NABC Chapter 131 The Widow of the Era 3
Chapter 131 The Widow of the Era 3
Director Zhang of the food factory has been married three times.
He has five children, with a significant age gap between them.
The first one was a child bride who, despite the divorce, stayed at Director Zhang's hometown.
However, the other party was quite willing.
After all, Director Zhang's parents had already passed away because of her.
If she remarries, she'll have to continue working like a slave for someone else.
They have two sons and a daughter, all of whom are married with children and work in other factories.
The second daughter-in-law was frail and sickly, and did not have any children.
After Director Zhang took the initiative to propose marriage, he served her diligently for ten years until she passed away.
However, Director Zhang did indeed benefit from this, receiving favors from his father-in-law.
As for the son-in-law taking care of his older children, the father-in-law turned a blind eye.
Anyway, it didn't escalate to the point that it involved my daughter.
When he married his third wife, Director Zhang, still virile, married a widow and they had a son and a daughter.
This man is a bit unlucky in marriage; his widow passed away a few years ago.
The two children left behind were often sent back to their hometown by Director Zhang.
His ex-wife, who stayed at home, took care of him...
It was mainly to make it easier for him to mess around.
...
Unfortunately, someone's been watching us lately.
Director Zhang was unsuccessful in arranging jobs for the remaining two children.
I had no choice but to use connections to get him a job as a sent-down youth in his hometown.
Even so, it is extremely difficult.
Thinking of the loneliness and desolation at home after his children left, he set his sights on newly widowed women.
Once I marry a new wife, I can bring my grandsons over to take care of them.
He has just reached the age where he can enjoy the company of his grandchildren.
However, with the Gu worm baby's efforts now in place, Director Zhang can stop worrying about anything else...
At this moment, all he wanted was to live with Liang Laoshi and Guan Xianshi.
Anyway, the two children are going back to their hometown.
His home was as empty as his heart, just waiting for Xiao Guan and his wife to fill it.
...
Inside the tenement building, Xu Xiping drifted off to sleep while listening to Tongzi's explanation.
Some were still working, including the newlywed couple, Mr. and Mrs. Liu, taking a break from their "work".
He mentioned taking leave to go back to his hometown to pick up his three sons.
Bai Xue didn't care at all, she just nodded a few times to indicate that she understood.
Liu Sheng, unaware of his new wife's thoughts, finished his chores and went to sleep.
She missed the look of disgust on Bai Xue's face.
Liu Sheng doesn't like to take baths, so she can't sleep. She can only light incense for him to pretend to sleep.
What a waste of points...
God must be blind, and the system must be blind too. What's the use of giving him so many children?
In this tiny apartment of just over ten square meters, will she have to sleep in the hallway after giving birth...?
He had to rant and rave to calm his anger.
Fortunately, getting pregnant through technology doesn't cost points, otherwise she would have had to suffer in silence.
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Another new day.
Xu Xiping arrived at work just in time.
Chen Junxin's wife, Bai Shuang, appeared in everyone's sight.
The joy of her honeymoon had vanished, leaving only insincerity on her face.
Even when her younger sister Bai Xue questioned her, she remained silent.
The neighbors watched the spectacle with amusement and casually advised her not to be so obedient, suggesting she learn from an older woman who sharpens knives at home.
Bai Shuang's tears were about to fall, but she said that he was the man's biological mother.
As a daughter-in-law, I cannot do anything unfilial.
Chen Jun's biological mother left satisfied after overhearing the conversation.
He felt that this woman had her advantages in not having a job.
Isn't it great that you don't even dare to raise your voice to yourself when you're not working and staying at home?
Whether her son's salary was enough for the family to eat and drink was not within her consideration.
Anyway, Chen Jun wouldn't let her suffer even if he went hungry.
In her opinion, no old woman in the area was better at raising her son than she was.
...
Half a year passed quickly.
Xu Xiping earned himself a job in the archives by virtue of his abilities, a job where he could just nap in the archives.
The neighbors in the tenement building were green with envy.
