In rural areas, it is normal to favor boys over girls.
Zhou Zhiqiang and his wife had been married for two years before they gave birth to Zhou Miaomiao. Wu Jinfeng's face darkened when she saw her second daughter-in-law had given birth to a daughter. In rural areas, girls were considered useless, and without a son, people would call you a "widower."
Two years later, Gu Dahua gave birth to her son, Zhou Jiajie, and Wu Jinfeng finally smiled. Zhou Zhiqiang and his wife certainly cared more about this hard-earned son than their daughter. Naturally, they left all their good things to Zhou Jiajie.
Zhou Miaomiao saw it all and hated it in her heart. At first, she would even snatch things from Zhou Jiajie, but after being beaten by Gu Dahua and Zhou Zhiqiang a few times, Zhou Miaomiao learned her lesson.
With her sweet talk, Zhou Miaomiao made her grandmother Wu Jinfeng smile from ear to ear. Among the four granddaughters in the family, Wu Jinfeng treats Zhou Miaomiao the best.
Seeing Zhou Yuanyuan, who was usually the least favored by Wu Jinfeng, enjoying eggs, Zhou Miaomiao's mouth was full of saliva, and she decided to go to Wu Jinfeng to ask for an egg. Zhou Yuanyuan can eat eggs, so she, her grandmother's darling, can eat eggs too, Zhou Miaomiao thought.
It's no wonder Zhou Miaomiao thought so. Back then, chickens were like mobile banks in every household. Many people relied on eggs laid by their hens for their oil and salt.
Although the Zhou family had plenty of money to buy oil and salt, the chickens and eggs belonged to Wu Jinfeng, the wife of the Zhou family. Only Wu Jinfeng had the right to touch the eggs; anyone else, even Zhou Chunping, had to report to Wu Jinfeng if they wanted to eat an egg.
The Zhou family's daughters-in-law were not allowed to even touch the eggs in the house without Wu Jinfeng's permission.
When Wu Jinfeng heard Zhou Miaomiao say that Zhou Yuanyuan was eating eggs, she was completely stunned.
After coming to her senses, Wu Jinfeng hurried to her cupboard, took out a plate of eggs and started counting them.
Nine? There really is one missing!
Carefully putting the plate of eggs back, Wu Jinfeng raised her eyebrows and angrily walked to the west wing where the third wife lived, shouting, "Zhao Yunxiang, did you steal my eggs?"
In the west wing, Zhao Yunxiang watched Yuanyuan finish a bowl of steamed eggs. She was smiling and wanted to praise her daughter when she suddenly heard Wu Jinfeng's angry roar from the door.
Wu Jinfeng's loud voice startled Zhou Yuanyuan. Having experienced the splendor of her past life, Zhou Yuanyuan had forgotten that in those days, an egg cost five cents and could buy two ounces of salt, a considerable fortune.
Wu Jinfeng's roar made Zhao Yunxiang shiver with fear. Looking at the little person on the bed with a worried look on her face, Zhao Yunxiang touched her soft hair and comforted her daughter.
Then, Zhao Yunxiang stood up and walked out the door, ready to explain a few things to Wu Jinfeng.
She was wrong in this matter. She boiled an egg for Yuanyuan without her mother-in-law's consent.
However, Wu Jinfeng hadn't gotten up yet, and Zhao Yunxiang didn't want to disturb her mother-in-law's sleep. Besides, Yuanyuan had been pushed into the pond by her second landlord, Miaomiao, yesterday and had suffered such a shock. Even giving her an egg to nourish her body was reasonable, right?
"Mom, I took an egg to boil for Yuanyuan to eat." Zhao Yunxiang walked to the door and admitted frankly.
"You damned thief! How dare you touch the eggs I laid? You're a motherless bastard!" Wu Jinfeng raged. Everyone in the Zhou family knew that the chickens and eggs were under her jurisdiction. Even the head of the family, Zhou Chunping, didn't dare to take control of the eggs. The third son took them without even asking. Wasn't this a blatant slap in her face?
