Chapter 144: The Shape of a Pig, the Heart of a Wolf, the Lungs of a Dog

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"That's good." Lady Woo sighed in relief, and then, gritting her teeth, said, "Fufu, when you have time, visit the village chief more often and find a way to get that wretched girl's silver back."

Lady Woo had been harboring a grudge about Xiao Ruo selling the house and land for sixty taels of silver, and depleting her family's savings. Initially, she had been confused by Doctor Yu's astronomical fees, but after moving into this thatched cottage, she and her son had realized that they had been duped by that wretched girl.

Even if her husband Anshun's leg could be healed, spending a few hundred taels might be possible, but tens of thousands of taels of silver? How much is a human life worth? That wretched girl clearly tricked them.

But now, the entire village, even the village chief, believed that wretched girl's words, and if they were to speak out, they would only invite deeper misunderstandings from their fellow villagers.

Fufu was right, now all they could do was endure!