriage is decided by the elders; you have to marry whoever they tell you to, and serving your husband well is your duty.
Master Xue is getting on in years, and you are also getting on in years. Besides, it doesn't look good for you to hang out in restaurants.
Our family believes you're just a lowly maidservant, but others might not see it that way.
In a restaurant, one naturally has to go inside to serve tea and water to the young masters and gentlemen; who knows what shady things they might be doing there.
While you've just returned and no one knows what you've been up to, hurry up and marry into the Xue family.
It's rare that Master Xue doesn't look down on you. Once you enter the door, you can expect to enjoy a life of luxury and comfort.
When you're no longer worried about food and clothing, if you still remember your great-aunt's kindness, and your younger siblings give you some money during holidays, that's how you show filial piety to your elders.
Like a matchmaker, Madam Gu's mouth flew about, throwing buckets of accusations, good and bad, at Song Liyun, leaving her no chance to defend herself.
If it were an ordinary young girl, she would probably have been so ashamed and indignant that she would have died.
Song Liyun remained expressionless, raised an eyebrow and snorted coldly: "Whether others know what I do outside depends on what my second aunt says."
My second aunt isn't afraid of losing face, so why should I be? Anyway, I'm not innocent, and my cousin who isn't engaged won't get anything good either.
Since marrying into Master Xue's family is such a wonderful thing, let's leave it for my cousin to enjoy!
My cousin, Song Shuirong, is Gu's biological daughter. She is fifteen years old and at the perfect age for marriage.
Seeing that she was still stubbornly refusing to give in and even trying to slander Rong, Madam Gu clenched her fists in anger to keep from slapping her: Last night, no matter how much she pleaded, the little slut only whimpered and cried.
She's stopped crying now, but her sharp tongue is still infuriating.
Her eyes darted around, and she turned to Granny Gu, saying, "Mother, these ungrateful wretches in the family have grown up and become arrogant. You need to discipline them properly. They even dare to disobey you."
And that jinx is fed and clothed so well, he can't do any work, yet he has that cripple taking care of him every day, who knows how much trouble he's causing..."
Song Liyun stayed at the restaurant until she was seventeen. The reason she didn't even have the thought of resisting was that the Song family had their own ways of controlling her.
As long as her two brothers were still alive, she wouldn't dare to rebel.
Mentioning the two brothers at this point is clearly an attempt to force them to back down.
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