PFC Chapter 669 Found a Daughter-in-Law
Chapter 669 Found a Daughter-in-Law
"No, that's not what I meant. It was when Jian Guo was still young..."
"What about when they were kids? Didn't you say they only recently started dating?"
Jiang Mei: "..."
Wang Zhong felt like he was in a real bind. Although Jiang Mei had never admitted it, he had been testing her these past few days.
What do you mean they only recently hooked up? Bullshit, they've been hooking up for ages, even Chenchen is Jianguo's child.
He consulted a lawyer, and the sentence for disrupting a military marriage is only a few years.
He's still young; the worst-case scenario is that he'll serve about three years in prison.
That wasn't the worst part. What he was actually more afraid of was the exposure of Chenchen's father-son relationship with Wang Jianguo.
What would happen if this were exposed?
He didn't dare to ask, he simply didn't dare to ask.
The two wandered aimlessly through the streets, neither of them expecting that their hopes of enjoying a better life in the big city would vanish in just a few months.
Everything in the old house has been disposed of. Several bright brick houses were sold to the neighbors, leaving only two mud-brick houses where the old lady used to live.
Since nobody wanted it, it was left empty.
The family's fields have all been given to others to cultivate, and they could be taken back, but that's definitely not possible this year.
We can only take it back next year after they've harvested their grain.
But if they don't farm this year, they won't have anything to eat next year. What will they do when they go back home?
The key question is, what will the neighbors think if they go back?
When they left, the whole family was overjoyed.
The couple spread the word everywhere that their son had found a stable job in the city, and that they were going to take their child to the city to study. They said the whole family would become city dwellers and never come back, because they wanted to enjoy life in the city.
As a result, he slunk back in less than six months, wouldn't he have lost all face?
What if the daughter-in-law runs away, the granddaughter disappears, and the son goes back to jail? If the elderly couple takes their grandson back, won't people come and ask questions?
How should they begin?
The more I think about it, the more unbearable it becomes to live like this.
Jiang Mei sighed and said, "Old man, what are we going to do?"
They had already anticipated their son's fate; he was destined for jail.
“If Jianguo goes to jail, his employer won’t want him when he gets out. With that experience, he probably won’t be able to find a job and will have to go back to his hometown to farm. Our family was so successful when we left, and if we go back to farming in less than six months, we’ll be laughed at. Old man, you have to give me some advice.”
"What should we do? Go back to our hometown to farm instead of staying here and starving? We can't even afford the 30 yuan rent a month. Even if we move to a smaller place, it'll cost at least 20 yuan, right?"
“But if we go back to our hometown, wouldn’t we lose all face? Why don’t we just stay here and find some jobs later?”
"Me, go look for a job? Are you kidding me? What boss would hire us?"
"Sweeping the streets is fine, right? Sweeping the streets doesn't require any education. Fang Qing is so lazy, but she can sweep. Why can't you sweep?"
Wang Zhong thought about it carefully and realized that it made sense.
Staying here to sweep the streets is better than going back to my hometown and being looked down upon.
"Oh, right," he suddenly remembered, "Now that Fang Qing's been arrested, is there no one to do her job?"
His reminder made Jiang Mei realize it too.
Fang Qing went in, so was the spot left for the street sweeper?
"Old man, let's go ask."
They didn't know where the street sweeping headquarters was, so they could only go to the place where Fang Qing usually swept the streets to find Sister Zhao the next day.
To their surprise, they ran into Tang Xiaofen, whom they had been looking for.
Tang Xiaofen was still sweeping the floor in her work clothes?
"Tang Xiaofen, Tang Xiaofen, what are you doing here?"
Tang Xiaofen glanced at them indifferently.
At first, she wanted to run away and was very afraid of them.
Now that Wang Jianguo is in jail, and knowing that those two old guys are almost finished, she gradually emerged from her fear and was no longer afraid of them.
She was sweeping the streets in the area and knew that she would run into them sooner or later.
It didn't matter, she had already decided to divorce Wang Jianguo openly and honestly, and to live an upright life. She had also thought about how to handle it if they ran into her.
"Yes, I work here."
"What? You work here? You've been working here for so many days, why don't you go home?"
"Go back to what home? Is that my home?"
"You... Tang Xiaofen, what do you mean by that?"
"Hmph, I do all the work for the whole family every day by myself. Is it not enough for me to do it elsewhere?"
Jiang Mei: "..."
Wang Zhong said, "We didn't say you did anything wrong. How could you run around like this? You've been away from home for so many days. Do you know how hard your mother and I have been looking for you?"
"What do you want?" She glanced at the two of them, sweeping the floor unhurriedly, and said, "It's not what you say, that I'm the most useless person in the family. I'm the only one in the family who has no income. I'm just a freeloader. It's not that you're scolding me, but why don't I go out and find a job to earn money like Fang Qing? I've taken over Fang Qing's job now, and I'm just like Fang Qing now. Look how good it is."
"This..." The two looked at each other, unsure whether to be happy or unhappy.
She took over Fang Qing's job and did the same work as Fang Qing, which was indeed something Jiang Mei used to scold her with.
But that's not right, she doesn't go home.
"Tang Xiaofen, did you take Wang Yun away?"
"Yes."
"Where is she?"
"I enrolled her in kindergarten, so what?"
"Huh? How am I supposed to send it this semester?"
"You can send it for half a semester, and you'll only need to pay for half a semester."
Two people: "..."
Jiang Mei snorted coldly and said angrily, "Are you crazy? Zhi'er hasn't even started school yet, and you're going to send a little girl to school? Do you have too much money to burn?"
"It's alright. My boss said he'll give me 100 yuan a month once I'm officially hired, just like Fang Qing used to. That's enough to support me and Wang Yun."
"What do you mean by that? What do you mean by 'enough to support you and Wang Yun'?"
"That's exactly what I mean, I know you understand."
Jiang Mei was furious, "You bitch, who taught you to talk to me like that? I'll beat you to death..."
She raised her hand to hit Tang Xiaofen, but Wang Zhong stopped her.
"enough."
Jiang Mei: "Old man, this bitch deserves to be taught a lesson, why are you stopping me?"
"Alright, shut up. You've already driven your daughter-in-law away with your insults, what more do you want?"
"Did I chase them away?" Jiang Mei looked aggrieved.
But... it seems that way too.
Wang Zhong saw things more clearly than she did; he had already guessed that Tang Xiaofen's behavior meant she probably didn't want to live with her son anymore.
“Xiao Fen, you did suffer in our family before. We didn’t treat you well, but I promise you, we will change.”