Rebirth: Solely Cherished by the Devoted Commander-Chapter 610 - 638 Sun Chan Faints 5

When he was gone, the widow said, "We can't let that bastard get away with this! Think of a way to handle it!"

"Heh, letting us farm for him? That's just a dream!"

"But if he tells your wife later, we're done for!" the widow said anxiously. She actually had several lovers, and if one of them found out, they'd all think they were the widow's only man. They'd be deceived and stop giving money and gifts. What then? So, she was very worried.

Old Liu was worried too. Old Liu's wife was like a bandit, practically a battle-hardened shrew!

"Have you thought of a solution?" 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"Hmm, heh, what if we just burn his crops? I'm not the one at fault here; it would be an unfortunate fire, eh heh." Old Liu sneered. The widow thought, that's right, it would save her the trouble.

Old Liu went to the front of the field ridge, Sun Chan had no way to get close, so she just drifted in the direction of Zhou Jinzhu, but she saw the moment the flames ignited.

Sun Chan couldn't stop it, she could only watch as the flames leapt up over the crops. Before long, the wind picked up, and after a moment of silence, more flames sprung up. It even burned down Zhao Xiuxia's crops nearby. Everyone got up, screaming, hurriedly fetching water to put out the fire. Fortunately, aside from Zhao Xiuxia's and Zhou Jinzhu's crops, nothing worse happened.

Other families suffered no losses. Luckily, those two were in the corner, and the wind direction was opposite. If not, the whole village's crops would have been at risk. Sun Chan thought, I never imagined things would be like this after I died.

Zhao Xiuxia went crazy the next day when she saw her crops burned to nothing! She knelt on the ground and cried out loudly.

"What should I do now!"

Zhou Jinzhu was stunned too when he came: "What happened here? Zhao Xiuxia! Your house caught fire and burned my crops? You compensate me!"

"Compensate you? Look at the wind direction! Clearly it was your house's fire that spread, you pay up!"

"Why should I compensate you!"

Zhou Jinzhu started playing dumb, no way he was going to pay. He did nothing wrong!

Zhao Xiuxia, mad as anything, charged at him to start a brawl: "Beast, you ruined our crops. I'll fight you! I worked so hard to grow them; why did they all burn?"

"You worked hard? Did you ever set foot on the field? It was all my wife! Without Sun Chan, your family would have starved to death long ago! My wife's crops were burnt by your fire, and you still want to blame me!"

The two continued to fight and curse, several people couldn't separate them. Zhao Xiuxia thought of the debt she owed and her daughter's indifference, and felt all hope was lost. She fainted right on the spot. Zhou Jinzhu was also shocked and saw everyone hurriedly taking Zhao Xiuxia to the village clinic, fearing they'd be held accountable, and he ran off.

Sun Chan followed Zhao Xiuxia to the clinic. She was unwell but was so agitated that she had a stroke, leaving her completely paralyzed on one side, unable to move at all, and unable to control her bowels. The village's known medical skills couldn't handle it, so it was suggested that the family take her to a bigger hospital.

Sun Lijuan came three days later, very annoyed. When she saw her mother lying on the bed with tears in her eyes, she felt disgusted and didn't even know what to say.

"Mom! My child has finals in a few days, can't you ease my worries? How do you end up like this, are you stupid? If the grain's gone, it's gone, but you turned yourself into this!"

Zhao Xiuxia heard her daughter's words but didn't respond, only tearfully looked at her daughter.

The medical staff suggested transferring her, but Sun Lijuan said, "I can't help it, coming from the village, we don't have money. Even if we take her to the city, it wouldn't work, can't be cured anyway, why bother! Isn't there a privately run nursing home in the village? I'll send her there, let them handle it. As long as she doesn't die, that's fine. I'm willing to spend a bit more money, but I won't take her to the city hospitals." Sun Lijuan couldn't take care of her mother; she had a good life at home, why should she care for an elder?

The village doctor naturally wouldn't say much and couldn't call her unfilial, whatever she said was just how it is. And so Zhao Xiuxia was sent to the village's nursing home.

Sun Lijuan paid a year's fee upfront, then left without speaking to her mother. Anyway, in her condition, she might not understand even if spoken to. How aggravating!

As soon as Sun Lijuan left, those debt collectors blocked her, demanding she repay the loans, refusing to let her go without paying.

"Your mom's like this now, we can only come to you!"

"That's right, your mother never wore nice clothes or ate good food, she spent it all on you! Shouldn't you pay her debts?"

Sun Lijuan sneered, "We're in a new society! I've never heard of kids having to pay the debts of their parents! How would I know why my mother borrowed money, go sue in court if you're unhappy, my mom's like this now, and you still want money, shameless!" With that, she walked off. Indeed, barren mountains and unruly folks breed villains! Trying to trap me?

The creditors, furious, went to Sun Lijuan's home and took whatever they could. Later, the village head handled it by selling her family house to repay the debts. Sun Lijuan didn't return when she heard, whatever, she didn't want to return to that dump anyway.

Because there was no one looking after her, Zhao Xiuxia wasn't cared for properly, just given a bag of soybean milk a day to keep her from starving. Clearing excrement would be too much trouble otherwise.

Zhao Xiuxia lay in bed thinking about her current outcome, it was karma, if she hadn't treated Sun Chan that way back then, it wouldn't have come back to her like this. It was all her own doing! Less than a month later, she died, with bedsores all over her body, suffering immense pain.

Before she died, Zhao Xiuxia saw Sun Chan by her side, reaching out her hand as if wanting to hold Sun Chan's hand.

Sun Chan coldly stepped back a few steps, avoiding her touch.

Zhao Xiuxia said, "I'm sorry, I was wrong... if you were alive, you wouldn't treat me like this, at least I could have a peaceful old age."

Sun Chan replied, "You're only saying this because things went bad for you; if life was good, your daughter dutiful, you wouldn't care about my death at all. I don't forgive you, not in this life or the next. It's all your own doing, serves you right."

Zhao Xiuxia chuckled a few bitter laughs, "Yes, yes, I deserve it..." And she died with her eyes open.