No matter what they said, Zhao Ye only had one thing to say: he would not marry anyone except Brother Li.

There was no way to deal with him, so Zhao Qi could only instigate Zhao's father and mother to apologize to the Liu family tomorrow and then marry Zhao Ye to them.

Unexpectedly, the next day, before dawn, Liu brought her three sons and several relatives to the Zhao family to cancel the engagement and ask for money.

Yesterday, when the screaming old man Liu was sent to the clinic, the doctor said with certainty that he was useless and would never be used again. Now old man Liu is still lying at home, dying.

Liu no longer needed to find a concubine for him, so she just wanted to get the money back as soon as possible. She was afraid that the Zhao family would cheat, so she brought a group of men with her.

Mother Zhao saw this scene and felt something was wrong. She said, "Is this someone coming to pick up Brother Ye? I'll call him out right away."

Liu waved her hand and said, "Let's stop pretending and talking nonsense. I'm here to return the money. My Liu family can't afford this young man who has been with a man. We are also an honest family, so we won't ask your family to pay the money, but only return the fifteen taels of silver as a betrothal gift."

"You've already mentioned the betrothal money, there's no reason to return it. The person is in the room, why don't you take him away? There's no money left." Father Zhao was not afraid of her.

Liu suddenly laughed in anger, "Okay, it seems that you are planning to embezzle the silver. I am not a pushover, Dalang and Erlang, smash them for me, and find the silver for me."

The strong men behind Liu started smashing things when they heard the shouting.

The men of Zhaojia Village could not stand to see outsiders come to their village and bully people, so they all rushed forward. Li Shao also mixed in the crowd to prevent anyone from entering the house and hurting Ye Ge'er.

Just when the two groups were about to develop into a fight, the village chief arrived.

"Stop it, stop fighting. I am the village chief. Whoever fights again will be sent to the authorities." The village chief was still very dignified, and both sides stopped fighting.

The village chief walked into the middle of the crowd and said, "I heard that someone came to our village to cause trouble. Who is the leader? If you have a point, I will punish you. If you have no reason, you came to our village to beat people up, but it won't be easy to get out."

Liu was also bold and not afraid of such a scene. "Okay, since you are the village chief, I will tell you that I am here to cancel the engagement. The Zhao family took fifteen taels of silver from me as a betrothal gift. When we went to pick her up, we found out that the boy had run away with another man. We dare not keep such a boy. We just want to get the betrothal gift back, and we don't want the extra compensation. Isn't this kind and righteous enough? The Zhao family just wants to embezzle our money. I am not afraid even if they report this to the government."

After hearing this, the village chief also knew that the Zhao family had done something dishonest, and said, "Tianzi's father pushed the silver to the Liu family, and the silver should be returned to them."

After saying this, seeing that Zhao's father still didn't move, he couldn't help but get angry, "Why, you don't listen to me? Return the silver to him."

Zhao's father didn't know how to start, and Zhao's mother couldn't bear it anymore, so she said, "Village Chief, it's not that we don't want to return the money. It's just that we really don't have any money left at home, not even a penny."

She gave the silver to Zhao Xiuwen on the same day she received it, otherwise they would not be so anxious to get Ye Ge'er married. In fact, according to her idea, it would be fine to marry Ye Ge'er to Li Shao, but the old man was very concerned about his reputation, and was pushed to the ground by Li Shao in front of so many people, and he was unwilling to marry Ye Ge'er to him no matter what.

Moreover, Qi Ge'er kept saying that Li Shao looked ferocious and might be a fugitive who had committed a crime somewhere. If Ye Ge'er married him, it would definitely bring trouble to the Zhao family in the future.

The Liu family in the town is better. They are rich and maybe they can give some money from time to time to support Xiuwen’s studies in the future.

"Oh my, no silver? This is fifteen taels of silver, and it's gone just like that. I don't believe it. Listen to what I'm saying, village chief. I'm giving you face, but the Zhao family is not willing to accept this." Liu shouted with her neck stretched.

The village chief was also angry and anxious. At this time, Li Shao took out silver from his pocket and walked to Liu, "Fifteen taels of silver, take it, and don't come to the Zhao family again. Ye Ge'er has nothing to do with your Liu family."

Seeing the silver in front of her, Liu immediately took it and put it in her arms, saying, "It seems that you are the man who is in love with the young man of the Zhao family. Okay, now that I have this silver, I will not make things difficult for the Zhao family."

After saying that, he took his people away in a decisive manner.

Seeing that Li Shao had given the money on behalf of the Zhao family, the village chief spoke up for Zhao Ye, "Tian Zi's father, Brother Li gave the money on your behalf, so Brother Ye should marry him. Otherwise, return the money."

"That is to say, fifteen taels of silver is enough to marry a young lady in town, Aunt Zhao, your Ye brother is really precious."

"Where can I find such a good brother-in-law?"

"Quit it while you're ahead. Brother Ye and Brother Li have already had everything that should and shouldn't have happened. If you've angered them, they'll just ask you to pay them back and they won't marry you."

Some people in the village tried to mediate the dispute with good intentions, while others took the opportunity to make sarcastic remarks, fearing that the marriage would go through.

Zhao's father was in a dilemma for a while, thinking that he could only marry Ye Ge'er to Li Shao. Otherwise, how could he return the fifteen taels to him? But he remembered that this kid had kidnapped Ye Ge'er, embarrassed him in the village, and even fought with him in front of so many people.

It was really embarrassing for him to agree to this.

Seeing what her old man was thinking, Zhao's mother quickly said, "He keeps saying that he wants to marry my brother, but I haven't seen him propose yet." After saying that, she thought about it and was afraid that it would be too much of a show. If Li Shao really didn't want to marry her, then everything would be ruined.

He hurriedly said, "As parents, how can we not love our children? Before, we didn't agree to their marriage because it was already decided by Ye Ge'er and the Liu family. How could this boy marry into two families? For Ye Ge'er's innocence, we couldn't agree. But now, the Liu family has withdrawn their marriage proposal. Li boy, his father and I agree to your marriage with Ye Ge'er."

After hearing what Zhao's mother said, the onlookers couldn't help but curl their lips and secretly spit. The Zhao family is really shameless, saying that it is for Ye Ge'er's good that they can marry him to an old man in his fifties as a concubine. It's called marriage, but it's not selling. Whose little boy can ask for fifteen taels of silver as a dowry?

Li Shao knew that the Zhao family had no choice but to marry Ye Ge'er to him, but he didn't want the people in the village to look down on him, so he didn't say anything unpleasant to Zhao's father and mother.

Otherwise, it would be Ye Ge'er who would feel uncomfortable. In this era, a young boy dared to disobey his parents' orders, escape from marriage, and spend a night with a man.

In the eyes of many villagers, if his parents tell him to get married, he has to get married, and the guy who seduces men should be beaten to death.

Li Shao thought for a moment and said, "I am sincere to Ye Ge'er, and nothing happened in the mountains. We are innocent. Thank you, uncle and aunt, for being willing to marry Ye Ge'er to me. I will come to propose marriage tomorrow."

Seeing that Li Shao was trying to make them look good, and was really willing to come to propose marriage instead of just taking Zhao Ye away, Zhao's father and mother immediately felt proud and didn't dare to make trouble anymore.

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