Zhao Maihua: ...Why are everyone suddenly praising her? Weren’t we united against the outside world just now?
In fact, there were two people at the dinner table who had heard about Ruxin being a concubine, but they were not sure so they did not dare to say anything. Now seeing that Old Sun and Wang were getting nervous when they mentioned her, could it be true? Did Mr. and Mrs. Zhao really sell their daughter?
After dinner, Zhao Dashu found them and took them home. Wang also took the opportunity to slip away, leaving only Zhao Maihua. She wanted to see if there was anything she could take home.
"Mom, why are you helping my third sister-in-law?"
“You don’t understand!”
"What don't I understand? Isn't it just that their family is rich? Are you all clinging to them? Mom, it's useless. No matter how much you try to please them, we won't get any benefits. If we wanted to give them, we would have given them already."
"Oh, don't worry about it. Where are your son and Ma Dacai?"
"Oh, he doesn't want to come, and he doesn't want the children to come either. He said that our family doesn't treat him as one of our own and looks down on him. If he doesn't come, he will be ignored."
"How can you dislike him? How can you betroth you to him? Tell mother, how does he treat you?"
"What can I do? If I'm happy, I'll smile at you. If I'm unhappy, I'll scold you like a dog. My parents-in-law are the same. Now even my children often point their fingers at me and scold me. Mom, my third brother has killed me."
"The Ma family is such a piece of shit. You've worked like a slave for them for so many years, how could they treat you like this? Girl, tell me, does Ma Dacai have someone else?"
"What kind of person is this? He wants to earn more money for his children's education. The family has little income now. Mom, you really have to help me. My daughter's life is really getting hard. Don't you know..." Zhao Maihua acted pitiful and poor. When she left, she was carrying a big basket with a big smile on her face.
Li's eyes were blazing with hatred. "Look at your mother. Those things are ours, how can she just give them away!"
"Forget it, it's already been given to you. We should hide our things better next time." Zhao Dayong could only comfort his wife. He was even angrier than Li.
"Today is a good day for our daughter, we have to be happy. We can just treat those things as beggars. Let's go and see how much betrothal gifts the in-laws have given. Let's count them."
Li cheered up and said, "I'll go call Zhaodi to come along, so she can watch and have an idea of what's going on." Apart from the three taels of silver, they didn't know how much else they had given.
"Okay. The chickens and ducks they brought are in the backyard. They are big and fat. It seems that they care about our Ruxin." Zhao Dayong did not mention that at the son-in-law banquet, the third brother was more enthusiastic than him. There was nothing much to say. It would only make him feel upset if he said more.
You can't say that the man is not attracted to their daughter. It's possible that he is attracted to her daughter's third uncle and is thinking that there might be some benefits from the marriage.
It is also possible that he was misjudged. He had met Qi as his son-in-law several times and he didn't seem to be a scheming person. It should be said that he is an honest man.
"Should we keep the betrothal gifts for Zhaodi now, or give them to her when she gets married?"
"Give it to her when you get married. If she spends it or loses it, will she get married without anything? We will have to cover her down the road."
"That's true."
"How was it? Did everything go well today?"
"I almost got into trouble. Everyone asked me why I didn't go. Did you make up your mind? I won't go to such a banquet in the village anymore."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Dayu secretly felt lucky that he did not go. "Thank you for your hard work. We don't have any other celebrations to hold next. Just stay at home and prepare things for the New Year."
"Ru Xin, keep an eye on her."
"Don't worry, she is my daughter too."
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