Chapter 896 Mrs. Cao’s fate
"Mrs. Cao said that there is no one around her except Mrs. Li's family. She regards the Li brothers as her own sons. When she dies, all the money she has will be left to the Li brothers."
"Mrs. Cao said such empty talk, but the Li family coveted the money in her hands and did not break up with Mrs. Cao. They kept hoping that Mrs. Cao would die soon so that they could get her money as soon as possible."
"But today, they don't have a house to live in, and Mrs. Cao is not willing to use the money to build one. She even asked Mrs. Li to go out of her way to borrow a house to live in. According to slave girl, Mrs. Cao definitely doesn't have much money on hand. She must want to keep the money for herself Use it, I don’t want to give the Li family an advantage. If the Li family wants to get her money, I’m afraid it won’t work without some tricks. The Li brothers and the eldest daughter-in-law are not easy people to get along with. I’m afraid Mrs. Cao will suffer a little in the future. Bitter.”
Not only did he suffer, but he lost his life directly.
The Li family is not easy to get along with. Seeing that Mrs. Cao has become an abandoned wife, is very poor, and is also petty, even deducting their family's monthly allowance. They no longer want to serve her, but only miss her. The two hundred taels of silver in his hand were just an imaginary bargain with her.
When the Li family encouraged Mrs. Cao to build a house but failed, they resented her. When they saw the crumbling adobe house, the faces of the Li brothers and Tietou Niang became even more gloomy.
Even Mrs. Li's face was drawn and she felt very unhappy.
The second daughter-in-law of the Li family married someone from the same village as the Cao family. The girl was honest, kind, and used to living in poverty. She didn't think anything of it. She put down her things and tidied the house diligently and sincerely. When I came out, I took the initiative to live in the smallest and shabbiest side room that the old man used as firewood, and gave up the two main rooms and a large side room to my brother-in-law, mother-in-law, and Mrs. Cao.
Mrs. Cao chose the best main house to live in. Although it was the best, it was also dilapidated. The house still exuded a musty smell that could not be removed no matter how hard it was scrubbed. There was also a large area of dark moldy stains on the walls. There were traces of it, and one wall was cracked and crooked, as if it was about to fall down at any time.
Mrs. Cao looked at this house, which was worse than a ruined temple. Normally, she wouldn't dare to step in. However, today was different from the past. When she thought that it would cost dozens of taels of silver to build a house, she couldn't bear it.
In addition to more than two hundred taels of silver, she only had sixty acres of land left with her. These were her life-saving assets, and she could not touch a single cent.
If her body and bones were healthy, she wouldn't need to be so cautious. However, in the past few years, her health has gotten worse and worse. I'm afraid she won't live long. The little money she has in her hands will be her life in the future. She was reluctant to spend the money.
She gritted her teeth and stopped.
After all, it was Mrs. Sipingaoming who was used to living in big houses. On the second night after Mrs. Cao moved into the adobe house, she caught wind and cold, had a headache, brain fever, and felt hot all over.
Mrs. Li still had a master-servant relationship with her. That night, she waited on her all night without taking off her clothes. Early the next morning, she sent her eldest son to the town to invite a doctor.
The doctor took her pulse and prescribed medicine. Mrs. Cao took out five taels of silver from under the pillow and gave it to the boss of the Li family, asking him to follow the doctor to the town to buy medicinal materials.
However, what Mrs. Cao didn't know was that the eldest son of the Li family only paid ten cents for the doctor's consultation fee, and then went to the fields to collect some edible medicinal materials that he knew. After returning home, he washed them and stewed them. Give the soup to Mrs. Cao.
The medicinal soup was not suitable for the disease. The more Mrs. Cao drank, the worse her condition became. She had a high fever all day long. After three or four days of fever, she became confused.
Mrs. Li still couldn't bear it, so she went to the town and bought two medicinal soups for treating wind and cold for Mrs. Cao, and stewed them for her to drink. However, Mrs. Cao's cold was already severe. After drinking the medicinal soup, she vomited it out within a moment.
Two pictures of decoctions were given and all were vomited.
Mrs. Cao never recovered from her illness. All the money she gave to the Li brothers to buy medicinal materials was withheld by the Li brothers. Mrs. Li knew full well and turned a blind eye. Treat it as if you don’t know.
Mrs. Cao had been ill for more than half a month, and she died in the middle of the day.
After her death, the Li brothers immediately divided up all her last remaining 150 taels of silver. Even the sixty acres of land in her name, the two brothers forged a gift agreement. After taking Mrs. Cao's fingerprints and coaxing the second daughter-in-law's biological father to do the same as a witness, they obtained all 60 acres of land under Mrs. Cao's name, and each of the two brothers had 30 acres of land.
As for Mrs. Cao's funeral, in order to prevent people in the village from gossiping about them, and in order for them to settle down smoothly in Caojia Village, the two brothers collected five taels of silver each and spent 2 taels to buy the cheapest pair of thin-skinned shoes. coffin, and spent one or two silver to buy a cemetery, and also bought a lot of meat, vegetables and rice, invited people in the village to help, and held a grand funeral.
(In Caojia Village, a funeral costs ten taels of silver, which is considered grand. Generally, when someone in the village dies, the funeral only costs four or five taels of silver at most.)
At the funeral, the entire Li family was heartbroken and in unbearable pain, especially Mrs. Li, who even became hoarse from crying.
The Li brothers didn't sleep well for several days and nights in order to keep a vigil for Mrs. Cao. The two daughters-in-law of the Li family also didn't rest for several days and nights in order to entertain the villagers who came to attend the funeral.
For this reason, people in Caojia Village say that the people of the Li family are affectionate and righteous.
After Mrs. Cao's funeral was completed and the Li brothers wanted to settle down in Caojia Village, the villagers of Caojia Village did not embarrass them and gave the foundation of the adobe house left by the old bachelor to the Li brothers for free. When building a house, the whole village was enthusiastic and worked together to help the Li brothers build a large house with five main rooms and six side rooms.
There are five main houses, two brothers each live in two, and Mrs. Li lives in one. On the east and west sides, the two brothers each have three wing rooms. The front and rear yards are also for one person on one side, and each has built several small rooms such as pig pens, chicken coops, woodsheds, etc. , a total of more than fifty taels of silver was spent.
Each of the Li brothers still had more than forty taels of silver left in their hands, and each had thirty acres of land in their name. From then on, the Li family became the richest man in Cao's village. Mrs. Li also lived a happy life, and her son was filial. The daughter-in-law is well-behaved, and the grandchildren support her in their daily lives.
Mrs. Cao, on the other hand, wanted to use an empty promise to coax the Li family into being devoted to her for the rest of her life. However, she was tricked by the Li family and ended up dying of illness.
Of course, all this happened after Xia Zihan left Yifeng Town.
It’s all a matter of course.
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(End of chapter)