The courtyard was quiet.

The Li family couple looked embarrassed.

Li Xiangyu remained silent.

The matchmaker has already shrunk himself into a corner, pretending that he doesn't exist.

Zhou Xinghua couldn't believe it. He looked at this and then that.

Some things cannot be fooled by silence. Chu Yunli said coldly: "I dragged my son off the carriage that day, and many people saw it with their own eyes. For this matter, your Li family will not give an explanation.

?"

Still silence.

Chu Yunli stretched out her hand and touched the betrothal gifts, and continued: "It's okay if you don't explain it. Your family accepted the betrothal gifts and the wedding is scheduled for July. I will just pretend that there is no such thing. Xiangyu will still be my daughter-in-law. To be honest,

If Xinghua hadn't insisted on it, I wouldn't have been happy with your family's marriage."

Li Xiangyu immediately said: "I won't marry."

Chu Yunli was curious: "Why?"

"Yes, why?" Zhou Xinghua was confused: "Xiangyu, did something happen to you? Tell me and we will solve it together."

Seeing his anxious expression, Li Xiangyu said apologetically: "No. It's just that I don't want to get married."

"Is that so?" Chu Yunli reached out to pick up the silver ingot and put it into his sleeve. "What about you, the Li family, trying to trick people? Why can't our Zhou family help you? If I hadn't collected enough money, Xinghua would have dug it."

Mine. What if he never comes back? How will your conscience be at ease?"

Mother Li muttered: "Didn't Xinghua go?"

"I dragged him back!" Chu Yunli said in a sinister tone: "You see us orphans and widowed mothers are easy to bully, don't we? If we don't give an explanation for this matter, we won't be finished."

Li Xiangyu asked coldly: "What do you want?"

Chu Yunli chuckled: "I haven't thought about it. Before that, can I let the villagers comment first?" She said loudly: "Everyone, come and see! The Li family is bullying others..."

Her voice was already mute, so this shout was very unpleasant to hear.

Li Xiangyu was anxious: "Auntie, don't shout."

Chu Yunli refused to give up: "You are allowed to play tricks on others, but I am not allowed to tell anyone? Which family's rules?"

In her previous life, Zhou Xinghua never returned, and the Zhou family failed to come to propose marriage. Naturally, Hu Qingtao couldn't ask Li Xiangyu why he proposed fifteen taels if he wasn't getting married. Chu Yunli wanted to ask this question for her.

Seeing that the Zhou family was about to make a big fuss, Li Xiangyu gritted her teeth and said, "You can't afford to marry me!"

Zhou Xinghua was surprised and asked in silence: "Isn't fifteen taels enough?"

Even for girls who are lucky enough to marry into the city, few can get a betrothal gift of more than ten taels.

The matchmaker next to him who has been pretending that he does not exist also wants to ask this question. Li Xiangyu just married into the village, and the Zhou family has a lot of land. Unless there is a natural disaster, he will never be hungry in his life. Plus these fifteen years

Two, it is really the best marriage.

If it doesn't work here, the matchmaker is already thinking about which girl from the family is more suitable.

"Not enough?" Li Xiangyu said proudly: "In the future, my betrothal gift will have to be a hundred taels no matter what."

Zhou Xinghua looked like "you're crazy".

The matchmaker was in the process of making love, and was stunned when she heard this. She quickly came to her senses and started making love even faster. There was a 100% chance that this marriage would not work out. She was planning not to take on anything related to the Li family in the future.

Chu Yunli sneered: "A girl from the village wants a hundred taels of betrothal gift. Do you never want to get married in this life?"

"Auntie." Li Xiangyu said seriously: "Don't bully young people into poverty."

Chu Yunli almost laughed: "Little girl, that's not how words are used."

Li Xiangyu didn't take it seriously: "You can't afford to marry me anyway. If you don't make a fuss about this matter, I can still give you some benefits."

Chu Yunli said seriously: "You almost tricked my son into mining. It would be difficult for me not to make trouble."

Li Xiangyu gritted his teeth: "I'll give you silver! Ten taels, is that enough?"

The matchmaker jumped up in surprise.

For ordinary village women, including Hu Qingtao, ten taels of silver is a lot. Even if her son is really dead, she may not be able to get ten taels of compensation. In his previous life, Zhou Xinghua died in vain, and even his body never came back to the capital.

"If I take your money, who will I become?" Chu Yunli waved his hand: "I don't want the money, I just want justice, why do you offer fifteen taels to take away my son?"

Li Xiangyu's eye circles improved a lot, so she increased the price and said, "Fifteen taels."

Zhou Xinghua's eyes were also red: "Xiangyu, please stop talking. You have so much money, of course you don't like me. If you don't want to marry me, you can just tell me directly. Why did you lie to me?"

After a long while, Li Xiangyu whispered: "I'm sorry. We are destined to be together in the next life. For the sake of our relationship over the past few years, can you promise me not to mention this matter to the outside world?"

Zhou Xinghua's chest was very congested and tears came out of his eyes: "Okay."

He wiped his face and looked at Chu Yunli: "Mom, let's go back."

"I hope that Xinghua will never meet a woman who tells lies like you in his lifetime." Chu Yunli stepped forward to hold the tray: "If you don't want to marry, just say it, our Zhou family doesn't have to be you. After today, if you

I want to enter the Zhou family, unless I die!"

