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

Huang Lanhua and Liu Dahu went to find the old couple. Old Master Liu glared at Huang Shi, and Liu Dahu spoke first, "Father and Mother, Lanhua and I have discussed it and decided to bring Qingshan's wife and child back as soon as possible. Qingshan is in a bad mood right now, and it will be better if his wife and child are with him. Once we bring them back, Father and Mother, please don't hold it against him."

Old Mrs. Liu snorted, "This family is becoming more and more disrespectful and ignorant of rules. Your father and I are not dead yet, and you unfilial descendants are already humiliating us. Just because we are old, does that mean we don't deserve to eat a bowl of rice or a piece of meat?"

How much longer do we have to live? We're so old, we can't even have a decent meal, and our children and grandchildren will criticize us for it.

We're just an old couple. Our son dotes on Dahu, and our grandson dotes on Qingshan. What have we gotten in return? We're heartbroken. If you want to leave, go ahead, but don't expect me to give her a kind look."

"As long as Mother doesn't provoke things, it's fine. This whole mess was caused by Mother herself."

"Get out of our way, don't get in our way."

"Honey, you have trouble walking, my daughter and I will go pick them up."

Liu Yiyue was still feeling a bit unwell, but Huang Lanhua insisted on taking her along to pick up Yu Guixiang. You can't go empty-handed, so Huang Lanhua brought two jin of white rice and some mushrooms she had picked at home. That way, her hands wouldn't be empty. She still felt a pang of heartache looking at the two jin of white rice, as it cost several tens of coins!

Liu Yiyue wasn't feeling well and walked slowly. Huang Lanhua kept urging her, "Walk faster! At this rate, are you even going to get back today?"

"Mom, my stomach hurts. Why don't you go ahead and I'll rest for a while?"

Huang Lanhua had no choice but to stop as well. "Daughter, don't blame your mother. Your older brother is like that at home, and I'm just anxious. Neither you nor I can take care of him, so I'm thinking of sending your sister-in-law back as soon as possible so she can take care of him. That way, we can both relax a bit."

"Mother, I know, I don't blame you."

After resting for a while, Liu Yiyue felt much better. "Mother, I feel much better. Let's go."

Upon arriving at the Yu family's door, Huang Lanhua could hear children playing inside. She pushed the door open and exclaimed, "Oh, mother-in-law, everyone's home?"

"What are you doing here? I haven't even settled accounts with you yet, and you've already shown up."

"Look, Guixiang and her children can't always stay at their parents' house and cause you trouble. We've come to take them back."

Huang Lanhua placed the things in her hands into Yu's mother's hands. Yu's mother looked at them, turned around and took the things into the house. Huang Lanhua looked at Yu Guixiang and said with a smile, "Guixiang, hurry up and pack your things and go back with your mother. Laifu, you take your younger brother and sister to pack too."

Gui Xiang, Mother has good news for you: Qingshan has returned!

Yu Guixiang was stunned. She couldn't have heard wrong, could she? Liu Qingshan was back? How could that be? "Mother, you just said that my husband is back. You're not lying to me, are you? My husband was sentenced to three years of hard labor."

"How could your mother lie to you? I really am back. I suffered a lot while serving in the military and I'm so thin that I'm skin and bones. I can't come to pick you up, so I'm taking care of myself at home."

"It cost the family 50 taels of silver to buy out Qingshan's remaining hard labor time before he came back. He kept talking about you and the children after he returned."

"What? 50 taels? Where did you get that money from?"

"Sister-in-law, I've sold my piece of land."

Yu Guixiang understood. "Mother, I can go back, but I have one condition: you must hand over the reins of the household to me. Otherwise, I will not go back."

"Aren't you putting your mother in a difficult position? The power in the household has always been in your grandparents' hands; I don't have the final say!"

"Then you should go back and discuss it. I will not go back until you hand over control of the family."

"Liu Qingshan's return is just in time. If things don't work out, we can get a divorce. Our family isn't well-liked in the village, and I've had enough of that kind of life."

