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Chapter 871: Chapter 874: Cunning Plan
"If you don’t think carefully, by the time your son wastes away, you won’t even have the chance to regret it!"
Zheng Shi delivered another forceful dose, causing Xu Clan’s psychological defenses to completely collapse.
The light in Xu Clan’s eyes dimmed in an instant, the exorbitant cost of medicine was almost crushing her.
Apart from Zheng Shi, who else would help her?
She had only this one child, what would she and her husband do if they lost him?
But with those one hundred taels, it’d be different, she could afford her son’s medical expenses and even buy a few more acres of land. Then her family wouldn’t have to starve.
Wasn’t this the good life she had been longing for all her life?
"I...I’ll do it as soon as possible."
Xu Clan steeled her heart, having been pushed to this point, what couldn’t she do?
Zheng Shi nodded in satisfaction, "That’s right, just help me with one thing and you can get so much silver. After that, taking care of your son’s illness, what kind of good days can’t you have?"
Xu Clan answered and stumbled out.
Once the oil lamp in the room went out, Qiao Duo’er and Tan Zhenghong quietly descended from the roof.
Qiao Duo’er gritted her teeth, "I didn’t expect such a big gain from just a random stroll outside."
Tan Zhenghong’s face was grim; he didn’t even dare to think about what would happen if Zheng Shi succeeded.
There were now nearly one hundred people in the embroidery room; if one packet of poison were to be used, it could kill or injure the majority, and the embroidery room wouldn’t escape disaster either.
As the owners, he and Duo’er wouldn’t be able to rebound after such an incident.
If they could also prove that the Tan Family had a large amount of poison, a death sentence wouldn’t be out of the question.
But no matter what, Zheng Shi would remain unscathed.
If Xu Clan couldn’t be found, then everyone would be content.
Even if she were found, it wouldn’t be a big deal, as Xu Clan had already absconded out of fear of punishment and was almost impossible to find.
"I will report to the authorities tomorrow, and have this old witch arrested."
"No rush, the Guang House won’t punish her severely before she hurts anyone," Qiao Duo’er said with a hooked lip.
Just like Xiao Biyu, who caused the Wang Clan to lose half their life, only to be imprisoned for three years.
If they reported to the authorities now, it wasn’t even certain that Zheng Shi would be convicted; and even if convicted, she would only be imprisoned for a few years at most.
That would be letting her off too easy!
She couldn’t change the penalties here, but she could punish Zheng Shi in a different way.
She couldn’t be too kind to the Xiao Family; otherwise, they would keep provoking her again and again.
To deal with the Xiao Family, they had to first uncover all of the Xiao Family’s schemes.
The next morning, Tan Zhenghong and Qiao Duo’er went to the embroidery room bright and early.
With the safety of the entire embroidery room at stake, they couldn’t be careless.
"Aunt, gather everyone in the dining hall," Qiao Duo’er instructed.
Seeing that Qiao Duo’er looked upset, Fat Aunt didn’t dare delay for a moment and quickly had everyone put down their work.
Dining Hall.
Only then did Fat Aunt say, "Duo’er, everyone is here, you speak."
Qiao Duo’er nodded and first discussed the recent issues in the embroidery room.
The most significant was that there were now more female workers in the embroidery room, and some would bring their children over.
If it were an emergency, that would be one thing, but many treated this place as a daycare, bringing their kids every day when they came to work; with pools and rock gardens in the back yard, accidents could easily happen.
Now one often saw diapers in the embroidery room, which was very upsetting.
There were also ongoing issues with people coming late in the morning and slacking off on their work.
Qiao Duo had barely finished speaking when people began to protest.
"You don’t have to come to the embroidery room, and your man protects you, how could you understand our difficulties?" a woman said sharply.
