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

After dinner, Lu Yunzhou had not yet fallen ill. He thought he wouldn't fall ill today, and he was secretly pleased. He had only seen Liu Shi for a short while yesterday, and he didn't fall ill today. It was truly miraculous!

But he had only been asleep for a short while when he started coughing violently, so violently that he couldn't speak. Lu Yunping heard the noise and immediately got up. "Little brother, bear with it. I'll go get a doctor."

Lu Yunping ran out like the wind. Granny Liu also got up. Seeing her son's pained state, tears streamed down her face. "My Zhou'er, you've suffered so much! Heaven, why must you make my Zhou'er suffer like this? You're unjust!"

A moment later, Lu Yunping and Doctor Yang came running, panting. Seeing that Lu Yunzhou was about to cough himself to death, they quickly took out silver needles and inserted them.

With just that one injection, Lu Yunzhou lay flat and fell silent. Granny Liu finally breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at Doctor Yang and said, "Doctor Yang, what are we going to do about my son? Every time he has an attack, it's heartbreaking. If you're not in the village one day, he'll cough himself to death!"

"There's nothing we can do about it. You just need to hurry up and marry Liu Shi back."

"We also want to get her back as soon as possible, but it's not that easy!"

You know about our family situation, so I've come up with another idea. What do you think?

"Oh, there are other ways?"

"Isn't it said that as long as a woman's birth date and time are the same, it's fine? So I plan to find another woman with the same birth date and time as Zhou'er to marry. If it doesn't work out with Liu, this one can take its place."

"I really don't know. I'll have to go to the prefectural city and ask the highly virtuous monk, Master Zhikong."

"Going to the prefectural city is so far. Not only will it take time to travel there and back, but we'll also need to get a travel permit."

"If I go and don't see anyone, wouldn't that be a wasted trip and a waste of money?"

"Then you can decide for yourselves. I'm going home."

"Dr. Yang, you must keep this a secret and don't tell anyone for now."

"Don't worry about that, I won't gossip about it."

The next morning, as soon as she got up, Granny Liu tidied herself up neatly, put on her thick silver bracelet, and went out. She was going to other villages to find a matchmaker to handle the matter. Seeing her son suffering, she was willing to go all out and planned to spend more money to get things done as soon as possible.

She visited three villages in a row, told the matchmaker about her requirements, and also described her son's situation: he was a literary star descended to earth, a future top scholar.

The reason she was in such a hurry to get married was that she wanted her son to have good fortune, pass the imperial examinations, and become a scholar's wife.

Before the matter was even settled, each matchmaker was given 50 coins as a service fee. If a suitable match was found, they would be given 2 taels of silver as a thank-you fee.

As long as the woman meets all the requirements, he is willing to give a dowry of 10 taels of silver.

The matchmakers' eyes widened in disbelief. What a great deal! Two taels of silver for thread? No money? Ten taels for a dowry? Good heavens! If this goes through, they can earn back all their expenses for the year.

They all patted their chests and promised that they would do their utmost to find someone and make the marriage happen.

Despite the power of these matchmakers, they travel from house to house, have extensive connections and are well-informed. In less than half a month, they actually found someone whose birth chart matched Lu Yunzhou's.

However, the girl's family was not from Sifang Town, but from another town. The girl was pretty and the reason she was still unmarried at such an old age was because her parents had not found a family that could offer a high dowry.

They set a minimum dowry of eight taels of silver for their daughters; anything less than eight taels was out of the question.

This time, I heard that they were willing to offer a dowry of 10 taels of silver, and the new son-in-law was a young scholar who was about to take the imperial examination. My daughter is so lucky. She will become a scholar's wife after marrying him, and will also become an official's wife in the future. Wouldn't he be the father-in-law of an official? My family will also rise in status.

The couple agreed without hesitation; such a good marriage was hard to find even with a lantern.

Two days later, the matchmaker told Granny Liu the good news: "Sister, I'm so glad you asked me to. I've run myself ragged trying to find the daughter-in-law you wanted. She's so pretty, her face is so delicate you could squeeze water out of it. I bet Mr. Liu will love her."

Granny Liu was also very happy. "You've really worked hard. Tell me about the girl's situation."

The matchmaker then began to tell Granny Liu about the girl's family. Knowing that the parents only cared about money, she wanted to go and see for herself. She thought that getting involved with such a family would be like getting stuck with a leech, and it would be best to draw a clear line once and for all.

"How about this, let's go to the girl's house tomorrow. If I like her, we'll arrange the marriage and get the two of them married as soon as possible, so my son can focus on his studies."

"Okay then!"

Whenever Lu Yunzhou had an attack of his illness and there was still time, he would go to Liujia Village to find Liu Siyue, where he would perform his deep affection to the fullest. He would put on this show every day, and the villagers would watch it like a play.

"In April, after being husband and wife, can't you come back to me for the sake of the children? I only realized how important you are to me after losing you. I can't live without you!"

Today is the 15th poem I've written for you; my deepest affection for you is deeply embedded in these words:

A flower, a world; a leaf, a pursuit. A song, a sigh; a lifetime for one person.

When Liu Siyue heard him recite love poems, she found it amusing. This man was really willing to go to any lengths to save his life and to let her go back. If someone as flexible and shameless as him were to become an official, it would be difficult for him not to be promoted.

"Qingwu, what's the situation with the Lu family?"

"Master, Granny Liu and the matchmaker went to Wanyuan Town today to look at that girl. I heard that the girl's birth chart is the same as that of that scumbag."

"Great! It'll be quite a spectacle then, I'm so excited just thinking about it."

When Granny Liu and the matchmaker arrived at Yushu Village in Wanyuan Town, they went directly into the He family's house. As soon as the matchmaker entered, she called out, "He family girl, come out quickly, our distinguished guests have arrived!"

Knowing that their future in-laws would be visiting in the next couple of days, He Daikui and his wife cleaned the house inside and out thoroughly. They even made a new dress for their daughter, He Qinglian, making her look beautiful, hoping that their future in-laws would take a liking to her at first sight. "Qinglian, behave yourself. If this marriage doesn't go well with you, I'll skin you alive!"

He Qinglian answered timidly and cautiously, "I know, Mother." She also wanted to leave this family and hoped to marry into a good family so that she wouldn't be sold around like an object by her parents or be picked over by those stinky men.

The matchmaker's proposal sounded really good, but how could such a good match fall into her lap so easily? Besides, she mentioned other towns, so there must be something fishy going on.

Thinking about these things, He Qinglian felt a little scared. She was afraid that it was as she thought, that it was a dying person who had come to bring her good luck, or that the person was already dead and had come to keep vigil for the dead.

The thought of this made her tremble. Why was her life so miserable? She wanted to run away, but where could she go? The world was not peaceful. If she, a weak woman, went out, she would probably be targeted before she even left Wanyuan Town. If she fell into the hands of bad people, her life would be over. Thinking about this, she silently shed tears.

The man's family came today. As long as the man's family is nice, he can accept being alone for the rest of his life.

He Daikui and his wife came out happily to greet them. He Daikui's wife, Jin, stepped forward with a beaming smile, "We've been waiting for you! Please come inside and sit down."