A week later, the 150,000 dollars were finally handed to Mr. Pool.
After learning the news, her father came home and whipped her, "You little slut, hiding money, aren't you? Speak! Do you have more? Where did you hide it?"
Even as the whip struck her painfully, she didn't make a sound.
The neighbors eventually couldn't stand by any longer and collectively gave her father a beating, with one strong neighbor warning him, "Do it again, and I'll break your legs."
From then on, her father didn't dare to come home for a few years. It was said that he hit the jackpot in a gamble, made some money, and took off with his mistress, leaving her mother and sisters behind.
After repaying Mr. Pool, Ave and her family had wanted to leave this place of sorrow, but they couldn't because they owed some of their neighbors money and had to pay it back.
Her mother's health had collapsed completely, and it was a blessing if she didn't fall ill. Her younger sister was still a child...
