"Dad, I'm not saying this as your daughter-in-law, but what you did is inhumane. You even slept with your own daughter-in-law? You really have the guts to do that! Can't you just go out and find a woman if you want? Even rabbits don't eat grass near their burrows! Didn't mom give you money to go to brothels or is it because it saves money and is cheaper? How does it feel to have an affair with your own daughter-in-law? Don't you feel guilty seeing that Big Brother is doing this? Now that the Zhao family is in this state, I think the biggest problem is you!

Look at this family. The elders don't act like elders, the younger generations don't act like younger generations, and the mother-in-law is in such low status that she can only work with her head down every day. The daughter-in-law has the final say in the family. Looking across Shanghai, how many families with healthy mothers-in-law have the daughter-in-law to call the shots? Are there any rules? Sister-in-law, don't you like palace dramas? You are the sign of the country's demise. I'm not exaggerating. This is based on history. Don't forget that my mother is a historian. "After Xingxing finished speaking, Old Man Zhao's face turned red. Not only was his old face torn apart by his young daughter-in-law, but he also stepped on it hard on the ground.

Xingxing's mother-in-law, Li Sanmei, is a sensible woman, born in the countryside of Jiangnan. Having been engaged to Old Man Zhao since childhood, she married into the Zhao family when she was just thirteen. Since then, she has been helping her mother-in-law with farming and managing the household frugally.

The Zhao family had four siblings. Old Zhao was the eldest, and the third was the one who married into the Jiang family. Old Zhao's father, in his youth, worked odd jobs in Shanghai and never returned home, resulting in a ten-year age difference between the eldest and second sons. At the time, the family was short on manpower due to the large number of children, and only fourteen-year-old Old Zhao could help with the farming. Old Zhao's mother had recently given birth to her fourth child, twins. Both children had barely learned to walk, and there was no one to help. As a last resort, they arranged for the eldest to marry young so that there would be someone in the family who could help her.

Old Man Zhao worked in construction in Shanghai, initially carrying sand and gravel. His hard work and quick wit helped him establish himself on the construction team. A year or so later, his master passed away. This courageous man took over his master's construction team, recruiting all the strong men from the nearby villages to work with him in Shanghai. The villagers relished the opportunity to work in Shanghai and worked tirelessly.

Because of the short construction time and high quality, his team's reputation quickly soared within three or two years. He grew rapidly, but despite his success, he remained a "rookie" in Shanghai. His position within the established local families was always at the bottom. In those days, when warlords ruled, their position in any event was clearly defined, and Old Man Zhao was always at the edge.

After his rise to power, Old Man Zhao didn't abandon his wife and children. Instead, he bought a large house and drove to Shanghai to bring his wife and children from his hometown. He hired a nanny and servants to take care of them. To thank his wife for her hard work raising the children in his hometown, he also gave a lot of money to Li Sanmei's family and rebuilt a house for them. At that time, Old Man Zhao was still very old and attended school for a few years in Shanghai.

Later, the children of the Zhao family grew up gradually. Among them, the third child was the most outstanding. Not only was he good at studying, he was also good at business. He even opened a women's store near the school, which became a good story for a while.

The Jiang family had a rule that their daughters-in-law had to be business-savvy. Each generation of the first wife's sons married women from established, established families with experience in business. Old Man Zhao was a calculating man. After the founding of the new nation, he schemed and spent three years successfully marrying his daughter to the second son of the first wife of the Jiang family.