Chapter 96 The Best Grandma
Early in the morning, a group of uninvited guests came to the Xu family, including Xu Wanning's step-grandmother Wang Sufen.
Xu Guohua's biological mother died of illness many years ago.
Not long after, Grandpa Xu married Wang Sufen, a widow with a daughter. Wang Sufen was a mean-spirited person who could not tolerate her stepson Xu Guohua at all. She often did not feed him well or clothe him warmly, and forced him to fetch water and cook for the family.
Xu Guohua, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, was forced to drop out of school and go to work.
Xu's father was also a man of integrity. He worked alone in the city for a few years and became a worker in a steel factory. Later, he became more and more successful and became the director of the steel factory.
Wang Sufen's biological youngest son was unlearned and did nothing all day long. She was extremely jealous when she saw her stepson become successful, so she forced Grandpa Xu to come to her stepson's house to make trouble every day.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Xu were kindhearted people. They gave them ten yuan of pension every month for the sake of Grandpa Xu. However, Wang Sufen was greedy and wanted her stepson to arrange a job for her son in the steel factory.
Father Xu was a selfless man, and it was impossible for him to arrange a job for personal gain or fraud. So, he threatened that if he was forced to arrange a job again, he would break off relations with Grandpa Xu and would not even give him ten yuan in pension money in the future.
Although Wang Sufen was unwilling, ten yuan a month was not a small amount in that era. Her son was idle and the family needed money everywhere. She had no choice but to compromise.
From then on, she would come to ask for money from time to time. Xu Wanning recalled from the original owner's memory that when the original owner was a child, Grandma Xu often came to their house to take advantage of her. Sometimes the clothes bought by Xu's mother for her would be snatched away by Wang Sufen and given to the granddaughter of her youngest son to wear.
Xu's mother had no choice but to lock the food and valuables in the house in a cupboard.
Some time ago, the news that Xu's father was dismissed from his job reached his hometown. Wang Sufen was so happy when she heard about it that she brought her grandchildren to mock Xu's father and even stole the only remaining food in the house before leaving.
Father Xu was also extremely disappointed with Grandpa Xu because of this incident. Since he resumed his job, he has never sent a penny to his hometown and has made up his mind not to send money to his hometown again in the future.
Wang Sufen recently heard from somewhere that her stepson had been reinstated and that Xu Wanning, who had been sent to the countryside, had also returned. So she came up with a plan: to find a family to marry off her cheap granddaughter so she could earn some money from the betrothal gift.
Moreover, Xu Ye, the son of Xu's father, has not been seen for many years. As long as Xu Wanning is controlled, Xu's father's property will be easily taken.
So early this morning, Wang Sufen and Grandpa Xu brought the matchmaker to their stepson's house.
"Guohua, I am your mother after all. Ningning is already grown up, it's time for her to find a husband."
"I asked a matchmaker to find a man for me, and he's willing to give me a betrothal gift of two hundred yuan!"
Mother Xu laughed out loud when she heard this. This damn old woman was really calculating. She even wanted to sell her precious daughter.
"Xu Guohua, your parents are about to sell your daughter!"
"You damn old woman, I'm telling you, there's no way you're going to get my daughter. If you have that much free time, you might as well find a husband for your own granddaughter Xu Hongyan!"
Wang Sufen's face turned dark. She had always looked down on the wife her stepson married, and now she dared to scold her. She was so angry that she pointed at Xu's mother and started scolding her.
"You're talking nonsense! I'm doing this for your daughter. Your Xu Wanning is just lazy and eats all day long. She's lucky to have someone marry her."
"Xu Guohua, look at the wife you married. She's riding on the heads of her elders."
Xu Guohua's face turned ashen and he was very angry. He didn't expect that his stepmother could be so vicious. She actually wanted to exchange his daughter for money. His father was watching and allowed his stepmother to make trouble.
"That's enough. I have nothing to do with you guys anymore. My mother has been dead for many years. Don't try to use the name of an elder to pressure me anymore."
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