Zhao Yunxiang's face paled at Wu Jinfeng's outburst. "Thief?" "Motherless parenting?" With such obscenities, Wu Jinfeng wasn't just cursing her, she was also cursing her family!
Zhao Yunxiang lost her mother at the age of ten, and she and her younger brother, Zhao Guohui, lived with their father. Zhao Qingshan, fearing that marrying a stepmother would be detrimental to the children, never remarried.
Children without mothers are pitiful in themselves, but in Wu Jinfeng's mouth, it becomes evidence of lack of education?
In Zhaojiagou, who wouldn't praise the excellent upbringing of Zhao Qingshan's two children? Zhao Yunxiang was a renowned tailor in the surrounding area, and Zhao Guohui, at a young age, had become director of the Sanhe Town Supply and Marketing Cooperative.
The supply and marketing cooperatives of that time were not simply shopping malls like they are today. Everything was rationed. Cloth required cloth coupons, bicycles required bicycle coupons, and even a few ounces of kerosene for lighting required coupons.
As the director of the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhao Guohui has great power. He can make the decision on some scarce materials that do not require tickets and sell them to whomever he wants.
Of course! Zhao Guohui is not stupid. Of course, he would first sell those in-demand commodities to the prominent figures in Sanhe Town, and then do favors for himself for the rest.
In the past, whenever the Zhou family needed to buy any in-demand goods, they would ask Zhao Guohui for help. Zhao Guohui, out of respect for his sister Zhao Yunxiang, would basically oblige the Zhou family members in every way they asked.
Unfortunately, the Zhou family does not know how to be grateful. Zhao Guohui has helped the Zhou family a lot, but he has not changed Zhao Yunxiang's situation in the Zhou family.
Zhao Yunxiang was very concerned about her reputation and never said anything bad about the Zhou family when she went back to her parents' home. Zhou Zhixin was the one Zhao Yunxiang had always wanted to marry, so for Zhou Zhixin's sake, Zhao Yunxiang had to say good things about the Zhou family.
Zhou Yuanyuan heard Wu Jinfeng's harsh curses in the room, hurriedly put on the sweater jacket beside the bed, and ran out with her short legs.
Zhao Yun's fragrant lips trembled, and she couldn't even speak. She had worked like a slave for the Zhou family for so many years, and just because she took an egg, her mother-in-law called her a "thief"? You know, a person's reputation is very important in the countryside. With her mother-in-law pointing at her nose and scolding her for stealing from the family, did she still want to live?
Besides, the chickens in the house nominally belong to Wu Jinfeng, but in reality they are fed by Zhao Yunxiang. Even if she ate the eggs, her mother-in-law wouldn't have to embarrass her like this, right?
"Grandma, you're so amazing! You can even lay eggs?" Zhou Yuanyuan saw Zhao Yunxiang trembling all over and hurriedly tried to find something to distract her. Her mother was honest and honest, and she was no match for that old witch Wu Jinfeng in a quarrel.
"Puchi~!" Zhou Miaomiao, who was watching the fun from the side, laughed. That's right! Wu Jinfeng had been anxious and not paying attention when she said it was her who laid the eggs. Grandma laid eggs? Thinking of that scene, Zhou Miaomiao found it hilarious.
Is Zhou Yuanyuan really that stupid? She actually thought people could lay eggs! Zhou Miaomiao never forgot to despise Zhou Yuanyuan whenever she had the chance.
Wu Jinfeng's face flushed and paled. How embarrassing! In a moment of panic, she'd spoken carelessly and mentioned the eggs she'd laid, earning her a laugh from a six-year-old.
"Mom, Yuanyuan was frightened yesterday. This morning, I wanted to give her something good to nourish her, so..." Zhao Yunxiang's emotions stabilized a little after being interrupted by Zhou Yuanyuan. Seeing that Wu Jinfeng's face was not so gloomy, she hurriedly explained to Wu Jinfeng.
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