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

Liu Yiyue slept very restlessly that night, seemingly in a state of half-awake and half-asleep. She saw her grandmother smiling at her, lovingly patting her head, "Silly child, don't be foolish anymore. Your blind filial piety and kindness are worthless. This family is not worth your sincerity. Hurry up and leave, go find your second sister. She is your way out."

Grandma, I'm so sorry. I don't want to see you suffer anymore. Please leave as soon as possible!

Grandpa and Grandma ended up like this because of their own faults; they have no one else to blame.

"I'm leaving now; your grandfather has come to pick me up."

"Grandma!" Liu Yiyue reached out to grab her, but her grandma disappeared into the endless night. She sat up abruptly, shivering involuntarily. The dream she had just had was too real. Grandma said she was leaving. Could something really have happened?

She couldn't wait until dawn, so she ran crying to Liu Qingshan's door, only to be scolded by him. She then went to her parents' door, only to be scolded again. "Are you bored and have nothing better to do? Can't you wait until dawn to say something?!"

"Father, Mother, Grandma hasn't left the house for a day and a night, and there's no sound from inside. I'm so worried. I just dreamt about Grandma, and she said Grandpa came to pick her up."

"Okay, okay, we'll talk about it when it's light."

Liu Yiyue couldn't wait any longer. She opened the courtyard gate and ran out to find her third uncle, Liu Daniu. She stumbled and fell along the way.

"Bang, bang, bang..." The rapid knocking on the door sounded particularly jarring in the quiet night, startling the neighbors.

"Third Uncle, open the door! It's me, Yiyue." Liu Yiyue's tearful voice carried far.

Liu Daniu and Ma Qiao'er were both awakened by the knocking. Liu Daniu immediately put on a coat and got out of bed. "I'll go see."

Ma Qiao'er quickly got up and lit the lamp.

Footsteps sounded in the courtyard, and neighbors came out. "January, what's wrong in the middle of the night?"

Liu Yiyue just cried; she was waiting for Liu Daniu.

The courtyard gate opened. "January, what happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Third Uncle, let's go inside and talk."

Liu Daniu smiled at the neighbors, "I'm sorry to have disturbed you all!"

"Da Niu, let us know if you need anything! We're heading back now."

"Okay, thank you everyone!"

The uncle and niece returned to the house, and Liu Yiyue cried, "Third Uncle, Third Aunt, I suspect Grandma is dead!"

Liu Daniu's three children also got up and ran in. As soon as they entered, they heard that their grandmother had died, and they trembled with fright.

Ma Qiao'er saw several children standing at the door. "Qingyun, there's nothing for you to do here. Take your younger siblings to bed."

"oh."

"Brother, do you think Grandma is really dead?"

"I don't know. Go back to sleep. Don't overthink it. Your parents are here."

"Big brother, I'm afraid to sleep alone. Can I come to your room?"

"Peach Blossom, don't be afraid, your big brother is here." The three children huddled together until dawn.

Liu Yiyue then recounted the whole story, including the dream, and asked, "Third Uncle, do you think Grandma was really taken away by Grandpa?"

"Your brother's family is really too much. Mother hasn't left the house all day, and they don't even check on her. I'll go with you to see her now."

Ma Qiao'er grabbed him and said, "Husband, don't be impulsive. This is a family matter of the eldest son's family. They don't care. If nothing happens, they'll gossip about it."

It's the middle of the night, and if something goes missing from their house, they could blame it on us and we wouldn't be able to explain ourselves. I don't want to suffer that kind of trouble for no reason.

If you're really worried, wait until dawn, and I'll go with you to check it out.

"Okay, then let's wait until dawn."

"Go back first in January. Your third aunt and I will come over as soon as it's light."

"Yes, Third Uncle, you absolutely must come!"

Liu Daniu was wide awake. "Qiao'er, do you think something's really wrong with Mother?"

"No, Mother is the kind of person who wouldn't do something like that. You don't need to worry."

