Chapter 602: Poor Miss Quiet
As soon as the man was speaking, Old Joe's son had already chased after him with an axe, scaring him so much that he screamed and ran away.
"Everyone, hide! I'll deal with him!" Old Joe stepped forward voluntarily, intending to use his own body to quell his furious son and save the others.
"Bluey, Florence, stay here and don't run around!" Ivy instructed the two of them before immediately running towards the person holding the axe.
Even though Bluey and Florence knew how capable Ivy was, they couldn't help but worry about her, fearing that she might get hurt by the axe.
Old Joe's deranged son raised the axe high and charged towards where there were people, his eyes filled with murderous intent upon seeing Old Joe approaching.
Just as the axe was about to fall on Old Joe, Ivy shouted, "Stop!"
Upon hearing this voice, the deranged young man stopped his hand just in time and looked at Ivy in disbelief.
"Miss Quiet, my Miss Quiet, Miss Quiet…"
The deranged young man dropped the axe and reached out towards Ivy.
With just a finger, Ivy stopped Old Joe's deranged son.
She then quickly treated the young man at the fastest speed possible.
After the young man recovered from his illness, he continued to look at Ivy with infatuated eyes.
Muttering to himself, he said, "Miss Quiet... you are Miss Quiet..."
He even had the urge to embrace Ivy.
Ivy furrowed her brows slightly. This wasn't madness; it was lovesickness!
She had cured the young man's mind, but she hadn't healed his emotional wounds.
Old Joe worried that Ivy might misunderstand his son, so he hurriedly explained, "Miss Quiet was my daughter-in-law. They got married less than half a year ago, but she fell into a cesspit and drowned!"
Ivy...
It was a cesspit again!
"Where is your cesspit?" Florence rolled up her sleeves and asked.
"It's behind the outhouse," Old Ross said, and casually asked, "Do you need to use the outhouse, miss?"
"No, I'm going to fill up the cesspit!" Florence said angrily, "This thing is lethal! It's a murderer!"
Old Joe quickly said, "You can't fill it, you can't fill it! It's the organic fertilizer for our farming, something money can't buy. We need to keep it for farming!"
Everyone...
Poor Miss Quiet!
Ivy furrowed her brows and asked, "Your daughter-in-law fell into a cesspit and drowned within half a year of entering your house. Didn't her family come to cause trouble for your family?"
"We... didn't dare tell the truth!" Old Joe said with great guilt.
"It's been five years now. Five years ago, my son met Miss Quiet while working outside. Miss Quiet is from another place, born in a poverty-stricken mountain valley. Her family has two younger brothers. When they got married, our family gave them a dowry of 28,000 dollars. Their family was very happy and had a good impression of us.
Miss Quiet..."
After she entered the door, she was especially hardworking, very filial to us, and extremely virtuous. Three months later, Miss Quiet became pregnant, and we all forbid her from doing any farm work. However, she insisted on helping in various ways and could not sit idle.
One day, five months later, my son, my wife, and I were digging sweet potatoes in the field, while Miss Quiet was cooking lunch at home. After she finished, she probably came to the field to call us for the meal, but somehow she fell into the cesspit..."
Old Joe's tears flowed as he continued, "This child was so sensible, but we didn't care enough for her. She drowned in the cesspit and we had no idea. We searched everywhere when we got home, but couldn't find her. It wasn't until evening that the little granddaughter of the Baldwin family, our neighbor, found Miss Quiet's body in the cesspit and came to tell us.
Our daughter-in-law was so capable and diligent, and we felt extremely guilty for what happened. We originally wanted to inform Miss Quiet's family right away, but our neighbor Tom said that this kind of thing should not be made public. If Miss Quiet's family finds out, they will surely not let us off the hook.
Tom said that as a pregnant woman, Miss Quiet should have received good care and attention, but our family failed to do that. Once Miss Quiet's family comes, they will either extort a huge sum of money or send our family members to jail.
So we followed Tom's advice and concealed Miss Quiet's family. We told the villagers that my son and wife had a quarrel, and the wife went out to work. But since then, my son has become insane..."
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