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

When Liu Qingshan and his brother returned home, they threw the shovel on the ground. "Grandpa, we're not going this afternoon. Whoever wants to go can go. We're fathers now, we can't afford to lose face. We'd rather work for free and still get criticized. We're just wasting our time."

"Don't worry, Grandpa, I'll make sure you live a good life from now on."

Grandpa Liu nodded, "If you don't want to go, then you don't have to go."

"Father, if they're not going, I'll go," Liu Daniu said.

"Third Uncle, don't try to win someone's favor. The village chief is no good. I don't know what benefits he got from Liu Dawang, but he wags his tail like a dog. It's disgusting."

And then there's Liu Dawang, that traitor who can't distinguish between relatives and friends, neglecting his own brothers and nephews while using outsiders with no connection to him.

"Third Uncle, if you want to go, then go, but don't let anyone kick you out." Liu Qingshan dared not tell anyone that he had fallen out with the village chief and Liu Dawang.

After lunch, Liu Daniu came to work with a shovel. He was the first to arrive and started working on the construction site all by himself. The village chief and Liu Dawang came over and said, "Daniu, you don't need to come to work. We really don't need you here. We have enough people."

"Liu Daniu, you should leave. I can't afford to use your family members. How could I, a person with no descendants, dare to use them?"

"Second Brother~"

"Stop! There's no second brother here, only Liu Dawang. Please leave. Don't make me kick you out, or we'll all lose face."

"Village chief, everything was fine this morning, what happened again?"

"What's wrong? Go back and ask your good nephew."

After a while, villagers gradually arrived. Liu Daniu couldn't stay any longer, so he shouldered his shovel and stormed home.

Liu Qingshan saw Liu Daniu and said sarcastically, "Third Uncle, you've been sent back so quickly!"

Liu Daniu didn't even look at him and went straight back to his room.

"Honey, didn't you go to Second Brother's house to work? Why are you back so soon? What happened?"

Liu Daniu snorted, "It's all because those two bastards said some nasty things about Second Brother again, making him hate us even more."

"Oh dear, I've missed a chance to befriend my second brother. It won't be so easy to get another chance like this in the future."

"Da Niu, let's split up the family, otherwise we'll be killed by the first wife's family sooner or later."

Liu Daniu pulled the blanket over his head and said, "We'll talk about it later. Dividing up the family property isn't that easy."

Feeling aggrieved, Ma Qiao'er cursed the eldest son's family for being inhumane.

The news that Liu Dawang's family was building a large brick and tile house quickly reached Bainiwan, causing quite a stir. The gossips from both villages gathered together, and stories flew by.

"Cuihong, it's been so long! What brings you to our village?"

"Da Ya, you don't know yet, but it's caused quite a stir in our Liu Family Village."

"Cuihong, tell me quickly, what happened? Don't keep me in suspense."

"Da Ya, didn't the Lu family from your village bring our village's girl, Liu Siyue, home? Guess what happened?"

Zhu Cuihong deliberately kept everyone in suspense, whetting the appetites of Ma Daya and the others.

"Cuihong, hurry up and tell me, I'm so anxious!"

"Here's what happened: Liu Siyue was divorced and sent home, but her family thought it was shameful and wouldn't let her go back. Later, her second uncle Liu Dawang's family took her in. Guess what? You'd never guess!"

"We're all stupid, so let's not guess. Just tell us already. You know how frustrating it is to only say half of what you mean."

Zhu Cuihong was satisfied. "Alright, alright, I'll talk, I'll talk."

Everyone surrounded Zhu Cuihong in the middle, eagerly awaiting her to speak. Zhu Cuihong cleared her throat and said, "Ever since Liu Siyue went to Liu Dawang's house, that woman has been bedridden for five or six years, barely clinging to life. But she has slowly recovered and can now walk again. I even saw her; she looked better than me."

Life at Liu Dawang's family has improved; the girl even bought 32 mu of wasteland in the village and has already hired people to cultivate it.

"What! You bought 32 acres of wasteland? That costs a tael of silver! Where did you get so much silver?"

"Da Ya, you've forgotten, the Lu family has been swindled out of a lot of money, at least 20 taels. It's understandable that they would buy this much land."

Zhu Cuihong slapped her thigh and said, "Buying land isn't the most important thing. The important thing is that Liu Siyue is taking Liu Dawang's family into the mountains every day. I heard they've found some treasure, and now they've built a big brick house."

"We've found a treasure!"

Everyone's attention was focused on the treasure. "What treasure did you dig up? Have you ever seen anything like it?"

"Are you stupid? If you had a treasure, would you let anyone know? Wouldn't the whole family just secretly sell it and make a fortune for themselves?"

Although no one said it aloud, everyone was already itching to go up the mountain and dig for treasure.

"Cuihong is right. If people find out that we have a treasure, they'll covet it and we won't be able to live a peaceful life anymore. We might lose our lives instead of the treasure."

"Da Ya is right."

You wouldn't believe it! Those truckloads of blue bricks look so tempting! You know, I heard that treasure sold for a lot of money. The house that Liu Dawang's family is going to build is huge, and it will cost several hundred taels of silver.

Let me tell you, Liu Dawang's family used to be extremely poor in our village. They had a whole bunch of girls and a sickly child. Everyone would avoid them.

Now things are really different. Even in such a bad year, they are wearing new clothes, they will soon be living in big houses, and they will have enough to eat. People in the village want to work for them, and they can earn 22 coins a day.

You wouldn't believe it, but the people of Liujia Village are preparing to go into the mountains to search for treasure!

The people of Bainiwan listened to her words and went into the mountains to search for treasure.

Another gossipy woman from Bainiwan, Wu Shuimei, said, "See? I always thought that Liu Siyue was a lucky girl, someone who would bring prosperity to her husband and family."

Think about it. When the second son of the Lu family was young, he was so sick that he was almost dying. No matter how many doctors he saw, it was no use. After a fortune teller told him that since Liu Siyue came into the family, the boy's illness actually gradually got better. He even passed the imperial examination and became a student. Now he is lively and energetic and has never had a relapse.

Their family bullied someone, divorced them, and even abandoned their own granddaughter. That's when their bad luck began.

The eldest son of the Lu family also got divorced. What a wonderful daughter-in-law Zhou was! She had embroidery skills that earned her money, and she was also sensible and obedient. Yet, for the sake of a widow, she was forced to divorce.

Look at the Lu family now, they're always arguing and bickering. They don't raise their own granddaughter, but instead help the Qin family raise their child. If things don't go well, Granny Qin will come over and make a scene.

Taking advantage of her pregnancy, Wang Cuicui acted as a pampered mistress at home, making her two children from the previous marriage spin around like tops all day long. Now, the two siblings are doing all the housework in the Lu family.

Alas! Children without mothers are truly pitiful.

"What's there to pity? You all don't know how awful those two kids were. When Zhou left the Lu family, she said some really nasty things, and even threw the clothes she made for them on the ground and stomped on them. Zhou was heartbroken."

"Do you know what this is called? This is called retribution."

Just you wait and see, Liu Siyue's life will only get better and better. The Lu family will regret it someday. That old woman Liu, relying on her son who passed the imperial examination, acts all high and mighty in the village, like a hen clucking all day long—it's so annoying!

"You're right, they'll regret it. That's what they mean by 'the blessed don't live in the homes of the unblemished.'"

The Liu family prospered because of this good fortune.

Everyone took turns speaking, as if afraid that others wouldn't know she existed.