Chapter 448: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 448: No Remorse (1)
The two families had severed ties, and neither was gaining any advantage, but Wu shi ran to the Mo family every day, returning home smelling of cooking oil. If there were no benefits involved, Niu shi would be the first not to believe it.
The conditions between the two households were originally similar, but because Tie Tou worked at the Mo family's rice shop, he was much better off than the second household. Niu shi had always been jealous, and now that Wu shi might be benefiting from the Mo family, she could only watch from the sidelines, feeling unbalanced in her heart!
Niu shi endured for several days with patience, trying to find out what exactly Wu shi was doing at the Mo family's home. However, everyone in the main household had been repeatedly instructed by Wu shi to keep their mouths shut, and Niu shi couldn't enter the Mo family's gate. After several days of back and forth, she still hadn't figured it out.
Knowing her own limitations, Niu shi realized that even if she pressured Wu shi, she wouldn't get any useful information. So she turned her attention to Hong shi.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Hong shi had been severely beaten by the old Mo and lay in bed for several days before she could get up to take care of Mo Yongxi, who couldn't even get out of bed.
Mo Yongxi's injuries were not light. If they could find a good doctor and carefully manage with a few good medicines, she should have been able to recover after resting for a few days. However, the old Mo family had little money, and the old Mo blamed her for bringing trouble upon the family, completely cutting off any path for him to rely on the Mo family. He refused to hire a good doctor for her.
In the end, it was only when Hong shi threatened to die that his two sons managed to get enough money to hire a doctor for Mo Yongxi. However, the good medicines were too expensive, so they could only afford the most ordinary ones. Even so, it still cost a lot of silver over the past few days.
Mo Yongxi spent her days drinking bitter medicine, but her condition didn't improve. After dragging on for a few days, her whole person seemed increasingly depressed. When Niu shi entered, she immediately turned her face away, not calling anyone and with a bad expression.
Niu shi also looked down on this trouble-making sister-in-law. She coldly greeted her and then anxiously said to Hong shi, "Mother, this sister-in-law has caused so much trouble for our family. If the elder sister-in-law doesn't go to the Mo family to demand justice for her, and instead keeps going to the Mo family every day, who knows what they are planning against our family? You must take action!"
Hong shi could hear the provocation in her words, but because her youngest son had been exiled by the Mo family and her only daughter had been treated like this by the Mo family, she had long harbored hatred toward them. She had been planning how to get revenge on them. Niu shi's words were just what she wanted to hear, so she didn't expose anything and instead agreed, "You're right. We can't let that opportunist conspire with our enemies to harm our family. When she comes back, have her come to this room. I want to see what tricks she's playing."
Niu shi smiled triumphantly upon hearing this and quickly nodded in agreement.
When Wu shi returned from the Mo family, full of joy, Niu shi stopped her. Wu shi wasn't stupid; she knew her recent actions had caught some people's attention. She had an idea in mind and wasn't afraid of any scheming between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Therefore, she calmly followed Niu shi to Mo Yongxi's room.
Mo Yongxi was the only daughter of the elderly Mo family and Hong shi cherished her more than her sons. Therefore, even though the house of the elderly Mo family was not spacious, and all six members of the main house had to squeeze into one room, Mo Yongxi could still occupy a fairly large room.
At this moment, the room's environment was not good. It was filled with an unpleasant medicinal smell, mixed with a strong urine odor, making it really unbearable. It almost made Wu shi vomit.
Seeing Hong shi sitting at the bedside, her murky and gloomy eyes staring coldly at her, Wu shi couldn't help but feel a bit nervous. She gathered herself and asked in a very respectful tone, "Mother, is there something you need me for?"
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