Chapter Eighty-Four: The Price of Family Affection

Zhao Hong didn't treat Lin Qiao as a daughter at all, and her tone was naturally very rusty, and even a little blunt.

"What? What does it mean? Lin Qiao looked at Zhao Hong in a daze, she didn't know anything about this mother who had disgusted her for more than ten years, and was even a little stunned.

Zhao Hong dusted off his clothes, lifted his eyelids and glanced at Lin Qiao, and said, "Since you have already put your handprint on that confession, there is already a rift between you and Lin De and Yang Shuang, and they will only hate you even more." Now you have only two ways to go, one is to testify to me that you have been bullied in their house, so that I will find you a good man to marry, and prepare a dowry of not less than one hundred taels of silver. ”

"Or I will give you two hundred taels of silver, and from now on you will decide your own life, whether you want to leave this place or continue to return to Linde, I will not interfere, but no matter which one you choose, you and I don't have to talk about mother-daughter relationship anymore."

Zhao Hong's indifferent words made Lin Qiao's heart uncertain, but the amount of silver Zhao Hong said was astronomical for Lin Qiao.

didn't even have time to think about the gains and losses, Lin Qiao hurriedly said: "I choose the second one, I want silver!" ”

Zhao Hong was not surprised by Lin Qiao's choice, his background determined his vision, I am afraid that the private house that Lin Qiao has saved over the years is only a few taels, and it has to be said that she can only save it with Yang Shuang.

This time he gave Lin Qiao a way to live and gave him silver, which was an explanation to the original owner, otherwise Zhao Hong would never care if Lin Qiao lived or died, and it would be the easiest thing to throw him in prison.

"These ten taels of silver are considered a deposit, and after the county government opens the court, after you tell the truth, I will give you another fifty taels, until this matter is over, and I will give the rest at one time. You don't have to be afraid of that happy marriage, I will solve it for you, it can be regarded as the fate of a mother and daughter. Zhao Hong said lightly.

Lin Qiao hurriedly stuffed the silver into his sleeve pocket, for fear that Zhao Hong would take it back, and promised: "I will definitely listen to you, and I will do whatever you ask me to do." ”

For the sake of silver, Lin Qiao can be said to have no lower limit, and she has not thought about how she will gain a foothold as a girl in the future, and whether she can keep this silver?

Even Lin Qiao didn't think about what would happen to her father Lin De after she did this?

Sure enough, the children of the original owner have inherited Linde's selfish nature.

"Mother...... "Don't be angry, there is me."

Zhao Lingxiu wanted to comfort Zhao Hong, but she couldn't say anything like this, so she could only pull Zhao Hong's arm, her face full of anxiety.

"You have a good rest in the house, and I'll go to the neighborhood to see if I can get you a change of clothes." Seeing a cut on Zhao Lingxiu's clothes, Zhao Hong said loudly.

"And me, I can't wear this garment anymore, I can't leave in a man's clothes, then my reputation will be finished." Lin Qiao said urgently: "Don't buy those coarse cloth clothes, my flesh and skin will be worn out." ”

Zhao Hong glanced at Lin Qiao, did not speak, but went out of the house directly.

"What do you mean?" Lin Qiao was very dissatisfied with Zhao Hong's attitude of ignoring her, and immediately lost her temper at Zhao Lingxiu after the door was closed.

"Didn't my mother just say that? There is no mother-daughter relationship between her and you, and besides, you said that it was my mother, then my mother took care of you, and it was your duty not to care about you, what are you unhappy about, don't forget that you took two hundred taels of silver. Zhao Lingxiu replied angrily, and then lay down facing the wall to rest, not wanting to deal with Lin Qiao anymore.

Zhao Lingxiu was really cold to Lin Qiao this time, but what she was more concerned about now was that Zhao Hong was willing to give Lin Qiao two hundred taels of silver at a time, so when she got married in the future, would her mother also be able to prepare a rich dowry?

Thinking that he ran out with Lin Qiao without discussing with his mother, his mother didn't ignore her, which shows that he still cares about her.

And the mother also said that she hoped that she could get married later, and since she loved her, she would not be reluctant to give up the dowry.

