A time-travelling peasant girl becomes a wealthy woman

Roland beat Huang Bo crazily for a while and was a little out of breath. He stopped, but still pulled Huang Bo's clothes: "What do you want in order to let your brother go?"

"Pay compensation or report to the police."

"Is your heart made of stone!?"

"He's your brother! Your real brother!"

No matter how Roland shouted, Huang Bo refused to give in.

After standing for a long time, everyone was tired of standing there. Roland was also tired of scolding, so he shouted in a rough voice: "Forget about the money! We won't go to the police even if you report us! Can you still take your brother to jail yourself!?"

"Once I've reported it to the authorities, they will come and arrest me. I don't need to do anything."

Huang Bo's words made Roland choke.

Before she could open her mouth to retort, he spoke again.

It seemed that he had made a great decision, "If you both refuse to accept compensation and report to the police, there is another option, which is to sever the relationship."

"What!?"

Except for Huang Bo and Huang Dachuan, everyone else exclaimed.

"What did you say!? You want to break off relations with me!?"

Roland screamed and slapped Huang Bo in the face.

"I raised you with all my heart and even found you a wife, and you want to break off the relationship with me just for such a small matter!?"

Roland cursed and beat Huang Bo, but Huang Bo did not dodge and stood still, allowing Roland to do it.

"I think it was that vixen He Hui Niang who taught you to be bad!"

Roland bent down, took off his shoes, and beat Huang Bo even harder.

"I bewitched you before and you insisted on marrying her against my will. Now you come to me and break off the engagement for a little girl! I shouldn't have been soft-hearted and agreed to let you marry her! It would be better to let the blind and lame old widower marry her! Shameless little hoof!"

"mother!"

Seeing that Roland was getting more and more aggressive and even dragging his wife into it, Huang Bo grabbed her hand and couldn't help himself.

"Let me go! I'll beat you to death, you unfilial son!" Roland struggled for a long time but couldn't get free, "Mingzi, come here and pull him away!"

Huang Ming looked at Huang Bo, who had an angry and gloomy face, and took a half step back.

Roland became even angrier: "What are you afraid of! If he dares to hit you, I will beat him to death!"

Huang Ming refused to move no matter what.

"mother."

Huang Bo let go of Roland and took a few steps back.

He said, "I started helping with housework when I was three years old. I was young and weak at that time, so I picked up branches to use as firewood, swept the yard with a small broom, washed dishes, etc. Mingzi didn't do these things until he was eight years old."

"After I turned six, I started to help out in the fields, cutting grass for pigs, feeding chickens and ducks, and sometimes I had to wash all the family's clothes with my older sisters. Mingzi had never done this before he was ten."

"Then I grew up, my sisters got married, and my father passed away. The farm work at home should have been shared by Mingzi and me, and you, mother, would enjoy the good life. But..."

Huang Bo's voice suddenly drifted away. Roland was a little stunned but did not interrupt him.

"Mingzi is lucky to be able to take care of two or three acres of the twenty-acre farmland. You always say that I am the eldest brother and should take on more responsibilities, so I work almost from the time the sun rises until the crescent moon appears in the evening before I can go home to eat and rest. I can't have hot meals at home, only two steamed buns with wild vegetables."

"Have you forgotten why mother agreed to let me marry Hui Niang?"

"That's because I asked my two brothers to share the farmland at home, with each taking care of ten acres of land. I will only take care of the fields that I am responsible for, and I will use the saved time to do odd jobs and earn the betrothal gift to marry Hui Niang."

"Mingzi didn't want to make trouble in front of you, so you had to agree."

Looking at Huang Bo who was speaking slowly, Roland pursed his lips tightly.

"After Hui Niang came into the family, you made things difficult for her. You even asked her to go to the river to wash your and Mingzi's clothes in the middle of winter when she was pregnant with our eldest child! I felt bad for my wife and children for having to separate, but I also promised you that after the separation, I would come and help you with the farm work."

In the sunlight, Huang Bo's figure was cool and a little blurry.

"When we divided the family property, you didn't give us a single penny. You only gave me five mu of land and allowed us to take some daily clothes with us. You didn't even give us pots, bowls, quilts, etc."

"I don't mind it. It was Hui Niang who took the dowry. I also borrowed some money from the villagers and bought an acre of land near the farm to build a home."

"Mumu was having a birthday party. It was such a happy day, but she almost died!"

Huang Bo looked at Huang Ming, his deep pupils seemed to pin Huang Ming down.

"Mu Mu's maternal grandparents, Aunt Huang, and some villagers went to visit and express their condolences, but you, the one who hurt Mu Mu, did nothing and didn't even think you were wrong. Such relatives... it's better not to have them!"

"Huang Bo!"

Roland screamed out his full name.

"Mom, my wife and children are my life. If anyone hurts them, I will fight to the death."

Others dared not even breathe, but they could understand Huang Bo's disappointment and determination.

"I don't agree to break up the engagement!" Roland gritted his teeth and said, "It's just ten taels of silver, I'll give it to you!"

"Ten taels per year, until Mu Mu gets married."

"You're crazy about money!"

Now the villagers couldn't understand it.

Ten taels of silver is a huge sum of money.

You should know that according to the current market conditions of rice, one tael of silver can buy 150 dou of rice (equivalent to 1875 kilograms of rice), which is enough food for a family of 5 to 6 people for a year, and they can have enough food for every meal.

Huang Bo actually asked for it to be given every year?

"It's my fault for not making it clear just now."

Huang Bo explained nonchalantly: "Doctor Yan said that the wound is a bit deep, and it will probably leave a scar. If you don't want a scar, you have to go to the provincial capital or even the capital to buy scar removal cream, which costs a hundred taels or even more."

"I thought it was too expensive, so I didn't dare to tell you. It's not good for a girl to have scars, and it will affect her husband's family in the future. I thought that if I saved more dowry for my daughter, I would have more confidence when I look for a son-in-law in the future. Don't you think so?"

Huang Bo's explanation was very logical, but Roland almost fainted.

Huang Ming saw that Huang Bo came here today to break up the relationship. He stepped forward and pulled Roland, signaling her not to speak.

"Brother, are you determined to break off the relationship today?"

"I can accept a dowry of ten taels of silver for Mu Mu every year, or do you want to go to jail?"

Huang Ming immediately fell silent.

"Please wait a moment."

The two brothers looked at each other in silence for a long time, and Huang Ming pulled the angry Roland back into the house.

"Mom, I think my brother is serious."

"Who cares if it's true or not! I don't agree!"

"Mom, it's clear that my brother has turned his back on us now, and I'm afraid we won't be able to make peace in the future. If that little girl gets sick someday and says it's our fault, I'm afraid my brother will go crazy and kill me."

Huang Ming knew that Huang Bo would not give up today, so breaking off the engagement was the best option among the three.

Anyway, Huang Bo's family is poor, and there will probably be nothing that can help him in the future. He is also afraid that Huang Bo will have trouble making a living and covet his mother's money and land, and then shamelessly come back to compete with him.

It would be better to break off the relationship now so that the two families will have no connection anymore. If Huang Bo wants to take advantage of the family in the future, he will have reason to drive him out.

"He dares!"

Roland had no idea what Huang Ming was thinking, she just felt ashamed of Huang Bo's heartlessness.

But not sad.

"He dares to do that now. If I go out and say that I won't give him money and keep kissing him, he might report to the government office right away."

"..."

"Mom, let's just break off the engagement! We've made an agreement with him that no matter what happens to that girl in the future, she can't blame us."