The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 631 The Dowry That Was Within Reach Fleeing

Wu Na not only refused to contribute her dowry to support her family, but also took away the wedding gift money.

too dark.

Grandpa Gu and the others were so angry they felt like vomiting blood.

There's just nothing we can do about Wu Na.

Madam Jia panicked and grabbed Ruinian's sleeve, saying, "Ruinian, we can't separate the family."

Gu Youtian rarely smiled at Gu Ruinian and said, "Your mother is right, we can't separate the family."

The banquet expenses haven't been paid yet, and he still needs five hundred taels of silver as capital. How can he let the duck that's already in his hand fly away?

Wu Na displayed a tough, unyielding personality.

Now we can only pin our hopes on our son.

Wu Na has deep feelings for Gu Ruinian and is willing to marry him even if it means paying extra. As long as her son speaks up, Wu Na will definitely give up the idea of ​​separating from the family.

Gu Ruinian said with a troubled expression, "You all know her temper back in Pingchuan; she's like a hot potato that's about to explode. But we're family after all, so I'll try my best to persuade her to change her mind."

Despite it being a decision made by the couple to separate their assets, Gu Ruinian quickly shifted the blame onto Wu Na.

"I'll go and comfort her first."

Gu Ruinian slipped away from the main house and went into his own room.

Wu Na took out a key from her bosom and opened a red lacquered wooden box.

Gu Ruinian was extremely excited. Ten acres of fertile land and five hundred taels of silver would at least guarantee that he wouldn't have to live a hard life for the time being.

The box was opened, and inside was only a box of brain-boosting pills.

Wu Na frowned.

"Strange, why is it empty?" Wu Na was a little panicked. "My mother clearly told me that important things would be kept in here. Where are the land deeds and silver notes?"

Gu Ruinian also had a bad feeling, but said with a glimmer of hope, "Could it be that you remembered it wrong?"

Wu Na shook her head: "No, I'm not mistaken."

The night before her wedding, she specifically asked her mother where she kept her land deed and banknotes. Her mother said that all the important things were in this box.

But why is there only one box of brain-boosting pills?

Wu Na refused to believe it and turned the wooden box upside down, but she still couldn't find the land deed or the silver notes.

Then, Gu Ruinian, still unwilling to give up, searched through the five-bearer dowry, but still found nothing.

Wu Na collapsed to the ground, panting heavily. The cold ground made her want to scream.

"How could this be? Why weren't the land deed and banknotes included in the dowry?"

Wu Na didn't understand.

She didn't believe that Wu Ren and Qiao Shi had abandoned her, and that there was no land deed or silver note at all.

Gu Ruinian seemed to have guessed something, and his face turned gloomy.

He only married Wu Na for the dowry; without the dowry, what was the point of their marriage?

"Could it be that your parents changed their minds?" Gu Ruinian said.

Wu Na was extremely flustered. She shook her head and said, "No, my parents love me the most. They would never not give me fertile land and money. They must have guessed that your family wanted to take advantage of my dowry, so they didn't include it in my dowry. They will definitely give it to me after we separate from the family."

Gu Ruinian thought that this was the best outcome, but he felt inexplicably uneasy.

If Wu Ren really intended to do this, he would have told Wu Na in advance.

Gu Ruinian helped Wu Na up from the ground and said, "The ground is cold, don't let you get cold. Why don't we go to your parents and ask them, so we'll know what's going on?"

Wu Na thought so too.

She's going to the Wu family tomorrow to get to the bottom of this.

Grandpa Gu and the others were still trying to figure out how to persuade Wu Na not to separate from the family when they discovered that the usually dramatic Wu Na had suddenly fallen silent. They quietly asked Gu Ruinian, who brushed them off by saying that Wu Na was pregnant and her mood was fluctuating.

Before clarifying the dowry details, keep it a secret from Grandpa Gu and the others for the time being.

