"Bang!"

"You're back?" Mother Shen was mending clothes when she heard Shen Fenghua's movements and looked up.

Shen Fenghua nodded. "Yes, I'm back. I've already eaten."

"I didn't leave you any food anyway." Shen Huixiu glanced at Shen Fenghua, scoffed, and muttered to herself.

Mother Shen was speechless. How could this child be so ungrateful? At this crucial moment, he couldn't even be a little more polite to the other person.

"Hey, don't listen to her nonsense. She's still a child and doesn't know any better," she said casually, trying to cover for Shen Huixiu. "Well, I just wanted to ask, you've been away from home for meals quite often these past few days. What have you been up to?"

"I met my blind date," Shen Fenghua said. There was no point in hiding it; things had come to this point, and she would have to tell him sooner or later.

She had already prepared what to say when her mother asked her questions.

She was quite self-assured, saying that anyone introduced by Li Yanran had to be reliable.

As a result, Mother Shen only mentioned it briefly.

"Oh, your blind date~" Mother Shen hesitated, her mind preoccupied. "Well, I was just thinking that if Huixiu can't find a job soon, she'll have to go to the countryside. It's been quite a few days, and there's still no progress on your end?"

Looking at her mother's cautious expression, Shen Fenghua didn't know how to describe her feelings at this moment.

It's like someone stabbed a huge hole in my most tender heart with a knife, and now the cold wind is howling in.

She had always known that she was far less important to Shen's mother than Shen Huixiu, but she never expected...

Shen Fenghua took a deep breath and told herself, "Don't be sad. Now that I see through it, I won't waver when making decisions in the future."

Once she understood, her mind and body felt light, and the shackles that had been swaying her left and right vanished instantly.

Some things cannot be forced. Instead of struggling with them and getting hurt and fearless, it's better to be more carefree, let go decisively, and at least save yourself some dignity.

There's nothing to be sad about, everything's fine.

"Any progress?" Shen Fenghua's smile brightened, and she shrugged indifferently. "Didn't I already say that, apart from that night shift position, I can't free up a second one here?"

"Well..." Now, Mother Shen felt that the night shift job wasn't so bad; at least she wanted to keep it for her daughter first.

By this time, all the educated youth who went to the countryside in early July had left, and the list of those going to the countryside in early August had been finalized. The atmosphere in the tenement building was tense, and every household was arguing incessantly every day about the things they needed to prepare for work and going to the countryside, such as money and coupons.

Being in such an environment for so long made Chen's mother feel increasingly uneasy.

At this point, she didn't want to be picky anymore; keeping the person was the most important thing.

Just like the second daughter said, let's leave them here first, and then we'll make plans for the rest.

“Oh, by the way,” Shen Fenghua said with a smile, “that position is no longer available. Yesterday, Sister Niu from the logistics department gave it to her niece. The young lady is not very old, but she is quite good at handling things.”

"Feng Hua, you..."

Shen Huixiu, who had been sitting silently on the sofa, suddenly stood up, her eyes filled with hatred. "Mother, don't beg her. She's an ingrate. She eats and drinks from the family, and now that she's grown up, she can't wait to run away. She doesn't even care about me, her sister."

“You’re right,” Shen Fenghua nodded. “The sister in my eyes is reasonable, well-behaved and lovely. I don’t recognize this aggressive, hideous devil in front of me.”

She took two steps, stopped, stared into Shen Huixiu's eyes, and said mockingly, "Besides, so what if I eat and drink at home? I'm not eating or drinking yours. Mind your own business!"

After speaking, Shen Fenghua turned around and went back to her room.

I don't want to engage in pointless arguments; I'll just leave after a while.

Shen Huixiu: "..."

How is this any different from pointing your finger at her and yelling at her?

She was so angry that she trembled all over.

For a moment, only Shen Huixiu and her daughter remained in the room. Shen Huixiu looked at Shen Fenghua's door panel and wished she could break it down right now, drag her out, and slap her hard a few times.

He's just a junior deputy director in the propaganda department of a steel plant, what's he so proud of?

What's so great about it?

After a while, everything she owns will be hers!

Thinking of this...

"Mother!" Shen Huixiu blinked, then suddenly burst into large tears, choking out, "You saw it too, my second sister doesn't care about my life or death at all. Mother, now you're the only one I can rely on."

The tears fell, soaking a patch of her clothes.

Chen's mother was heartbroken. "Oh dear, don't cry. Your crying breaks my heart..."

Inside the door.

"Ouch," Shen Jianguo said, lounging on the bed and teasing his eldest and youngest sons, "I told you that's enough. You're really something, sticking your butt out and eavesdropping at the door."

Wan Shuhua: "..."

She turned her face away, exasperated, "Shut up, you idiot! The second son's abilities are limited. If he helps the third son, how will he have the energy to help us?"

"Hmph, I suggest you stay away from the second sister. She's not someone to mess with." Shen Jianguo kept his distance from Shen Fenghua. The second sister was quiet at home and not good with words, but when trouble came up, she was the only one you could rely on.

The third brother... is utterly useless except for his silver tongue.

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