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

When Liu Qingshan saw the food at home, he threw a tantrum, saying, "Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, Mom, I'm still injured, I need to eat something good to nourish myself."

"Qingshan, you don't know our family's situation. I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it if I told you!"

"Grandpa, what's the situation at our house?"

Grandpa Liu looked at Madam Huang, then at Liu Dahu, and sighed. "When you left, your wife fell and was about to give birth, but your uncles beat her so badly that she went into premature labor and the baby died."

The Yu family came to make trouble, threatening to send your uncle to the authorities. To protect her brothers, your mother gave all the money your eldest sister had brought back to the Yu family as compensation.

Liu Qingshan slammed the bowl down on the table. "Mother, what exactly happened? Explain yourself."

Huang Lanhua felt sorry for her son. "Qingshan, don't blame your mother. There were reasons for what happened back then. The child is gone, and I can't just watch your uncle go to jail."

The 50 taels of silver that you gave to the Yu family as compensation was indeed all brought back by your eldest sister. The Yu family gave your wife 20 taels.

Your wife had just miscarried and was still in her postpartum period when your grandmother tried to steal her money and almost beat her to death. It was your older sister and I who saved her. The reason your wife went back to her parents' home was because of your grandmother.

Huang sneered inwardly. "Old hag, you dare to try and sow discord between her and her son? She's not someone you can control. She has no temper at all."

Liu Qingshan felt that the house was in complete chaos, and he needed to sort things out. He would deal with the right and wrong later. The most important thing right now was to heal his leg. Once his leg was healed, he would be the one to call the shots in the house.

"Mom and Dad, I don't care about any of that. I just want to eat something good and get my leg healed as soon as possible."

"Okay, Mother will try to get some food."

The family had just finished eating when the village chief arrived. "In January, the land was sold for 50 taels of silver. Tomorrow, take the household registration booklet and come with me to the county town to cancel the household registration."

"If you can't re-register in three days, I'll have no choice but to kick you out of the village." Liu Yiyue looked at her mother, who was more concerned about the money.

Huang Lanhua asked anxiously, "Who bought my land? Shouldn't it be 54 taels?"

"You think it's not enough? Then don't sell it. I had to beg you for this."

"MaiMai, I'll take YiYue with me to the county town tomorrow, and we'll re-register her household registration while we're at it."

Liu Yiyue was relieved; her mother still had her best interests at heart.

The next day, the village chief took them to the yamen to complete the land deeds and household registration. Only then did Liu Yiyue learn that her younger sister had bought the land back. She was quite happy. Her second sister still cared about her, her mother, and her eldest brother. Otherwise, she wouldn't have secretly spent 50 taels to buy the land back. The land was in her second sister's hands, and sooner or later, her second sister would give it back to her.

Upon leaving the yamen, the village chief immediately handed 50 taels of silver to Liu Yiyue. Huang Lanhua reached out and took it, saying, "Village chief, I want to hand over the silver to the government today. If I hand it over for a day later, I'll have to pay an extra 200 coins."

The 200 coins saved can buy a lot of good things to help Qingshan recover.

The village chief agreed, and since they were already there, he led them into the yamen (government office) and explained their purpose. They were then taken inside, but they didn't see the two yamen runners who had gone to the village.

Behind the desk sat a thin man, a jailer from the yamen. He took out a register, found Liu Qingshan's name, and said, "Liu Qingshan, pay 50 taels, and your hard labor is over."

Huang Lanhua quickly placed the 50 taels of silver notes on the table, waiting for what was to come.

The jailer crossed out Liu Qingshan's name, stamped it, and said, "That's enough, you can go now."

Huang Lanhua was a little confused. Today was the fourth day; shouldn't they have to pay an extra 800 coins? Only after leaving the yamen did she ask the village chief, "Village chief, shouldn't we have to pay an extra 800 coins? Why didn't that official take it?"

"The daily interest of 200 coins must have been demanded by those two constables themselves."

