"But, some men in the town coveted Lanzhi's beauty and wanted to take her as a concubine.
However, Lanzhi had married Ah Niu, so they resented Ah Niu, ostracized him, and framed him.
Ah Niu was harassed everywhere, and since he had no money to support his family, he followed me up the mountain again to chop wood, and I would sell the wood for him and give him the money.
Once, when Ah Niu and I went up the mountain to chop wood, he accidentally fell down the mountain and suffered serious injuries, and not long after returning, he died."
Old Man Qiao paused here, falling silent.
It seemed he didn't want to speak about what happened next.
"What happened after that?" Shen Wu asked anxiously.
"Later... later Lanzhi became a widow. Those men became even more determined to have her, harassing her at her home every day... Lanzhi firmly refused, and it continued like that for over half a year."
