The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

Chapter 228

Live your life well!
A dog can't change its habit of eating excrement.

Selling wives, selling sons and daughters!

If you want to survive, you have to stay away!
“Our Luo family is not short of food. My daughter will not suffer this injustice. We ask the clan leader to be our witness. We want a divorce.”

Zhang Laosi was shocked; he never expected Luo Daya to dare to divorce him.

Moreover, she not only wants a divorce but also wants to take her two children with her.

"No, the child belongs to the Zhang family and cannot be taken away by you."

If the child were really taken away, where would he find twenty taels of silver to repay Chunfeng Tower? The thought of possibly having his hand chopped off made Zhang Laosi refuse to let the child go.

"Chief, ask him where he's taking the child?"

Luo Daya remembered her mother's words: protect your own child. Today, her father brought a group of uncles and elders to support her, so she was not afraid of anything.

She clearly realized that if she didn't get her child out of this hellhole today, she would never have another chance.

"I'm here to find you with my child."

“Zhang Laosi, that road leads to town. You said you were bringing the children to me to buy them candy, but do we even sell candy in Shuikou Village? You can fool others, but you can't fool me. You're just after the two children, you beast…”

The more she talked, the more upset she became, and she trembled with anger, her words becoming incoherent.

Aunt Luo sighed as she looked at Daya.

Fortunately, she did stand up for the child in the end.

She didn't have this courage before, so even when people are forced into a corner, there are still endless possibilities.

"Clan leader, our Luo family wants a divorce, and the child will stay with our Luo family. We ask you to be our witness."

"Zhang Laosi, are you really going to sell your own children?"

Selling one's children is not uncommon; it's only when natural disasters or man-made calamities make life unbearable that selling one's children to become servants for wealthy families is a way to give them food and a means of survival.

Now that the rebellion has been quelled, people can buy grain at a fair price based on their household registration, and the people can live a peaceful life. Yet he still has designs on his two children, which shows that he is not a good person.

"No, that's not true, Grandpa Chieftain, I am..."

“Zhang Laosi, a person should have a conscience. Even tigers don’t eat their cubs. Since you’ve done it this way, it’s understandable that the child is taken away by the Luo family.”

It must be said that the clan chief is a reasonable person.

Although he was also concerned about the Zhang family's reputation, one must have a conscience. Luo was a virtuous and honest woman who hadn't done anything outrageous after marrying into the Zhang family. On the contrary, Zhang Lao Si's own mother would bully her from time to time. It was understandable that she couldn't live like this anymore.

With her family backing her up, the clan leader decided not to be the bad guy and asked for a divorce.

"Let's go, let's write the divorce papers."

"Grandpa Chief, I don't want a divorce, I want to divorce my wife."

"Divorce?" Uncle Luo laughed angrily: "Which of the seven grounds for divorce did my daughter commit? If the Great Xia Dynasty didn't have the concept of divorce, my daughter would be entitled to divorce her husband."

"Zhang Laosi, it's not impossible for you not to get a divorce." Luo Xiaogang was furious. He took a step forward and whispered in his ear, "What do you think of this idea?"

"You...you dare!"

Zhang Laosi was terrified.

If they don't divorce, his sister will be widowed. Whether she observes three years of mourning before remarrying or returns to her parents' home, she will have peace and quiet and won't have to worry about being sold off.

"You can try it."

Luo Xiaogang realized that with such wicked people, you can only use vicious methods.

He was afraid of death and naturally wouldn't dare to gamble on whether he dared to do it.

Looking at Luo Xiaogang's cold face and then at the group of strong boatmen, Zhang Laosi had no choice but to reluctantly agree to the divorce. "You took two children with you. They are my offspring after all. You should compensate me. I don't want much, just twenty taels of silver will do."

Zhang Laosi made a last-ditch effort, trying to make a quick buck.

"Grandpa Clan Chief, is this a rule of your Zhang family, or is he just shameless?"

The clan chief felt that he had completely lost face today.

The Zhang family's bloodline was taken away and raised by the Luo family, and Zhang Laosi still had the nerve to ask for money. This can't be described as just thick-skinned; it can only be described as shameless.

Shameful, so shameful!
The clan leader's distant relatives, even those from a generation below him, all wanted to beat this unfilial grandson to death.

In the end, he made the decision and wrote the divorce papers, allowing the Luo family to take the child and the dowry.

"Elder Uncle, doesn't this make the Zhang family seem easy to bully?"

Zhang Laosi's biological mother, Zhang Fangshi, was still somewhat unwilling.

“Zhang Fangshi, you are a woman too. You can’t control your own son who is good-for-nothing and causes trouble all the time. You don’t care if he wants to sell his wife and children. The Luo family is capable, but they only took back their daughter and granddaughter. How can you feel that they have been bullied?”

“It is the father’s fault if he fails to teach his son. You, Zhang Laosi, are the biggest disgrace to our Zhang family. If you don’t discipline him properly, you will ruin the reputation of our Zhang family. Don’t blame me for being merciless and expelling your entire branch of the family.”

"Elder Uncle, no, we..."

Zhang Fangshi wanted to say something, but her husband pulled her aside and she quickly put on a smiling face.

"The saying goes, 'A wise man submits to circumstances.' If you're not blind, you can see that none of the people the Luo family brought are pushovers," the clan leader said. "Just because they can hire so many people to help, the Luo family can't be bad at their job. Your son is a scoundrel, and you still won't let go. Let them teach your son a lesson. Are you willing to do that?"

Even a fool knows that the Luo family is not to be trifled with.

So, we have no choice but to accept this loss, even if we don't want to.

The Luo family, Aunt Luo brought back Luo Daya and a pair of children.

Uncle Luo treated this group of brothers to drinks.

"Brother Luo, let's not drink today," one of the brothers said. "We'll come back for your wedding when your eldest daughter finds a good husband."

"Yes, yes, yes, it's not easy to find a three-legged toad in this world, but there are plenty of two-legged men. There are also good men who can support their families. When your eldest daughter finds a good husband, we'll all come and have a drink."

"Thank you all for your kind words. We were blind back then and pushed our daughter into a fire pit. We will definitely open our eyes and choose a better man when she remarries."

"Yes, we should choose carefully, there's no need to rush."

The group of boatmen had all left, and Uncle Luo sighed as he looked at his daughter with red and swollen eyes.

"Now that you're back, settle down and don't overthink things. Things have been alright at home these past two years. As long as we have food, you'll have food too. You won't starve," Uncle Luo said. "I'll have your mother find you a good family later..."

"Father, Mother, can your daughter not get married?"

Luo Daya was truly terrified.

Marriage is too risky; one wrong move and you could be sold to a brothel.

"It's okay if you don't get married; I heard you can register a female household."

Uncle Luo said, "If you have enough ability to support yourself and your two children, I have no objection if you don't marry me."

"Mother, please talk to Miss Xiao for me. I'll go and make pills for her. I'm very quick and efficient; I can support myself and my child. I'll never get married again..."

"You child, you have a long life ahead of you."

Aunt Luo felt a pang of sadness in her heart.

"I'll ask around for you later, that's a good idea."

Ultimately, you have to stand up on your own. Others can help you temporarily, but not forever. The only person who can truly help you is yourself.