Zhao Zhenzhu took Wu Meiyun's hand and sat back down under the grapevine.

When her biological mother and sister-in-law clash, Zhao Zhenzhu will definitely side with her biological mother.

There was something Zhao Zhenzhu planned to subtly mention to Wu Meiyun.

Zhao Tianyu's promotion had little impact on the Zhao family. The Zhao family disliked showing off, and would never readily agree to pull strings to buy scarce goods from the supply and marketing cooperative.

Liang Xiaohe's family was different; they would agree to anything as long as they were paid.

How can she remind her mother to be wary of the Liang family?

Zhao Zhenzhu was somewhat conflicted.

Wu Meiyun assumed that Zhao Zhenzhu's silence was because she was hurt by Liang Xiaohe's words. She patted Zhao Zhenzhu's hand and advised, "Zhenzhu! Your sister-in-law doesn't think before she speaks, don't take it to heart. We have plenty of food at home. Even if you and Jiakai and Yunyun live at home all year round, we won't lack food."

“Mom, I know. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have had the nerve to bring my whole family back to live here!” Zhao Zhenzhu nodded and said.

“It’s best if you think this way. Your sister-in-law…” Wu Meiyun sighed before continuing, “She’s been married for three years and Xiaohe hasn’t gotten pregnant. Your brother and I have both advised her not to worry, but she’s been holding it in. Lately, Xiaohe has been going to the hospital a lot and has taken a lot of medicine, but there’s still no sign of pregnancy. She… is probably feeling anxious. She’s been talking to everyone with a bit of a temper lately, but it’s not directed at you.”

"Mom, I know, I won't mind." Zhao Zhenzhu smiled and said, "Mom, have you thought about it? Xiaohe's bad temper lately might not be the child's fault. Recently... has something happened at Xiaohe's family home?"

"I haven't heard of that." Wu Meiyun paused for a moment, then said, "After we finish eating, I'll have your brother inquire about it. If Xiao He's family really runs into trouble, we'll help if we can."

“That makes sense,” Zhao Zhenzhu replied, but felt a little sad inside.

Zhao Qingshan and his wife are both kind-hearted, but unfortunately, the Liang family is full of ungrateful wretches.

In his past life, if it weren't for the Liang family dragging him down, Zhao Tianyu wouldn't have gone to jail.

Zhao Zhenzhu will never allow such a thing to happen again in her lifetime.

If Zhao Tianyu had noticed the Liang family's underhanded tactics sooner, there should still have been a way to salvage the situation.

Speaking of the Liang family, they really are a bunch of oddballs.

Liang's father, Liang Tuyou, was a lazy man when he was young.

After much deliberation, Liang Tuyou's parents married a hardworking wife named Jiang Yue'e.

Liang Tuyou doesn't work at all throughout the year except during the busy farming season.

There was no escaping the busy farming season, so Liang Tuyou picked out some less strenuous jobs to do, earning a maximum of six or seven work points a day, which was less than Jiang Yue'e's.

When Jiang Yue'e was young, she could at least earn eight work points a day.

Jiang Yue'e was diligent, but unfortunately, she was unlucky in wombs. After marrying into the family, she gave birth to five daughters in a row, and it was several years before she finally gave birth to her son, Liang Xiaobao.

Frequent production took a toll on Jiang Yue'e's energy.

Liang Xiaobao was born to Jiang Yue'e, an elderly woman who risked her life to give birth.

After Liang Xiaobao was born, Jiang Yue'e was no longer able to do heavy work. All day long, besides taking care of the child, she did sewing, mending, washing and cleaning at home.

Logically speaking, Liang Tuyou should be working hard now that he has a son.

But a lazy person is a lazy person. As long as he can avoid working, Liang Tuyou has all sorts of ideas in his head.

At this time, Liang Xiaohe's eldest sister, Liang Xiaomai, was already eighteen years old and had grown into a beautiful young woman.

