Zhao Simei was extremely unpopular. In the past, with the Zhao family protecting her, the villagers would inevitably give the brigade leader some face. Now that it has been revealed that she is not the Zhao family's biological daughter, the villagers who had been bullied by her finally got their revenge and came to her door one after another to mock her.
Feeling increasingly insecure, she could only cling tightly to her husband, Zhou Tianfu, and not let him out of her sight. She had considered renting a house in the commune with Zhou Tianfu, but this suggestion was immediately rejected by him. His reason was that they didn't have much savings, and their temporary worker wages were not enough to support their living expenses.
He kept babbling on and on, but to put it bluntly, he didn't want Zhao Simei to ruin his plans to find someone better. If his new girlfriend saw this, he'd be in deep trouble.
It's no longer feasible to use Zhao Simei to control the Zhao family. The Zhao family is determined to ignore her. Even when they meet Aunt Lu, she won't even glance at Zhao Simei. Zhao Guoming even went to the clan head and removed Zhao Simei from the clan genealogy, cutting off all of Zhao Simei's options.
In fact, Zhao Simei had considered admitting her mistake and approached her three brothers to try to rekindle their broken sibling bond, hoping they could help her win back her adoptive parents' forgiveness. However, the three brothers saw her as if she were a ferocious beast and turned and ran away.
Left with no other choice, she had to go to Aunt Lu's family to act as a mediator. However, Aunt Lu was prepared in advance and had already told her family about Zhao Simei's troubles. When her family learned that Zhao Simei had caused her son-in-law to lose his position as brigade leader, they kicked Zhao Simei out of the house.
“I never agreed to my daughter adopting you. How could I possibly raise the daughter of a homeless person properly? If it weren’t for Guoming and his wife wanting a daughter and seeing how pitiful you were, and not wanting you to starve to death, they would have adopted you despite their elders’ objections. In the end, their good intentions were not rewarded!”
"I never thought highly of you in the first place, and it turns out I was right. You're an ungrateful wretch."
"You're a menace specifically designed to harm my daughter, son-in-law, and grandson. Even if you're a dog, after raising it for over twenty years, you should at least have some affection for it. But you're the one who's helping this gigolo bully my family. You even reported my adoptive father and my own third brother. Now the Zhao family is in complete chaos because of you. Are you and this gigolo satisfied?"
"You actually have the nerve to ask me to be your mediator? Why don't you talk about how you used to bully my grandchildren and look down on me as your grandmother? Bah! You don't know you're wrong, you're just desperate and trying to leech off my daughter. You disgusting piece of trash, I'd rather raise a piece of barbecued pork than you. Get lost, you make me sick!"
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Zhao Simei and Zhou Tianfu were kicked out of Aunt Lu's house by her family, once again becoming the laughing stock of Xiangyang Village.
Zhou Tianfu lost face along with Zhao Simei. He devised countless ways to get rid of her, but she was of no help whatsoever and was simply a burden. Even breathing with her was a torment.
If Zhao Simei were any prettier or had a better figure, he wouldn't have been so disgusted with her. It's just that Zhao Simei is not only ugly and fat, but also extremely slovenly. She only takes a bath and washes her hair infrequently, and her whole body reeks of an indescribable odor. She's practically covered in grime!
The factory manager's daughter in the city is still the best. She's beautiful, rich, and easy to fool. If we relied on Zhao Simei, we'd never even be able to leave Xiangyang Village!
Moreover, Zhao Guoming is no longer the captain, and no matter how much Zhao Simei throws a tantrum and begs for forgiveness, he remains unmoved, which shows that Zhao Simei is completely useless.
Thinking of this, he tried to reason with Zhao Simei, "Wife, if I don't go to work, and the manager fires me, our family will starve. I promise you, I'll come home every day, okay? The commune is not like the village; food is limited. The village is better; if we're hungry, we can go up the mountain to find something, so we won't starve. Besides, the restaurant manager is very strict now; employees aren't allowed to take leftovers home. If we both go, we'll go hungry sooner or later. I can bear it, but how can the baby in your belly bear it?"
"You must try to repair your relationship with your adoptive parents. You absolutely cannot sever this bond, as you'll be counting on them to help you in the future!"
He had made up his mind: he would first try to fool Zhao Simei away. It was impossible for him to go back to the village every day; who would want to face a smelly, yellow-faced woman all day long?
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