"I'm telling you, Aunt Wang, this rain is practically free, haha!"
The woman, known as Aunt Wang, nudged her sister, "Don't interrupt, let me continue."
"Okay, okay, you can continue."
"Didn't you see it at the time? When we got up there, the sky was pitch black and the rain was pattering down."
I heard that it rained heavily in our capital city at the time, but it didn't rain in the surrounding areas.
In the end, the kind-hearted princess gave the rain-summoning artifact to the emperor.
The emperor obtained the divine artifact and dispatched officials to summon rain, thus alleviating the drought in many areas.
Those around who had only heard about it but had never seen it in person exclaimed in amazement upon hearing this.
"Wouldn't that little princess be a goddess?"
Then Aunt Wang continued, "Of course! He's a little lucky star. I heard he was born in a remote mountain village in Liuzhou."
In that remote area where people couldn't even get enough to eat, Little Lucky Star, at only two years old, led the entire village to prosperity and opened a workshop, making the surrounding area wealthy.
"Oh my, then this is definitely a lucky star."
"Who says otherwise? Why wasn't this lucky star born into our family? Sigh, my naughty boy is always running around catching chickens or chasing dogs."
The women, engrossed in their conversation, didn't notice that the door to the small courtyard across from them was slightly ajar.
Old Mrs. Liu listened to the women's idle chatter outside through the crack in the door.
When he heard them talk about how the little lucky star had been made a princess and that her grandmother had also been made a noblewoman, his face turned completely black.
Back in her room, she smashed everything on the table to pieces, yelling, "They're all bitches, all little bitches!"
Liu Wentao, who was in the inner room, didn't dare to make a sound when he heard his mother acting crazy outside again. His mother always had to put on this show every now and then, and he didn't want to bother with it.
But I never expected that the fire would spread to me today. My mother came into my room and started yelling at me.
"Look at you, you good-for-nothing! You couldn't get your own daughter back then no matter what, and now you're even less likely to get her back, aren't you?"
And those two good-for-nothings you gave birth to, they're doing really well now and don't even think about their old man or their grandmother. They're a bunch of ingrates.
"If I had known they were like this, I should have drowned them all in the chamber pot when they were born."
Old Mrs. Liu was furious inside the house, berating Liu Wentao mercilessly, completely unaware that a beautiful woman had entered the yard.
The woman stood quietly in the yard, listening to Old Lady Liu's tirade from inside the house.
"No, she's your own daughter. Doesn't she disown you? Then you should spread the word throughout the world about how unfilial she is and how she doesn't care about her biological father and me, her biological grandmother."
"What a lucky star! She's nothing but an unfilial little wretch."
Upon hearing this, the woman in the courtyard turned pale instantly, turned around and walked towards the door. A moment later, she returned to the courtyard with a burly man with a dark face.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw Old Mrs. Liu washing clothes. When she looked up and met the woman's face, she was stunned for a moment.
Upon seeing the gold hairpin in the woman's hair and the gorgeous clothes she was wearing, I was instantly both surprised and delighted.
"Caifeng, you're back! Oh my, look at your outfit!"
Caifeng, you've become rich now!
Oh dear, Caifeng, you have no idea how hard this old woman's life is!
Those unfilial sons and daughters-in-law just abandoned me like that! You're so much better off, Caifeng. You and Wentao should live a good life together, and I'll never say anything more about you.
Liu Wentao, who was inside the house, heard his mother talking to someone outside, so he came out to check on her.
I looked up and saw Cai Feng.
Not knowing how to start the conversation, Old Mrs. Liu saw her youngest son still standing there in a daze and quickly stepped forward to nudge Liu Wentao.
"What are you all standing there for? Your wife's back, why don't you take her inside for some tea?"
Liu Wentao then realized what was happening and quickly went to Caifeng to pull her up.
But she was blocked by the dark-faced man following behind Caifeng.
"Who are you? What are you doing following my wife? Get out of my way, this is my wife."
Liu Wentao only dared to point at the burly, dark-faced man and curse him, but he didn't dare to actually fight him. He knew he couldn't possibly beat him.
No matter how much she cursed, the big man remained standing in front of Caifeng without saying a word.
Then he turned his anger on Caifeng, saying, "Don't push your luck. My mother has already admitted her mistake."
Come back and live a good life. Also, where did this come from? Make him leave immediately, or he'll dirty my yard.
Caifeng, you better remember this: you haven't been divorced yet, you're still my wife. You'd better know your place, or don't blame me for being rude to you.
"I'm asking you, did you really mean it when you said you were going to ruin the young princess's reputation?"
Grandma Liu saw that Cai Feng completely ignored her son's insults and instead turned to her, asking her questions.
Suddenly I remembered what I said not long ago, it seems that this little bitch must have arrived by then.
Old Mrs. Liu seemed to have caught her red-handed. "That's right, you heard me correctly. Look at the good daughters you raised. They're all ungrateful wretches, going off to enjoy their retirement. Do they even remember you, their mother?"
If I were you, I would personally go to their door. If they still don't acknowledge it, I'll take it directly to the Emperor. I refuse to believe there are any children in the world who wouldn't support their parents.
Caifeng stepped forward and slapped Old Lady Liu across the face. "You old hag, how dare you insult my daughter? You were the one who looked down on her because she was a girl, which made it impossible for me to ever recognize her again."
Then your son sold both of my daughters, and now you have the nerve to say such things?
When Liu Wentao saw that Cai Feng dared to hit his mother, he raised his hand to slap her, but unexpectedly, he was kicked far away by the dark-faced man next to him.
After Liu Wentao was kicked away, he lay on the ground and crawled two or three times, but couldn't get up, so he simply lay half-reclined on the ground.
Cai Feng squatted down in front of Liu Wentao and said, "Liu Wentao, I really pity you. You wanted a son your whole life and didn't treat your daughter like a human being. Now you don't even have a child by your side and can only grow old alone."
If you hadn't lost Fu Bao back then, or hadn't sold those two girls, you would at least have children to dote on you now, instead of being left to die alone in your old age with no one knowing where you'll end up.
It's really pitiful to think about. You won't even have a straw mat to wrap yourself in, and your body might just end up as dog food. Isn't that retribution?
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