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.

from Sophie after helping Yasmine. This money saved the family from a financial crisis. Later, Joli secretly took on a part–time job at a laboratory off–campus that paid quite well. He managed to earn enough money and

gave his family some extra money which

trees they planted last year began bearing fruit this year. The cherries were large and sweet because of Ollie’s diligent care. Moreover, a pest infestation of the cherry orchards

purchase all their cherries for this year. He even preordered the next year’s crop. Ollie was overjoyed! On Christmas Eve, the family was full of cheer. They believed that they had a bright future

disaster struck the next

interrupted, “Joli, drink some water. Let

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town nearby. Once they became wealthy, the

continued to prosper, and they did

sons, Kenny Sneider and

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

Sneider family turned a blind eye to their actions and

received complaints from the villagers,

that didn’t work, he would pay off the aggrieved party. After

had no way to deal with the Sneider family. Most of them chose to avoid them and tolerate their bullying. Even if they were