As soon as these words were spoken, the envious and jealous gazes shifted from Gou Dan to Zhou Jingyun.

Fu Gui stared at Zhou Jingyun with envy: "Then wouldn't you be able to talk to Ruan Zhiqing every day?"

Upon hearing this, Gou Dan immediately became unhappy:

"No, I'll come and help Ruan Zhiqing carry water every day after work!"

Zhou Jingyun tapped Gou Dan on the head and said with displeasure, "Stop causing trouble. I was instructed by the brigade leader's wife to take good care of Ruan Zhiqing as a neighbor."

What's going on here, you ask?

The captain's wife's confession to his mother was tantamount to a confession to him!

Hearing this, Gou Dan's face turned dejected: "Brother Yun, aren't you just taking advantage of your proximity and bullying me?"

Zhou Jingyun tapped Gou Dan again and said with a look of disgust, "You don't know anything! This is called being close to the water tower and getting the moon first!"

"Don't embarrass yourself in front of Ruan Zhiqing with your uncultured appearance."

Upon hearing this, Gou Dan became even more dejected and envious of Zhou Jingyun even more.

Not to mention the young men from the neighboring production brigade, whose eyes were practically popping out of their sockets with envy.

Feeling the envy of everyone, Zhou Jingyun felt smug: I haven't even shown you guys how Ruan Zhiqing sweetened my mouth with rock candy yet!

If I told you, wouldn't you all be so envious?

******

"Mom, which of you went into my room?"

As soon as Zhou Shuhua got home, she saw that her bedroom door was wide open and shouted at the top of her lungs.

Upon entering the room and seeing that the bedding had been moved, he immediately shouted:

"Mom, Mom, our house has been burgled!"

He Damei had just gone to the brigade's granary to collect tools when she heard what Aunt Wang and Aunt Sun said, and she was already furious.

He had barely stepped inside when he heard Zhou Shuhua's shouts. His anger flared, and he pointed at Zhou Shuhua, yelling:

"We've really suffered; we've been robbed by a thief!"

Upon returning to the courtyard, Zhou Shuhua heard her mother's words and asked in confusion:

"Mom, did my eldest and second sisters-in-law steal things from home again and take them back to their parents' house?"

After asking the question, without waiting for He Damei's answer, he looked up at his two sisters-in-law and criticized them without any politeness:

"Eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, I'm not trying to criticize you, but now that you've married into our Zhou family, you should prioritize our family in everything. How can you always be using our family's resources to help your own families?"

You stole food from the house before, but this time, why did you even rummage through your sister-in-law's room?

If word gets out, how will my older brothers face anyone?

The two daughters-in-law of the Zhou family had often secretly taken money from their husbands to help their own families, so when they first heard their sister-in-law say this, they assumed that the other woman was the one who did it and didn't say anything.

These words infuriated He Damei: So they're all a family of thieves who steal from homes!

She was even more annoyed with Zhou Shuhua: "Hmph, how dare you talk about your eldest and second sisters-in-law? At least they were discerning when choosing their partners, and they only started dating after they married into our Zhou family."

Unlike you, shameless as ever, a young girl chasing after a gigolo, making your mother and father lose all face.

When the eldest and second sisters-in-law of the Zhou family heard their mother-in-law's words, they looked at each other in confusion: Was their mother-in-law talking about their sister-in-law?

This speculation was subsequently confirmed.

Upon hearing her mother belittle Shen Qingming, Zhou Shuhua immediately became displeased and defended her:

"Mom, how could you do this? Shen Zhiqing was wronged. He wouldn't even take the money I offered him. How could he be a gigolo who lives off women?"

Upon hearing Zhou Shuhua's words, He Damei's voice rose considerably.

"You gave him money back?"

Zhou Shuhua hadn't expected her mother to react so strongly, and somewhat frightened, she shrank back and said:

"I offered it, but he didn't want it!"

"good!"

Hearing that Shen Qingming didn't want it, He Damei secretly breathed a sigh of relief and extended her hand to Zhou Shuhua:

"Since he doesn't want it, give the money to my mother!"

Zhou Shuhua didn't know why her mother had suddenly become so terrifying, and she whispered fearfully:

"I secretly slipped it into his pocket!"

"Ha ha!"

He Damei was so angry at her daughter that she almost laughed, and slapped Zhou Shuhua hard across the face.

"Mom, you hit me?"

Zhou Shuhua, who had been slapped to the ground, looked at He Damei with disbelief, covering her burning cheek.

He Damei, however, felt no pity whatsoever. She coldly stared at Zhou Shuhua on the ground and sternly questioned her:

"So, you were lying to us last night about your dad giving you a hundred yuan to try and get a job in the county town?"

Zhou Shuhua really wanted to say no, but when her mother glared at her fiercely, she opened her mouth but dared not utter the lie.

Even without her saying it, just looking at her like that, what didn't He Damei understand?

She's swindling money from herself to support her gigolo!

"Since you're so despicable, you don't need to think about work or go to work anymore. Just clean up the house for me every day!"

He Damei was utterly disappointed in her daughter: how much sweat and toil does it take for a country folk to earn a hundred yuan?

They only need 30 to 50 yuan for a bride price. If they didn't love their daughter, if they didn't think that their daughter would have a good job, help the family, and find a good partner, would they give that 100 yuan?

"Dad, Dad, Mom hit me..."

Startled by He Damei's fierceness, Zhou Shuhua saw Accountant Zhou walk in and immediately rushed over, crying and wanting Accountant Zhou to teach He Damei a lesson.

When He Damei saw the provocative and smug look in Zhou Shuhua's eyes, she felt even more that her daughter was hopeless!

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