Chapter 320: Do You Have a Point Because You Are Weak?
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“Because you were clueless, they didn’t take you to County Town to be questioned. Your kids aren’t infants who still need breastfeeding. The youngest is ten years old; how could they not survive?” Tong Tiehu said coldly.
“But there’s still tens of taels of silver in fines! My family absolutely can’t afford this silver. If you really insist on making me pay, I can only sell Zhaodi and Yindi!” Zhao Shufen pleaded again.
Qiao Zhaodi, Qiao Yindi, these were the eldest and second daughters of Qiao Chang’an and Zhao Shufen.
Their names alone speak volumes about the status of these two sisters in the family.
As soon as Zhao Shufen finished speaking, Qiao Xiaomai retorted, a sneer lining her small face, “Zhao Shufen, are you trying to blackmail me?”
“So you mean if I insist on those tens of taels of silver, I’m forcing you to sell your daughters, causing your family’s ruin?”
“Apart from selling Zhaodi and Yindi, where can I find that many taels of silver!” Zhao Shufen cried.
Qiao Xiaomai scoffed lightly, her voice as cold as ice, an air of mockery gleaming in her peach blossom eyes, “I don’t care where you find the silver. Your man committed a sin, and he’s part of your family; you should bear the consequences.”
What does it mean to be a family?
This is what it means to be a family. In both ancient and modern times, families share blessings and disasters.
If one person commits a crime, it affects the whole family. This universally accepted fact transcends time.
Zhao Shufen is now in tears, pleading for mercy.
If it were not for her transmigration, the original owner of this body and her family would be in dire straits, either disabled, wandered off, or dead, just barely surviving.
Where could the original owner who lost her family tragically express her grievances?
Who would she cry her woes to?
Even worse, because she improved this family’s situation after transmigrating, it seemed like the hurts they once suffered faded away.
When facing their enemy, she couldn’t take grievances or seek revenge.
Otherwise, she’d be seen as heartless and greedy.
What a fucking nonsense!
The weak have the moral right?
Does being weak mean you can evade the law?
She felt a surge of anger, glaring at Zhao Shufen, she said coldly, “It’s because your man caused my father to fall and break his leg that our family nearly had to sell everything and become destitute.”
“Zhao Shufen, yes, you didn’t cause these things, but what did my father do wrong? What did my mother and I and Dami do wrong?”
“Our family of four was living honestly. Your man caused us to lose family members, and some to become disabled. If I hadn’t come up with the idea to sell cold jelly noodles, by now I would likely be in a brothel, and our house would have been sold.”
“Zhao Shufen, don’t feel like you’re being treated unjustly. You and Qiao Chang’an are a family, so if you feel resentful, blame him.”
Qiao Changshun’s disability affected the whole family.
Now that Qiao Chang’an, the culprit, has been found, it should naturally affect his family.
Retribution, this is retribution!
“Yet now your family has become landlords, the richest in our village, why are you still pushing us so hard!” Zhao Shufen continued to cry, “We’re all family, can’t you show a bit of mercy?”
Qiao Xiaomai laughed coldly, “Just because my family has gotten rich, does that mean we can just forget about the harm your man caused? My father’s leg is still crippled, and my mother hasn’t come back, Zhao Shufen.”
“Mercy? I won’t show any mercy today, what are you going to do about it?”
Zhao Shufen sobbed continuously, wiping her tears, “Zhaodi, Yindi, why aren’t you kneeling and begging Xiaomai? If you don’t, I’ll have to sell you.”