The Zhou family.
Everyone else was asleep, but Zhou's father was wide awake. He lowered his voice and said, "Wang Cuihua, if you want to die, don't drag me down with you."
Zhou's mother was also very aggrieved, "Old man, do you have any conscience at all? My eldest son is gone, and you won't even let me complain a little?"
At this point, Zhou's mother felt a pang in her chest and sobbed, "My son, my poor son."
"Shut up, do you want everyone to know?" Mr. Zhou felt things were getting out of control.
“I’m not going to shut up. Why should I? Huh? Tell me, did you strangle your son to death before you replaced him with the eldest? Well, I knew you hadn’t forgotten that bitch.”
Zhou's mother's unreasonable nagging really gave Zhou's father a headache, so he could only continue to lower his voice, "What nonsense are you talking about? He's my own son. He was born stillborn. I was just trying not to make you sad," Zhou's father said righteously.
"Even if what you said is true, why did you switch my sister's child with mine? Don't you know I hate her the most?" Wang Cuihua has a twin sister. Everyone in the family likes her, simply because one of them looks more like their father and the other more like their mother, but you can still see the resemblance between the two sisters.
This is why Zhou's mother has never suspected anything all these years. If the old man hadn't accidentally let it slip last time, she would still be kept in the dark.
Thinking of this, Zhou's mother thought, "I don't care. I raised him all these years. He has to give me the job to repay me." She wanted to beat herself to death when she thought about how she had raised her eldest sister's son.
"Are you crazy? Are you going to tell Zhou Mingqian that he's not our son? That would implicate his biological parents, and do you want our whole family to go to jail? If it turns out they're connected to the other side of the strait, our whole family will be finished."
Zhou's mother couldn't help but shudder, gritting her teeth, "Is this all there is to it?" If that were the case, she would never be satisfied.
In the past, although she favored her youngest daughter, she believed she treated her eldest son well as well. But now?
"Alright, let's leave it at that for now. I have my own ideas about the eldest brother. Don't go out and make a fuss. If something goes wrong, it will affect the whole family."
Zhou's mother was still able to distinguish between what was important and what was not. "Hmph, he really got off easy. It's good that we kicked the two of them out." She felt a little relieved but also a little unwilling.
"You, how dare you bring this up? You kicked the eldest son and his wife out and didn't give them any food. Do you think the villagers think of us now? That old bastard Accountant Zhang is still up to no good and has been eyeing my position. If it weren't for my surname being Zhou, I wouldn't be sitting in this position. But don't forget, I changed my surname. The young people in the village don't know, but do you think those old guys have forgotten?"
He paused for a moment, then said, "Don't think that the old Party Secretary doesn't care about things. It's because I haven't done anything out of line. But recently, I did something that the old Party Secretary has talked to me about twice."
Zhou's mother was dissatisfied, "Why should I? You changed your surname to Zhou a long time ago, and you are now a member of Zhoujiazhuang. Besides, if it weren't for you and your older brother, your parents-in-law would have had trouble taking care of themselves. Now that they've passed away, you want to kick them out?"
If she weren't worried about making too much noise and letting her family know, she would have loved to confront the old Party Secretary directly.
She always prided herself on being the brigade leader's wife, the number one woman in the group. If the old man were to be dumped, who knows what those gossipy women would say about her behind her back.
"Keep your voice down. Anyway, remember this: you absolutely cannot expose Mingqian's affair. Don't think that just because he has connections in Taiwan, all the old folks in the village remember him. If it weren't for him, not a single person in Zhoujiazhuang would have starved to death during the famine."
Zhou's father was jealous of his exceptionally talented older brother.
Therefore, Zhou Mingqian's feelings were also complicated. On the one hand, he was grateful to his uncle and aunt for raising him and his older brother, but on the other hand, he hated his uncle and aunt. Was there really such a big difference between biological and non-biological children?
Zhou's mother pursed her lips, "I know, but old man, you can't share the things in the house with Zhou Mingqian and the others."
"I understand," Zhou's father replied, though he had other plans in mind. He knew that his aunt and uncle were capable people and surely had some good things in their possession.
"Oh, and remember, no matter what, get the eldest son and his wife to come home and live with me."
"What?" Zhou's mother couldn't help but raise her voice a little. "Are you crazy?"
"Do you really think those two old men didn't leave anything good for the eldest son?" Zhou's father asked rhetorically.
Thinking of her frightening mother-in-law and her capable father-in-law, Zhou's mother said, "Fine, I understand," and endured it.
The sound faded away.
Outside, Zhou Mingjiao felt like she was freezing solid. The night was bitterly cold. She had only gotten up to use the outhouse because she couldn't sleep, but she overheard her mother and father's secret.
Zhou Mingjiao has a skill that no one knows about: she has exceptional hearing.
Therefore, although Zhou's parents spoke softly, Zhou Mingjiao still heard them.
She never imagined that she would discover such a huge password and find out that her older brother wasn't her parents' biological son.
From what they're saying, it seems like she's my mother's older sister. How come she didn't know she had an aunt before?
Another question is, what does it mean to have connections with Taiwan? If it's really found out, wouldn't their whole family be doomed?
When she heard this, she almost couldn't resist rushing inside.
She hasn't lived enough yet.
As for my father's matter, I had vaguely heard about it before; he was the son of Grandpa Zhou's sister.
Now, what she cares about is whether Grandpa and Grandma Zhou really left something good for her older brother.
Although she really wanted to go in and ask her parents, Zhou Mingjiao didn't want to reveal that she had good hearing.
Now that she knows the big secret, Zhou Mingjiao is wide awake. She wonders if she should go find Chen Banxia tomorrow.
In her dream, Liu Zhe was the one who got the purchasing job, and the reason seemed to be to save someone, but in the end, it was her "good older brother" who got the job.
Zhou Mingjiao was furious. With Liu Zhe's obedience to her, she was sure she could get the job without lifting a finger.
Maybe then she can tell that person how she feels?
Zhou Mingjiao thought uncertainly. She felt that the person was like a cloud drifting in the sky, unpredictable and unfathomable. When facing her, even she, the daughter of the brigade leader, felt ashamed of herself.
However, with the start of winter approaching, and thinking about how everything was due to Shen Banxia's scheming, Zhou Mingjiao suddenly had an idea.
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