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

Lu Yunping was a little confused. What was this 100 taels of silver note? "Young man, what are you talking about? 100 taels of silver note? I'm a bit confused."

"Brother, when I came back before the New Year, Master Zhou from the town gave me 100 taels of silver to study at the county school and support my taking the imperial examination."

I only told my parents about this banknote when I got back; I didn't tell anyone else. The reason I told my parents was because I was afraid they would worry about my tuition fees for studying in the county town.

"Little brother, that's not fair of you. Your elder brother has been supporting your studies, and you kept your 100 taels of silver notes a secret from me."

"Brother, I didn't mean to hide it from you. I was just afraid of complications. Look, the silver notes are gone now."

Lu Yunzhou looked at his parents, and Lu Yunping also looked at the old couple. Lu Decai noticed that his two sons were looking at them. "Why are you two looking at me? Do you think I'm going to steal your money and then beat you up?"

"Father, only the three of us know about this silver note. I've stayed home all day and haven't gone out at all."

I don't doubt my parents; I just want to ask if you mentioned the banknotes to any outsiders when you were out."

Standing to the side, Granny Liu trembled slightly, too guilty to even look up.

"I can guarantee that I have never told anyone that you have banknotes."

Lu Yunzhou turned his gaze to his mother, and seeing her expression, he roughly understood what was going on. "Mother, did you tell everyone that I have silver notes?"

Lu Yunzhou's questioning tone was serious and cold. "I, I, I just can't stand that bitch Liu coming to our village to show off and making the villagers point fingers at us again."

Wasn't this to curb her arrogance? I just mentioned to the villagers that you were going to study at the county school, and they said that the tuition was so expensive, could our family afford it? I blurted out that you had 100 taels of silver.

I really didn't mean to say it out loud, I just don't want our family, our son is always being overshadowed by that bitch Liu.

Who would have thought that my casual remark would attract a thief to my house?

Lu Decai was so angry that he slapped Granny Liu twice. "You're a bad vegetable, you're bad everywhere you go. When will you ever shut your stinking mouth?"

Don't you know the principle of not flaunting wealth? They say the speaker may not mean anything by it, but the listener may take it to heart. What kind of era is that? Those 100 taels of silver notes tempted the thief.

Granny Liu covered her face and said, "Lu Decai, why did you hit me? Why did I do this? It was all for our family and our son. I just wanted to prove myself and not let the villagers talk behind our backs."

"Now that things have come to this, it's no use trying to find out who's at fault. Mother, think carefully about who you told about this back then."

"There were a lot of villagers gathered there at the time, and everyone present heard it."

Lu Yunzhou felt a terrible headache coming on; how did she end up with such a show-off mother?

"Father, Mother, Elder Brother, let's quickly check the house and see how the thief got in."

Lu Yunping went to the backyard and found a lot of dirt had fallen off the wall and footprints on the ground. "Dad, little brother, come quick!"

Upon hearing Lu Yunping's call, the group quickly ran towards the backyard. "Look, the thief must have come down from here."

First, climb up the wall from the outside, then slide down the tree.

Granny Liu kicked the tree a few times, saying, "You thief-attracting tree, I'll cut you down in a bit!"

The group quickly ran to the outside of the courtyard wall. Lu Yunzhou observed carefully and said, "Brother, the thief must have used a log to climb up the wall. Let's look around for a log."

Lu Yunping searched far and wide before finally finding the piece of wood, and then carried it back.

"Hey bro, see if this is it? I found it in the weeds over there."

"Brother, put the log across the gap in the wall, and the other end into this hole."

The wood was placed on the table, and Lu Yunzhou looked at it and saw that it fit perfectly. Yes, it was the right wood.

"Young man, what should we do now? Shall we go to the county government and report this to the authorities?"

"This place is full of weeds, and you can't see where the footprints went at all. This person must be from the village, otherwise he wouldn't be so familiar with our house and even know there is a tree in the backyard, and climbed in along the tree."

Go tell the village chief now and have him search the village.

"If the village chief can't find out, we'll report it to the authorities."

"Even if we report it to the authorities now, there's no one in the yamen. Besides, such a big case happened in the county before the New Year, who has the heart to care about such a small matter?"

Even if we report it to the authorities, it will probably be very difficult to find out.

"We can't just let 100 taels of silver go to waste and let that thief profit from it."

"Zhou'er, do you think Liu might have stolen that 100 taels of silver?"

"Impossible. While you were showing off in the village, everyone else had already left."

"What if she hears about it? She doesn't want our family to live a good life, she doesn't want you to be successful, she doesn't want you to pass the imperial examinations and surpass her in the future."

Lu Yunzhou was also starting to have doubts after what his mother said. Could it really be Liu Shi who did it? "Mother, you have to have evidence to say things, otherwise someone might accuse you of defamation."

"The proof is that she has a grudge against our family. Why did our money disappear just because she came to the village?"

"Mother, don't make things up without evidence. That Liu woman is no kind person. Be careful she doesn't come knocking on our door and affect my exam. Let's go find the village chief right now."

Wei Yuanguang's family had just finished lunch and were talking to their second son about this year's imperial examinations when the Lu family of four burst in. Lu Yunzhou first bowed to the village chief and said, "Uncle Village Chief, something terrible has happened. My house was broken into last night, and they stole 100 taels of silver notes and a dozen copper coins."

The village chief stared at the family in disbelief. "Your mother was telling everyone in the village yesterday morning that you had 100 taels of silver notes, and they were stolen last night?"

"Uncle Village Chief, look! That thief punched me in the head and gave me a huge bump. It almost killed me."

Lu Yunzhou lowered his head to show the village chief, who immediately saw a large bump on the back of his head.

The village chief scolded Granny Liu, "Granny Liu, what are you showing off everywhere? Don't you know the saying 'don't flaunt your wealth'?"

"Uncle Village Chief, I suspect that someone from the village did this. There's a tree against the wall in my backyard, and the thief climbed it in. Uncle Village Chief, you can come with me to take a look."

"Village chief, I suspect this might be the work of that Liu family from Liujia Village. As soon as she came to our village, my family lost our silver notes. She just doesn't want our family to have an easy life, and she doesn't want Zhou'er to have any future."

"Old Liu, I'm warning you, don't make baseless accusations without evidence. If you cause trouble, don't blame me for not warning you."

"Village chief, I'm just suspicious, aren't I? And those lazy good-for-nothings in our village should be the focus of the search."

"Are you from the government? What right do you have to search us?"

"Take me to your house first, then tell me about the banknotes."

"Village chief, that 100 taels of silver note was a gift from Master Zhou in town. If you don't believe me, we can go to town and ask him."

"This is a difficult matter. I can ask around in the village for you."

When the village chief arrived at the Lu family's house and saw the crime scene, he also thought it was done by someone from the village. As for Liu Siyue, he thought it was impossible, especially since Liu had already left the village when Granny Liu mentioned the silver notes.

"Village chief, this thief is not only bold, but also meticulous. He ransacked my study and bedroom, and then neatly tidied things up so that no one would notice."

"If he had rummaged through everything, my mother would have noticed this morning, instead of waiting until now."