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

When Liu Yiyue saw her mother return empty-handed, she knew that the quilt had not been returned. "Bring the quilt from my room for your sister-in-law to use. I'll use the one your second sister-in-law used before."

Laifu brought his younger siblings back from outside. Knowing that his mother had returned, he quickly ran into the house and was about to throw himself at her when Liu Yiyue stopped him. "You can't touch your mother. She's weak right now. If you have something to say, just tell her. Don't disturb her rest."

"Mother, you're finally back! We thought you were dead, and that we would never have a mother again."

Yu Guixiang opened her mouth, but was too weak to make a sound. Liu Yiyue sent the children away and told Yu Guixiang to rest.

Yu Guixiang's room had been uninhabited for several days, and it was very cold inside. Huang Lanhua placed two braziers to dispel the cold, laid out the bedding, and would bring the person over in a little while.

"Mom, the rice in the house is stored over there. I'll cook some porridge so my sister-in-law can eat it when she wakes up."

"Go ask your grandparents; all the valuables in the house are in their room."

Liu Yiyue asked Old Lady Liu for a hundred meters. Old Lady Liu looked pitiful and said, "Young lady, where is there any white rice or flour left at home? There's only a little bit, and your sister-in-law ate it all. Now that Grandma is injured, she can't even eat anything good to nourish herself. Grandma is old and can't compare to you young people. If she doesn't eat something good, her injury will be hard to heal."

"Think of a way to get Grandma some good food to help her recover."

"Grandma, if you want something good to eat, give me the money and I'll go buy it for you."

"Grandma has no money; she used up all the little money she had left to buy medicine."

"I don't have any money either. The little I had was all used to treat my sister-in-law's illness. I'm going to take care of her now."

"Young lady, Grandma also needs someone to take care of her. Come over in a bit."

"Mother, Grandma said there's no white rice. I'll ask August for some first, and we'll go to town to buy some another day. Could you find me a cloth bag?"

Liu Yiyue went to Bayue's house to borrow rice with a cloth bag. Lai Gui and Er Ya were playing in the yard. When the two children saw her, they asked, "Auntie, what brings you here? Is Auntie still alive?"

"Yes, your aunt is fine. Is your aunt home?"

"Yes, I'll go get someone."

"Little aunt, your eldest aunt is here, she's looking for you."

In August, she immediately put down what she was doing and came out of the house. "Big sister, when did you come back from town? Is sister-in-law awake?"

"You're awake. We just got home. Little sister, your older sister came to ask you for some white rice. We don't have any fine grains at home. We came back in a hurry and didn't have time to buy any in town."

"Big sister, there are only two or three pounds of white rice left at home. I took it all when I went back to my parents' home. I'll give the rest of the rice to you."

"Lai Gui, please bring your aunt inside and have her sit down."

Liu Bayue took the bag of rice from her eldest sister, scooped two bowls of rice from the rice jar in the kitchen, and went back to her room. "Eldest sister, this is all the rice we have left. It should last us a few days."

"Thank you, little sister."

"Big sister, we're sisters, there's no need to be so polite. There are too many troubles at the old house, you can't handle them all. You're not fully recovered yet, and you've done your part. Hurry back to Uncle's house, don't make things harder for yourself."

"Little sister, I can't leave. You don't know how pitiful Mother is now. If I leave, she will have to manage everything inside and outside the house by herself. There are also two sick people in the family. How can she bear it all by herself? I can't watch Mother suffer alone."

Little sister, I know you just got married and there are some things you can't do right now. If you have time, please come home more often. That way, Mother will feel better, at least she'll have us sisters to keep her company.

"I understand. Big sister, please take good care of yourself and don't overwork yourself."

When Liu Yiyue returned home, she said, "Mother, my younger sister's family is out of rice. There's only this much left, so I brought it all back."

"Okay, I'll go cook, you can brew the medicine."

