Seeing her younger brother's determination, Shen Xiu couldn't help but waver.
The Song family's example has proven that going up against Qiao Lian'er is definitely a thankless and exhausting task.
Since that's the case, it's better to live our own lives well. The Shen family has a knack for business, and Shen Liang has some talent for calculation. They can't compare to the Qiao family, but as long as they focus on their family business, they can easily surpass most families in the surrounding villages.
Thinking about this outcome, Shen Xiu was tempted.
“Sister, let’s go together to persuade our family and explain the pros and cons,” Shen Liang said.
With Song Dahua and Song Xiaohua in such a state, how could the Song family dare to bury them?
No one in the village dared to help, and Chen couldn't move the body by herself. In the end, they could only build a fire on the spot and burn the body thoroughly before they went to find a place to bury it.
On this day, an unbearable smell wafted over Datian Village, and every household closed their doors and windows to prevent the smell from entering their homes.
It's not that they're heartless, it's just that their tastes are too extreme. Just imagine maggots crawling inside their bodies; even touching them would give you nightmares for the rest of your life.
The Shen family members gradually fell silent as they smelled the odor.
Shen Liang and Shen Xiu spent a long time patiently persuading everyone, appealing to their emotions and reasoning with them, to persuade them to stop getting entangled with the Qiao family and to stop provoking them.
The Shen family certainly didn't want to let it go so easily, and even cursed the two siblings several times. But the smell kept coming, making them wonder if they would be the ones burned down one day.
Thinking about it this way, I couldn't help but shudder.
After the people above had burned enough, Datian Village lit mugwort to dispel the smell.
The air is filled with the fragrance of rice blossoms in vast fields and the scent of grass and trees covering the hillsides. Now that it's the rainy season, with frequent downpours, the smells at the village entrance will soon be washed away completely.
Therefore, no one is worried at all.
Only then did Song Daming and Song Xiaoming dare to come and help. They dug two pits, and Chen buried her daughter with tears in her eyes. Then she sat at the entrance of the village road in a daze.
These two days they've teamed up to fight, but they're not entirely heartless. Shen came to persuade Chen.
"People are already dead. Do you think you can bring them back to life by just staying here like this?"
"The Song family is finished, the Song family is finished," Chen muttered to herself.
"What do you mean it's over? I still have two sons, both alive and well." Madam Shen sneered.
Chen looked up at her and said, "They will soon gamble away everything in this family—the house, the land. We will have nothing to live in, nothing to eat, and we will be finished."
"Impossible. We'll keep a close watch on them and not let them succeed. Once we get them wives, they'll stay home in peace."
Chen chuckled, her face blank.
She looked in the direction of the Song family's house without saying a word.
Shen felt something was wrong and followed her gaze. The village entrance was on higher ground, from which one could see almost the entire village.
She noticed that several strangers had appeared at the door at some point.
Shen's heart jumped; it must be Song Daming and Song Xiaoming who brought them back to measure and buy the land.
She screamed in alarm, as if she had lost her life, and ran back as fast as she could, even tumbling over on the way.
But it was too late; the last three acres of land had already been sold, and the money was exchanged for the goods.
The contract stipulated that once the autumn harvest was completed, these fields would no longer be related to the Song family.
The same goes for the fields that were sold earlier.
Moreover, in order to get the money as soon as possible, the two brothers sold it below market price.
Ms. Shen felt her world had collapsed, and she grabbed a stick to beat the two brothers.
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