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

Grandpa Liu placed the prescription on the table. Liu Daniu picked it up and stood there without moving. "Why aren't you going to get the medicine? What are you standing here for?"

"How can I get the medicine if you don't pay me?"

"We're out of money at home, so you can pay me first, and I'll pay you back when I have the money."

"Father, I don't have any money either."

"Here's what we'll do. Aren't your sister-in-law and your niece at the clinic in town? Go get the medicine and have them pay for it."

"They don't have the money either, so I'm not going to get the medicine?"

"How could they not have money? How will they afford to treat your niece-in-law if they don't have money?"

"Where did they get the money? Father, did you give it to them?"

"Just go when I tell you to! Stop asking so many questions!"

"If you don't give me money, I won't go, so I don't make a wasted trip."

Old Master Liu was furious. He took out two taels of silver and gave them to Liu Daniu. "You've got the silver. Now hurry up and go."

Liu Daniu took the silver and went to town to get medicine; he couldn't bear to hire an oxcart.

Grandpa Liu had no choice. His eldest son was too unmanageable, his wife was ill, and his younger children were even less reliable, so he had to cook in the kitchen himself.

He cooked a big pot of brown rice porridge, which they ate in the morning and could eat again in the evening, so the family finally had a full meal.

Liu Dani went to the clinic, got his medicine, and left without even going in to check on Liu Yiyue and the others.

When I got home, I put the medicine on the table. "I should have gotten 10 doses, but I didn't have enough money, so I only got 8. This is the money left."

I've got the medicine, so I'm going back.

"Don't rush off yet. Prepare your mother's medicine before you go. This is something your wife is supposed to do, so you can do it for her."

Liu Daniu carried a packet of medicine to brew it. "Daniu, spring plowing is just around the corner, what are your plans?"

"What plans could I possibly have? I'll just farm my own land!"

"Your second brother has already driven the ox to help the Bai family plow the fields. You should also ask your second brother to help plow the fields this time. Anyway, they have oxen, so he doesn't need to do any work."

"I don't have that much influence. If you want your second brother to help your family plow the land, you go and ask him."

"What do you mean 'my family' and 'your family'? Even though we've separated our households, does that mean we're no longer family?"

If you can't get your second brother to help plow the fields, then our land will have to rely on you two."

Liu Daniu stopped brewing the medicine and got up to leave. His father was really going too far. How long was he going to keep ordering him around? Even brewing medicine required him to do it. Was his older brother clumsy or brain-dead?

"Third brother, come back here right now! The medicine isn't ready yet, and I haven't finished speaking!"

Liu Daniu left without looking back. Old Master Liu stomped his feet in anger, cursing, "Unfilial son! Unfilial son!"

Grandpa Liu then went to call Liu Dahu and told him that he would be in charge of decocting medicine from now on, and that he would also teach him to cook. He would be in charge of all the housework from now on.

Liu Dahu sat there reluctantly, boiling the medicine. He was busy adding firewood and didn't even look at the pot, so he boiled the medicine dry.

Grandpa Liu was so angry that he slapped him hard across the face. "Useless thing, you can't even brew a proper medicine."

He went in and brought out another packet of medicine. "Wash the medicine pot clean and start decocting the medicine again. If you can't decoct the medicine properly this time, you can get out of here. We don't keep useless people in our family."

Starting tomorrow, I'll teach you how to cook, and you'll be responsible for all the housework, from laundry to cooking.

"Why should I, a grown man, have to do these chores? These are the chores that women do. What have you and your mother been doing at home? You're just freeloaders."

"You unfilial son! Your mother and I raised you with such difficulty, only to let you disobey us?"

Grandpa Liu had been wronged here and there all day, and he had a bellyful of anger with nowhere to vent it. So he picked up a broom from the ground and started whipping it at Da Hu.

Liu Dahu was beaten so badly that he hopped around on one leg, and then he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

"Father, am I still your son? Losing a leg is bad enough, why are you doing this to me?"

"You good-for-nothing! You think you can't live without a leg? You can't do the work in the fields, but you can't do the work at home?"

Don't you see what our family has become? If things continue like this, this family will fall apart sooner or later.

Your father feels sorry for you, but there's nothing he can do!

If you have the ability to persuade your daughter April to come back to you, then you will be the patriarch of the Liu family, getting whatever you want, living a more glamorous life than your second brother.

If you don't want to live in Liujia Village anymore, you can buy a big house in the county town. At that time, who in the village would dare to look down on you, and who wouldn't fawn over you?

"If you don't want Huang anymore, just divorce her, and your father will find you a younger and prettier one."

"Dad, do you think I don't want a good life? That girl is as stubborn as a mule, she won't listen to reason. She's set up her own household, and we can't do anything about her."

"You know this won't work, so you need to be nicer to Huang Shi, stop arguing with her, and stop hitting her all the time. When she comes back this time, you need to coax her back."

Haven't you noticed? The eldest daughter is clearly siding with Huang Shi. If our family wants to live a good life in the future, we'll have to rely on the eldest daughter. Only she can get things from April.

"She got married in August, so we can't rely on her at all. You should go find August yourself another day; her family has already finished plowing their land. Ask them to come and help us with our spring planting."

"Understood, Father."

"Then hurry up and get up to prepare your mother's medicine."

On the fourth day, Yu Guixiang woke up. After the doctor took her pulse, he prescribed some medicine for them to take home and gave them some instructions before telling them they could leave.

This medicine cost another 12 taels of silver. Huang Lanhua's heart ached, as she had less and less silver left.

"Mother, although it cost some money, at least my sister-in-law's life was saved, and the children in the family will have someone to take care of them in the future."

Let's go to town and hire an oxcart to take us home.

"Alright, you stay here and watch over your sister-in-law. I'll go hire an oxcart."

Huang Lanhua hired an oxcart at the town entrance and drove directly to the entrance of Huichuntang. Liu Yiyue spread a quilt in the carriage and said, "Guixiang, let's go home now. Mother will carry you out."

Yu Guixiang nodded. At this moment, she was very grateful to her mother-in-law for spending so much money to save her life. To be honest, her mother-in-law had indeed treated her well over the years of their marriage and had never mistreated her.

Perhaps this is fate. The Liu family is not destined for wealth, and she is not destined to enjoy happiness either. Once she recovers, she will definitely not let that old hag get away with it.

The oxcart entered Liujia Village, and when the villagers saw Huang Lanhua and her group returning, they quickly chased after them, asking, "Lanhua, how is your eldest daughter-in-law?"

"Your life is saved, you're alright, go home and recover slowly."

"It's good that you're alright, it's good that you're alright. You can't cause any more trouble when you get back."

Huang Lanhua paid the fare for the oxcart, picked up Yu Guixiang, and headed home. Liu Yiyue picked up the quilt from the oxcart and followed her inside.

"Mother, put my sister-in-law in my room first. I'll go to Grandma's and get my bedding for her. Sister-in-law, this bedding is dirty and we can't use it anymore."

The doctor made it very clear that the person must not get cold again.

"Go clean the room, I'll get the bedding."

"Father, Mother, give this quilt to Guixiang. Guixiang is weak now and can't stand the cold."

"No, if you take away the bedding, what will we use?"

"You're still using your old ones."

"No, I'm used to this one, and I can't use the old one anymore."

I'm injured now too, and I need warm bedding as well.

"No, let the eldest daughter go to the second son's place and ask for another one."

Huang Lanhua knew this would be the outcome, so she stopped arguing and turned to leave.