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

Deng Fengying was at a loss for words. She had just announced that she would exchange fine grains for coarse grains in town, and now the villagers wanted to exchange with her. If she refused, they would definitely gossip about her.

She thought for a moment, "If everyone really wants to exchange, let's do it according to the town's price, 5 catties of coarse grains for 1 catty of fine grains. Since we're all from the same village now, I'll exchange 4 catties of coarse grains for 1 catty of fine grains."

If everyone is willing, let's exchange them. We'll only be exchanging half of ours.

"Hey, Da Shi, you're really heartless. We're all from the same village, and you're asking for 4 jin for 1 jin? Besides, you got this grain for free. Two jin for one jin, you're not losing out."

"What do you mean by getting it for free? This is called sowing good seeds and reaping good fruit. It's four pounds for one pound. You can exchange it if you want, or not if you don't. My family is busy, so everyone can go home."

"Hey! You're getting all high and mighty now. Da Shi, you're the head of the family, and you don't even do anything about Deng Shi, letting her cause trouble here."

"I am the head of the household, that's true, but Fengying has always been the one who makes the decisions in our family. Besides, this grain was given to Fengying, not to me. The reason Liu Siyue gave these things is to repay Fengying for the kindness of helping her breastfeed her child back then."

I didn't breastfeed anyone's baby, so I have no right to make that decision.

Fengying just gave everyone a discount of one jin of grain. If you went to town to buy it, you'd have to exchange five jin of coarse grain for one jin of refined grain.

"Xu Dashi, are you even a man? I think you're just a coward, always listening to a woman. No wonder your family is having such a hard time; you're being suppressed by this woman's evil influence."

Deng Fengying couldn't stand it anymore, so she grabbed a broom handle and started hitting the man. "Did you eat shit with that stinking mouth of yours? Go outside and spew your filth, don't come here and dirty my place. Get out of here!"

"You ungrateful wretch, always trying to take advantage. You say my family is struggling, but yours seems to be doing quite well—three bachelors in one family, sharing only one pair of pants in winter, and even then, you have to take turns going out."

The villagers burst into laughter. Gou Laizi, embarrassed and angry, turned and left, muttering curses under his breath.

"Fengying, don't bother with that kind of person, he's a complete scoundrel."

"Sister-in-law, I didn't argue with him, it's just that his mouth is so foul."

As the onlookers gradually left, Bainiwan had a new topic of conversation. Those who were quick on their feet rushed to the Lu family to curry favor with Granny Liu.

"Oh my, seeing Liu again after half a year is like seeing heaven and earth. Who would have thought that the child bride who was as thin as a stick back then could become so glamorous, like the young mistress of a wealthy family."

"You have to say that Liu is a lucky woman who brings prosperity to her family. She suffered so much in the Lu family for so many years, and now that she's only been gone for half a year, look how lucky she is! She's living such a wonderful life now!"

"With carriages for going out and servants to wait on you, anyone who says they don't envy such a life is absolutely brain-dead and has shit for brains."

"Liu is a grateful woman. Da Shi's wife only helped her breastfeed her child once, and she sent so many good things. If we had known she would become rich, we should have helped her out back then."

"Isn't that obvious? What's the point of saying all this now?"

"We hope that the Liu family will remember that we used to live in the same village, and will think of us and help us out in the future when good things happen."

……

The villagers gathered together for a heated discussion, harboring hope and expectations for Liu Siyue, while showing even greater contempt and disdain for the Lu family.

A woman who was on good terms with Granny Liu arrived at the Lu family's house. "Oh dear, old sister, I have some really big news to tell you, it's absolutely terrible!"

"Keep your voice down, my son is still in school, don't disturb him."

"What happened? Why are you making such a fuss?"

"You wouldn't know if you hadn't gone out, but your ex-daughter-in-law has come to the village."

"Former daughter-in-law? Who? Zhou Xiangxing? Could it be that she wants to come and see the child?"

Hmph! She won't see the children for a second. They've already severed ties with her. Not only did she swindle our money, but she also made us lose face in the village. She'll never see those two brats again.

Where are they? Where are they?

She's not afraid of that bitch; she'll give her a good beating when she sees her.

"The older sister is not Zhou Xiangxing, but Liu Siyue from Liujia Village."

"Liu, what is that jinx doing in the village? My family hasn't provoked her."

Granny Liu immediately raised her alarm, fearing that the crazy woman would come to her house and smash the pots again, leaving her with nowhere to eat during the New Year.

She immediately ran to the door, looked around, and, not seeing that wretched woman Liu, dared not let her guard down and quickly closed the door.

"Huaihua, tell me, Liu Shi is here, but where is she?"

"What are you worried about, sister? They're not here to cause trouble for your family. They're here to deliver something to Fengying."

Oh my, you have no idea, they sent out so much stuff! A huge bag of white rice, a huge bag of white flour, a huge piece of pork, and a bag of snacks—it looked so tempting!

Older sister, you have no idea how glamorous Liu is now?

Just by looking at her clothes and appearance, she was just like a young mistress of a wealthy family in the city, glamorous and beautiful. Liu Shi had been back in Liu Family Village for the past six months, and she looked incredibly radiant, fair and smooth, so tender that you could almost squeeze water out of her.

To travel by carriage and have servants to wait on you—tell me, what incredible fortune and blessings that is!

When Granny Liu heard that Liu Siyue was living such a good life, she became furious. "Huaihua, I thought you were my good sister, but did you deliberately come to my house to disgust me?"

"Sister, I absolutely didn't mean that. I just came to tell you about the latest news in the village. You stay indoors all day, I was just worried you wouldn't know."

"Hmph, what's so great about having a few stinking coins? We don't even know where that money came from or whether it's clean or not."

"Once my Zhou'er passes the imperial examination and becomes a scholar, let's see how arrogant she'll be then."

"Older sister is right. Your Yunzhou is a celestial being who has descended to earth as a scholar. He is destined to become the top scholar in the imperial examination."

This remark successfully pleased Granny Liu. "You're quite perceptive. Once my son passes the imperial examination and becomes a scholar, I'll put your few acres of land under his name to be tax-exempt."

"Thank you so much, thank you so much, elder sister."

"Huaihua, come in with me. Grandpa from town asked Zhou'er to bring some snacks back for me. Take this half-pack of snacks home and eat them."

"Oh, my older sister is so good to me. She always thinks of me when there's something delicious to eat."

"I'll go to the village with you to take a look. It's just a Liu family member, right? I also have some good news to tell everyone."

"What good news? Let me hear it too."

"Go outside and tell everyone, so I don't have to waste my breath."

Granny Liu and Huaihua arrived triumphantly at a crowded place in the village. When the villagers saw her, they rolled their eyes at her. They didn't want to waste their breath on Granny Liu, nor did they want to offend her, after all, she had a young master in her family.

"Fellow villagers, I have good news to tell you. My son Zhou'er has been recommended by the teacher to study at the county school. The teacher said that it's a sure thing that my son Zhou'er will pass the imperial examination. He will study at the county school for a few more months so that he can get better results and come back as the top scholar in the provincial examination."

The villagers knew she was there to show off, so they flattered her, saying, "Old Liu, you're going to have a good time, you'll be a scholar's mother soon."

Granny Liu was beaming with joy. "That's for sure. My son is the most talented. Who else can pass the imperial examination at such a young age like him?"