To everyone's surprise, Li Chuncao pursed her lips, looked at the crowd for a long moment, and finally said, "The family's silver isn't with me. I can't even afford a cheap coffin."
The crowd fell speechless.
"You seemed to have a lot of dowry when you married into the family, didn't you? How can you not have a single piece of silver?" an older woman asked hesitantly. Seeing the Shi family daughter-in-law's emaciated appearance, it was obvious she had been mistreated, but they hadn't expected her to lose even her dowry.
"From the moment I married into the family, my mother-in-law said I was too young and naive. She offered to keep it safe for me, and I haven't seen it since." Li Chuncao made no effort to cover up the truth, laying bare the Shi family's ugly nature.
She had lived in Shi Family Village for so many years; it was impossible for the villagers not to know how she was treated. Why were they playing dumb now?
