At this moment, neither of them knew that the girl who was wholeheartedly good to Tie Tou would appear so quickly, even more so because of the girl's identity, they were caught off guard!
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Seeing that the marriage deal, which in Mrs. Hong's eyes was "good," was about to fall apart because Lao Mo's House couldn't produce a decent dowry, Mrs. Hong stepped up her efforts to pressure Tie Tou. She not only forbade him from working at the rice shop but also locked him in the house, refusing to give him food or water, hoping to coerce him into agreeing through these means.
But Tie Tou was stubborn as iron, and even though Mrs. Hong praised the kiln girl to the skies, it just wasn't enough to coax him into signing the marriage certificate.
