"No, that's not what I meant. It was when Jianguo was still a child..."

"What about when they were kids? Didn't you say they just hooked up recently?"

Jiang Mei: “…”

Wang Zhong felt like he was about to get overwhelmed. Although Jiang Mei had never admitted it, he had tried to probe her these days.

What do you mean they hooked up recently? Bullshit, they hooked up a long time ago, even Chenchen is Jianguo's child.

He has consulted a lawyer, and he is told that disrupting a military marriage would only result in a few years in prison.

He is still young, and the worst outcome is that he will spend about three years in prison.

This is not the worst thing. What he is more afraid of is that the father-son relationship between Chenchen and Wang Jianguo will be exposed.

What would happen if this came to light?

He didn't dare to ask, he didn't dare to ask at all.

The two of them wandered aimlessly on the street, and neither of them expected that in just a few months, their hopes of enjoying life in the big city would be shattered.

All the things in my hometown have been dealt with. Several bright big tiled houses have been sold to neighbors, leaving only two adobe houses where the old lady lived when she was still alive.

Since no one really wants it, they just leave it there empty.

The fields at home have been given to other people to farm, so they can be harvested back, but that definitely won’t be the case this year.

No matter what, we have to wait until next year when people harvest the crops before we can get it back.

But they didn’t farm this year, so they will have nothing to eat next year. How will they feed their family when they return?

The key point is, if they go back, what will their neighbors think?

When they left, the whole family was filled with joy.

The couple advertised everywhere that their son had found a stable job in the city and that they would take their child to school in the city. In the future, the whole family would become city dwellers and would not return because they wanted to enjoy a good life in the city.

As a result, he returned in disgrace in less than half a year. Wouldn't that be a complete loss of face?

Their daughter-in-law ran away, their granddaughter disappeared, and their son went to jail again. If the old couple took their grandson back home, wouldn't people come to ask about them?

How are they supposed to speak?

The more I think about it, the more unbearable it becomes.

Jiang Mei sighed and said, "Old man, what should we do?"

They have actually anticipated their son's fate now, and he cannot escape going to jail.

"If Jianguo goes to jail, his employer won't want him after he's released. With his jail experience, he won't be able to find a job in the future. He'll have to go back to his hometown to farm. Our family was so prosperous when we got out, but we're going back home to farm in less than half a year. We'll be laughed at. Old man, give me some advice."

"What should I do? If I don't go back to my hometown to plant crops, why do I stay here and starve? I can't even afford the rent of thirty dollars a month. Even if I move to a smaller house, it should be at least twenty dollars, right?"

"But if we go back home, wouldn't that be a disgrace to us? We might as well just stay here and look for a job later."

"I'm going to look for a job? Are you kidding me? Which boss would want us?"

"Sweeping the streets is fine, right? Sweeping the streets doesn't require any culture. Fang Qing is so lazy but she can sweep the streets, so why can't you do the same?"

Wang Zhong thought about it carefully and it seemed to be true.

It's better to stay here and sweep the streets than to go back home and be looked down upon.

"Oh, right." He suddenly remembered, "Fang Qing is in jail. Is there no one to do her job?"

After he reminded her of this, Jiang Mei also remembered.

Fang Qing has gone in. Is there a spot left for street sweepers?

"Old man, let's go ask."

They didn't know where the street sweeping base was, so they could only go to the place where Fang Qing usually swept the streets to find Sister Zhao the next day.

To their surprise, they ran into Tang Xiaofen, whom they had been looking for.

Tang Xiaofen is still sweeping the floor in her work clothes?

"Tang Xiaofen, Tang Xiaofen, why are you here?"

Tang Xiaofen glanced at them indifferently.

At first she wanted to run away and was very afraid of them.

Now that Wang Jianguo had gone in, she knew that the two old guys were almost finished, and she gradually came out of her fear and was no longer afraid of them.

She was sweeping the streets in this area and knew that she would run into them sooner or later.

But it didn't matter. She had already decided to divorce Wang Jianguo in a dignified manner and live an upright life. Naturally, she had also thought about what to do if they saw her.

"Yeah, I work here."

"What? You work here? You work here for so many days, why don't you go home?"

"What home? Is that my home?"

"You... Tang Xiaofen, what do you mean by this?"

"Humph, I do the work of the whole family by myself every day, isn't it enough if I can do it anywhere else?"

Jiang Mei: “…”

Wang Zhong said, "We didn't say you did a bad job. How could you run around? You've been away from home for so many days. You know how hard your mother and I have been looking for you."

"What do you want to see me for?" She glanced at the two of them, sweeping the floor slowly, and then said, "Didn't you say that I'm the most useless person in the family. I'm the only one in the family without any income. I'm a freeloader. You're not scolding me, why don't I go out and find a job to earn money like Fang Qing? I've taken over Fang Qing's job, and now I'm the same as Fang Qing. Look, how good it is."

"This..." The two looked at each other, and for a moment they didn't know whether to be happy or unhappy.

She took over Fang Qing's shift and did the same job as Fang Qing. Those were indeed the words Jiang Mei often used to scold her for.

But that's not right, she never goes home.

"Tang Xiaofen, did you take Wang Yun away?"

"yes."

"Where is she?"

"I sent her to kindergarten, what's wrong?"

"What? How do I send you off for this semester?"

"You can send it for half a semester, and pay for half a semester."

Two people: “…”

Jiang Mei snorted coldly and said angrily, "Are you crazy? Zhier hasn't even started school yet, and you want to send a little girl to school? You have a lot of money, right?"

"It's OK. My boss said that once I become a regular employee, he will give me 100 yuan a month, just like Fang Qing used to. This money is enough to support me and Wang Yun."

"You, what do you mean by that? What do you mean it's enough to support you and Wang Yun?"

"That's what I mean. I know you understand."

Jiang Mei was furious. "You bitch, who taught you to speak to me like that? I'll beat you to death..."

She raised her hand to hit Tang Xiaofen, but was stopped by Wang Zhong.

"That's enough."

Jiang Mei: "Old man, this bitch deserves to be punished, why are you stopping me?"

"Okay, shut up. You've scolded my daughter-in-law and she ran away. What else do you want?"

"Did I scold him and he ran away?" Jiang Mei looked aggrieved.

But...it seems to be like this.

Wang Zhong saw things more clearly than she did. In fact, he had already guessed that Tang Xiaofen was acting like she didn't want to live with his son anymore.

"Xiao Fen, you did suffer in our family before. We treated you badly, but Daddy promises you that we will change."