During famine years, I had a divination slip in hand, and my whole family ate chicken, duck, fish, a

Li Chunlian was taken aback. "Me? Sister, what...what did I promise you?"

Ye Qingqing raised an eyebrow.

"As long as you're determined to divorce him, other people can easily coax you away with a few kind words."

"No! I would never!"

A resolute glint flashed in Li Chunlian's eyes. Suddenly, she raised three fingers, gritted her teeth, and said, "Sister, I swear to God, I'd rather die than go back with him!"

Ye Qingqing gave a cold laugh.

"Sister Chunlian, a promise is a promise, and vows are not to be made lightly. Don't let me help you only to have someone coax you back later, in which case the oath will have nothing to do with me."

I won't do anything that doesn't deserve a good reward. Actually, if it weren't for my sister-in-law, I wouldn't have bothered with your business.

"Second Girl!"

Li Chunyan excitedly grasped her hand, her face full of pleading, and said, "I'm begging you, sister-in-law."

Chunyan's mother wiped away her tears and pleaded, "Second girl, your aunt will remember your kindness for the rest of my life!"

Ye Qingqing nodded.

"Give me one night to think of a solution. Sister-in-law, Aunt, Sister Chunlian and the child are cold and hungry. Please get them something to eat."

Today's divination has been used up. I'll do another one for Li Chunlian tomorrow to see how to deal with that beast.

"Yes, yes, Chunlian, hurry up and get on the kang (heated brick bed) to warm up."

Chunyan's mother wiped away her tears and hurriedly went out of the house to get food for the mother and daughter.

Li Chunyan quickly helped her younger sister to bed. When she took off her worn-out shoes, she saw that both of her feet were covered with chilblains and blisters. Even the slightest touch was excruciatingly painful.

The tears she had just stopped started falling again, and she gritted her teeth, saying hatefully,

"How did you get so cold? That bastard is a real piece of work!"

"Sis...you and your husband are doing well?"

Li Chunlian looked at her through teary eyes, her heart filled with indescribable feelings.

Her sister was wearing a brand new cotton-padded jacket and trousers. The fine fabric was soft and the colors were bright. There were no patches or even loose threads.

The padded jacket was probably stuffed with cotton, it was thick, and her sister was sweating even wearing it indoors.

Looking down at herself, she realized that the clothes she was wearing when she was a young girl had been patched countless times to keep her skin from showing.

The cotton-padded clothes that her parents gave her as part of her marriage were taken by that beast to coax his lover.

My sister's cotton shoes were padded with thick stuffing, and they looked very warm.

Most importantly, although my sister's hands are rough, she doesn't have a single chilblain!

Then look at your own hands...

Li Chunlian's tears flowed uncontrollably.

My brother-in-law was wearing a brand new thick coat and trousers, while Xiao Huanhuan was wearing a brightly colored coat and holding a shiny fried cake in her hand, eating it with her mouth full of oil.

"Come on, little brother and sister, have some fried cakes."

Little Huanhuan grabbed a piece of fried dough and handed it to Lai Di, saying in her childish voice, "Daddy bought this for me in town, it's so delicious!"

Little Lai Di, whether from the cold or from being frightened, saw his sister offering him fried cakes but not only dared not accept them, he also kept shrinking into Li Chunyan's arms in fear.

"Huanhuan, you eat, you eat..."

Li Chunlian hugged the child tightly and said in a trembling voice, "My little sister won't eat."

My little brother is two years old, and apart from breast milk, he has hardly eaten anything oily!

Xiao Huanhuan's clothes were no worse than those of the landlord's family, while her little brother didn't even have a thick coat.

In front of her sister's family, she no longer acted like a human being.

Ye Qingqing secretly sized up Li Chunlian, thinking to herself:

You're just a coward, who can you blame?

"Come on, little brother, eat up."

Li Chunyan took the fried cake and put it into the child's small hand, saying with heartache, "Don't be afraid, Lai Di. No one will hit you at Grandma's house. You can eat whatever you want."

Lai Di then picked up the fried cake, took a trembling bite, and his weak voice was like a mosquito's hum.

"Mother, the fried cakes are delicious...Mother, have some..."

Ye Qingqing couldn't stand it anymore.

A mother's weakness will not only bring misery to herself, but also affect her child!

However, she also understood Li Chunyan. In this era, women follow their husbands wherever they go. If her family doesn't support her, what way can she survive?

This is also one of the reasons why Ye Qingqing "meddles in other people's business".

She wasn't acting on behalf of Heaven, nor was she trying to accumulate any good karma; she just couldn't stand the sight of her!

"Chunlian, eat your food quickly."

Chunyan's mother brought in a bowl of steaming hot rice and a plate of steamed buns, then hurriedly brought over a pot of pork stew with cabbage, her eyes red as she said...

"This is what your sister brought back—rice and flour. Her second daughter hunted a wild boar and sent over forty or fifty pounds of it!"

"My sister brought it?"

Li Chunlian could hardly believe it. Without realizing it, she lowered her head and said with tears streaming down her face, "Mother, Lai Di and I have caused you so much trouble..."

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Chunyan's mother glared at her with heartache, "Eat up, eat as much as you want! As long as your parents are still breathing, you'll never go hungry!"

Li Chunlian's tears flowed even more fiercely.

This is pure white rice and steamed buns!

She couldn't help but feel a little strange. Wasn't her brother-in-law's family always struggling financially? How come they suddenly became so well-off?

My brother-in-law is good to my sister; he never lays a finger on her, and he listens to everything she says.

She also saw two bolts of fine cloth on the cabinet, and a large bag of cotton weighing about ten pounds. These must have been sent to their mother by their older sister.

Li Chunyan was genuinely happy for her sister. She wasn't jealous of her sister's good life; she just felt that she was unlucky.

She benefited from her sister's fame.

Then she thought of herself and couldn't help but start sobbing.

"I said, can you please stop crying?"

Ye Qingqing frowned and snorted impatiently, "If crying could solve problems, there would have been floods all along."

Li Chunlian immediately fell silent, "Mm."

For some reason, she felt a little scared whenever she saw Ye Qingqing.

Ye Qingqing is actually quite pretty, but there's a sharp edge to her brows, and her eyes, though seemingly calm, conceal a fierce glint within.

The milky white turtle soup, the fragrant white rice and steamed buns were foods that Li Chunlian could only dream of.

She grabbed a large steamed bun, broke off a piece and stuffed it into her brother's mouth, then took a big bite herself.

After her younger brother finished eating, she broke off another piece, dipped it in the turtle soup, and fed it to him, her face full of heartache.

"Come on, little brother, eat more, just one more bite..."

"Mommy, the steamed buns are delicious...delicious..."

Lai Di's timid eyes lit up, and he raised his little face, saying in a childish voice, "Lai Di likes to eat steamed buns, not porridge, okay?"

The child's words broke the hearts of the entire Li family.

Except for Ye Qingqing.

Everyone has their own destiny. When destiny pushes you to the brink, if someone is willing to reach out and pull you out of the mire, it is God giving you a chance to be reborn.