Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

Seeing that she had aroused everyone's interest on her own, Li Cuihua deliberately coughed a few times to clear her throat.

"Yeah, cough cough cough."

Then she tugged at her clothes and stamped her feet. When everyone was getting impatient, she started to say, "Old Lady Li sold Li An's daughter. Now that his daughter is back, of course she has to divide the family property! If she doesn't divide it, will she wait for her daughter to be sold again?"

"Yue was sold by Old Lady Li. I was wondering why Wan Niang had been looking for her daughter these past two days. The villagers also helped to look for her, and we searched all the nearby villages but couldn't find her." said neighbor Aunt Wang.

Another villager said: "I thought Li An's daughter couldn't stand the hard life in the village and went back to the capital to see her adoptive parents. After all, she has been a rich lady since she was a child and lived a rich life that we can't even imagine."

"How is that possible? She has been with a beggar. Rich families value reputation the most. If she loses her innocence, she will either be beaten to death or her hair will be chopped off and she will become a nun. Besides, we farmers will not let such a girl into our family."

Although Li Cuihua was very sure, she did not have a very good reputation in the village. If anything happened in someone's family, as long as she knew about it, even if it was a trivial matter, she would make it known to the whole village.

What's more, given Old Lady Li's personality, she couldn't hold it in and tell others about the fact that she sold her granddaughter in one day, let alone two days.

Now that Li An's daughter has returned, Li Cuihua said here that she was sold by Old Lady Li. This is why Aunt Wang doesn't believe it.

Aunt Wang is kind-hearted and treats her daughters-in-law like her own daughters. She has always been dissatisfied with the way Aunt Li tortures her two daughters-in-law.

But as a neighbor, she really had no right to interfere. Sometimes when she saw that Old Lady Li was really going too far, she would say a few words indirectly.

Even so, she was still criticized by Old Lady Li, who scolded her for worrying about nothing.

Of course she also has a temper, and after being scolded a few times, she no longer meddles in other people's affairs.

It’s just that the twins feel so sorry for themselves that they would give them some steamed buns from time to time.

Her family was not wealthy. She had two sons. The eldest son was married and had a grandson for her. The younger son was sixteen years old and had reached the marriageable age.

However, the family conditions were too poor and they could not afford to build a house, so the whole family lived in one crowded place. After looking for a partner seven or eight times, they found one that their son liked, but the other party disliked the fact that the family had no house and did not agree.

Therefore, the whole family lived frugally, hoping to save money to build a house for their youngest son.

No matter how much she sympathized with the twins, she couldn't give them too much.

However, when he saw Li Cuihua talking about Yue girl's reputation, he couldn't help but say, "Li Cuihua, you must speak with conscience, and you can't make up stories and slander Yue girl's reputation."

Li Cuihua knew that she was not very popular in the village. She was telling the truth, but not many people believed her. She said excitedly, "I didn't say anything wrong. The night before Li Mengyue disappeared, I drank a large bowl of water before going to bed. In the middle of the night, I couldn't hold it back any longer."

"I had just pulled up my pants and was about to go back to my room when I heard a man and a woman talking. I thought someone was having sex in the middle of the night, so I opened the door and followed them."

"Guess what I saw?"

The villagers were curious about Li Cuihua and wanted to know who she was.

Li Cuihua saw that everyone was looking at her eagerly, wanting her to continue talking. However, she enjoyed the feeling of everyone's eyes on her, which made her feel very important.

It was not until someone urged her impatiently that she said mysteriously, "It was Old Lady Li and Li Jian. Old Lady Li carried Li Mengyue on her back, and Li Jian walked in front. Not far from the entrance of the village, there was a carriage waiting, and a man in rich clothes got off the carriage. I don't know what they said, but the man gave Li Jian a bag of silver, and Li Mengyue was put on the carriage."

"When Old Man Li and Li Jian were walking back, I was afraid they would find me, so I hid myself. But I vaguely heard fifty taels of silver."

The villagers thought what Li Cuihua said was very convincing, and combined with the fact that Old Lady Li had been telling everyone in the past few days that her son was going to the provincial capital to study and learn from a teacher, and would definitely pass the exam next year, Li An would rather be labeled as an unfilial person than not split up the family business, thinking that this was probably true.

"Oh my god, selling people secretly is a crime. If you report it to the government, you will not get any good results."

"That's what they say, but we ordinary people don't even know which government office is facing, so what can we file a complaint against?"

"Yes! I guess Li An knew that it was impossible to sue her stepmother, and she was heartbroken, so she wanted to split up the family."

Old Mrs. Li never expected that what happened that night was actually seen by someone.

Hearing the villagers' discussions, she panicked for a moment. She had a son who was going to be an official next year, and a life of wealth and glory waiting for her. She couldn't be put in jail.

Just as Old Lady Li was about to make a big scene, Old Man Li came back from the fields with his eldest son Li Hai.

Seeing so many people gathered at his door again, Old Man Li felt a pang in his heart. He remembered the last time his wife tried to sell twins but failed and got into trouble. He thought that the wife might be up to something again.

When the villagers saw Old Man Li coming back, those of lower generation all greeted him.

Old man Li nodded in response and walked into his yard. He saw his old wife sitting on the ground crying. The second son and his wife only cared about their son and daughter and ignored their mother.

Old man Li's eyes deepened. This would have been impossible before.

When did things start to change? When he saw Li Mengyue, Old Man Li understood the crux of the problem. It all started when the second son's daughter came back to recognize her relatives.

He didn't expect that such a beautiful girl not only lost her virginity, but also got involved in the sale of twins.

If it weren't for the fact that his second daughter had lost her innocence, he might have had some reservations and wanted to see if he could sell her at a higher price.

Now the second son and his wife have started to have second thoughts. Just now he heard someone talking about splitting up the family.

I hope it’s not what he thinks. Compared to the eldest brother, the second brother has more ideas.

Otherwise, he would not have brought back an unidentified woman as his wife without the consent of both him and his wife.

Although his second daughter-in-law had worked hard over the years and had given birth to three sons and a daughter, he was not satisfied.

Now that he heard the villagers talking about splitting up the family, Old Man Li lowered his voice and asked angrily, "What's going on?"

When Mrs. Li saw the old man coming back, she felt like she had found her backbone.

She stood up from the ground, staggered to Old Man Li, threw herself into his arms, and cried in a wronged manner.

"Old man, you have to make the decision for me. My second son's wife hurt me so badly. I want him to divorce her."

Many villagers felt disgusted when they saw that even though Old Lady Li was already a grandmother and had several grandchildren, she was still imitating young couples by snuggling into the arms of men and pretending to be shy.

Besides, it's too rude to do this in broad daylight.

When Old Man Li saw everyone's harsh looks and the mocking smile that he hadn't had time to retract, his face suddenly turned red. He pushed Old Lady Li away, regardless of the pain in her arm.

Because the force was so strong, Mrs. Li didn't care and her arm made close contact with the ground.

Everyone heard a "crack" sound, and then Old Lady Li screamed like a pig being slaughtered. She rolled on the ground in pain, saying, "My arm, my arm is broken."