It was saddening that this woman happened to be the biological mother of Jeon Jeongguk madam Jeon .
Back then, she was in a dystocia giving birth to Jeongguk. Hence, she treated him as a jinx. She always abused him and treated him harshly.
When Jeongguk was five years old, a priest came to the village and built a Taoist temple halfway up the mountain. He needed some children aged five to twelve to be Daotong.
Every month, these families could collect a hundred cash from this temple.
Jeongguk was sent to the temple by his parents until two months ago, the Taoist temple suddenly exploded, killing the priest and three other children.
Jeongguk escaped this misfortune as he went down the mountain to fetch water.
His parents arranged a marriage for him after he returned home. It turned out that his fiancé was the young master of the wealthy Wu family in the town.
Jeongguk was honest and kind. he really believed Mrs. Jeon's claim that he owed her and had to find him a good marriage.
But last night, he accidentally overheard his parents' conversation when he was in the bathroom.
It turned out that the wealthy Young Master Wu had suddenly fallen seriously ill recently. He was so sick that he could not get out of bed. His time was about to come.
Young Master Wu was very adored at home and the Wu family could not bear to let him go without a wife.
Therefore, they wanted him to get married before his death, so that his wife could die with him on that day. Hence, he would not be lonely in the afterworld.
The Wu family also knew that this wasn't an easy matter. Hence, they released the news that they were willing to spend a hundred taels of silver on the betrothal gift.
They would follow the usual procedure for a marriage and bury his wife together with him. As long as the bride's family agreed, the government would not be able to interfere.
If Young Master Wu was fine, countless families would have rushed to marry their daughter and son here.
However, the bride had to sacrifice herself/himself as his wife. Therefore, no crazy family would want to marry their daughters and son's here.
Coincidentally, Jeongguk had such crazy parents.
For the sake of a hundred taels of silver, they don't mind ruining his future. Such a family was rare. In fact, they were the only ones in the entire village.
Today, the Wu family sent someone to the Jeon family. They were fetching the bride to town to prepare for the wedding the next day.
Of course, after Jeongguk found out the truth, he wasn't willing to go.
Hence, Jeonggukk's biological mother forcefully dragged him away. She even gave a few slaps and beat him on the ground.
While he was trying to dodge, his head accidentally hit a sharp stone. Jeon Jungkook's soul took over his body when he succumbed to his injuries.
Madam jeon did not expect her honest and weak son to have the gut to grab her hand and resist.