After the vicious adoptive mother gave up, the scumbag children regretted it

Shen Qingshan is also the village chief. He treats everyone in the village equally, especially orphans and widows. Instead, he takes extra care of them and helps them overcome difficulties instead of taking advantage of their misfortunes and bullying the weak.

Shen Nanzhi was also angry. "The Jiang family is a bad family. Widow Xu just said a few words for me before, but they are targeting her like this. I don't believe that Jiang Chen didn't deliberately target her."

Shen Qingshan didn't expect this to happen. "Jiang Chen is too narrow-minded. How did this scholar pass the exam?"

"Some people may be talented but not necessarily have good character. There are still so many treacherous officials and villains in the court. Uncle, if Widow Xu wants to settle in our village, is it okay?"

Shen Qingshan said with some embarrassment: "It's hard to say, there is no problem here, but the two villages are close to each other, I am afraid that they will deliberately find fault and retaliate. After all, no one can always accompany a widow.

It would be best to find her a good family to marry into, so she can have someone to rely on."

People nowadays think that a woman should get married, and her husband's family can legitimately manage her, and outsiders should not interfere.

Shen Nanzhi was silent for a moment, "Let me handle it."

"Okay, if you need us to come forward, just give us a shout. We are not afraid of fighting or a quarrel between old women. The only thing our village has is people."

Shen Nanzhi was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Even if they were just kids fighting, they probably wouldn't lose.

After looking after his own fields, Shen Nanzhi planned to build a row of new houses at the foot of the mountain to raise pigs and also to prevent people from the neighboring village from stealing crops.

We also need to solve the water problem. Without water, nothing can be done.

Building a canal is a huge project, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and there is no guarantee that it will be successful, because the upper reaches of the river are in Shi Mo Village, which may be easily blocked by the Jiang family. We can't just fight with them all day long, right?

Shen Nanzhi couldn't afford to waste that much time, but he could consider digging a well and give it a try.

This is the arrangement for later use. Now let’s plant a crop of sweet potatoes to last for one season. There is no rush. Sweet potatoes do not need too much water. The rainfall this year is pretty good, so it is completely enough.

There were one hundred acres of sweet potato seedlings left. Because of the delay, the seedlings were cultivated directly in the space and planted directly, so they can be harvested together with the land in the village.

After arranging all this, Shen Nanzhi went to Shimo Village in the evening. When everyone in the village had gone home from work, he secretly went to check on Widow Xu's house.

Shen Nanzhi has been very busy in the past half month, and Widow Xu's life has been in dire straits. Not only did she lose fifty taels of silver, she was also haunted by that dark shadow, who came to see her almost every night. If Widow Xu dared to disagree, he would attack her children and also spread the news that there was a wild man hiding in her house. How could she live?

Widow Xu looked visibly haggard. She was already thin, and now she looked as if she could be blown away by the wind. Her children were extremely worried and asked Doctor Li to see her. However, Doctor Li just looked at her deeply and said that she was not sick and that she would be fine if she took care of herself. He did not prescribe any medicine.

When Widow Xu met Doctor Li's eyes, she felt so ashamed that her eyes turned red and she could hardly hold back her tears.

Doctor Li just sighed and said, "It's not easy to live. You should be more positive. Your health is the most important thing. Eat well, otherwise you won't be able to survive for another two years."

“I want to, but I can’t.”

Doctor Li shook his head. He couldn't do anything about it and couldn't persuade her. He was just a doctor. He could cure her body but not her heart.

Widow Xu was unable to live or die because of the harassment of the black shadow. She had no mind to reclaim land and cultivate the land, or plan for her future life.

When the children were tired from playing, they would run back to wait for dinner. Widow Xu would get up to cook for the children. She lived every day in a daze.

But when she arrived in the kitchen, she actually saw the man, and her face changed drastically, "You, why are you here at this time? Go away, do you really want to kill me?"

The man had his face covered, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed. He looked somewhat familiar, but Widow Xu didn't dare to look at him any further, nor did she dare to investigate further, for fear that she would be silenced.

"I just miss you and I'm here to take care of you. Be good, I'll leave after I'm done. This isn't the first time, why are you pretending?"

"But it's still daylight now, and the children are at home. Won't you let me live?"

The man looked at the children and felt a little disappointed, but he did not give up: "Come with me to the back mountain."

Widow Xu didn't want to go, so the man threatened her, "Otherwise I'll kill you right here and let your kids see what a slutty woman their mother is."

"No."

Widow Xu had no choice but to compromise: "Is it not okay for me to go?"

The man climbed over the back wall. The walls in the village were not high, and they were only used to guard against gentlemen but not villains. This was a disadvantage for a woman living alone like Widow Xu.

Widow Xu cooked some food and let the children eat it. She went to the back mountain under the pretext of visiting neighbors.

Everyone is tired after a day's work, and dinner time is a rare leisure time. Three or five people gather at the door to chat about gossip, but few people come to the back mountain.

The man was getting impatient waiting, and when he saw Widow Xu coming, he rushed over to her, "Let's learn from the scholar today, it's more exciting outside, haha..."

"No, please spare me, please..."

Widow Xu was filled with shame, but she still held on to a glimmer of hope that he would let her go. Unfortunately, she underestimated the ugliness of human nature.

When she was pinned to the ground by the man and was about to accept her fate with no way of resisting, she saw Chen the Hunter, who had just returned from the mountain after hunting and was holding two dead rabbits in his hands.

Hunter Chen never thought that there would be someone here who would dare to do such a thing in the back mountain. He felt really embarrassed and speechless. Isn’t your home enough for you to mess with?

This single man didn't know where to look.

Widow Xu struggled violently. How could she survive if anyone saw her?

The man slapped her on the face, "Bitch, you're still not being honest, you're asking for a beating!"

Hunter Chen sensed something was wrong. "What do you do? Why are you hitting people? Who are you? You come to our village with a mask on to bully women!"

The man was startled, and when he turned around, Widow Xu made up her mind and tore off the rag on the man's face. Hunter Chen saw his face clearly: "Jiang Dacheng, why is it you?"

Widow Xu was shocked. Jiang Dacheng was the eldest son of Village Chief Jiang. She immediately realized that Village Chief Jiang was trying to trick her.

Otherwise, who would know that she had fifty taels of silver?

Jiang Dacheng panicked for a moment, but quickly calmed down. What did he have to be afraid of? His father was the village chief.

"Go away, it's none of your business. Don't meddle in other people's business. If you want to live in the village, keep your mouth shut."

Hunter Chen was a little hesitant. It was obvious that this was bullying the widow, and he would feel bad if he did nothing.

But if they intervene, they will be ostracized by the village chief. The Chen family originally fled here to escape the disaster, so they are no match for the village chief.

Widow Xu picked up a stone on the ground, and new and old grudges came to her mind. When Jiang Dacheng was threatening Chen the Hunter, she hit him on the back of the head!