I transmigrated to the 1970s and became the female lead's vicious stepsister.

Everyone looked at Du Lijuan.

Su Wu frowned. "These were all brought by my son-in-law. Put them in Xiao Wu'er's room so she can use them as she pleases."

He never thought of making money off his daughter's dowry. Back then, he was driven by selfishness and divorced his wife to have a son, which was already unfair to his child.

He never imagined he would use his daughter's dowry to subsidize his younger son. Although he wasn't very capable, he knew some shame and believed that he should raise his own child.

He only hopes that his daughter, out of blood ties, will lend a helping hand to his youngest son when he grows up and gets married, should he encounter difficulties. He doesn't ask for anything else.

Xu Meili's face darkened. "This is my daughter's betrothal gift. What do you mean, Du Lijuan?"

"I know this is Su Lingwu's betrothal gift, but she's grown up on air. What family doesn't leave some money for their daughter when she gets married? This betrothal gift should stay at home and can't be taken away. The clothes and shoes can be taken back to the house, but the pork, grain coupons, cigarettes, alcohol, sugar, tea and other things... must be left behind. They will all be needed for the wedding banquet."

Su Lingwu took them all; who knows what she might do with them? We won't have enough for the banquet, and we'll have to buy more.

It wouldn't look good if my two daughters got married and there weren't enough things. Besides, Gu Jia is too stingy; there aren't many decent things to give.

Du Lijuan naturally had her own selfish motives.

"Du Lijuan, you have no shame! When did I ever drink your milk? I drank my own mother's milk when I was little. If we're talking about paying for milk, it's not your place. If you want money, go ask your own daughter!"

"Su Lingtang, did you hear that? Your mother is asking you for milk money. Hurry up and give her the money, or she'll get jealous and make baseless accusations, trying to take money from anyone!"

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Su Lingtang's face.

Du Lijuan shielded her daughter, saying, "I'm talking about you! Why are you pulling on Xiaotang? You've grown up all this time, haven't you eaten any food from home? Haven't you eaten any of my cooking?"

Du Lijuan didn't see anything wrong with it at all. She took care of the whole family every day, so she deserved the money and would save it for her son later.

"The food I eat is earned by my own father. I don't eat your share. She is my father, and it is only right that she raises me."

"Besides my biological father, my biological mother buys me things every month. My food, clothes, and everything else are provided by my biological parents. Even if they give me things, it's for my mother, Xu Meili. What does it have to do with you, Du Lijuan!"

"If that's your logic, how much food has Su Lingtang consumed from the Su family? Everything she has has been provided by the Su family. She's the one who should be leaving money for the family. Why don't you ask your own daughter for money?"

"And why did Su Lingtang keep all his things in his own house? Oh, I know, because there's nothing else he's interested in."

"you!"

Su Lingwu wasn't going to tolerate Du Lijuan's bad habits, and she started asking her for money now. If she gave it to her once, she would ask for it countless times.

She can give voluntarily, but she cannot be forced to ask for it.

She gave things to her family because of her biological father. He was considerate of Su Wu's kindness to his daughter over the years, and Du Lijuan was already doing well enough by benefiting from it. To think she could control her was wishful thinking!

"My daughter is right. I, her own mother, haven't said anything, and you, her stepmother, have the nerve to ask my daughter for money for milk? What right do you, Du Lijuan, have!"

"Your shamelessness truly seems to be passed down through your entire Du family!"

Xu Meili was also furious with Du Lijuan. What kind of mother who cares about her daughter would leave the bride price money behind? Wouldn't that make the son-in-law look down on her?

"Su Wu, I want to ask you, was it your idea for Du Lijuan to do this?"

Xu Meili unleashed her pent-up anger on Su Wu.

Su Wu quickly waved his hand.

"This...this has nothing to do with me!"

"I didn't mean that. I won't keep a single penny of my daughter's money; she'll take it all."

"Su Wu!"

