He had howled for half the day, but nobody came out from the house. Instead, it was Li Zhuye from next door who poked her head out of the open doorway. She glanced into the courtyard before curling her lips and said, "Auntie, did you wake up confused? Did your house get robbed? That was your two daughters-in-law's family coming early in the morning to take away their dowries. You didn't even know?"
"What?" Li Dagui and Wang Daxiu were shocked.
Seeing that Li Dagui and Wang Daxiu truly had no idea, Li Zhuye dared not say more, withdrew her head, and went back home.
Li Dagui and Wang Daxiu exchanged a glance, then hurried to their sons' wing rooms, only to find them empty.
The kang was spotlessly clean, and all the furniture such as tables and cabinets that the daughters-in-law had brought over as part of their dowry had been taken away.
The Li family's own possessions, however, were untouched and all left behind.
