Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 694: Chapter 694: Sold Di Wei!

Madam Sun took the gift box, said nothing more, then left the Di Residence and quickly disappeared.

“Old Cheng! Old Cheng, how is everything going over there?”

Liu Sisi sighed, this Madam Sun was not easy to get along with.

Old Cheng, sweating profusely, ran in: “Madam, rest assured, everything has been taken care of.”

“Well, that’s good!”

After Madam Sun and the others left the Di Residence, they got straight into the carriage.

“Madam, where shall we go now?”

“Where else can we go? Prefecture Princess Ruyu is so young, and she has such a big attitude. She doesn’t even accept the gift I have offered. Who cares! Humph!”

She angrily threw the box in her hand, which rolled on the ground and revealed a fine piece of mutton-fat jade.

“Madam, don’t be angry. Aren’t all these relatives of the Emperor so conceited? When they need something from the Old Master, they become as submissive as turtles. After this trip to the big prison, it will only cost us some silver. Then, next time there’s an opportunity, you can just collect a bit more silver to make up for it.”

These words finally made Madam Sun smile! “Right, right, you know me best. Let’s go! To the county government office jail.”

“Alright!”

Before the carriage could go far, a suddenly excited voice came from up ahead: “Madam! Madam… Madam, look up ahead!”

Madam Sun curiously lifted the carriage curtain and saw a large group of people running towards them. At the head of the group was none other than Manager Sun and the original wedding party.

When Manager Sun and the others arrived in front of Madam Sun, they knelt down with a thump.

“Madam, that…”

Seeing the crowd of people kneeling on the ground, Madam Sun looked around and noticed that although everyone looked fatigued, they had clearly not suffered in prison. She finally felt at ease.

It seemed that Prefecture Princess Ruyu was not as unreasonable as she appeared!

Outside, Liu Sisi was unaware of Madam Sun’s opinion of her.

At the moment, the fire in her heart was blazing.

Ms. Wang was heartbroken!

That was 500 taels of silver. It just disappeared…

“Do you have anything else to say?”

Ms. Wang immediately started yelling: “You compensate! You compensate me for my 500 taels of silver. I know you were jealous of this marriage, so you tried everything to stop it…”

Liu Sisi’s face was cold from start to finish, with a murderous frosty aura.

“In the past, I let you off the hook over and over again because of your age and being Ye Lei’s second sister-in-law. But this time, you treated your own daughter’s life like a joke and simply threw it away. If I let you off the hook again, even if the heavens spare you, I, Liu Sisi, will never let you off easily!”

There was not the slightest smile on Liu Sisi’s face.

“Come! Bring the family punishment. Today, I will teach you a lesson on behalf of my mother-in-law!”

Since Ms. Zhao didn’t want to intervene and Elderly Mr. Di couldn’t, she would step in and deal with this shrew who disregarded human life.

“Liu Sisi, dare you?” Ms. Wang finally realized that something was wrong and shrieked.

“This is the territory of I, the Prefecture Princess. You are just a countryside married woman, even if I execute you on the spot, who would dare to criticize the Prefecture Princess? Don’t think too highly of yourself! Do it!”

As Liu Sisi finished speaking, two burly men rushed from the side and grabbed Ms. Wang from both sides. A married woman stepped forward and slapped Ms. Wang twice without hesitation.

“Liu Sisi, you bitch, how dare you hit me? Just you wait till I leave, I’ll avenge this!”

Ms. Wang had a tough mouth, and she took advantage of the gaps to curse at Liu Sisi.

Liu Sisi laughed instead of getting angry: “It’s hard to tell, but you were really tough once! When you took my things, ate my food, and spent my money, why didn’t you show such toughness then? Hit her! Hit her until she can’t curse anymore!”

Her chest was burning with raging fire.

“Yes, Prefecture Princess.”

The serving woman nearby showed no mercy, striking Ms. Wang harder and harder.

With every slap, Ms. Wang’s face swelled visibly, and soon a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

The only sounds at the scene were Ms. Wang’s desperate struggles and the slapping of the serving woman.

With each slap, Liu Sisi felt more and more relieved!

She had been considerate of her marital relationship with Ye Lei and indulged her husband’s family again and again, only to end up with such a disaster. She truly deserved it!

Seeing that Ms. Wang could no longer struggle, Liu Sisi finally waved away the serving woman.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Have you seen what is written on this marriage certificate? Di Wei is being married off as a ghost bride, and as her mother, do you really have no sympathy at all?”

Ms. Wang forced a laugh, feeling as if her head was numb and not her own.

“I will give you 500 taels of silver. From now on, Di Wei and you, Ms. Wang, will have nothing to do with each other.”

There was no hint of a smile on Liu Sisi’s face: “This is a promissory note. As long as you sign on it, the 500 taels of silver are yours. You better think it through.”

At the mention of silver, Ms. Wang’s eyes, swollen as they were, still shone brightly!

For the sake of money, she sold her daughter Di Wei without hesitation.

The light in Liu Sisi’s eyes dimmed. What kind of person would even sell their own children? What wouldn’t she be willing to give up? Liu Sisi had been thinking too much and expecting too much of her.

The expenses of the Di Residence were already precarious, with the income from a few shops barely supporting them. After giving Ms. Wang 500 taels of silver, the Di Residence was plunged into an embarrassing financial crisis.

Although some pearls and various treasures had been granted to them as rewards a few days ago, she felt that those things did not belong to her, and naturally, she kept them out of reach and had no plans to touch them.

“Madam, there’s no money left in the kitchen for tonight’s meal…”

Granny Hu looked troubled.

After thinking for a long time, Liu Sisi gritted her teeth and took a silver hairpin from her jewelry box and handed it to Granny Hu.

“I really don’t have any money left. Take this silver hairpin to the pawnshop and pawn it. Just pawn it as a short-term pawn. When you get the money, buy back the things on the list and then I’ll give you the menu for tonight.”

“Yes, Madam.” Granny Hu took the order and left.

Liu Sisi had calculated it early on. The things on the list should cost about half a tael of silver, which should last everyone in the mansion for half a month. YingEr was recovering from her injuries in the mansion, so they couldn’t skimp on her nutrition. However, ensuring sufficient nutrition for YingEr while also filling the stomachs of others in the mansion was not an easy task.

Soon, Granny Hu came back with a happy face.

“Madam, I pawned the silver hairpin as you said. And because it was a short-term pawn, I only got three and a half taels of silver. When I went to buy the items on the list, I saw sweet potatoes were cheap, so I bought two carrying poles full of them for just over 30 copper coins, which is the equivalent of only two catties of pork.”

Yes! The prices had been rising, and pork had gone from 10 to 15 copper coins per catty to 15 to 20 copper coins per catty, and it was still in short supply.

Moreover, their early rice crop had been damaged, and Di Yelei encouraged everyone to plant large amounts of sweet potatoes to make up for the loss. As a result, every farmers’ family had a large supply of sweet potatoes, which made it difficult to sell them for a good price.