Divorced by her husband's family and rejected by her own! She defiantly turned her life around

The village chief asked for a few quilts back, but he didn't know how to explain it to Liu Dawang. He sighed and said he would take people to search carefully again when it was light tomorrow. He refused to believe that he couldn't find them.

Those people were very smug. So what if the village chief came? He couldn't find anything, so it was all for nothing. They went to carry bricks and tiles back to repair their own houses. Even if they didn't repair the houses, they could still sell them cheaply for money.

Village Chief Liu arrived at Liu Dawang's house with his two sons and several villagers. After putting down their things, no one greeted him, which was somewhat awkward. Feng Shi was still asleep, but his wife was sitting by the bedside. He went over and asked, "How is she?"

"The person hasn't woken up yet."

The village chief glanced at Liu Dawang, who was squatting in the corner, and walked over. "Dawang~"

Liu Dawang didn't look at him, keeping his head down. Liu Ruyun said, "Village Chief, Auntie, you should go back. It's getting late." Wang Cuilan sensed the distance in Liu Ruyun's tone, and none of the other children spoke.

Wang Cuilan agreed, "Then we'll head back now. Remember to come find us if you need anything."

Wang Cuilan walked in front, followed closely by her two sons, with the village chief bringing up the rear. Liu Hongyu could no longer hold back. "Dad, what are we going to do? You gave them your things and didn't get them back, and Aunt Feng hasn't woken up yet. Don't you think they're very distant from our family now? Can our two families still have anything to do with each other? Are you going to ruin our family for a few scoundrels, for the sake of your so-called reputation in the village? Is it worth it?"

"I'm the village chief. Shouldn't I think about the well-being of the entire village? What have I done wrong?"

"You did it for the village, that's true, but you shouldn't have pressured Uncle Dawang, and you shouldn't have let those scoundrels get away with it. You should have called for people to arrest them on the spot, apologize to Uncle Dawang's family, and punish them. We can't let them get away with this."

"What Father did today is actually condoning their actions, and they might cause even bigger trouble in the future."

"Shut the hell up! Can't you see I'm annoyed?"

Back home, Wang Cuilan closed the door and started arguing with the village chief. The village chief insisted that he was acting in the best interests of the village and was not wrong. As for Dawang, he said he would explain things later.

The two argued louder and louder until Wang Cuilan finally burst into tears. The village chief lay down on the bed and covered his head with the blanket.

Liu Hongyu and Liu Hongsheng thought their father had hit someone, so they quickly ran over and asked, "Mom, open the door! Did Dad hit you?"

Hearing her two sons' anxious voices, Wang Cuilan felt much warmer. She got up and opened the door. "No, I just had a little argument with your father. It's nothing. You two should go back and rest."

"Mother, call us if you need anything."

"Yes, go back quickly."

In the middle of the night, the cold moonlight hung high in the sky, casting dappled shadows on the earth. Dozens of dark figures, pulling and shuffling, stealthily approached Liu Dawang's door and began moving bricks and tiles. A worker living on the construction site heard the commotion and came out to investigate. He saw a group of dark figures stealing bricks and tiles and immediately shouted, "Help! Someone is stealing bricks and tiles!"

Liu Dawang quickly got up to check. He told Liu Ruyun and the others to go back inside and close the door. Liu Ruyun, still worried, instructed, "Father, they outnumber us. Don't fight them head-on. Let's wait until dawn."

"Father knows."

Liu Dawang told his masters not to take any risks, as it would be bad if someone got hurt in the dark.

Since the host had said so, they naturally had nothing to say. The few families living at the end of the village also peered out from over the wall. They were startled by so many people and didn't dare to come out.

He watched helplessly as they hauled away truckloads of bricks and tiles, causing a ruckus for most of the night. After they left, Liu Dawang secretly followed them with one other person and discovered that they hadn't hidden the bricks and tiles at home, but rather in a grove of trees outside the village.

Fearing he would be discovered, he quickly retreated.

The next day, as dawn broke and the villagers came to work, no one noticed that the bricks and tiles were missing. Just as they were about to continue working, Liu Dawang came out and said, "Everyone, go home today. We don't need to work anymore."

"Uncle Dawang, are you abandoning the house halfway through construction?"

"I'd like to build one, but what would I use? Didn't you notice something was missing when you came in?"

"What's missing?" They were so focused on walking that they didn't notice anything. One of them quickly ran out to check, and what he saw shocked him.

"Oh no, oh no, all the bricks and tiles are gone!"

"What? The bricks and tiles are gone? Where did they go?"

Liu Dawang sighed, "Last night a group of men with weapons came and stole all the bricks and tiles. We wanted to stop them but didn't dare. They outnumbered us and we were no match for them. It would have been even worse if someone had been hurt."

These thieves have some nerve, daring to come to the village to steal! This has ruined their livelihood. We must tell the village chief immediately! A villager rushed to tell the village chief, who was dumbfounded. He knew without a doubt who had done it. He took his two sons and went to Liu Qingshan's house, but found nothing. He went to the other houses as well, but found nothing there either.

The village chief wondered if he was mistaken and that someone else had stolen the things. He led his men to Liu Dawang's house and asked for details. Liu Dawang told him the truth.

The village chief immediately led his men to the grove outside the village to look for the bricks. Sure enough, they found truckloads of bricks parked in the grove. He ordered the bricks to be taken back and the work to continue.

After all the bricks were unloaded, "Village chief, look, this is so-and-so's cart. I recognize it. I borrowed their cart before. If you don't believe me, look, a piece is missing here." The village chief looked and it was indeed true.

He wanted to punish them according to village and clan rules, and make them hand over all their belongings.

Village Chief Liu ordered everyone to stop working for the day so he could deal with the pests in the village. He led his men to arrest the heads of 14 households and take them to the Liu Clan Ancestral Hall. Of these 14 households, 12 were members of the Liu clan and 2 were from other clans. He also invited the clan chief and several elders of the Liu clan.

In front of everyone, the village chief ordered these people to hand over everything they had taken from Liu Dawang's house to get Ali. They said they had only taken the quilt and nothing else, and that the quilt had been taken away by the village chief that same day.

Liu Dawang and Liu Ruyun squeezed through the crowd. Liu Dawang said to the clan chief and several elders, "Please help me, clan chief and elders. These people have robbed my house of everything. In addition to the stolen goods, they also lost 130 taels of silver."

My family members were all injured, and my wife, Ms. Feng, is still unconscious.

They stole bricks and tiles from my house last night. The workers at the construction site can testify to this. Please, clan elder, help us.

The village chief had no idea that Liu Dawang's family had lost silver. He looked at everyone and said, "Whoever took the silver, hand it over quickly, or I really can't protect you."

There was an elder in the Liu clan, whom everyone called Sixth Uncle. He was older than the clan head and had always had a good relationship with the old man of the Liu family. However, he was very displeased with the behavior of Liu Dawang's family these days. What was so great about a child who had died out and was not filial to his parents? He glanced at the village chief and said, "Maoquan, they just lost this silver like that. They said it was 130 taels, so it was 130 taels. Maybe they were just trying to extort money from us."

"You're the village chief, you can't just jump to conclusions. It's right not to escalate things. It's not a big deal, everyone just needs to return the things. Besides, shouldn't they offer some compensation? After all, they lost their son; respect for the deceased is paramount!"

"Sixth Uncle is right. They can't just use their money to frame us. Who knows the pain in our hearts?"

When these people saw that Uncle Liu was backing them up, they immediately straightened their backs. After all, the clan leader had to listen to Uncle Liu.