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

Aunt Yu carried a bundle on her back and held two dry biscuits in her hand. She walked and cried. Why was her life so bitter? Her husband died early, and she raised her son alone. She always thought of her son in everything, thinking that when her son grew up and got married, she could enjoy a good life. But she never expected that because of a moment of weakness, she would ruin her whole life.

She regretted it, she really regretted it, but it was all too late.

Where can she go now? Selling herself into slavery may be her last resort.

She didn't dare to stop along the way, determined to reach the county town before dark. But when she arrived at the town gate, she didn't have a single penny to pay the entrance fee.

It was getting dark and the city gates were about to close. She was terrified and knelt on the ground, begging the soldiers guarding the gates. The soldiers saw that it was so late and felt sorry for the old woman, so they took pity on her and let her in.

Aunt Yu went into the city and found a safe place to stay for the night. The next day, she went to a brokerage firm and sold herself for one tael of silver. From then on, she was no longer a free citizen, but a slave.

Although I won't be free in the future, at least I'll have a place to shelter from the wind and rain and food to eat.

Several women watched as Aunt Yu left Liujia Village, then went back to report the matter to the village chief. The village chief was at Zaohua's house at the time. "Village chief, Yu Feng's mother has left and probably won't be coming back."

"Okay, you're all off now. Thank you for your hard work. You should all go home now."

"Zaohua, just live your life well. She probably won't come back. And even if she does, I won't let her into the village and bother you again."

"Thank you, Uncle Village Chief."

"Thank you so much, village chief, for taking care of my jujube blossoms and our family."

"You are all villagers of Liujia Village now. It is only right that I step in to resolve this matter. You don't need to take it to heart."

The village chief left. "Zaohua, I'll go back to see the children first. Don't go to the mountains to collect firewood today. Stay home and rest well."

"I know, Mother. I've made you worry about me again."

"You're my daughter, if I don't worry about you, who else should I worry about?"

After seeing Bai's mother off, Zaohua closed the door and lay on the bed. Her thoughts were complicated. Her former mother-in-law was indeed in a difficult situation, but she just couldn't forgive her. She couldn't get over that hurdle in her heart. Thinking of all the sacrifices she had made, hatred welled up in her heart.

Liu Siyue heard from Qingwu that Aunt Yu had caused a scene at Zaohua's house and was even beaten by Zaohua's mother. Zaohua refused to take her in no matter what.

Aunt Yu even threatened the village chief with suicide, and was eventually driven out of the village by the village chief.

Liu Siyue wanted to visit Zaohua, so she took a bag of pastries from home and went there. "Mother, I'm going to see Sister Zaohua. I wonder how she is now."

"Okay, go ahead and comfort her."

"Mother, what do you think about having the Bai family propose marriage at the old house before the New Year?"

"Sure, if we can reach an agreement, we can marry August after the New Year."

"Okay, I'll go over there today and discuss it with the Bai family."

Liu Siyue arrived at Zaohua's door with a bag of pastries, banging on the door repeatedly, "Is Sister Zaohua home?"

When Zao Hua heard someone knocking on the door, and then recognized Liu Siyue's voice, she quickly opened the door. "Siyue, you're here! Come in quickly!"

"Sister Zaohua, I've heard about what happened. Don't be too sad."

"April, don't you think I'm being too cruel?"

"No, Sister Zaohua did a great job. Otherwise, why would she sever ties with her husband? She might as well have just pretended to be deaf and dumb."

"But today some people in the village said I was too heartless and cold-hearted, after all, she is Gouwa's grandmother."

"Don't care about what others think. It's easy for you to talk when you're not the one suffering. If it happened to them, they might be even more ruthless than you."

Don't overthink it; the most important thing is to live your life happily.

"Sister Zaohua, please take this 20 taels of silver; it's compensation for your move."

"What compensation are you going to give me? My house is better than before, so shouldn't I be the one compensating you?"

"Sister Zaohua, I also gave compensation to those families at the end of the village who moved away; each family received 20 taels."

"In April, I'm different from them. I'm exchanging houses for houses, and they're even better than the ones I used to live in. Look, I've even helped you fix the roof and put tiles on it. I'm already very satisfied. Why would I want your money again?"

Those families are different. You only gave them an empty plot of land and 20 taels of silver, and they still had to build their own houses. They can't live as comfortably as I do in the county town.

"In April, I know you wanted to help me, but I'm doing fine now. If I need help in the future, I'll definitely come to you."

"Okay, come to me if you encounter any difficulties in the future."

"Sister Zaohua, there's something else I'd like to discuss with you. It's about Qiming and Bayue's marriage. When do you think would be a good time to propose?"

"In April, my parents and I discussed it, and we'll follow your arrangements."

"Our charcoal-burning work at the kiln ends on the fifteenth of the twelfth lunar month, and we'll have to wait until next year to start again."

I think proposing on the 18th or 20th of the twelfth lunar month would be fine, what do you think?

"That's fine. Let's go tell my parents. But how should we give the betrothal gifts?"

"Here in our area, a dowry of two taels of silver is considered quite generous when getting a wife, right?"

"yes!

But would her family agree to pay two taels of silver?

"Of course we won't agree! We'll raise the price little by little, and the most you'll offer is 10 taels, then we'll demand to sever ties with you."

"What if you give them more money and they keep trying to seduce you?"

Think about it, you and your older sister have both severed ties with them. You're so rich now, but they can't benefit from it at all, and they can't do anything about it. Severing ties by August probably won't be that easy.

"If we can't break off the relationship, then we won't. But you can strongly insist that if we really can't break off the relationship, then we should lower the betrothal gifts, starting from 2 taels."

She will definitely try to bargain, hoping to reduce the betrothal gifts to five taels.

"Okay, let's go talk to my parents now and set a specific date."

The two arrived at the Bai family's house together. "Father, Mother, April has come to see you."

"Oh dear, April is here. It's been so long since I've seen her." Mother Bai quickly brought a stool for Yue to sit on.

"Yes, Auntie, it's been quite a while."

Uncle Bai, how's your leg?

"I'm much better now. Dr. Wu said I'm recovering very well and will be able to go back to the fields after the New Year, so it won't affect spring planting."

"That's good, that's good, as long as it doesn't leave any lasting health problems."

"Father, Mother, April is coming over today to discuss my younger brother's marriage with you."

What do you think about April proposing marriage on the 18th or 20th of the twelfth lunar month?

"Great! If we can settle the marriage soon, we'll have fulfilled one of our wishes. Let's get her married while we still have some money."

"I've already told Sister Zaohua the specifics of what to do. The people coming over there will definitely ask for an exorbitant amount, so don't be afraid, just do it yourselves."

When you get there, lower the dowry amount and say that their family has a bad reputation, that all their daughters have divorced, their son has been arrested by the government, and their daughters-in-law have run away. They say that no one wants their daughters, and that if Qiming weren't so old, he wouldn't have come to propose marriage.

So you belittle them, make them lose their sense of superiority as the woman, and make them think that everything you say is right. This way, the marriage will be easier to succeed, and you can marry her with the least amount of money. If you can sever ties with the family, that would be even better, so they won't cause trouble later.

"Isn't it inappropriate to talk about her family like that? Won't August be angry if she hears it?"

"No, you can go without worry."