Peasant Woman's Decreed Life as a Wife

Madam Liu understood what her son meant. He was using the reputation of all the girls in the Cao family to force the Cao family to punish Madam Xu.

Although the Cao family and the Chu family’s first branch were in-laws, the girls still had to take care of their reputations. Moreover, Madam Xu usually took many things from the Chu family, including valuable ones.

Every time Madam Xu was high-profile and received benefits, they would always complain that Madam Cao did not give enough behind her back. Therefore, many villagers knew that Madam Xu had received benefits from Madam Cao.

The villagers who had heard the news before only said that Madam Cao was easy to deceive.

However, now that the Chu family wanted to be calculative, Madam Cao was also forced to be calculative. The nature of the matter had changed. Madam Cao only needed to say that Madam Xu took the things because her daughter was going to have a marriage with the Chu family

Then, Madam Cao’s reputation as a woman would not be good.

How much money would they have to pay in order to marry the daughter of the Cao family?

Country people had simple thoughts when it came to getting married. They were virtuous and capable. It was best if they asked for a small amount of betrothal gifts. Even if they asked for a lot, there should not be too much trouble.

No one wanted to marry a daughter-in-law who would take their husband’s belongings to their parents’ house every day. How could they live like this?

In addition, due to the recent female arts competition, many families now had more choices. For example, during the four days of the female arts competition, as long as they fancied a girl, they could go to the village and ask, and the news about that girl would come out.

It was much more convenient than before when the matchmaker had to ask for all the news. After all, the matchmaker might lie for the sake of money.

As a result, those who had more choices would subconsciously exclude the Cao family’s daughter when they heard her reputation.

Under the cooperation of various factors, the simplest and effortless scheme, or even a rumor, could force the Cao family to lower their heads.

Chu An knew that Chu Heng would not be lenient. Using the Cao family’s young ladies’ reputations, they could firmly grasp the Cao family’s lifeline.

If the Cao family knew about this, they would no longer be biased toward Madam Xu. Even the Cao clan leader would not have time to care. Those mothers would go and force Madam Xu to apologize.

After all, this matter was also caused by Madam Xu’s words. Most of the Cao family members were innocent.

Chu An could not help but reflect on himself. Why did he not think of this method? Perhaps it was because he was stuck in the middle and was restrained in every way. Although he did not like his uncle’s family, he subconsciously considered that the other party was his own relative, so he did not think of such a method. Instead, he was used by the other party, making him give in.

Ultimately, when the Cao family could take advantage of them, they would not be soft-hearted. When they could not, they would immediately retreat without any worries.

On the other hand, his family had been taken advantage of by others, and because they could not bear to be too ruthless to the other party, they would be bothered from time to time.

If he was not ruthless, the Cao family would use the same trick again.

If they were ruthless, the Cao family would not dare to use the same trick again. Naturally, there would be no more trouble.

As expected, he was still too indecisive.

Chu An finally understood. His entire aura became colder. When he looked back at this matter, he realized that if he had handled it according to his father’s previous thoughts, it would have ended up in a mess.

“Ah Heng, are we really going to do this?” Chu Yonghua sighed. In the end, he felt that it was a little too ruthless.

Chu Heng’s expression did not change, but his voice was cold. “We have to do this, Uncle. The Cao family will definitely choose to sacrifice Madam Xu.”

“Actually, it’s not a sacrifice. It’s just that Madam Xu would losse face and won’t dare to provoke the Chu family again. What’s so cruel about that?” Chu Heng reminded him indifferently..