Chapter 46: Mother and Son Growing Apart?
Jiang Ruzhen rushed to the dilapidated fishing boat and immediately saw Zhang Meili hugging Shen Zhuoli and crying bitterly, muttering something unintelligible.
"Zhang Meili!"
Jiang Ruzhen's eyes turned red, and she rushed forward, grabbing Zhang Meili's hair with both hands.
"You slut, how can you be so shameless? Can't you go a day without a man? I'll scratch your face until it's all bruised, let's see how you seduce my son then."
Jiang Ruzhen was also furious, her words were harsh and vicious, and her actions were ruthless.
Zhang Meili was no match for Jiang Ruzhen in her rage, and was almost instantly pinned down and beaten by Jiang Ruzhen.
"Help me, Zhuo Li, please help me..."
Shen Zhuoli was startled by Jiang Ruzhen's sudden appearance, but he quickly recovered and picked up the crazed Jiang Ruzhen around the waist.
Jiang Ruzhen was so angry she almost vomited blood. She was both shocked and frightened, because Zhang Meili had nothing to do with her in her previous life.
Why does she keep popping up to seduce the boss throughout her life?
She was afraid that her eldest son would be deceived by the Zhang family and go down a path of no return.
She feared that even after being reborn, she still wouldn't be able to change her children's fate.
She was terrified, absolutely terrified.
Jiang Ruzhen struggled to get down and slapped Shen Zhuoli hard across the face.
"Shen Zhuoli! You little brat, now that you're all grown up, you dare to disobey me? What's so good about this slutty woman anyway?"
If you stay with her, you're forcing me to die.
Upon hearing Jiang Ruzhen's harsh words, Shen Zhuoli's face turned deathly pale.
He was his parents' pride from a young age. Even after his father passed away, he helped his mother support the family at a young age, and he was still his mother's pride.
But what about now? Why does he always mean well but end up doing the opposite of what he intends?
Is he so terrible that his mother is so disappointed in him?
Seeing that there was no trust in Jiang Ruzhen's eyes, Shen Zhuoli staggered a few times, his voice filled with sorrow.
"Mom, I don't want to be with Zhang Meili. I just felt sorry for her and that's why I said a few words to comfort her."
"I don't believe it. You two are hugging each other. Is that what you call comforting each other? It's clearly an attempt to rekindle your old flame."
"mom......"
Shen Zhuoli felt that his mother was going crazy, completely ignoring his explanations and convinced that he wanted to get back together with Zhang Meili.
He lowered his head, clenched his fists, and felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
"Boss, come back with me."
Jiang Ruzhen forcibly suppressed her unease and anger and gave the order.
Shen Zhuoli didn't want to anger Jiang Ruzhen any further, so he obediently lowered his head and followed her back.
Jiang Ruzhen was completely unaware that Zhang Meili behind her lifted her veil, secretly raised her eyes, and couldn't help but smile as she looked at Jiang Ruzhen's assertive back.
She didn't suffer a beating for nothing. She had calculated that Jiang Ruzhen would definitely ruin her relationship with Shen Zhuoli, so she deliberately threw herself into Shen Zhuoli's arms and cried the moment Jiang Ruzhen ran over.
Perhaps Shen Zhuoli had some sympathy for her before, but now that she has been beaten by his mother for no reason, he probably feels five parts sympathy for her now.
Jiang Ruzhen, that old hag, if she wants to stop her from going back to the Shen family to live a life of luxury, then she shouldn't blame me for trying to sow discord between her and her son.
Jiang Ruzhen originally wanted her eldest son to continue working at the brigade headquarters, but she was still worried about him, so she took him back to the city.
Let the eldest child work with the children in the warehouse.
The second brother noticed that there seemed to be a tension between Jiang Ruzhen and his eldest brother, so he quickly changed the subject.
"Mom, where's Uncle Lu?"
Um?
Right, where is Lu Mingzheng?
Jiang Ruzhen then realized that she seemed to have forgotten about Lu Mingzheng at the beach.
But then I thought, oh well, who cares?
He has his own car, and he'll drive back when he's had his fill of the scenery.
With several people working together, they had tidied up three small mountains of clothes before noon.
