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  Reminder from 79 Web: You can quickly find us on "79 Free" or "79 Web". Liu Laozei is cunning and shameless, I'm afraid that even if you lose money, you won't be able to avoid disaster, and there will be a lot of trouble afterwards. If possible, please ask your relatives to temporarily leave Beijing to avoid the storm, and come back after things are settled here? After explaining what happened, He Zhizhong stood up and bowed to Li Maniang and Li Yindeep, and others also quickly stood up to express their gratitude and apology.

  Li Yi dodged to the side and repeatedly cried out: "Uncle, this is killing your nephew!" He also scolded Da Lang: "Brother doesn't hold back, but comes to join in the fun, yet treats me with such disdain, it's really chilling."

  Li Maniang frowned and said, "Although this matter originated from your family's Dan Niang, but isn't it the case that relatives should help each other? Can you say that if my family encounters difficulties in the future, you will just stand by and watch because you're afraid of trouble? What nonsense! Can they really just sit back and watch as their brother is being taken advantage of and bullied? If they dare to do so, I'll skin them alive."

  Why do people like to have many children? Why do they want to expand their family's influence and power? It is so that in times of crisis, everyone can lend a helping hand and support each other, rather than being isolated and helpless. After arriving here, Peony felt deeply the immense power of family ties in this society ruled by people.

  The Li family was so generous and open-handed that the He family didn't say those thank-you words anymore. He Zhizhong quietly calculated that in October, he would take Li Wei with him to sea to buy jewelry and spices, and also let him make a fortune. He Dalang said, "I wonder where several of my cousins are now?"

  "They have been in Youzhou for years and months, where can they stay idle? Last night, after sending Zhang Xun back, he left again, and at this time, he has not returned yet, and it is unknown where he went."

  He Zhizhong said: "It's better for them to go out and have a stroll these few days. Otherwise, they would have run right into the knife of that old thief."

  Li Maniang smiled carelessly: "What's there to be afraid of? At most, I'll just get a beating. They're not stupid enough for that, it was an accident! Who would have thought that a high-ranking official would set up a trap and take people to the street to catch adultery and force his niece to marry? He wasn't wearing his official uniform, and the casual clothes he wore weren't even purple, so who would know if he was real or fake? Besides, they didn't really beat him, he's just being cowardly and making a fuss."

  Everyone heard the words and burst out laughing. 79 Free Web 79 made a detour, at this time it was just himself and Li Wei who were entangled, so he secretly took a look at Li Wei, but unexpectedly met Li Wei's gaze, his face turned red, and he lowered his head.

  Li Wei couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, but suddenly thought: "Why hasn't my mother come yet?"

  Li Man Niang smiled and said: "Your mother was just accompanying the doctor to write a prescription, now she's probably been delayed by something again."

  Peony felt a little uneasy, subconsciously thinking that her aunt might be unhappy because she had dragged Li Wei down and therefore didn't want to receive them. She glanced at Madam Xue, only to see that Madam Xue was also looking back at her, apparently both of them were thinking the same thing.

  The crowd took another sip of tea, and just then they saw Mrs. Cui, Li Xiang's mother, hurrying over with two maidservants. She was a plump woman, and at this time the weather was extremely hot. When she arrived at the teahouse, she was already sweating profusely. After greeting everyone, she said: "Please don't mind me, I just sent off the doctor and arranged for food to be served in front. Let's all go eat." As soon as she saw Li Xiang, her face fell and she scolded: "My words are all falling on deaf ears! I told you to rest in bed, but you got up and sat down to enjoy the cool breeze. Are you deliberately going against me?"

  Li Yi was not afraid of her at all, and only smiled: "It's hard for your uncles to come here as guests, but coincidentally there is a strong smell of medicine in my room. Can't let your uncles smell the stench there?"

  "Look at you being so particular, why don't you hurry back and lie down? You almost broke a rib, and yet you still don't know how to take care of yourself." As she spoke, her eyes became slightly red.

  He Zhizhong was shocked: "What is this?"

  Li Wei couldn't stop it, and resentfully glanced at Mrs. Cui, saying: "Nothing, just listen to her nonsense. If it were really that serious, could I have gotten up? It's just a superficial wound, all because of my brothers' roughness, treating me like a sack of hemp."

  The peony knew that Liu Chuan must have used the scabbard to chop, and didn't know how much strength he had put in at the time. It can be seen that he hated Li Wei so much that he was filled with guilt and gratitude, and simply didn't know how to repay Li Wei's kindness. 79 Free Network 79 couldn't say it out loud.

  "Ah, if it's just a superficial wound," said Dalang frowning, "I have a bottle of medicinal oil at home that Hu sent over, which is perfect for treating external injuries. I'll go get it right away." He stood up as he spoke, ready to head out.

  Li Maniang stretched out her hand to stop him, looking at Cui's wife with disapproval: "A young man's family, what's the big deal about suffering a bit of flesh and blood! What's important is that he has a promising future! Even if it's necessary to send medicine, can't it wait until someone brings it later? Why rush so urgently? It's not like it's a matter of life and death!"

  Mrs. Choi saw her son blaming herself, and she looked at herself with a "what's wrong with you" expression. Then she saw the He family members all looking guilty, so she had to sigh and change the subject. She warmly took Peony's hand and smiled: "Peony, I've been wanting to visit you for a long time, but I'm always busy with mundane things. How are you? Is everything going well? Why did they have the heart to be so cruel to such a good girl?"

