Chapter 333: Financial Ruin and the Harrier’s Message (4)_1
Lady Hu, who originally intended to report Lizhong to the authorities for revenge, was no longer in the mood after being pushed away twice by her beloved son. All along the way home, she was lost in chaotic thoughts, the specifics of which were known only to herself.
However, when mother and son, each with their thoughts, returned home, they were horrified to find that their house looked as if it had been ransacked by bandits.
Seeing the previously locked cabinet open, with clothes and fabrics scattered on the floor, Lady Hu stumbled over and upon realizing the jewelry box that contained the silver was missing, she collapsed to the ground as if soulless, muttering to herself, and then let out a piercing scream, "My silver, my silver, oh my silver——"
Her eyes rolled back and she fainted, falling to the ground unconscious.
Zhang Ming, upon hearing this, did not immediately lift Lady Hu to the bed. Instead, he stepped over her body and searched the cabinet inside and out, and upon finding the jewelry box for the silver indeed missing, he stood frozen, his complexion as white as a ghost.
As if unable to believe that the more than a thousand taels of silver left from selling the shop were gone, he ran distraught to his own room, not even caring as he stepped on Lady Hu’s hand.
But when he saw his own wardrobe turned inside out and the dozens of taels of silver coins he had hidden underneath it also gone, he, just like Lady Hu, let out a wail, his eyes rolling back as he collapsed to the floor.
The two unusual screams sent chills down the spines of the neighbors. Despite their dislike for the family, these were still their neighbors of many years, so they came together to knock on the door of the Zhang Family. After a long time with no response, worried something might have happened inside, they disregarded other concerns, several strong men together forced open the gates of the Zhang household.