"Guixiang, you can't say things like that. Husbands and wives don't talk about divorce all the time."

Yu's mother came over and said, "My daughter is right. If she doesn't hand over control of the household, then we'll get a divorce. It's not like we can't afford to support her."

"Mother-in-law, what kind of mother are you, forcibly breaking up your own daughter's marriage? We'll go back and discuss it further, and then we'll come back to pick you up."

"Mother-in-law, I won't keep you any longer. Hurry home and discuss it so that the young couple can be reunited as soon as possible."

As soon as Huang Lanhua and Liu Yiyue left the Yu family's house, she spat on the ground, "What kind of scumbags are they? They cheated my family out of 30 taels of silver, and they still have the nerve to say that."

"Mother, can Grandpa and Grandma relinquish their control of the household?"

"I don't know. Leave this to your father. If he doesn't want his son to be a bachelor, he can take back control of the household."

The Yu family doesn't know your older brother broke his leg yet. If they did, who knows what kind of trouble they'd cause.

When Huang Lanhua returned home, Liu Dahu looked behind her...nobody was there. "Qingshan's wife didn't come back with her?"

"No, she said she'll only come back if she takes control of the household, otherwise she'll divorce Qingshan. You handle this, right? It would be best to bring her back tomorrow. If the Yu family finds out that Qingshan has a problem with his leg, who knows what will happen!"

"If my parents don't hand over control of the household, there's nothing I can do."

"Liu Dahu, are you even a man? Do you want this family to fall apart? Do you want your son to be separated from his wife and children? Do you want no one to break the pot and beat the banner after you die?"

You only have one son, Qingshan, now!

Liu Dahu lowered his head and thought for a long time. "Why don't you come with me to find my parents? If they won't give it to me, I'll have no choice but to take it myself."

"Okay, don't let me down!"

When Liu Dahu and Huang Lanhua arrived at the old couple's house, Old Lady Liu opened the door first, "Have you brought the person back?"

Huang Lanhua sighed, "They only agreed to bring her back if the Yu family takes control of the household; otherwise, they would divorce Qingshan."

Old Master Liu slammed his hand on the table in anger. "Who does she think she is, daring to covet the power to manage my Liu family? Even if I were dead, it wouldn't be her turn."

"Father, you know that Madam Yu and Mother have a grudge. If you can't handle it, you can hand over the reins of the household to me. That's only right and proper."

"You want to take control of the family first too?"

"I am your own son, and I am getting old. It is time for me to take charge of the family. I can't let my parents keep working so hard."

Besides, my parents are getting old and will pass away sooner or later. Whether we pay it sooner or later, we'll have to pay it eventually, won't we?

Master Liu slapped Liu Dahu across the face. "You bastard, are you hoping your mother and I die soon?! You want to take control of the family? No way!"

"The second brother has severed ties with his relatives and can't be relied on. I don't think you can be relied on either, so I can only rely on the third brother. Since the third brother will take care of me in my old age and see me off in death, then the family's belongings will go to the third brother."

"Are you going to give the things in the house to the third son?"

"Is that not allowed? It's mine; I can give it to whomever I want."

"Fine, fine, are you trying to drive our whole family to their deaths? Do you want to see us torn apart, our families destroyed, and our lives ruined?"

Master Liu snorted and didn't look at Liu Dahu.

Liu Dahu's eyes flashed with a fierce light. "Father, you forced me to do this. Don't blame your son for being ruthless." He raised the cane in his hand and smashed it down on Old Master Liu's head. With a "bang," Old Master Liu groaned and fell to the ground.

His actions terrified Huang Lanhua and Granny Liu. Huang Lanhua saw that Master Liu was lying on the ground, blood gushing from his head. Granny Liu went to look at the old man and said, "You unfilial and disobedient son, how dare you kill your father! Hurry up and fetch a doctor! If anything happens to your father, I will not forgive you."