Published at 17th of January 2021 10:36:45 AM
Chapter 108
Translator: RandomAlex
Editor: Makoto
The poor little mountain village remained poor .
Although each family received 2,000 yuan for selling the mountain, it would still be completely spent no matter how thrifty they were . When the first family, who despite already being accustomed to living on the mountain, used up the money, their first reaction wasn’t to make more money, but to blame the Qiu Wu family .
If they didn’t refuse to move the graves, they all would have received 25,000 yuan instead of 2,000 yuan . How could it be spent so quickly?
They weren’t the only one who thought so . On the night when they tried to forcibly remove the grave, Qiu Wu and his wife acted hostile towards them, even though they were the ones who called the villagers over to dig another person’s grave .
They will only think, wasn’t this how Qiu Wu treated the Xuan family before?
Even though the Xuan family was his benefactor in the past, he still had the heart to do this to them . So, why shouldn’t they do the same to him for the benefit of all the villagers?
The status of the Qiu Wu family in the village was now similar to that of the former Xuan family . Actually, it was probably even worse than that of the Xuan family .
When the villagers were hostile to the Xuan family originally, it happened out of jealousy for the beauty of the Xuan family’s daughters .
The young girls were still underage, as young as green grapes, green and attractive . Unfortunately, a pure and natural beauty didn’t attract people with good intentions, but instead provoked desire in others .
Secondly, the Xuan family had no man to protect it .
Grandpa Xuan died early . Furthermore, when the little girl had an accident, Mother Xuan wasn’t with Father Xuan . In the eyes of the villagers, especially the women, there were three of them, and two of the three women were temptresses who seduced their husbands’ eyes .
These foolish and vicious women neither thought about whether the Xuan family’s sisters were willing to be seen with such eyes by men nor how uncomfortable it was for the two girls who had done nothing and still provoked a lot of gossip .
This way, the villagers vented their frustration at having to do hard work every day on the Xuan sisters, while also looking for a sense of superiority .
They were good-looking, so what? They were still disliked by the villagers .
Older men were jealous of Grandma Xuan’s affections for Grandpa Xuan when he was alive which they didn’t get . The young women were jealous that someone they liked and wanted for themselves fell for the pair of sisters .
As usual, instead of trying to improve themselves, they just wanted to suppress the people who were stronger than themselves, so they would never venture out .
Soon, Grandma Xuan left the village for a long time without anyone noticing, but they were only happy that they got money for nothing . Why would they care about the life and death of an old woman? Even if she really died of anger inside her house, it wouldn’t have bothered them .
Finally, Qiu Wu, who finally couldn’t stand the oppression by the villagers, went to the Village Chief’s house .
After having experience living in persecution, his temperament has changed . He, who had always held his head high before, now hunched whenever he walked around . He was looking at the floor when he spoke and he even subconsciously lowered his voice when talking .
“Village Chief, the old lady of the Xuan family hadn’t been seen for many days …”
This once arrogant man mumbled something at the moment, and his voice was almost inaudible . “What happened to her? Why don’t you go to her house and check, Village Chief?”
As to why he didn’t go there himself, Qiu Wu didn’t dare to .
During this time, he was under great pressure from the villagers . In the middle of the night, lying in bed and listening to his wife’s worrisome talk in her sleep, Qiu Wu began to wonder if Grandma Xuan was like this .
He was isolated by the whole village, smeared and slandered, and he couldn’t even sleep well at night . Qiu Wu wasn’t a strong man, otherwise he wouldn’t burst out violently after losing a son .
He even thought of killing himself if his youngest son wasn’t still alive .
At the very least, he doesn’t have to work as hard as he did now . He just had to bear the indifference from the villagers all the time .
However, his child now had no friends to play with in the village . This once lively child could only squat in the yard and watch ants every day .
One wouldn’t understand the misery cruelty causes until one experiences it for oneself .
When Qiu Wu was the abuser, he didn’t feel guilty and didn’t feel he was in the least bit wrong .
But now, when he felt it himself, he began to think . How did the Xuan family, who had been treated like this by him, feel at that time?
He began to have trouble sleeping throughout the night . With the windows open at night, when he opened his eyes, he could see graves on the mountain from afar .
It felt as if he was facing the tomb of the Xuan couple .
Maybe Qiu Wu was numb, as he wasn’t afraid . He began to think back of the late Xuan’s daughter .
When he was a child, he became an orphan . No one in the village was willing to help him . Only Grandpa Xuan took him back, gave him enough food, and brought his old clothes for him to wear to warm up from the cold .
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Grandma Xuan was still a kind woman at that time . Although her family had it very hard, she still brought out food with a gentle smile and gave it to this unrelated person . At that time, he gratefully ate the hot food and thought to himself, when he grew up, he must repay the Xuan family .
Later… Later…
He watched the Xuan family’s son-in-law drown, watched the Xuan family’s daughter jump into the river, and watched Grandma Xuan cry bitterly with the baby girl, born just a few days ago .
At that time, Xuan Lele needed milk . Grandma Xuan held her and went door-to-door to buy milk from women who were breastfeeding . However, she paid too little money . The death of the two pillars of the Xuan family cast a shadow over this already poor family . The villagers were all looking for money, and of course they were unwilling to help her .
