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Chapter 982: Chapter 985: He’s Got Tough Luck
Otherwise, he also knew how to handle it properly.
Throwing it away risked someone accidentally ingesting it, and burying it might contaminate the water supply, which was how the plague began last time—it spread through the water.
"Both carts full of goods are poisonous; be careful on your way," Tie Niu repeatedly instructed.
Oleander in the hands of those knowledgeable in medicine can save lives, but under the control of those with malicious intent, it becomes a tool for harm.
The person in charge of the transport solemnly agreed, "We will certainly be careful and not let these harmful things get out."
This time, two of his family’s sheep died from eating the leaves, and he knew the danger better than anyone.
Tie Niu patted the young man’s shoulder, entrusting this important task to him.
During lunch at the Tan Family, Wang Clan suddenly asked, "I heard that you arranged for the tree to be cut down. Why? I thought it was very beautiful."
She saw the flowering tree when she went to town with Granny Su to shop yesterday, but she was too tired when she returned and forgot to pick some.
To her surprise, it had disappeared when she went out to look for it today.
"That flower is poisonous. Several peoples’ cattle and sheep in the village died after eating it. Fortunately, Madam discovered it in time, otherwise people might have died," Almond explained first.
If it hadn’t been for her family’s Madam, who was experienced and knowledgeable, she might have harmed her entire family.
So, she still felt uneasy about it.
Wang Clan shook her head, "How could it be poisonous? I’ve picked it several times before, and haven’t I been fine all these years?"
"You’ve seen this flower before?" Qiao Duo’er latched onto the crux of Wang Clan’s statement.
She suspected the oleander had been left there as a contingency by Xuan Er Xuan San. Xuan San hated her and had colluded with Kuro, so it wasn’t surprising that he had access to oleander.
Since Xuan Er Xuan San had been beheaded, she didn’t intend to pursue it further.
But now Wang Clan mentioned having seen it many years ago; that was problematic.
Wang Clan nodded affirmatively, "Yes, we used to have one by our door. Then, it mysteriously disappeared."
She thought the flower was beautiful, and its sudden disappearance had always been a source of regret for her.
"When exactly was that?" Qiao Duo’er asked seriously. 𝙣𝒐𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Wang Clan immediately replied, "It was when I was pregnant with Fourth Boss. Suddenly, a flowering tree appeared by our door, and I always thought I could have a daughter."
She had always wanted a daughter, partly to recoup the dowries paid for her first three sons, and partly because she felt a daughter would be more caring in her old age.
But then she hemorrhaged during childbirth, nearly losing her life and ended up with another son. After that, she frequently had chest pains, so she never looked favorably upon that child.
"So, you had a difficult labor with Tan Zhenghong," Qiao Duo’er pointed out.
She nearly lost her life and still acted as if it was nothing?
How forgiving could a person’s heart be?
Wang Clan countered weakly, "That’s not right. A fortune teller once read my son’s fortune and said that Fourth Boss’s life was tough..."
He also mentioned that he came to the Tan Family to collect a debt, but because Tan Zhenghong was nearby, she refrained from saying more.
Because of his poor fate, she and Tan Yuancheng discussed giving Tan Zhenghong away.
Happening upon a distant relative whose wife had died, leaving only a daughter and difficulty in finding a new wife, they couldn’t let their family line end, so they took Fourth Boss to their home.
Qiao Duo’er was exasperated; once again, it was deeply ingrained superstition causing harm.
In those times, people would consult a fortune teller for the smallest issues, and the fortune teller’s words could hold more sway than an Emperor’s decree.
She didn’t deny that there were some masters capable of probing into destiny in this world, but many more were charlatans, and clearly, Wang Clan had encountered one.
