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

"Granddaughter, I beg you, please save your uncle."

"January, Uncle, please, save us! We don't want to go to jail!"

Several aunts stood aside wiping away tears, saying nothing, while her cousins ​​looked at her with pleading eyes.

Now that things have come to this point, what else can she say?

"Mother, let's take those two pieces of jewelry to the county town and pawn them!"

"My daughter, I'm so sorry!"

"Thank you, big sister. Thank you, niece. Don't worry, your uncle will definitely treat you well from now on, support you and your daughter, and not let anyone bully you."

What kind of jewelry are those two pieces? Hurry up and show them to us, how much silver can they be pawned for?

Huang Lanhua took out two pieces of jewelry from her body: a silver hairpin and a gold bracelet. Liu Yiyue was surprised that her mother could carry these things with her.

Huang Lanhua noticed her daughter's expression. "My dear daughter! I have no choice. I don't feel comfortable leaving these things at home. The reason I carry these things with me is because I'm afraid your grandparents will go into my room and search for them and take them away."

Liu Yiyue relaxed a little. "Mother, you don't need to explain. I know everything."

"My daughter is so thoughtful; those boys are all such a handful."

The Huang brothers exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! A gold bracelet, and a solid one at that! It's so thick, it must be worth a lot of money!"

Old Huang picked up the silver hairpin and praised its beauty, saying, "Wife, come and try it on. It will definitely look good on you." He then inserted the hairpin into his wife's hair.

Huang Lao Er saw this and thought, "This won't do. The hairpin is indeed beautiful; let my wife wear it too." He got up, took the hairpin from his sister-in-law's hair, and put it in his own wife's hair. "Oh dear, it looks much better on my wife!"

Huang Laosan was not willing to accept this. "My eldest and second sisters-in-law are getting old. I'll give this hairpin to my wife. Look how beautiful she is. With this hairpin on, she'll be even more beautiful than the flowers."

The brothers immediately started fighting over the hairpin, and Huang Lanhua felt utterly humiliated and couldn't bear to watch.

"Stop fighting over it, all of you. This hairpin belongs to my daughter, and this bracelet will be pawned to pay off your debts."

"Lanhua, your sisters-in-law have never had a good day since they married into our family. They don't even have a single piece of jewelry. I think this hairpin is quite valuable. Why don't we pawn it and buy each of you a small piece of jewelry?"

For a woman, owning a piece of jewelry is a source of great pride in the village.

"I'm getting old, so I won't argue with you about these things anymore. You can buy them for me when you're successful in the future."

"Eldest sister, Mother is right. Look at all of you women, how wonderful it would be if each of you had a piece of jewelry!"

Once she leaves the village, everyone praises her for being filial.

"Let's see how much silver this gold bracelet can be pawned for. If it's enough and there's some left over, we'll use the remaining silver to buy everyone a piece of jewelry."

If that's not enough, I'll pawn this silver hairpin. It belongs to my daughter, and I don't want to give it away so easily.

Liu Yiyue was very touched; her mother had always been thinking of him.

"Sister, let's hire an oxcart to go to the county town now, so we can have peace of mind sooner rather than later."

"Is it too late to go now?"

"There's still time; it's only just past lunchtime."

"Okay, let's go now."

Old Huang's wife went to hire an oxcart again, this time for 50 coins for the round trip. "Uncle, don't worry, the fare is definitely not a problem. I'll settle the fare with you when we get back."

"Why don't you give me half first, and then you can give me the other half when I get back?"

"Okay, hurry up and get the car ready. My older sister and niece are here, so you'll definitely need to pay for their ride."

As the old man hitched up his cart, he asked, "Which niece of yours?"

"My eldest sister's eldest daughter!"

"Oh, didn't I hear she was living at her second uncle's house? She'd cut off all ties with her family. Why is she back now?"

"What kind of severing of ties? That's all ancient history. What daughter could bear to abandon her parents?"

"Big sister, the boss's car is here, let's go quickly."

As soon as Huang Lanhua and Liu Yiyue got on the oxcart, the three Huang brothers and their wives also got on. Several nephews and nieces also eagerly wanted to ride the oxcart to the county town.

"Why are so many people here? Do you think we're going shopping?"

"Sister, we've chartered this oxcart, so why not take a ride? We'll bring our wives to the county town too."

The old man driving the oxcart spoke up, "With so many people on board, the oxcart will definitely travel very slowly on the road. It will probably be dark by the time we reach the county town, and it's uncertain whether we'll be able to return tonight."

If I don't make it back, you'll have to pay for my accommodation tonight and also buy me a meal.

"Everyone else, go down. Boss, just come with us."

"Big sister, why don't you let big brother stay home and let me go with him?"

"What's there to argue about? Get out of here, all of you."

"Are you still going? If you keep dawdling, it'll be really dark by now."

"Go, go, go right away."

"Only Huang Lanhua, Liu Yiyue, and Boss Huang were left in the car."

"Pay me half the fare first! You'll have to cover the city entry fee as well."

The eldest brother Huang looked at Huang Lanhua and said, "Sister, I don't have any money on me."

Huang Lanhua took out several dozen copper coins from her pocket, counted them, and handed them to my uncle.

"Hold on tight, giddy up!" The oxcart slowly started moving, and the old man would occasionally whip the ox's rump to make it walk faster. He didn't want to travel in the dark of night, as it was too dangerous.

Upon arriving in the county town, after inquiring about the location of the pawnshop, the oxcart drove straight there. "Yiyue, you're dressed well, you go pawn your clothes. I've heard that the people at this pawnshop treat people differently based on their appearance. They've seen that our clothes are tattered, so we definitely won't get a good price."

"Okay, then you guys wait for me in the car."

"Big sister, let me go with my niece, and I'll protect her well."

"You think you can protect her? Look at your face, it looks like a pig's head. People will think you're a robber."

"Big sister, how can you talk about your own brother like that?"

Huang Lanhua glared at him. "Go swing in a bit, and I'll be watching."

When they arrived at my pawnshop, Liu Yiyue took out the gold bracelet and said, "Hey buddy, I'm pawning something."

The waiter glanced at Yi Yue and noticed that the material of his clothes was quite good, suggesting that his family was well-off.

"What do you want to be? Show me what you have!"

Liu Yiyue placed the gold bracelet on the counter. The shopkeeper weighed it with a scale, then examined it carefully. "This bracelet is worth ten taels of silver."

"What? This gold bracelet is only worth ten taels of silver? You're too ruthless!"

Forget it, I'm not doing it anymore!

"I'll add two more ounces."

"If you quit, you're not a sincere businessman."

"Then name your price. How much do you want to pawn?"

"50 taels."

The shopkeeper laughed loudly, "I've never seen such an outrageous price before! Don't you know that one tael of gold is worth ten taels of silver? Doesn't this gold bracelet weigh five taels? Don't you have any sense of proportion?"

Liu Yiyue blushed. "Then tell me, what's the highest price I can get for this? If it's suitable, I'll pawn it."

"Your gold bracelet weighs less than two taels, so I'll give you twelve taels, which is already more than enough."

"Didn't you say one tael of gold was worth ten taels of silver?"

"yes!

One tael of gold and ten taels of silver. You should know we are a pawnshop. Your bracelet is of good quality and very new. Giving you 60% of the price is already considered high.

Twelve taels, take it or leave it!

Liu Yiyue was conflicted. Pawning the gold bracelet would be a huge loss, and she wondered how much this hairpin was worth. "I'll ask the price first," she said, taking out the silver hairpin. "Hey, how much do you think this silver hairpin is worth?"