  "Thank you, Aunt, for your concern. Everything is going smoothly, thanks to Uncle, Aunt and all the elder cousins' hard work." Peony looked up and saw Mrs. Cui wearing a precious hairpin with a golden frame, dressed in a casual crimson single-silk narrow sleeve short jacket, tied with a willow green treasure flower eight-panel long skirt, her face round and white, a pair of eyes smiling like a crescent moon, looking very harmonious. She couldn't help but think that her mother's heartache for her son was understandable, and overall, this aunt was not bad either.

  He Zhizhong sighed quietly and turned back to ask Li Wei: "In a few days, there's something going on, do you want to go?"

  "Of course I want to go."

  "Mrs. Choi scolded: 'You're not even taking care of your illness properly, and you're still running around everywhere!'"

  He Zhizhong sighed again and said, "If you're feeling better, I'll send someone to call for you. If not, we can wait until later. There will be plenty of opportunities anyway."

  Li Man Niang said: "I'd like to broaden my horizons, and when the time comes, Brother-in-law will send someone to call me."

  Everyone silently finished their meal, and Mrs. Cui forbade Li Yi from seeing them off, instead accompanying Li Man Niang to escort the He family members to the gate. After bidding farewell to everyone, she urged them to take care of themselves. He Zhi Zhong glanced at an empty space and said to Li Man Niang, "If there's any new news, remember to send someone to tell me, so I won't be worried." No matter how much money it takes, he is willing to pay to settle this matter.

  Li Maniang lazily waved her hand: "I know, go with peace of mind." She looked at Peony and smiled: "In a few days we will go out of the city to ride horses, are you going?"

  "Going."

  Li Maniang smiled and said: "When the time comes, someone will come to call you. You have some free time these two days, ride your horse more often, so that when the time comes, you won't fall off the horse."

  When the He family returned home, they were not as happy as before. Mrs. Cui's attitude was clear, and she still had some resentment towards Li Yi for causing so much trouble over the peony. However, it was also hard to blame her, although the two families had a good relationship in general, but after all, they lived far apart, and small troubles were inevitable, but getting into big trouble was different.

  He Zhizhong couldn't help but take a glance at Peony, who was deep in thought with her head hung low, and he secretly sighed again.

  The He family was overjoyed, and the two thousand strings of cash and twenty bolts of silk that Liu had brought back were laid out in the center of Mrs. Cen's house, still not put away. Because Sunshi had been too talkative and caused trouble last time, this time no one dared to ask about Peony's dowry money, but they all guessed many times in their hearts.

  Xue's family had already received the order, and she took the initiative to say: "The Liu family's money is not available for the time being. These are just a part of the first batch that was sent back. The rest will be sent later." As soon as she finished speaking, the atmosphere turned cold.

  With the shamelessness of the Liu family, they couldn't bring it back home today, how can they possibly want to come back in the future? It's clear that He Zhizhong and Qun furen are biased towards the eldest son and Peony, taking this opportunity to openly favor them. Yang shi smiled slightly coldly, Zhang shi hung her head down, Sun shi and Li shi were expressionless, while Bai shi and Zeng shi exchanged a glance, seeing distrust in each other's eyes, but didn't say much.

  Only Zhu Yiniang smiled and said, "Dan Niang's fortune is great, she has met good people like Bai Furen and Zhang Gongzhu, so she can come to a good end." Her words, as expected, earned her another white eye from Zhen Shi.

  Madam Cen merely said, "Since it's still early, let's first send these things of Dan Niang to her storage room. And you all are also at fault for not instructing properly earlier, directly sending them over and making people run an extra trip for nothing."

  Everyone thought, if you don't bring it back openly, who would know that your daughter brought back the dowry "honestly"? But under pressure, no matter how many ideas they had, they didn't dare to say more.

  "Wait," Peony said suddenly, "I have something to say."

  Everyone looked at Peony with raised eyes upon hearing this.

  "Peony walked to the center of the house, bowed deeply to her parents and brother's wife, and said with sincerity: 'I, Dan Niang, have been ill since childhood and have never taken responsibility for the family. Instead, I've brought countless troubles big and small to the household. Before getting married, I worried my parents and brother's wife to death; after getting married, I continued to cause them endless trouble, wasting their money and energy. Not to mention showing filial piety to my parents - it's truly shameful. However, my parents' love for me is boundless, and my brother's wife doesn't hold grudges or count personal gains and losses; they treat me like a precious gem. I'm grateful beyond words. With the intention of repaying their kindness, unfortunately, every stitch on my body was bought with the blood and sweat of my parents and brothers' hard-earned money. The only thing I can do is to be filial to my parents, respect my brother's wife, and cherish my nephews and nieces. In recent days, our household has spent a considerable amount of money for me; no matter how much the Liu family owes, I don't want it - please, Mother, take it back as public funds.'"

  Madam Xue was shocked by her words and glared at the daughters-in-law with a gloomy face. Madam Xue hastily said, "Dan Niang! Why think so much? The dowry given to you is yours, which family's daughter isn't like this? Even if you return to your mother's home to be supported for life, it's also rightful, quickly stop saying these muddled words." She swept her gaze over the crowd of sisters-in-law, "You all say, isn't that right?"

  Many people can't help but go along with it. Some believe that Peony is sincere, while others think secretly that Peony is just pretending to be obedient and filial in order to win over her parents and buy people's hearts. If a large sum of money were really put in front of her, would she be willing to give it up or not?

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