Is the beginning of a catastrophe? The little farm cook is raising a family with a full warehouse.

Xu Ranyuan didn't give Wang Mazi a good look at all, and continued, "The old lady is indeed not poisoned, but her poor health is not caused by any medicinal food, but by long-term overwork, which has led to illness."

"Her joints are severely strained, and bone hyperplasia makes movement difficult. Her heart and lung function is also extremely weak, and she lacks qi and blood, leaving her breathless with even the slightest activity. Judging by her pulse, she also suffers from severe spleen and stomach deficiency, a condition caused by long-term malnutrition."

As he spoke, his brows furrowed, his eyes filled with condemnation. "As a son, don't you usually ensure that the old lady has enough to eat? Her spleen and stomach are so weak, obviously due to long-term irregular diet and lack of nutrition."

"I even doubt whether this is your biological mother!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the onlookers were instantly in an uproar, followed by overwhelming condemnation.

"How could there be such an unfilial child who wouldn't even give his elderly mother a full meal? This is simply outrageous!"

"People like this deserve God's punishment. They enjoy themselves and let me suffer!"

"How can a person's heart be so dark? How can a person be so shameless?!"

Wang Mazi realized that the young doctor in front of him and the girl selling things at the stall were obviously in the same group, and he immediately became furious.

His neck stiffened and he shouted loudly: "If she is not my mother, could she be yours? Since you are so nosy, then I will leave my mother to your care!" As he said that, he actually flicked his hand, threw the old lady lying on the stretcher in front of the stall, and turned to leave.

Although the old lady was still in a daze, she immediately became angry when she heard these rude words. She didn't know where she got the strength from, but she suddenly climbed up from the stretcher.

Her eyes were bloodshot as she pointed at Wang Mazi and cursed in a trembling voice, "You damn evil creature! Ever since you were little, I've been working from dawn to dusk, washing clothes and cooking for you, like a slave, hoping that you would have something great."

"But what about you? You've been idle all day, eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, and everything in between. Not only have you spent all our family savings, but you also ask me for money every day. Now that I'm too old to move, you treat me like this?"

"Are you worthy of the ten months of pregnancy I carried and the painstaking efforts I put into raising you? How could I have given birth to such a bastard like you?"

Before she could finish her words, she suddenly covered her chest with her hands, opened her mouth, and with a "puff" sound, large amounts of blood spurted out, splashing onto the ground, forming a shocking pool of blood.

There was blood at the corner of her mouth, and she fell straight back.

The onlookers were frightened by this sudden change and their faces turned pale. They took several steps back in horror and screams broke out in the crowd.

Wang Mazi's face was filled with fear, his legs weak, and he stumbled back a few steps, nearly falling. He didn't care about anything else, turned around and ran, his steps so frantic that he almost lost his shoes.

His fellow thugs were terrified, their faces pale. They had thought they were just following their boss out to extort someone and get some wine money, but they had never imagined someone would end up dead. Seeing Wang Mazi running away, they didn't dare to linger. Like frightened birds, they scattered into the crowd and disappeared in an instant.

The onlookers' curses became even louder. Some people in the crowd picked up rotten eggs and vegetable leaves on the ground and threw them in the direction where Wang Mazi was fleeing.

"How heartless! He actually angered his mother to death!"

Cheng Yuntao didn't bother to look at Wang Mazi's fleeing back. She pointed anxiously at the unconscious old lady lying on the ground and hurriedly said to Xu Ranyuan, "Doctor Xu, please take a look at that old lady!"

Xu Ranyuan immediately stepped forward to check the old lady's pulse. He saw that her face was as pale as paper and there was still blood at the corner of her mouth.

His brows furrowed tighter and tighter. After a moment, Xu Ranyuan raised his head with a solemn expression and said in a low voice, "She's already dead. She was already weak, and she was overly emotional just now, which caused her qi and blood to flow backwards. Her heart was overwhelmed and she was eventually suffocated to death."

When Jiang Yu heard this, he was immediately furious, his eyes turned red, and he roared: "I'm going to chop that bastard to death right now!" As he said that, he was about to rush out.

Seeing this, Cheng Yuntao hurriedly reached out to stop him. Jiang Yu looked puzzled: "Are you still going to plead for this scumbag?"

Cheng Yuntao shook her head and said calmly, "No, this scumbag deserves to die, but now is not the right time to do it. For now, we should report this matter to the authorities and then help bury this old man."

Jiang Yu listened, took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, nodded and said, "You are right."

With such a farce happening today, the herbal medicine stall naturally cannot be opened anymore.

After hurriedly closing their stalls, everyone moved the old lady's body out of the city and buried her in a quiet place with heavy hearts.

The yellow earth fell down, covering the old man with a rough fate, and also announcing the end of this farce. However, the anger and regret in the hearts of the people were difficult to calm down for a long time.

After returning home, Cheng Jingzhu and Shaobing sat on the stone bench in the yard. Both of them lowered their heads and looked particularly silent.

Cheng Yuntao finished her work and looked up to see them like this. She immediately understood.

She sighed softly, slowly walked over to the two of them, sat down on the stone bench, and said gently, "I know you're still thinking about what happened at the market today, and you're feeling bad, right?"

Cheng Jingzhu raised her head, her eyes full of confusion, and whispered, "Sister, I really can't understand how someone could be so mean? How could that person treat his own mother like this?"

Cheng Yuntao reached out and touched Cheng Jingzhu's head, then patted Shaobing's shoulder and said earnestly, "People in this world are not all good. Just like Tai Chi Bagua has two extremes, there are good people, and naturally there are bad people like Wang Mazi."

"There are many people like this, and similar things may happen again in the future."

Cheng Jingzhu frowned and asked worriedly, "What should we do if we run into someone like this again in the future?"

Cheng Yuntao looked him in the eye seriously and said, "If we keep giving in, others will think we are weak and can be bullied. When it is time to fight back, we must fight back appropriately. Just like today, if we don't fight for what is right, Wang Mazi will blackmail us. Not only will our reputation be ruined, but we may also lose money."

"A villain fears power, not virtue; a gentleman fears virtue, not power. It's useless to reason with someone like Wang Mazi. He only fears forces greater than himself. So we must make ourselves stronger, both mentally and physically."

"We understand!" Cheng Jingzhu and Shaobing looked at each other, and their originally confused emotions instantly dissipated a lot.