Su Wen, Wait!

Since she had already said as much, what more could they say? It was not as if they could refute her. Still, they could work with what Su Wen had said. Many had prepared to mock her earlier, thinking she would be downcast and reject her allocated lot.

Those jealous of Su Wen for getting 50 mu of land no longer felt the same. Instead, they rejoiced, rubbing salt into what they thought was a wound.

"Humph!" Zhu Yueju said sourly, "Some people just do all kinds of bad things. Not even the heavens can stand it. Who would have thought someone entitled to more than 50 mu of land would end up lumbered with the barren mountains instead? You can't even grow anything on those mountains. Hah! You deserve it. This is karma."

"Aunt Zhu, what you said makes sense."