Chapter 136 The Zhong Family Members Driven Mad by Jealousy
Zhang Chunxue knew that the Song family didn't care about the money, and since Zhong Xiaoxiao had already accepted it, Zhou Mingli couldn't refuse. So she nodded to him.
Zhou Mingli then nervously accepted the red envelope.
He quickly joined in the effort to help.
The brigade headquarters was bustling with activity, and news of the Song family giving a huge gift quickly spread throughout the entire brigade.
Of course, the news also reached Zhongjia Village.
At Liu Cuie's house, Liu Cuie's eyes turned green with envy.
"That damned little whore! How dare she, a widow, take so much money!"
Liu Cuie kept repeating, "Six hundred and sixty-six... eight hundred and eighty-eight... nine hundred and ninety-nine..."
"How much money is this? I've never seen so much money in my life! That little bitch doesn't even deserve it!"
The third daughter-in-law, Huang Xiaolan, also clenched her fists tightly.
What makes Zhang Chunxue so special?
In this village, it's considered good if a young woman gets a dowry of a few dozen or a hundred yuan when she gets married. She's a widow who's remarried, and she got so much just for the first meeting gift. How much was the dowry?
Huang Xiaolan didn't dare to think about it.
Zhong Guoyong silently puffed on his pipe, saying, "No wonder Zhang Chunxue was so willing to marry into the Song Dynasty! The Song family is truly generous!"
Liu Cuie's eyes had turned from green to scarlet: "Third brother, think of a way, think of a way to get that money into our hands!"
Her voice became excited: "If we had that kind of money, we could buy you and your older brother jobs so you wouldn't have to toil in the fields for a living anymore..."
"When you have city residency, the factory will allocate you housing, and I can go to the city with you and enjoy a better life..."
Zhong Guoyong was genuinely tempted, but tempted as he was, they had absolutely no right to ask Zhang Chunxue for the money.
Why should they give it to them?
This isn't ancient times, where a wife has to give her mother-in-law a dowry when her husband dies and she remarries.
Liu Cuie was still muttering, "I have to go find her, I absolutely have to go find her and ask her for it! I'm her mother-in-law, she has to give it to me..."
Zhong Guoqiang, who had been silent until now, spoke up irritably: "Mom, shut up! Her current mother-in-law is right here at the brigade headquarters!"
"Besides, the second son has been dead for six years, and they've been separated from our family for twenty years. Can you please stop acting like you're the mother-in-law?"
"Look how many times you've tried to find Zhang Chunxue using this excuse! Has she ever even acknowledged you?"
Niu Cuie was speechless, and her anger surged even more fiercely.
Huang Xiaolan was somewhat unwilling: "So we're just going to let it go like this? Just watch Zhang Chunxue live a good life?"
Zhong Guoqiang looked at Zhong Guoyong: "Didn't you say you were going to find Zhang Chunxian's three sons? What happened?"
Zhong Guoyong was also furious when this was mentioned.
Don't even mention it!
"That kid Zhong Chengren hasn't come back since the family split up. We can't find him anywhere!"
“Zhong Chengyi is almost never home. When I finally manage to find him at home, he's always running around, and we barely get a few words together…”
Zhong Guoyong was full of resentment again: "He's like a good-for-nothing all day long, I don't know what he's busy with!"
"What about Zhong Chengfa?" Liu Cuie persisted. "He should be able to find someone, after all, he still has to work from home!"
"Don't even mention him, he's a complete waste!" Zhong Guoyong cursed. "When he sees Zhang Chunxue, he's like a mouse before a cat, not daring to utter a single word!"
“I told him last time, ‘Your mom is going to have a good life, but you won’t get a share. Aren’t you going to try to fight for it?’” Zhong Guoyong got angrier and angrier as he spoke. “Guess what that kid said?”
The whole family immediately looked over.
“That kid said he was happy that his mother could live a good life…” Zhong Guoyong immediately spat, “I think he’s talking nonsense!”
Zhong Guoqiang sneered, "Money has always been a powerful motivator. I don't believe it. Zhang Chunxue received so much money this time, even Zhou Mingli got some, and even the little mute boy she adopted got a share, but her three biological sons didn't get a single penny..."
"Do you think Zhong Chengfa might feel resentful?"
"Do you think Zhong Chengfa will cause trouble at the brigade headquarters?"
The current situation is that even if they can't get any benefits from Zhang Chunxue, they don't want to see Zhang Chunxue doing well.
This was incredibly frustrating for them.
And they were right; things were about to get really heated at Zhong Chengfa's house.
Li Hongjuan's tone was exceptionally agitated: "Chengfa! Let's go quickly! We can let Zhong Xiaoxiao go, but look, the Song family even gave that bitch Zhou Mingli a gift! You're her own son! Her eldest son! I'm her eldest daughter-in-law, and Hongqing is her eldest grandson. How could the Song family not have prepared something for us?"
Zhong Chengfa was also very annoyed.
He certainly wanted a gift, but he still retained a sliver of clarity in his mind.
Zhong Xiaoxiao had been living with Zhang Chunxue since the family split up, so it was normal for the Song family to prepare a gift for her.
After Zhou Mingli divorced Zhong Chengren, she recognized Zhang Chunxue as her godmother. They ate and slept together every night, and Zhong Yuanyuan was always taken care of by Zhang Chunxue.
But what about them?
The three brothers were practically kicked out of the house by Zhang Chunxue!
Especially Zhong Chengfa!
You should know that Zhang Chunxue was so determined to make him divorce, but he refused and even agreed to separate the family property because of it.
He knew that his mother was already completely disappointed in him at that time.
And has Li Hongjuan forgotten what she said when she argued with her mother?
Isn't she going to report her mother-in-law for abusing her daughter-in-law at the brigade?
How dare she say that she is her eldest daughter-in-law?
She didn't even consider that his mother had always wanted them to divorce, so how could she possibly still acknowledge her as her eldest daughter-in-law...
As for Zhong Hongqing...
Ever since Li Hongjuan secretly drank the fish soup, his mother has been completely unfriendly to this so-called eldest grandson.
His mother didn't care about her eldest grandson at all; he was nowhere near as important as her beloved granddaughter.
Most importantly, this was a gift from family members. Song Xingzhi didn't have a good relationship with the three brothers, so why would they prepare a gift for them?
Moreover, Zhong Chengfa didn't have the face to ask to meet with someone; a man in his twenties like him couldn't possibly do such a thing.
And the main reason is that his two younger brothers are not there, and he is the only one there. He dares not go alone.
Thinking about the way the people in the brigade headquarters looked at him, and the shocked or disdainful looks from the Song family, Zhong Chengfa felt ashamed.
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