Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 333: Financial Ruin and the Harrier’s Message (4)_1

Chapter 333: Chapter 333: Financial Ruin and the Harrier’s Message (4)_1

Lady Hu, who originally intended to report Lizhong to the authorities for revenge, was no longer in the mood after being pushed away twice by her beloved son. All along the way home, she was lost in chaotic thoughts, the specifics of which were known only to herself.

However, when mother and son, each with their thoughts, returned home, they were horrified to find that their house looked as if it had been ransacked by bandits.

Seeing the previously locked cabinet open, with clothes and fabrics scattered on the floor, Lady Hu stumbled over and upon realizing the jewelry box that contained the silver was missing, she collapsed to the ground as if soulless, muttering to herself, and then let out a piercing scream, "My silver, my silver, oh my silver——"

Her eyes rolled back and she fainted, falling to the ground unconscious.

Zhang Ming, upon hearing this, did not immediately lift Lady Hu to the bed. Instead, he stepped over her body and searched the cabinet inside and out, and upon finding the jewelry box for the silver indeed missing, he stood frozen, his complexion as white as a ghost.

As if unable to believe that the more than a thousand taels of silver left from selling the shop were gone, he ran distraught to his own room, not even caring as he stepped on Lady Hu’s hand.

But when he saw his own wardrobe turned inside out and the dozens of taels of silver coins he had hidden underneath it also gone, he, just like Lady Hu, let out a wail, his eyes rolling back as he collapsed to the floor.

The two unusual screams sent chills down the spines of the neighbors. Despite their dislike for the family, these were still their neighbors of many years, so they came together to knock on the door of the Zhang Family. After a long time with no response, worried something might have happened inside, they disregarded other concerns, several strong men together forced open the gates of the Zhang household.

Entering the inner room and finding the mother and son unconscious on the floor, the crowd hurriedly lifted them onto the bed, pinching their philtrum and applying ice to their faces until they woke both from their ordeal.

Upon awakening, the mother and son, as if mad, frantically searched everywhere for the silver, eventually overturning the bed boards. When they didn’t find even a single copper coin, they realized that their house had indeed been burglarized and not even one Wen of money was left.

Lady Yao, who was supposed to be guarding the house, was gone, the child who should have been sleeping in bed was nowhere to be found, and even the clothes of the mother and son were missing. The chief culprit who stole the Zhang family’s silver was crystal clear.

Lady Hu struggled to get up and settle accounts with Yao Taohua, but she was so badly shaken this time that she felt dizzy the moment she got out of bed. Concerned she might collapse again, the people held her down firmly on the bed, preventing her from getting up. All she could do was cry and curse Yao Taohua, shouting at the top of her lungs.

Her savings, her grandson, all gone!

Zhang Ming, after all, was young and didn’t feel faint upon waking. He sat silently in the main room, not speaking, and made no move to chase after Yao Taohua. It was as though he had lost his soul.

By this time, Yao Taohua had already taken her belongings and her child aboard a ship leaving Jing City.

Standing at the edge of the ship, looking back at the increasingly distant Jing City, the last trace of reluctance in her eyes vanished completely. Her so-called "good mother-in-law" and "good husband" had not only schemed to bring back the previous wife but also intended to divorce her, to make her own child recognize another woman as his mother. Since they had been the first to be unfaithful, they could not blame her for turning heartless.

With the more than a thousand taels of silver now in her possession, even if she returned to her poor and backward hometown, she would still be able to lead a stable life with her child for the rest of their days, surely better than being mercilessly divorced by the unkind and unfaithful Zhang family and thrown out with nothing.

Looking at Baobao sleeping soundly in her arms, Yao Taohua’s face showed a loving smile, for he was the support for the rest of her life...