Rebirth: Making a Fortune in Ancient Times

Wang's eyes quickly swept over Liu, and her smile deepened.

"Xiao Lan is here! Why are you all standing outside? Let's go inside and talk, it's cold outside." After saying that, she took the little boy's hand and walked forward on her own.

She walked up to Old Man Liu and naturally reached out to straighten his clothes.

"Third Brother, I'm sorry to have troubled you while I was away. There were some things going on at the kids' house a while ago, and I didn't dare tell you because I was afraid you'd worry. Thankfully, everything is settled now, and I'll take good care of you from now on. Is that alright?"

Hearing her say that, Brother Liu, Sister-in-law Liu, and Madam Liu all stared at Old Man Liu, waiting for him to speak and see what he meant.

Old Liu, who was initially a little confused, suddenly cleared up when his son, daughter, and daughter-in-law were staring at him.

"You don't need to come back. I've been doing quite well this past year. You should go back to your son's house and take care of your grandson!"

"Uncle, what do you mean by that?" A man standing behind Wang Shi asked, displeased.

"What do you mean? It means exactly what it says: my family's temple is too small to accommodate a big Buddha." Sister-in-law Liu said bluntly.

To everyone's surprise, Wang seemed not to have heard these words, and still looked at Old Man Liu and said, "Third Brother, we've been married for six or seven years, what do you mean by not letting me come back?"

As she spoke, tears began to stream down her face. Xia Yu, watching Wang's actions from the side, was completely bewildered. "This behavior is so much like an old white lotus!"

Seeing Wang Shi behaving this way in front of so many younger people, Old Man Liu spoke with some impatience.

“You’ve been living with me for the past few years, and I’ve treated you well, but look how many days you’ve actually lived here! Since your son can’t do without you, I won’t stop you. You can go live with your son and take care of his grandson for the rest of your life!”

After saying this, Old Man Liu looked at his daughter and son-in-law still standing to the side. He didn't want his daughter's family to get involved, and he was also afraid that his son-in-law would develop a bad impression of his daughter because of this mess. So he urged them on...

"Your home is far away, don't waste time here, go back quickly."

Hearing her father-in-law's words, Sister-in-law Liu also spoke up, "Father is right. Your home is far from here, so you should go back soon. If you delay any longer, it will be dark by the time you get home."

As they talked, they continued loading the prepared return gifts into the car.

Wang, who had been watching the scene closely, forgot all her tears when she saw Sister-in-law Liu loading a large piece of pork onto the mule cart. She stepped forward, tugged at Old Man Liu's sleeve, and whispered a plea.

"Third Brother, look at all these juniors here, can you give me some face and let's go inside and talk about it?"

"There's nothing to say. It's the New Year, so don't linger here. Go back now," Old Man Liu said without any mercy.

"Uncle, what do you mean by that? My mother has served you for six or seven years, and you're just going to dismiss us with a single sentence? There's no such thing as a simple matter in this world, is there?" Another young man behind Wang shouted on the spot after hearing what Old Man Liu said.

"So what do you want to do?" Brother Liu asked.

“We don’t want anything either. How about we stay like before, with my mother remaining in this house and life going on as usual? Or do you want me to let my mother come in?”

"We're not letting your mother in, so what?" Brother Liu interrupted him, not having time to waste, and continued speaking.

"Hmph, my mother and uncle have a proper marriage certificate. Now that you won't let my mother come back, then give her a divorce certificate and twenty taels of silver to keep her safe."

"Bah! Twenty taels of silver to keep yourself? You guys really dare to ask for that much. How much does it cost to marry a virgin? And you dare to ask for twenty taels? Why don't you just rob someone!"

Sister-in-law Liu spat on the ground beside her and started cursing at the man.

Despite being verbally abused in the face by Sister-in-law Liu, the man wasn't angry; instead, he looked at Old Man Liu with a grin.

"Uncle, my mother married you. How do you explain that?"

"We have no money. Your mother took all the grain from the house two years ago, and all the money was used to buy grain." When Old Man Liu heard that they wanted twenty taels of silver, he got angry. When Wang's second son asked him what he thought, he bluntly said that.

"Anyway, either give my mother twenty taels of silver to keep her safe today, or let her enter this door. From now on, we'll still be family." Wang's eldest son said this when he saw that Old Man Liu wouldn't give any money.

"I have no money. If you're willing, I'll give you a divorce agreement. Otherwise, you can go back to where you came from. In any case, you can't enter my house."

Brother Liu didn't want to say another word to them. He just wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible and then send his sister and brother-in-law home.

"Does your family have any shame? My mother has been serving this old man for years, and you think you can just kick her out without giving her a single penny?"

"Who's the shameless one here? Who did your mother serve? She left the old man alone at home every day, bringing food and money to your house to look after the children. I think you're the shameless ones. Now you dare to ask for twenty taels of silver to keep yourself. Let's cut her bones and sell her flesh and see if it's worth twenty taels."

"You filthy woman, if you dare swear again, I'll slap you across the face!"

"You try it. If you dare touch a single finger of mine, I'll cripple all three of your legs."

"..."

At first, it was just Sister-in-law Liu and Wang's second son arguing. When Wang's eldest son saw that his younger brother was no match for Sister-in-law Liu, he also joined in. Seeing this, Brother Liu stepped forward to help his wife with the cursing. Just as the two sides were getting angrier and angrier and were about to come to blows, suddenly a shrill cry rang out.

"I can't live like this anymore! The Liu family is trying to force me to my death... Justice, who will stand up for me..."