Chapter 35 The Eldest Daughter-in-Law Returns
The three of them rode their bikes to the shipyard to find the second brother. Seeing how flustered he was, Jiang Ruzhen and Shen Shuxin sat on the bikes to rest while Shen Zhuohang went over to help him.
Shen Zhuoyi was surprised to see Shen Zhuohang, but the two of them distributed the clothes they had brought one after another.
Shen Zhuoyi finally had time to ask Shen Zhuohang what had happened, and Shen Zhuohang excitedly recounted their achievements.
He also emphasized Jiang Ruzhen's tricks for winning over customers. Shen Zhuoyi's eyes widened as he looked at the clothes on himself and his brother, and he immediately began to imitate them.
Find the worker who couldn't buy clothes earlier and offer to sell him the outfit they were wearing for a dollar less.
The worker readily agreed and led the two brothers inside to change their clothes.
I don't know which worker in the factory rejected these tattered clothes; they were full of holes and stank.
The four of them fought off the urge to vomit and rode their bikes home.
But as soon as they arrived at their doorstep, they found the gate wide open and a figure moving around inside the house.
Was it burgled?
That thief is incredibly audacious, daring to enter the yard and steal things in broad daylight.
Fortunately, Jiang Ruzhen had a spatial ability, so she put all the money in her spatial ability instead of keeping it at home.
Jiang Ruzhen looked around, picked up a stick from the wall, and stormed into the house.
Seeing this, the second and fourth brothers quickly grabbed shovels and hoes from the wall and followed behind Jiang Ruzhen.
Shen Shuxin shrank back in fright, but seeing how brave her mother and two brothers were, she didn't want to be left behind and carefully picked up a broom to follow behind them.
Jiang Ruzhen pushed open the door and saw someone sneaking around on the kang (a heated brick bed), rummaging through her wardrobe.
She raised the stick and smashed it down on the man's back, yelling, "Where did this little thief come from? How dare you steal from my house! I'll beat you to death!"
As the stick thudded down, the people on the kang (heated brick bed) covered their heads and ran around frantically.
"Mom, don't hit me, don't hit me, it's me, Meili!"
"I don't care if you're beautiful or not, you can't steal my things."
Jiang Ruzhen's stick slammed down mercilessly. Hearing the commotion from behind, the second and fourth brothers rushed forward and each grabbed one of Jiang Ruzhen's arms.
"Mom, stop hitting her, that's my sister-in-law."
"Yes, my sister-in-law is back. She's not a thief."
Jiang Ruzhen was panting heavily as she looked down.
Zhang Meili removed her arm and grinned ingratiatingly at Jiang Ruzhen.
"mom!"
As Jiang Ruzhen saw the face in front of her clearly, her body swayed with a loud bang.
It felt like the thunderbolt from August a few days ago had struck her on the head.
Why is that vixen with the swan-like appearance back?
Zhang Meili's background is exactly like that of a heroine in an old-fashioned romance novel: a gambling father, a sick mother, a young brother, and a broken heart.
She was from Lizicun Village, and her family was poor; they were a well-known impoverished household in the surrounding area.
Growing up in such a family is already a disaster, but the whole family is still clinging to Zhang Meili, sucking her blood and making her go out to seduce married men in the village.
Then the family staged a scene to ambush the person in their home and extort money from them.
Many of the strong men in the village had been cheated, and word gradually spread. Zhang Meili was already twenty years old, and still no proper matchmaker had come to propose marriage.
Later, for some reason, that family set their sights on the handsome, tall, and steady Shen Zhuoli.
Using the same trick again, Zhang Meili pretended to be on her way to sell vegetables when she was dragged into the woods by some thugs and bullied. Fortunately, Shen Zhuoli happened to pass by and rescued her.
But her whole family then clung to him, insisting that Shen Zhuoli had seen the girl naked and that he had to take responsibility.
Jiang Ruzhen disagreed at the time. She had also heard that this family had an improper lifestyle and tried her best to dissuade the eldest son.
