After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 385 Mother-in-law is arrested by the government

Even if these villagers hadn't helped out at Su Xiaoxiao's workshop, they would still have been biased towards those in power, believing that Old Lady Wang was in the wrong.

Moreover, now that Old Mrs. Wang has burned down the workshop, their jobs are in jeopardy, and their own houses were almost destroyed in the fire. Naturally, the villagers hate Old Mrs. Wang even more.

That old lady Wang is truly shameless. She extinguished all their hopes with a single fire. She deserves to lose her son and have her daughter imprisoned overnight.

The villagers pointed at Old Mrs. Wang's back and cursed her.

At this point, Old Mrs. Wang felt utterly humiliated and had lost all face.

When she learned that Su Ping'an and Su Xiaoxiao were planning to go to the capital to rescue her daughter Su Xiu'er that day, she felt guilty for a moment, wondering if her revenge was a little too hasty.

But what could she do? She had already set the fire. Old Mrs. Wang stiffened her neck, as if to say, "Kill me or torture me, it's up to you!"

Because of the firefighting, the cuts Su Ping'an had made on the cliff edge had reopened, and blood was seeping from the bandaged wounds.

The villagers were deeply saddened to see that the once thriving jam workshop had been burned to ashes.

The village head also rushed over in a hurry. After learning what had happened and that it was Old Lady Wang who had set the fire, the matter became somewhat difficult to handle.

To be honest, this is still their own family matter, and they don't know how to handle it to give everyone a satisfactory answer.

Everyone turned their gaze to Su Xiaoxiao. Su Xiaoxiao was the owner of this workshop, so it was up to her to decide what to do. In any case, the person who set the fire was her mother-in-law, and this was not a matter for others to interfere with. Therefore, everyone was still a little unsure of what to do.

Su Xiaoxiao calmly said, "Uncle Village Head, now that things have come to this, I have nothing more to say but to report it to the authorities."

"Report to the official?"

Everyone could hardly believe their ears. Could they have heard correctly? No matter what, Old Madam Wang was Su Ping'an's mother and Su Xiaoxiao's mother-in-law.

When Old Mrs. Wang heard Su Xiaoxiao utter the words "report to the authorities," she immediately went ballistic.

"Report to the authorities? Hey, everyone, come and be the judge! What kind of behavior is this?! She actually said she would report to the authorities and have her own mother-in-law arrested! Is this something a human being would do?"

The others were all discussing the matter. Some thought it was right to report it to the authorities, since Old Madam Wang had deliberately set fire to Su Xiaoxiao's large workshop, causing heavy losses.

However, some people say that even an upright official finds it difficult to settle family disputes, and this should be their own family matter, not something that should be taken so seriously by the government.

Everyone knows that under the current laws, discovering such a heinous arsonist is a very serious crime, not just a simple matter of arrest. What Su Xiaoxiao did was indeed quite extreme.

The village head was also stunned, and Old Man Su was equally stunned. "Xiaoxiao, isn't reporting this to the authorities a bit too much of a fuss?"

The Su family members were also there to persuade her, but Su Ping'an looked at Su Xiaoxiao and swallowed his words.

"That's settled then, don't come and try to persuade me anymore!"

Su Xiaoxiao's tone left no room for argument. At this moment, everyone around her was intimidated by her aura and dared not say a word.

The village head sighed. Having no other option, he had to notify the authorities. Just before dawn, the officials finally arrived and arrested Old Madam Wang. One of the officials, surnamed Shi, was in charge of the area. Upon receiving a report that a workshop had been set on fire, causing considerable damage, he didn't delay and quickly arrived with his men.

After arriving here and learning about the situation, it turned out that the mother-in-law had set the fire, and the person who reported it was the daughter-in-law. Looking at the scene, the damage was indeed considerable. In fact, with such a large loss, in addition to arresting the culprit and sentencing them to several decades, they would also have to pay a fine. It seems that this old lady Wang is not going to have a good ending this time.

The soldiers, acting on orders, rushed over and tied up Old Mrs. Wang. Old Mrs. Wang was still defiant, her neck stiffening, and she even struck a pose as if she were bravely going to her execution. She was full of resentment and discontent, and it seemed that she really did not want to bow her head.

The other soldiers didn't hold back either, kicking Old Lady Wang to the ground and then trying to abduct her to the yamen.

Old Man Su realized that if he didn't come and beg Su Xiaoxiao, it would really be too late.

"Xiaoxiao, you can't send your mother to the authorities! If you send her away like this, she won't be able to come back. She's almost at the end of her life; won't she be tortured to death in prison?"

Old Su was right; at her age, if Old Lady Wang went to jail, her chances of survival would be slim.

Su Xiaoxiao helped the old man up from the ground and patiently reasoned with him: "Dad, this is not something I can decide. What Mom did has already broken the law. Whether or not to arrest her is up to the officials. The law applies to everyone equally. Just because she is old doesn't mean that she can be let off the hook for murder and arson."

Su Xiaoxiao was right. You can't say that just because someone is old, the law will forgive them because of their age. There has never been such a thing since ancient times.

"Go ahead and arrest me! I've been ruined by that wicked vixen! Look at me, everyone! I'm so lucky to have such a daughter-in-law. Don't be like me, bringing such a vixen into your family. Not only is her background unknown, but she seems to have no relatives at all and doesn't understand what family is. She's like a creature that sprang from a rock. She's ruined our Su family! Look at her! Since she married into our Su family, has there been a single good day? There's never a peaceful day in our home, all because of this little vixen!"

Old Mrs. Wang, pretending to be a heroic and righteous woman, spouted nonsense here. And you know what? Some of the superstitious villagers actually found her words somewhat plausible.

Before Su Xiaoxiao married into the family, the Su family was indeed a fairly harmonious family in the village.

Even if there are occasional arguments between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, that's only natural.