In order to coax Wu Na into handing over her dowry, Gu Youtian had Jia kill an old hen and make soup for Wu Na.

What kind of daughter-in-law rides on her mother-in-law's head? Well, that's exactly what happened to her own daughter-in-law. Jia felt a pang of resentment, and she forced herself to fawn over her daughter-in-law while enduring the disgust. In her heart, however, she was secretly plotting to torment her once she received the dowry.

Wu Na had no appetite for drinking, and Gu Ruinian ate the whole chicken clean.

He thought that he might take advantage of Wu Na's pregnancy to get Jia Shi to give him special treatment.

The news of what happened at the Gu family's old house was immediately relayed to Tong Huaqiong through Gu Honglian.

Gu Honglian stood at the entrance of the weaving workshop, telling not only Tong Huaqiong, but also the villagers.

As a result, the village learned immediately that the Gu family was trying to take away the new bride's dowry, and that the new bride was making a fuss about dividing the family property.

The Gu family's old house is really something, it's trending on social media every few days.

Tong Huaqiong thought to herself, "There's more to come."

The next morning, Wu Na took Gu Ruinian to Black Dragon Pool and didn't return until dark.

"You are back."

Jia, carrying a lantern, welcomed the two people inside.

The two only said they were going to Black Dragon Pool to retrieve Wu Na's things, without specifying what they were. Everyone in the Gu family assumed that Wu Na had gone home to complain.

Gu Ruinian looked very unwell and did not help the pregnant Wu Na.

Wu Na looked distraught, her eyes red and tears streaming down her face.

"What's wrong?"

To prevent the Wu family from coming to the Gu family to support Wu Na, Old Madam Gu suppressed her anger and looked concerned.

Gu Ruinian said angrily, "The Wu family is shameless. They canceled the promised ten acres of fertile land and five hundred taels of silver dowry. Nana and I found that the dowry list did not include the land deed and silver notes. When we went to the Wu family to ask for them, they said that there was no such thing."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room immediately changed their expressions.

Gu Youtian, in particular, wished he could just faint right then and there.

Their whole family was tricked by the Wu family.

Wu Na was no longer as arrogant as she had been yesterday; she was completely dejected. She hadn't expected her parents to be so cruel.

"Second son's wife, don't your parents love you very much? How can you go back on your word?" Jia was so angry that she wanted to slap Wu Na twice.

Wu Na raised her eyes and said, "It was all my sister-in-law Tong Zhaodi who instigated it."

She was in so much pain.

On the way back to Qinghewan from Heilongtan, Gu Ruinian was very cold to her.

Her dream of going to town with Gu Ruinian to live a good life was shattered. Without a dowry, she didn't even have the confidence to separate from the family.

If they were to distribute the grain now, they wouldn't even be able to afford to buy food.

What hurt her even more was her parents' attitude towards her. They no longer doted on her as before. Her mother even told her that brain-boosting pills were the best dowry she could have, and that she needed to improve her brainpower.

She harbored resentment towards her parents, but dared not show it in front of her husband's family, instead shifting all the blame onto Tong Zhaodi.

Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu realized that it wasn't anyone instigating them at all. Wu Ren was unhappy with how they were controlling their daughter, and he would rather withhold the dowry and let his daughter suffer than let them enjoy the benefits brought by Wu Na.

How cruel!

Seeing Wu Na with her head down and eyes drooping, Jia let out a sigh of relief.

These past two days, for the sake of her daughter-in-law's dowry, she has been swallowing her anger and fawning over her, tolerating her daughter-in-law's overbearing attitude.

“Isn’t this a marriage scam by your Wu family? You can’t find a good match, so you’re using five hundred taels of silver and ten acres of fertile land to lure my Ruinian. Your whole family is bullying my Gu family because we have no one, right? I can’t swallow this. Either you have your parents send the promised dowry, or you take you away. My Gu family can’t afford a daughter-in-law like you.”

Enraged, Jia yelled at Wu Na.