But this eldest daughter of the family was simply out of her mind; she agreed without hesitation, even agreeing to the Zhang family's demand for a dowry of twenty yuan.
Jiang Ruzhen tried to persuade her eldest son for many days, but she couldn't change his mind, so she had no choice but to accept it reluctantly.
If Zhang Meili had lived a good life with her husband, that would have been fine. But after only one month of marriage, she took all the money her husband had earned and all the valuables in the house and took them back to her parents' home.
She never returned and went back to her parents' home to resume her old profession.
The eldest brother went to see him several times, but was humiliated and sent back by his family each time.
The eldest brother looks respectable and decent, but he's actually a coward. He works hard from dawn till dusk to earn money, but he gives it all to his family members who don't share his wealth. His wife has nothing and has to take care of all the housework.
They even spread rumors that he was a coward, that he was useless even after sleeping with his wife for a month, and that his wife was left to live a life of widowhood.
Enraged, Jiang Ruzhen brought her three sons to the family's house and gave them a good beating before finally shutting them up.
The two families agreed at the time that since they hadn't registered their marriage, they would pretend the marriage had never happened and that the couple would be free to marry in the future.
Therefore, after being reborn, Jiang Ruzhen automatically ignored this person in her mind and never regarded her as a member of this family.
Why is Zhang Meili, who never appeared in the previous life, suddenly in her house? Judging from her appearance just now, she was clearly searching for valuables.
Jiang Ruzhen raised her willow-leaf eyebrows and questioned sharply.
"What are you doing back here? You're even rummaging through my closets in my room. What do you think you're doing? You're not family anymore. Who let you in?"
This is theft. Let's go to the police station and talk to them.
Jiang Ruzhen grabbed Zhang Meili's hair and dragged her outside. Zhang Meili quickly knelt on the kang (a heated brick bed) and begged for mercy.
"No, Mom, I'm back to live a good life with Zhuo Li. Please don't send me to the police station."
"What do you mean, 'live a good life'? Do you think you're some kind of angel? My eldest son can still marry a virgin after leaving you. You slut, go die wherever you want."
Jiang Ruzhen was so angry that she cursed loudly, "How can there be such a shameless person in this world?"
I wonder how many men she's slept with until she's had her fill. She's broke again, isn't she? And she's still thinking of coming back to hook up with the boss and suck his blood.
With her around, this woman can forget about coming back to cause trouble.
Although Zhang Meili was kneeling on the kang (a heated brick bed), her restless eyes kept darting between the four men.
Didn't they say this family received several thousand dollars in compensation?
Why are they dressed so tattered? The two younger brothers-in-law are wearing ripped clothes that also smell bad.
She was about to throw up.
If it weren't for her mother's poor health, her father's huge debts and impending death, and her young brother's need for money to buy him treats, she wouldn't have returned to this house to beg for mercy from this wicked mother-in-law.
She could never forget how Jiang Ruzhen bossed her around and constantly found fault with her during the first month of their marriage.
Her eyes were too sharp, as if she could see right through people, which made her very uncomfortable.
"Mom, my dad ran away because he owes a lot of money. The debt collectors came to our house and took away all the valuables. My mom is sick and still has to take care of my young brother."
She simply couldn't afford to support me anymore, so she kicked me out and left me to fend for myself. What could I do? How could a weak woman like me survive? I had no choice but to come and seek refuge with Zhuo Li, after all, he was my husband! "Zhang Meili, with her rich experience and superb acting skills, wept bitterly.
"Shut your filthy mouth. The word 'husband' coming out of your mouth is an insult to its very existence. Don't think I don't know how many men you've been with. Can you even count them all?"
You'll die of that filthy disease sooner or later, so don't come back and harm my son. I'll be the first to object.
If you don't leave today, I'll take you to the police station.
After saying that, Jiang Ruzhen grabbed Zhang Meili's hair again and dragged her out.
As she closed the door and listened to Zhang Meili wailing loudly by the door, Jiang Ruzhen felt dizzy.
She turned and glared fiercely at the three children. "Anyone who dares to let her in, don't blame me for kicking you all out."
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