The little village girl dressed as a disaster star led the whole village astray

She had never been to the Li family before, and it took her a long time to find the door.

When she came in, Hu Zi was turning over the herbs. Li Xi had collected a lot of herbs from the mountains these days, and they all needed to be dried before they could be preserved.

Hu Zi saw a strange old lady coming into his house without even saying hello, and frowned, "Who are you!"

Liu knew who Hu Zi was when she saw his similar appearance to Li Tiezhu. She smiled with wrinkles all over her face, "I'm your grandmother."

Hu Zi frowned and said, "I don't have a grandma."

The noise outside startled Madam Liu in the room. Madam Liu came out and looked at Liu standing in the yard. She asked in surprise, "Mom?"

Liu looked at her, her eyes suddenly turned red, she wailed and hugged Liu Niangzi, "My poor Xinghua - you have suffered so much.

Oh, God, how could you be so blind to take away Tiezhu? How will Xinghua and her son survive?"

Madam Liu's eyes were also red. She hadn't seen her mother for more than ten years, and she only remembered her goodness. Ever since her child's father passed away, she had been living in fear and panic. Now that she saw her relatives, her emotions suddenly surged and she couldn't stop crying.

Hu Zi was a little scared when he saw Madam Liu crying, but he still rushed over and pulled Madam Liu's clothes, "Mom, don't cry, what's wrong with you?"

Mrs. Liu wiped her eyes at the right time and said, "Xinghua, this is your son, he is a filial child."

Hearing what Liu said, Madam Liu also wiped her tears and nodded, "Yes, her name is Huzi, Huzi, this is grandma, call her grandma."

Hu Zi looked at Liu, whose face was covered with wrinkles, and kept his mouth shut.

Madam Liu looked at the stubborn Hu Zi and frowned, "Call someone, Hu Zi!"

Hu Zi still didn't speak, so Madam Liu slapped him on the back and said, "Why are you so ignorant!"

Liu Shi stepped forward to stop Madam Liu, "Okay, Xinghua, the child is still young, why are you hitting him?"

"Mom, Hu Zi might be a little embarrassed when he meets you for the first time." Madam Liu was a little embarrassed.

Liu waved her hands, looking nonchalant, "It's okay, it's okay, I just need to have more contact with you in the future."

The more she acted like this, the more embarrassed Madam Liu felt.

"Xinghua, Tiezhu is gone just like that. You've suffered so much.

You also know the situation at home. Mother didn't bring you anything good this time. She only brought a few eggs for you to eat to nourish your body." Liu handed the basket to Madam Liu.

Tears welled up in Lady Liu's eyes, and she sobbed a little, "Mom, what are you doing? I don't want you to take it back and give it to Yaozu."

"What are you taking? Your brother asked me to bring this to you. Your brother is thinking about you."

Madam Liu was so moved by Liu's words that she pulled Liu into the house and said, "It's cold outside, let's go inside and talk."

Hu Zi stood there, watching Madam Liu turn around and go back into the house as if she didn't see him, feeling a little at a loss.

He thought about it and followed in.

Madam Liu and Mrs. Liu both thought he was a child and didn't take it seriously.

Liu felt sorry for Madam Liu and said that the Liu family had a hard time. Liu Yaozu fell in love with a girl from a neighboring village. The girl was not decent and she had hooked up with Liu Yaozu and did something shameful before they got married.

Now that family is forcing Liu Yaozu to marry that girl, and the family is in chaos.

Madam Liu also felt that the girl was not decent, but now the matter was done and since the girl was already pregnant, it was indeed troublesome.

"Mother, what did my sister-in-law say?"

Liu Yaozu and Liu Niangzi are twins. He got married a year earlier than Liu Niangzi. When she got married, he already had a daughter.

Hearing her say this, Liu frowned and said with disdain, "She was just a good-for-nothing. She died of complications during childbirth when she gave birth to the third child."

"Ah?" Although Madam Liu didn't like her sarcastic sister-in-law, she still felt sad when she heard it. "How pitiful."

"Others had no problems giving birth, but she had a difficult birth. She was just unlucky. But she still had a conscience and gave birth to a boy for our Liu family." Mrs. Liu laughed again and said, "You haven't seen your nephew yet. Next time you go home, go see him and let him know what your aunt looks like."

After saying this, Liu looked at Liu Niangzi with a gleam in her eyes. She didn't believe that she would go there empty-handed.

"Since my sister-in-law is gone and the girl is pregnant, let me marry her. This way I will have a woman to take care of me."

Liu slapped her thigh and said, "Well, your father and I thought the same thing, but that family asked for fifty taels of silver before agreeing to marry her off."

"Fifty taels?!" Madam Liu's eyes widened. In the village now, ten taels of silver was considered the highest to marry a wife. Ordinary people only paid two taels of silver. Fifty taels of silver was enough to marry twenty-five wives.

Madam Liu sighed, her face wrinkled, "Your father and I both think the bride price is too high. It's impossible for a country family to ask for such a high bride price.

But Yaozu has set his eyes on her, and now they have a child, so your father and I can’t do anything about it.”

In fact, Madam Liu did not tell the truth. The girl was the daughter of Cao Laohuai from the neighboring village. She was only eighteen years old this year. Naturally, she would not fall in love with Liu Yaozu, who was the same age as her father.

It was Liu Yaozu who forced her after drinking. Cao Laohuai seized this opportunity and asked for a dowry of thirty taels from the Liu family, threatening them that if they did not give it, he would report them to the police and send Liu Yaozu to jail.

Liu Gen and Liu Shi naturally couldn't bear to see their son go to jail. Logically speaking, the Liu family should be wealthy. The betrothal gifts from Mrs. Liu and her sisters combined must have been more than one hundred taels.

The men in the families of the daughters manage the finances, and most of the time they just send some food home.

Liu Gen and Liu Yaozu were both spendthrifts. After so many years of spending, there were only twenty or so taels of silver left in the family. They could definitely scrape together the money, but at this time they heard that Li Tiezhu had died, so they wanted to take the money from Lady Liu.

They didn't know how much money Madam Liu had, but no matter how much it was, it was free money for them.

Before Liu came, Liu Gen specifically told her to tell Madam Liu that the Cao family wanted fifty taels of silver as a betrothal gift, and the extra money would naturally go into their pockets.

"What should we do then?" Madam Liu also frowned. The bride price was really too high.

"There are a few taels of silver at home, and your sisters have pooled together, but we are still short of forty taels.

Xinghua, you don’t know, your brother is on a hunger strike at home now, refusing to eat every day. He said that if he can’t marry that immoral woman, he will starve himself to death. Mother doesn’t know what to do, wuwuwu—” Liu said and began to cry.