Chapter 521: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 521: Dust Settles (2)
At this moment, neither of them knew that the girl who would wholeheartedly treat Iron Head well would appear so soon, especially due to her identity, catching them off guard!
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Seeing that Mo Yongxi's supposedly "good" marriage in Mo Hong Shi's eyes was about to fall through because the old Mo family couldn't produce a decent dowry, Mo Hong Shi intensified her coercion on Tie Tou. Not only did she prevent him from working at the rice mill, she also confined him at home, withholding food and water, intending to force his compliance through these means.
But Tie Tou was as stubborn as iron, even though Mo Hong Shi painted a rosy picture of the brothel girl, he wouldn't be swayed into pressing his handprint on the marriage contract.
"Humph, you can resist all you want! I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice. I don't believe I can't handle you!" Mo Hong Shi spat out with resentment, kicked Tie Tou who remained silent, and stormed out of the room with a grim expression to discuss with Mo Yongxi for a solution.
The brothel girl had said that as long as the marriage contract was stamped and registered at the government office, she would give her family one hundred taels of silver! That was one hundred taels of silver! She had lived for most of her life and had never had more than thirty taels of silver, much of which came from the old dead man and his dead sister-in-law.
With this one hundred taels, she could take out half to provide a decent dowry for Xi'er, make two sets of fine clothes, and buy two sets of silver jewelry. Then, she could marry into the city in a grand and prosperous manner.
With the remaining silver, she could also build several spacious and bright brick houses. Living in brick houses was much better than being crushed under a thatched roof by snow, except for that family of hypocrites, no other family in the village had the ability to live in a brick house!
Humph, she wanted to be the second, and even if she couldn't compare to that family of hypocrites, she wanted to trample on those gossiping bitches in the village underfoot!
Mo Hong Shi and Mo Yongxi, this pair of mother and daughter, in cahoots, still had no way to force Tie Tou to comply. She spread the news of her grandson being deprived of food and water throughout the entire village again. The villagers said all kinds of harsh things, and even many villagers spontaneously went to the village head's house to request that Yang Bao evict the old Mo family from the village so that the village's atmosphere would not be corrupted by them.
Although Yang Bao also wanted to do so, what the old Mo family had done recently did not violate the village rules previously formulated. No matter how they tossed and turned, they were only tormenting their own people, neither hindering others nor harming the interests of the village. Even if they were really evicted, they had to find a reasonable and legitimate reason to do so. Otherwise, with the temper of those shameless people in the old Mo family, if they were forced to do so, who knew what kind of trouble they would cause.
Seeing that the village head did not take action, the other villagers sympathized with Tie Tou's plight, but they had no way to help him. They could only spit on those who came from the old Mo family to show their disdain.
Mo Hong Shi's entire mind was focused on forcing Tie Tou to comply. Faced with the villagers' contempt and scorn, she completely ignored them. But no matter how hard she and Mo Yongxi tried, whether using soft or hard tactics, Tie Tou not only did not die of thirst or hunger, but his spirits seemed even higher than before.
Mo Hong Shi and her daughter found it very strange. After observing for several days in turns, they finally caught Mo Yonglu who secretly brought water and food to Tie Tou. The mother and daughter were so angry that they smashed the bowl on the spot.
Mo Yonglu was scolded so badly that he couldn't argue with these two already crazy women, so he carried his hoe to the field, just heartbroken and hungry for his nephew.
After Mo Yonglu left, seeing Tie Tou's flushed face, this pair of top-notch mother and daughter were so angry that they wanted to put a knife to his neck and force him to press the handprint!
But they didn't have the guts!
Tie Tou became more spirited the more he was confined, naturally thanks to Mo Yan. Knowing that Tie Tou was deprived of food and water, she prepared clear water mixed with spiritual springs and food every night to be secretly sent to him by the night guard.
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