Elder Mo is a man who values his reputation, but at this mont, he is also scared, begging Village Chief He with tears streaming down his face: "Village chief, old brother, our family knows our mistake, you cannot drive us away."
Village Chief He ignored them and only ordered the villagers to hit them with big sticks, driving them out of the village. He also arranged for ten n from the He family to form two teams, stationed at the entrance of the village, forbidding Mo Family People from entering the village.
Old Mrs. Mo, along with her two daughters-in-law and her grandchildren, were crying and wailing at the village entrance, and after crying for over an hour, they still couldn’t re-enter the village.
The n guarding the entrance beca annoyed by their crying and even drove them out of the village entrance.
With no choice, the Mo Family People could only start a fire a few dozen ters away from the village entrance to boil water to stave off hunger, feeling as desolate as if mourning their ancestors.
With eyes red, Mo Dakui cursed: "Mother, it’s all because you coveted the wages of Mo Qinzi and her daughter. If you hadn’t targeted their wages, our family wouldn’t have been driven out!"
Old Mrs. Mo stood up suddenly, crying, "Second son, do you still have a conscience saying that? Didn’t you also want the wages of Mo Qinzi and her daughter? A whole twelve taels! When you heard about it, everyone’s eyes glead like hungry wolves, and now it’s all blad on the old lady. Oh, why is my life so miserable."
Slap! Slap!
Elder Mo grabbed Old Mrs. Mo and slapped her twice, shouting: "Stop howling, shut your mouth."
After finishing speaking, the wound in his mouth was pulled open, he gasped in cold air and covered his mouth, crying out in pain.
"Father, are you alright? Just hang in there, your son will find a doctor to treat your wounds as soon as it gets light tomorrow." Mo Dali was sowhat conscientious, seeing Elder Mo in severe pain, he ca over to support him, saying soothing words.
Elder Mo looked at Mo Dali, a glint of hope rising in his old eyes: "Chunyue, we still have Chunyue... You, hurry and plead with Chunyue to talk to Village Chief He, don’t let them drive our whole family out, if we are driven away, she’ll have no maternal ho."
Upon hearing this, the Mo Family People were delighted, hurriedly saying: "Father is right, we still have Chunyue. She is married to He Sanlai after all, now a daughter-in-law of the He family. With her pleading, we may not be driven out of the village."
Mo Dali also thought about begging this daughter, but said, "Father, Chunyue still harbors hatred towards us."
The incident today has blown up so much, half of the He Family People ca to watch the commotion, Chunyue certainly knows, but she hasn’t co out to speak for them at all.
If he goes to ask for her help, would she agree?
"Hah, hatred? Her life was granted by our family, how dare she resent us?"
Mo Chunyue is the Mo family’s last lifeline, Elder Mo won’t let go, his eyes hardened, he said: "If she refuses to help, tell her, to divorce her dead mother, let her mother be a widowed outcast even in death!"
"If she still disagrees, threaten her, tell the villagers that in order to survive during the famine, she shalessly went to serve n in exchange for food, she’s already tainted."
"Father, Chunyue didn’t do that." Although Mo Dali had thought about selling Mo Chunyue for indenture silver to marry a new wife, his father’s tactic was too vicious, if mishandled Chunyue might be drowned by He Family People.
Elder Mo snorted coldly: "Our family is facing disaster, we are on the verge of not surviving, and you still care about her reputation? She herself willingly slept with He Sanlai, she has no reputation to speak of!"
As Elder Mo got worked up, he started gasping for air, only able to breathe heavily with his mouth open.
Seeing this, Mo Dakui imdiately said: "Big brother, look at how you’ve distressed our father, he’s gotten so ill, if you don’t agree, and sothing happens to our father, you would be unfilial!"
Sitting on a pile of grass, bitten all over by large mosquitoes, Mo Dakui was extrely irritated but didn’t care about Mo Chunyue’s life or death, only wanting Mo Dali to coerce Mo Chunyue so they could return to the village.
Mo Dali helped Elder Mo pat his chest to soothe him, promising, "Okay, I’ll go now, Dad, don’t be angry."
"Go quickly, your father has us to take care of him, don’t worry about him." Old Mrs. Mo pulled Mo Dali up and pushed him towards the village.
"Stop right there, Mo Dali, you can’t enter the village, move along now." The n guarding the entrance of the village refused to let Mo Dali in.
Mo Dali suddenly knelt down with a thud, pleading, "Brother Dayuan, Brother Tieshu, Shengzi, please be kind, let see Chunyue once, she is my daughter, I as a father deserve to see her one last ti before I leave."
He assured them again, "Don’t worry, I just want to see Chunyue once, I won’t run around or do anything bad, please grant this."
Saying this, he started to kowtow vigorously to the He Family n.
He Shengzi, being young, quickly stepped back and turned to He Dayuan, "Uncle Dayuan, what should we do? Should we notify the village chief?"
He Dayuan thought for a mont and said, "Okay, you go tell the village chief about this matter, ask him what to do."
After all, Mo Dali is Mo Chunyue’s father; it was difficult for them not to report his request to see Mo Chunyue.
He Shengzi imdiately ran back into the village and told Village Chief He about Mo Dali’s situation.
After pondering, Village Chief He agreed, but said: "You and Tieshu go with him, don’t let him cause trouble in the village."
"Okay." He Shengzi ran out of the village and relayed Village Chief He’s words to He Dayuan.
He Dayuan said, "Then you and Tieshu take him in."
Mo Dali quickly thanked them: "Thank you, Brother Dayuan, thank you, Shengzi..."
A short while later, he followed He Shengzi and He Tieshu to Mo Chunyue’s house.
Mo Chunyue and her husband had already gone to bed and had to get up when they heard the knocking.
He Sanlai, opening the door and seeing Mo Dali in the light of the oil lamp, angrily said, "What are you doing here in my house? Chunyue was sold to the He family, don’t think about getting close, just scram!"
Mo Dali’s face turned red with anger, especially being disrespected by He Sanlai, who was his son-in-law.
But he had important matters to handle and could only suppress his anger, saying, "Let in, I have sothing to tell Chunyue, it’s about her mother."
"What do you want to talk about? If there’s anything, talk to , my wife is asleep," He Sanlai bluntly refused Mo Dali.
Seeing He Sanlai refusing to relay the ssage, Mo Dali could only shout towards the house, "Chunyue, what I have to say concerns your mother, you will regret it if you don’t see !"
What Mo Chunyue cared about most was her deceased mother, after hearing this she hesitated for a while but eventually allowed He Sanlai to bring Mo Dali into the courtyard, yet not letting him enter the house, she only stood at the doorway of the hall and asked, "What about my mother?"
Mo Dali said, "Your grandfather said, go plead with Village Chief He to not cancel our family’s residency in the county. If you don’t go ask the village chief for help, your grandfather will have divorce your mother."
Mo Chunyue trembled with anger, "Divorce my mother? My mother is already dead and you still won’t leave her alone, you beasts!"
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