My Beloved Super Fierce Wife
Chapter 347, the old devout woman can even act better than a trash bag.

Chapter 347: 347, the old devout woman can even act better than a trash bag.

They had struggled through life themselves; their child couldn’t suffer.

If their child could make something of himself, it wouldn’t matter if they worked themselves to death!

Hei Xiaozile received a promise that filled him with joy, and he leapt a meter high with excitement.

He bubbled with enthusiasm, "Mom, I will definitely study hard."

Thinking of the Shuangshan Brigade, which was completely different from their own, Hei Xiaozile suddenly spoke up, "Mom, that brigade is not the same as ours."

He couldn’t articulate exactly what was different but felt that everything was different.

The woman paused for a moment, "You’re talking about their spirit being different, right?"

"The members of Shuangshan Brigade live a good life; of course, they have high spirits."

Hei Xiaozile scratched his head, his eyes filled with longing, "If only our brigade could start a factory too."

Who wouldn’t want that, the woman thought.

Without the brigade cadres taking the lead, who could make it happen?

And even if the brigade wanted to initiate it, starting a factory would be difficult.

She had heard that Shuangshan Brigade had a few capable people who managed to set up the Sauce Factory.

Money in their pockets— they walk with a swagger now!

On the road, mother and son caught a ride on a neighboring village’s ox cart, and by eleven o’clock, they had returned to their village.

At the same time.

In the brigade where the two individuals—one large, one small—lived, the Dongfeng Brigade, an incident occurred that outraged the villagers.

The daughter-in-law of Widow Jin had, over a trifling matter, dumped a basket of beans into the well.

In later generations, this might not be considered a significant matter.

But times are tough these days!

Households can hardly fill their stomachs.

It was unfathomable to waste food like this.

Didn’t this act stir up public fury?

People in the village voiced various condemnations.

As the mother-in-law, Widow Jin was so angry that she slapped her already disliked daughter-in-law.

"You little wretch, a wretch doomed to the frying pan in hell, my son Gougou must have had terrible luck in his past life to marry a jinx like you.

Is it because you’ve been fed too well at home that you dare to waste food?

Those were a whole basket of beans!

Oh heavens, why don’t you strike down this jinx with lightning.

Which family’s daughter-in-law does nothing, waiting for her mother-in-law to wait on her?

I’d let that pass, but you even dared to waste food, you should be struck by lightning..."

Widow Jin slapped her daughter-in-law Xia Ru across the face.

She sat on the ground, crying out to the heavens in distress.

Standing on the moral high ground.

The people of Dongfeng Brigade were shocked to hear that Xia Ru had wasted food.

They could barely feed themselves, and someone would actually throw beans into a well?

One woman exclaimed in disbelief, "Gougou’s wife, is what your mother-in-law said true? Did you really waste food?"

If there was excess grain at home, they would take it— they wouldn’t mind!

"Who would speak nonsense about this matter! Widow Jin has a sharp tongue, but she never tells lies..." another woman chimed in.

With such a wasteful daughter-in-law, it would be better for her son to remain a bachelor.

"Throwing food into the well, she must not want to live properly.

All of us are struggling to eat, and Gougou’s wife actually wastes food...

If it were my daughter, I would break her hands."

The villagers gossiped reached her ears.

Xia Ru’s face was swollen and red, her eyes clouded with darkness.

She didn’t care about the people of Dongfeng Brigade; no matter how harshly they spoke, it was all like farting to her.

"Have you said enough?" Xia Ru asked irritably.

A slap mark marred her fair face, and her cold gaze was frightening to behold.

The crowd from Dongfeng Brigade shivered in fear.

After regaining their composure, their expressions became even more unsightly.

"Gougou’s wife, what’s the matter with you?

Could it be that you think wasting food is the right thing to do?"

"Yeah, what’s with that look? Are we wrong?"

Saying so, the women of the village looked towards Widow Jin, who was being helped up from the ground.

