A group of villagers listened to what Chen Dacui said, and many of them looked at her as if she were a fool.

Some even mocked them directly, saying, "Do you know how much money the Qiao family has made? With all their money, they can find any kind of partner in a big city. Why should you worry about that?"

"That's right. Both Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao are pretty and have made a lot of money. How could they not have men who wanted them? They just don't like the single men in our village."

"Have you ever been to see the building of Mr. Qiao? The courtyard inside is so magnificent. We will have a banquet there in a few days!"

"I heard that Xiao Qiao is also paying for the construction of the long section of road leading from our village to the highway above! Soon cars will be able to drive directly into the village."

Chen Dacui narrowed her eyes, "Tsk~ What's your business if cars can reach the village? Who among you has a four-wheeled car? Do you really think that the Qiao family will be kind enough to pay for the road repair? Isn't it for them to repair it themselves? The road at the entrance of the village is for them to drive back and forth, so it's their responsibility to repair it..."

A group of villagers were very dissatisfied with Chen Dacui's unreasonable attitude and isolated her and ignored her.

While Qiao Zhixia was growing matsutake mushrooms, she asked Qiao Xinguo and his wife, as well as Li Qianhua, to learn beside her, so that if she was not around later, they could take over the planting and management to avoid shortages.

After sprinkling the matsutake mushrooms and pouring water on them, it’s time to cover them with film and wait.

In three months' time, Qiao Qian's wedding banquet would be held. Qiao Zhixia and her mother went to the county town to buy some ingredients for the banquet.

The agricultural and trade market they were going to was in the same direction as the clothing store run by Chen Jidong, so she asked the truck driver to just pass by his store and take a look.

She hasn't paid attention to the Chen family for a long time. She doesn't know what their current situation is. If they are living too well, she will have to make things difficult for them.

The meaning of her rebirth is for a new life, but it does not mean that she will give up recovery.

Thinking back to her tragic experience last time, she wanted to strangle the Chen family to death.

When the "sister-in-law" comes out, she will launch her revenge in full force. She wants to make them live a cruel and miserable life, and let them experience the purgatory life she once experienced.

After entering the clothing street, the truck slowed down due to the heavy flow of people. After moving forward at a turtle speed for a while, it finally arrived near Chen Jidong's store.

"The profiteer, return the money——"

"Give me your money back, you black-hearted liars!"

"Don't think you can get away with hiding in there. Selling inferior products at high prices is simply unscrupulous..."

Dozens of people surrounded the entrance of Chen Jidong's clothing store, angrily banging on the almost deformed door.

These people were carrying deformed and faded clothing they had purchased from his store and were demanding a refund.

What's more, some people with sensitive skin developed itchy rashes on their bodies after wearing their clothes. Now these people not only demand a refund, but also compensation.

All the money Chen Jidong had was used to purchase this batch of goods. How could he have any extra money left to pay for the losses?

The whole family hid upstairs, listening to the sounds of smashing and looting downstairs and dared not go out.

Chen Jidong was furious when he saw Xia Hongmei and Wang Ruqiu sitting together and not daring to say a word.

"This is what you did. The clothing store can no longer operate and you have to pay for it and lose everything. Are you satisfied now?"

When they first mentioned that batch of goods, he felt that there was something wrong. If it was really such a good thing, how could it be their turn?

It was obvious that they were tricked by someone.

Xia Hongmei's eyes turned red from being scolded by her son. She stared at Wang Ruoqiu unconvincedly, "It's all this liar's fault. She told me that she could make a lot of money, so I believed her. Nothing good has happened since she came to our house. She is a nuisance!!!"

Wang Ruoqiu's face was filled with humiliation. She looked at her mother-in-law who had treated her like a treasure in the past, and now only had resentment and hatred towards her.

Ever since her parents from her natal side came to disrupt her wedding banquet last time, her mother-in-law's attitude towards her has become much colder. Now, because of this batch of defective products, she is in even more trouble.

