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

"I understand, but your eldest sister's illness won't improve in a month or two; it requires slow and gradual recuperation."

Your eldest sister has not only internal problems, but also serious external injuries. Her internal meridians are blocked, and she needs to clear them.

You will stay at the clinic for two days. I will administer acupuncture twice, along with herbal decoctions, to clear her meridians first. Only then will the medicine be effective.

If the meridians are blocked, drinking the medicine will be a waste of time.

"I'm not able to help with your older sister's external injuries, so please treat them for her."

"Okay, you can arrange what to do."

Liu Yiyue was already asleep in the ward, while she and Qingwu stood outside.

"Madam, I don't quite understand why you gave Shi Dashan 100 taels of silver. Even if you didn't give him the silver, he would still have to do this. Giving him 100 taels would be too easy for him," Qingwu asked.

Liu Siyue smiled slightly, "100 taels of silver isn't given away for nothing; it's just passing through his hands."

"If Shi Dashan comes in a little while, we'll do this, this, and this."

Qingwu Qingye's eyes lit up as she listened. "Miss, your move is truly brilliant. I admire you."

"Qingwu, I'm leaving this matter to you. Qingye, I'm entrusting the young lady to your care."

"Yes, Miss."

"Miss, the way we address each other in our household is a bit confusing."

"Yeah, it's a bit messy. Once things are sorted out, I'll sort it out properly."

Shi Dashan's carriage stopped at the city gate. He inquired along the way and arrived at Huichuntang. He had never seen such a grand medical clinic before.

Dewey saw him pacing back and forth at the door, neither coming in nor leaving, glancing inside every now and then, and wondered what he was up to.

He walked up to Shi Dashan and said, "Brother, I've noticed you've been pacing back and forth in front of the clinic. Are you here for a medical consultation?"

"Am I looking for someone?"

"Who should I look for?"

"Did a few women come to your clinic? There was one very thin one, her name is Liu Yiyue."

Dewey immediately thought of Liu Siyue and that very thin woman.

"Who are you to her? What do you want with her?"

"I am his former husband. Please go in and announce that Shi Dashan has arrived."

"You wait here."

Dewey immediately went inside to find Liu Siyue. "Madam Liu, there's a man named Shi Dashan at the entrance of the clinic. He says he's your eldest sister's ex-husband."

Upon hearing this, Liu Siyue thought, "This person is really fast."

"Qingwu, come with me."

Liu Siyue stood at the door. "You're here. Did you bring the things?"

"I brought it, I brought it, look."

Shi Dashan took out the letter severing ties from his pocket and handed it to Liu Siyue. She took it and looked at it. "Hmm, very good."

"Well done. I can give you the 50 taels of silver right away, but you have to give me a receipt. If you take my silver and pocket it, and then say that I didn't give it to you, your two brothers will come after me."

"No problem, but I can't write anymore. Can you write it down and I'll put my fingerprint on it?"

"Okay, I'll get another person to testify for us."

Liu Siyue wrote out the receipt and handed it to Shi Dashan. Shi Dashan was quite shrewd and afraid that Liu Siyue would cheat him, so he took the receipt outside to find someone to read it for him. After that, he came in.

He smiled awkwardly, "Being cautious is good, being cautious is good," and pressed his fingerprint on the document.

"Dewey, please sign and put your fingerprint on it as well, to be our witness."

After finishing the task, Liu Siyue gave Shi Dashan 50 taels of silver.

Shi Dashan took out the 50-tael silver note from his pocket, compared the two notes side by side, and found them to be exactly the same before he was relieved.

"Shi Dashan, I'm giving you the banknotes today, so we're even."

Don't ever appear in front of me again. Even if you see me, take a detour.

Otherwise, I'll beat you every time I see you.

"Don't worry, we Shi brothers will never appear in front of you again."

"Then I'll be going."

Not long after Shi Dashan left, Qingwu followed him. She saw that Shi Dashan had not left the city but had entered a restaurant. It seemed that he would not be leaving the county today. Qingwu kept an eye on him from not far away from the restaurant.

Shi Dashan ordered a chicken, a pork knuckle, and a pot of wine at the restaurant. He ate until his belly was full of wine and his mouth was dripping with oil.

As he ate, he pondered that the 100 taels of silver should belong to him alone. Why should he share it with his two younger brothers? At most, he could spend 10 taels of silver to buy each of them a wife, and then they could separate and live separately.

He'll spend more money to buy a beautiful wife and have her give him more sons. As for Tie Niu, let whoever wants him have him; he doesn't want him anyway.

After eating and drinking his fill, Shi Dashan left the restaurant, looked up at the sky outside, and then at the people on the street. This was what life was all about.

I'm getting sleepy, so I'll find an inn to sleep and go home early tomorrow morning.

Qingwu watched him enter a small inn. After the waiter led Shi Dashan away, she quickly went in as well, pretending to look for someone. Once she saw Shi Dashan's room number, she left.

As it was getting dark, Qingwu disguised herself and booked a room. Shi Dashan stayed in a regular room, while Qingwu stayed in a superior room.

The inn was quiet at night; the guests were all fast asleep, and Qingwu got up to work.

She tiptoed to Shi Dashan's door, took out a dagger, and unlatched the door.

Because Shi Dashan had been drinking during the day, he was snoring loudly and had no idea that someone had come in.

Qingwu didn't hesitate and took the silver note directly from his arms, then put in a piece of white paper that she had prepared beforehand. The white paper was cut to the same size as the silver note.

He went out, closed the door behind him, bolted it with a dagger, and went back to his room to continue sleeping.

When Shi Dashan got up, it was already noon. He reached into his pocket and found that his things were still there. He left the inn, bought a few meat buns on the street, and hurried home.

Qingwu had already left the inn. She had been watching from a short distance away until she saw Shi Dashan leave, and only then did she leave.

Following closely behind, watching Shi Dashan board the oxcart, Qingwu finally revealed a smug smile.

There was also an official road from the county seat to Qingshui Town. He took an oxcart to Qingshui Town at the town gate, lost in thought as he drove.

It was already late when he arrived in Qingshui Town. He knew he wouldn't be able to make it back that day, so he decided to stay in town for the night. Anyway, he had money now, so he didn't care about a few copper coins.

Shi Dashan strolled around the town, bought some things for his family, and spent most of his loose silver. The remaining copper coins were enough for him to stay at an inn.

As he was walking, several people came from the opposite direction and bumped into him. Since there were more of them, he didn't dare to act rashly and obediently stepped aside to let them pass.

Those men spat at him, "You blind bastard."

After everyone left, Shi Dashan touched his chest and felt relieved to see that the things were still there.

Shi Dashan found an inn in town and stayed there. After returning to his room, he closed the door, lay down on the bed, reached into his pocket, took out the silver notes, and looked at them closely. He was so shocked that he jumped up from the bed. When did the silver notes turn into two blank pieces of paper? His face turned pale instantly.

He didn't know when the banknotes had been switched, and he carefully recalled everything that had happened from yesterday until now.

Yesterday, after leaving the restaurant, he went straight to his room at the inn, locked the door, and went to sleep. Before going to sleep, he checked the silver notes and confirmed they were genuine. When he woke up in the morning, the door latch was still in place, and there was nothing unusual. Although he didn't take out the silver notes to check them, he was certain that they were on his person.

He hadn't taken out the banknotes the entire way. The only possibility was those few people. Oh dear! He'd run into a master. They switched the banknotes without him noticing. Damn it, he couldn't just lose the banknotes like that. He wouldn't be able to explain it when he got back.

Shi Dashan immediately went out to find those people on the street.