Chapter 104 Making trouble
At the entrance of the Liang family's old house, Sun Wang's mother put her hands on her hips and complained angrily, "Today, you Liang family must give us an explanation. After Cuihua married into our Sun family, she went to the pharmacy to buy contraceptive medicine without our knowledge. She wanted to cut off the incense of my son Sun Wang. Our Sun family has committed a sin by marrying such a vicious woman."
The Liang family knew they were in the wrong, and they all stood at the gate with their heads down. Old man Liang wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into, as his eldest granddaughter had completely disgraced him.
As the head of the family, Old Man Liang had to come forward to resolve the matter, so he asked, "What kind of explanation do you want us to give?"
"We, the Sun family, will definitely not want a daughter-in-law like Cuihua who has such a vicious mind. My son has already written a letter of divorce for her. All you need to do is return the four taels of silver as betrothal gift to us."
When Mrs. Liang heard that they wanted money, she immediately quit. She said hastily, "Sun Wang's mother, there's no need to make a fuss about this. Anyway, you, the Sun family, just want to have a grandson as soon as possible. I'm sure Cuihua has realized her mistake now. You can take her back. She will definitely not drink contraceptive soup privately again. The young couple can go back and live a good life. Maybe you will have a grandson after the New Year. Wouldn't that make everyone happy?"
"Pah, everyone is happy? I'm afraid you don't know yet. The doctor said that Cuihua has been drinking contraceptive medicine for several months and it has damaged her body. Now it is difficult for her to get pregnant again. Which in-laws would want a hen that can't lay eggs? You should return the money to us quickly so that I can marry another woman for my son."
When the Liang family heard this, they secretly thought it was not good. They didn't expect that Cuihua was unable to have children. It seemed that her and Sun Wang's relationship was irreversible.
Old man Liang was already ashamed. He had always been very concerned about his reputation, but who would have thought that his family would have such an unvirtuous granddaughter.
Old Man Liang asked Old Lady Liang to return the money to the Sun family as soon as possible to end this farce, but Old Lady Liang refused to do so.
When Sun Wangniang saw this, she immediately beat her chest and stamped her feet to accuse the Liang family to everyone: "Everyone, come and see how shameless the Liang family is. Their daughters are not virtuous and they don't help their husbands to continue the family line after they marry into their families. Now that we've come to their doorstep, they still refuse to return the betrothal gift money. Their faces are thicker than the city walls of Qingxi County."
At this time, many villagers who came to watch the fun had gathered at the door of the Liang family's old house, and they were all talking and pointing.
Qianhuan squeezed in from the crowd, only to see Cuihua sitting on the ground in a mess with her face bruised and purple. Sun Wangniang kept accusing her and occasionally ran up to her and slapped her a few times. Cuihua's mouth corners were bleeding.
But Mrs. Liang just didn't want to return the money. She retorted, "Who are you calling shameless, you old woman? You gave us the betrothal money, and we gave you the woman. What right do you have to come to our house to ask for the betrothal money? Besides, a daughter who is married off is like water spilled out. Cuihua is a member of your Sun family after she enters your family. What does she have to do with our Liang family? Whatever she does has nothing to do with our Liang family."
"You old hag, Cuihua was raised by your Liang family, who else should we come to if not you?"
"Go find your son. What's the point of asking us for a childbirth? I tell you, our family has long severed ties with Cuihua. No matter what she did, it has nothing to do with us. As long as I am here, you Sun family members will never dare to go to our Liang family to make trouble."
Sun Wangniang was so angry that she was shaking all over. She walked up to Cuihua, grabbed her head, and hit her in the face left and right. As she hit her, she threatened viciously: "Old lady Liang, you said that she has nothing to do with your Liang family. Even if our Sun family beats her to death, you won't care, right?"
Old Madam Liang said indifferently: "Whether you want to beat her or scold her is your own business. We have no right to interfere with you teaching your disobedient daughter-in-law a lesson. But I still want to remind you that if you beat her to death, the government will only look into your Sun family's affairs, not our Liang family's."
"You..." Sun Wangniang originally thought that she could threaten Old Lady Liang in this way and force her to return the betrothal money. Unfortunately, she underestimated Old Lady Liang's indifference. Old Lady Liang would not care about the life or death of her granddaughter at all.
Seeing that Old Lady Liang was so heartless, Sun Wangniang said to Zhu: "Zhu, this is your own daughter. As a mother, you don't intend to care about her life or death, right?"
Zhu was watching her daughter being beaten like that, and she couldn't bear it. She walked up to Old Lady Liang and said, "Mother, why don't you return the betrothal money to them and take Cuihua home with us."
"Ms. Zhu, do you want our Liang family to become a laughing stock in the whole village? Bringing this unlucky person home, you don't plan to have a good future for your son Wenzhi, right?"
When Zhu heard Old Lady Liang mention Wenzhi, she stopped talking. Yes, Cuihua had done such a thing and brought shame to their Liang family. She was divorced by her husband's family like this, and her reputation was already ruined. Wenzhi would definitely be affected by Cuihua.
For the sake of her son, Zhu could only say cruelly, "Mother-in-law, Cuihua has already entered your Sun family. If she does something wrong, you have no right to interfere if you want to beat or scold us. We have already severed our relationship with this evil girl."
"Okay, since you all say so, then our Sun family doesn't want the betrothal money. We can't tolerate a woman like her who can't lay eggs and is vicious. We will just sell her to a brothel for money, and then marry a good woman for my son to carry on the family line."
Sun Wangniang took Cuihua and was about to sell her off. Cuihua panicked and cried to Zhu: "Mother, please save me. I don't want to be sold off."
Zhu turned her face away cruelly, "Cuihua, it's not that mother doesn't want to save you. You did such a wrong thing, and it's okay if your reputation is ruined, but you can't come back and implicate your brother Wenzhi."
Cuihua finally exploded after hearing this. She yelled at Zhu and the others like a madman, "Wenzhi, Wenzhi, it's always Wenzhi. Is Wenzhi the only one in your eyes? Is a daughter not a person? If you don't care about me so much, why did you give birth to me in the first place? Why don't you strangle me to death like grandma strangled aunt to death?"
Only the family knew that Mrs. Liang strangled her daughter to death. She had always said that the child died of illness. Everyone was shocked to hear the truth. They didn't expect Mrs. Liang to be so cruel. Yes, her attitude towards Cuihua showed how much she valued boys over girls.
Seeing that everyone was talking about her, Old Lady Liang quickly explained to everyone: "Cuihua did this wrong thing herself. Now the Sun family doesn't want her anymore. She couldn't stand it and went crazy. What she said was all crazy. Don't believe her."
Everyone was still pointing fingers at her. Old Lady Liang said to Sun Wangniang, "You Sun family should take this crazy woman away quickly. Don't embarrass yourself in front of our house. Old man, let's go in."
Seeing the Liang family's behavior, Sun Wang's mother knew that she would definitely not get the betrothal money, so she said to Sun Wang, "Son, let's take her to a human trafficker and sell her. After we get the money, I will marry you a good woman."
Sun Wang was extremely disappointed with Cuihua. He nodded in agreement with his mother and prepared to leave with Cuihua in his hand.