During the famine, a sack of grain was traded for a little girl. Everyone thought the family had lost their minds.
But ever since they adopted little Qingtian, it was as if their lives had be...
"If you ask me, it's not okay if they're not from our area. They all have different mindsets."
"How did you find the Liu family's old couple like this before? Liu is busy doing business in the grocery store all day long. How many men does she come into contact with every day? Why didn't they see them unable to bear it?"
"Because Liu made money from the grocery store, it really helped supplement the family income!
"Mother Liu would go to the grocery store almost every day to buy something to bring home, and she would also give her a separate gift every month.
"Liu is not only her daughter, but also the family's cash cow. If anyone dares to accuse her of being unfaithful, the Liu couple will be able to scold the person harshly.
On this side, Wang Guangping came to the riverside panting, and sure enough, he saw Mrs. Liu lying on a big rock by the river, soaking wet.
She tilted her head, her eyes unblinking, and it was unclear where she was staring at in the air.
Father and Mother Liu were still muttering dirty words.
"I've never seen such a shameless woman. Why don't you just die in the mountains?
"If you ask me, she's a slut. Could it be that she's done something shameful with someone in the mountains?"
"No way, they are brothers, how can they be together..."
"That's enough!" Wang Guangping shouted, interrupting Liu's mother. "It would be too unpleasant to hear anything more!
"The Ye brothers were kind enough to save someone, but how come you guys turned it into something so filthy?"
Upon hearing this, Father Liu said unconvincedly, "If there hadn't been some pre-existing affair, why wouldn't those two have run for their lives and held her tightly even when the blind bear was right in front of them?"
He said this with such confidence that Wan Guangping was so angry that he didn't know what to say.
Mrs. Liu lay on the stone. It was a freezing cold day and her clothes were soaked through and wrapped around her like ice, but they were not as cold as her heart.
The words of her parents-in-law were like icicles, piercing her body one by one.
Compared to those hurtful words, Boss Liu's silence was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Mrs. Liu now feels more and more that what her parents-in-law say is reasonable. A woman like her who has lost her reputation will only bring shame to both her husband's family and her own family if she lives.
In the future, my son might not be able to find a wife because of me, and my daughter might not be able to find a good husband because of me.
If that’s the case, what’s the point of living like this?
When she thought of this, Liu became completely disheartened.
She took advantage of the opportunity when Wang Guangping was talking to her parents-in-law to jump into the water again and end it all.
Unexpectedly, after she was rescued, she was left there for a long time and her whole body was frozen. Even a simple action like turning over and diving into the water became extremely difficult.
So she was discovered before she even fell into the water.
Several young women in the village came over, some took off their cloaks and wrapped them around her, some took off their hats and put them on her head, and then everyone tried to persuade her one by one.
"Mrs. Liu, please don't commit suicide!"
"That's right. Think about it, the two children are still young. If you leave, they will fall into the hands of their stepmother."
"Your parents on your mother's side are still alive. Could you bear to let them die young?"
"Don't listen to your parents-in-law's nonsense. We all know it's not like that at all."
"That's right, look, the village chief is here to make the decision for you, don't be afraid!"
At this time, the old couple of the Liu family had been scolded by Wang Guangping.
The words of the crowd did give Mrs. Liu some comfort. Thinking of her children and her parents, she felt that she had been too impulsive just now.
After Wang Guangping finished scolding the Liu family, he angrily shouted at Old Liu: "Why don't you quickly carry your wife back home, warm her up, and make some ginger sugar water to help her sweat. It's so cold, do you want her to freeze to death outside?"
"Yes, no, village chief, I will carry her back right now." Boss Liu's mood was actually very complicated.
At first, he didn't think much about it, and was even glad that his wife had escaped death.
But when my sister came to see my parents and said something, my parents' faces changed instantly and they started accusing my wife of being unfaithful.
He felt that what his parents said made sense, and for a moment he didn't know which side to stand on.
Finally, Mrs. Liu could no longer bear the slander and accusations from her parents-in-law and jumped into the river in anger.
He wanted to jump down to save people but his parents held him back tightly.
Fortunately, someone in the village heard the noise and jumped over to rescue Liu.
Unexpectedly, this became another piece of evidence that required her death.
"You are no longer clean and are not worthy of being the daughter-in-law of my Liu family!"