Chapter 5: Sick And Die (2/2)
The Fourth Lady finally opened her eyes Her tears fell when she saw Mo Tiange However, she didn't have any strength to raise her hand and could only stare at Mo Tiange
”Fourth Lady,” Aunt wang whispered, ”You can tellthe bleak roo her death, nobody from her so-called fa increasingly bitter She also lost her e would have to go through the sa, Aunt Awang hastily e” and asked, ”Fourth Lady, are you worried about Tiange?”
The Fourth Lady nodded tearfully
”Rest assured, I'll look after her on your behalf”
The Fourth Lady shi+fted her gaze again, focusing on a spot Aunt Awang followed her gaze She picked up aas the Fourth Lady nodded and tried to say so to a feords, Aunt Awang opened the box There were actually several pieces of high-quality jewelry inside She knew that before, Fourth Son-in-laas a very successful individual It wasn't strange that the Fourth Lady had these ite picked the jewelry up one by one while watching the Fourth Lady's expression When she picked a pearl bracelet, she saw a change in the Fourth Lady's expression Aunt Awang lowered her head again to listen to what the Fourth Lady wanted to say After ato the Fourth Son-in-law?”
The Fourth Lady tried hard to nod and stared at Mo Tiange eeping silently
”Mother! Mother!” Mo Tiange wailed However, the Fourth Lady fainted again
The Fourth Lady kept on fainting and waking up the entire night Nevertheless, in the end, she still couldn't hold on A moment before dawn came, her breath ceased to exist
The Patriarch of Mo family finally came to see her, but he left even before her eyes were properly closed Although so to proceed with the funeral arrangerasp her htly Sometimes she cried, sometimes she just sat there blankly She finally cried herself to sleep once she could no longer feel any warmth in the Fourth Lady's body
Three days later, the Fourth Lady was buried
During these tie was still stunned and hertook care of her Other times, Mo Tianqiao kept her company
Once they ca hall, the Mo fas the Fourth Lady left behind
Years ago, when the Fourth Lady married the Fourth Son-in-law, she was treated like a son and was given a house Although her share wasn't as much as a son would have, her courtyard was purposely constructed She was also given a few hectares of a field These past few years, she and Mo Tiange had depended on these few hectares to sustain their lives and buy medicine
Since the Fourth Son-in-law married into their family, the Fourth Lady could be considered an extension of their family Her fields and house could naturally be passed on Unfortunately, Mo Tiange was a girl and an orphan at that These fields and house would naturally be taken back by her uncles Because of this matter, the Patriarch's sons becaenuinely rich For thes weren't a lot, they still made a difference
The Patriarch frowned deeply as he watched his sons fighting over those fields This daughter was born out of his recklessness during his younger years Although he hadn't had a deep affection towards her, in the end, she was still his daughter Seeing his sons scraed to her when she had just been buried and fighting without the slightest respect for him, the Old Patriarch naturally felt very unhappy
Seeing their argueous, the Old Patriarch used a tobacco pipe to knock against the table leg A heavy echo resounded and everyone instantly became silent The Old Patriarch expressionlessly said, ”The Eldest will take care of the land for the rain harvested each year will be stored and returned to her husband when he comes back If he still hasn't returned by the tirain and those several hectares of land will be her dowry We will keep the house”
Since the Old Patriarch uing The village elders saw that the patriarch had handled the matter fairly and didn't raise any objections They only asked, ”Then what about this child? Who a the child back with us, this old rain!”
Those sons looked embarrassed because of his words
The Old Patriarch he, since your grandfather has spoken, you'll have so after you in the future Aunt also feels relieved now” Aunt Awang spoke while helping Mo Tiange fold her clothes
Mo Tiange sat on the bedside, fiddling with the pearl bracelet on her wrist She was silent and her head was lowered
Seeing her losing heralso felt that she was very pitiful Thus, Aunt Awang said softly, ”Tiange, your mother wished for you to be safe and sound You have to take care of yourself well Maybe so e in expression She looked up and stared at Aunt Awang, saying, ”Rest assured, Aunt Awang I' to be okay I won'tpitied her evenpeople should hear froe's things, Aunt Awang said, ”Your luggage is packed, so Aunt will take you to your grandfather's house About this house, rest assured, we'll clean it every day It will still be clean and tidy when your father co”