Ten Years Married Far From Home: My Cruel Mother-in-Law Burned My Father's Final Letter

[Strong Female Lead in the 1980s] [Divorce with a Child] [Clear-Eyed About Life] [Building Wealth and Turning Her Life Around] [Never Forgive]

A telegram bearing the words "Father critically ill, return at once" tore away the cover hiding ten years of the Li family's ruthless exploitation. Her vicious mother-in-law called her return to her parents' home a waste of money and burned the telegram right in front of her. Her spineless husband secretly took the three hundred yuan she had saved over three years for travel expenses, then went and bought his younger sister an outfit for her matchmaking date. Her father-in-law even complained that his granddaughter's crying brought bad luck, and struck the child with bamboo chopsticks until her face was covered in blood! In that moment, Su Wanqing understood that yielding would never win anyone's heart. She pulled out an old wooden box her father had hidden at the bottom of her dowry chest, took the twelve yuan she had left, borrowed a shroud meant for a dead person, put it on, and boarded an overnight green train to the Northeast with her daughter.

Her parents' home offered warmth, but also its share of scheming. Her in-laws came after her, hoping to keep leeching off her, but this time Su Wanqing would not shed another tear. She set up a street stall, made noodles, fought for custody, and drew a clear line between family ties and personal debts. With nothing but her account book and a pocket guide to the law, she put down roots in the county town, one step at a time. By the time the scumbag and his family were kneeling and begging to get back together amid the mess they had made, she had already shut the door: The word "forgiveness" has never appeared in my account book!