Thinking like this, Zhao Lingxiu, who had been frightened for a day, actually fell asleep with peace of mind, and didn't even know that Zhao Hong was back.

Early the next morning, the mayor personally took someone to send the Yang family of three to the county office, but Zhao Lingxiu and the others did not need to go over for the time being, and they could just wait for the summons when they ascended to the court.

From the change in the mayor's attitude, Zhao Hong knew that he was inseparable from Old Man Shen, and if no one took care of it, it would be absolutely impossible for the mayor to be so polite to her, a peasant woman, even if she had two spare money in her hand.

For this reason, Zhao Hong deliberately went to Shen Ji Pharmacy and left two prescriptions, which were much heavier than what could be bought with silver in return.

Lin Qiao had nowhere to go for the time being, and he didn't dare to go back to Lin De's side, so he followed Zhao Hong and the others back to Zhao's house with a dead face.

"My mother said that there are no idlers at home, since you live here, then work to pay for food, don't tell me that you can't, you should be used to it at the Lin family, right?" Zhao Lingxiu is angry when she sees Lin Qiao now, it is impossible to coexist peacefully, let alone slap her.

No matter how resentful Lin Qiao was in her heart, the Zhao family was now the only place where she could stay, and besides, the two hundred taels of silver had not yet been fully obtained, and Lin Qiao's heart was not steady.

No matter how decisive Zhao Hong is, in Lin Qiao's opinion, as long as she is willing to coax, the benefits are definitely more than the two hundred taels of silver, she is also Zhao Hong's daughter, even if she is surnamed Lin, Zhao Hong should also raise her.

Zhao Hong is too lazy to care about these little things, as long as Lin Qiao doesn't bother her, when Lin Qiao stays temporarily, she can still turn a blind eye.

"Mother, can't you let Lin Qiao go to the guest house? It's annoying to spin around in front of your eyes every day! I wanted to bully the dogs and the rest of them without looking at her for a while, and what was even more hateful was that she was the mother's daughter, and she wanted to inquire about the soap recipe, and even I didn't have this idea. After enduring it for a few days, Zhao Lingxiu couldn't help but run to Zhao Hong to vomit bitterness.

"You go to the village chief's house and the Zhou family to say hello, I don't recognize Lin Qiao's daughter, Fang Zi let them guard it by themselves, don't be cheap outsiders, don't look at my face to give Lin Qiao face." Zhao Hong didn't raise his head.

Zhao Lingxiu responded, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Mother, what are you doing?" Is it medicine? ”

"Hold your hand out." Zhao Hong said, dipped a little moisturizer, and smeared it on the back of Zhao Lingxiu's hand, "When this matter is over, this deal will be done for you, it will not hurt your hands and will not delay you to do embroidery work, and when you get married, it will be regarded as a dowry for you, as long as you can put away the recipe, you will not have to worry about running out of money in this life." ”

Zhao Lingxiu was originally just the effect of a rare moisturizer, but after applying it like this, he felt that the skin on the back of his hand had become shiny.

Hearing Zhao Hong say that this recipe was going to be used as a dowry for her, she suddenly said nothing of surprise.

Seeing Zhao Hong put the moisturizer into the porcelain, Zhao Lingxiu's eyes were full of silver, and he said excitedly: "Mother, you are too good to me, this thing is better than the masters in our embroidery workshop, and it will definitely be sold at a good price." I thought that my mother didn't want me, and in the future, she would give me at most ten taels of silver to press the bottom of the box, and just buy a dowry casually, but I didn't expect ......"

As he spoke, Zhao Xiu threw herself into Zhao Hong's arms and cried, this was crying with joy, but there was also sadness and unwillingness that had been suppressed since he was sensible.

Zhao Hong is not good at coaxing juniors, so he only patted Zhao Lingxiu's shoulder gently, and when she was almost crying, she said: "This little thing is also worth dropping golden beans?" As long as you are good, I, a mother, will not treat you badly. Okay, you put away this bottle yourself and use it first, Lin Qiao has to be on guard, that girl is not right, I'm afraid you will be put into it by her. ”