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

Ma Qiao'er was filled with grief and indignation. "Auntie, we, the third branch of the family, have such a miserable life. When we divided the family property, we didn't take a single penny from Liu Dahu because he needed to treat his injuries. We left it all to him."

The old man was biased; he only gave our family three mu of paddy fields and two mu of dry land.

We have no objection to this, since Da Niu isn't favored by the old man.

Today, when the clan distributed offerings, their family actually snatched and ate the offerings meant for our family.

Everyone, please tell me, what did our family do to deserve this? Why are the people at the old house treating us like this?

What are sacrificial offerings to a family? This is to sever the flow of our family's energy to the eldest son's branch of the family.

The villagers naturally understood the importance of the offerings; they had to be eaten by their own family members and absolutely could not be shared with outsiders. If outsiders ate them, it would be as if they were transferring their family's good fortune and wealth to them.

The villagers pointed and gossiped about the people living in the old Liu family house, saying, "Liu Dahu and Huang Lanhua are such a despicable couple. They make a mess of their own lives and then come here to harm others."

Hearing the curses, Huang Lanhua stormed out. "Ma Qiao'er, stop spewing nonsense here! Who ate your family's offerings? I'll tear your mouth apart today!"

"Who ate it? Go back and ask your old man. He stole one of our chicken feet and ate it. That chicken foot was an offering from my second brother's family, and it was given to our family."

"Oh, no wonder. When we came back from the ancestral worship, we saw Liu Daniu and his father standing by the roadside, talking about something. Liu Daniu was so angry that his face turned purple."

It turns out that Grandpa Liu stole someone else's chicken feet. How could someone so old do such a thing?

Isn't this just harming your own son? It's making him unlucky for the whole year!

"Master Huang, didn't your family get two slices of braised pork hock? Da Wang brought them too, so why are you stealing Da Niu's chicken feet?"

The villagers who were watching burst into laughter. "I don't know any of this. There's no braised pork hock or chicken feet among the offerings at home."

"Da Niu said that the old man stuffed the chicken feet into his mouth and ate them on the spot, so he probably ate the braised pork knuckle as well."

The old man also heard the cursing outside. He hid inside the house, afraid to come out. His momentary gluttony had led to this trouble.

"Ma Qiao'er, who ate your food? Who are you going to find? Why are you cursing me?"

"The old man is from your eldest branch of the family. He transferred all our fortune to your eldest branch for the sake of our offerings. Who else should we blame but you?"

Huang Lanhua cursed Old Master Liu's ancestors for eighteen generations in her heart. "Ma Qiao'er, if you keep cursing, don't blame me for being impolite. The old man has eaten, so go find him."

Besides, the old man is eating his son's food. If his son didn't give it to him, would the old man even get to eat it? It's all because your man is incompetent.

You shouldn't be causing a scene at my doorstep; you should be going to settle accounts with your man.

"Ma Qiao'er didn't care, she just kept cursing, and the words she used were as nasty as they could be."

Huang Lanhua rushed forward and started fighting with Ma Qiao'er.

Huang Lanhua is on the heavier side and is a power-type athlete, while Ma Qiao'er, true to her name, is agile and quick-witted.

Knowing she was no match for Huang Lanhua and couldn't fight her, she seized the opportunity to break free from Huang Lanhua and, like a nimble monkey, kicked her hard and pinched her when she was off guard.

Huang Lanhua wanted to chase after him but couldn't catch up, wanted to fight him but couldn't, and stomped her feet in anger. "Liu Bayue, you come out here! Don't you see someone has come to cause trouble and bully your mother?"

Are you laying eggs indoors, or are you in postpartum confinement?

Hearing Huang Lanhua's curses, Liu Bayue came out trembling and timidly called out "Mother".

"Go, grab that bitch Ma Qiao'er for me. I'm going to get my revenge today."

"Huang, you're getting married in August, can't you act like a mother and give your child some dignity?"

"Decent? Fine, then you'd better grab Ma Qiao'er for me."

"Pah! A whole family of scoundrels!"

Liu Bayue was forced to capture Ma Qiao'er, and she didn't know what to do. Tears streamed down her face.

When some villagers saw the two fighting, they quickly went to ask the village chief for help. Liu Jinsheng heard the villagers' account and was utterly disgusted with Liu Dahu's family, especially that old man, who was utterly shameless and couldn't even have a moment's peace during the New Year.

With a cold face, Liu Jinsheng angrily pushed his way through the crowd. "What are you all doing during the New Year? If you don't want to stay in Liu Family Village, get out of here now and go wherever you want!"

When Ma Qiao'er saw the village chief arrive, she burst into tears and began to tell him about her grievances, pleading, "Village chief, you must do me justice!"

Da Niu is honest, but not stupid. Our whole family has been bullied to death by the eldest son's family.

"What do you want to do about this?"

"Village chief, those were our family's offerings, which are related to our fortune and wealth for the whole year. They must compensate us."

"How do you want to accompany me?"

"I don't want much, just two taels of silver to compensate our family. If they don't agree, I will come and make trouble every day. If they don't let us have a good life, they won't have a good life either. How dare they steal our family's fortune."

Liu Jinsheng was in a real bind. He looked around but didn't see Liu Daniu. "Where's Liu Daniu? Call him over. We'll have a face-to-face confrontation later. I can't just listen to your side of the story."

Ma Qiao'er immediately sent her eldest son to call his father, and Liu Daniu reluctantly followed.

"Liu Daniu, your wife said your father ate the offerings from your family's sacrificial ceremony. Is that true?"

"Liu Daniu, if you still want to be a coward today, I'll divorce you."

Liu Daniu no longer cares about his father's reputation; for the sake of his wife and children, he's going all out.

"Village chief, everything my wife said is true. My father snatched my chicken feet and ate them right in front of me."

When I argued with him, he called me unfilial. Can you please let me sever ties with the people in the old family home? I really don't want to be harassed and manipulated by them.

You know those two kids from Liu Qinghe's family, they come to my house for meals every day.

If we don't feed them, the children will just stare longingly at us, and it's truly pitiful.

As time went on, we didn't even have enough food for our own family, let alone theirs.

The village chief thought the people at the Liu family's old house were all weirdos. The two children were already pitiful enough, having lost both parents, yet they still abused them. It was something no human being could do. They were taking advantage of Liu Daniu's soft heart and easygoing nature to send the two children to their house. How could they even think of such a thing?

"Da Niu, you have to discuss the matter of severing ties with your father. If he doesn't agree, there's nothing I can do unless you can persuade him."

Ma just said he'd make the people from the old house compensate you with two taels of silver. Liu Daniu, do you have anything to say about that?

"Village chief, my wife is right, they should compensate us."

"Alright, come in with me now and demand an explanation from Old Master Liu."

Liu Daniu led the village chief directly to the main room, and Huang Lanhua followed behind. In her heart, she kept cursing Old Man Liu, calling him a disrespectful old man, a greedy old hag, and an old bastard who used her daughter's betrothal money to do favors...

"Mrs. Huang, please invite your father-in-law over!"

Huang Lanhua, her face dark, arrived at Old Master Liu's door. "Father, the village chief is here. Please come to the main room for a talk."

Grandpa Liu felt incredibly ashamed and hid in his house, refusing to come out. "Tell the village chief that I'm not feeling well and we can talk about this another day."

Huang Lanhua cursed inwardly. Shameless! He stole the family's offerings and then complained that the clan's share was small. All the good stuff was eaten by his old mouth. Why didn't he just eat it to death?