The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure
Chapter 567 - 565: Feeling Guilty

Chapter 567: Chapter 565: Feeling Guilty

Wang Yongzhu spent a point to exchange for ten fever-reducing pills, had Sun Mutou pour a cup of warm water, and gave one to Wang Yongzhen.

Afterwards, she instructed him to watch over Wang Yongzhen, then she contacted Xiao Tiantian again, "Xiao Tiantian, scan and see if the Sun Family has anything valuable."

Although Wang Yongzhen had said the Sun Family’s hardships were due to various reasons, Wang Yongzhu did not believe it, suspecting that it was probably the Old Lady Sun coaxing her muddle-headed elder sister.

Now that she had arrived at the Sun Family, she naturally wanted to investigate.

Xiao Tiantian promptly scanned the Sun Family and reported two seconds later, "Report to Host, ten taels of silver were found in a secret compartment in the heated bed, and a mix of silver and copper coins were found in a coffin in the backyard storeroom."

Wang Yongzhu made a mental note and, following Xiao Tiantian’s hints, took the silver that Old Lady Sun had hidden in the heated bed’s secret compartment right in front of Sun Mutou’s eyes.

Seeing the two shiny bars of silver, Sun Mutou suddenly broke down in tears.

Wang Yongzhu pocketed the silver and left Old Lady Sun’s room, just to see someone rushing in from the outside. As they entered the courtyard, they were stopped by Old Lady Sun, "Second Uncle Sun, you have to stand up for us, a mother and son left alone! Our home has been hit by thieves~~"

Second Uncle Sun pushed Old Lady Sun away impatiently, regardless of the time or situation, how could she still spread such nonsense in front of others?

If the Wang Family dared to barge in like this, it surely meant they were confident. They knew how to behave, trashing things but not harming people.

Yet, with Great Ming gone, the Wang Family had not sent anyone, and it was said that relations were cut off. Why then did they show up today? What exactly was this act about?

Ever since the funeral of Sun Daming, Second Uncle Sun had been holding back his anger; coupled with his wife and children blaming him, asking why he had to show off. To manage Sun Daming’s funeral without any benefits, exhausting themselves to help only to receive not a single word of gratitude.

Especially in the end, only five taels of silver were allocated to carry out Sun Daming’s funeral, which was quite enough, and it was likely that Second Uncle Sun had to contribute from his own pocket on top of that.

Even that could be overlooked, but what was intolerable was Old Lady Sun suspecting him of pocketing their family’s money.

That was simply unbearable.

As a result, Second Uncle Sun’s family had not come over to Old Lady Sun’s side these days.

If it were not for someone sending a message today, saying that a horse carriage from the Wang Family arrived with hoes and shovels, charging into the Sun Family’s house as soon as they got off the carriage and started smashing the place up.

Second Uncle Sun couldn’t avoid it anymore and had only come over because he could not escape this situation.

If it were not for the sake of his deceased elder brother, he truly wouldn’t want to deal with the Sun Family’s mess.

With no choice, he stepped forward, "Dear niece-in-law, let’s talk this out nicely, shall we? There’s no need for violence, right? If there’s anything my elder brother’s family did wrong, tell me, and I’ll talk to them, alright? Out of respect for your elder sister-in-law, please leave us some dignity—"

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Yongzhu sneered, "Respect for my elder sister? If not for her, we wouldn’t even be here today! Every night, my elder sister is forced to kneel by the heated bed to serve this Old Devout Woman from the Sun Family, waking up every two hours! This Old Devout Woman, with neither broken arms nor broken legs, forces my elder sister to hold her urine pot! During the day, she is not allowed to sleep and has to look after the meals and chores for the whole family; all the household work falls on my elder sister alone."

"A perfectly healthy person has become emaciated in just a few days, kneeling on the ground every day, exposed to the cold air, developing a high fever and delirium for days with no one to care or pay attention. She was even accused by Sun Laoer’s Wife of faking sick! If not for Mutou’s desperation, coming to the Wang Family to seek help, we wouldn’t even have known!"

"Do you Sun Family think you can just torment our Wang Family girl and still expect us to save face for you? You’re far too optimistic!"

After speaking, she turned around and rushed to the house, "Why stop? Keep smashing! Don’t leave a single cup or a pair of chopsticks! Break the pot too! My older sister has suffered such grievances, and you Sun Family members still want to eat? Smash the bed too, my sister has been burned until she’s unconscious, and you Sun Family members still want to sleep?"

Her words left the onlookers wide-eyed and dumbfounded.

Second Uncle Sun was also stunned; how could he have known, having been away for just a few days, that the Sun Family had become like this?

But at this moment, he could only offer a forced smile, "Could there be some mistake?" After all, this great-niece-in-law was someone with a son and a daughter-in-law, could she really have fallen to such a state?

"What? Even you don’t believe it? Come, follow me inside and take a look, see what state my older sister has been tormented into! If we hadn’t rushed over, she might not even have lasted through the night!" Wang Yongzhu gestured for Second Uncle Sun to follow her inside.

Second Uncle Sun, though confused, wouldn’t dare to go inside and look at his great-niece-in-law. Hearing how furious the Wang family was, he knew that if they had not caught them red-handed, why would they come over to smash the house?

Immediately giving Old Lady Sun a harsh glare, it was all because of this shrew, causing trouble out of nothing again.

"Elder sister-in-law, what exactly happened? If the great-niece-in-law is unwell, why didn’t you get a doctor to see her? Besides, the great-nephew has only just left; shouldn’t you think of him, and not be so harsh on your great-niece-in-law?" Second Uncle Sun had no choice but to brave the question to Old Lady Sun.

Old Lady Sun sat up with a flop: "Don’t talk to me about Great Ming! Why would I treat her like that? Because she is a jinx! In her parental home, she caused the death of her own mother. After marrying into our Sun Family, she caused the death of my old man, and even killed my Great Ming—my son is dead because of her, and that curse caused me to fall ill and be bedridden, why shouldn’t she serve me?"

"But after serving me only for a few days, she pretends to be sick. For such a jinx, where’s the delicacy? And she had the nerve to call her family to smash our old Sun Family’s house; there’s no reason in the world for that!" Old Lady Sun seemed to have her reasons.

Wang Yongzhu was almost laughingly angry.

Lady Lin, hearing this, pushed Sun Laoer’s Wife aside and ran out to curse, "Pah! I think you’re the jinx! How did the father-in-law die, do you think we don’t know? We didn’t say anything before because we were saving face for your Sun Family! Father-in-law died of anger after seeing you having an affair with other men outside!"

These words were like a thunderbolt from the blue!

Second Uncle Sun was stunned!

Everyone turned to look at Old Lady Sun, never expecting such explosive news.

The onlookers pricked up their ears and widened their eyes.

Old Lady Sun’s face showed a trace of panic: "You’re talking nonsense! You little wretch, full of lies, I’ll tear your mouth apart!" As she spoke, she charged toward Lady Lin.

By now, even Second Uncle Sun could see Old Lady Sun’s guilt.

He could no longer care about anything else. In the past, he protected the Sun Family for the sake of his elder brother’s honor and had been tolerant of this shrewish sister-in-law.

But today, to learn that this shrew had cuckolded his own elder brother, and even driven him to his death?

Who could bear that?