Jiang Ruzhen gave her second son money to go to the restaurant and buy some food. After everyone had eaten, Jiang Ruzhen hired two tricycles and took her fourth son and Xin Xin to continue selling women's clothing at the entrance of the textile factory.
The second brother took the eldest brother to the entrance of the refrigeration machinery factory to sell men's clothing.
Everyone else was experienced and managed to get things done in an orderly manner, but the eldest brother wasn't quite used to it.
He couldn't open his mouth to sell, nor could he coordinate his clothes; he could only help the second son collect money.
Watching the second brother effortlessly introduce the styles and materials of the clothes in the crowd, and skillfully match suitable outfits for the customers.
He managed to coax a group of grown men into happily buying a lot of clothes and leaving.
He admired his second son's resourcefulness from the bottom of his heart and praised him repeatedly.
But when he did the math, he found that he had made eight hundred yuan in just one afternoon, and a strange feeling of bitterness spread through Shen Zhuoli's heart.
He suddenly realized that everyone in his family was more capable than him, and his younger siblings earned more money than he did.
Needless to say, his mother's abilities were questionable. I don't know when it started, but he seemed to have become dispensable in this family.
When they got off work in the evening, the family sold some more.
The textile factory is basically at full capacity, while the cold storage plant is too small and doesn't have as many workers as the shipyard, and the wages and benefits are not as good.
People's purchasing power has declined.
When the family got home that evening, they did the math and found that they had sold fewer clothes than last time, earning only 1,600 yuan.
But in the eyes of the children, this was already a huge sum of money, and quite remarkable.
However, all of this was within Jiang Ruzhen's expectations.
The next day, the family of five had just finished eating and arrived at the warehouse when Lu Mingzheng arrived in a huff.
"Jiang Ruzhen, is there any kind of tour guide like you? You just dump your guests on the beach and then disappear. Do you know how long I waited for you on the beach yesterday?"
The high tide last night almost drowned me, but luckily someone was passing by and saved me, otherwise you would have killed me.
Upon hearing this, the children all looked at Jiang Ruzhen, their eyes filled with disbelief.
Seeing this, Jiang Ruzhen gradually felt guilty, but she would never apologize to Lu Mingzheng.
She retorted defiantly, "Did I make you wait? If you see the tide coming in and don't run, are you out of your mind?"
Lu Mingzheng angrily pointed his finger at Jiang Ruzhen, "You vicious woman, do you wish I would drown quickly so that no one would come to collect the debt? You're really good at scheming!"
Jiang Ruzhen slapped Lu Mingzheng's large hand away.
"You're alright, aren't you? I'll treat you to lunch as an apology."
"You said it yourself, and I'm going to make you bleed today."
Jiang Ruzhen was too lazy to pay attention to this shameless man who wouldn't leave no matter what she did.
The children packed their clothes and set off separately. The second oldest went to the washing machine factory alone, while the eldest, Xin Xin, and the youngest went to the cannery.
Jiang Ruzhen felt that her children were already quite capable, so she didn't need to follow them around all the time. Instead, she took Lu Mingzheng and wandered around the city.
Throughout the journey, Jiang Ruzhen's attitude was extremely perfunctory; she was preoccupied with something and often spaced out.
Lu Mingzheng sighed. It seemed that Jiang Ruzhen had no intention of strolling around with him until the boss's matter was resolved. He parked the car on the side of the road and turned around to ask.
"Jiang Ruzhen, what's wrong with you?"
He felt that the Jiang Ruzhen he saw yesterday was very different from her usual calm and composed demeanor, and he didn't understand why Jiang Ruzhen would become so irritable and frantic when it came to her children.
The last time it was about the adopted daughter, it was like that; now that the eldest son is in trouble, she's doing it again.
I have a feeling that she's afraid of something.
He felt that if the root cause of the problem wasn't addressed, Jiang Ruzhen would eventually go insane.
Jiang Ruzhen was thinking about how to help her boss get rid of Zhang Meili's entanglement when she turned her head and saw Lu Mingzheng's handsome face, and blurted out.
"Lu Mingzheng, why don't you take Zhang Meili as your wife?"
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