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Chapter 255 The truth behind Zhao Yuandong's death

"Then how can it not matter? Duan Minniang is my sister, Tao'er and the others are my nieces, so what's wrong with me taking care of them?"

"My man works in Minniang's workshop. I'm helping our young boss."

"You guys beat Dashu and Erhe like this. They are our Chen family's nephews and nieces. Can you just ignore them?"

"Duan Minniang is the niece of my third cousin from my second aunt's eldest daughter-in-law's family. I will take care of this matter."

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The villagers didn't tolerate them. With every word they spoke, all sorts of relationships popped up.

It's a bit far, but it allows them to find a relationship with their three children.

If you focus on one thing, I will take care of it. What can you do about it?

When the Zhao family heard about the villagers' complicated relationships, they were so angry that their noses were almost crooked. Is it really possible to establish relatives in this way?

"Bah! What a shitty relative!" Old Madam Zhao spat with disdain. "According to your calculations, I can be related to the county magistrate. What nonsense. I'll tell you, who cares about your relatives? We are their grandparents anyway, so you have no right to interfere in this matter."

"What kind of grandparents are you if you kick three people out of the house? How dare you say that!"

"When they were having a hard time, why didn't you come to them and say that they were their grandparents and gave them a penny?"

"You are their granddaughter only when you have money, but you are a loss-making commodity when you have no money. You are not their grandparents, you are the grandparents of copper coins!"

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The villagers are not blind. Although Duan Minmin's original form Duan Minniang has become a bully in the village and is not well-liked over the years, the Zhao family is not a good group of people either.

Being collectively besieged by a group of people, the Zhao family couldn't handle the quarrel even if they had ten mouths.

Being suppressed by everyone's words and unable to utter a word in rebuttal, Old Mrs. Zhao simply sat down on the ground and began to cry.

"My poor Yuandong! Open your eyes! You lost your father and mother at such a young age. Your wife is also a badass. She has not been filial to you all these years. Now you have raised a few girls, which is even more terrible. They don't even recognize their grandparents! Oh, God! I won't live any longer..."

"Mom! Mom! Don't cry. Big brother will definitely feel bad when he sees you in heaven."

"Mom, you still have us. It's only natural that my eldest sister-in-law and her family won't recognize us after they become rich. Don't worry, we will definitely take care of you and dad in your old age."

The Zhao family members who were still quarreling with the villagers just now suddenly changed their nature. They all rushed to Old Mrs. Zhao and started sobbing.

You're just trying to be tough, are you trying to be soft?

Sure enough, after Old Mrs. Zhao cried, the villagers who had been scolding their family suddenly stopped talking.

In this era, filial piety is more important than anything else, and there are no parents who are not wrong. Therefore, when there are conflicts between parents and children, everyone usually persuades the children to give in.

Everyone was criticizing the Zhao family just now because they had indeed gone too far in the past. In addition, they had just seen the miserable condition of Tao'er and Xing'er and the mess in this house. Also, everyone had more or less received the kindness of Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin's workshop, so most people would speak up for Tao'er and the others.

But at this moment, Old Mrs. Zhao suddenly came to her senses and started to play the victim. It was okay for the younger ones, but many elderly people of her age began to feel sorry for her.

"She's right. His eldest son must have been sad when he passed away so early. Now that Duan Minniang has made a difference, shouldn't she honor her husband and parents?"

"Duan Minniang killed Zhao Yuandong, so it's good that she didn't go with him. If she doesn't treat her parents-in-law better, she's really conscienceless."

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"Bullshit!" Old Mrs. Chen would not fall into Old Mrs. Zhao's language trap.

The villagers who were still talking at once suddenly quieted down after hearing the yell from Old Lady Chen.

"You said that Duan Minniang killed Zhao Yuandong. Wasn't it because you let the eldest wife do all the work for your family that Zhao Yuandong became weak at such a young age? You didn't even bother to let him see a doctor when he caught a cold, so he died."

"This matter was no secret in the village at that time, Mrs. Wang. It was you who told us about it at that time, but now you are still talking about it as a curse of death. Were you gossiping at that time or are you just talking nonsense now because you are old and confused?"

These words brought everyone back.

This incident was considered a big deal in the village at the time, and the villagers were all scolding the Zhao family for being heartless.

"I...I remembered it wrongly. His brother Yuandong passed away because of his poor health." Mrs. Wang explained stutteringly.

"Isn't Chen Dongren the one who knows the most about this matter? Look, he's here too, why not let him talk about it?" Someone saw Chen Dongren.

As soon as Sizhu and Chen Dongren arrived breathlessly, they were surrounded by everyone.

"Chen Dongren, how did the eldest son of the Zhao family get away with it?"

"I remember that Duan Minniang went to you to ask for medicine. Can you tell us about it?"

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Chen Dongren was confused.

Just now Sizhu only said that Taoer and Meier sisters were beaten and asked him to come and take a look. Why did he ask about their father's death right away?

"Okay, Dongren, come here." The village chief said.

"Since your Zhao family said that there was something wrong with Zhao Yuandong's death at that time, and Dong Ren is here now, let him tell us what happened."

When they heard that Chen Dongren was coming, the faces of the Zhao family members changed immediately. Old Mrs. Zhao, who had just been sitting on the ground pretending to cry, stopped crying and looked panicked.

Chen Dongren is the only doctor in the village. Although his medical skills are not very good, they are sufficient for emergencies. Therefore, the villagers respect him and what he says is naturally credible.

Although Chen Dongren didn't understand what happened, he still gave a brief account of what happened that year.

"What Zhao Yuandong caught was just a common cold. He had been in such bad shape that he fell down with just this little cold."

"But I also said at the beginning that my medical skills were powerless, and asked Aunt Zhao and the others to rush to the county town and let the doctors there take a look and prescribe some nourishing medicine. He could have been saved."

"But Aunt Zhao said Yuandong was just pretending to be sick. Farmers don't have that kind of expensive stuff, so she asked me to just prescribe some herbs."

"It was their family affair after all, so I couldn't say much. I prescribed medicine according to her request. But after just two or three days, Yuandong was no longer able to function."

"On the morning when he was away, Duan Minniang brought three maids to my house and begged me to go and treat Yuandong. She also said that if it really didn't work out, Tao'er could stay at my house and help with the housework."

"I felt sorry for them so I agreed to take another look. When I packed my medicine box and arrived at her house, her aunt didn't even open the door for me. She even said that Duan Minniang was a spendthrift. I heard Zhao Yuandong wailing a few times outside, and when I followed him in, he was gone."

"Many people saw it that morning. Zhao Yuandong didn't die in my hands. He died because his mother didn't allow him to."

Chen Dongren was afraid that the Zhao family would add another sentence to seal Zhao Yuandong's death.

"I just said that I remember there were people crying and shouting in the Zhao family all day long. It turned out that Yuandong was wailing because he couldn't bear the pain." An old woman who lived next to the Zhao family sighed.

"That's right. Doesn't she know how Zhao Yuandong died? Now she has the nerve to say that it was Duan Minniang who killed her son."

"If I were Zhao Yuandong, I would crawl out of the grave right now and take this mother away."

"How could there be such a cruel mother? At that time, the work of the Zhao family was done by the eldest wife, and they had the heart to do it."

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