The last house Grandma Xuan visited was Qiu Wu’s, and his wife had just given birth to a child .
However, if the milk was shared with Xuan Lele, his own child would have less . It was his son, so small and so well behaved…
Qiu Wu chose to hide behind closed doors and didn’t think much of it at that time . Looking back now, even if everyone in the village was qualified to ignore the Xuan family, only he wasn’t .
Later, his tiny son grew up, and he would call out to his father and mother, he started to learn to walk, he went to elementary school, and then went to junior high school .
Then, he drowned in a foreign place .
Qiu Wu’s eyes were bloodshot as tears slid down his face and soaked his pillow every night . His eyes kept staring at the direction of the graves at the mountain, but his heart wasn’t as vengeful as it used to be .
It was karma, he thought .
He let other people’s loved ones die, so he couldn’t keep his loved ones .
Qiu Wu just realized he hadn’t seen the old lady for a long time . She was no longer the gentle and kind woman in memory, but an old woman who sat at the door in gloom every day, not knowing what she was thinking .
The guilty conscience of killing the Xuan family that he simply didn’t dare to admit actually brewed into an animosity against them .
He was so excited that day, Grandma Xuan was so angry that she clutched her heart tightly . It was false to say that his heart wasn’t afraid, but more than that, it was angry .
At that time, he put his own sin on the head of an innocent old woman .
How stupid he was, really stupid .
If something really happened to Old Lady Xuan, it wouldn’t be enough for him to make amends even if he died .
Qiu Wu lingered outside Xuan’s house, but was afraid to go in .
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He was afraid, afraid of seeing a dead and unwilling person looking at him .
Fear of facing one’s guilt .
Therefore, Qiu Wu came to the Village Chief .
“Old Lady Xuan, ah, she’s fine… Wasn’t she made sick with anger by you before? Lele took her back to the city . ”
Gone to the city . Going to the city is good…
Lele is a filial girl and will treat her grandmother well in the future .
Qiu Wu went back in silence, not asking the Village Chief to help himself as he did before .
Yes, just like the Village Chief said .
Once they bullied an old lady together, it was useless for him to try and stop it . Now, even if the Village Chief really spoke, what’s the use?
It’s his turn to atone for his past sins, right?
The sins he once inflicted on others are now avenged on himself . He held this idea, sullenly coping with the targeting of people in the village . The arrogant man had become a man who worked hard every day and didn’t like to talk .
One day, Wei Mingyan drove the same flashy luxury car he used before into the village . Many children were playing outside as the luxury car arrived, and when they saw it, they shouted home and told their parents that a car was coming .
As the noon sun was too scorching, most people were having a siesta at home . Now that they heard the commotion, some people immediately came out to see what was going on .
Driving such a good car to their village, it could only be the big boss! A few times before, the car directly drove to the mountain graves . Today, this car was going in the direction of the Village Chief’s house .
Does the big boss want to buy a mountain again?
Will they get a lot of money to spend again?
Almost everyone, who was woken up in the village, rushed to the Village Chief’s house, thinking that since the boss was so soft-hearted, if they begged for mercy, perhaps…
On the bumpy road, the car slowed down and drove on calmly . Soon, the car was driving in front, followed by a bunch of people . The children were laughing as they watched .
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Inside the car, Grandma Xuan looked back and couldn’t help but sneer .
“Ow!”
Sanya that was obediently lying on the seat, as if feeling her master’s bad mood, put her head over and nuzzled Grandma Xuan while whimpering for comfort .
“Sanya, be good, follow closely later . ”
As the car stopped in front of the Village Chief’s house, Wei Mingyan handed over a sleek cane with a dragon’s head for the grip . The cane was black and shiny, very imposing .
“Grandma, here . For support . ”
Grandma Xuan smiled sincerely as she took the cane and brushed her gray and neatly combed hair . Her eyes however, were cold .
The villagers looked at this expensive car parked outside the Village Chief’s yard, and they were afraid to come forward . After all, since the last time he bought the mountain, the boss never met them again, and he always went up and down the mountain alone . They were afraid to go up the mountain as it would violate their agreement, and they would have to pay a lot of money .
What should they say to ask for more money when they haven’t seen him for so long?
If only someone in the village had come into contact with the big boss before, it would be better for them to curry favor with those villagers than to curry favor with the boss who wasn’t at the same level as they were .
While this group of people were thinking, the car door opened and a pair of slender legs stepped out . The man that had grown more handsome with age came down .
Then, a commotion spread when the crowd saw the big boss who had bought their graveyard mountain stand respectfully at the back door and open the door of the car .
The first to land on the ground was a cane . The black sleek cane stomped on the ground, slightly stirring up dust .
Under the shocked eyes of the villagers, a rich old lady holding a dragon head cane got out of the car .
Although there are wrinkles on her face, her skin color was white and she wore two jade earrings, a big white pearl necklace, and a beautiful bracelet . Although the villagers have no concept of the price of these jewellery, it can be seen that its value would be unimaginable for them . This was definitely a rich old lady from the city .
Under the unbelievable sight of the crowd, she was greeted respectfully by the rich big boss, who they were too late to curry favor with . He carefully helped the old lady, whom they thought looked slightly familiar, to stand firm .
“Grandma, be careful . Why don’t I help you into the house?”
This… How is this possible!