Granny Zhao stepped forward to grab Da Hong's clothes, but before her hand could touch him, Da Hong dodged her.
At this moment, Madam Sun also came out. She was about six months pregnant, but she looked like she was seven or eight months along.
This caused Sun to walk with a swaying gait and a less agile gait.
Sun was also visibly taken aback when she saw Zhao Dahong, before she realized what was happening.
"Da Hong? This is my Da Hong?" Sun was so excited that she tried to step forward and grab Zhao Da Hong.
Zhao Dahong did feel a little soft-hearted when she saw her mother.
But when she thought about how her mother hadn't tried to stop her when she was sold last year, she still harbored resentment towards Sun Shi.
Seeing her eldest daughter's cold attitude towards her, Mrs. Sun rubbed her hands together awkwardly, tears welling up in her eyes. She looked both heartbroken and pitiful.
Zhao Dahong gritted her teeth and steeled herself, finally uttering the words she had been holding back for so long: "I didn't come here today to claim this family!"
"What?"
"What?"
Granny Zhao and Madam Sun were both stunned, and tears welled up in Madam Sun's eyes.
Looking at Zhao Dahong's appearance today, Granny Zhao figured she must be doing quite well.
Wouldn't it be even better if I could help out my family?
Besides, these days, which girl in the village doesn't hand over all her earnings to her husband? There are so many children in the family, a whole bunch of little girls to support.
"I, Zhao Dahong, died last year when I was sold. Today I'm here to make this clear. From today onwards, I, Zhao Dahong, have nothing to do with your Zhao family!" Zhao Dahong seemed to have made a huge decision, and these words were almost roared out of his throat.
Granny Zhao finally understood what her eldest granddaughter meant. She said with dissatisfaction, "You ungrateful brat! If I hadn't sold you last year, you might have starved to death long ago! You wouldn't be enjoying such a blissful life today."
"Now you're not only ungrateful, but you've also come here to settle scores with me! Well, Zhao Dahong, you've really grown some guts. I'll beat you to death!"
As she spoke, Granny Zhao grabbed a broom from the side and made a gesture as if to hit Zhao Dahong.
"Grandma, stop!" A little girl of about thirteen or fourteen years old suddenly ran out of the house. She ran quickly to Granny Zhao and forcefully snatched the broom from Granny Zhao's hand.
Zhao Dahong looked at his younger sister and called out, "Xiao Lü."
Zhao Xiaolü is the second daughter of the Sun family, but this girl was born with a fierce temper and was very stubborn!
He doesn't look like someone who can take a loss or be bullied.
At home, only Zhao Xiaolü dared to argue with Granny Zhao, who was known for her sharp tongue and meanness.
"Big sister, you should leave now. This family isn't worth your coming back. Grandma is just trying to get something out of you now that you're doing well. Grandma has no conscience at all..."
Zhao Xiaolu continued talking to herself, her sharp tongue showing no intention of saving face for Granny Zhao in front of everyone.
"You brat, what nonsense are you spouting!" Granny Zhao's face turned green with anger!
Zhao Xiaolu glared at Granny Zhao and questioned, "Isn't that right! Grandma, you know best what you're thinking! Our family has never been so desperate as to sell my eldest sister. It was you who sold her for money, to get a wife for your nephew!"
Zhao Xiaolu spoke loudly, and the neighbors who were far away probably heard her.
Granny Zhao angrily pounded her chest, "Oh dear, what an unfilial family! They're trying to drive this old woman to her death!"
Here we go again...
Zhao Xiaolu looked at her grandmother with great disdain; she was always so unreasonable whenever she tried to cheat.
She snorted coldly: "Grandma, there's no need for you to put on an act. Heaven is watching what people do! Grandma should do more good deeds to accumulate good karma for yourself!"
The people around were all stunned by Zhao Xiaolu's quick wit!
This fighting power is comparable to ten Granny Zhaos plus ten Granny Yuans!
He Tiantian couldn't help but take another look at Zhao Xiaolü. To be honest, she quite liked this girl.
I'm just telling the truth!
Mrs. Sun was also surprised by her second daughter's behavior today. She knew that her daughter was stubborn and difficult to manage.
Unexpectedly, she was so bold and unafraid of being beaten. Even if she was dissatisfied, she would never dare to speak to her mother-in-law like that.
Granny Zhao was so angry that her liver hurt. She sat down on the ground and started cursing at Sun.
"You wretched mother, you don't discipline your daughter properly, and she's turned into this! Such a scourge can't stay in the house. Go to Peach Blossom Village now and marry this wretched girl off!"
Madam Sun looked horrified. "Mother, didn't I say that family in Peach Blossom Village wouldn't do? He's a widower, how can he be a match for my daughter!"
"Widower, so what if she's a widower! With someone like her, it's a miracle anyone would even want her. She'll never get married in her life!" Granny Zhao cursed viciously.
Sun was determined to protect her daughter, so she stood in front of Zhao Xiaolu and, unusually, had the courage to refute her mother-in-law.
"I disagree! I absolutely disagree with this!"
"Disagree? Too late! They've already given the betrothal gifts. It was originally set for next month, but now it looks like we should move it up if possible!"
Granny Wang was always kind-hearted, and upon hearing this, she also felt that Granny Zhao had gone too far.
There's a Granny Zhao and an Old Lady Zhao in the village. Why are these two old ladies so difficult to deal with?
"Sister-in-law, your second granddaughter is a perfectly innocent girl, how could you marry her off to a widower!" Granny Wang advised.
"Of course! It couldn't be for the money, could it?" Zhang Yufang said sourly, hitting the nail on the head.
When Zhao Dahong saw that her younger sister was being tortured like this by her grandmother at home, she could no longer hold back her tears and they fell.
She walked up to Granny Zhao, stared at her, and said, "Grandma, how much dowry did you receive! I'll pay for it for my sister!"
"No, sister, I'd rather die than marry him! If she wants to marry, let her marry him herself! Didn't she take his money?" Zhao Xiaolu quickly stopped her.
At this moment, Zhao Maodan had just returned from the fields with a hoe on his back, and was also carrying a few sweet potatoes in his arms.
This year's drought has resulted in poor growth of the sweet potatoes. Each one is only about the size of a palm.
Zhao Maodan was quite agitated when he saw the mess in front of his house, especially his own mother lying on the ground crying.
He glared at Sun and cursed, "Are you all tired of living? How dare you disrespect the elders of the family!"
He Tiantian couldn't help but spit out a curse and said loudly, "Pah! If the elders are enlightened, then filial piety is of course the proper thing to do. But if the elders in the family are ignorant, and the children still blindly obey them, that's just blind filial piety!"
"As the biological father of several children, you actually watched your own mother sell your daughter. You're worse than an animal! Zhao Maodan, you don't deserve to be a father! May you be childless and have no descendants!"
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