The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

A thin middle-aged man came forward and stood beside Xu Cui.

"Mom, we've already spent all of Master Lu's money, so Nian'er has to marry him. You can't force us to death, right?"

Seeing her son-in-law Cheng Fu, Mrs. Hu became even more furious and picked up her crutch to start beating him again.

"You're a beast too! You're idle, addicted to gambling, irresponsible, unfit to be a husband, let alone a father! If your Cheng family won't teach you, today, even if I risk my life, I'll teach you a lesson!"

Seeing this, the old couple of the Cheng family hurried forward to stop her.

"Mother-in-law, calm down. This matter is really not our Cheng Fu's fault. It's not that the harvest was bad this year, and the family didn't get any harvest. For the livelihood of the family, we want to marry Nian'er off early."

They say don’t hit someone with a smiling face.

After all, this is Lushan Village, so we have to be polite in front of the Xu family.

Seeing this, Xu Cui hurriedly said, "Yes, mother, you don't know how difficult my daughter's life in the Cheng family is."

Although Mrs. Hu felt distressed, she remained calm.

"You brought this upon yourself. Who was it that cried and made a fuss about marrying into the Cheng family? It's too late to regret it now!"

"Mother is right, so I'm just trying to find a way to make life better for our family." She said, looking at Cheng Nian'er in the yard, "Nian'er, come here quickly. Master Lu is here with us to take you home. He promised us that he would treat you well in the future."

The little girl shrank behind Song Yuntang and shook her head, saying, "I don't want it."

Cheng's mother sternly said, "What do you mean you don't want it? Your parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. You are the daughter of our Cheng family, so you should listen to your parents. If everyone is so disobedient like you, won't the world be in chaos?"

Song Yuntang, who had been silent all this time, spoke.

"That's not right."

Xu Cui frowned, "What's wrong?"

She didn't like her nephew's wife at all.

She clearly had money, but her relatives were so poor that they couldn't even fill their stomachs, and she didn't even help out.

Now he is still holding her daughter hostage.

Song Yuntang said, "She is the daughter of your Cheng family, yes, but she has been sold into slavery and is now my servant. So, I will take charge of her affairs now. You just want money. I can give you the money that Nian'er sold herself to the pawnbroker in exchange for a letter of severance. Would you be willing to do that?"

She had discussed this matter with Nian'er before.

Anyway, the money is not much. If she can break off the relationship with the Cheng family, then Nian'er will not be too passive if the Cheng family comes to her again in the future.

Just think of it as spending three taels of silver to buy some peace and quiet.

The Cheng family members looked at each other and asked tentatively.

"How much silver did she sell herself for?"

Song Yuntang looked at Cheng Nian'er.

The little girl raised three fingers.

"Three taels."

"Only three taels? You're kidding!" Cheng Fu pointed at Master Lu who was pinching his beard not far away, "Master Lu gave us six taels of silver."

Cheng's mother also looked fierce.

"That's right, the difference is doubled. Don't try to trick us!"

Aunt Zhang was listening at the side and felt bad too.

"Do you, the Cheng family, only care about money? Nian'er is your daughter and granddaughter, not a commodity. Why are you bargaining?"

Mother Cheng was blunt. "I see you're talking without any hesitation. You have a daughter, too. Didn't you accept the betrothal gift when your daughter got married two years ago?"

The betrothal gift was accepted, a total of eight taels of silver.

She only had one daughter, and when she got married, she took half of the betrothal gift back home to supplement the family income.

The other half is still in her hands, and she plans to give it to her daughter in case of emergency in the future.

But she definitely couldn't talk about things like money in front of outsiders.

"How can this be the same thing? We are marrying off our daughter. When she reached the marriageable age, the man formally married her home. What are you, the Cheng family, doing? Are you selling your daughter?"

"It sounds nice to say we're marrying off our daughter, but in the end, isn't it just selling her off?" Mother Cheng said as she tried to seize the opportunity to squeeze into the yard and arrest someone. "No matter what, Nian'er must come with us today!"

Mrs. Li had been staring at her. Seeing that she wanted to run inside, she quickly squeezed to the side and pulled her to the ground.

"Ouch!" Cheng's mother was caught off guard by Li and dragged to the ground. Her butt was numb from the fall. "Who was so blind as to pull me?"

When she saw that it was Li who had just confronted her, she immediately started to grab her hair.

Suddenly seeing a few peanuts dropped from Li's body, Cheng's mother's eyes lit up, and she stopped fighting and focused on picking up the peanuts.

Now that food prices are high, we have only bland food at home every day.

When she sees some food, she wants to put it in her mouth. It has become an instinctive reaction.

Seeing that she hadn't eaten anything, the Cheng family felt a little embarrassed, especially Xu Cui, because her mother-in-law now represented the face of the Cheng family.

The Cheng family's reputation is also her reputation.

The fact that the mother-in-law is so aggressive in grabbing food right now shows how hard life is for the Cheng family.

"Mom, what are you doing?"

As she spoke, she went to help Cheng's mother up.

"Go away!" Cheng's mother didn't buy her story and pushed Xu Cui hard, causing her to fall to the ground.

"Tui'er!"

Seeing this, Mrs. Hu pretended to go forward to help.

Xu Cui avoided her touch.

She cried and accused.

"Are you satisfied? Now the whole Lushan Village knows that the Cheng family is so poor that they can't even afford to eat. Yes, I didn't listen to you back then and insisted on marrying Cheng Fu, but overtly and covertly I've been trying to get you to help me out over the years, but what did you do? You clearly have money, but you still watch your daughters and sisters suffer. You have such cruel hearts!"

Mrs. Hu raised her eyebrows, obviously disagreeing with what Xu Cui said.

"Your mother-in-law has three sons, and Cheng Fu is a grown man with all his limbs. Don't you see why they are so poor? If the Cheng family members were more diligent, would they be in their current situation? We can support you temporarily, but can we support you forever?"

Some ideas are deeply rooted in Xu Cui's heart.

No matter what Hu said, she felt that as the youngest and only daughter in the family, her parents and brothers should give her some financial support when she was in trouble.

Xu Cui wiped the tears from her face.

"I know you all look down on me and my husband. Today I just want to take my daughter away and never bother my parents or my older brothers again."

Hu was heartbroken.

"You kid, why don't you make sense?"

Only after picking up all the peanuts on the ground did Cheng's mother get up from the ground.

"Cheng Fu, why don't you go and bring your daughter here?"

As she spoke, she winked at her sons and daughters-in-law.

Seeing this, several people rushed into the yard.

Brothers Xu Yongfu and Xu Yongwang hurried to block the door.

"Xu Cui, Cheng Fu, Nian'er can't let you take her away today."