My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

After leaving the Lu family, Hu Chunjiao went to Weisha Village.

The elderly couple from the Hu family fell seriously ill after returning from Shuanghe Village last time. Hu Erge, on the other hand, cursed the Lu family, Hu Chunjiao, his eldest brother and sister-in-law, and others.

But no matter how much he curses, food won't fall from the sky. The Lu family won't help them either; they are currently outnumbered and can't afford to offend the Lu family.

He had no choice but to pull himself together and get to work.

After buying the grain seeds, the Hu family now has absolutely no surplus grain left.

Fortunately, there are plenty of wild vegetables in spring, so we won't starve to death.

The entire Hu family had become extremely thin. And Old Mrs. Hu never recovered after that serious illness.

Now, in addition to Sister-in-law Hu, Old Lady Hu is also lying in bed.

Life became even harder for the Hu family.

When Hu Chunjiao returned, everyone's eyes lit up as if they were seeing an oasis in the desert.

"Jiao Niang, where have you been all these days?" Hu Erge looked Hu Chunjiao up and down, and said excitedly, "Where did you go? Why didn't you tell us? We went to the Lu family to look for you, but we couldn't find you. I thought you went with Lu Erlang!"

Grandma Hu's spirits lifted. "Jiao Niang, do you have money now? Buy me two steamed buns, I'm starving."

Sister-in-law Hu said, "Jiao Niang, please give me some money for medical treatment!"

Hu Chunjiao ignored Old Lady Hu and Sister-in-law Hu, and instead looked at Second Brother Hu and asked, "Did you go to the Lu family to look for me?"

Brother Hu nodded hurriedly and said, "That's right. Our family doesn't have the money to rent an oxcart, so we had to walk the whole way. It took us a whole day and night to get there. You didn't even tell us where you were going, which made us worry for no reason."

"Are you really worried about me?" Hu Chunjiao seemed to have seen through him long ago, and said, "You're trying to beg for money from the Lu family, aren't you! Did you manage to do it?"

Thinking of the Lu family's heartlessness, Hu Erge's face showed shame and anger.

"Looks like they didn't get any benefits! Let me tell you, the Lu family is doing really well now. Not only has Lu Erlang become an official in the army and received rewards from the court, but even a general is sending things to their home."

Hu Chunjiao originally thought she never wanted to see the Hu family again in her life. But after hearing that Lu Wuzheng had become successful, she felt really sad.

She couldn't find anywhere else to vent her grief except at her parents' home. So, filled with resentment, she took a car to Weisha Village.

Now, seeing the regret and disbelief on the faces of her parents, brother, and sister-in-law, she felt inexplicably pleased.

She looked at Sister-in-law Hu and said, "Sister-in-law, I really owe you a lot back then. That's how I broke off my engagement with the second son of the Lu family and missed out on marrying the official's wife."

Hu Dasao ignored Hu Chunjiao's sarcastic remarks and instead muttered to herself, "How could he possibly become an official? My Dazhou is much more capable than him, why didn't my Dazhou become an official?"

As she spoke, she suddenly became excited and asked, "Is the messenger who was delivering the reward on his way here, but hasn't arrived yet? Did you see any officials coming to our house on your way here?"

Hu Chunjiao scoffed, "What kind of dream are you having? Do you think becoming an official is so easy?"

However, Sister-in-law Hu insisted that if someone like Lu Wuzheng could become an official, then her son certainly could too.

But the rest of the Hu family weren't as blindly optimistic as she was. Especially Hu's second brother and his wife; they didn't think Hu Dazhou was clever. They felt that in terms of intelligence and competence, all their own children were far superior to Hu Dazhou.

Unfortunately, they felt that serving in the military was too dangerous, so they insisted that the eldest son's family go instead.

At this moment, the couple were filled with regret, thinking that if they had known better, they would have let their son serve in the military, and perhaps the opportunity for promotion would have fallen to their son.

But it's too late to say anything now.

Hu Erge barely suppressed his regret and asked Hu Chunjiao what good things the Lu family had been rewarded with, and what the important people had given them.

Hu Chunjiao had no idea what the general had given the Lu family that day. However, that didn't stop her from bragging about it to her family.

She combined what she had heard from the villagers with what she had seen in the city these days and told it to the Hu family.

To Hu Erge, this meant that the Lu family was now overflowing with gold and silver, with an inexhaustible supply of gold and silver, an endless supply of food, and all sorts of silks and satins that they had never seen before.

Hu Erge felt increasingly resentful that the Lu family, being so wealthy, would refuse to help someone in distress.

He looked at Hu Chunjiao and said, "Jiaoniang, lend your second brother some silver. When your second brother has more money in the future, he will pay you back double."

Hu Chunjiao came to vent her anger, not to help her family. Besides, she hated the oppression she suffered at the hands of her family after arriving in Weisha Village. How could she possibly lend him money again?

She refused without even thinking about it.

Seeing her refuse, Brother Hu's face immediately turned fierce and he said, "Chun Jiao, did you secretly marry someone behind our backs? Now that you're married, you look down on us? We are your family. If you are bullied by your husband's family in the future, don't you want our help?"

Hu Ersao also said, "Back when we were in the village, how well did our family treat you? Which girl in the village didn't work in the fields?"

"You never work in the fields! Your parents raised you all these years, and you secretly ran off with some random man, not even giving the family a single copper coin in dowry. If I'd known, I would have done what the Sun family did and sold you off!"

Hu Chunjiao was filled with resentment and said, "You were just afraid of treating me badly and ruining my luck. After you used up all my luck, how did you treat me? You made me suffer so much, don't expect me to help you again."

After she finished speaking, she tried to run away. But Hu Erge and Hu Ersao's eyes flashed with ferocity. The two men grabbed her and tied her up.

"Father, Mother, aren't you going to do anything about this?" Hu Chunjiao cried out, "Make them let me go!"

But the elderly couple from the Hu family were heartbroken at this moment.

When Hu Chunjiao came back today, it was clear from her complexion and clothes that she was living a much better life than them.

But she was full of resentment, blaming her elder brother and sister-in-law for causing her to lose a good marriage with the Lu family and for neglecting them.

They don't remember their kindness in raising them at all.

After arriving in Weisha Village, they were indeed not good to her, but they believed they had not mistreated her when they were in the village.

The elderly couple felt they had raised an ungrateful child and allowed Hu Erge and his wife to tie her up and search her body.

Ignoring Hu Chunjiao's struggles, Hu Ersao searched her body thoroughly and said with disappointment, "You're dressed so well, how come you only have a few dozen copper coins on you?"

Brother Hu said angrily, "Where's your money? Did you hide it?"

"I told you, I have no money," Hu Chunjiao said angrily. "Let me go! Are you even human? How can you treat your own sister like this?"

Hu Erge glanced at her clothes and, not believing she only had a few dozen copper coins, told his wife to take her to a side room, take off her clothes, and check her.

Hu Chunjiao screamed, but Hu Erge was already starving and ignored her, dragging her to a side room.