Zhang staggered back, trembling all over: "Mother, Mother, all these years, you have actually been wronged. My aunt is so cruel!"

Liang Shuyan remained silent, grieving for the original owner of the body. After so many years, today was finally the day her name would be cleared.

She glanced gratefully at her eldest daughter-in-law, still somewhat worried about the original owner's mother, and sighed softly before handing two golden cornbreads from the iron pot to Zhang.

"Take this and give it to your grandma! Remember, don't say I gave it to you! Go and come back quickly!"

Li Lanfang noticed her daughter's predicament, came out, and coughed, "Where's my eldest granddaughter-in-law? Wait a minute!"

“Since she’s your mother, and your nephew wasn’t poisoned by you, and she’s admitted to wronging you, then stop complaining. As for your brother, you can disown him, but this old woman looks quite pitiful. If possible, when you get there, bring her over so she can keep your mother company.”

Upon hearing her grandmother's words, Zhang immediately said happily, "That's right, Mother, my grandmother is absolutely right. In fact, the most despicable one is my aunt!"

"Oh, right, eldest granddaughter-in-law, I see there's still some millet in the pot. Take it over with you. Two cornbreads should be enough for what you need."

Zhang happily took the remaining millet back with her and then hurriedly ran out.

Liang Shuyan looked at the old lady gratefully: "Mom, thank you!"

After the procession had marched for a while, Li Zheng noticed that everyone was a bit tired, so he ordered them to rest on the spot.

After everyone rested, some people ate, while those who had nothing to eat lay down on the grass to sleep. For them, as long as they were hungry and there were no bandits to steal their food or natural disasters, they felt happy—a simple, ordinary kind of happiness.

Li Zheng shouted, "Good news! We'll be able to reach Qingfeng Town tomorrow. At that time, regardless of whether the government arranges accommodation for us or not, we won't have to run around fleeing famine anymore!"

A joyful shout came from the crowd. It was probably because the hardships they had endured along the way—eating in the open, starving, fleeing famine, encountering bandits, and all sorts of difficulties—had given them a strong desire for stability.

Liang Shuyan lay under the tree and let out a long breath. Her second daughter-in-law, Liu, was stirring something in a pot, emitting a strong aroma of rice. She glanced at Liu, half-closed her eyes, and said, "Eat something simple. When we get to town, I'll give you something different to improve your diet!"

Liu nodded her head like a chicken pecking at rice: "Yes, Mother, good!"

Liang Shuyan was thinking that once they got to town, she could take out the things in the warehouse and exchange them for steamed buns and other similar items. The packaging of the items in the system store would make the children suspicious, and she didn't want to create so much trouble for herself.

Niu Niu sat down beside her, tugging at Liang Shuyan's clothes and saying, "Mom, when we get to the market, can you give Niu Niu a red ribbon? Niu Niu wants, wants, to be pretty."

Liang Shuyan got up, pulled Niu Niu into her arms, and gently stroked her forehead: "Oh dear, our Niu Niu, when did you start to be so vain? At this time, as long as you're not hungry, no one will notice these things."

In the group, Aunt Liu's daughters, Yinxia and Jinxia, ​​brushed the dust off their pudding-colored clothes and said, "Mom, look, don't we look cleaner and neater this way?"

Aunt Liu looked you over and nodded: "Oh right, I've prepared two feet of red ribbon for you two. We're going to town soon, so I'll tie them up for you right away!"

Aunt Liu's family wasn't well-off to begin with. Over the years, her life revolved around her two daughters. But her husband, Liu Senke, didn't think that way. He believed that if someone wanted to marry them off, they should hurry up and find someone to marry them off. Keeping them at home meant they would have to eat and drink, and there were too many things to do.

Liu Sen, who was leaning against the haystack, saw this and put down his pipe, cursing: "You old scoundrel, what are you doing with all this stuff? It's good enough if you can just stay alive. Why are you doing all this useless stuff? If you ask me, once we get to town, we can just find someone to sell us for a few bucks!"

Jinxia, ​​who was introverted, was so angry when she heard her father's words that she turned her head and sat down on the grass, remaining silent.

Yinxia, ​​however, persisted, placing her hands on her hips: "Father, how can you talk like that? We are still your daughters. You, you are so desperate for money. If it weren't for my mother's hard work in saving up some food for the family, we would probably have starved to death long ago. And now you're thinking of selling us?"

With this outburst, everyone began to criticize Liu Sen. Liang Shuyan was not far away, but she didn't want to join in the fun. In the past, Aunt Liu had said that everyone in Guoshantun knew that Liu Sen was a lazy and good-for-nothing. It was the women who plowed the fields, the women who did the hard work, and the women who sat cross-legged and were yelled at when they got home. Most people couldn't live like that.

Although Aunt Liu was a bit talkative and loved to gossip, she was a woman with a hard life. She was stuck with a man who didn't care about anything at home and was always looking for trouble.

"I said, why is God so blind? Why didn't God send down a thunderbolt to kill you? I'm just tying a red ribbon in my daughter's hair, and you still can't stand it. Let me tell you, all the work in this house is thanks to my Jinxia and Yinxia!"

Liu Sen, unconcerned about attracting onlookers, jumped up and pointed at Aunt Liu, cursing, "You wretched woman, don't think I don't know what you're plotting! Keeping these two wretches at home, and Niuwa's wife doesn't even dare to come in, tell me, what are you keeping them for?"

It turns out that Liu Sen wanted his daughter-in-law, Gao, to come back. Gao had given birth to two daughters and a son. She complained all day long that her mother-in-law was nagging and that her husband was a good-for-nothing. She also sent her three children to her mother's home to be taken care of. Whenever there was something good to eat or food at home, she would bring her mother over to stay for a month or two.

As time went by, Liu Sen gradually developed feelings for his daughter-in-law's mother. While looking after his grandson, Liu Sen would bring a pipe inside and sit there for hours. After returning home, he would start to complain about Aunt Liu, saying that she wasn't a woman and that her cooking was bad. He was even more furious when he saw his two daughters.

Liang Shuyan couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward to say a few words to Liu Sen: "What's wrong? Are you so poor that you don't even have tobacco to smoke? Are you in such a hurry to sell your two daughters to buy tobacco? Aren't you afraid you won't be able to smoke it all at once? You heartless bastard, treating your own daughters like this, but laughing and joking with your old in-laws. Tell me, how long will this old bastard Liu Sen stop being so despicable?"