When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0871

Wanda was indeed in poor health, but it wasn’t to the point where eating or drinking was difficult. Her condition had worsened because of events that happened around Christmas.

Back then, the village was mainly dependent on farming. Five years ago, Ollie suffered an injury at a construction site, making him a cripple.

Now that he had no option to work outside the village, he decided to stay home and started farming on their small plot of land. He cleared the wooded area behind their home to plant fruit trees.

In the first two years, he was cautious and only planted a small area to gain experience.

Later, he gradually expanded the planting area after gaining more experience and skill. Two years ago, they had an exceptional harvest. The Cliffords managed to earn a substantial amount of money in addition to favorable market conditions.

Their success attracted jealousy from the villagers. The Cliffords had always kept to themselves and didn’t interact much with the others, so the jealousy festered into resentment and hostility.

Unfortunately, their good luck didn’t last long. The weather was bad last year. Not only was the harvest reduced by half, but the quality of the fruit was also poor.

In addition, the roots of many trees were rotten due to prolonged rains, causing significant

losses.

Joli secretly took on a part–time job at a laboratory

he even gave his family some extra money

were large and sweet because of Ollie’s diligent care. Moreover, a pest infestation of the cherry orchards in Gaderstone caused cherry prices across the country to soar.

a distributor from another city who agreed to purchase all their cherries for this year. He even preordered the next year’s crop. Ollie was overjoyed! On Christmas Eve, the

disaster struck

interrupted, “Joli, drink some water.

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family from the village who ran a booming business, a driving school in the town nearby. Once they became wealthy, the Sneiders returned to Swampert Village and claimed the best plot of land to

prosper, and they did very

had two sons, Kenny Sneider and Shawn

They ruled the village like tyrants, using their fists to keep others in check and

actions and allowed them to run wild, bullying the

of the family. Whenever he received complaints from the villagers, he dismissed them with a casual remark,

would pay off the aggrieved party. After all, the Sneiders weren’t short on

way to deal with the Sneider family. Most of them chose to avoid them and tolerate their bullying. Even if they were oppressed, they could only swallow