HER FATHER LEFT HER BARREN LAND… YEARS LATER, HE BEGGED TO EAT HIS HARVEST
The notary slammed the folder shut with a sharp click that sounded like a death sentence. “This barren land is your inheritance.” Mariana, 28 years old and with a useless university degree in her hands, received the land her father considered his greatest failure. But seven years later, that same scorned woman would become the owner of an agricultural empire that would make the man who swore that not a single blade of grass would ever grow on that land weep with regret. But before we begin this inspiring story, comment below with the city you’re watching from and leave a
like to continue following us. The notary’s office smelled of old paper and broken promises. Mariana Castellanos clutched the university degree she had earned with so much sacrifice, while her father, Don Augusto Castellanos, looked at her with the contempt she knew all too well.
“An agricultural engineer,” she spat out the words like poison. Four years wasted at university to end up a useless woman, who knows nothing about real life. The notary cleared his throat uncomfortably, adjusting his glasses. He had witnessed many contentious inheritances, but this one had a particularly bitter taste. “Don Augusto, if you’ll allow me to continue reading the will, please proceed,” the 62-year-old man grunted, leaning back in his leather chair.
His expensive suit contrasted starkly with the simple clothes Mariana had managed to buy with her meager savings. The notary read in a monotone voice. “To my eldest son, Roberto Castellanos, I bequeath the San Agustín ranch with its 200 hectares of fertile land, the main house, the livestock, and all the agricultural machinery.”
Roberto, seated across the table, smiled contentedly. At 35, he was the spitting image of his father: arrogant, ruthless, and convinced of his own superiority. He bequeathed his youngest daughter, Mariana Castellanos, to her. The notary paused, as if the words pained him to utter them. He was leaving her the land known as the swamp, with its 20 hectares of infertile soil, no access to running water, and no habitable buildings.
“The silence that followed was louder than a scream. 20 hectares,” Mariana murmured, feeling the ground disappear beneath her feet. “Dad, only 20 hectares.” Don Augusto rose slowly, walking toward her with deliberate steps. He stood before his daughter and looked at her with a chilling coldness.
“Only 20 hectares,” he repeated sarcastically. “Listen to her, notary. The young college student thinks she deserves more.” “Dad, I didn’t say that. It’s just that… it’s just that…” he interrupted, raising his voice. Did you expect to inherit the same as your brother? Did you think your little books and your studies were worth something? Tears threatened to spill, but Mariana held them back.
She wouldn’t give him that satisfaction. Not here, not in front of the notary and Roberto, who was watching the scene with a cruel smile on his lips. “Roberto is a real man,” Don Augusto continued, pointing to his son with pride. “He knows how to work the land. He understands what it means to be a Castilian.”
“You, on the other hand, are a disappointment.” “I studied for five years to be an agricultural engineer,” Mariana replied, her voice trembling but firm. “I know things about agriculture that neither you nor Roberto do.” The slap came before she could finish the sentence. The sound echoed in the office like a gunshot.
The notary stood up, alarmed, but Don Augusto stopped him with a gesture of his hand. “Don’t you dare,” the father hissed, bringing his face close to hers. “Don’t you dare compare yourself to us. A woman in serious business. A woman should marry, have children, obey. But you, you had to be different. You had to embarrass me by going to university.” Mariana touched her burning cheek.
The tears could no longer be held back and streamed freely down her face. “That land,” Don Augusto said, returning to his chair. “That damned piece of barren land is all you deserve. My father bought it 40 years ago thinking he could do something with it. He spent a fortune trying to cultivate it.
He brought in experts, drilled wells, tried everything.” “Do you know what grew there?” Mariana shook her head, unable to speak. “Nothing,” he replied with a cruel smile. “Absolutely nothing. Not even weeds. It’s dead land, soil.” “My father died hating that place because it cost him more money than it ever produced.” Roberto burst out laughing. “It’s perfect, Dad.”
The all-knowing engineer receives the land no one else could cultivate. It will be fun to watch her fail. Fail. Don Augusto got up again and walked to the window. She already failed the day she was born a woman. This is simply making her uselessness official. The notary tried to intervene. Don Augusto, with all due respect. The young Mariana is an agricultural engineer, graduated with honors, perhaps with modern knowledge. Knowledge
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