Chapter 219 The condition is to break off the relationship!
Chapter 219 The condition is to break off the relationship!
What! The crowd gasped.
Chen Shouren glanced at Wang Qiushi and felt that her elder brother and sister-in-law were too much. How could they ask for fifty taels of betrothal gifts? His Wang Xiuer was not a lady from the city!
Wang Qiushi received Chen Shouren's gaze, and then looked at the eyes of the villagers. He wished he could find a hole to crawl into! He turned around and went back silently.
As soon as she got home, Chen Zimo pulled her aside and asked what the situation was like over there.
Wang Qiushi looked at Chen Zimo and said, "Son, you must not be confused again in the future."
Chen Zimo didn't say anything.
As soon as Mrs. Wang said this, Wang Daquan and Huang Lihua couldn't suppress their smiles on their faces.
Niu Fusheng and Li Lihua immediately went to hold Wang Pozi.
"Mom, you are crazy!"
"That's right, mother-in-law. Fifty taels is a huge sum of money! You only have Niu Er as your grandson!"
Niu Er kowtowed to Grandma Wang: "Thank you, grandma! Thank you, grandma!"
Wang Xiuer also knelt down.
But Mrs. Wang ignored everyone and looked at Wang Daquan and Huang Lianhua and said, "But I have conditions."
Huang Lihua and Wang Daquan are very happy now and will agree to any conditions.
"You said, anything is negotiable!"
"I want you to break off your relationship with Wang Xiu'er! We already have a traitor in our family! We can't have another one!"
When Mrs. Wang said this, Li Lihua felt her face burning hot. This old woman was deliberately humiliating her in front of outsiders!
Breaking off the relationship? Wang Daquan and Huang Lianhua looked at each other.
Huang Lianhua snorted coldly: "I have never heard of any family marrying off their daughter and cutting off ties with her parents' family!"
Wang Daquan agreed.
Mrs. Wang nodded slightly: "Okay, if you don't agree, I won't pay the betrothal gift. No matter what Niu Er says or shouts, even if he dies, I won't pay a penny! And whether your Wang Xiu'er has a good reputation or not, it's none of my business! None of my business!"
"You..." Huang Lianhua was furious.
Wang Xiuer looked at her parents. She thought that her parents would not abandon her just for fifty taels of silver, right?
Unexpectedly, Wang Daquan agreed.
Huang Lianhua was anxious: "Boss, how can we agree to this?"
Wang Daquan whispered, "We don't have only Xiu'er as a daughter, and she can just break off the engagement if she wants to? Even if we have any problems in the future, will Xiu'er not help us? We should first agree to her and get the money."
Huang Lianhua glanced at Wang Daquan with a smile in her eyes: You are really thoughtful!
A glimmer of light in Wang Xiuer's eyes went out. She didn't expect that her parents would abandon her because of fifty taels of silver.
Now that the decision has been made, Chen Shouren will write the letter of severance of the relationship.
It was so embarrassing that my hands were shaking. I really wanted to throw away the brush in my hand and quit being the village chief!
He feels ashamed!
But as the village chief, I have to stay here.
Mrs. Wang looked at the marriage certificate in her hand and pulled Wang Xiuer to her side, saying, "Press your fingerprints on it. Once you do, you will be a member of our Niu family!"
Wang Xiuer glanced at her parents. The smile and light in their eyes almost hurt her eyes. She turned around to look at Niu Er, and Niu Er nodded slightly at her.
Wang Xiuer suddenly knelt down in front of Huang Lianhua and Wang Daquan, kowtowed three times without saying anything, and when she stood up again, she no longer had any expectations of her parents and simply pressed her hand prints.
There were two copies, and Sun Ruhua took one. She went back to the house and took out a bag of silver, and threw it to Wang Daquan: "From now on, Wang Xiuer has nothing to do with you, you can go away!"
Wang Daquan's eyes were full of greed. Huang Lianhua took out the silver, counted it several times, and confirmed that it was fifty taels. She immediately burst into laughter.
The farce finally came to an end.
When Wang Daquan and Huang Lianhua left, they didn't even look at Wang Xiuer. They just said goodbye to Wang Qiushi before going back. They didn't say a single word to their former daughter, asking her to take care of herself in the future.
When Xie Jiaojiao looked at the time, it was almost dawn.
When Li Lihua saw that so much silver had been taken away, she scolded Wang Po for being partial and only having Niu Er as her grandson. She then scolded Niu Er and Wang Xiu'er, calling Wang Xiu'er a vixen and something like that, and Niu Er a spendthrift. Niu Fusheng was also angry, but he was still filial and did not dare to disobey Wang Po. Finally, Li Lihua was pulled back into the house by Niu Fusheng. Li Lihua angrily said that she wanted to divorce him. Niu Fusheng closed the door and coaxed her for a long time before she calmed down.
The villagers all went back. Sun Ruhua looked at Mrs. Wang and asked, "Are you okay?"
Mrs. Wang waved her hands, feeling dizzy. She covered her forehead with her hands, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead in the middle of winter.
Niu Er and Wang Xiuer hurried to support her.
But Mrs. Wang remained calm and dodged the hands of the two men: "Okay, Niu Er, go and clean up the room next to the kitchen where the sundries are stored, and let Wang Xiuer sleep there!"
Niu Er responded and went there immediately.
However, Wang Xiuer stayed with Wang Po and did not go.
"You go and help, too."
She then followed him.
After the two left, Mrs. Wang looked at Sun Ruhua's worried face and her eyes turned red. "I must have done too many sins in my previous life, so I have such a hard life in this life. I was widowed at a young age and raised my son alone. I finally looked forward to my son getting married, but my daughter-in-law passed away after just a few years. The grandson I raised with so much effort is here to collect debts."
Sun Ruhua felt sad after listening to this, because she had witnessed with her own eyes how difficult it was for Wang Po-zi!
"Well, now that this has happened and we've been through so much, it's time to enjoy life. Look at me, I was upset by the two unfilial sons in my family before, but now I'm fine, right?"
Mrs. Wang smiled bitterly and shook her head: "I hope so! My dear sister, you should go back to sleep too. We have made a fool of ourselves today again."
Sun Ruhua nodded: "You should take a rest too, don't think too much, children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, when we are old and can no longer bear it, we should let it go instead of carrying it stubbornly."
Mrs. Wang nodded.
Sun Ruhua arrived at the door and saw Xie Jiaojiao and Jiang Weinan still waiting for her.
"Don't you have to go to the county town tomorrow? Go back to bed early."
Xie Jiaojiao said: "It doesn't matter a moment. It's getting dark now. We won't wait for you. You can go back in the dark!"
"Girl, you care about me, but you always say it so bluntly!"
Xie Jiaojiao pulled her arm and said, "Let's go back."
Along the way, Sun Ruhua told Xie Jiaojiao about the difficulties faced by Wang Po. Xie Jiaojiao listened and actually admired Wang Po very much. In the ancient countryside, a widow had to support an entire family. One can imagine how much hardship she had endured.
The next day they slept for a while longer before getting up, having a simple breakfast and taking a carriage to Jiangbo City.
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