These cruel words were not only meant for Li Xiangyu, but also for Zhou Xinghua.

The Zhou family came to propose marriage, but the Li family did not agree.

The villagers asked, but Chu Yunli didn't say a word. Anyway, everyone will know the truth in the future.

Another two days passed, and suddenly a gorgeous carriage came over and picked up Li Xiangyu.

Everyone was in an uproar. Looking at this posture, it seemed that Li Xiangyu had gone to a wealthy family to be a concubine. After careful questioning, they found out that she was not a concubine, but that Li Xiangyu was indeed a rich girl.

After receiving this news, everyone vaguely remembered that the second daughter of the Li family seemed to have gone to the county town to give birth. At that time, the Li family's daughter-in-law had difficulty giving birth and had not given birth for two days. They found a bullock cart and sent her to the county town to see a doctor.

That time, the Li family's wife was injured, and it took her a long time to raise her before going to the fields. Because of this, she could no longer have children.

Could it be that the Li family brought back a girl from another family at that time?

The Li family kept silent, and everyone was scratching their heads to know the truth, but there was no way to find out.

At this time, the matchmaker came out to speak. He said that the betrothal gift that the Zhou family came to pick up two days ago was not two taels, but fifteen taels. Even so, Li Xiangyu would not agree to the marriage. In return for the several years of friendship between her and the Zhou family boy.

Ask the Zhou family not to tell anyone about this matter.

What should I say about this?

If Li Xiangyu is really a rich lady, then the Zhou family is indeed not worthy of her. But it would be fine if she refused the marriage. She only mentioned fifteen taels and almost asked Zhou Xinghua to go mining in Fucheng. This is a bit unkind no matter how you look at it.

However, she and Zhou Xinghua had been dating for several years, and the Li family and his wife were happy to see the marriage come to fruition. People in the village made fun of them and they did not refuse. If she suddenly and unclearly refused the marriage, her reputation would be damaged.

Now Zhou Xinghua has not gone to Fucheng and nothing has happened. The most people can say is that Li Xiangyu is not kind and the matter is over.

Zhou Xinghua was devastated after he came back from Li's house. He lay in bed for two days without eating or drinking. After hearing the news that Li Xiangyu was picked up, he got up and boiled water to wash himself. He washed all the clothes and quilts he had changed and ran to

A meal was cooked in the kitchen.

Seeing this, Chu Yunli was quite satisfied.

While eating, he said sternly: "You have been with her for several years, and she has admitted it is true. People can live their lives again, why can't you? From today on, if you continue to lie down without eating or drinking, get out of here."

.I don’t have a good-for-nothing son like you. I’ll remarry,”

Zhou Xinghua didn't feel anything when he was lying down before. After tossing for a long time, he was very hungry. The aroma of the porridge in the bowl went straight to the tip of his nose, and he said flatteringly: "Mother, I understand. I will definitely choose a well-behaved daughter-in-law for you in the future to be filial to you."

From then on, life in the Zhou family went as usual.

Li Xiangyu never came back after leaving. The life of the Li family remained the same as before. Few people in the village mentioned Li Xiangyu anymore.

In the blink of an eye, autumn has arrived, and people in the village have begun to harvest.

During the autumn harvest, every family was busy, and the more land they had, the busier they became. After half a month of work, Chu Yunli finally brought in the grain with her brother and sister.

It's not finished after you collect it. You have to dry it and pay the grain tax, then save it, and then sell the grain saved from the first year.

If you want to sell the grain that has been stored for a year at a good price, you have to dry it again. Therefore, in the spacious place at the end of the village, people are drying the grain every day, and some people even quarrel over space.

The way to avoid making noise is to stay there by yourself every day.

Zhou Xingxin was a little girl, and Chu Yunli was afraid that she would get sunburned. She had already gotten sunburned during the recent autumn harvest, so he simply asked her to cover her at home while she and Zhou Xinghua went to the entrance of the village to dry the grain.

On this day, Chu Yunli was sitting under the big tree at the entrance of the village, listening to people chatting. A carriage came from the end of the village, and the one that came to pick up Li Xiangyu was very fast.

When everyone saw it, they were surprised at first, and then said happily: "Did Xiangyu come back to see her parents?"

"After all, after raising her for so many years, even if she is not my biological child, it is still better than my biological child. The Li family is very lucky."

…

While they were discussing, they saw the carriage driver reining in his horse and stopping, looking at the people under the big tree and asking, "Where does Li Fugui's family live? Can you help show me the way?"

Everyone: "..."

If you need to lead the way, it’s definitely not Li Xiangyu who’s coming back. Chu Yunli stood up: “I know, I’ll take you there.”

The woman next to me was suffocating, hating that she didn't react quickly enough and let her get the lead.

The coachman complained that Chu Yunli was walking too slowly: "Sister-in-law, come up here and show me the way."

Chu Yunli climbed onto the carriage and asked, "What are you doing at Li's house?"

The coachman was already here and felt there was no need to hide it, so he said, "You know that I picked up a girl before, right?"

Chu Yunli nodded immediately: "I know."

The coachman was quite emotional: "The Chen family has recovered their daughter and feels that they have treated Li Fugui wrongly. This is to send him a daughter back."
Chapter completed!