Honghong is the same age as Zhou Ermei.

She was experiencing an unhappy marriage, and in order to give her children a better future, she went out to work and sent money home every month, while her husband took care of the children in the village.

It's not that she doesn't want her husband to go out to work, but her husband has always been lazy. When he went to work in the fields, he was always slow to do it, and he didn't work as hard as she did. If it weren't for her, the family would have collapsed long ago, and several children would have starved to death.

A few years ago, she saw Zhou Ermei's interview.

Looking at the person on the screen who looks to be about twenty years old, with a calm tone and a smile on his face, he no longer looks like what I remembered. Then I looked down at myself.

She has a low level of education and can only do some work like washing dishes in the kitchen.

The sink was not high, and she had been bending over for years, which had bent her back. She was hunched over, and she felt pain all over when she looked up to watch TV.

She is completely different from Zhou Ermei on TV.

One is young and beautiful, the other looks old.

"Boss Zhou is so handsome."

"A role model for our generation."

"We are good role models for lesbians!"

"Didn't you hear what the host just said? Boss Zhou has solved many re-employment problems for retired soldiers in Beijing. That's great! When they were young, the soldiers were on the front lines, sweating to protect the country and us. When they are old and have physical disabilities and retire, they can also find a job and support their families! Really, I..."

"Don't cry."

"I'm so moved."

The person who was moved didn't notice when he was wiping his tears and bumped into Honghong.

The lesbian apologized, "Sorry, old lady, you are not hurt, are you?"

Honghong shook her head, her eyes blank...

They are obviously the same age and were playmates when they were young. After growing up, one became an outstanding entrepreneur, accepted official interviews, and became the respected "Boss Zhou" in other people's mouths; while the other bent her back for the family, wasted all her youth, and was called "old woman" by young people...

Honghong was tired, so she said goodbye to her boss and packed her bags to go back home.

The boss wanted to increase the salary to retain her, but Honghong seemed to have her Ren and Du meridians opened up. She was not happy about the boss's suggestion, but thought about her behavior in the kitchen over the years.

Not only is she a dishwasher, she also helps clean the kitchen, clean the front hall, and serve the dishes. Not only does one person do the work of three, but her working hours are longer than those of an ordinary dishwasher.

The boss exploited her again and again because he knew that she had many children to raise.

If she really stayed, her boss would definitely find fault with her in every way. There was no need for that.

After thinking it through, she returned to her hometown.

My hometown...seems different from what I imagined.

It has not developed. Many young people choose to work in first-tier cities, leaving only the older generation and the older generation of Red Flag factory employees behind.

When she came back, she happened to see the village chief calling Zhou Ermei on speakerphone.

Her heart was pounding.

It feels like...

A well-known celebrity and former playmate was connected through the speakerphone.

Too close. Too close.

After hearing Zhou Ermei's words, Honghong calmed down.

In the end, we are people from two different worlds.

Two people who will never meet again.

Honghong returns home...

She really did catch up with two good times.

The first was that she heard Zhou Ermei’s conversation with the village chief outside the crowd; the second was that her man was having an affair with other women.

Her head buzzed and her thoughts stopped working. In an instant, her blood began to boil, anger took over, and she lost all reason.

"I'm going to kill you, you lousy bastard! I work to earn money to support my family, and you stay at home playing with women! You're not worthy of me! How can you be worthy of me!"

The middle-aged woman saw that the situation was not good, so she took advantage of the chaos, picked up her clothes and left, leaving the couple to fight each other.

Finally, the village chief came in person and the matter was resolved.

The village chief was in a great trouble and scolded Honghong's husband: "You are so old, why can't you control your crotch? It's embarrassing!"

Honghong's husband endured the pain on his face and grumbled back at the village chief: "Come on, village chief, you can't even control Zhou Ermei, a girl who walked out of our village, and you still want to control our family affairs? And you want to teach me how to behave? Just because I call you village chief, do you really think you are still an official? If it weren't for your age, I would have kicked you out long ago."

The village chief was so angry that he was out of breath and pointed at the other party for a long time with a trembling finger.

After a while, his son, the village chief, came and heard the whole story. He gave Honghong's husband a hateful look and then helped the village chief leave.

The village chief's son said: "Okay, if anything happens to your family in the future, don't come to us."

Although the village chief has long since stepped down, his son is still in office.

Honghong's husband sobered up a little and realized what he had said. But the words he had said were like spilled water, which could not be taken back.

Honghong originally had no intention of getting a divorce.

But after hearing that her youngest daughter was sold and the other children were only supported until they graduated from junior high school, and that the money she sent back was all spent on prostitutes by this man, she and the man had sex again, and she said, "Divorce! This marriage must be divorced!"

She went to a big city to wash dishes in the early 1980s. When she left, her eldest child was only twelve years old and the youngest was still an infant.

Now, the eldest son went out to hang out before graduating from junior high school and has disappeared. The other children have grown up and left the family. She wants to take the youngest ones away.

The village chief's son didn't want to get involved in this matter, but when he thought about Honghong's husband, that poor old man, losing the money Honghong sent him every month, and not getting any news about the children in the future, it was a problem how he would support them in their old age...

So he helped Honghong.

Honghong took a few children and set out to work again.

After being together for a long time, she realized that the children didn't cost much money, and they had very little to eat, wear and use! So the money she sent back was all spent by her ex-husband on prostitution!

Bitch!

She cursed in her heart.

After spending some time together, she found that the children's words and actions were restrained. Only after spending a long time with her did the children tell her about the beatings.

Not only did my ex-husband have sex with prostitutes, he also brought women home to have sex with him! He often bought alcohol and drank, and when he got upset, he would beat the children to vent his anger! Not only did the children have to study, they also had to take care of all the housework!

This bitch!

She cursed again.

While she was raising the children, she communicated with the village chief many times and found several big places for them to go. She did not bother the ones who were doing well, but met them once. When she felt the resistance in their eyes, she stopped showing up. She took the ones who were not doing well back to her side. As long as they were not eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, she was willing to provide a good life for her children.

She is not an outstanding entrepreneur, nor is she smooth sailing, nor is she a household name and a role model for others, but she is a responsible mother and a role model for her children.

I am really old now. Looking back on the past, I realize that I am surrounded by my children and grandchildren. Although my family is ordinary, my children are very filial to me, which allows me to die without regrets.

As for her ex-husband? He had an internal disease, no one to take care of him, and no money for treatment, so he died in agony long ago.