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

Liu Maoquan clenched his fists so tightly they cracked. His family was supposed to receive 60 taels, but they had only received a little over two taels. He felt incredibly aggrieved.

No matter what, he has served as the village chief for many years and has made many contributions to the village. He should have his share.

"Master, you need to calm down. What day is it today? Don't anger everyone. We can talk about this when we get back."

"Father, you mustn't cause trouble. Let's talk about this when we get back."

Everyone in the venue was excited. The village chief struck the gong and said, "Everyone, please be quiet. The silver has all been distributed. I have a few words to say to you all, so please listen carefully."

Everyone in the village is probably familiar with the Yu family's situation. Why did the Yu family end up like this? It's because they made some money in the county town, got carried away, and started keeping mistresses like those wealthy families.

Today everyone received a share of silver, and some families received quite a lot. I hope everyone can use this silver to live a good life and not have any wicked thoughts.

Our village's future will only get better and better, and I don't want anything to happen that would tarnish the reputation of Liujia Village.

"Don't worry, village chief, we'll definitely treat our wives well and live a good life!"

"Village chief, if your wife can't have children, can you remarry?"

If I don't allow her to remarry, won't the family line end?

The man who said this is Liu Dunzi. He is 32 years old and has three daughters. People laugh at him, just like they laughed at Liu Dawang back then.

The whole village stared at him. What did he mean? Did he want to divorce his wife and marry someone else?

The women in the village who had not yet given birth to sons were all trembling with fear, afraid that the village chief would say that they could divorce their wives and remarry. If that happened, what would they do?

Everyone's attention shifted from Dunzi and focused on the village chief.

This question stumped the village chief. He didn't know how to answer. It is said that of the three unfilial acts, the greatest is having no offspring. Only by raising sons can one provide for one's old age, while daughters are raised to be given to other families.

"Dunzi, I can't answer this question for you today. This is a family matter, and as the village chief, I shouldn't interfere."

The women who hadn't yet given birth to a son immediately became uneasy. Was the village chief tacitly agreeing that men who hadn't given birth to a son could divorce their wives and remarry? If so, they wouldn't agree, absolutely wouldn't agree. Why were they being treated this way? What had they done wrong?

The village chief noticed the women's sharp gazes and shuddered in fright. If he said the wrong thing, they would tear him apart.

"Since Dunzi brought up this family matter at the meeting today, it means the village wants to propose some rules and regulations, right?"

"Yes, village chief, we must come up with a plan. If you don't allow me to divorce my wife and remarry, my family line will end. I am the only son in my family."

Many men agreed with Dunzi, thinking he made sense. What if they accidentally did something wrong and the village chief took away their houses and land and kicked them out of the village?

"Since everyone wants to treat this family matter as a village matter, let's discuss it with the village elders and clan elders after the meeting and come up with a specific plan."

A woman immediately stood up and said, "Village chief, you must put your mind at ease. The inability to give birth to a son cannot be entirely blamed on the woman!"

"Yes, village chief, you must be fair, or we won't stand for it."

"We women haven't broken any laws, why are you treating us like this!"

"Everyone can rest assured, everyone can rest assured. Since we are treating this matter as a village affair, we must be fair and just, and absolutely not show any favoritism."

"Does anyone have anything else to say? If not, the meeting is adjourned; the charcoal still needs to be burned."

Someone else spoke up, "Village chief, the people from Bainiwan have been loitering around our village entrance lately, what should we do?"

"Let them wander around if they want, we can't control them, as long as they don't cause trouble or come to the village."

If there's nothing else, everyone can adjourn the meeting and go about your business!

Everyone took their silver and went home in twos and threes, while Shi Tou and the others moved the table to the ancestral hall.

When Liu Maoquan got home, he threw a tantrum. Wang Cuilan and her two sons quickly tried to comfort him, saying, "Husband, we should be content. Didn't we get more than two taels of silver? We'll get more in the future."

"You're so short-sighted. How can 2 taels of silver compare to 60 taels of silver?"

Even if I made a mistake, our two sons didn't. How are Hongyu and Hongsheng any worse than Shitou and Mancang? At least our sons can read a few words, while those two are completely illiterate. It's all Liu Siyue's doing.

Liu Jinsheng may look respectable, but he's just a sycophant. What ability does he have? He still has to listen to Liu Siyue in everything.

"Old woman, you should visit Dawang's house more often in the future. If anything like this happens in the village again, we have to get involved. We really suffered a great loss this time."

"Then why don't you go? Why would I go to someone's house for no reason?"

"What would I, a man, do there? There are a bunch of women in their family. It would be awkward if I went. It's different if you went. You'd have a bunch of women to talk to, and you could get closer to them."

"You go if you want, I absolutely won't go. Last time when Madam Feng came back from the county town, I went to see her. Although she didn't give me a hard time, she was very distant. I felt very awkward there."

I think life at home is pretty good right now. It's peaceful and quiet, without too many worries. My two sons are working peacefully in the village, so life isn't bad at all.

"That's why they say you women have long hair but short brains; you'll never amount to anything in your lives."

Hongyu and Hongsheng, you two should spend more time with Shitou and Mancang, and ask them to help you out if there are any good opportunities. You two used to have a very good relationship.

"Dad, we know that our relationship has always been good, but I think Mom is right, we are doing just fine now."

If we want to improve the relationship between our family and Uncle Dawang's family, we shouldn't do anything, and we certainly shouldn't try to curry favor with them with ulterior motives. That will only make them more annoyed.

April is a very sensible person. Given time, I believe his opinion of our family will change.

"Listen to this, listen to this. Even your son understands and sees things more clearly than you do. You've just gotten older, but you haven't grown any brains."

"Okay, okay, okay, you're all right, and I'm the only one who's wrong. I'm not going to take care of this family anymore, alright?"

"Father, that's not what we meant. How can you abandon our family?"

"Alright, alright, stop talking. I get annoyed just listening to you all. I'm going for a walk."

Liu Maoquan left the village with his hands behind his back. He didn't want to stay in the village; he felt annoyed.

The commotion of distributing silver in the village made Wei Youfu and the others very excited. They also wanted to become residents of Liujia Village. They were leaving the day after tomorrow, and they were really reluctant to go.

"Brother, why don't you go and talk to the village chief? See if he can let us stay."

"Do you think the village chief will let us stay? What would we do if we stayed?"

"Don't they have businesses in the village? We can help them keep an eye on the village and prevent people from causing trouble."

"I don't think this will work. It's not like there's no one else in the village. Given what we've done, how can people trust us to look after the village?"

"Since all the brothers are interested in this, I'll go to the village chief's house after work and ask him. Whether it works out or not is up to fate."

"Okay, let's give it a try. I hope it works out. Who doesn't want a peaceful life?"