My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Chapter 17 Together
Xin Wanqing held Yu Shi's hand, her eyes slightly red. "Ever since Father and my brothers had their accident, the Marquis's Mansion has been trying to distance itself from me."

“Just then, Wu Menyuan wanted to take a courtesan as a concubine, but my granddaughter firmly disagreed. They used this as a pretext to divorce me.”

“Wu Menyuan even listed several of my crimes, such as being childless and being jealous.” Xin Wanqing smiled bitterly, “My granddaughter has worked day and night for the Wu family for so many years, and in the end, she only got the reputation of being a jealous woman.”

The old lady was so angry she felt dizzy.

Madam Nie, the first wife, burst into tears while holding her daughter, crying out, "Why is my child so unfortunate?"

“Mother, don’t be sad. It’s not necessarily a bad thing for your daughter to leave that kind of family.” Xin Wanqing calmly comforted her mother.

"You don't know, Wu Menyuan bought a small house outside more than two years ago to keep that prostitute. Now that prostitute is more than six months pregnant, Wu Menyuan brought her home and actually wanted his daughter to accept this mistress with a pinched nose."

Xin Wanqing sneered, "My Xin family's ancestral precept is that we will never share a husband with a prostitute. Naturally, we cannot agree to that."

With a worried look on her face and tears streaming down her face, Madam Nie said, "Wanqing, you have such a strong temper. This is something we can discuss."

"What is there to discuss? There is absolutely no room for negotiation on this matter." Xin Wanqing raised her eyebrows and her tone became more forceful. "Does Mother really want her daughter to share a husband with that prostitute? She's dreaming. She doesn't deserve to use me as a shield!"

Speechless, Madam Nie hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "But you... why don't you just enjoy your life in the capital? Are you going to be exiled with us?"

Women who marry out of the country are not subject to exile, but now, Wanqing is actually eager to come.

“Grandmother, Mother, I would rather go to the north with my family than stay in the Wu family and suffer that humiliation.”

"Besides, there's no room for maneuver now." She took out a stamped letter of divorce from her bosom and spread it out. "The letter of divorce has been written, and I have severed all ties with the Wu family."

"I hate that all these years I've been patching up the Wu family's holes, and now my dowry is almost gone."

“But Wu Menyuan doesn’t even want to return this mere two thousand taels to me.”

"They say you can't take a single penny of your dowry when you divorce your wife. Ha, I have nothing left, what is there to be afraid of? They are the ones who should be afraid."

"I held a knife to the prostitute's neck, intending to burn the Pingyang Marquis's mansion to the ground. But Wu Menyuan got scared and obediently took out 2,600 taels as compensation."

The Yu and Nie families were completely dumbfounded.

Xin Ruoyu didn't even feel the half-eaten rice cake in her hand fall to the ground.

"And then? Big sister, how did you fight your way out? You rode this tall horse and swept through thousands of troops, breaking through the encirclement?" Seeing that everyone had been silent for a long time, Xin Nian couldn't help but ask curiously.

Xin Wanqing was taken aback, and when she looked down, she met a pair of bright, sparkling eyes.

The little girl squatted down beside her, tilting her head to look at her, holding a half-eaten pickled vegetable pancake in her hand, her eyes sparkling as if full of longing for the future.

Xin Nian came to find her father, but after hearing her older sister tell such a wonderful story, she found herself squatting down next to her father to listen...

"Sixth Sister is joking. I don't have the ability to sweep through. It was that prostitute who had a miscarriage, so I took advantage of the chaos to escape."

Nie's face was pale. "You, you took their money and ran away from the city. Will the Wu family send people to chase after you?"

The old lady glanced at her eldest daughter-in-law and said, "What's the rush? If the Wu family had any shame, they wouldn't be chasing after our eldest daughter to demand her dowry."

"After this incident, the Wu family will be eager to cover it up as soon as possible if they don't want to become a laughing stock in the capital."

“Now that my eldest daughter has left the capital, they naturally dare not cause any more trouble.” The old lady sighed and patted Xin Wanqing’s hand. “It’s just that you’ve suffered, child.”

Xin Wanqing was quite optimistic. "Grandmother, with me helping you along the way, the journey will be much easier." When Madam Nie thought of the two thousand taels of silver in her eldest daughter's hand, her brows immediately relaxed.

“Wanqing, it’s not convenient to buy things along the way, did you bring any food…” As Madam Nie spoke, her stomach rumbled first.

Xin Wanqing took off the bundle on her back, took out a lot of sesame seed cakes, and distributed them to everyone.

When the food was served to Xin Nian, she quickly waved her hand and said, "Big sister, you don't need to be so polite. My father and I have already eaten."

With that, he grabbed his father, who was still eager to hear gossip, and quickly left the main house.

In the apocalypse, people are not used to eating what others give them. In those days, everyone had a hard time, and when there was food, everyone would eat behind closed doors. No one would be so inconsiderate as to visit other people's homes during mealtimes.

Furthermore, their family had never given food to the eldest son's family before.

Xin Wanqing stared blankly at the figures of the fourth branch of the family, father and daughter, running back. "Grandmother, Fourth Uncle, Sixth Sister, and the others..."

Thinking of the food that little brat Xin Wenyuan had secretly given her, Madam Yu pouted in annoyance, "Never mind, the fourth branch of the family has its own food."

"Grandmother, there are two more baskets on the horse's back; they contain warm clothes and water bags that I prepared for everyone."

Mrs. Yu felt both gratified and guilty, saying, "This is your own dowry money, and you've used it all to help us."

"We're all family, why distinguish between yours and mine?"

"Is Auntie not leaving? If we stay with Auntie, we'll always have food, right?" The five-year-old girl opened her big, bright eyes wide.

"Man'er, don't talk nonsense." Erlang's wife, Madam Mei, awkwardly patted her daughter in her arms, signaling her not to talk nonsense.

“Auntie isn’t leaving.” Xin Wanqing looked at the child, her expression softening. “With Auntie here, we won’t go hungry.”

"Yay! I'm going to tell Brother Zhe that we won't go hungry anymore."

"Man'er." Madam Mei patted her daughter, "Brother Zhe has been sick these past few days, don't bother him."

"What's wrong with Zhe'er?" Xin Wanqing quickly turned to look at her sister-in-law, Lin.

A faint sadness lingered in Lin Xiuyi's eyes. "I was a little listless last night, and after traveling all day today, the child has a cough."

Meanwhile, Xie Ninglan saw the father and daughter stroll back and couldn't help but nudge Xin Wenyuan's waist, "What happened? Why were you squatting there listening for so long?"

Xin Nian summarized Xin Wanqing's ordeal for her mother in a few words.

Xie Ninglan clicked her tongue twice, unfazed. "Throughout history, there have been countless scumbags. You have no idea what kind of monster is lying next to you!"

Xin Wenyuan quickly pledged his loyalty, "Wife, my love for you is as clear as the sun and moon, and heaven and earth can bear witness. We don't do that kind of thing of taking our anger out on each other."

Xie Ninglan glanced at her pretty-boy husband, pouted and complained, "I really can't stand your face now, Lao Xin, you've lost all your manliness."

Xin Nian burst out laughing.

Xin Wenyuan added, "Wife, don't let my current frail physique fool you, I have a strong heart."

(End of this chapter)