Chapter 769

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Mao Xiaoli stopped crying. Only then did she realize the seriousness of the matter.

Mr. Mao said, “Let’s go! Mao Dao, for our sake, come with me to your sister’s place to pack their things! Bring Xiao Guihua over too! As her younger brother, you should also tell Mr. Luo. Use Mr. Luo’s name to intimidate the Qiao family and successfully let Xiao Guihua return to the Mao family with your sister! For the sake of Xiao Guihua, help your sister!”

Mao Dao agreed with his father.

He couldn’t truly ignore her. After all, Mao Xiaoli was his elder sister.

When he was young, his sister had raised him.

He knew what he should do.

Mao Dao said, “I have no problem with that. It’s fine as long as you think it through and are willing to divorce him! If you still want me to borrow money, I’ll completely ignore you!”

When Mr. Mao heard his son’s words, he nodded in satisfaction. Then, he looked at Mao Xiaoli and asked, “Daughter, what do you think?”

Mao Xiaoli had already figured it out. The most important thing now was to bring Xiao Guihua back.

“Father, I’ve thought it through. I want to bring Xiao Guihua back! I have hands and feet, so I can also set up a stall on the official road to sell things! I can support us with my own hands and feet! I’ll have to trouble Father and Mother to help me rent a house in the village! Even if we divorce, there’s no reason for us to stay in our maiden family’s home. Even if someone in the same village bullies us, with Father, Mother, and Brother taking care of us, our lives won’t be that bad!”

It had to be said that Mao Xiaoli was a sensible woman.

Although she had been a little muddle-headed and greedy previously, she wasn’t a bad person.

Mao Xiaoli said, “Also, give the Qiao family 50 taels of silver! The remaining 50 taels of silver will be my and Xiao Guihua’s future living expenses! I don’t want our relationship to be ruined! This 50 taels of silver can be considered my last act of kindness to him! However, I can’t tolerate what the Qiao family has done. Even if we get a divorce, I want to expose this matter. I want to see if the Qiao family can still live a peaceful life after this!”

“Sure, but we have to resolve Xiao Guihua’s matter first before doing this! The Qiao family’s behavior is too despicable. We should let the people around the Qiao family see their true colors!” Mr. Mao agreed with his daughter’s idea.

Just like that, Mr. Mao and Mao Dao went to the Qiao family’s house overnight and brought Xiao Guihua back.

Other than some big things that she couldn’t bring away, Mao Xiaoli brought all her things.

Some of them were her previous dowry, and some had been bought recently.

Other than her dowry, she would use the other things to repay a portion of Qiao Dazhi’s debt. The rest of the debt could only be repaid by Mao Dazhi himself. As his wife, Mao Xiaoli did everything she could. As for the rest, she would take things one step at a time!

Early the next morning, Mao Dao went to look for Luo Cheng and Li Xiaoran. When Li Xiaoran heard Mao Dao’s words, she only said,

“Your father is a very wise person! Your sister is lucky to have such a good father. Otherwise, her life would have been really difficult in the future!”

Luo Cheng thought for a moment and said, “If you want to help your sister, I have no objections to using our name to intimidate the Qiao family! But Mao Dao, you have to know your limits and not cross my bottom line!”

Mao Dao nodded and promised, “Brother Luo Cheng, don’t worry, I know what to do! I just want my sister to bring my niece, Xiao Guihua, with her! As long as Qiao Dazhi isn’t stupid, he will agree. As for the Qiao family, I don’t care about them at all. After all, they’ve already split up, so my sister’s matter has nothing to do with the rest of the Qiao family anymore!”

Luo Cheng knew Mao Dao’s character, so he nodded and didn’t say anything else.

Four hours later, Qiao Dazhi saw the three Mao family members in the county prison.

Mao Xiaoli sent some food and clothes over. Then, she told him that after he was captured, the Mao family was unwilling to pay his debt and forced them to split up.

During the entire process, Mao Xiaoli didn’t complain or criticize. She only told him the truth.

She also told Qiao Dazhi the fact that she planned to divorce him and bring Xiao Guihua back to her family’s village.

After experiencing this incident, Qiao Dazhi became much more clear-headed.

To be honest, Qiao Dazhi felt that he had let his wife and daughter down.

Qiao Dazhi was also furious at what the other members of the Qiao family had done.

Later, when he saw that Mao Xiaoli had said that she would use 50 taels of silver to pay off his debt, while the remaining 50 taels of silver was her and Xiao Guihua’s living expenses, Qiao Dazhi immediately burst into tears.

After a while, Qiao Dazhi stopped crying and returned the 50 taels of silver that Mao Xiaoli had brought.

“Take this 50 taels of silver as my last compensation for you and our daughter! I know that I was the one who ruined this good family! I know that I made a big mistake. Whether I can come back in the future is unknown, but I can’t harm you and our daughter! I’ll stamp the divorce letter and let you have custody of Xiao Guihua. I know that you’re a good mother. Xiao Guihua won’t suffer if she follows you!”

With that, Qiao Dazhi wiped his tears and pressed his fingerprint on the divorce tree.

After doing all this, Qiao Dazhi let Mao Xiaoli and Mr. Mao leave first. He wanted to talk to Mao Dao alone.

When only the two of them were left in the prison, Qiao Dazhi said to Mao Dao,

“I’m sorry. I was too selfish back then!”

Mao Dao didn’t expect Qiao Dazhi to say that. Looking at his former brother-in-law, Mao Dao had mixed feelings.

Mao Dao could only say, “It’s all in the past! Although you’ll do manual labor to pay off your debts, Mr. Luo and the consort are tolerant. As long as you work hard and turn over a new leaf, you will eventually come out!”

Qiao Dazhi nodded. Then, he thought of something and said, “Actually, I didn’t think of it in Luo Cheng’s name. Someone instigated me to do this! Go back and remind Luo Cheng and the consort! By the way, there’s a pear tree in the courtyard where I live. The pear tree is against the courtyard wall and I buried some things under it.. I hope they’ll be useful to Luo Cheng!”