"So you're pretending to be the good guy, huh? I'm the bad guy. Who am I doing this for? It's all for this family, for our son. You gave your daughter only two hundred yuan as a dowry, did you even consider what would happen to our family in the future?"

Seeing how afraid Su Wu was of his ex-wife, Du Lijuan broke down in anger and screamed.

"You can save up later. The child is only ten years old. It's been eight or ten years since he got married. What's the rush?"

"Alright, stop making a fool of yourself here, go back inside!" Su Wu tried to push Du Lijuan back into the house.

"You think I'm embarrassing you!" Du Lijuan shook off Su Wu, clearly losing control of her emotions.

"Who doesn't embarrass you? Go ask Xu Meili if she's still willing to be with you. I think you three can live together as a family, so that my son and I won't get in your way."

"What are you all arguing about now!"

"You think today isn't lively enough, huh!" Old Mrs. Su stormed into her youngest son's house in the backyard.

Today is Su Lingwu's engagement day. Xu Meili has returned with her son. Her eldest son is afraid that she will ruin the good news, so he won't let her go to the backyard.

But when she heard Du Lijuan and Xu Meili arguing in the backyard, the old lady couldn't hold back anymore.

"Mother, you have to stand up for me! What family doesn't keep the dowry when they marry off their daughter? Our Su family has raised our child to this age, is it too much to leave some money behind? But Su Lingwu and Xu Meili both disagree and won't let us take a single penny."

"Our family was already struggling financially, and we even gave your granddaughter two hundred yuan as a dowry. My poor son, how will he manage from now on!"

Du Lijuan knew that her mother-in-law disliked Xu Meili and Su Lingwu the most. Her mother-in-law knew the whole story and would definitely be on her side because she knew that her mother-in-law loved her son the most.

"Mother, why did you come here? There's nothing wrong here, I'll take you home." Su Wu quickly went to the old lady's side and offered to take her home.

"Get out of my way!"

"You worthless piece of trash, what are you afraid of Xu Meili for? She's an outsider, yet she dares to interfere in our Su family's internal affairs."

"I've decided on the dowry money. I'll keep half of it. Giving her so much back is already very generous."

The old lady pushed Su Wu away.

"Grandma, let me make one thing clear: your Su family's affairs have absolutely nothing to do with me, Xu Meili. There's no need for you to be sarcastic and insinuating to me."

"But I have to get involved in my daughter's affairs!"

"My daughter's surname is Su, but she's my own flesh and blood. If she's considered an outsider, then you, old lady, don't even have the surname Su, so you have no right to interfere. You're an outsider too!"

"You..." The old lady's chest heaved with anger.

"Furthermore, if your Su family dares to mistreat my daughter, I will make her change her surname to Xu, and she will have nothing to do with your Su family anymore!"

"You dare!"

"What wouldn't I dare to do!"

Xu Meili has never been afraid of anything. Even though they're divorced, why would she be afraid of her ex-mother-in-law?

My current mother-in-law doesn't even give me any face.

Xu Meili glared and pointed at Du Lijuan, who was watching the commotion from the side.

"And you, Du Lijuan, don't try to stir things up here. I'm warning you, if you dare to covet my daughter's dowry, I'll make sure your daughter never gets married. I'll ruin your daughter's marriage."

"Now that my daughter is marrying into a wealthy family, with such a high dowry, I, as her mother, don't have much ability or anything of value to give as a dowry. I can only add five hundred yuan to my daughter's dowry, hoping to give her a little more confidence. You still dare to think you can hold my daughter back? Don't even think about it!"

"I'll cherish my own daughter. I'm telling you all, no one is allowed to touch my daughter's dowry, not a single penny less!"

Like a lioness protecting her cubs, Xu Meili gave a warning look to the person with ill intentions.

The mother was worried that her daughter would be disliked by her son-in-law and his family, whom she had never met, because of the issue of the bride price.

The two families were already quite different in terms of financial situation, and now Du Lijuan was even trying to embezzle the bride price, which really touched a nerve with Xu Meili.

Love is always a feeling of indebtedness; her daughter deserves the best of everything.