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

Liu Siyue vaguely heard someone calling her. Oh no! She had to go up the mountain today. She grabbed the child and left the space. She pretended to be sleepy and opened the door, only to find that it was raining.

It was raining, and she came out wearing only a thin shirt, which made her shiver from the cold.

"We can't go up the mountain in April, let's have some food instead."

"What time is it? Time to eat."

It's almost noon.

Liu Siyue doubted her own ears. Could she really sleep that much? She went back to her room, put on her clothes, and went to the kitchen to eat. The kitchen was quite small, so everyone ate standing up.

"The moon was so bright last night, there wasn't a hint of rain. How did it suddenly start raining? I don't even know when it started," Liu Siyue said.

Liu Dawang continued, "It started raining in the latter half of the night. I heard a dripping sound in the yard, and when I got up, I realized it was raining, so I brought everything in the yard inside."

It hasn't rained for months, so this rain is timely and has alleviated the drought.

"Raining now won't do any good. The autumn harvest is just around the corner, and everyone says that the autumn rains will continue. We shouldn't delay the harvest any further."

"Yes, that makes sense. But with this rain, everyone can prepare the land ahead of time, so the soil can retain moisture next spring."

Liu Youtian and the village chief were quite angry. They said that the rain had to come at the exact time they were going to collect herbs, which was preventing them from getting rich. They complained in their hearts that God was blind, but they dared not say it out loud, for fear that God would hear them and punish them.

After lunch, the rain was still falling, and no one could do anything. Since Liu Siyue's house was the largest, the women all gathered in Liu Siyue's house to discuss making autumn clothes and preparing for winter clothes. Liu Dawang, on the other hand, started weaving baskets in his own house.

Second Aunt Feng Yuzhen looked at the sky, touched the cloth in her hand, and sighed, "As soon as this autumn rain fell, the weather immediately became much cooler. There are many of us, so let's try to finish making clothes for Siyue and Yue'er and Xing'er first today. They are weak and have children with them, so they can't stand the cold."

Liu Siyue thought to herself, "Second Aunt, how did you know I'm weak? You're the weakest one here, aren't you?" Her second uncle's family always thought of her well, which warmed her heart. This kindness deserved her to treat them well and live a good life.

"Second Aunt, since I returned to our home, you have taken good care of me with good food and drink. Now I am the healthiest person in the family. On the contrary, Second Aunt, you have been bedridden for a long time and are the weakest."

Your body has only just begun to recover and your condition has improved, so you should pay even more attention to keeping warm and protecting yourself from the cold. If cold air gets into your body, I'm afraid your body won't be able to withstand it.

Make the clothes for my second aunt first. Only when you are well can we all be well.

Don't you agree?

Liu Ruyun and the others quickly chimed in, "Mother, April is right. We'll make these clothes for you first, so don't refuse. Just listen to me." Liu Ruyun adopted the air of the eldest sister, and her words left no room for her mother to argue.

Liu Siyue couldn't help but give Liu Ruyun a thumbs up, "Big sister is awesome! That's the domineering presence of the head of the family." Her action successfully made everyone laugh, and Liu Ruyun was embarrassed.

Everyone pitched in and got to work. Auntie taught them how to cut and sew. Once they were almost done, they lined the inside with a thin layer of cotton, and the finished product was a padded jacket.

Liu Siyue also joined in the learning. Her second aunt cut out another outfit for Siyue, and the sisters were asked to sew it. They divided the work as usual, some sewing the body, others sewing the sleeves. Liu Siyue was eager to try and successfully got a sleeve. She had to make her own clothes.

Ruyun, Ruxue, and Siyue started sewing, while Fengshi led Ruyu to cut. Everyone worked enthusiastically, chatting and laughing.

This was Liu Siyue's first time holding a needle. She followed their example and worked quite well. Ru Xue sewed the sleeves first and started putting cotton inside, waiting for her eldest sister to recover so she could sew the sleeves on.

Seeing that Liu Siyue was still engrossed in her work, occasionally grimacing, she said, "Siyue, did you prick your hand? Let me see."

Ru Xue took the half sleeve from Si Yue's hands and almost burst out laughing. "Si Yue, how have you survived in the Lu family all these years? You sewed the inner and outer pieces of the sleeve together, and look at your stitches, they're crooked and twisted like earthworms crawling on top of each other. The stitches are so big they can't even hold cotton."

Liu Siyue rubbed her reddened fingers, scratched her head awkwardly, and made up a lame excuse for herself, "I have never made clothes for the Lu family. It was all done by that sister-in-law. My main responsibility is to take care of Lu Yunzhou and do housework and farm work."

"Xue'er, you little brat, how old are you? You have no manners, how can you talk like that?"

"It's okay if you don't know how in April. We'll make your clothes from now on. If you want to learn, your second aunt will teach you slowly."

"Yes, thank you, Auntie."

"I'm really not good at making clothes. I'll tell you stories instead, that way it won't be so boring." Liu Siyue continued telling stories from Journey to the West. Everyone listened to the stories while they worked, and the only sound in the room was Liu Siyue's voice telling stories.

A knock on the door abruptly stopped the storytelling. "Listen, isn't someone knocking?"

"Someone's knocking at the door, I'll go check." Liu Ruyun put on her straw hat and was about to go out when she noticed that the rain was much heavier than in the morning. She told her two younger sisters to hurry back inside and check if the house was leaking, so that nothing else would get wet.

Liu Ruyun asked the person outside through the door who it was and what they were doing here in this heavy rain. "Ruyun, I am the village chief."

Upon hearing that it was the village chief, Liu Ruyun quickly opened the door and let him in. "Dad, Uncle Village Chief is here." She led the village chief to her father's room and then went to check each room herself.

As the eldest sister, she always has endless worries. It is said that the eldest brother is like a father and the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. What is the difference between her and her mother as the eldest sister? She is even better at helping her husband get married than her sister-in-law, because they are all blood relatives.

There was nothing to do in the house for the time being, so she went back to the room from April, and everyone went about their work and listened to stories as usual.

"Village chief, why are you here in such heavy rain?"

"I was feeling bored at home, so I wanted to go out for a walk, and that's why I came here."

Liu Dawang quickly chimed in, "Yeah, we were supposed to go up the mountain today, but who would have thought that it would rain when the weather was so nice last night?"

I recently went up the mountain and cut some willow and bramble branches. Now that I have some free time, I've started weaving baskets and wickerwork. Later, when our families have a lot of medicinal herbs, we won't have a place to dry them. These herbs all need to be processed, which involves many steps and requires a lot of baskets and wickerwork.

The village chief slapped his forehead and said, "Look at us, we've only been thinking about collecting herbs and haven't considered anything else. I have willow branches and brambles at home, as well as some split bamboo strips. I'll go back and start weaving. I'll see what you've woven, and then I'll weave the same size as you so it'll be easier to load and stack them on the truck."

Liu Dawang went out and brought back the basket he had woven himself, and the village chief saw it and knew what to expect.

"Dawang, do you think this rain will stop?"

Liu Dawang looked at the sky. The rain was heavier than in the morning. The sky was gray and gloomy, and the humidity was particularly high. "Judging from this rain, it probably won't stop for a day or two. Even if the rain stops, we won't be able to go up the mountain for two or three days."

"Yes, that's what I was thinking too. But your house has a thatched roof, so be careful about leaks. If you need any help, have the children call me."

"I measured out the land we're buying in April yesterday. It's 32 mu in total. Tell her I'm leaving and going back to weave baskets too." The village chief went back and got to work with his two sons.