Rebirth: Regaining Joyful Moments
Chapter 375 - 376: No Prospects

Chapter 375: Chapter 376: No Prospects

As soon as Xu Nianhua left, only Zhou He and her family remained in the house.

Zhou’s mother got straight to the point, "Xiaohe, I heard that Nianji no longer sells bean sprouts? Has he found a young man from your village to sell them instead?"

"If Nianji isn’t selling bean sprouts, what is he going to do?"

In front of her daughter, Zhou’s mother didn’t beat around the bush. She stared at Zhou He and asked, "Such a big matter, and you didn’t think to send word?"

"Mom, it’s just about letting Xu Feng learn to do the bean sprouts," Zhou He replied.

Zhou’s mother instantly slammed the table and pointed at Zhou He, "Zhou He, are you still my daughter?"

Zhou He, accused by her mother, remained silent, not saying a word.

"Sis, are you really my sister? Such a good opportunity, why didn’t you tell me?" Zhou Qiang only knew that his brother-in-law’s bean sprout business was very good. Since his brother-in-law had always handled it, he had no other thoughts.

But now that someone else was selling the bean sprouts, and that person was his brother-in-law’s cousin, he was unhappy.

He was his brother-in-law’s brother-in-law, after all.

"Good fortune should not flow to strangers’ fields. Such a good opportunity, why didn’t you think of your brother or your maternal family?"

"Have you considered that, even though the Xu family values you highly now that you’re married, in the future, you’re still going to rely on your maternal family?" Zhou’s mother thought she was giving sage advice. She said, "Look at your brother-in-law and sister-in-law, both college graduates. When they get married, won’t they overshadow you in every way?"

"Let’s not talk about your sister-in-law, as she’s going to marry out anyway. But when your brother gets married, being a college graduate will make a difference!" Zhou’s mother said, pretending to have Zhou He’s best interests at heart. "If you don’t help your maternal family now, once your brother’s wife enters the family, will the Xu family still pay attention to you, the eldest daughter-in-law?"

"Exactly, sis. If you ever get bullied, you would still need me to support you," Zhou Qiang said, implying that if she didn’t help him, he wouldn’t support her in the future.

Hearing so much criticism from her mother and brother, with them taking turns scolding her, Zhou He felt a headache coming on, her ears buzzing.

She rubbed her temples and turned to Zhou Qiang, "Xiaoqiang, do you know how to make bean sprouts?"

"I don’t know."

Zhou Qiang looked at Zhou He as if she were an idiot. If he knew how to do it, wouldn’t he just do it himself rather than asking for her help?

"At four in the morning, your brother-in-law gets up to water the bean sprouts, fetching well water back and forth, not knowing how many pairs of shoes he has worn through, even breaking a shoulder pole," Zhou He explained.

"By five thirty, your brother-in-law is already carrying the bean sprouts to the farmers’ market to sell them. He sells them all morning, and there’s no rest in the afternoon. He keeps busy until eleven at night before he goes to sleep. Do you think you could endure such hardships?" Zhou He’s words conveyed deep sympathy for Xu Nianji. Making bean sprouts was not easy, let alone that Xu Nianji also helped delivering chili sauce. Every day, as soon as he hit the bed, he would fall into a deep sleep.

If he weren’t extremely exhausted, how could he fall asleep so quickly?

Selling bean sprouts did make more money than factory work, but it was also much harder.

Upon hearing that he could only sleep a few hours, Zhou Qiang immediately gave up, saying, "Mom, let’s not do the bean sprouts. It’s just too hard."

Zhou’s mother immediately glared at him.

Zhou Qiang wasn’t afraid; he said discontentedly, "It’s true that it’s hard. Waking me up at four in the morning might as well kill me."

"No ambition!" Zhou’s mother looked at Zhou Qiang unhappily. Today, she had intended to convince Zhou He, but not even Xu Nianji had shown up, and Zhou Qiang had already backed out.