Liang Tuyou arranged a marriage for Liang Xiaomai. The groom's family lived not far from the town and were well-off. However, the groom had a limp and was six years older than Liang Xiaomai.

The son-in-law's family was very satisfied with Liang Xiaomai and spent a large dowry to bring her home as their daughter.

From then on, Liang Tuyou and his wife opened the door to a new world.

Two years later, when the family was short of money, they "married off" one of their daughters.

Without exception, all the sons-in-law chosen by Liang Tuyou came from wealthy families, but each had some kind of defect. The eldest son-in-law was lame, the second son-in-law had a crooked mouth, the third son-in-law had a face full of pockmarks, and the fourth son-in-law only had one good eye.

Liang Xiaohe is the youngest daughter in the Liang family and the smartest of the five sisters.

Liang Xiaohe didn't want to grow up to be "sold" by her parents to her brothers-in-law, becoming one of those "misfits." She started planning her future early on.

With a bit of cleverness and a bit of luck, Liang Xiaohe became a temporary worker at the supply and marketing cooperative after graduating from junior high school.

After getting a job, Liang Xiaohe had the power to negotiate with her parents.

Liang Xiaohe said that as long as her parents allow her to freely choose who she wants to marry in the future, she will give all of her monthly salary to her parents before she gets married.

When she gets married, she won't ask for less than her fourth sister's dowry. Moreover, she won't take a single penny of the dowry, leaving it all to her parents, and her parents won't need to prepare a dowry either.

Upon hearing this, Liang Tuyou and Jiang Yue'e exclaimed, "That's a good idea!"

The other daughters weren't as clever as Liang Xiaohe. They worked in the production team for a year and only received a dividend of about ten yuan.

Liang Xiaohe works as a temporary worker and earns twelve yuan a month.

Liang Xiaohe was willing to hand over all her salary; even if they didn't get married, it wouldn't be a big deal.

And so, Liang Tuyou agreed to Liang Xiaohe's suggestion.

Liang Xiaohe certainly didn't want to be an old maid for the rest of her life, so she started looking for a marriage partner while working.

There were several unmarried young men in the supply and marketing cooperative, and Liang Xiaohe took a liking to Zhao Tianyu.

Zhao Tianyu is handsome, the same age as Liang Xiaohe, and lives in the town.

Most importantly, Zhao Tianyu's father, Zhao Qingshan, was a well-known capable man in the town, and his family's economic conditions were many times better than those of Liang Xiaohe's brothers-in-law.

Liang Xiaohe used a little trick to get Zhao Tianyu to "rescue her like a hero." In the end, she successfully "captured" Zhao Tianyu's heart.

When Zhao Tianyu told Zhao Qingshan and his wife that he wanted to marry Liang Xiaohe, Zhao Qingshan objected.

The five Liang sisters were jokingly called the "Five Golden Flowers" in Peach Blossom Town.

Under the brainwashing of Liang Tuyou and his wife day after day and year after year, the first four of the "Five Golden Flowers" were all "Voldemort".

Having grown up in such an environment, Liang Xiaohe's chances of remaining untainted by its corruption were slim.

After Liang Xiaohe's four older sisters got married, they all liked to bring large bags of things back to their parents' home. Even if they weren't doing well themselves and their own children couldn't even afford a piece of candy, they would never forget to buy treats for their younger brother, Liang Xiaobao.

Spoiled by his parents and older sisters, Liang Xiaobao was terrible at studying and even worse at housework. At home, he would rather lie down than sit up, and he even wanted his sisters to feed him.

By the time Liang Xiaobao turned sixteen, he had never worked a single day in the production team, and it seemed he was about to become the next "lazybones" in the Liang family.

Zhao Qingshan believes that marriage should not only be based on the girl's family, but also on the family behind her.

The Liang family's daughters are all a bit out of their minds, valuing Liang Xiaobao more than their own families.

Instead of advising their daughter to live a good life, Liang Tuyou and his wife were more eager for Liang Xiaobao to leech off their daughters.

Zhao Qingshan didn't want to get involved with a family like that.