NovelBookLady Wilson finally enjoyed a full meal and had a good night's sleep. 1 Unexpectedly, her room door would be kicked open by an extremely angry Jennifer early in the morning! 2 Before Lady Wilson could even react, Jennifer rushed directly to her bed and she gave her a tight slap across her face as she cursed angrily, "You damn old woman! You even dare to steal the rice inside the incense burner that I use to offer incense to the Goddess of Mercy. Don't you have any ethics at all?" 5 Lady Wilson felt very dizzy after getting slapped by Jennifer. When she saw Jennifer's face that was up close and filled with anger and rage, she was so frightened that she hurriedly pleaded, "Jennifer! I am sorry, Jennifer! I really did not want to steal your items either. However, I was really too hungry..." 1 Jennifer was furious and she gritted her teeth in anger as she said, "It's your own problem if you are starving or hungry. What has it got to do with me? I use that incense burner to offer incense to the Goddess of Mercy. The fact that you stole the rice inside the incense burner is a form of disrespect toward the Goddess of Mercy. If the Goddess of Mercy decides to condemn this action, then you will also be implicatingbecause of what you did!" 3 Lady Wilson could not help but choke up and said," Jennifer...it is the New Year...so you cannot possibly watch an old lady likestarve to death, right? If an old woman likewere to starve to death in this house, then how are you possibly going to continue living here in future? If you had to think about the fact that I had starved to death in this room downstairs while you lie in your bedroom upstairs every night, would you feel good then?" As she spoke, Lady Wilson broke into tears as she said, "Jennifer...why don't you treat it as though you have just saved my life then? Didn't Goddess of Mercy say that saving a life is even more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda? You can consider this as an accumulation of your merit!" The expression on Jennifer's face eased a little.
However, she continued speaking in a cold manner, "I can forgive you for stealing the rice, on Goddess of Mercy's account. However, you will still have to pay the price and consequences for your own actions! Lady Wilson hurriedly asked, "Jennifer, what price and consequences do you wantto pay?" 1 Jennifer replied coldly, "I can pretend that this never happened at all if you diligently wash all of our clothes for all three of us today!" When Lady Wilson heard this, she hurriedly pleaded," Jennifer, I was feeling a little unwell yesterday and I couldn't go to the supermarket to work. That is the reason why I stole your rice. Therefore, no matter what it is, I have to go to work today. Otherwise, our family of four will not be able to afford our rations for today again..." "I don't care!" Jennifer replied annoyedly, "You can either choose to wash all of our clothes, or giveback the rice that you stole from me! I will not be unreasonable. You can just returnthe amount of rice that you stole and ate. Everything is fine as long as you fill up my incense burner again!" Lady Wilson continued wailing as she said, "Jennifer, I have already cooked all of the rice. How am I going to return the rice to you now? Why don't you allowto go to work at the supermarket today? When I get paid after work today, I will buy srice and return it to you immediately. Will that be okay with you?" 2 "No!" Jennifer replied unrelentingly, "If you choose to return the rice to me, then you have to return it tonow. Otherwise, you should just get to work and start washing my clothes fornow!" After that, Jennifer threatened Lady Wilson again, "If you are going to hesitate to do something until you are forced to do even more, then don't blme for being impolite to you!" 2 When Lady Wilson saw the grim expression on Jennifer's face, she instantly knew that Jennifer was not joking with her.
She was now a weak and lonely widow. So, how could she possibly be Jennifer's opponent? 1
So, Lady Wilson was filled with tears and she could only nod as she m choked up and said, "Okay...I will wash will go and wash your ...
clothes now..." 3
Even though it was the first day of the New Year, Lady Wilson's family of four did not even have anything to eat at all. i
Jennifer and the other two women threw out a lot of dirty clothes and bed sheets to Lady Wilson and they asked her to wash everything today. 1 So, Lady Wilson did not have tto go out and make money at all.
Visit our social media platform to read fascinating stories every day and connect with the community!
