Such a major incident occurred in the village that the Public Security Bureau was alerted. However, Cui Xiaohong adamantly denied it was intentional. Furthermore, as she was only a minor of fourteen or fifteen, the case was ruled an accident.
Cui Laoer went missing, and the two older brothers of the Cui family died, leaving only Cui Xiaohong—who was not yet sixteen—behind in the Cui household’s second branch. The uncles and cousins who had already split from the family scrambled to adopt her, all aiming to seize the two rooms and four plots of land belonging to her family.
Moreover, if they raised her for another two years, they could exchange her for a hefty bride price.
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