Farm Girl's Manor

These silver corner pieces added up to just over three taels, but to Mo Hong’s family and others, it was already a significant amount. However, they were not satisfied, believing that there was still some silver undiscovered.

When Mo Wu and Mo Danier returned from setting up their stall, what met their eyes was the cluttered house, with bedding tossed about the floor, and the only piece of furniture—a roughly made wooden chest—upended and emptied on the ground.

Mo Wu said nothing and immediately rushed out of the house, heading straight for the ancient poplar trees at the center of the village. Mo Danier, worried that something might happen, quickly followed her.

At that moment, the sun was fierce and the weather hot. Most of the villagers were chatting and seeking shade under the ancient poplar trees, waiting for the heat to decrease before they would carry their hoes to the fields. The people of Lao Mo’s House were no exception; aside from a few children sleeping at home, all the adults were here.

When Mo Wu arrived beneath the ancient poplar trees, her face was streaked with tears. She rushed to where Mo Yongxi was eating preserved fruit and knelt down before her, her voice piercingly sharp as she cried out, "Sister-in-law, please, I beg you, return the silver to me. That’s my dowry silver, specially saved for Tie Tou’s future marriage. Tie Tou is already nineteen; we can’t delay any longer. Please have mercy, have pity on your nephew, and give me back the dowry silver!"

After speaking, Mo Wu’s forehead thudded heavily to the ground, her bowing head making a banging sound. In no time at all, her not-so-fair forehead turned dark purple.

From the moment Mo Wu rushed out and spoke to the moment she started to kowtow, it was only a brief instant. The villagers resting under the locust tree hadn’t had time to react. By the time they realized what was happening, Mo Wu’s forehead was already bleeding, blood beads rolling down and covering her face, presenting an exceptionally tragic sight.

There was first a hush around them and then, like a drop of water hitting boiling oil, buzzing conversations erupted all around.

"What’s the elder sister-in-law of the Mo family doing, kowtowing to her younger sister-in-law like that?"

"Where have you been keeping your ears? Didn’t you hear Mo Wu say her son’s marriage silver was taken by Mo Yongxi?"

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