Originally, Old Lady Zhou didn't take Lan Xin seriously and couldn't even remember her name. She just thought happily that this rural woman was pretty good because she gave her a grandson.

During the time when Zhou Sheng came to Shanghai, as the grandson of the Zhou family, the old lady Zhou, who favored boys over girls, still treated him with fondness for a while. In addition, Zhou Sheng was sweet and could coax people, so the old lady Zhou took this precious grandson with her wherever she went.

Until Lan Xin's arrival, who would have thought that this rural woman would not go to their house to make trouble, but go directly to Zhou Rongxin's unit, relying on her two money-losing daughters to force the unit to give them money to raise their daughters.

At that time, Old Lady Zhou was so angry that she wanted to fight with Lan Xin, but Zhou Rongxin was afraid of damaging the jade when killing the rat. At that time, he was dating the daughter of a leader in his unit and was caught by someone. He had no choice but to give the money to Lan Xin and the others.

After Zhou Rongxin's persuasion and with the leader's daughter hanging in front of her, Mrs. Zhou had no choice but to grit her teeth and endure it.

Who knew that in the end, he would lose both his money and his partner. Old Mrs. Zhou was so angry. She had regarded Zhou Sheng's salary as her own money, but now it was taken away by someone else.

So she was not happy with Zhou Rongxin, and she also had a bad face towards Zhou Sheng who attracted Lan Xin. Whenever she thought of the money, Old Lady Zhou would pinch Zhou Sheng several times to vent her anger, saying that he was no longer her beloved grandson.

The grumpy old lady Zhou directly handed over all the household affairs to Zhou Sheng. Poor Zhou Sheng, who had done nothing at home, did the work he had done in the past 10 years in just this one month at the Zhou family.

But in order to stay in Shanghai and become a city dweller, Zhou Sheng endured it all and registered his household registration under Zhou Rongxin, so that he could study and grow up in the city.

He didn't dare to vent his anger on the Zhou family. Instead, he hated Lan Xin and the others. He thought viciously, if Lan Xin hadn't come to make trouble, how could he have been in such an embarrassing situation?

If Lan Xin hadn't asked for the money and not given it to him, how could he be in his current situation?

Hatred twisted in his heart bit by bit.

It was September when all the schools started accepting applications. Zhou Sheng began to look forward to it. What was the difference between the schools in the city and the ones in the countryside? Should he buy some new clothes to wear, or would his classmates look down on him?

Zhou Sheng was looking forward to it, and when all the children around him went to school, the Zhou family did not register him for school. He was so angry that he made a scene at home, but was beaten several times.

Mrs. Zhou said bluntly: "Your rural mother took all the money. How can there be money for your schooling?"

Zhou Sheng was filled with hatred until he found out that Zhou Rongxin was looking for someone to marry again and was planning to kick him out. He immediately found him and threatened Zhou Rongxin that if he didn't let him go to school, he would go to his workplace and the police station to make trouble.

Originally Zhou Rongxin was still worried about these things, but after Lan Xin's actions, she had become notorious in her unit and the area, so she was not afraid of Zhou Sheng causing trouble at all.

But Zhou Sheng had a hold on him.

One third of Zhou Rongxin's salary was withheld by his company to make up for the subsidy his previous company gave to Lan Xin, and the rest was mostly taken away by Old Mrs. Zhou in his family.

Zhou Rongxin himself has little money in his pocket and is financially tight, not to mention that he now has a new girlfriend.

When dating, don’t you have to watch a movie, eat out, and buy some fruit gifts?

So Zhou Rongxin secretly took out cigarettes, alcohol and candy from the unit and sold them.

Somehow Zhou Sheng saw it and used it to threaten him. Zhou Rongxin was so scared. This was stealing company property. If the punishment was serious, he would be expelled from the company and put in jail.

Although the company might not fire him because he owed the company money, they would send him to do hard labor on the farm, and Zhou Rongxin didn't want that.

Not to mention that the Sugar, Tobacco and Alcohol Company is now going to split up, and everyone is trying their best to stay. He also wants to behave well and stay in the family, so as not to be separated into the tobacco factory.

Zhou Rongxin had no choice but to give the money to Zhou's mother and ask her to enroll Zhou Sheng in school. But who was the old lady Zhou? She just put the money in her own pocket and continued to force Zhou Sheng to work at home.

I coaxed him into thinking that the school had already started and he couldn't transfer in, and asked him to be obedient and start studying next year.

But Zhou Sheng has been a smart boy since he was young, although he didn't use that smartness in the right way. After making a fuss a few times, he realized that it was Old Lady Zhou who was just trying to fool him, and he secretly hated her.

One night, he sneaked into Old Lady Zhou's room and tried to steal money, but was caught by Old Lady Zhou and beaten up.

The shrill screams scared the neighbors so much that they called the police and the child was eventually sent to the hospital.

Old Mrs. Zhou also felt that Zhou Rongxin was a traitor because he took out the money and kept the money for himself.

The attitude of Zhou Rongxin and his son was even worse. Not to mention going to the hospital to take care of Zhou Sheng, Zhou Rongxin didn't even bother to look at him. He just rented a house outside and never came back.

The other members of the Zhou family also had a very bad impression of Zhou Sheng. They simply threw him into the hospital and did not even pay for his medical expenses.

Zhou Sheng was lying in the hospital, feeling pain all over his body. He had to deal with the doctors and nurses asking for payment, as well as various looks from the patients in the surrounding beds. He was filled with hatred.

He rested in the hospital for a week, and one day, when the doctors and nurses were not paying attention, he secretly ran away from the hospital.

When he got home, he found that Old Lady Zhou had been spreading rumors, saying that he was beaten because he stole money and that he deserved it.

Zhou Sheng found it even more unbearable to face the strange looks from the neighbors around him, as well as the children who were taken away by their parents when they got close to him.

But no matter how difficult life became, he never thought of returning to Lanjia Village.

So when Zhou Sheng heard that the Zhou family was discussing sending him back to Lanjia Village, he was furious. He didn't want to go back to that mountain valley in Lanjia Village and live a hard life where he didn't eat fine grains and white rice once a month and didn't see meat a few times a year.

They had tricked him into coming to Shanghai and allowed him to experience the prosperity of this big city. How could he tolerate himself going back to that backward little mountain village?

He hated Old Lady Zhou so much that she kept scolding him, enslaving him, not letting him go to school, and even wanted to send him back to Lanjia Village.

So he found the right opportunity and pushed her hard from behind, causing Old Mrs. Zhou to roll down the stairs and break her leg.

Because Mrs. Zhou was very conscious, she immediately called the police and said that it was Zhou Sheng who pushed her. But Zhou Sheng was still young, so he said that he just slipped and was given a lecture and sent back.

Zhou Sheng also understood a truth: when you are young, you can do whatever you want.

After Old Mrs. Zhou was sent to the hospital, the other sons, daughters-in-law and daughters of the Zhou family were unwilling to pay. They were also concerned about her job and threatened that they would not be filial to her if they didn't give her money.

Old Mrs. Zhou had no choice but to give the job to her daughter-in-law. She became a limp old lady and was so angry that she abused Zhou Sheng even more at home all day long.

So that night, Zhou Sheng, who was so angry that he couldn't stop, burned down the Zhou family's house.

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