"Village Chief, why are you helping these shameless women too?
They're clearly extorting money. They obviously don't want to leave the Su family or divorce my son."
Hardly anyone in the village was unaware of the Old Su Family's situation.
The Old Village Chief could not stand it any longer. He stamped his cane hard. "Stop shouting."
"Our Xiaohe Village isn't some bandit den that ignores reason. I'll put it plainly: do you want your son to be fined and arrested, or do you want to give them money and divide up the land?"
Liu Chunfang had done nothing wrong. Throwing her and her daughter out for no reason without giving them a share of anything was simply indefensible.
"Mom..." Su Youqing really did not want to divide up the money and land, but he was even more afraid of going to prison.
Seeing that even the Old Village Chief was taking the side of those shameless women, Old Lady Su was so furious that she nearly fainted.
She viciously pinched her son's arm. "It's all your fault. Look at what you've spoiled that wretched girl into! She even dares to report you now. If I'd known, I should have strangled her to death when she was born and drowned her in the manure bucket."
Something stirred in Su Youqing's heart, and he lowered his voice. "Mom, why don't we keep her?"
"If we keep that girl, she can still help us with plenty of work. She's old enough now to arrange a marriage for her, and then we can get a hefty bride price."
"That's true. Then let's keep the wretched girl." Old Lady Su's thoughts began to turn.
That wretched girl had finished high school. At the very least, she could marry a temporary worker at the Machinery