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

As dawn broke, the sounds of people at the end of the village became increasingly noisy.

Liu Dawang quickly got up. It made no sense that everyone in the village had arrived, but he, who lived at the far end of the village, hadn't gotten up yet.

Those who arrived gathered in twos and threes, waiting for the village chief.

Liu Jinsheng arrived with several villagers, carrying an iron shovel.

When the villagers saw Liu Jinsheng arrive, they immediately gathered around him. "Village Chief, how should we do this work? You should set some rules."

Liu Jinsheng didn't rush to work. He started taking attendance and found that everyone who had registered was there. He was very satisfied. The villagers were quite supportive of him.

He looked at the road in the village and said, "Fellow villagers, let's clear the weeds from the road, widen the road surface, fill in the potholes with soil, and fill the middle of the road with more soil and tamp it down with stone pillars."

Liu Jinsheng began assigning tasks: who would clear weeds and widen the road, who would haul soil, who would fill in the soil, and who would compact the roadbed.

He assigned the tasks, and everyone immediately got to work. They chatted and laughed as they worked, something the villagers hadn't done together like this in many years.

As dawn broke, everyone got up. When Liu Siyue opened the door, he saw such a lively scene of work. He couldn't help but think of a song: "The People's Liberation Army, oh ho ho, is working on production, oh ho ho..." Thinking of the scene of the army and civilians working together, he couldn't help but smile happily.

The villagers are all quite simple and honest, but they lack a good leader.

News of the road construction and hawthorn harvest in Liujia Village quickly reached Bainiwan. The villagers of Bainiwan all pointed their fingers at the Lu family. "Did you all see that? Liu would rather go to a faraway place to harvest hawthorn than come to our Bainiwan, making us miss out on a chance to make money. She hates the Lu family, and even the villagers of Bainiwan are suffering because of her."

"Yes, the Lu family is truly despicable; they've dragged us down with them."

"Have you heard? Yesterday, the newly appointed village chief of Liujia Village led the villagers to start repairing the road in Liujia Village. They all say that the village chief built this road to curry favor with the Liu family."

"Whether the rumor is true or false, even if the village chief built the road to please the Liu family, it will still make it easier for the villagers to walk around."

If we could truly please Lady Liu, wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone?

"Liu has become quite capable now, and everyone wants to curry favor with her."

"That's for sure. If you become more capable, we'll be eager to support you too."

Old Lady Liu continued to wander around the village as usual. When the villagers saw her, they would either glare at her or spit at her from a distance, saying, "You shameless old hag, you're blocking our path to wealth. What bad luck!"

She moved closer to the crowd, and when everyone saw her coming, they all dispersed.

Wei Yuanguang, the village chief of Bainiwan Village, also heard about the hawthorn harvest and road repair in Liujia Village. He had some complaints about Liu Siyue. The Lu family had offended her, but the villagers of Bainiwan had not. Why did they go to such lengths to harvest the hawthorn instead of coming to Bainiwan?

When she was making a fuss about getting a divorce, he, as the village chief, had also helped her.

Whether the road construction in Liujia Village was an attempt to curry favor with the Liu family or a new official's first act of making a splash, it had nothing to do with him.

It was past noon, and the sun was still shining brightly. Liu Siyue had already asked her family to prepare several buckets of warm mint water with brown sugar in it.

Liu Siyue had her uncles carry the buckets out. She found Liu Jinsheng and said, "Uncle Village Chief, everyone has worked hard repairing the road. I've brought you some water so you can have a drink and relax."

Liu Jinsheng wiped his hands on his clothes, smiled and thanked him, then called out to the villagers, "Fellow villagers, everyone stop for a moment, April has brought you water, come and have some to refresh yourselves."

One villager took a sip and exclaimed in surprise, "This water is cool and sweet! They added sugar! It's so delicious!"

Hearing that sugar had been added to the water, everyone wanted to drink more. Several buckets of water were quickly finished by the group, who licked their lips, looking like they wanted more.

After drinking this water, he felt full of energy, and the way he looked at Liu Siyue was different.

"Alright, we've had our water. Let's get back to work and fix the road."

"The village chief said that when the villagers came to repair the road in the afternoon, he told them to carry all the hawthorns on their backs and he would weigh them for them."

Liu Jinsheng was somewhat excited, "April, thank you for your support of Uncle."

"I also hope that Liujia Village will get better and better under Uncle's leadership."

Liu Jinsheng shouted at the crowd again, "Folks, April said that if you have hawthorns at home, you can bring them over when you come to work this afternoon, and she will weigh them for you."

There was a moment of silence after hearing this, then everyone cheered, "That's wonderful! Our hawthorns can finally be sold!"

Just after lunch, the people delivering hawthorns from Fengyuan Village arrived. After unloading the goods, the villagers who delivered the fruit ate and drank. Then, Feng's mother, along with her sons, rode in an oxcart back to the village.

As soon as Feng's mother and the others arrived home, just as they caught their breath and before they even had a chance to drink water, several aunties, sisters, and older sisters from the village came over, calling out to them incessantly.

"Young lady, you've been enjoying yourself at your daughter's house for a few days now. Your complexion looks much better."

"Yes, sister-in-law, you didn't enjoy the good life with your son, but you've enjoyed it all with your daughter."

Overwhelmed by their enthusiasm, Mrs. Feng asked, "My dear sisters, what brings you all here today...?"

They glanced outside and said, "Sister-in-law, let's get straight to the point. We have something to discuss with you this time."

"Look at your sons and grandsons, they're all past the age for marriage. I see they're all honest and well-behaved children, so I'm considering a marriage alliance with your family."

"Yes, sister, our family is also considering a marriage alliance with you. We don't know what you're thinking, but we all know the children well, and we understand their temperaments."

Mrs. Feng was completely bewildered. Had all these people lost their minds? Did they not care that her family was poor?

"Ladies, you all know my family's situation. We really can't afford the dowry. Let's talk about it when we have more money in the future. We don't want to mistreat our daughter-in-law. Look at our dilapidated house, there's nowhere for her to live after she comes in."

"Young lady, as long as the children are interested in each other, we can arrange the engagement first. As for the betrothal gifts, it doesn't matter if we don't have money. We can give them grain, or we can give them together when the wedding takes place."

Mrs. Feng looked incredulous. Could this really work? Her son had become a hot commodity, yet she neither agreed nor refused outright. She simply said she would come back and ask the children what they thought, and told them to go home and wait for news.

After seeing the man off, Mother Feng called her two daughters-in-law over. "Eldest daughter-in-law, second daughter-in-law, what happened in the village while I was away?"

"Nothing happened, everything in the village is normal."

"Oh, right, Mother, it's just that a few aunties often come to our house to ask about your grandsons' and uncles' marriage prospects. Since you're not home, we send them away."

"Were those the same people from earlier?"

"That was just a few of them. The village chief's wife came, as did a few other women from the village and a few women from other villages."

"Mom, why has our world changed so suddenly?"

Mother Feng chuckled, "How did things change? It's all because your younger sister's family is doing well now. Everyone wants your younger sister to help our family, and our family's life will improve sooner or later."

Take this harvest of hawthorns for example. You all helped your own families. If you were to marry into our family, wouldn't their daughters help their own families in return?