But no matter how hard Gao Taohua knocked on the door, Lu Yichen's front door did not open.
Gao Taohua said to the inside, "Lu Yichen, I know you can hear me. Do you want to see me die? My parents are selling me off, and I don't want any betrothal gifts from you now; I just want to start a life with you.
What else are you unwilling to do? I earn full work points every day at the brigade. I don't despise you for being a cripple. Can you open the door and save me?"
No sooner had she finished speaking than a bucket of water was thrown over her from inside the courtyard wall, and Lu Yichen's cold, angry voice said, "Scram."
The onlookers in the distance sighed but felt that Gao Taohua had brought it upon herself.
Gao Taohua, drenched by the bucket of water, came to her senses and started to walk back dejectedly, just as her big brother Gao Rumu came looking for her.
Seeing his sister's state, Gao Rumu asked, "What's all this about?"