"Wuwu... I didn't mean it! I just wanted Brother Dong to make more money so that we can give our son a better life! If you guys blame me, I'll just jump off the building with my son. I'll die to atone for my sins, right?"

Wang Ruoqiu looked like she was sobbing, and she held onto her obviously bulging belly and trotted towards the window.

Seeing that she was going to take her grandson to commit suicide, Xia Hongmei immediately stepped forward and grabbed her.

While holding onto the sobbing Wang Ruoqiu, she turned around and called out to Chen Jidong who was sitting beside her, looking indifferent.

"Dongzi, come and take care of your wife! She's pregnant with our child!"

Chen Jidong only raised his eyes slightly and glanced at Wang Ruqiu, his expression wooden, "She won't dance, let her be!"

After he finished speaking, the air in the room instantly became quiet. Wang Ruoqiu was at a loss and for a moment he forgot that he was going to jump off the building.

Chen Jidong glanced at her coldly, leaving a look that said "as expected" and then laughed at himself.

He couldn't remember how many times this had happened. Wang Ruoqiu would threaten others to compromise whenever they disagreed with him.

But he would always remember the first time she acted so artificially. At that time, she had just gone to the countryside and was assigned to work on the farm in a production team.

It was still very hot during the autumn harvest that year, and everyone was working hard, but Wang Ruqiu fainted in the field.

He was about to send her to the bathroom, but Qiao Zhixia suspected that she was pretending to faint in order to evade her work responsibilities.

He was very angry at the time. For the first time, he felt that Qiao Zhixia was a bad-hearted person who did not care about other people's safety and assumed the utmost malice towards others.

But he still took Wang Ruoqiu to the bathroom without hesitation. Before the doctor could find out what was wrong, Wang Ruoqiu woke up slowly.

Qiao Zhixia said unhappily, "She was just pretending. Yesterday I heard her telling another educated youth that she wanted to pretend to faint to avoid labor."

"Wuwuwu, I didn't... I really feel uncomfortable. Since Comrade Xiao Qiao doesn't believe me, then I can die to prove my innocence, okay?"

After she finished speaking, she grabbed a pair of medical scissors and pointed them at her neck. Chen Jidong was frightened at the time, but Qiao Zhixia looked as if she saw through everything and said coldly that she would not commit suicide.

It was also from that time that he began to feel disgusted with Qiao Zhixia. How could a person be so indifferent to life?

Besides, hadn't they always gotten along well before? The first time they quarreled was because of that incident.

Qiao Zhixia thought he was blind, and he thought Qiao Zhixia was cruel. Of course, Wang Ruqiu didn't get hurt at all in the end.

The next day, Wang Ruoqiu pretended to be unconscious again and was spotted by him while hiding in the dormitory reading a Soviet novel.

She simply stopped pretending and stuck out her tongue at him playfully, speaking softly and shaking his arm to get him to help her hide.

"Brother Dong, those rice leaves cut my hands, can you help me?"

He was bewildered at the time and only thought that she was a lovely, smart and clever girl. Looking back now, he became more and more certain that he might have been blind for so long.

He was fooled every time by her trick of shouting that she wanted to die. It was not until today that he was sure that Qiao Zhixia was right.

The beloved whom he had been thinking about was becoming more and more unbearable. She was now very different from the image he had imagined.

He felt like he almost didn't recognize her anymore.

Seeing that the mother and son no longer cared about her, Wang Ruoqiu naturally did not really jump off the building. She just ran back to the room crying with her hands covering her mouth in disappointment and slammed the door.

It was her noise that attracted the attention of the people downstairs, and the noise of banging on the door became louder.

Soon, the downstairs door was smashed open and a large group of customers came rushing in to argue.

Chen Jidong and his mother could only apologize sincerely and promise to refund everyone, and to pay for the medical expenses of those who contracted skin diseases.

After all this commotion, the mother and son spent all the money they had, but in the end there was still a big shortfall.

Looking at the huge pile of IOUs, Chen Jidong had no choice but to transfer the two storefronts and use the money to fill the hole.

Xia Hongmei shed tears unwillingly: "Our store! Is it really going to close like this?"