"Sister-in-law! Please tell the magistrate that you have forgiven us and will not pursue the matter further, okay? We'll serve you like slaves for the rest of our lives, please, please spare our family! Please!"
"Yue Jiuyue! You even harm your own sister and brother-in-law! My brother will never forgive you, even in the afterlife!"
"Your Honor! I truly don't know Gou Dongxi Tasha! Please, Your Honor, spare me! I really don't know!"
"Lin Chaodong! Please let my second aunt go! For your father's sake, please let me go!"
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Lin Erhua struggled frantically, crying and begging, pleading with everyone from the county magistrate and Yue Jiuyue's family to Lin Dahua and the others. But they refused to help and were all scolded by her.
Gou Dongxi, on the other hand, seemed resigned to his fate, showing no sign of struggling.
The village chief sighed and left, and the others followed suit, leaving only Yue Jiuyue's family in front of her house.
"Mother, let's go home."
Lin Chaodong supported Yue Jiuyue's arm as they slowly walked home.
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The atmosphere at home remained gloomy for several days. I lost interest in selling sweet potatoes and didn't feel like celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The events that occurred in Linjia Village have likely spread far and wide; otherwise, Yue Jiuyue's family would have made a move.
Yue Jiuyue didn't care. She was trying her best to cheer up and greet the village chief's wife, Xiao Wangshi.
"Sigh! To be honest, my husband never expected that Lin Erhua's husband could do such a thing! After that day, my husband couldn't muster any energy for anything, and it was only after my father-in-law comforted him a few times that he felt better."
"Oh! Who could have imagined something like that would happen! He's worse than a pig or a dog! His name is really fitting; he's a complete scoundrel!"
Little Wang secretly glanced at Yue Jiuyue's expression and, seeing that she showed no signs of going crazy, breathed a sigh of relief.
Does this mean she has completed her mission?
Ugh! It's so tough on her! Nobody thinks of her for good things, but she's always made to do this kind of thing. So she's the only one willing to offend people and not afraid of getting beaten up?
She didn't understand any of those grand principles, like saying it was all for the sake of sweet potatoes or that we were all family. All she knew was that she was here to reopen old wounds, and that she deserved to be beaten to death or maimed.
Yue Jiuyue lowered her head and remained silent.
Although she had legitimized the original owner's husband, she hadn't yet figured out what to do next.
Should we stay here and continue living the same way as before?
Things seem different now. They were already detached from the village, and their biggest contact with the village was selling medicinal herbs and growing sweet potatoes together. Now they don't need to do these things anymore. In addition, they "sacrificed their own family for the greater good," and many people are saying behind their backs that they are cold-blooded and heartless. Looking at it this way, it seems that their family has no connection with this village anymore, and they are only being pointed at and gossiped about.
So, are you leaving?
But where can they go?
The most reasonable way to leave this place is to flee the famine next year.
However, in order to avoid having to flee the famine next year, she filled Nanhu Lake to the brim. Although the water level has visibly dropped a little in the past few days, it is unknown whether it will dry up again before winter.
If South Lake dries up, they might have to flee the famine.
"Sigh! I know you don't want to hear me rambling on, but look at you all, you're all so listless. But life has to go on!"
She had to do her best to persuade people, even if it was a difficult task!
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