"Furthermore, if I take my four children to the Cui family, how could they not torment them? Does that mean the five of us are expected to work like beasts of burden for the Cui family for the rest of our lives?"
"As far as I know, the late wife of the second Cui son worked harder than an ox and ate less than a chicken. She was beaten and scolded every other day, and even her sisters-in-law felt entitled to strike her. The whole family took turns tormenting her alone. Matchmaker Li, do you truly believe that a woman like me, with no family to back her and four children in tow, would fare any better than the second Cui son's late wife if I were to marry into that house?"
"She suffered in misery for over a decade before she finally died. I might not even last a few years, and what about my four children? They are so young—how many years could they possibly endure?"
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