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Chapter 1 The Partial Mother (1)

"Damn girl, you dare to stay in the house even though the sun has gone up three times, let's see if I don't beat you to death!"

In a daze, Zhao Xiaoya was pulled off the bed. She couldn't regain consciousness for a while. Her waist was squeezed hard, and the curses that rang in her ears made her jump. She covered her ears in suspicion.

Can she hear it?Can she hear again?

She has been deaf for many years and has long been accustomed to a quiet world. Unexpectedly, now...

She couldn't help but want to laugh, but she saw a shadow approaching from the corner of her eye, and subconsciously reached out to grab the broom that was about to be swung at her.

Zhao Xiaoya had always been a coward who would not fight back or retaliate, but Liu Caifeng was stunned when she resisted so fiercely.

Zhao Xiaoya's dark eyes stared at her as if she were a stranger. Liu Caifeng came back to her senses, let go of the broom, and threw it away mercilessly, "How dare you stare at me?"

Zhao Xiaoya turned over and tried to hide, but her whole body was so painful that she had no strength. The slap that was supposed to fall on her face ended up hitting her hard on the back, and she groaned in pain.

Liu Caifeng looked at her with her hands on her hips angrily, "I tell you, you'd better give up. Even if you die today, you have to marry me to Lijia Village."

Zhao Xiaoya's mind was confused and she felt that everything in front of her was familiar yet terrifyingly unfamiliar. She ignored the pain on her body and stumbled out, not stopping even when she bumped into someone.

"Damn girl!" Liu Caifeng stretched out her hand to catch her but missed her. He chased her a few steps and shouted at her back: "If you have the guts, die outside and don't come back!"

Zhao Xue, who was staggered by the collision, covered her shoulders and frowned slightly, "Mom, what's wrong with you? It's so noisy early in the morning that it doesn't let people live in peace."

When Liu Caifeng saw her eldest daughter, her face turned slightly, "She's not that dead girl. She's sleeping until this time. Look, the stove is still cold."

Zhao Xue looked at the cold pot and stove in the kitchen, feeling dissatisfied in her heart, but unlike Liu Caifeng, who always showed disgust on her face, "Forget it, maybe I'm still having a temper, and I'll be fine in a few days. It's getting late, I'll go get something to eat."

Liu Caifeng cursed Zhao Xiaoya a few more times and pulled Zhao Xue, "My good girl, don't touch her. Go back to your room and sit down first. You have to go into the city today to learn calligraphy from Mrs. Cheng, so don't get your clothes dirty."

"Mom is still good to me." Zhao Xue did not forget to praise Liu Caifeng.

"I'm such a big girl, so I'll naturally treat you well." Liu Caifeng walked into the kitchen and was busy cooking.

Zhao Xueyuan wanted to go back to the house, but saw that Zhao Xiaoya was

"Where can that dead girl go?" Liu Caifeng is not worried about this at all. "She will be penniless after leaving this home and can only die outside."

There is only a year difference between Zhao Xue and Zhao Xiaoya, but Zhao Xue is already tall and slim, with beautiful black hair. Every five days, Liu Caifeng will send her to the city to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting from her wife, but Zhao Xiaoya is skinny, with yellow hair and works as a cow and horse at home.

"Mom, did we go too far this time?"

Liu Caifeng snorted, raised the fire, and held the key hanging on her waist.

"She is fifteen next year, why can't we get married now?" Liu Caifeng said without blushing or out of breath. She never thought that Zhao Xue would be fifteen this year, so she should be the first to get engaged. "This time, the Li family gave fifty taels of silver as a bride price."

Zhao Xue's eyes lit up when she heard this, "So many?"

Liu Caifeng nodded, lowered her voice and said to Zhao Xue: "This money is for you to go to Beijing next year. How can my good daughter be buried in this shabby mountain village with her appearance?"

Zhao Xue's face was slightly red. She was indeed very good-looking. She was the most beautiful woman in eight villages. There were many people who were interested in her, but Liu Caifeng had a high vision and they all looked down upon her.

When Liu Caifeng was young, she was a girl from Guangzhou City. If she hadn't had a useless brother who lost all her family property, she would never have been able to marry into a mountain village outside the city.

Zhao Xue's heart was as bright as a mirror, and she knew that marrying lowly was a thorn in her mother's heart, so it hurt her very much to urinate, and even if she had to spend all her property, she would learn to behave like a daughter from a wealthy family.

