She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

Because people in the compound would be allocated welfare housing built by the factory in the 1970s—a building jointly constructed by the meat processing plant and the machinery plant—she was assigned to a place with Grandma Yin and Aunt Wang, while Hu Jie's family lived a little further away in another place.

Later, the welfare housing was demolished, and they all moved to new houses. Old Mrs. Yin still stayed with her, but as she got older, her son took her to live with him in his own home to live out her old age.

Therefore, Hu Yingying was so badly harmed by the Hu family that she would be woken up in the middle of the night.

"Tell me, how could Xiao Hu's parents and older brother be so heartless?"

Old Chen looked at Old Lady Xia walking beside him and thought to himself that Xiao Hu was quite ruthless for sending his own parents to jail, and that this old woman was also quite ruthless for kicking out her own son. He also thought that his second son's wife's family was quite ruthless for being willing to do anything for money, but he dared not say it.

"Haha, right, how can there be such a person?" Old Chen continued, following her words. "This kind of person doesn't deserve to be a parent."

After noticing that Grandma Xia's complexion had improved, he said, "Right now, I'm starting to miss our eldest brother. How about we go see him on the way?"

"We haven't visited them since they separated."

Grandma Xia: "I've figured it out. You're really despicable towards your son. I'm too lazy to hit you today. If you go, I'll deduct your five yuan allowance next month."

Old Chen was shocked: "Why? I was just going to see my son, not to do anything wrong. Why are you deducting my pay?"

"He's our own son too! How can you be just like Xiao Hu's parents, so heartless? Bao Yuan is also my eldest grandson. I'm going to see how he is. You don't miss him, but I do!"

"You've realized you're too authoritarian now, not democratic at all, you...you're just like Fax."

Grandma Xia: "Are you done scolding?"

Old Chen moved his lips, actually wanting to curse again, but he had just said some things he shouldn't have, and he didn't know how this old hag was going to deal with him this time, so he didn't dare to continue.

Grandma Xia got angry at his cowardly appearance. "Since you miss him so much, why don't you move out and live with them? Of course, since I'm also supporting your other two sons, your salary will all go to me."

Old Chen protested, "You...you're going to separate from me, why should I give you money? Not only will I not give you money, I'm going to find another wife and have her serve me comfortably. Do you think everyone is like you, always hitting or scolding this person or that person? Let me tell you, you should reflect on what big mistakes you've made against me and our family."

"It's all your fault that our house is so messy. No wonder people used to say that you should marry a virtuous wife. I..." Old Chen was furious and blurted out his true feelings. He wanted to say that you should marry a virtuous wife, but he was really unlucky to marry you. You were born to bring me bad luck.

But Old Mrs. Xia's face seemed to have changed, as if she was about to open her mouth wide and swallow him whole.

Grandma Xia's gaze shifted from Old Chen's face to the large rock by the roadside. In her mind, she could already picture Old Chen being smashed to pieces by her.

"Mom and Dad, you're back from the police station?" At this critical moment, Chen Xiangbei, that silly boy, suddenly appeared out of nowhere and was very happy to see them.

"Mom, why do you look so pale? Were you frightened by Hu Wei's corpse? What did it look like? Can I go see it? Is Brother Hu Jie still over there?"

Grandma Xia: "Go home first."

When Chen Xiangbei saw that Old Chen didn't dare to say a word, he knew that his mother was about to unleash her fury, so he immediately lowered his head and ran away.

Grandma Xia turned her head and asked, "Am I not virtuous? Do you regret marrying me? If you want to marry another husband, who will you marry? Is it that widow Huang from before?"

The third son and Old Lady Xia were indeed mother and son; their questions were exactly the same. Old Lady Xia could make Chen Xiangbei get lost, but he couldn't make Old Lady Xia get lost.

Old Chen: ...Good son, don't run away, save your dad!

Old Chen swallowed hard, then abruptly changed the subject, as if his mouth was glued shut, and spoke with great difficulty, “A wife should be virtuous. I’ve used up all my good luck to marry a virtuous wife like you. I’m so… lucky.”

"What 'Widow Huang'? I've almost forgotten about her. She's nothing like you. You're the kind of wife who's genuinely good at first glance. How can a jobless widow compare to you?"

Under Old Mrs. Xia's rage, Old Chen said all sorts of disgusting things: "You are my good wife, the eldest daughter-in-law of our Chen family. If you are not good, then others are even worse. We don't compare ourselves with those kinds of people. How can they be worthy of being compared with you?"

Grandma Xia gave a forced smile, "Really?"

Old Chen glanced at the state-run restaurant by the roadside. "Wife, what do you want to eat? I'll go buy it! Let's get some braised pork with preserved mustard greens for lunch today. We haven't had it in a long time. I remember it's your favorite, isn't it?"

He slipped away and ran off.

At the same time, he regretted it. Why did he have to bring up the eldest brother in front of this old hag? If he hadn't brought up the eldest brother, none of this would have happened.

Her resentment towards the eldest brother ran deep, so how could it be easily resolved? Of course, this didn't apply if money was offered to her; who would turn down money?

Old Chen pitifully took out his meat ration coupons and money to buy a serving of braised pork with preserved vegetables. Looking at the two cents left, tears welled up in his eyes.

How is he going to get through this month?