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

"Zaohua, I am all alone and helpless now. If you ask me to leave, where can I go? In this cold weather, I'm afraid I'll freeze or starve to death if I go out."

"Zao Hua'er, please let your mother stay. I beg you, I'll do anything for you, like a slave."

Aunt Yu knelt before Zao Hua, kowtowing and pleading incessantly, until blood seeped from her forehead.

Zao Hua didn't look at her, turned around and left the crowd. She couldn't be soft-hearted. If she took her in today, what would happen if Yu Feng could come back alive ten years later?

People always sympathize with the weak. The villagers felt sorry for Aunt Yu when they saw her like this. Although she had brought it on herself, they were still mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and she had a grandson. They had given her the house and land, and they hoped that Zaohua would take her in.

It's not easy for a woman to raise a child alone. It would be good to have more people to help her. Although her family can help her now, they are still her family. Will they still be able to help her like that after her brother gets married?

It's truly heartbreaking to see Yu Feng's mother like this; a woman like her can't survive without the village.

Zao Hua went out and stood at the gate of the courtyard. Aunt Yu knelt on the ground and cried so sadly that the eyes of the women present became sore. Some of them with shallow tear ducts had already silently shed tears.

Some people couldn't bear it and went to persuade Zaohua, "Zaohua, your aunt knows you've been wronged, but everyone makes mistakes. We're all women. Look how pitiful she is now, all alone and helpless. If she leaves here, in this freezing cold, she'll only have one way out: death. Can you really bear to do that?"

For Gouwa's sake, just give her a place to stay and a hot meal. She'll be grateful to you for the rest of her life.

It's not easy for a woman to raise a child alone. Having her around will help you. Take my advice and keep her.

"Auntie, please don't try to persuade me. I won't keep her here, and her life or death is none of my business."

"Zao Hua, how did your heart harden so much?"

"Auntie, you say I'm hard-hearted, but you're soft-hearted. Take her back to your home, and she can be your sister."

"Do whatever you want, it's none of my business!"

Zao Hua's mother also heard the commotion outside. She placed her grandson Bai Jiasheng next to Bai's father and said, "Husband, you watch the child for a while. I just heard some noise outside that sounds like Zao Hua's. It's making a racket, I don't know what they're doing. I'll go out and see."

"Go and check on him. I can take care of Sheng'er."

When Bai's mother came out, she saw Zaohua leaning against the courtyard wall. "Zaohua, what's wrong? Why are you leaning against the wall? I heard a commotion outside, and it sounded like your voice. What happened?"

Zao Hua didn't speak. Bai's mother heard people talking in the yard, turned around and saw that there were quite a few people standing in the yard. She stepped in and saw a person sitting on the ground, crying and wailing. Why did that voice sound so familiar?

Bai's mother squeezed through the crowd, squatted down, and saw that it was Yu Feng's mother. Her anger flared up immediately. "You shameless old hag, you and your shameless son ganged up on my daughter. I'm being lenient by not going after you. You actually came to my door. I'll beat you to death today."

Bai's mother straddled Aunt Yu's back, grabbing her hair with one hand and slapping her face repeatedly with the other, the slaps were so loud that her face swelled up like a pig's head in no time.

Aunt Yu was completely outmatched by Bai's mother. She was used to being waited on by Zao Hua and never did any farm work, so she was no match for Bai's mother, who was always working.

The women in the village were all terrified by the way Bai's mother was beating people. She was so fierce; her fighting power was not something an ordinary person could handle.

They were afraid that they might hurt the person or cause another accident, so they quickly pulled the person away.

"Aunt Bai, calm down, calm down. It would be terrible if someone died."

Bai's mother spat at Aunt Yu, "Pah! This is retribution, the old and the young are all getting their comeuppance."

Aunt Yu struggled to her feet, blood still stained the corner of her mouth. "Mother-in-law, I know I was wrong. You've hit me and scolded me, so your anger should have subsided by now. Please persuade Zaohua to let me stay. If I leave here, I really won't survive."

"You're dreaming! You still want Zaohua to take you in? Even if Zaohua agreed, I wouldn't. What did you say when I married my daughter into your family? What did you promise us?"

Bai's mother dragged Aunt Yu out the door and threw her outside. The villagers quickly followed. Bai's mother clapped her hands and shouted, "Zaohua, go home!" She then slammed the door shut.

When the mother and daughter returned to their room, they found a bundle on the bed. The mother picked up the bundle and threw it over the courtyard wall. It landed on the ground, startling the villagers who were watching.

The village chief is here! The village chief is here!

Everyone automatically made way for the village chief. When Liu Jinsheng saw how badly Yu Feng's mother had been beaten, he realized how ruthless the attack had been.

"Yu Feng's mother, you're no longer from Liujia Village. I've already told you not to come back. Why are you back?"

"Village chief, please help me! I really have nowhere to go. Please help me, for the sake of being Gouwa's grandmother, and let Zaohua stay with me."

"You saw Zaohua's attitude. It's not that I don't want to help you, but that I can't. You should leave the village as soon as possible. I don't want the villagers to live in chaos because of you."

"You're pushing me to my death, leaving me no way out. If that's the case, I might as well just die!"

The village chief is really having a headache. She's all alone now, and she's threatening suicide.

"The village really can't keep you here. Don't force me. Just leave now, so we can all save face."

"I'm about to die, what do I care about saving face? If the village chief doesn't help me, I'll die here."

"Are you threatening me?"

"I dare not. I just want to survive. Even if my son is gone, my grandson is still here. I want to watch him grow up."

"Where did you get this grandson from? You two are no longer related."

"Severing ties is just a piece of paper. Does severing ties mean severing blood relations? I am Gouwa's biological grandmother. I can say that anywhere."

"Are you treating the law like a joke? Back in the county town, why didn't you care about the dog this much?"

"Enough with the nonsense, just get out of here, or I'll have to take action."

Aunt Yu suddenly burst into a maniacal laugh, "Leave? Where can I go? I'll die here, even if it means my death! I want everyone in Liujia Village to see how a daughter-in-law drives her mother-in-law to her death, and how a grandson watches his mother drive his grandmother to her death!"

"You lot, grab this crazy woman and throw her out of the village. You guard the village entrance and don't let her into the village."

Several women stepped forward and grabbed Aunt Yu's arm. One of the women picked up the bundle on the ground, and together they headed towards the village entrance.

The villagers of Liujia Village are now very united and listen to the village chief very well, afraid that they might say something wrong and offend him, thus losing their share of the money.

As they walked, a woman tried to comfort them, "Yu Feng's mother, you should leave quickly. You saw what happened today. Zao Hua didn't want you to stay, and we tried to persuade her, but there was really no other way. You won't get anything good if you stay in the village. The villagers don't like you either. You might as well go somewhere else to settle down."

"Where can I go to find shelter? I have no relatives or friends, no money, and leaving here means certain death."

"You're not that old. You could sell yourself to a brokerage firm and maybe even end up living a life of luxury in a wealthy family."

When she arrived at the village entrance, the villagers handed her the bundle. One woman even put two black flatbreads in her hand, saying, "Take these to eat on the road, and don't come back again."