Chapter 110

Chapter 110

"It was my selfishness that made me think everything I saw belonged to me. There was something wrong with my thinking, and I promise it will never happen again. Please forgive me, everyone, and please forgive me, Widow Xia. In the future, I will definitely be a selfless person."

Zhou Jiaojiao felt as if every word she spoke was a slap in her face.

After finishing, she felt utterly humiliated.

Tears welled up in her eyes.

"Everyone, pay attention. Today's incident with Zhou Jiaojiao should serve as a warning to all. Our village must not have anyone who thinks of public wealth from the mountains as their own private property. Such thoughts are extremely malicious and incorrect!"

The team leader criticized her before cutting off the broadcast.

He glanced at Zhou Jiaojiao: "Alright, you should go home now. At your young age, you mustn't have such thoughts again. If there's another time, I'll send you to the commune for criticism."

"I understand," Zhou Jiaojiao thought bitterly of the team leader as she turned to leave.

At the Wang household.

Bai Xiuxiu listened to the broadcast and closed the window, feeling refreshed.

It seemed Zhou Jiaojiao had been having some bad luck lately. It looked like even the best luck couldn’t withstand everyone going against her, especially since she had just married into the family and hadn't fully established herself yet.

At dinner that evening.

Wang Qinghe, holding the child, came to the main room with Bai Xiuxiu.

Seeing the food on the table—enough to make even a thief leave two steamed buns—Bai Xiuxiu realized the Wang family never disappointed in this regard!

"Let's eat, everyone. Come and sit down for dinner," Zhao Guifen said, feeling sorry for the eldest son's family.

These two no longer pooled their grain but still relied on their past contributions to eat with the family.

How vicious! Didn't they know they had received less grain this year?

Could their family of four actually eat all that much?

And Old Fifth's wife—what an embarrassment.

Not only did she lose the fight, but she didn't even get the goji berries. Even the snake that bit her ended up with Widow Xia.

The family ate in silence. Zhao Cuihua, eating the same food as always, felt her anger rise.

She and her husband earned the highest work points but ate the same food as everyone else.

Moreover, now that the grain had been distributed, they still weren't allowed to eat their fill?

Who could be satisfied with such small portions every day?

"Mom, shouldn't we change our meals? We don't have the strength to work like this," Zhao Cuihua put down her chopsticks, speaking irritably.

"What work are you doing? It’s not spring planting season; winter is coming. What can you do? If you don't like the food, then starve. That way, there will be more for your husband."

Zhao Guifen started to take Old Third's wife's portion and give it to Old Third.

Zhao Cuihua couldn't let that happen and quickly resumed eating.

After dinner, Wang Shoucheng mentioned the plan to catch fish tomorrow.

"We're all going fishing tomorrow. Since we lost face today with the grain distribution, we need to regain some respect. We can't let others think we're lazy. The fourth daughter-in-law's leg isn't healed yet, so she shouldn't come. Everyone else must go. Eldest son, is your family okay with this?"

Wang Shoucheng stared at his eldest son.

Wang Qinghe nodded: "Xiuxiu and I have no problem."

Seeing his agreement, Zhou Jiaojiao was overjoyed.

Finally, one plan could proceed smoothly.

If Third Sister-in-Law succeeded, she would have nothing but good days ahead.

Her happiness didn't escape Wang Qinghe's notice. If Old Fifth's wife couldn't escape, neither could she.

"We have no problem either," Zhao Cuihua sensed something amiss but thought that picking up some small fish for fish sauce might be good.

Every year, the village allowed people to collect small fish that wouldn't grow.

After everyone agreed, they quickly returned to their rooms.

This meal had ruined any good mood from the grain distribution.

Zhao Cuihua returned to her room, seething with anger, and seeing her husband about to lie down on the bed, she rolled her eyes: "Can't you be a little more ambitious? Look at how we live! We earn the most work points!

In the past, they relied on the eldest brother to support the family, but now they might rely on us.

Don't you think about our son?

Can we let them keep draining us?"

Wang Laosan sighed helplessly: "What can I do? If we talk about separating, we don't have much to divide. Besides, didn't you say we should benefit from Old Fifth's wife? How can we gain any advantages if we separate?"

If we don't split the household, then it can only be this way."

"Can't you ask for some benefits from Mom and Dad? They should be fair to us, right? I'm telling you, they must be secretly giving good food to Second Brother and Old Fifth. And about their jobs, why can't they find one for you?"

Zhao Cuihua felt deeply resentful and decided to wait and see.

If Zhou Jiaojiao doesn't have anything worth taking, she would also split the household!

She just didn't know how her eldest brother and sister-in-law planned to do it.

In the eastern room, Zhou Jiaojiao's mood wasn't any better than Zhao Cuihua's.

After losing face outside, she came back to a cold reception from her mother-in-law, and what kind of dinner was that?

Who eats like this on the first day after dividing the food?

Even her own family wasn't like this!

Zhou Jiaojiao started crying.

Wang Qingqi looked bewildered: "What's wrong with you again? Who offended you in our family? No one said anything about your embarrassment. You're crying again."

"At my parents' place, we never ate this poorly after dividing the food. Can we even live like this in your family?" Zhou Jiaojiao asked her husband.

Wang Qingqi was also frustrated: "It wasn't like this in previous years. But this year, there were fewer people working. Eldest Brother divided their share out, so it ended up like this. Besides, all your work points went to your family. We added another mouth to feed but lost Eldest Brother and his wife's share of the food.

You need to understand Mom and Dad."

Zhou Jiaojiao angrily threw a pillow at his face.

The two started arguing.

The entire Wang family was in an uproar over this dinner.

In the western room, Bai Xiuxiu was watching her husband cook.

The aroma of the meal filled the air, and the two children were gathered around their father, unwilling to move.

Sweet white rice topped with preserved rabbit meat and dried meat, mixed with some sesame oil from home.

Unfortunately, they had too few condiments; otherwise, it would have been even more delicious.

"Dinner time." Wang Qinghe brought the food to the table, looking gently at his wife and children, feeling a slight unease.

After eating their private meal, the family went to bed early.

In bed, Bai Xiuxiu hugged Wang Qinghe, who was still uneasy: "Don't worry, nothing will happen tomorrow."

Wang Qinghe held his wife's hand and kissed it: "Yes... nothing will happen."

Early morning.

The loudspeaker of the brigade rang early: "Attention villagers of Xiahe Village, attention villagers of Xiahe Village, please gather by the riverbank quickly."