"Mother, you first sold Yunjin for fifteen pieces of silver, and now you have come to sell Ningxiu, how could you do such a thing? At first, you deceived Dad and me by saying you found a good match for Yunjin, but what happened? Did Yunjin marry into a good family? Instead, her father-in-law is paralyzed, her husband is lame, and her in-laws are so poor they're drowning in debt!"
Mrs. Shen stepped forward. Although she greatly feared Mrs. Tao, the step-grandmother, she had already harmed one of her daughters and couldn't harm another.
Otherwise, how could she as a mother justify herself to her two daughters?
Once Mrs. Shen voiced this out, whispers spread among the onlookers in the yard, "If that's true, then this Mrs. Tao's intentions are too malicious, aren't they?"
"I've heard people say Mrs. Tao is heartless! I never expected her to be this cruel!"
