Chapter 4 Both Deaths
I don’t know what benefits her stepmother gave Cao Zian and her mother-in-law. In the next few years, she was taken under the care of the Cao family and her son, and she never left the scope of Yifeng Town again.
Because her appearance was ruined and her dowry was fake, she was scolded and scolded by her mother-in-law in the Cao family.
Cao Zian's respect for her also disappeared. He would hit her whenever he wanted and scold her whenever he wanted.
In the past five years, if she had not mastered the rare double-sided Sichuan embroidery skill and could rely on this skill to support the Cao family, she would have been beaten to death by the Cao family's mother and son.
This mother and son tortured her for five years, and today, they finally got their comeuppance.
I just felt sorry for Nuan Yu and Nuan Xiang, who had served the Cao family mother and son for five years, and finally ended up being betrayed by Cao Zian.
I don’t know what’s wrong with them now?
Xia Zihan is worried about Nuan Yu and Nuan Xiang.
After Old Lady Cao cried for a while, she saw people from Caojia Village gathered around, just laughing at her, but no one pitied her, and no one wanted to take them in.
As for Cao Zian, who was covered in blood and about to die, everyone was even more gloating about his misfortune and adding insult to injury.
The head of Caojia Village even avoided showing up.
Mrs. Cao picked up a wooden stick and forced Xia Zihan to borrow money to save Cao Zian.
Xia Zihan glanced at her indifferently, then carried the frail Sister Ying to the house of a relative of the Cao family for help.
If not for Cao Zian, she also has to think about Sister Ying.
Adults can survive for a few days if they are hungry, but children cannot.
However, Mrs. Cao was usually a scoundrel and domineering person, and Cao Zian was a lazy gambler who loved drinking and gambling. Normally, mother and son would have offended everyone in the village and their relatives.
Now they are living in poverty on the streets, and many people are adding insult to injury when they see the joke, but there is no one who helps them when they need it.
When relatives at home heard the news and saw her coming, they closed their doors and avoided seeing her as if they were seeing the god of plague. Not to mention borrowing money, you can't even borrow a bite of food.
Xia Zihan walked all morning, tired and hungry, and borrowed nothing.
Sister Ying, who was just one year old, was also very hungry and listless. She couldn't even cry as hard as a kitten. Xia Zihan looked at her and felt extremely distressed.
When she returned to Caojia Village, she was surprised to learn that both mother and son of the Cao family had passed away.
It turned out that Cao Zian died of excessive bleeding not long after she left. Mrs. Cao's sky suddenly fell. She couldn't help but follow Cao Zian.
The Cao family's mother and son had a bad reputation in Caojia Village, and the villagers did not like to associate with them, but they still sympathized with Xia Zihan's experience.
Now that everyone was dead, the village chief came forward and arranged for a few people to bury the Cao family's mother and son in the Caojia Village cemetery.
They were not even given a mat to wrap themselves in after death.
Not to mention the coffin boards.
Is this considered retribution for the Cao family’s mother and son?
After hastily burying Cao's mother and son, Xia Zihan thanked the people of Cao's village, "There was an accident in my family, and I am grateful to everyone for helping me, but I didn't even offer you a sip of water. I'm really... ashamed."< br>
"I, Xia Zihan, have recorded this sentiment, and I will definitely repay you in the future."
When an aunt saw Sister Ying crying from hunger, she couldn't bear to let Xia Zihan go to her house and bring out some leftovers for them to eat.
These are poor people, and the leftovers are very precious.
When the aunt saw Xia Zihan only feeding Sister Ying, her hungry eyes were weak, but she didn't take a bite. She sighed, "Oh, you monster, such a good wife, but you don't know how to cherish her."
(End of chapter)