"Gougou’s mom, you need to properly teach your daughter-in-law! Look at the nonsense she’s talking."

Widow Jin thought of the basket of beans wasted in the well and wished she could devour Xia Ru.

When she heard the villagers seeking justice for her, her face was filled with bitterness.

"Don’t be angry, Auntie, it’s all my fault. I failed to teach my daughter-in-law properly, and that’s why she turned out like this."

Xia Ru looked at Widow Jin, her face the picture of a wronged White Lotus, and almost vomited bile in disgust.

Who would have thought this old hag could put on such an act outside, when she’s actually conniving inside?

It was infuriating that she was constantly watched by the vile mother-in-law and that man, with no chance to escape.

"...At her age, still pretending and posturing, isn’t it disgusting?"

Xia Ru glanced at Widow Jin like she was looking at trash, her expression full of loathing.

With those words, people from the Dongfeng Brigade grew even more resentful towards her, this daughter-in-law from elsewhere.

How can someone be so ungrateful?

They had heard that Widow Jin was very good to her daughter-in-law.

Every day she had eggs and even made pancakes for her; which mother-in-law treats her daughter-in-law so well?

Even to their own daughters, they wouldn’t be that generous.

Xia Ru, who had never seen an eggshell or the shadow of a pancake: "..."

Pah, that old pious woman can stuff more than a trash bag!

Just then.

A mother and son who went to Shuangshan Brigade to sell their beans arrived.

Seeing the woman’s empty basket, the villagers from Dongfeng Brigade were stunned.

"Dawang’s mom, where are your beans?" A woman who confronted Xia Ru looked at Dawang’s mom in shock and said.

Hearing this, other people cast their gaze over.

Dawang’s mom, thinking that the sale of beans to Shuangshan Brigade was good for the brigade, didn’t keep them in suspense and simply said:

"They’ve been exchanged."

When she said exchanged, everyone looking at her empty hands knew it meant sold.

The crowd was astonished, hope flickering in their eyes.

They waited for her to continue.

Dawang’s mom went on: "I exchanged them with Shuangshan Brigade, for three cents a pound, the same price as in the supply and marketing co-op.

The Sauce Factory of Shuangshan Brigade needs a lot of beans, they said they’ll take as much as we have.

I’m planning on having Dawang’s dad bring the rest of our beans over tomorrow."

At her words, everyone gasped in surprise.

"Is that true?" Even the village men were shocked.

Three cents a pound, with two hundred pounds at home, that’s six yuan.

Six yuan!

It might not seem like much, but in a village where a month’s expenses don’t amount to one yuan, it’s quite a bit.

Dawang’s mom nodded, "Really, I’ve been there myself, could there be any falsehood?

I have to go back and sort out the beans at home and deliver them to Shuangshan Brigade tomorrow, you all chat first."

With that, she planned to head home with a beaming smile on her face.

As she took a step, Xia Ru suddenly walked towards her.

"Did you say Shuangshan Brigade?"

Ever since Gougou brought her home, she hadn’t left this place.

She had no news of her parents.

And she had no idea how Lin Tang, the man she hated so fiercely, was doing.

She was eager to know news from the outside world.

Xia Ru stared intently at Dawang’s mom.

Her eyes were black like a hungry ghost possessed.

It made Dawang’s mom shiver with fear.

"What do you want?"

Thinking that Widow Jin’s daughter-in-law wanted to sabotage the brigade’s good fortune, Dawang’s mom became instantly vigilant.

"Why are you asking about this? It’s not easy for everyone to earn a little extra income, don’t think about causing trouble."

After Dawang’s mom spoke, others also began to realize.

They all glared maliciously at Xia Ru.

A woman standing next to Widow Jin, worried that she would ruin matters for the brigade, said:

"Sister Jin, your daughter-in-law’s heart is not with our village.

I don’t care what measures you take, don’t let her ruin the brigade’s good fortune.

Otherwise, don’t blame us for not considering the affection of many years of being neighbors."

The words were quite harsh.