The original owner, due to breaking off her engagement and insisting on marrying Qiao Zhenbang, had a falling out with her family.
But after all, she was the treasure nurtured in the palms of her parents for over a decade, and truly loving parents would never completely abandon their child.
Mr. Jiao publicly declared, "We will consider her no longer our daughter," yet secretly, he still had his wife prepare a generous dowry for Jiaojiao.
In other families, giving a small portion of the bride price to the daughter was already enough to earn the praise, "generous, they love their child."
But the Jiao Family, without receiving a single penny for the bride price, still had to provide a substantial dowry.
In the village, out of respect for Mr. Jiao, who was the village chief, people didn't dare to mock openly.
But behind closed doors, the Jiao Family had become the village's joke during casual tea and meal times.