Huang Lanhua was cooking in the kitchen when Liu Dahu came in, leaning on a cane. "Lanhua, you're back. I've missed you so much while you were away."

"It was all my fault before. I apologize to you. Please forgive me. We're husband and wife; husband and wife shouldn't hold grudges overnight."

Huang Lanhua continued cooking, ignoring him. Liu Dahu then quickly tried to be attentive, sitting down at the stove to tend the fire. Throughout the entire process, Huang Lanhua didn't say a word to him.

Seeing that Huang Lanhua was ignoring him, Liu Dahu was seething with anger and really wanted to explode. Ever since he lost his leg, his temper had become worse and worse. He would want to hit people at the drop of a hat, but he couldn't bear to break things.

When Liu Dahu saw that the rice was cooked, he went to call his parents to eat. When the father and son went to the kitchen, they found the table empty and only the water from washing the pot remained.

Liu Dahu was furious. "I humbled myself to coax her, and she actually took advantage of my kindness and wouldn't even give me food. She really doesn't know what's good for her."

"Just shut up already! Isn't the house messy enough already?"

"It'll be fine in a few days. Women are like that; just coax them a little and they'll get over it."

Now that you've learned to cook, let's make it ourselves. We can make it thick or thin as we like.

"Dad, look, the rice jar is almost empty."

"It's alright, as long as the eldest girl and the others have food to eat, we won't go hungry."

"Mother, is this really a good idea? Won't people laugh at us if word gets out?" Liu Yiyue said, holding her bowl, unable to eat anymore.

"Don't worry about it, Mother has her own plans, eat quickly." They had completely forgotten about Lai Gui and Er Ya, who had returned when they figured the food was almost ready.

Huang Lanhua gave them a cold shoulder, "You don't do any housework, what are you doing back here? We've already finished eating, we'll wait for the next meal. Just like your mother, ungrateful wretches, heartless."

"Mother, the children are still young, why are you telling them these things?"

"Lai Gui, we've really run out of food at home. Go to your aunt's house and ask her for some."

"Auntie, we're not a member of the Bai family. How can we keep asking for food? Grandma Bai will be unhappy, and Auntie will be looked down upon."

"Then go find your grandpa, he's cooking."

"Auntie, we dare not."

"If you're not scared, then go hungry. You're starving yourselves, yet you're still thinking about this and that. I bet you're not hungry at all, you two spineless cowards." Huang Lanhua glared fiercely at the brother and sister.

When Laifu and his sister saw their grandmother scolding Laigui and Erya, rolling her eyes at them and sticking out her tongue and making faces, Laigui and his sister reluctantly went to the kitchen to find Liu Dahu. "Grandpa, we're hungry."

Liu Dahu glared at the brother and sister, which made them tremble. Thinking of their deceased second son, he still served each of them half a bowl of porridge.

Even from her room, Bai's mother heard that Liu Yiyue had arrived. August took the initiative to go in and tell her about it, "Mother, eldest sister came back from town. She just came to ask for some white rice, and I gave her two bowls. Mother..."

"You don't need to say anything, your mother heard it all. This is the first time your eldest sister has come to ask you for something. She's already here, it wouldn't be right for you not to give it to her, it would hurt her feelings. If it happens too often, that won't do, understand? Don't let the Liu family think that our family is easy to manipulate, that they'll have to be fed and clothed by us from now on."

"Mother, I know. When I gave her the rice, I told my eldest sister that it was the only rice we had left and that she should take it all. I think she understands what I mean."

"It's not that I'm stingy, it's just that no one has it easy these days. The problem is that your family members are all lazy and only think about taking advantage of others, while they don't want to do anything for their own family."

To put it bluntly, your eldest sister brought this on herself. Just you wait, her suffering is far from over!

"I tried to persuade my older sister, but she didn't listen to me."

"Just do your best. Everyone has their own way of living. Saying too much will only make you enemies."