Chapter 10392
Faced with Mrs. Liu's inquiry, Xiuxiu remained silent, but her wandering eyes clearly betrayed her guilty conscience.
As for Cao Bamei, she was eating the melon like a bystander, with the seeds still in her mouth but not spitting it out. As a result, the melon was stuck on her head.
"Xiuxiu, what's going on? Are you really being fooled by your fourth grandma?"
Cao Bamei pulled off Xiuxiu's sleeves and asked nervously.
Xiuxiu sat there, hugging Yongxiao and smiling dryly.
"Mom, I never thought of hiding it from you. I was really worried about Qiaoer, so I met her secretly..."
"What? You secretly went to Lijiacun alone to find Li Qiaoer? Oh my God!"
The huge amount of information rushed into her mind, and Cao Bamei almost lost her seat.
Her face turned pale in panic, and she held on to her embroidered sleeves without letting go.
She said with seriousness and heartache: "Xiu, my mother thought you had looked away and figured it out during this period."
"Why did you go to Lijia Village to be stupid again? Aren't you making me and your father worried?"
Mrs. Liu also nodded again, "Yes, Li Weiniang and Li Wei know about it. Maybe they will say that you can't live without Li Wei. Look, you've gone back by yourself again, and the price has dropped!"
"Fourth younger brother and sister." Mrs. Sun glanced at Mrs. Liu, meaning to tell her not to say that, as it would hurt Xiuxiu's self-esteem.
Mrs. Liu curled her lips, "What I said was rude, wasn't it rude? Just as the front foot left, the back foot ran to the door again. Isn't this a price drop? Why should the price drop?"
Xiuxiu opened her mouth several times, but there was no room for interjection.
Yang Ruoqing said: "You all pause for a moment and let Xiuxiu say a few words. Maybe, things are not what we think!"
"Yes, Xiu Xiu, tell me what's going on!"
Xiuxiu raised her head, glanced at Yang Ruoqing gratefully, and then quickly talked about her meeting with Li Qiaoer.
"I didn't go to Lijiacun, let alone Li Wei's house. I'm not that stupid!"
"I stuffed a piece of candy into a child in Lijia Village and asked him to send a message to Li Qiaoer, and then the two of us met on the river dam."
"I didn't say much, just talked about it for a bowl of tea and then left."
When the two former sisters-in-law met, they did not blame or curse each other, but hugged each other and cried for a while.
There is actually very little time to talk.
Li Qiaoer and Xiu Xiu blame themselves because it was her mother and her mother who failed Xiu Xiu.
Li Qiaoer's original words were: "Sister Xiuxiu, even if you and my brother reconcile, you will always be a good sister-in-law in my heart!"
"I don't advise you to get back together with my brother, because my brother is not worthy of you!"
"It's better for Yongxiao to follow you than to follow my brother..."
And Xiuxiu finally learned the inside story of Li Qiaoer's hasty marriage.
In the final analysis, he was the one who caused her trouble.
After she was picked up by her natal family that day, Li Qiaoer was very anxious and tried to persuade her brother to admit his mistake to her sister-in-law's natal family and take her back.
But her mother stopped her, and her brother was not happy either. Li Qiaoer quarreled with them over this, and was imprisoned in the woodshed without gagging her.
After being imprisoned for a few days, not only did they not see any compromise in Li Qiaoer, whenever they asked her to speak, she always tried to persuade and condemn her.
In the whole family, Li Qiaoer is the only one who is sober.
Li Wei's mother and son were so annoyed by what the sober man said that they came to discuss it with Aunt Li Wei.
Aunt Li Wei made some suggestions and said that it would be better to get married and forget about it. The female foreign minister helped Lao Yang's family talk, but it was useless to stay at home and add to the trouble.
So, just like that, four taels of silver were almost sold to Xu San of Xujiafan.
Before leaving, Li Qiaoer was asked to take the few clothes she had in her room with her, but nothing else was given to her.
All four taels of silver fell into the pockets of Li Wei, mother and son.
This is why after Xiuxiu brought the dowry back to Changping Village, the mother and son still had money to eat and medicine.
Therefore, when Xiu Xiu explained these matters in detail to the family elders in the yard, everyone couldn't help but condemn Li Wei and his son again.
"How can there be such opportunistic people in the world? It's really eye-opening!"
"If you take a wife and eat her dowry, if you don't have a dowry to eat, you will think of selling your daughter."
"What on earth do the mother and son think? Then Li Weini is so powerful that he can support the whole family by doing anything. Why is this so?"
"Typical soft rice king!" Liu labeled Li Wei.
Yang Ruoqing raised her eyebrows: "I'm curious, when the four taels of silver from selling the girl are used up, what will the mother and son do for a living?"
Xiu Xiu had been looking at Yong Xiao in her arms with her eyes downcast before. She was feeling confused as she listened to the condemnation from everyone.
If she was given another chance, she would never marry Li Wei even to death.
Marry him, not only to support him, but also to support his whole family.
The problem is that it's not her who's raising her, it's her parents who are raising her!
My father has been running a restaurant in the county for these years, and has been busy and tired, and has not been able to go home to share his family.
In the end, I have to support Li Wei's family. I am really an unfilial daughter!
"Auntie, Fourth Grandma, don't believe it. When Qiaoer's dowry is finished, they and their son will not starve to death!" Xiuxiu suddenly raised her head and said.
"What? Could it be that you left some dowry for them to eat and drink?" Cao Bamei asked again in surprise.
After all, when the dowry was sent out, only 60% was brought back!
Xiu Xiu shook her head hurriedly: "Absolutely not, mother, you can rest assured!"
"Then how should you say what you just said?"
"What I mean is that when the four taels of silver are spent, Li Wei's father will be released from prison!"
Everyone was stunned!
Yes, half of the three years in prison have passed. In another year and a half, Li Yi will really be released from prison.
After he was released, he was still young, in his early forties, similar to Yang Huazhou, and could still do farm work to support his family.
Everyone fell silent.
Because of the name Li Yi, they felt very bad.
This man went to jail because he committed something very disgusting to women.
"If he is released, women from ten miles and eight villages will probably not dare to go out alone. This is a beast!"
"You say you're a beast because you're looking down on him. He's not as good as a beast!"
"Qing'er, can't you think of a way to add a few more years to Li Yi's prison sentence?"
Yes, the person who can give such advice must be Liu.
Others also turned their expectant eyes to Yang Ruoqing. Obviously, they all had the same idea as Liu.
It's just that his words are not as sharp as Liu's.
Yang Ruoqing laughed at this.
"Fourth Aunt, do you think I am the county magistrate? Intervene when I say so?"
It's not impossible to intervene in those things. Yang Ruoqing has intervened in many things before.
(End of chapter)
