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

Sun the broker quickly followed, "Master Lin, you're in a hurry for money. If Madam Liu can take over all of them, it would be a great thing for you. They're still listed with the brokerage firm, and we don't know when they'll be sold."

"Why don't you lower the price a bit more and close this deal? That way, you can go to the capital sooner."

Thinking of his son suffering in the capital, Master Lin finally relented.

"You're right. If I hadn't been in a hurry for money, I wouldn't have sold off the family business I had worked so hard to build."

Master Lin was in tears, which made Liu Siyue quite sad.

"If you can have all four estates and three shops, I'll reduce the price by another 500 taels."

Liu Siyue slammed her hand on the table. "Considering Mr. Lin's eagerness to save his son, I won't haggle. Deal."

Sun Yaren, help me get the land deed done. I'll send someone with you when the time comes.

"Okay, no problem."

"Master Lin, when would you like to go to the yamen to process the land deed?"

"It's definitely not going to work today, we'll go first thing tomorrow morning."

After the three parties agreed, Liu Siyue left with Qingwu.

"Master, where did you hide the oxcart? Let me go and bring it over."

"This place is rather special, you can't go there. Wait for me at the city gate, I'm going to catch the carriage."

"Alright, then you'd better be careful, Master."

Liu Siyue found an empty alley, released the Bull Demon King, drove the oxcart to the town entrance, picked up Qingwu, and went home.

Qingye had been in the county town for a long time, and she was getting anxious. If her master didn't return soon, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to get back to the county town today.

She was looking towards the door. "Master, come back."

"Qingye, is there any new information?"

"Yu Feng and his gang are coming to Liujia Village tomorrow night. He will stay at the village entrance to provide cover so that thugs can come in and steal."

"Master, the magistrate is behaving very strangely."

Tell me what's wrong with you.

"The county magistrate and the newly arrived county assistant became as close as brothers overnight. The magistrate and the county assistant each led people to search for the stolen items from Guo Changfeng's house in the county town and to arrest the murderer."

The magistrate, taking advantage of the situation, accepted bribes and arrested the people who had previously robbed Guo Changfeng's house, demanding 50 taels of silver for their ransom.

"What happened? What triggered him? Wasn't he always portrayed as a good official? How did his true nature suddenly come out?"

It seems that Mrs. Su's departure was a big blow to him!

"Qingye, it's too late today. Don't go back. Stay here tonight. You probably won't be able to get into the city if you go back. Go back first thing tomorrow morning."

"Yes, Master."

The next day, just as dawn broke, Qingye got up and left.

Liu Siyue got up, and Qingwu went to serve her. Liu Siyue handed her the silver notes and said, "Qingwu, today you go with broker Sun to complete the transfer procedures. The 80 mu of farmland will be registered under your second uncle's name, and the rest will be registered under my name."

"Yes, Master."

Today is a good day for the people of Liujia Village; they are going to distribute silver.

After having breakfast, Liu Siyue took her child and went to find Zaohua. "Sister Zaohua, are you getting used to living here?"

"I'm used to it. This house is so much better than the old one, and it's closer to my parents. In April, I didn't know what to say. A simple thank you seems too inadequate."

"Then let's not talk about it. As long as you and Sheng'er are happy and live a good life, that's better than anything else."

I've come today to give you some money. Young Master Wang has already paid for the spices; it's 21 taels in total. Here you go.

"In April, after deducting costs, you should get at least half of this money. We can't take it all."

"I only moved my mouth, I didn't do anything. You guys did all the work, why should I get a share of the money?"

My uncle and aunt are having a tough time right now; they need the money. I don't need it now, but they'll give me some when I do.

"Alright, then I'll accept it on behalf of my parents. I'll take you to meet them; they should thank you in person!"

"I have something to do at home, so I won't go."

"Alright, once my father's leg heals, we'll have them come to thank us in person!"

Liu Siyue left, and Zaohua looked at the silver in her hand. She had paid for the cost of the seasonings, so she deducted the cost and sent the rest to her parents' home.

April is right. Even close brothers should keep clear accounts. She will not neglect her filial duties to their parents, and they will help her out when necessary. However, the accounts must be settled clearly, otherwise, money will cause a rift in their relationship in the future.

"Father, Mother, all the seasonings have been sold. This is the money we earned, a total of 10 taels and 5 mace, which was delivered just this April."

"They can earn so much money in a day? This money is too easy to make. We can't take so much. We should give at least half to April."

"Mother, I've already spoken to April. She said our family is having a tough time and that you should save money to make ends meet."

"April has helped our family so much, we have no way to repay her!"

Only by being reborn as an ox or a horse in the next life can I repay even a fraction of their kindness.

Clang, clang, clang... A series of gong sounds rang out, and the villagers were particularly excited when they heard the gong. They had sold all the charcoal yesterday, so would it be time to distribute the silver today?

The entire village gathered under the big willow tree, and everyone had a smile on their face.

Today, a table and two large wooden boxes were set up under the big willow tree. The village chief sat in the middle, with Liu Dawang and Liu Fusheng on either side, and Shitou and Mancang standing behind them.

The village chief stood up and struck the gong, and the crowd quieted down. "Fellow villagers, today is a great day for our Liujia Village, a great day for the villagers. The first batch of 30000 jin of charcoal from our charcoal factory has been sold out."

All of this is inseparable from everyone's concerted efforts and hard work.

The reason I've gathered everyone here today is to distribute silver among you.

Now I'll tell you about the situation in the village. Our Liujia Village currently has 178 households, totaling 1953 people. Liu Fusheng will be in charge of managing the village's accounts and finances, while Liu Dawang will be responsible for checking and supervising the accounts. The village's accounts will be transparent and open, with absolutely no secrets hidden.

These 178 households include the newly settled Bai family, as well as Liu Yiyue, the daughter of Liujia Village who returned home.

We agreed before we started the charcoal factory that profits would be distributed based on headcount, and that will not change.

"Brother Fusheng, please publish the accounts for everyone."

Liu Fusheng picked up the account book and began to read, "30000 catties of charcoal, at 40 wen per catty, for a total of 1200 taels of silver. April accounted for 20%, which amounted to 240 taels."

Village chief Liu Jinsheng, Liu Youtian, and Liu Fusheng each took half a share, and each received 60 taels.

The village collective received 15% of the share, amounting to 180 taels.

The charcoal factory workers' wages totaled 18 taels and 600 cash.

After deducting all of the above money, the rest is distributed to the villagers.

The total amount of silver to be deducted is 618 taels and 600 cash, leaving 581 taels and 400 cash, which will be distributed among everyone.

The village has a total population of 1953, including 24 people from Liu Dahu's family (12 people), Liu Shuiliang's family (7 people), and Liu Gousheng's family (5 people). They do not participate in the distribution of silver.

So the number of people who participated in distributing the silver was 1929, and each person received 301 coins.

Does anyone have any objections to this? Please feel free to ask if anything is unclear.

Huang Lanhua, Huang Qiukui, and Gousheng's wife started shouting from below, "Why aren't we getting any money? We're also from Liujia Village, why should we get any?"

"They bully us because we're poor. Village chief, you're not being fair!"

"There are plenty of people in the village who are poorer than you three families. Why wouldn't I bully them? Don't you know what you've done? Do you want me to pull out a guarantee and read it to you?"

"Village chief, this is all outdated information. Can't we turn the page? We can change it later, okay?"

"No way! While everyone else was working, you were just sleeping at home, getting all the benefits. Do you think everyone else is stupid?"