After the photographer finished taking the picture, he immediately changed positions, found the right angle, and snapped another picture.

The man had already stood up. The photographer immediately went over and said, "Sorry, sir, I just couldn't resist. Your photo together is just too perfect."

"Hehe, it's okay. We take all the rolls back and develop them ourselves, so just take the photos without worry and finish shooting both rolls you brought."

The first volume has been filmed, and only the last volume is left. This craftsman found Wang Hongxi.

"Village chief, there's one volume left. What should we do with it?"

"Hehe, I can't really explain it. Each of the villagers over sixty years old will have a solo photo. This is just in case something happens in the future. So you should know how to take the photos, Master. Take a few more photos during lunch later. In the end, keep them for the unmarried girls and boys over fifteen years old in the village."

"Okay, I know how to arrange it."

"Hehe, don't worry, Master. I'll save you a big bowl of meat, so you can take pictures without worry."

"Thank you so much, Village Chief. The food at lunch today was especially good. We don't even get to eat this kind of food during the Chinese New Year."

Wang Hongxi just smiled and said nothing else. There are some things you can't tell outsiders.

The dishes were the same as yesterday, but everyone still enjoyed them.

We don't get to eat meat like this all year round, so everyone was very satisfied.

After dinner, Zhang Hongmei wanted to go home to take a bath, but she was entangled by the village's young women.

"Zhang Hongmei, let's take a group photo together."

"Okay. Just the few of us?"

"Yes, just the few of us."

Zhang Hongmei had no objections, but she couldn't find Wang Xiaorui; she had seen her at dinner just now. These girls usually hung out together.

But this is good too, it saves that girl from being like a five-eyed chicken.

Because they were taking photos of the elderly, they had to wait outside. Zhang Hongmei felt really uncomfortable, covered in sweat. She was sweating a lot while eating, and now she had to stand outside and wait. She was speechless.

It would take at least another hour, so Zhang Hongmei moved to the shade of a tree. This scorching sun was so intense it could peel your skin off, and she wasn't going to go looking for trouble.

Several girls who called out to Zhang Hongmei stood in line at the door, but Zhang Hongmei really didn't want to share the hardships with them.

The younger children, seeing Zhang Hongmei standing under the tree, were struggling to run around properly, so they brought her small stools, which truly touched Zhang Hongmei. She picked up the little boy and cuddled him for a while. Since she hadn't brought anything with her, she pretended to take a small cake from her pocket—actually, from her spatial storage—and fed it to the little boy.

At that moment, a very thin woman came over.

Zhang Hongmei smiled and said, "Should I call this sister-in-law? I wonder which family you belong to?"

Zhang Hongmei had been studying away from home for several years, so she wasn't really familiar with the women in the village.

"Yes, I am Shuangcun's sister-in-law. Licun's wife."

"Sister-in-law Licun, is this my little nephew?"

"Yes, he's just three years old this year. He's not clean, so I'll hold him."

"Sister-in-law, I love him so much! He's so young, yet he already knows how to get me a stool. He's so wobbly and adorable. How did you raise him?"

Li Cun's wife looked at the child in Zhang Hongmei's arms, who was so thin that only a pair of big eyes remained, staring blankly at her, and tears streamed down her face.

“Hongmei, it’s a blessing for this child to have you like him.”

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong? Tell me if you're having any troubles, and I'll definitely help if I can."

"Nothing's wrong? Nothing's wrong."

"Sister-in-law, we had a bumper harvest this year, so why are you still so thin? And the child too? Aren't we still eating in the cafeteria? Aren't you getting enough to eat?"

"No, no, everyone can eat their fill."

After Li Cun's wife finished speaking, she lowered her head and tears fell to the ground in a steady stream.

Zhang Hongmei was startled. "Sister-in-law, why don't we find an empty room to stay for a while? Just tell me what's wrong."

"Hongmei is really alright."

Zhang Hongmei was speechless. You kept saying you were fine, so why were you crying so miserably?

The child had already finished the small cake. Zhang Hongmei picked him up, found him a bowl of water, and let him drink it slowly.

Li Cun's wife was still there with her head down, tears streaming down her face. Zhang Hongmei really didn't know how to ask her anything.

"Baby, tell Auntie, what's your name?"

The boy answered in a childish voice, "My name is Debt Collector."

Zhang Hongmei frowned upon hearing this. What kind of name is that?

After hearing her son's words, Shuangcun's wife burst into tears.

"Sister-in-law, what happened? Why does the child have this name?"

Zhang Hongmei waited for a long time before the crying stopped.

“I got my wife in exchange for half a bag of dried sweet potatoes. At first, Licun treated me well, but because of the city’s job recruitment, he couldn’t go because he had a wife and children. So you keep saying that my daughter and I are jinxes and debt collectors. We’re the ones who delayed his move to the city.”

After hearing this, Zhang Hongmei trembled with anger. How could there be such a person? How could someone despise his own daughter-in-law and son? Is he even human?

Does nobody in the village know about this? Why isn't anyone doing anything about it?

"Sister-in-law, why don't you go talk to the village chief about this situation? You may not care about yourself, but the child is still young. Are you planning to let the child live like this for the rest of his life?"

“But I dare not say it. My mother-in-law said that if I disobey, she will send me back. My family is living too hard. I can’t go back and add to their burden.”

"Sister-in-law, can you read?"

"Yes, I graduated from elementary school."

Zhang Hongmei felt she had a solution: to deal with vain people, you just need to be much better than them so they can only look up to you.

"Sister-in-law, I'll find you something to do, do you want to come?"

"Where to go? We can't leave the house behind."

Zhang Hongmei sighed helplessly; there was nothing she could do if the other party didn't appreciate it.

“Sister-in-law, even for the sake of the children, you have to stand up. To put it bluntly, even if you get divorced one day, you still have a home here. You can still stay in Liujiatun. Don’t be afraid. For the sake of the children, you must be strong and can’t continue like this. Only by standing up can you protect your children.”

Such a young and adorable child, you mustn't hold him back. If you're raising a child yourself, you should set a good example for him.

Sister-in-law, you can read too. This isn't a simple matter of the East Wind prevailing over the West Wind, or vice versa, so you have to be firm.