Li Chuncao weighed her options. Her biological father was unreliable, and if she and her sister went to the He Family, they would undoubtedly be manipulated and stripped of everything they had.
Going to the Shi family would be a bit better. Although her biological mother was also unreliable, her stepfather depended on the Gu family for his livelihood, so he certainly wouldn't dare mistreat them.
However, neither of these places could compare to staying with the Gu family.
She was also unwilling to be married off just like that.
What kind of matches had her grandmother found for her? They were either ordinary farm boys or slightly wealthier rural landowners. If she married them, her life would be reduced to nothing but trivial, petty squabbles.
The life of a village wife was absolutely not what she wanted.
Her grandmother claimed to treat her like a biological granddaughter, but the disparity in their treatment clearly showed who was truly favored.
