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

Lu Yunzhou bowed deeply and said, "This student will remember the Master's teachings and will certainly study diligently."

"If you want to continue listening, then sit down. Such things are not allowed in my class. Either listen attentively or leave." Lu Yunzhou focused his mind and listened attentively to the lesson. He would deal with other matters after class.

On this day, Lu Yunzhou was in class when he suddenly started coughing violently. The teacher and his classmates all looked at him. After a while, the coughing stopped.

She stood up weakly. "Teacher, classmates, I'm sorry for disturbing your class. I apologize to you all."

"Student Lu, if you are not feeling well, you should ask for leave to see a doctor. Don't delay. The sooner you get treatment, the better. The college entrance examination is coming up soon, and you can't afford to be late."

"Yes, it's better to take a look."

"Thank you for your concern, Master and fellow students. I will go see a doctor after I finish my studies."

After school, several of Lu Yunzhou's close classmates accompanied him to see the doctor. "Brother Lu, we'll go with you to see the doctor. If anything happens, we can run errands for you."

"Then thank you very much, Brother Yan, Brother Hu, Brother Wang. I'll treat you to a meal another day to express my gratitude."

Those who disliked Lu Yunzhou were gloating, asking, "Do any of you know what this is called?"

"What's your name?"

"When a person is arrogant, Heaven will punish him; when a pig is fat, the knife will come to take its place."

What good is being well-educated if you're still sickly? I heard that he was sickly as a child, but he got better after marrying a child bride. Later, for some reason, he didn't want that child bride anymore.

Haha, this is karma! Daring to steal my woman, you were asking for it.

"Brother Hui is right. How can a country bumpkin like me compare to Brother Hui? We'll all have to rely on Brother Hui to protect us from now on."

"No problem, just follow me, and I guarantee you'll all make the list. Keep this a secret."

Fearing a misdiagnosis at one clinic, Lu Yunzhou visited several, but the doctors all gave the same diagnosis: lung heat.

The doctor prescribed some medicine, told him to pay attention to his diet, and advised him to take good care of his health before letting him leave.

When Lu Yunzhou returned to the county school, he had nowhere to prepare the medicine, so he had to pay the kitchen staff to help him. After drinking several doses of medicine, he didn't feel any change; the violent cough that was supposed to come still came.

Because his frequent coughing interrupted his classes, the teacher forced him to take a month's leave. The instructor personally spoke with him, saying, "Lu Yunzhou, your studies are important, but your health is even more important. Several teachers have come to me to report that you are unwell and that it is affecting your normal teaching."

"Go home and rest for a month to recover your health before coming back. I'll have your tutor give you extra lessons to catch up on what you've missed. With your intelligence, I'm sure you'll be fine."

"Thank you, Your Excellency. I will be returning home tomorrow."

The next day, Lu Yunzhou packed his bags and went home. The happiest person when Lu Yunzhou left was Wei Yuliang.

Wei Yuliang, the second son of Wei Yuanguang, the village chief of Bainiwan Village, is also a student of the Imperial Academy. He is more than 10 years older than Lu Yunzhou. He has taken the provincial examination several times but failed each time. He is disheartened, but his father is forcing him to take the exam because their family must produce a scholar.

In the village, the villagers compared him to Lu Yunzhou, saying that he was not destined to become a scholar. He had spent money on the exam year after year, and he would have been better off going home to raise his son properly.

At home, although his older brother's family didn't say anything, he knew they had a problem with him, but his father was in charge and his older brother didn't dare to rebel.

She didn't want to study anymore and wanted to ease the burden on her family, but her father disagreed and forced her to study. He wouldn't let her stop until she became a decent person, and he would bring up their ancestors all the time. He was under a lot of pressure.

Granny Liu would show off in front of the villagers, which made her father feel ashamed, so he became even stricter with him. He was really tired, so very tired.

At the county school, his classmates ridiculed him, saying that he was an old student who had taken the exam time and time again. They said that if he couldn't pass, he shouldn't waste his money. They said he didn't know what his family's situation was, yet he was trying to put on a brave face. They said it was ridiculous.

When Lu Yunzhou arrived, he compared himself to Lu Yunzhou. Every time Lu Yunzhou showed his face, he felt his face burning. He was happy to see Lu Yunzhou leave because of illness and hoped that he would stay sick until the college entrance examination was over.

Wei Yuliang knew that his thoughts were despicable, but he didn't want to. As long as Lu Yunzhou failed the exam, even if he failed this time, the villagers and his family would have fewer opinions about him. He was most afraid of going home and facing so many eyes.

Lu Yunzhou bought a lot of things in the county town and took a horse-drawn carriage to the town. He just happened to catch the oxcart from Bainiwan back to the village. Before he even entered the house, he heard his mother scolding the two children, "You two are just like your mother, shameless and treacherous. I feed you and give you drinks, and you still want to harm my little grandson."

"Grandma, we didn't. Mother fell down on her own. It has nothing to do with us."

"At such a young age, you've already learned to lie instead of learning good things. I'll beat you two sluts to death today."

Hearing his two nephews crying, Lu Yunzhou quickly knocked on the door, "Mother, open the door, I'm back."

Granny Liu was in the middle of beating the dog when she suddenly heard Lu Yunzhou's voice. She froze for a moment, then burst into joy. She threw down the stick and walked towards the door, asking as she went, "Zhou'er, is that you back?"

"Mom, it's me, open the door quickly."

Granny Liu opened the courtyard gate and saw her son. Her face lit up with joy. "Zhou'er is back. Have you run out of money? I told you I'd have your older brother send some more in a couple of days."

"Mother, I have money, how come you have a grown child?"

"Come in first and we'll talk."

Lu Yunzhou came in and immediately walked towards the brother and sister. "Wenxuan, Xinning, are you alright? Your uncle is back."

The two children, though wronged, dared not cry out, only sobbing quietly. "Don't cry, tell your uncle why your grandma hit you."

The two women glared at Granny Liu and said, "What are you looking at? If you keep looking, we'll gouge your eyes out. You're all a handful."

"Mother, the children are still young, why are you scaring them?"

"Zhou'er, you must be tired from your journey back. Don't mind him, come inside with your mother."

"You two, stop bothering your uncle, do you hear me?"

Lu Yunzhou patted the two children's heads and said, "You two go play first, your uncle will come to find you later."

The two children nodded and obediently picked up brooms to sweep the chicken coop.

"Zhou'er, why are you back now? Didn't you say you'd wait until after the provincial examinations to come back? Did something happen?"

"Mother, these are the things I bought for you. This is for Father and Mother, this is for my eldest brother, and this is for my two nephews."

"Oh dear, where did you get so much money to buy these things? You're not studying for the imperial examinations anymore. All these things must have cost several taels of silver. What a waste!"

"Zhou'er, your mother is right. You shouldn't have spent this money. You should have saved it for your studies, which would have eased the burden on the family."

"Father and Mother, don't worry. Your son has money. I will go to study in the prefectural city in the future. You don't need to worry about the money."

"Did you report it to the authorities? The magistrate found the 100 taels of silver notes that our family lost."

"No, I went to the county government to report it to the authorities. The magistrate said we had no leads at all and told us to find them ourselves. Once we found them, they would come and arrest us."

"How could you do this, magistrate? If we could find any clues, we would have gone to your door and gotten the silver notes back. Why would we need to report this to the authorities?"

Since it wasn't those 100 taels of silver notes, where did your money come from? You're a scholar; you mustn't do anything that would tarnish your reputation and affect your chances of becoming an official.