"Th-That's bullying her too much, isn't it?"
Xiao Aizhen looked at her daughter with heartache.
The thought of marrying her wonderful daughter off to a cripple left her feeling terribly distressed.
Her second brother-in-law, Su Guofu, shot her a sidelong glance. "This marriage was settled long ago, and they gave us 800 yuan in betrothal gifts.
"Besides, over the past two years, they've given us quite generous gifts during the New Year and other festivals.
"They even gave our Baozhu such a precious pair of gold bracelets. Wanting to have the wedding sooner to bring some good luck to him is normal."
Xiao Aizhen glanced at her husband, who only knew how to smoke his pipe. He sat there with a frown, saying nothing. She tentatively said:
"How about... we return the betrothal money and the gold bracelets?"
They couldn't ruin their own daughter's entire life for the sake of those things, could they?
The current Liu Family was obviously a pit of fire.
Liu Hong cast an envious glance at the gleaming pair of gold bracelets on Su Baozhu's wrist, then glanced at her sister-in-law.
"How can we return the betrothal money? That's 800 yuan, not 80. Where are we supposed to get that much money to pay them back?"
Although the betrothal money had always been kept in the old lady's hands, Liu Hong knew that most of it had been spent over the past two years.
Besides, even if they really had 800 yuan, she still wouldn't return it.
She still had two sons in school.
One was attending high school in the county town, while the other was in his first year of junior high in the town. They would need plenty more money in the future.
Xiao Aizhen didn't know what to do for a