The rooster crowed three times, and dawn finally broke. Liu Daniu and Ma Qiao'er walked quickly, encountering villagers getting up to use the outhouse. "Daniu, what are you two doing so early?"

"I'm going to see my mother, but I just can't feel at ease."

"Your father has driven you away, so it's only right that you go and visit your mother more often."

Liu Yiyue was already standing at the door waiting. "Third Uncle and Third Aunt, you've arrived."

"Hmm, are your parents up yet?"

"No, no one in my family is up yet."

"Go and wake up everyone in the family. Tell them I've arrived and I'm going to see your grandmother first."

Liu Yiyue went to call for people, "Big brother and sister-in-law, Third Uncle and Third Aunt are here."

"Father, Mother, Third Uncle and Third Aunt are here."

"Why are you here so early? I'm exhausted from working all day, and they won't even help me." Huang cursed as she got up, and Liu Dahu, also in a bad mood, glared angrily.

Liu Daniu pounded on the door and shouted, "Mom, open the door! It's me, Daniu. Don't scare me!"

The room was completely silent. "Mom, if you don't say anything and open the door, I'm going to break it down."

Liu Dahu and Huang Lanhua arrived, as did Yu Guixiang. Liu Daniu looked furious. "Brother, Mother hasn't left the house for a whole day and night. Aren't you worried at all?"

"What's there to worry about? If you're worried, we'll bring him to your home and keep an eye on him every day, then you won't have to worry."

Ma Qiao'er was so angry she jumped up and down. "Liu Dahu, are you even speaking human language? That's your own mother!"

"What's all the noise about so early in the morning? Aren't you afraid the neighbors will laugh at you and break down the door?"

Liu Daniu tried to break the door several times but couldn't; the door was too sturdy to be opened.

Yu Guixiang tugged at Liu Yiyue, "Big sister, come with me to carry a log over, I don't believe we can't break it open."

Yu Guixiang was also a little scared. She and Liu Yiyue carried over a rafter as thick as a bowl. "Third Uncle, move aside."

The two rushed towards the door together, three times in a row. With a snap, the door latch broke, and the door opened.

Liu Daniu rushed in immediately, and when he saw the scene before him, he froze on the spot, unable to say a word for a long time. The others followed him in and were also stunned by the sight before them. The old woman was lying on the ground, the black blood flowing from the corner of her mouth had dried, and there were bite marks on her body.

Liu Yiyue and Yu Guixiang fainted on the spot from fright. Ma Qiao'er quickly went over and pinched their philtrum, waking them up from the pain. Yu Guixiang suddenly stood up from the ground and ran out of the courtyard, shouting and screaming incoherently, "Someone's dead! Someone's dead... Hahaha... Someone's dead..."

The villagers got up early to go to the fields and were startled to see a madwoman shouting and yelling. Upon closer inspection, they realized it was Qingshan's wife. Had she gone mad?

"Did you hear what she shouted?"

Someone's dead!

"What's happened to the Liu family again? Let's go check it out."

Liu Daniu carried the old lady to the bed; her body was already stiff. He knelt beside the bed, crying like a child, "Mother, Mother..."

Liu Dahu did not kneel down to mourn. He went out with his cane and woke up his grandson Laifu. "Laifu, go to the end of the village and ask your second uncle to come over. Tell him that your great-grandmother has passed away."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

The villagers stood outside the Liu family's old house. Seeing Laifu come out, they stopped him and asked, "Laifu, what happened to your family?"

"Grandpa said that Great-Grandma has passed away, and he asked me to go and invite Second Uncle."

The villagers exchanged glances. "The old lady really is dead."

Liu Daniu cried for a while, then stood up, his eyes bloodshot and looking terrifying. He strode out of the house and punched Liu Dahu, yelling, "You beast... you beast..."

He beat her while berating her, "Your parents have loved you their whole lives, and this is how you treat them? You can't even let them die peacefully in their old age. Are you even human?"

"Mother died from eating rat poison. Tell me, how did Father die? How did he die?"