"I don't know." After saying this, Sui Wenjing quickly left.
Wang Xiaoyan wanted to catch up, but Sui Wenjing had already started jogging. After leaving the building, she got on her bicycle and pedaled hard.
As Sui Wenjing walked away, Wang Xiaoyan's eyes were filled with resentment.
When she returned home feeling down, she saw her belongings being moved out.
"Please stop moving us! Please, just forgive us for a few more days. We have old folks and young children in our family. This is going to kill us in the dead of winter!" Old Wang pleaded anxiously, slapping his thigh.
Several tough guys sent by the factory leaders to carry out the relocation task were dismissive of this.
Wang Xiaoyan quickly went to her brother's side.
"Brother, why are you moving now?"
Wang Xiaofei said with annoyance, "How should I know?"
Due to a family emergency, they haven't been to school for the past two days.
As soon as the brother and sister arrived at the school, they were pointed at and gossiped about by the school staff. With the spread of word from several children from their family compound, the students at the school now all know that their father had committed a crime and been sent to a labor camp.
Previously, because the two had lost the care of their loving stepmother, they became slovenly and no longer had a good time at school. Now, their situation has become even worse.
After experiencing so much pointing fingers and gossip, they stopped wanting to go to school.
Old Wang is already overwhelmed with taking care of his wife and managing all the household affairs, so he has no time to teach his grandchildren.
After discovering that his grandchildren weren't going to school, he only nagged them a few times, but the two siblings still didn't want to go, so he stopped bothering them.
The commotion at the Wang family's house attracted a large crowd of family members in the building.
However, no one came to help; many people just came to watch and make a fool of themselves.
The Wang family wasn't well-liked in the residential compound to begin with, and after Zhao Qinglan's divorce and Wang Dazhi's arrest and dismissal, they became the people everyone avoided in the compound.
Seeing that his pleas were useless, Old Man Wang hardened his heart and said, "If you keep pushing me, I'll kill myself right here in front of you."
"Don't try that on me, old man. Why are you doing this? No one in your family works at the garment factory anymore. How could you possibly leave these factory buildings to your family?" The man leading the move said, looking around.
"that is."
"Don't be greedy and never stop taking advantage."
"They've already given you so many days' grace."
...
The onlookers chimed in with agreement.
Old Man Wang's face turned pale.
Hearing everyone say bad things about his family, Wang Xiaofei glared fiercely at everyone around him.
"Oh my, you little rascal, what kind of eyes do you have?"
"It's all because the upper beam is crooked, so the lower beam will be crooked too."
"I think Zhao Qinglan was really wise to leave the Wang family early on."
"Who says otherwise? I think Zhao Qinglan seems to be blessed. Look, the Wang family has been plagued by misfortune ever since she left."
"The Wang family doesn't know how to cherish what they have."
As Old Man Wang lay dejectedly, Old Woman Wang inside the house began to cough violently.
Upon hearing this, he rushed inside. Just as he reached his wife, he heard her whisper, "Find, find Da Hua."
It was clear that they couldn't stay there any longer, and it wouldn't be right for the family to be left homeless.
Upon hearing this, Old Man Wang sighed and nodded.
Seeing that he was no longer putting up a stubborn resistance, the people who came to move breathed a sigh of relief.
After telling his grandchildren to look after his wife, Old Wang ran out to find a phone to call his daughter.
Wang Dahua had previously caused dissatisfaction among her husband's family and in-laws because of her family background.
But now that she knows her own parents and nephews and nieces have been kicked out of the house, she can't just ignore it. So she can only tell her father on the phone not to worry, and that she will come over immediately.
Only after having a daughter did Old Man Wang's anxious heart find some relief.
Wang Dahua doesn't live in this county, so even if she rushed over, it would take time.
When she finally arrived at the garment factory's residential area on a hand-cranked tractor, she saw her parents and a bunch of belongings outside.
Their lips were all frozen blue. There was no time for pleasantries; she quickly got people onto the tractor.
Wang Dahua arrived in a hurry and didn't have time to discuss it with her husband.
When she arrived home with several members of her family, her mother-in-law's expression turned ugly.
Their family only has a few rooms, and Wang Dahua's parents-in-law still sleep with their grandson.
Now there are four more people in the family, where are we all supposed to sleep?
But in this freezing weather, Grandma Wang Dahua couldn't just watch her in-laws freeze to death. She did bring them inside, but she wasn't in a good mood.
At this moment, Wang Dahua could only endure her mother-in-law's anger and disdain.
When Wang Dahua's husband came home from get off work, the couple had a fight behind closed doors.
Old Mrs. Wang and her husband could hear it, but they had to pretend they couldn't, otherwise where could they and their grandchildren go?
At this moment, even the usually stubborn Old Lady Wang began to genuinely miss her former daughter-in-law, Zhao Qinglan.
The Wang family was unhappy, and the Zhao family in Zhao Village was not to be outdone.
There are constant arguments, big and small, at home.
Zhao Laoda has been blamed and criticized by many parties. These days he has suffered more than he has ever experienced in his life.
He snapped when his younger siblings made sarcastic remarks about him again.
He picked up the bowl from the table and smashed it hard on the ground.
“If you don’t want to live like this, then nobody should. If it weren’t for your greed back then, would our family be in this state now? Who is to blame for all of this?” He finally came to his senses.
"Eldest son, are you blaming me?" Old Mrs. Zhao, née Zou, frowned.
“Mom, I don’t blame anyone else. I only blame myself. I lost my wife and my child, and now I’m a bachelor. This is probably how my life will be. Please don’t pressure me anymore, or I really don’t know what I might do.”
After saying that, he got up and left.
Zou and her two daughters-in-law, who were startled by their eldest brother-in-law's sudden outburst, looked at each other in bewilderment.
Zhao Laoda's outburst really startled them.
Seeing her eldest son subtly blaming her, Old Mrs. Zhao became sad.
He looked up and immediately turned his anger towards his two daughters-in-law.
"It's all your fault. If you hadn't been nagging all the time, would the boss be like this?"
"Ha, so you never mentioned it before," both Xiao Zou and Wang scoffed inwardly.
However, knowing that the old lady was angry, they were too lazy to argue and called their children to get up and leave.
Looking at the mess on the ground, Old Mrs. Zhao was so angry that her chest ached. This whole family had gone too far!
If Zhao Qinglan knew the current situation of the Wang and Zhao families, she would probably only applaud and cheer, without feeling a trace of sympathy.
Don't be fooled by the fact that both families are doing poorly now. If she hadn't stood up for herself back then, she, her daughter Xiaoduo, her cowardly and incompetent sister, and her mother would be the ones suffering now.
Kind people are often bullied, and good horses are often ridden. The fact that both families have ended up like this is entirely their own fault!
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