After all, she wanted to live, even if it was a rebellion, she just wanted to live. It was this era that was wrong, it was the man in the Golden Palace that was wrong. He forced all this, and she had never had a good life since she got married.
What's wrong with her venting? Even now, she still doesn't think she did anything wrong, but she should really think about herself. She glanced at her daughter who was huddled on the edge of the bed. To be honest, she felt quite sorry for her daughter.
"Zhou Qingyun, when you said I was making trouble, did you ever think about your grandparents? They suffered hardships and had no food on the island. If they didn't rebel, how would they survive?
You always resent your maternal grandfather. Their rebellion caused you to bear some bad reputation, but your maternal grandfather had no way to stop him. How can you say this about your maternal grandfather's family?
Your grandparents loved you so much in the past, how could you say that to them? Don’t you remember at all how much they loved you?”
Looking at the disbelief in his mother's eyes, Zhou Qingyun just wanted to laugh at this time. It was not like he had not been to Zhou Island when he was in Jizhou City. He knew the situation on Zhou Island better than his mother. In fact, the Zhang family's life on Zhou Island was better than their life on Qiong Island at that time. After all, with the help of the Wang family, the Zhang family had no worries about food and drink there. If they had not raised more people and the food supply was insufficient, they would probably still be staying on Zhou Island and continue to stockpile troops. However, they might not be used to that kind of life. After all, the Zhang family was used to a comfortable life, and that kind of life might have been a hard life for them.
"Just based on these few words, have you concluded that the Zhang family is living a hard life on Qiong Island? Then I tell you the truth, my mother.
I know the situation on Zhou Island better than you do. I have even been there more than once. The life they live there is better than that of ordinary people. After all, they can afford to eat fine grains. How can ordinary families afford to eat such fine grains?
There was even a fool who selflessly helped the Zhang family, wanting them to stand up quickly. However, my great-grandfather cheated them, took all their money, and kicked them out. When he wanted to have a good life, he left them behind.
You always say that my grandparents had a hard life on the island. You should know that when I first arrived on the island, my life was much harder than theirs. At that time, I had to depend on the people around me to eat because I had no food. I had to calculate how much food I bought. Why don't you pity me?"
After they arrived in Jizhou City, Wang Shiyu helped Zhou Qingyun secretly go to Zhou Island twice, wanting to see what kind of life the Zhang family led. Later, he found out that they only ate steamed buns and coarse grains when he was around, and ate rice and steamed buns when he was not around. They lived a much better life than him. It was their deception that made Zhou Qingyun grow faster.
Even now, Zhou Qingyun can still remember the scene at that time. All the people in the Zhang family sat in the yard, eating a bowl of rice each. Even the white rice looked like high-quality fine grain that could not be bought without money. At the beginning, Wang Shiyu did not have much money, so they ate medium-quality rice. It was only after Wang Shiyu's embroidery paintings were sold that their lives got better day by day.
He remembered that there were at least three plates on the Zhang family's table, and they could even afford braised pork and roast chicken. He saw that they were living a good life, much better than when he first started.
At that time, the whole city was short of food. Even when Mo Ruru and the others cooked, they mixed some brown rice into the rice. That period was indeed very difficult, but people could still afford refined rice and meat. What else did his mother want?
The Zhang family ate only white rice. Since then, Zhou Qingyun never felt sorry for his grandfather again, because he lived better than himself, so why should he feel sorry for him? He should just feel sorry for himself. When he returned home and saw the rice on the table, he felt very pitiful.
"Don't talk nonsense. Even if the Zhang family arrived on Zhou Island, how could they have good food with help? The price of food at that time was so horribly high. Who could have continued to supply rice to your grandparents? Even if you want to deceive me as a mother, you should have found a better excuse and reason instead of making up these useless words here, because I don't believe it at all.
And your sister has always been by my side. I can't let you take her away, and your father can't let you take her away either. After all, this child can only follow me. I won't let her become an ungrateful person like you, betraying her own grandparents to death."
Zhang Qianqian felt like she was about to explode. She had sent people to Zhou Island, and she was well aware of the life the Zhang family lived. When she had been there before, the Zhang family had either steamed buns with plain water or black buns with someone unknown mixed in them. They were impossible to bite. So she felt that her son actually said such things about his family for the sake of others, which made her feel very sad and upset. Her family was all gone, and now she couldn't even vent her anger. Why?
Looking at Zhang Qianqian's face full of disbelief, Zhou Qingyun knew that no matter how much he said, it would be useless, so he didn't plan to say any more useless nonsense to her. After all, his maternal grandparents were really good at face-saving. If he hadn't gone to Zhou Island privately, he would never have believed that his maternal grandparents were living so well. So Zhou Qingyun, who was cheated every time he went there, didn't trust the Zhang family at all. His mother was also a member of the Zhang family, so it would be better to just threaten them directly.
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