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

Liu Siyue was deeply moved by the village chief and his wife's concern. She smiled and said, "I'm already divorced, and my reputation was already bad. I let them bully me at will because of my reputation. When I needed them, they ignored me. But when they found out I had money, they came to take me home. Everyone knows what they're up to."

They call themselves parents? Do parents ever scold their children like that? I'd be ashamed of parents who do that. Since reasoning won't work, let's settle it with force. I'm ready to go all out now. A barefoot person isn't afraid of someone wearing shoes. Every time they come, I'll beat them up until they're too scared to come back.

They're going to sue me. Let them sue all they want, let's see if they have the guts. Uncle Village Chief, I beat them up today, they might go back and complain to you, causing you trouble."

"It's alright. Everyone in the village knows what kind of people they are. You don't need to worry about it. If they come looking for me, I'll handle it myself."

After Village Chief Liu and his wife left, Liu Siyue quickly asked Liu Ruyun to take her to retrieve the basket, fearing that if someone else went to get it, it would give her away.

Liu Ruyun took the contents out of her basket, and as Liu Siyue had predicted, she had only bought 5 jin of pork and 10 jin of white rice, without buying any other vegetables.

Liu Siyue took out the items from the basket one by one, and everyone was dumbfounded: 5 catties of brown sugar, 5 catties of pastries, 4 jars of 1 catty wine, 1 jar of 2 catties wine, two fish, two chickens, and a bag of sugar.

"Why did you buy all this stuff in April? How much did it cost?"

"Second Uncle, Second Aunt, these are all gifts. We're having a feast today, so we can't just have a plate of pork and two vegetables. They've helped me so much, so we should treat them well. Favors are used up more and more, and relationships are shallower and shallower. I'll still have to live in the village and rely on them for help in the future, so I should still give them the gifts I need. It will be much easier to ask for help in the future."

I also want to give gifts to Sister-in-law Zaohua, who helped me feed my child, and to Doctor Wu. I will always remember how they helped me in my time of need. The things I bought were just right: four jars of liquor, one each for Uncle Village Chief, Uncle Youtian, Doctor Wu, and Uncle Er; two jars of liquor for everyone to drink tonight; a bag of brown sugar for each family; a bag of pastries for each family; and Sister-in-law Zaohua's family will also give me 10 or 20 eggs.

I didn't buy any eggs; my basket was too big to hold them all, and I was afraid they'd break. I'll just buy them from the village later.

Second Uncle, Second Aunt, do you think this way of giving gifts is appropriate?

"April, isn't that too much and too expensive? Several hundred coins for one family. Wine and brown sugar are not cheap either. How about we send two items to each family? Good things come in pairs, and it's auspicious to have them. Usually, no one sends three items as gifts," said Auntie.

"Your second aunt is right, keep one."

Liu Siyue didn't think that much about it. Since they were particular, then let them do it their way. "Okay, I'll listen to you. I don't have much experience, so please give me more guidance from my second uncle, second aunt, and cousin in the future."

Finally, they decided to leave the brown sugar, and give each family a jar of wine and a bag of pastries. Since they all had children, the pastries were perfect for both adults and children. The village chief and his family loved to drink, so it suited their tastes. They also gave Zao Hua a bag of brown sugar and 10 eggs. They had eggs at home, and both the brown sugar and eggs were what the new mother needed.

In the end, the decision was made happily. There were 4 packs of brown sugar left and 2 packs of pastries.

"It's April, and we still have so much brown sugar left. We can't finish it all. Do you think we can return it?"

"Second Aunt, no need to return it. Just keep it for yourself. There are many people in the family, so it won't spoil. If something happens to the family someday, you can give it away if you want."

"Oh, you child, you never know how to be frugal. At this rate, you'll spend all that silver in no time."

"Second Aunt, don't worry, I'll find a way to earn money."

"Ruyue and Ruxing have worked so hard taking care of Yao'er these past few days, this bag of candy is a reward for you." The two were overjoyed and exclaimed, "So many pretty candies! Thank you, cousin, you're so kind."

Liu Siyue gave them fruit candies, which came in various shapes and colors. "Siyue, why did you buy so many candies for them? These candies don't look cheap; they must be more expensive than brown sugar," said her second aunt.

"Yes, in April, just buy them a few sweets, there's no need to buy so many. Besides, I've never seen this kind of candy in town before, where did you buy it?"

Liu Siyue quickly came up with a solution, "Oh, I bought this from a peddler carrying a load on a shoulder pole. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to find it next time, so I bought a little more."

They all expressed their helplessness regarding Liu Siyue's actions.

Liu Ruyun said, "Father and Mother, Siyue and I will go to give gifts to Doctor Wu. I also want to settle the medicine bill. We have been in debt for too long, and Doctor Wu is too embarrassed to say anything. But we can't pretend to be deaf and dumb. We didn't have it before because there was nothing we could do, but it would be unreasonable to have it now."

I will work hard to earn money in the future, and in April I will support my family.

As my second aunt listened, she burst into tears. "It's all my fault. I always wanted to give you a younger brother so that you would have someone to support you when you got married. But I'm useless. I still couldn't give birth to a son, and I gave you two younger sisters instead. Not only did I ruin my health, but I also dragged you sisters down and this family down."

Seeing you all working so hard for this family every day makes me feel terrible. I don't even want to live anymore. But your father won't allow me to die. He said if I dare to die, he will die first and see what I will do with these children.

Mother knows your father said that on purpose because he was afraid I would do something rash. Later, I came to terms with it. As long as your father doesn't despise me, I'll just shamelessly live on, watch you grow up, and hope you'll marry into good families and live a peaceful life.

"Mother, I've said I won't get married. I'll stay at home to take care of you, Father, and my two younger sisters. I'll be content if I can find good husbands for my second and third sisters."

Ru Xue Ru Yun hurriedly said, "We won't get married either. We'll stay at home with our eldest sister to take care of our parents and younger sister. Besides, what's so good about getting married? Look at so-and-so in the village. She was bullied by her mother-in-law and sister-in-law not long after she got married. And what about our mother? She was bullied by the people in the old house. And what happened to Si Yue? No man is any good."

After Ruxue finished speaking, she remembered her father. "Of course, besides Father, Father is the best man in the world, and also the best father."

Liu Dawang's face, which had just turned green, slowly turned red again, which was quite funny. Liu Dawang didn't want to listen to the women chatting anymore, so he got up and went to work. As soon as Liu Dawang left, everyone burst out laughing. Hearing the cheerful laughter, Liu Dawang laughed too. It seemed that since his niece came to visit, there had been more laughter in the house.

Aunt Feng started coughing violently a moment later. "Mother, let me help you back to your room to lie down."

"Big sister, everyone from the old house came and made a ruckus today, so we all forgot to cook. Nobody's eaten yet!"

"Then hurry up and cook some porridge, so everyone can have some to tide them over, and we can have something delicious tonight." Ru Xue and Ru Yu quickly went to cook.

Liu Siyue then remembered her daughter, "Oh dear, I forgot to feed the child."

"Don't worry, cousin. Yao'er has already had some of Zao Hua's milk. She hasn't heard any crying and is sleeping."

When Liu Siyue went into the room, she saw that the child had his eyes open and was sucking his fingers. "Are you hungry? I'll feed you now." She closed the door, and everyone knew what she was going to do.

She carried the baby into the space, went to the room, and started making formula for the baby.