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

After finishing work, Ye Wenxiu and Liu Fusheng's wife, Lin Tao, discussed the matter. After dinner, Liu Youtian went to their house to discuss the oxcart.

Ye Wenxiu and her daughter rushed back to cook, but before the food was even ready, the father and son returned.

"You're back. Go wash up quickly, dinner will be ready soon."

"Master, you didn't find much medicinal herb today?"

"Yes, it's getting harder and harder to dig up medicinal herbs in the mountains. Stone and I walked a long way today and only dug up this little bit. We walked too much today, and my legs are a bit sore."

"How about we take a few days off? I have something to tell you all."

"Well, Fusheng and I have discussed it, and we plan to take a few days off and figure something out later. What do you want to tell us?"

"The Feng brothers delivered a cartload of medicinal herbs today. In April, they asked me to tell you that we're going to sell the herbs in the county town tomorrow, and we'll have to find an oxcart ourselves."

When I finished work, I discussed it with Sister Tao'er. We decided to go to their house after dinner to see how to fix the oxcart.

"Okay, if we make a lot of money this time, I'd like to buy a bullock cart for our family. It would be much more convenient to have a bullock cart, and we can get a cheaper price when buying cattle at this time."

"Buying an oxcart is great! We can use it for farming or hauling goods. Dad, I agree!" Stone said excitedly.

"Can we buy the oxcart later? I want to save the money from this trip and build the house first, then Shi Tou will have a wife."

"I can't rest easy until Shi Tou's wife comes home. Look at all the girls in the village who are about Shi Tou's age, they all have two kids already."

"Mom, don't rush into finding a wife. Let's focus on making money first. Once we have money and our lives are better, finding a wife won't be difficult."

I want to show those who once looked down on me that I, Liu Shitou, will not be poor forever, and that I will rise to prominence one day.

"Well, don't be in such a hurry. Sooner or later you'll be able to hold your grandson."

"I think my son is right, we're not in a hurry."

"What do you know? If we had a daughter-in-law, we would have more help at home. Whether she cooks at home or works with us to earn money, wouldn't it be better for the whole family to work together?"

Even after the engagement, it will take at least a year and a half before the wedding. It's not like the engagement and wedding can happen immediately. Besides, we don't even know where the bride is right now.

"I think your mother is right. Let's not buy the oxcart for now, let's finish building the house first."

"Dad, why are you like a weather vane, always swaying whichever way the wind blows?"

"How dare this child talk to his father like that? Your father is speaking based on reason."

"Alright, this time you two will listen to me. Once our house is built and your marriage is settled, you can do whatever you want."

"Hurry up and eat, we have important things to do after you finish."

After the meal, Liu Youtian took his wife to the clan chief's house.

"Uncle, Aunt, Brother Fusheng, Sister-in-law."

"You've arrived, please have a seat."

"Brother Fusheng, what should we do with our oxcart? Only Grandpa Hu and Maoquan's family in the village have oxcarts."

"I think we should rent Grandpa Hu's oxcart. I'm afraid they'll feel bad if we go directly to Maoquan's house. If Grandpa Hu's oxcart is full, then we can go to Maoquan's house."

"Won't doing this make Maoquan feel like we're becoming distant from him?"

We used to always borrow an oxcart from him whenever we needed something.

"It's easy to overthink, Dad. What should we do?"

"Go directly to Maoquan's house to rent an oxcart. If he's petty and refuses to rent it to us, then we shouldn't associate with him anymore. We should just rent from Grandpa Hu, even if it costs more."

"Alright, let's go now while it's still early."

The two walked along, muttering to themselves, "Do you think Maoquan will rent the oxcart to us?"

"I don't know. We haven't seen him since he came back from the county. Wang and the children are all reasonable people. I just don't know if Maoquan can get through this."

When the two arrived at the door, Liu Youtian went up and knocked on the door, "Hongyu, Hongsheng, it's your Uncle Youtian, please open the door for your uncle."

Liu Hongyu immediately rushed out and opened the door. He was very happy that they came. He knew that they had been digging for medicinal herbs recently. He wondered if April had forgiven them and sent the two of them to inform them.

The door opened. "Uncle Fusheng, Uncle Youtian, you've arrived. Please come in. Your parents are inside."

Wang Cuilan came out to greet him, while Liu Maoquan sat inside the house.

"The room is too small, let's go sit in the main room. Hongsheng, go and turn on the light in the main room."

"No need, sister-in-law. We're just here to discuss something with you. We'll leave as soon as we're done," Liu Youtian said.

"What is it? Tell me!"

"We'd like to rent your oxcart for a day. We'll pay 30 coins. Is that alright?"

When Hongyu and Hongsheng heard that they had come to rent the oxcart, they were a little disappointed, but they were still willing to lend it out, since the families had always had a good relationship.

Wang Cuilan glanced at Liu Maoquan, who sat there silently, as if he had lost his soul. "It's just an oxcart, why give me money? Just take it and use it."

"The money must be paid. Since you've agreed, I need to take the oxcart away tonight. I'll need it first thing tomorrow morning."

"Okay, I'll have Hongyu hitch the car for you."

"Brother Maoquan, Brother Maoquan, Sister-in-law, what's wrong with Brother Maoquan?"

"It's okay, don't mind him. He hasn't been normal since he came back from the county town. He'll figure it out on his own."

"Sister-in-law, why don't you let my father talk to him and give him some advice? When a person can't think things through, he might get stuck on a rut."

"He'll come to his senses eventually. He just hasn't woken up from his dream of being the village chief. He thinks no one is as good as him and that he's the only one fit to be the village chief."

"Okay, sister-in-law, take good care of the house. If anything happens, come find me."

"Um."

The two drove the oxcart away, and Wang went back to her room and closed the door. "Liu Maoquan, are you even a man? If you become the village chief, we won't be able to live our lives anymore."

How will outsiders see you? How will the children see you?

"Just walk around the village honestly and let's see who dares to laugh at you!"

Liu Maoquan held his head and cried, "What did I do for this? I did everything I could for the villagers, and now I've ended up like this. The village chief was removed, which made me lose face in the village, and Dawang's family has become estranged from us."

Just thinking about it makes me sad.

"Don't be sad. Let's just live our lives well. Everything will be alright in time."

Don't worry about village affairs all the time. I think Jin Shengqian is doing quite well.

The fact that Tian and Fusheng came to our house to borrow the oxcart today shows that they are not strangers to us yet. If they were, they wouldn't have come to our house.

Our family continues to interact with everyone as usual, just like before.

Last time I visited Yuzhen, they were all very welcoming to me. Although they didn't mention you, I could tell they still care about me.

"Stop talking. I've been feeling quite troubled lately. Look at the chaos the village has become because of this. I need to think about it myself."

Wang Cuilan was puzzled. Was the village in chaos? Why did she feel that the village was getting better and better?

The oxcart was left at the clan chief's house. Liu Youtian and his wife went home and went to bed as soon as they got back.

Ye Wenxiu couldn't sleep; she kept thinking about one thing: "Why are you tossing and turning instead of sleeping?"

"Honey, what do you think of our Shitou and Ruyun?"

I had asked Ruyun privately before, but he refused, saying that he had heavy family burdens and did not want to be a burden to others.

But her family is better off than ours now, and I'm afraid she'll look down on our family.

I really like Ruyun. If Shitou marries her, he'll be incredibly lucky.

"I think it's best if you go and sound them out?"