In Love With My Fierce Farming Wife!
Chapter 895 - 900: The Contents of the Envelope

Chapter 895: Chapter 900: The Contents of the Envelope

Mrs. Su-Hua was somewhat astonished, "Really... there’s no saving him?"

She obviously knew Su Pan’er well, and if there had been any hope, Pan’er wouldn’t have spoken like this.

Su Pan’er fell silent for a short while before lowering her voice, "Birth, old age, sickness, and death are natural laws. His five viscera and six bowels are all aging, even if medicines can barely maintain him, at most it will only prolong his life by a year."

That year would only be painfully endured through the torment of illness.

Mrs. Su-Hua sighed deeply.

Su Lao Si seemed more accepting, "The Clan Leader is too old, being able to delay it by a year is already good enough."

He didn’t say that other doctors had determined the Old Qin family Clan Leader had at most another month to live!

Su Pan’er nodded, not thinking too much about it.

It wasn’t until she got back home that she realized the table was full of prepared dishes. Since there were guests, the seating was divided into men’s and women’s tables—Su Lao Si was entertaining Old Xue and others outside, while Mrs. Su-Hua and Su Pan’er among others were eating inside.

Su Pan’er had already eaten at the Clan Leader’s place, but upon seeing the table full of dishes, she sat down at the table again.

"Knowing you like drinking soy milk and eating soft bean curd, I grinded some soybeans with the small mill, made fried dough, and deep-fried soybean dregs cakes. This is our homegrown chicken, stewed with mushrooms found from the mountain, and there’s also this braised pork with winter bamboo shoots, try it and see if it suits your taste..."

Mrs. Su-Hua enthusiastically served dishes to Su Pan’er and Little Yanyan.

"Mother, eat for yourself, my bowl is almost overflowing," Su Pan’er hurriedly pulled her bowl back.

"You’re so thin; you need to eat more."

Mrs. Su-Hua turned and served Little Yanyan as well.

Little Yanyan immediately covered her bowl, "Grandmother, we already ate at the Old Clan Leader’s place, you should eat more, Little Yanyan can’t eat another bite!"

"Oh my! How can this little mouth be so sweet!"

Mrs. Su-Hua’s heart kept laughing with joy at Little Yanyan’s call, smiling until her mouth blossomed with laughter.

"This child is born pretty, and with such a sweet mouth. In the future, who knows which lucky scoundrel will benefit."

"Mother! The child is still young."

Su Pan’er quickly interrupted her, Yanyan was not even six years old, it was too early to talk about such things.

Little Yanyan’s chopstick action ceased; her big, sparkling eyes blinked, "Grandmother, what does ’benefit some lucky scoundrel’ mean?"

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but laugh, even the two maidservants serving behind them chuckled.

How could Su Pan’er explain?

"Don’t ask what you shouldn’t, hurry up and eat!"

"Oh..."

Little Yanyan pouted, and although somewhat unhappy, she still dared not continue asking.

After they had finished eating, Su Pan’er then inquired about Qin family matters, "Today, when I went to the Qin family’s courtyard, only my father-in-law and mother-in-law were there."

"Mhm."

Mrs. Su-Hua nodded, "I didn’t tell you before; I couldn’t bring myself to say it. Speaking of which, it’s such a sin, sigh!"

Su Pan’er instantly became curious, "What happened?"

"Psh! What else could have happened, it’s all because Mrs. Qin-Li is such a schemer, only has herself to blame for her own downfall!"

Speaking of the issues at the Old Qin family, Mrs. Su-Hua’s lips curled with scorn: "You still remember the well-off family that Qin Wan’er was engaged to, right? They sought to marry Wan’er as soon as they saw Qin Yi come into his own. But since you hadn’t been back to the village and there was no word from you, Wan’er couldn’t wait and just married into that family. Little did she know, not only did that household already have a few adjoining room maidservants, but they also had two concubines, and even a five-year-old illegitimate son!"

"Really?"

While Su Pan’er expressed her curiosity aloud, she remembered the "soaring dragon" fiancé of Qin Wan’er from before. She always thought he seemed flirtatious. She hadn’t expected him to be this promiscuous.

"Indeed,"

Mrs. Su-Hua sneered, "This is gossip from outsiders. Rumor has it that your mother-in-law was quite the witty one. She claimed to be wealthy to boast at the Qin Family, taking an extra layer during the dowry exchanges. Unexpectedly, Qin Wan’er would come back to her maiden family every now and then, asking for money under various pretexts."

"That Mrs. Qin-Li always dreamt of getting rich, acting as if she were the old lady of a wealthy family, even plundering the rooms of several daughters-in-law."

"What’s even more outrageous is that she plundered the dowry of Qin Wan’er’s older brother’s wife and even pushed her. Poor thing, it was a male infant, already seven months developed, but he was born prematurely, and alongside Qin Wan’er’s sister-in-law, two lives were lost just like that!"

"What happened later? Was that just it?"

Su Pan’er felt a sourness in her jaw.

"How could it be? The family of the daughter-in-law came knocking on the door, and she threw herself on the ground, feigning death and shamelessly threatening to jump into the river."

Mrs. Su-Hua waved her hand nonchalantly: "After such a scandal, the Qin Family decided to split. Nobody wanted to take in the old couple. If it weren’t for your father forcefully using filial piety to keep them in line, who knows what they would have become by now. However, your eldest brother and sister-in-law have been working short-term jobs in the city since the division, never returning."

No wonder they never came back!

Thinking of Xiren’s hesitation during the day, Su Pan’er suddenly realized!

"If you don’t seek death, you won’t die. With all this trouble, didn’t Qin Wan’er step in to say anything?" After all, it all started because of her.

"Her? She later sent someone to ask for money twice more. Mrs. Qin-Li had no money left, so she sold everything sellable in the house and scraped together some money to send to Qin Wan’er. What happened to Wan’er after that, we have no idea."

Su Pan’er thought for a while: "Let’s not talk about them anymore. It just makes me anxious. By the way, mother, have you seen Su Xian’er?"

"Xian’er married Young Master Lui a few years back. Speaking of which, among your cousins, I think she married the best. Young Master Lui not only didn’t take a concubine but also has a fine reputation. She has had a smooth and easy life without much hardship. Although Su Ping’er is a government official’s wife, she is after all a widower’s second wife. As for you, Qin Yi treats you well, but your mother-in-law’s house is full of vexing issues... Sigh!"

Those words silenced Su Pan’er.

Hearing this, she knew her mother clearly hadn’t seen Su Xian’er! If she had, she wouldn’t be speaking like this.

Mrs. Su-Hua kept rambling on like a chatterbox, endlessly talking about the recent happenings of the villagers.

This family welcomed a new baby, that one married off a daughter, another’s elderly passed away, yet another’s daughter-in-law ran off with someone... all sorts of gossip leapt from her mouth nonstop.

It was not until Mrs. Su-Hua tiredly returned to her room that Su Pan’er finally took out the envelope the Clan Leader had given her. Hesitantly, she carefully opened the seal to check the contents inside.

Instead of the land deed or authorization letter she expected, the envelope contained a thin, metal-like, key-shaped iron piece.

The iron piece glistened metallically; Su Pan’er gently tried to bend it, but it did not budge. She then increased her strength, yet the metal piece remained intact in her hands, not even bending slightly!

You should know, the original body possessed natural godlike strength!

After years of cultivation, the strength between her two fingers alone amounted to over a thousand pounds. Yet, even with such force, she could not bend the iron piece in her hand...

What kind of metal could this be made from?