After Zhao Zhenzhu married into the Zhou family, all the clothes for Aunt Zhang's family were made by Zhao Zhenzhu.

Zhao Zhenzhu was not ignorant of social etiquette, and often accepted less or even no payment from Aunt Zhang. Therefore, Aunt Zhang took good care of Zhao Zhenzhu.

Ding Ermei dared not harass Zhao Zhenzhu without reason, and Aunt Zhang also deserved some credit for that.

Zhao Zhenzhu knew that Aunt Zhang meant well.

In rural areas, family conflicts are mostly resolved behind closed doors by family members. If things escalate, they'll be laughed at by others.

However, Zhao Zhenzhu was pleased with the scene today, and she couldn't let Aunt Zhang "make a mountain out of a molehill".

Zhao Zhenzhu shook her head and softly replied to Aunt Zhang, "Auntie, it's alright. Let everyone see. I was just thinking of asking someone to help judge this!"

“I was caught in the rain and burned all night yesterday. When I woke up this morning, there wasn’t even a drop of porridge left for me. Luckily, my younger brother gave me some eggs a couple of days ago, and Yunyun and I steamed some egg custard. My mother-in-law started yelling and screaming, it was so outrageous.” Zhao Zhenzhu said, wiping the corner of her eye with the back of her hand, looking rather pitiful.

"Wait here, I'll have my son Xiaohua go to town and tell your brother." Aunt Zhang turned and walked out the door.

In rural areas, it's common for daughters-in-law to seek help from their own family members when conflicts arise between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law.

Zhao Zhenzhu had no intention of disturbing her family.

Aunt Zhang's words reminded Zhao Zhenzhu.

Today is such a good opportunity, we should let her family see Ding Ermei's true colors.

Previously, for Zhou Bingchen's sake and to put her family at ease, Zhao Zhenzhu never said a bad word about Ding Ermei in front of her family.

Zhao Zhenzhu never told her family about the grievances she suffered in the Zhou family over the years.

When her family asked, Zhao Zhenzhu would only say that she was doing very well in the Zhou family. Her mother-in-law treated her like her own daughter.

Now that Zhao Zhenzhu intends to divorce Zhou Bingchen, she needs to lay the groundwork beforehand.

Otherwise, even if the Zhou family agrees to the divorce, the bride's family will not.

In this day and age, divorce is a very big deal. Generally, people around people will advise reconciliation rather than separation.

In most people's eyes, Zhou Bingchen was a good husband: a military officer with a bright future, who sent his monthly allowance back home to support the family, and was stable and reliable.

Nobody knows about Zhou Bingchen and the young widow anymore.

Even if Zhao Zhenzhu told her family that Zhou Bingchen had cheated on her, they wouldn't believe her.

Only by addressing the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship can Zhao Zhenzhu gain the support of her family.

After realizing this, Zhao Zhenzhu did not stop Aunt Zhang.

After Aunt Zhang left, Zhao Zhenzhu's face changed to an expression of both grief and pain.

The audience has gradually taken their places; it's time for the acting skills to shine.

Zhao Zhenzhu decided to create a character who, after being driven to the brink by her mother-in-law, could no longer bear it and hysterically confronted her mother-in-law to settle old scores.

The villagers who came to watch the commotion crowded the front yard of the Zhou family's house. However, not one of them went forward to persuade Ding Ermei.

Previously, Ding Ermei and her eldest daughter-in-law Chen Jinfeng were at odds. When someone tried to persuade Ding Ermei, she scolded them severely.

Later, whenever Ding Ermei threw a tantrum, the villagers would just stand by and watch the spectacle. Those who had melon seeds at home would grab a handful, put them in their pockets, and eat them while watching.

Entertainment is scarce in the countryside, and a spectacle like Ding Ermei's is a rare treat, happening only a few times a year, making it quite entertaining. At least it'll give you more to talk about when visiting relatives, right?

When Chen Yufeng, the women's director of Zhoujia Village, rushed to Zhoujia, she was greeted by a spectacular "human wall".

More than half of the people from Zhoujia Village came.

From inside the "human wall," Ding Ermei's sobbing voice rang out: "You unfilial wretch, you should be arrested by the town leaders."

