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Amanda wanted to kill me right then,but she also had to consider the baby."This is my son's only child.We must protect it,"she said firmly.
Amanda blamed me for everything and said,"Coco,you little beast.I'll settle the score with you after you give birth to the baby."
It was so satisfying to see Amanda wanting to kill me but being unable to.
Recently,I always pretended to have no appetite.Afraid that I might accidentally miscarry,Amanda angrily asked my best friend and Michael to kill a chicken and make soup for me while sighing.
Less than a month after Tom was stabbed by David,he died from an infection.Tom's family came to our door,demanding an explanation from Amanda.
Amanda immediately put on an aggressive look,with her hands on her hips,and said,"Your Tom dared to flirt with my Zhou family's daughter-in-law,so he had to learn his own lesson.It's your fault for not being able to find him a proper wife.How dare you set your sights on my family?Tom deserved it.I have no money for you,but you can have my life if you want."
After her husband died,Amanda was known as a difficult and shrewish woman in the village.With her making a scene like this,Tom's parents didn't have the guts to kill Amanda.They knew David's methods and also understood Amanda's stubbornness.
But since someone had died,compensation couldn't be avoided,or the matter wouldn't never be resolved.Under the mediation of the village head,Amanda had to agree to compensate.Tom's parents accepted that the Zhou family would pay 200 dollars each month in installments for ten years.
A son's life was only worth a few tens of thousands of dollars.In this remote mountainous area,200 dollars a month was already a large amount.
Adding the 5000 dollars Amanda spent on buying my best friend and me to the current 24,000 dollars,the family's debt suddenly increased a lot.
Amanda forced Michael to go out every day to dig more cordyceps,herbs,and sweet potatoes to sell.In the past,he could get up at 7 a.m.,but now he was dragged out of bed by Amanda at 5 a.m.to go hunting in the mountains and earn money."If you don't work hard enough to pay off the debt,what will happen to your brother?"
Amanda didn't allow Michael to stay at home no matter how the bad weather was like outside.My best friend told me that Michael was on the verge of breaking down.He was so tired.When he came back,he just fell asleep and had no energy to even just touch my best friend.
I asked my best friend to make some noises at night.I wanted the relationship between the two brothers to truly break down.Now that I didn't need the hallucinogenic powder and David couldn't have sex,and because I was pregnant and he wanted to protect the only child,he didn't dare to hit me anymore.His temper became more and more erratic.
At night,there were sounds of banging and heavy breathing coming from the next-door bed.David,who couldn't sleep anyway,saw that his brother was normal while he had become a useless man.Unable to stand it,he sat up and rushed out.He went to Michael's room,picked up a stool,and smashed it towards Michael's groin.
"Who allowed you to do this?You useless piece of trash,you good-for-nothing servant!How dare you do this in front of me?Do you want me to know that I'm a useless man now?I'll ruin you today and see if you still dare to be restless at night!"
Michael was suddenly interrupted by David and suffered a heavy blow.He bent over and curled up on the ground,crying out in pain.
In order to gain Michael's trust,my best friend took the hit for him.Blood immediately showed on her back.When Michael,who had just come to his senses,saw that my best friend was injured,he couldn't stand David anymore.He punched David in the face,and the two of them suddenly started fighting.