Zhao Xiaoya, on the other hand, has the same mother but different destiny. She is more like a slave of the Zhao family than a daughter of the Zhao family.The treatment of Heaven and Earth was not without discussion among the villagers. In the end, they could only say that Zhao Xiaoya had no fate with her own mother. Why did Zhao Xiaoya not look like her mother? Zhao Xue looked exactly like Liu Caifeng when she was young. She was beautiful and naturally lovable.

Liu Caifeng found a match for Zhao Xiaoya a few days ago. To be honest, this match was to sell Zhao Xiaoya so that Zhao Xue could go to Beijing and marry a high-ranking family if she had the money.

Who knew that Zhao Xiaoya, who had always been obedient, would actually get into trouble with Liu Caifeng over their marriage.

Zhao Xue thought about fifty taels of silver, and her thoughts arose, "Mom, what if Xiaoya dies without getting married?"

Liu Caifeng's eyes flashed with sinisterness, "If she doesn't want to marry, I will tie her up to marry her."

She was annoyed. She thought that beating Zhao Xiaoya would calm the girl down. Who knew that it would be a good day to wake up, but she actually shook her head and walked out of the door. This was not possible.

She shook her head, "It seems I have to find a way."

The daughter who has been pampered since childhood is as beautiful as she was when she was young. She is fifteen this year, and it will be too late if she doesn't find a match for her soon.It was just a matter of going to Beijing without enough money, so she had the idea of ​​​​arranging Zhao Xiaoya's marriage in exchange for a betrothal gift.

Liu Caifeng never planned to take Zhao Xiaoya to Beijing with her. The thought of her appearance made her feel off-putting. When she is fifteen next year, she will marry her to Lijia Village, which is further away than here, to be Li Hu's wife.

Li Hu is a fool, otherwise he would not have given so many gifts to marry a wife.

The Li family didn't hide this matter, and Liu Caifeng didn't care. Anyway, in her eyes, Zhao Xiaoya had a low life, and being able to marry a fool was a blessing.

"What ideas can mother think of?" Zhao Xue lowered her head, pretending to be uneasy, "Xiaoya will not marry this time. If there is a quarrel, I am afraid that if you want to marry Xiaoya, the people in the village will not agree."

Liu Caifeng was upset and frowned.

Dashan Village is close to Guangzhou, so the life of the villagers is pretty good, but they are usually nosy, and people often come to stop her when she disciplines Zhao Xiaoya. If Zhao Xiaoya really makes a big deal like getting married, it's really uncertain...

This girl has been stupid all her life, but she didn't expect to know that if a woman doesn't marry well, her life will be over.

"Mom, I heard from my master a few days ago that there was a girl in the city who was found in bed with a man. She was so embarrassed that she was married off by her parents in a hurry. You said this..." Zhao Xue's words faded away and she did not finish her words.

Liu Caifeng understood immediately and smiled immediately, "We, Zhao Xue, are still smart. Mom knows what to do."

Zhao Xue had a slight smile on her face, "I only talked about it because I saw my mother was troubled."

"I know! I know you're good." Liu Caifeng gave her the deliciously fried eggs, "Take them to the main room to eat."

"Thank you, mother." Zhao Xue smiled, turned around and saw Father Zhao entering the door.

Father Zhao got up and went to water the fields without eating anything.

Zhao Xue glanced at Liu Caifeng, and Liu Caifeng nodded to express her understanding.This old man is soft-hearted, and if he really knows something, he is afraid that he will come to destroy it.

"Damn old man!" Liu Caifeng shouted at the top of her lungs: "That damn girl ran out without cooking. If you don't come over to cook, do you think you still have to wait on me?"

Father Zhao lowered his head and smelled the fragrance in the room. When he saw Zhao Xue sitting in the main room eating, he sighed in his heart, but he didn't complain. He just took a long time to say, "If Xiaoya doesn't want to marry, don't force her."

"Shut your mouth." Liu Caifeng took out some rice from the cabinet for Father Zhao to make porridge, and then locked the cabinet. "If it weren't for your lack of future, would it be necessary for me to plan so hard?"

Father Zhao sighed as he added water to the pot. He was used to being bullied in his life and had long given up on fighting back.

He had almost forgotten the inexplicable joy he felt when he saw Liu Caifeng in the city for the first time. He thought that although his parents died early, they left some property and coupled with his carpentry skills, he also saved some money.This beautiful girl suddenly made him look straight in his eyes. If Liu Caifeng hadn't caused trouble with her brother and the family was short of silver, and he sold iron to collect the winnings, he might not have been lucky enough to marry the beautiful Liu Caifeng in this life.