"Why are you carrying tofu back again?" When Li saw Wang Yiyi return, she immediately ran over. Upon seeing the tofu, she wiped her hands and prepared to serve it herself.

Wang Yi stopped her and recounted what had just happened, embellishing the story.

Li started cursing loudly: "That old witch, you kindly apologized to her, and she actually tried to hit me! I'm going to beat her until she's crawling on the ground looking for her teeth!"

Big Head, Second Head, and Second Girl picked up the hoes and brooms beside them, their eyes blazing with anger, just waiting for Li's order to go and settle scores with the Jiang family.

Wang Dashan calmed down. Although Wu was always arrogant, she never bothered to make a scene like the other villagers because her son was a scholar. Why did she start a fight in front of so many people today?

He glanced at Wang Yiyi and had a general idea of ​​what was going on; he guessed it was something she did on purpose.

However, he was happy to see it happen. He had unintentionally saved Jiang Mantun's life and hadn't expected any reward.

Jiang Chengzong had already entered school, and Li Shi had the idea of ​​arranging a marriage between them. The Jiang family was very grateful to him and was naturally more than willing.

He didn't want Daya to marry above her station. In his opinion, it was more important to live a down-to-earth life. He was afraid that if Jiang Chengzong really became successful, he would abandon Daya.

However, seeing that Daya seemed quite satisfied with the marriage, he tacitly approved of it, and Li Shi tried her best to please the Jiang family.

Wang Dashan immediately stopped his children: "Children shouldn't meddle in adult matters. Go check if the tofu is ready yet!"

The three dared not disobey, put down what they were holding, and reluctantly went into the kitchen.

He then stopped Li, saying, "Sanya is young and may have acted impulsively, which is understandable. But if you really come to their door, how can your children become in-laws in the future?"

Li was just making threats; there was no way she would actually come to their door. When Wang Dashan stopped her, she stopped as well.

Then, she became worried again: "Husband, what should we do?"

Da Ya suddenly walked over, her face calm: "Mother, let's annul the engagement."

"No!" Madam Li's eyes immediately reddened, and she shouted loudly, "This marriage cannot be called off!"

Da Ya was young and didn't understand, but she knew how much gossip a woman had to endure when she broke off an engagement. Whether she could get married again was another matter, but the most important thing was that she had to endure people pointing fingers and whispering all the time. Just thinking about this made her heart ache.

Daya's face was resolute, and her voice was calm: "Mother, the Jiang family wasn't too keen on this marriage to begin with, so why should we force it?"

Li gently touched Daya's cheek, her eyes filled with heartache, and her voice choked with emotion: "My dear daughter, how can you just break off a marriage like this? If you lose your reputation, who will want to marry you in the future? Wu is a bit difficult, but Jiang Chengzong is a decent person. He'll definitely treat you well once he's made something of himself. Daughter, you can't have it both ways. That's life; you can't expect everything to go your way."

Upon hearing this, Daya could no longer remain calm and covered her face, bursting into tears: "But, Mother, you are more important to me. I can remain unmarried for the rest of my life."

Seeing the two of them crying together, Wang Yiyi was at a loss. She seemed to have acted too impulsively. She hadn't considered the impact of breaking off an engagement on a woman in this era.

She should have taken things slowly, she thought to herself in frustration, and slapped herself twice.

Wang Dashan, who was standing nearby, quickly stopped her and gave her a reassuring look: "You did a good job. I've been wanting to break off the engagement with Daya for a long time."

Wang Yiyi instantly felt calm, just like when her father comforted her the first time she encountered zombies.

Seeing that she had calmed down, Wang Dashan patted Li Shi again and said, "Since that's the case, let's call off the engagement."

Li didn't refute, she just cried even harder. Wang Dashan didn't say anything, he just quietly patted Li's back.

After a while, Li stopped crying: "You all say we should break off the engagement, so what else can we do? Let's break it off, but we can't break off this engagement ourselves."

If the woman were to back out, Daya's life would be truly over, and the other children in the family would not be able to find a good marriage. This was her last act of defiance.

Wang Dashan said, "That's right, our Da Ya is gentle and sensible, it's the Jiang family that doesn't know what's good for her."

Before the family could even figure out how to break off the engagement, Jiang Chengzong came to their door.

As soon as he entered the door, he loudly questioned Daya: "What have you done? You've made my mother sick. You must go and take care of her, and get her a doctor, otherwise..."

"What else can I do?" After her family agreed to annul the engagement, Daya no longer wanted to maintain her previous politeness and her tone became impatient.

Jiang Chengzong, who usually acted meekly and submissive towards Da Ya, suddenly felt a chill upon seeing her cold expression. He stammered, "Otherwise, otherwise we'll annul the engagement."

Li pulled Da Ya aside and said loudly, "Cancel the engagement? Sure, go and get the betrothal papers right now, and we'll cancel the engagement today."

Just moments ago she was worrying about how to annul the engagement, but now Jiang Chengzong has brought it up himself. Li was overjoyed, but on the surface she pretended to be reluctant.

"You wait, I'll go back and have my parents come and annul the engagement."

Jiang Chengzong, his face ashen, left after uttering a single sentence.

But they waited until dark and still didn't see anyone from the Jiang family come over.

Daya's expectant look gradually turned into apprehension. She kept craning her neck to look outside the door, her clothes clenched so tightly they were in disarray.

After Jiang Chengzong returned, he did indeed insist on announcing the engagement, and Wu fully supported him.

Jiang Mantun disagreed: "Da Ya's father saved my life back then, and now you're making a scene about breaking off the engagement. What will the villagers think of our family?"

Wu looked indignant: "Everyone in the village knows that Li used this trivial matter to force my son to get engaged to her daughter. My son is an outstanding person and will become a high-ranking official in the future. What is her daughter? How is she worthy of my son? I have wanted to break off this engagement for a long time."

Jiang Mantun: "Da Ya is usually quite obedient, so this marriage should not be called off. We can deal with this later when Cheng Zong has more ability. Pushing away the daughter of your savior now will not be good for Cheng Zong's reputation."

Jiang Chengzong also realized what was happening: "Father is right. This engagement can't be called off now. My teacher heard that I was engaged to the daughter of the man who saved Father's life and praised me for being loyal and righteous, which is why he introduced me to the county magistrate. If we break off the engagement now, what will the county magistrate think of me?"

Since it concerned her son's future, Madam Wu endured it despite her reluctance: "Let that Wang family have it for now. When my son becomes successful in the future, he will definitely divorce that woman."

Finally, Jiang Chengzong added ominously, "But if the Wang family takes the initiative to break off the engagement, then the fault lies with them."

Wu's illness improved considerably immediately: "Let's do it this way."

This time, Jiang Mantun did not object.

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