Reborn in 1985: From Selling Braised Duck to Becoming the World's Richest Man

Song Meijia.

"Sister, you still say Liang Ming loves you so much, but all I wanted was a Xinhua brand radio, and he wouldn't even buy it for me, making excuses like he didn't have the money."

"With his parents' combined income, how could they not afford it? Now they're even threatening to break off the engagement with you. It seems he doesn't love you that much."

Song Qiang said to his sister Song Mei with a mocking expression.

Song Mei's expression also turned sour upon hearing her brother's words.

Previously, Liang Ming had always listened to her every word. I don't know what went wrong with him today, but he actually dared to talk back to her and even threatened to break off the engagement.

"Xiaomei, Liang Ming isn't really going to break off the engagement with you, is he? His parents are both workers in state-owned enterprises, with secure jobs. If you marry into their family, you two won't have to work and you won't starve."

Song's father, Song San, said with a slightly reproachful tone:

"Seriously, why are you in such a hurry to get a radio for your brother? After the wedding, Liang Ming's parents' money will be yours, won't it?"

Hearing her father's words, Song Mei said confidently, "Dad, don't worry, Liang Ming will never break off the engagement with me. We've already accepted the betrothal gifts, and the wedding day is in three days."

“If the engagement is called off now, he won’t even get the bride price back.”

"What he said today was just said in the heat of the moment. Tomorrow, he will definitely buy me a gift and come to apologize."

Hearing her daughter's words, Song San nodded slightly and said, "That's good."

“Daughter, when Liang Ming comes to apologize tomorrow, you can’t forgive him so easily. You have to let him know that it’s not easy to get a wife, so that he won’t dare to make you angry in the future.”

Song's mother, Zhou Min, said in a harsh voice.

"Mom, I know," Song Mei nodded and said.

Just then, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard.

"Song San, open the door, your future in-laws and son-in-law are here."

The voice of the village chief of Songjia Village came from outside.

"Future in-laws? Is it Liang Ming's father who's here?" Song San asked in surprise.

"It seems that the news of Liang Ming's intention to break off his engagement with Song Mei has already spread throughout their village. His father probably felt that his son had done something wrong and brought Liang Ming here to apologize, right?"

Zhou Min said with a sharp and sarcastic tone.

"Sis, this is a good opportunity. When Liang Ming apologizes to you later, ask him for a Xinhua brand radio as an apology, otherwise don't forgive him!"

Song Qiang, the younger brother, quickly spoke up to Song Mei.

Knowing that Liang Ming had come to apologize, Song Mei was very pleased. She knew that this man couldn't live without her.

"Don't worry, little brother, I'll have Liang Ming apologize to you first, and then we'll talk about the radio!" Song Mei said confidently.

As Song Mei and her family walked out of the courtyard and opened the gate, they saw Liang's father, Liang Min, Liang Ming, and the village chief of Songjia Village standing outside.

In addition, there were some villagers watching the play.

"Liang Ming, did you come here to apologize to me? But what you said today hurt me deeply."

Song Mei looked at Liang Ming with an arrogant air and said:

"If you want me to forgive you, unless..."

Before Song Mei could finish speaking, Liang Ming also laughed:

"Apologize? I think you've misunderstood!"

"I've come tonight to formally annul the engagement!"

A formal annulment of the engagement?!

Upon hearing this, Song Mei's expression changed drastically.

"Liang Ming, you and my daughter are getting married in three days, and you're coming to call off the engagement now? Do you think marriage is a game?"

Zhou Min glared angrily at Liang Ming and said.

"Of course I know that marriage is not a game, but I also know that marriage is not a bargaining chip!"

Liang Ming snorted coldly and said:

“I haven’t even married your daughter yet, and she’s already asking me to sell the land in my house to buy a radio for her brother.”

"Once we get married, who knows how she'll side with her own family?"

"I can't afford to marry a wife like that."

Upon hearing Liang Ming's words, the villagers of Songjia Village nearby immediately began to discuss among themselves.

Upon hearing Liang Ming's words, Song Mei's family members all looked displeased.

"Fine, you want to break off the engagement, right? We agree. My daughter is so outstanding, there are plenty of men who want to marry her."

Zhou Min, somewhat embarrassed and angry, said to Liang Ming in a sarcastic tone:

"You country bumpkin, you're not good enough for my daughter!"

Liang Ming knew that in his previous life, Zhou Min had always been very dissatisfied with him, and in the period before their marriage, she had been secretly arranging marriages for Song Mei.

It was only because they hadn't found a suitable match that Song Mei was forced to marry Liang Ming.

Even though Liang Ming later became a millionaire thanks to the benefits of the times, Song Mei, under Zhou Min's brainwashing, still felt that Liang Ming was not good enough for her. She not only cheated on him but also took all of Liang Ming's wealth.

In this life, Liang Ming only wants to stay far away from this family.

"Since you agree to the divorce, then return the betrothal gifts and marriage certificate to us in the presence of Village Chief Song!"

Liang Min, Liang's father, spoke up in a deep voice.

To everyone's surprise, as soon as Liang Min said this, the Song family reacted like cats with their fur standing on end.

"Return the betrothal gifts? Impossible, don't even think about it," Zhou Min said.

"This bride price was money your family gave us to marry my daughter. Now your family is the one proposing to break off the engagement. My daughter has done nothing wrong, so why should it be returned!"

“That’s right, the bride price is given to my family, so it belongs to my family. We can break off the engagement, but no way we’ll take back the bride price!” Song Qiang chimed in.

The surrounding villagers of the Song family were also in an uproar when they heard the shameless words of Song San's family.

If they weren't from their own village, they would have cursed them out.

Liang Ming had already anticipated that the Song family would say this, and calmly replied:

“This betrothal gift was given to Song Mei with the intention of getting married. Now that we haven’t gotten married, the betrothal gift should naturally be returned.”

"I called Village Chief Song here to do some notarization."

“If your family insists on not giving up, then this matter can only be taken to the township level, and we’ll have to ask the township leaders to make a decision for us.”

Upon hearing this, Village Chief Song immediately understood Liang Ming's meaning and hurriedly said, "Liang Ming, this matter doesn't need to be taken to the township level, does it..."

If this matter gets blown up, people from other villages will always say that girls from Songjia Village are biased towards their own families and are cheated out of dowry money.

Village Chief Song didn't want Song Mei's family to cause other girls in the village to be unable to get married.

"Song San, you should return the betrothal gifts. There's no need to make everyone unhappy over this."

Village Chief Song spoke to Song San.

Other villagers also realized that if this matter was not handled properly, it would also affect the girls in their village, and they all echoed this sentiment.

"That's right, Song San, let's return the betrothal gifts."

"Your daughter hasn't even gotten married yet, she hasn't suffered any loss, how can you live with yourself taking other people's dowry money like this?"

Hearing what the village chief and other villagers said, the Song family members all looked very unhappy.

"You, which village are you from? How dare you speak to outsiders like that?" Zhou Min said angrily.

"They're only siding with reason, not with their relatives. Quickly return all the betrothal money and don't do anything to shame your ancestors."

"Village Chief Song said in a deep voice."

Seeing that the village chief and the villagers were siding with Liang Ming and his group, Song San knew that the bride price was doomed.

"It can't be refunded..." Song San still said.

"Hmm? Song San, are you determined to make a big fuss?" Village Chief Song's face darkened.

“Village chief, that’s not what I meant,” Song San quickly said. “The main thing is that I’ve already spent part of the bride price.”

Upon hearing this, Village Chief Song's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

If word gets out that the men of Songjia Village are spending their daughter's dowry before she's even married, it will damage their reputation.