But then I thought of this man's act of bravery, fighting four thugs with just a pair of scissors, and the other side suffering a crushing defeat...
Keep the unpleasant words to yourself.
Sister Wang said that Xu Xiping always carries scissors with him...
Both skill and luck are indispensable.
Seeing the street getting more and more chaotic, Xu Guofeng and Qiao Zhengyuan, with their old legs, thought that they would have to take their daughter home again.
Xu Xiping's elder brother and sister-in-law were also present at the square table in the Xu family's home today.
Everyone arranged the food they had packed from the cafeteria.
"Luckily, we only have Jianing in our family, so we don't have to worry about her going to the countryside."
"You can say that at home, but who knows what outsiders will think?"
"Exactly, it's not like there aren't only children who get tricked into going to the countryside by relatives and friends."
"Our Jia Ning isn't that kind of naive girl..."
"My biggest fear is that the child might act impulsively in a moment of passion."
Xu Xichang was truly grateful that his parents had only given birth to him and his sister.
When it came to them, not only did they marry late, but they also had fewer children than other families.
Not to mention the rural areas, the accommodations were also unpleasant.
Housing is in short supply these days, and it's common for families with many members to live in a space of just over ten square meters.
He hasn't experienced it, and he doesn't really want to.
Jia Ning, who was engrossed in eating pork stew with vermicelli, noticed that the adults' conversation had veered off to her.
They raised their hands repeatedly to show that no one could lie to her about going to the countryside.
Is it that the single bed at home is not comfortable to sleep in? Or is it that Grandpa's cooking is not good?
Meng Yan was quite pleased and gave his daughter a piece of meat as a reward.
Xu Xiping, however, did not share this concern.
The Qizhi Dan (a traditional Chinese medicine) is working well; with my niece's current grades, she'll definitely have no problem with the college entrance exam.
We need to prepare some study materials for her.
This can be considered a token of her affection as an aunt.
...
The atmosphere in the tenement building was incredibly strange.
It turns out that Chen Jun's biological mother ate sprouted potatoes and suffered food poisoning, vomiting in the toilet.
Overwhelmed with self-blame, Bai Shuang stood on the rooftop, wailing and contemplating jumping...
The neighbors all advised her that it wasn't her fault at all.
Whether you resent it or not.
In any case, people can't have an accident in a tenement building.
In their opinion, this old woman's inability to control her mouth has nothing to do with the poor young wife.
The potatoes sprouting wasn't because the young wife allowed it.
Everyone else ate it and was fine; it must be that this old woman ate too much...
Beside them were Chen Jun's two thin daughters, whimpering.
They thought the new mother really wanted to commit suicide.
Chen Jun's biological mother did not allow Chen Jun's daughter to go with her former daughter-in-law, and planned to raise the girl to adulthood and marry her off at a good price.
Bai Shuang took good care of the two poor little ones when she arrived.
She took such good care of her that she became as prone to crying as she was.
Actually, Old Mrs. Chen has been suffering a lot these past six months.
The Women's Federation had already hinted to her not to interfere with her son's married life.
Bai Shuang is weak, unlike her former daughter-in-law who aired her dirty laundry in public and then reverted to her old ways, sleeping among people.
Unexpectedly, Bai Shuang hit someone while sleeping at night.
They punched and kicked the old woman who was sleeping in the middle.
The only thing they don't do is hit people's faces, and after hitting them, there's no mark left.
At first, the old woman thought it was her doing it on purpose, so she endured the pain and tried to sleep in the middle.
If Chen Jun gets up and tries to stop him, he will also be beaten.
Even if you shook her awake, she wouldn't admit it...
The light was there, tears streaming down its face...
The old woman had no choice but to go back to her hometown and stay there for two months before returning.
The neighbors assumed she was making room for the young couple to have their baby.
Little did they know that Bai Shuang was still muttering to herself, "This old woman is too weak to take a beating."
That's it?
Chen Jun is also dead.
He wouldn't even act as a human shield for his dutiful mother when she was being beaten.
Tsk, look at this family.