Chapter 495 The Control Group of the 1960s' Beloved Heroine 39
Lu Zhaodi was pushed by Su Jianguo on a cart. As soon as she entered the village, she was surrounded by a group of people who were eating and gossiping under a big tree at the entrance of the village.
Why are these people eating under the big tree at the entrance of the village?
Because this is the gathering place for the gossip of the uncles and aunts in the village. In order to get first-hand information about the village gossip, no matter how busy they are, they will take time to come here for a walk.
Now that they saw the influential figure they had been looking forward to for several days returning to the village, everyone was very enthusiastic, as if they had seen a relative.
They didn't even bother to eat the rice in the bowl, but started talking to Lu Zhaodi and asking her about her well-being.
Someone said, "Hey, Zhaodi, you're finally out of the hospital. How are you? Are you feeling better?"
Another person also pretended to be concerned and said, "Yeah, he was struck by lightning and fainted. Why didn't he stay a few more days?"
"Yes, Sister Lu should stay in the hospital for a few more days for observation. I see something's wrong with your facial expression. Is this some hidden danger or sequelae from being struck by lightning?"
"Oh, Sister-in-law Su, why are you still wearing a headscarf on such a hot day? Did you get hurt when the lightning struck you?"
"I think so. I heard from people who were there that Sister Su's hair was all singed. Sister Su, is your head okay? Do you still recognize who I am?"
These people are the ones who usually don't get along with Lu Zhaodi and dislike her.
Everyone was talking at once, seemingly concerned about each other, but in fact, every word pierced her heart and gloated over her misfortune. How could Lu Zhaodi not hear it?
Her eyes were wide open as she glared viciously at the few people who were talking the most enthusiastically. She was so angry that her chest heaved violently and she was gasping for breath.
The two brothers Su Jianguo, who was pushing the cart, and Su Jiandang, who was holding the cart beside them, also looked unhappy. They felt angry and annoyed when they heard this group of people talking about their mother being struck by lightning.
I wanted to scold them, but they were really saying words of concern, so I could only put on a gloomy face and try to get them to calm down and shut up.
But this group of people seemed to be unable to understand Lu Zhaodi's expression. Not only did they not restrain themselves, but some of them even wanted to reach out and lift the headscarf wrapped around Lu Zhaodi's head as they spoke.
Su Jianguo was used to being honest and wanted to stop them, but he was hesitant when he saw that the other party was a woman. He seemed a little at a loss and almost knocked down Lu Zhaodi who was sitting on the cart.
It was Su Jiandang who held the cart in time and slapped away the outstretched hand, thus preventing Lu Zhaodi from making a fool of herself in public.
He was really a little angry, and no longer concealed the anger on his face. He said in a cold voice: "Aunts, my mother has received your concern.
My mother just came back from the hospital and is not feeling well. It's so hot, so please give way to her so she can go home and rest early!"
After Su Jiandang finished speaking, he ignored other people's reactions and signaled Su Jianguo to push Lu Zhaodi, who was almost dying of anger, through the crowd and go home.
Seeing this, the group of people couldn't help but feel embarrassed, as if they didn't expect Su Jianguo and his brothers to defend Lu Zhaodi so much?
It wasn't until the mother and her two children had walked away that someone spoke again: "Tsk tsk, see? It's been several days and he still can't walk. He has to be pushed on a cart by Boss Su. It looks like he got hit pretty hard that day!"
"Oh, didn't you see how scared Sister Cuilian was when she tried to lift her headscarf? Her face was twitching. It looks like her hair really got chopped off!"
"Well, you deserve it. You were such a scoundrel back then that you kicked all your sons out when they were in the most difficult time, and didn't help them at all.
Now that she sees that Su Laosan's family is doing well, she wants to call him back, saying that she is worried about Su Laosan's family. If she really cares about him, could she have waited until today?
Bah, you just want to sit back and reap the benefits, you black-hearted bastard, you only dream of good things, but you will be struck by lightning!"
From the expression on the woman's face, it was clear that she had great contempt and disdain for Lu Zhaodi.
She said this not because she had a high sense of morality and felt sorry for the Su brothers, but because she also had such a black-hearted mother-in-law in her family.
Her mother-in-law was biased. As soon as her father-in-law died, her mother-in-law was eager to divide the family property.
The family was divided, but because her mother-in-law favored the eldest son's family, she gave them a thatched hut and a tattered quilt and drove them out.
They said that she had only given birth to three girls in all the years since she got married, and no sons, so she was not eligible to share their family property.
The first few days after the separation were so difficult that she felt she couldn't live many times. But she gritted her teeth and persevered, and managed to live her life again.
When the three daughters grew up, they were all filial and capable. The eldest daughter married and moved to the town. Her in-laws found her a temporary job with a monthly salary of 18.5 yuan, which she kept for herself.
The man the second sister married is a soldier and is now a company commander. After going through so much hardship, the second sister finally joined the army.
The third son has also reached the age to get married, but he has his own ideas. He says he wants to stay at home and marry a son-in-law, who will take care of him and his wife in the future.
Her mother-in-law always came to her house to ask for things for her uncle's sons, saying that she had no sons and there would be no one to take care of her when she got old.
Fortunately, she and her three daughters are not weak, and not a penny of the family's money passes through the hands of the head of the household. Otherwise, with her husband's honesty, the house might be emptied by her mother-in-law.
If the old woman in her family could be struck by lightning, as long as she didn't come to her house to steal things and bring bad luck to her three daughters in the future, she would grit her teeth and serve her even if she was paralyzed on one side of her body.
The woman was thinking angrily in her heart when another woman suddenly lowered her voice and asked mysteriously, "What do you think? Could it be that Lu Zhaodi really did something in her past life that angered heaven and man, and that's why she is being... punished?"
As the woman spoke, she pointed to the sky mysteriously, looking as if she was keeping a secret.
The others smacked their lips when they saw this and looked at each other, the meaning in their eyes being self-evident.
Everyone chatted for a while before dispersing one after another, each walking home thoughtfully.
Those who have been bad to the elderly in their family are secretly reflecting on it and decided to be nicer to their parents-in-law in the future.
Otherwise, if one day I was struck by lightning in public like Lu Zhaodi, even if I didn’t die, I would have no face to live.
Didn’t you see that Lu Zhaodi, who had never suffered any loss, didn’t dare to say a word even after being criticized like that by them today?
In the past, she would never be so easy to talk to. She was generous not to jump on them and scratch their faces.
Old ladies who are harsh on their daughters-in-law or too partial to their children at home may have the same thought at this time.
They are all their own children. They cannot treat unloved children as blood bags like Lu Zhaodi did.
If Su Li knew that she just wanted to fulfill Lu Zhaodi's wish and indirectly help those in the village who were being bullied by their mothers-in-law (daughters-in-law), he might have struck Lu Zhaodi again that night!
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