Chen Yufeng's heart skipped a beat.

Why is Ding Ermei bringing up "town leaders" today? What terrible trouble has Jin Feng gotten herself into?

Chen Yufeng was summoned from the brigade headquarters.

The villager who delivered the message didn't explain clearly that Ding Ermei and Zhao Zhenzhu had clashed. He only said that Ding Ermei and her daughter-in-law had a fight.

Chen Yufeng thought that Ding Ermei was looking for another opportunity to punish her eldest daughter-in-law, Chen Jinfeng.

Of Ding Ermei's three daughters-in-law, Ding Xiaocui was Ding Ermei's niece from her maternal family. Ding Ermei was afraid of being scolded when she went back to her parents' home, so she never dared to cause trouble for Ding Xiaocui. Even when she did scold or beat her, it was mostly in jest.

Zhao Zhenzhu was gentle and never argued with Ding Ermei. Only Chen Jinfeng, sometimes seeing Ding Ermei's excessive favoritism towards the third branch of the family, couldn't help but argue with Ding Ermei for the benefit of the first branch.

Ding Ermei's previous tantrums were all because of Chen Jinfeng.

Chen Yufeng is Chen Jinfeng's cousin and also the wife of Zhou Dazhu, the village secretary of Zhoujia Village.

In fact, it was Ding Ermei who asked Chen Yufeng to act as matchmaker for Chen Jinfeng and Zhou Bingqiang's marriage.

Logically speaking, Chen Jinfeng was Ding Ermei's daughter-in-law whom she "begged" herself. With Chen Jinfeng as a "bridge," the relationship between Zhou Fugui's family and the village secretary Zhou Dazhu's family could be closer.

Even if Ding Ermei doesn't treat Chen Jinfeng like royalty, she should at least treat her well.

Ding Ermei refused.

She liked to give Chen Jinfeng a little "reprimand" from time to time, to make Chen Jinfeng understand that she, Ding Ermei, was the one in charge of the family.

Chen Jinfeng was not convinced, so Ding Ermei tried different methods to make her submit.

When Ding Ermei and Chen Jinfeng team up, it puts Chen Yufeng in a difficult position.

Chen Yufeng spoke up for her cousin, but Ding Ermei said that Chen Yufeng, as a village official, was abusing her power for personal gain.

Chen Yufeng spoke up for Ding Ermei, so Chen Jinfeng went back to her parents' home to complain, saying that Chen Yufeng was helping her mother-in-law to torment her.

Chen Yufeng was caught in the middle and wanted to give up on Ding Ermei's family's mess.

Unfortunately, Chen Yufeng could not.

Chen Yufeng is the village's women's director. Whenever the village women have fights or quarrels, Chen Yufeng is needed to mediate.

"Give up this women's director position? No, no, no! At least I get a few yuan in subsidies every month!" Chen Yufeng couldn't bear to give it up.

"Auntie, what are you doing? The ground is cold, get up quickly." After squeezing through the "human wall" with great effort, Chen Yufeng quickly went to help Ding Ermei, who was sitting on the ground.

"I won't get up. I'm an old woman, and my daughter-in-law is pointing her finger at me and yelling at me. I don't want to live anymore. Just let me die." Ding Ermei turned away from Chen Yufeng's hand, and her cries grew louder.

"Jin Feng, you..." Chen Yu Feng was about to call her cousin to apologize to Ding Er Mei.

Chen Yufeng looked around but didn't see Chen Jinfeng.

Chen Yufeng was somewhat bewildered.

Didn't they say Ding Ermei and Jin Feng got into a fight? Oh, no, that person didn't say it was Jin Feng, they said Ding Ermei got into a fight with her daughter-in-law.

"Director Chen, you have to stand up for me! Bingchen is out there protecting the country, and in this family, I have to be both a father and a mother. Not only do I have to earn money to support the three of us, but my mother-in-law also falsely accused me of cheating. They are trying to drive me to my death!" Zhao Zhenzhu took out her handkerchief, covered her face, and cried as she spoke.

As soon as Zhao Zhenzhu said this, the scene erupted in chaos.