The Ding family also had a lot of money, with ten taels of silver. Other families' losses were not too big, and they were more or less compensated.
Li Qingshan's mother originally wanted to make a fuss, but seeing the county magistrate's dark face the entire time, her son did not dare to make any struggle and could only sit on the ground and cry.
Also sitting on the ground crying was Aunt Yang, who had pale hair and almost fainted from crying while holding twenty taels of silver.
What is the use of compensating her with so much money now? How much can she use her old bones?
Her only daughter is gone, what use does she need these things?
She almost fainted from crying. People present came to help her and felt sad for this poor woman.
The only good thing is that the culprit was finally punished, and his dead daughter and grandson who never saw the light of day can finally rest in peace.
In comparison, the eldest brother and sister-in-law of the Ding family are much happier. This money can help his family solve the current predicament, and it can also help the old lady of the Ding family get medicine, which is a timely rain.
When she got home, the old lady of the Ding family was howling until she heard them come back.
"My daughter's innocence has been ruined by you. You are trying to kill my old lady!"
"What evil have I done? I gave birth to such a son and took an unfilial daughter-in-law! This is forcing me to die!"
"Come here, everyone, come and take a look! My unfilial son and daughter-in-law are back!"
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She howled alone in the house, and no one else could hear her except her son, daughter-in-law, and a few children at home.
Ding Zhuang sighed, patted his wife on the back to express comfort, then entered the house, and said helplessly: "Mom, we are here to help my sister, why can't you understand?"
"Bah! You are deceiving me! You are an unfilial son!"
Mrs. Ding was very angry when she cursed, and she didn't look sick at all. Ding Zhuang even suspected that she was pretending to be sick.
"Mom, no matter how much you want to scold your son, he has already done this. The magistrate has given me ten taels of silver. This money will be left for my mother to treat her illness. You can take care of her with peace of mind."
Ten taels of silver is really quite a lot for them, enough to feed their family for two or three days, but since I still have to take medicine, which is expensive, this money can last for a year at most.
But even so, Ding Zhuang is very happy. During this period of time, he can go to work with peace of mind and no longer have to worry about my mother's medicine money.
"What did you say?"
After hearing Ding Zhuang say the quantity, Mrs. Ding stopped howling immediately and looked at her son intently.
"Ten taels of silver is so much?"
Her cloudy eyes suddenly lit up. She thought she had at most two or three taels of silver, but she didn't expect that there were so many.
Ding Zhuang knew what kind of thing his mother was, so he responded coldly and said: "You don't have to worry about the money for medicine. Although my sister is gone, we still have to live our lives. This can be regarded as what she did to this family."
It’s my only contribution.”
After saying that, he also sighed, feeling that he was really useless, living his life like this.
Just as he was about to go out, he was grabbed by his mother. The old lady whispered in a low voice: "Son, listen to your mother. Now that you have money, you can divorce that evil woman, and she will give you a new one."
Marry a more well-behaved girl and come in..."
"Mom!" Ding Zhuang asked her in disbelief, "What are you talking about?"
"Isn't it a good thing that Mom is looking for a big girl for you again? You are just too honest, so you were easily manipulated by that little bitch! Mom regrets that she shouldn't have arranged such a marriage for you in the first place.
The whole family is in chaos because of her!"
Old Mrs. Ding insulted her daughter-in-law like a little bitch. Ding Zhuang really couldn't believe that his mother could be such a person.
"Mom, what are you talking about? Xiaoyun has been married to me for so many years, she has endured so much hardship for giving birth to a child for me, and she has been taking care of you even when you are sick in bed. She is so good, how can you be so good?
Talk about her?"
Although he sometimes felt that his wife was a bit aggressive, he never regretted it because he knew that his family background was not good and his mother and sister were very aggressive at the time, which caused his wife to suffer a lot.
But even so, while his mother was ill in bed, his wife had been taking care of her wholeheartedly, and the children at home were also well-educated. He felt that he was lucky to be able to marry such a wife.
But now, his mother uses the most vitriolic language to insult his wife and wants him to divorce her. Isn't this outrageous?
"You are such a fool!"
Mrs. Ding slapped him hard and cursed in a low voice: "What's so good about that bitch? Give me the money and I'll keep it for you, and I'll show you the girl slowly."
, divorce that evil bitch as soon as the right one comes along!"
Ding Zhuang's face was extremely cold and he replied angrily: "The money is all left with Xiaoyun. She has to run a family. You can just rest in peace and recuperate. Don't worry about what you have or what you don't have!"
Outside the house, Ding Zhuang's wife smiled slightly, turned and left.
After marrying into the Ding family for so many years, she has always endured her anger and was even willing to serve her evil mother-in-law carefully because she felt that Ding Zhuang was worth it.
Although she often quarreled with him and scolded him for being incompetent, she was very satisfied with this man in her heart. He would stand up for himself no matter what, and that was enough.
In the house, the mother and son were still fighting, and it ended with Ding Zhuang slamming the door and leaving, and Mrs. Ding started howling again.
Three days later, an old man came to Changshui Village. His hair was gray, but his complexion was very good. He stroked his mustache and watched the children playing at the entrance of the village for a long time. He also gave the children candies, which won their favor.
"Grandpa, who are you?"
A child was eating candy and looked up at the old man curiously.
The old man chuckled and said, "You call me grandpa, so I'm not just an old man!"
The child scratched his head, and what the grandfather said seemed to make sense.
After playing for a while, he finally stood up and said very leisurely: "You eat my candy, but you have to do things for me, otherwise the candy will turn into poison and your stomach will rot!"
He smiled very kindly, but what he said made the children tremble.
Some of the timid ones were frightened to tears, but the more courageous ones asked: "What do you want us to do?"
No matter what they do, as long as they can save their lives, this old man shouldn't let them do anything bad.
Unexpectedly, the old man burst out laughing instantly: "You cowards, I'm just scaring you! Okay, okay, I won't make trouble with you anymore, take me to see where Xiaoyu's house is."
After saying that, he walked in front with his hands behind his back. Several bold and curious boys followed him and asked in confusion: "Which Xiaoyu are you talking about?"
"Oh? Could it be that there are many people named Xiaoyu in your village?"