"Zhao Youcai, you shameless bastard!"
"You accepted our dowry, but your daughter can't even have a son. My Sun family hasn't even severed ties with you regarding our family line, and you still want to take her back? There's no such thing as a free lunch!"
"They've labeled our Tiezhu as someone who likes to hit people, which is a huge injustice. How can a quarrel between husband and wife turn into violence?"
"Captain, you have to give our family a fair trial! We can't let the people from Zhao Family Village bully our own people!"
...
Before the village head of Sunjia Village could react, Sun Tiezhu's mother, who was standing next to him, had already finished a long wailing.
Although everyone knew that this old woman never told the truth, the current situation undoubtedly gave Sunjia Village a legitimate reason to take action.
The village head of Sunjia Village coughed and looked at Zhao Youcai and the head of Zhaojiagou Village.
"Tiezhu's mother is right. The two of them got their marriage certificate and held a wedding banquet back then. They gave each other dowry and everything else. They can't just leave like this without any explanation."
Upon hearing this, Captain Zhao of the village couldn't help but frown. Although he knew the other party was being unreasonable, he didn't know where to begin refuting them.
Just then, Zhao Youcai's voice rang out behind him.
"Heh, betrothal gifts? If the two bolts of cloth the Sun family gave back then were considered betrothal gifts, then today my Zhao family can return double the amount."
"Captain, you may not know this, but back then the Sun family bullied people so much because Sun Tiezhu had a job. They didn't give any dowry other than two bolts of cloth."
"Nonsense! There are still two yuan and five jin of grain coupons!"
Wang Guilan put her hands on her hips and pointed at Zhao Youcai's nose like a spray bottle to refute him.
Zhao Youcai didn't even glance at her, and slowly sighed.
"It's also my fault as the father. I thought my child could marry a worker who works for the government, so I didn't bother to find out what happened to the expired food coupons. I never thought that this would become their excuse."
"As for two yuan, how dare you even mention that?"
Zhao Youcai finally turned his gaze to Wang Guilan, his voice icy cold.
"Your family gave two yuan as a bride price, and the day after the wedding they said your old man was dying. As your in-law, I couldn't just stand by and watch, so I lent you one yuan, and you still haven't paid it back!"
Zhao Youcai was referring to information he knew from the original owner's memories, and saying it now would undoubtedly expose the other party's excuse.
After saying that, he looked at Zhao Jianhua beside him and said, "Third brother, go and get four bolts of cloth, so that people won't say that my Zhao family is being stigmatized for selling our daughter for such a small amount of short-weight dowry."
"Okay, Dad, I'll go get it right away."
Hearing Zhao Youcai's words, Zhao Jianhua straightened up even more, and his voice unconsciously became much louder.
The villagers from Zhaojiagou nearby also started discussing this.
"I never expected Uncle Cai to be so understanding. It seems we misunderstood him before!"
"Isn't that right? Which of our families doesn't hope to make some money by marrying off their daughters... cough, by receiving a dowry? But Zhao Youcai just doesn't care about any of that at all."
"What's this called again? Right, city people say it's called 'fatherly love is as solid as a mountain'!"
...
Hearing the chatter from the surrounding area, Sun Tiezhu's family panicked, and even the village head of Sunjia Village felt embarrassed.
At this moment, Sun Tiezhu's mother once again displayed her skills of crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide, and suddenly spat on the ground.
"Pah! Zhao Youcai, you old bastard, have you no shame? Did you not want our dowry back then? You were only eager to marry your daughter to us because you saw that my Tiezhu had a secure job."
Hearing this, Zhao Youcai laughed and retorted, "You say I'm after your family's secure job? Then let me ask you, does Sun Tiezhu really have a job quota?"
"this……"
Sun Tiezhu and his mother were speechless after being outmaneuvered by Zhao Youcai.
If we really get to the bottom of this, it's not that simple. It could even completely confirm that their family committed marriage fraud in order to get a wife.
No one expected that Zhao Youcai, after talking for so long, would actually be waiting here.
Sun Tiezhu's mother avoided eye contact and said somewhat guiltily:
"My Tiezhu had a job when he got married! Zhao Youcai, you old fool, stop talking nonsense. I'm here today to take her back. No matter what, you have to hand over Zhao Chunhua to me!"
Zhao Youcai chuckled upon hearing this and looked at the village head of Sunjia Village, "Is this what your village intends to do?"
Seeing Zhao Youcai pressing him so hard, the village head of Sunjia Village was in a bit of a dilemma. However, thinking of his village's advanced collective status, he reluctantly nodded.
We absolutely cannot back down now. Otherwise, if we come all this way so early in the morning and then leave in a sorry state, we'll lose face big time.
“That’s right, we’ll leave as soon as we get Zhao Chunhua back.”
Zhao Youcai glanced helplessly at his captain, shrugged, and indicated that there was no need to say anything more; everything should proceed according to plan.
After the debate, Zhao Jiagou's side was clearly much more confident, at least no longer feeling that they were in the wrong.
The captain coughed and looked at the people from Sunjia Village across the way.
"The facts are now clear. It was Sun Tiezhu's family who tricked his wife into marriage with a fake job, and they didn't live a proper life together and even abused his wife. Now his wife can't take it anymore and has run back to her parents' home to sever ties and get a divorce. I never expected that the whole village would come here to cause trouble under the leadership of your Captain Sun."
"You...you're talking nonsense! It's our right to come and demand our people back, what do you mean by causing trouble?"
Upon hearing such a huge accusation being leveled against him, the village head of Sunjia Village immediately panicked.
At this moment, the captain of Zhaojiagou stepped forward with great momentum and grabbed him by the collar.
"Tell me, what are you doing in our village so early in the morning? Don't tell me it's just to help Sun Tiezhu, who's addicted to beating his wife, bring her home."
The captain's gaze swept over the group of men from Sunjiagou, and he continued in an icy voice:
"No other village would send so many men with farm tools to fetch a bride. If you don't give us an explanation today, we'll see you at the police station."
The village head of Sunjia Village felt a chill run down his spine; he had a bad feeling.
They had originally planned to use their numbers to put some pressure on Zhao Youcai's family, but they never expected to lose both face and substance.
No one told him before he arrived that the other party was going to call the police.
Looking at the expressions of the people from Zhaojiagou, they didn't seem like they would listen to his excuses. What should he do?
Upon closer inspection, Sun Tiezhu and his mother Wang Guilan, who had suddenly become listless and were now slinking into the crowd, trying to make themselves as inconspicuous as possible, infuriated the village head.
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