Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 388 - 0388: Lion’s Mouth Opens 4_1

Chapter 388: Chapter 0388: Lion’s Mouth Opens 4_1

Miao Fengqin stood under the eaves listening intently, looking at the surprise on her husband’s face, her disgust for Wang Zhengjun increased twofold. She went straight over, pulled her husband to the side, and stood far away from Wang Zhengjun. She murmured into his ear, "There’s something I forgot to tell you, you know Liu Jinhua’s brother, Gousheng, right? Something happened the day before yesterday."

In just a few words, she informed her husband of Zhu Dani’s trip to the city to settle matters with her aunt.

Wang Zhenguo suddenly understood everything. No wonder the youngest couple hadn’t requested grain from the Wanglou Brigade in recent years. It turned out the two, born selfish, were manipulating old Mrs. Liu and Liu Gousheng.

Compared to him, old Mrs. Liu and Liu Gousheng were far too easy to manipulate.

If Liu’s old man hadn’t died from overwork a few years back, Liu Jinhua wouldn’t have had the audacity to frequent her maternal home.

Chances are that Liu Jinhua, taking advantage of her city-dweller status, painted a rosy picture for her mother and brother. She might have even promised to find employment for Liu Gousheng, which is how she managed to convince her mother-in-law to give her daughter the family’s share of grain.

It has to be said, Wang Zhenguo guessed right.

Wang Zhengjun and Liu Jinhua thought this sweet lifestyle would last forever. Who would’ve guessed that their foolish fantasies of dining on city grain would lead Zhu Dani to cause a scene at their front door and again outside Wang Zhengjun’s workplace, the Mine Office, with a baby in arms? The couple was reprimanded by their superiors and had to pay a fine in grain tickets and money. The promotion he could have secured is now just a pipe dream.

With no promotion in sight, they couldn’t possibly starve, could they? His pregnant daughter-in-law needed nutrition.

"Big brother, you can’t just stand by and watch me starve. It’s not easy providing for my family," Wang Zhengjun pleaded shamelessly to serve his purpose, "My daughter-in-law is pregnant and counting on me to bring back food to save her!"

Miao Fengqin slapped her thigh, "Oh my goodness, you should think of your elder brother, don’t make things difficult for him. It’s not easy for him to be the Brigade leader. He’s being watched all the time! You city folks dine on city grain, have you any idea how difficult it is for us in the countryside with vegetables for half the year and grain for the other half? We didn’t speak up in past years, and our survival was only thanks to luck. Now that our fields are finally yielding something, we’re exhausting ourselves day and night to collect it. Once it’s dried, the choice pickings go first to the state as tax, then to you city folks! There’s a national policy that grain reserves cannot exceed 1 percent. Where do you expect your elder brother to get several hundred jins of grain from?"

Wang Zhengjun’s face turned sour, "Sister-in-law, I was talking to my brother!"

"So, you recognize your elder brother but not your sister-in-law? Your elder brother is like a father, isn’t your elder sister-in-law like a mother?" Miao Fengqin scoffed coldly, "We are two halves of a whole. If you don’t recognize me, then he’s not your elder brother! And if he’s not your elder brother, then he doesn’t need to satisfy your outrageous demands!"

She couldn’t help but wish she didn’t have such a detestable brother-in-law. To think he sees himself as someone important, when in reality, everyone finds him nothing but a joke.

"Big brother..." Instead of responding to Miao Fengqin, Wang Zhengjun turned to his kind-hearted elder brother, "I’m only asking for this one thing, can you really refuse me?"

Despicable and shameless!

Feng Qingxue, who came to Wang Zhenguo for a letter of introduction, formed this judgment after listening to their conversation. Demanding such a large amount of grain, just who does he think he is? Even national leaders would not dare to make such demands!