Reborn as a Superpower Girl in the 80s
Chapter 227 is causing a stir

Chapter 227: Chapter 227 is causing a stir

Zhang Dezheng took his last drag of the cigarette, "No, Luo Qiao wouldn’t be looking for trouble. If Luo Qiao’s foster mother treated her well, she wouldn’t have sent her back to the countryside to suffer. Let’s get something to eat first, and then we’ll go wait outside the Great Theatre’s family compound."

Zhang Dongze saw the conviction on his father’s face and stood up, "Alright, then where can we go to find something to eat?"

Zhang Dezheng replied, "When we came over just now, I saw a state-run restaurant after the turn. Let’s head that way."

In Chaoyang Commune, the news had spread throughout the production brigades: Qingshan Village Secretary Zhang Dezheng had been expelled from the Party, stripped of his duties, for his daughter, who, out of jealousy for someone doing better than her in exams, had resorted to harming them.

This news, somehow, spread like wildfire in just one morning, and many who had attended school with Zhang Qiaoyan had trouble believing it.

However, there were a few who didn’t get along with Zhang Qiaoyan, claiming she had always been pretentious and deceived everyone; perhaps she had inadvertently revealed her true nature this time.

When Shang Hongying heard the news at her parent’s home, she didn’t know whether to be happy or angry. Her younger sister-in-law had often targeted her, frequently using her primary school education as a point of contention.

Now that trouble had arisen, at first she felt a schadenfreude, but upon hearing that things could escalate to being sent to a reformatory, she began to worry too.

In truth, she couldn’t comprehend—wasn’t Luo Qiao fine? Why had the police detained her sister-in-law, who was now reportedly sent to a detention center in the county?

As she was lost in thought, someone pulled back the curtain and walked in.

Shang Hongying looked up to see her mother, stood up and said, "Mom, I was thinking of going back today. With such a big incident happening at home, no matter what, my mother-in-law has been good to me. I want to go and see her."

Shang Hongying’s mother, Cui Aiqing, responded, "Okay, go back. Your sister-in-law has always looked down on you with her airs and graces, but after all, she’s in trouble now, and it’s only right for you to return at this time."

When Shang Hongying returned to Qingshan Village, the villagers looked at her strangely. The lazy Sun Yushan, who had a grudge against the Zhang Family, deliberately said loudly, "Oh, isn’t this Secretary’s daughter-in-law Hongying coming back? Oh, my bad memory.

Hongying, you haven’t been in the village these past few days, and your family has had so much going on. You should hurry back and check on things."

Shang Hongying didn’t care for her sister-in-law’s antics, but she had respect for her mother-in-law, who was kindhearted and had been good to her. Ignoring Sun Yushan, she went straight to her own home.

As she stepped through the door, she heard her mother-in-law speaking, "Xiaomei, what will become of Qiaoyan? The county says that in her situation, she could be sent away within a week." She was overcome with emotion as she spoke.

Shang Hongying felt worried, not so much for Zhang Qiaoyan, but for the reputation she might bring down on the Zhang Family. The idea of her child having such an aunt, becoming a laughingstock among other children, made her angry.

Zhou Xiaomei heard someone at the door and raised her head to see Shang Hongying coming in, "Hongying is back."

Shang Hongying nodded, "I heard about the family’s situation, so I packed up and came back. Mom, where are dad and Dongze?"

Wang Chunnian, relieved to see her daughter-in-law had returned, immediately began to cry again. Hongying approached her mother-in-law, "Mom, crying won’t solve anything; it will only make the village people laugh at us even more."

Zhou Xiaomei, hearing her nephew’s wife’s words, thought that’s exactly the kind of temperament needed at a time like this. Her sister-in-law must be panicked to tears, having cried all the way back from the county today—Xiaomei had never seen her like this before.

Wang Chunnian, after hearing her daughter-in-law’s words, also realized she had been so worried that she acted foolishly, as crying to death would solve nothing. She then said, "Hongying, your father and Dongze have gone to the city. I don’t know if they can find Luo Qiao, let alone persuade her to soften her statement."

Shang Hongying thought to herself that she wouldn’t soften her statement either—if someone had tried to harm her to death, why should they expect her to let it go just because they say a few good words?

But she said aloud, "Dad and Dongze will figure something out, mom. Don’t worry too much. You and Auntie sit down; I’ll go clean up a bit."