They did this, of course, to take over my house and savings.

Thinking of this, I felt a chill all over.

It turns out that just a house still under mortgage is enough for Li Tao, this overbearing man, to completely disregard sibling affection.

No wonder after I received more bonuses, he would shamelessly exploit my guilt and demand so much money from me.

In the end, he transferred all my money.

But I couldn't hysterically question Li Tao.

The only thing I could do was think of the best way to escape.

The ox cart traveled until the afternoon, finally arriving at a small village.

It was surrounded by mountains.

In this flat area, there were about forty to fifty mud-brick houses.

There were about a dozen skinny, dirty children around.

The adults wore dirty clothes with patches.

You can imagine how poor it is here.

The ox cart stopped in a fenced yard.

I saw a man with a limp and a scar on his forehead, staring at me expressionlessly.

Next to him was a man in his forties with a deformity in his lower body, unable to walk.

Standing beside him were two black and skinny children aged four or five and seven or eight.

The cowshed next to the house had collapsed.

The ground was covered in chicken droppings.

Li Tao frowned when he saw the environment of this family.

He muttered, "Can a family like this really come up with a hundred thousand yuan as a dowry?"

I felt a pang in my heart.

Seeing such a poor family, Li Tao's first reaction wasn't whether I would be worked to death if I stayed here, but whether he could get a hundred thousand yuan dowry.