Farm Girl's Manor-Chapter 1412: New Article Recommendation: [The Beautiful Countryside of the Farmer’s Daughter-in-Law]_4

Don’t say that Honest Mulberry, in the midst of fleeing, out of panic chose a path and with one misstep fell off a cliff, was unable to extend a helping hand toward Li Dazhu who was left behind and then caught by the black bear. In such a critical situation, even if Honest Mulberry had exerted all his effort to rescue, it would have been in vain anyway.

Although Honest Mulberry, after being rescued, recounted the incident clearly and in detail, Widow Li aggressively accused him of valuing his life over honor, claiming he took the opportunity to escape and fortunately saved his own life while her husband faced the black bear alone.

As for Honest Mulberry’s leg being broken in the fall from the cliff, that was an accident, God punishing him for not attempting to save a life.

Honest Mulberry got his nickname in the village precisely because he was too honest and simply couldn’t tell a lie. The villagers all believed that Li Dazhu’s death was an accident and not Honest Mulberry’s fault, so nobody sided with Widow Li. They even advised her not to make unreasonable troubles and wear away years of neighborly relations.

Maybe Widow Li herself believed this, but with her husband dead and having to care for her child, she started to hassle others deliberately, hoping to guilt Honest Mulberry and the Sang Family into compensation—a slight towards the honest. To put it plainly, she was just bullying the honest man!

At that time, Widow Li made quite the scene, summoning her maternal family to carry the putrid corpse of Li Dazhu to Sang Family’s doorstep. She not only forced the Sang Family to pay for a grand burial for Li Dazhu but also demanded they provide for her and her child’s future needs, from support to housing to marriage arrangements. Her initial demand was for Fifty taels of silver.

Back then, the Sang Family had just separated from the main house, and a family of seven had merely inherited two dilapidated thatched-roof houses and a sack of sweet potatoes, barely enough to scrape by, not to mention Honest Mulberry’s broken leg and the need for a doctor and medicine, which drained the little Hundreds of Wen Money they had. To say nothing of Fifty taels of silver, they couldn’t even produce One Wen money.

Seeing the Sang Family unwilling to give up the silver, Widow Li simply held a kitchen knife to her own neck in a deadly threat and even claimed she would kill her son before taking her own life.

Widow Li’s madness instilled fear that she might actually follow through with her threats and tarnish their family reputation with the murder of a widow and orphan. Despite their strong reluctance, the Sang Family could only borrow Five Ounces of Silver from relatives to send Li Dazhu off to the mountain, temporarily pacifying Widow Li.

But human greed knows no bounds, and having tasted success, Widow Li thought she’d found a way to blackmail the Sang Family. Not long after Li Dazhu was buried, she employed the same tactics to force the Sang Family to pay the remaining Forty-five taels of silver.

Honest Mulberry’s injury only worsened their family’s already dire financial situation. The Sang Family, already exhausted by their plight, faced repeated threats from Widow Li, and even if they were made of clay, their fury was kindled.

Before Widow Li could push the Sang Family to their deaths, Mu from the Sang Family, alongside her five children, confronted Widow Li, seized the hand holding the knife, and directed it towards her own neck.

Had the bystanders not reacted swiftly to shove aside the petrified Widow Li, that knife would have surely severed Mu’s throat. Nevertheless, Mu’s neck was still slashed, blood spurting out and quickly staining her chest crimson. The incident escalated when blood was shed. Even though the Sang Family was not native to the area and the Li Family’s village head wanted to side with Widow Li, he didn’t dare show favoritism in front of all the villagers. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

After a heated argument, the final verdict was that Widow Li was scolded severely and forbidden from causing trouble at the Sang Family’s home ever again. Mu was to take care of her own injuries and could not seek trouble with Widow Li.

Perhaps it was the village head’s warning or perhaps it was Mu’s ferocity that scared her, but since then, Widow Li really stopped causing trouble for the Sang Family and could only spread rumors and concoct false narratives behind their backs.

The two families, which had previously been on good terms, were now irreparably estranged, and would rather die than associate with each other.

Two months ago, Sang Ye, who hadn’t returned for more than ten years, suddenly came back with a child, sparking a lot of gossip in Village of Li. Within a few days, rumors about Sang Ye bringing misfortune to her husband spread widely, with Widow Li contributing her share to the tale.

Since Sang Ye rarely wandered around the village, Widow Li had no chance to give her a piece of her mind until now, and she could hardly contain herself when the opportunity arose.

At this moment, seeing that Sang Ye remained silent, Widow Li thought her words had struck a nerve and that Sang Ye was mourning, which only excited her more. With her eyes narrowed into slits, she continued to twist the knife, "A widow should stay at home quietly, not flaunt herself outside trying to seduce some wild man. Humph, shameless and despicable creature, you deserve to lose your husband and be widowed for life!"