Huang Lanhua angrily cursed, "Our family is already struggling so much, and they still want to squeeze every last drop out of us! They're heartless!"

"Huang, shut your filthy mouth! Do you think this is your own home? If you want to die, go find somewhere else to run into your head, don't drag me down with you!"

Huang Lanhua immediately shut up and looked around. The village chief ignored them and walked away on his own.

Upon arriving at the city gate, the village chief boarded a horse-drawn carriage. Huang Lanhua thought it was too expensive and didn't want to ride, but Liu Yiyue tugged at her mother's sleeve. "Mother, we saved 800 coins today. That's what we earned. We must pay the village chief for the carriage fare and his hard work. Otherwise, it will be difficult to ask him for favors in the future."

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

When the carriage arrived in town, Huang Lanhua said, "Village Chief, you should go back first. My daughter and I still have things to take care of."

The village chief glanced at Liu Yiyue, unsure what to say about the girl. "She's completely tied down by the Liu family."

Huang Lanhua went to the market and bought meat, white rice, and white flour. She planned to cook a special meal for Liu Qingshan when she got back.

Since Liu Qingshan couldn't move, they carried the dining table into his room. Liu Qingshan wanted to eat dry rice, so Huang Lanhua steamed a large bowl of white rice for him separately, stir-fried some mushrooms and meat with the mushrooms she had picked, and put it all in his bowl. Liu Qingshan ate like a pig, grunting as he ate, making everyone else's mouths water.

Master Liu was the first to object. "Madam Huang, how can you let Qingshan eat all the food by himself? We are getting old and need to nourish ourselves so that we can live a few more years and take better care of the family."

Liu Qingshan swallowed the food in his mouth. "Grandpa and Grandma, I've suffered so much outside. Mom feels sorry for me and wants me to eat something good so it will help me recover."

Grandpa and Grandma are in such good health, they don't need to do any work, there's no need for them to eat well.

The elderly couple quickly finished their porridge and stormed off. They were losing their standing in the family; even their beloved grandson didn't respect them. They needed to make some serious plans.

Liu Qingshan snorted. How old is he? Still fighting with the younger generation for food. He's shameless.

Liu Dahu glanced at his son and realized he was right; his parents were greedy and lazy, and didn't act like elders at all.

Liu Qingshan burped after eating, wiped his mouth, and said, "Mom, this food is really delicious."

"If you like it, then Mom will cook it for you every day from now on."

"Mother, when are you going to get my leg treated? We can't delay any longer."

"I paid 50 taels of silver in the county town today, but we still don't have the money to treat my leg. I'll have your younger sister go find August later, or go to the end of the village to find the ungrateful wretch and ask him for some silver."

"Those lands of your older sister were bought by that ungrateful wretch! She sold them to your older sister in the first place, and now she's buying them back. What's she after? Why didn't she just give her the money directly? Why all this fuss?"

"Mom, why worry about so much! Getting the money back is the right thing to do."

"I'll go find your older sister."

Liu Yiyue was washing a pot in the kitchen when Huang Lanhua came in. "Daughter! Hurry up and wash it. I have something to tell you when you're done."

Huang Lanhua sat on the wooden stool in front of the stove. Liu Yiyue didn't know what her mother was going to say, so she quickened her pace.

"Mother, the kitchen is cleaned up. Do you have anything to say?"

Huang Lanhua looked distressed. "Yiyue, your elder brother's leg can't be delayed any longer; it must be treated as soon as possible."

"I know, then go get it treated right away!"

"Treatment costs money, and we don't have any!"

"Mother, I remember you still have 10 taels of silver and a gold bracelet on you. You can use them to treat my eldest brother's leg."

"Keep your voice down, don't let your grandparents hear!"

That little bit isn't enough. Your father's leg alone cost 30 taels, and your older brother has both legs. Add in other expenses, and it must have cost around 100 taels.

"Mother, what should we do?"