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

Chen Xiangnan is very troubled lately. Although his wife has died, he still thinks he is in a good position.

Although he's unemployed, he still has some money. Although he's remarried, he only has one daughter. His parents are both alive, though they can't offer much help, and outsiders don't know that.

However, when matchmakers came to his house and told his mother they wanted to introduce him to potential partners, his mother always smiled and dismissed them.

He didn't understand why other parents cared so much about this kind of thing, but his mother was different. It seemed like his mother would rather he remain a bachelor.

Over time, people stopped caring about him finding a partner, and he became the second bachelor in their compound.

The first one, naturally, is Hu Jie, who has been single for several years and has no plans to remarry. The second one was originally thought to be Xiao Ma, after all, he has both physical and mental health issues, but who would have thought he would actually have a wife.

It seems he still has to rely on himself. Images of several girls flashed through Chen Xiangnan's mind, but they were all too good for him, and he was a little hesitant to try.

The other party's parents definitely won't agree. What if he invests too much upfront and ends up losing everything? He'd be at a huge loss.

Chen Xiangnan had a bad start today, almost getting caught by the Red Guards, and failed to sell half of his goods.

He brought about ten eggs home because he didn't have enough eggs at home. His daughter, Lingling, only had one egg a day, so he bought all the eggs himself.

When he turned into the alley where he had spoken to Zhao Hui, he found people inside, and just like before, a man and a woman.

Chen Xiangnan immediately jumped off his bicycle, backed it a bit, and then hid behind the water tank where his mother had hidden, and began to listen to the gossip.

He recognized the man; he was Wang Dahai, the eldest son of Aunt Wang in their compound.

Speaking of Aunt Wang's family, they are a hot topic of conversation in the compound.

Aunt Wang's father was a section chief in the Industry and Information Technology Bureau. He was assigned there after retiring from the army.

He only had one daughter, Aunt Wang, which was very rare in that era.

He was truly a desirable man, so many people had their eyes on him, but he had no intention of remarrying and rejected many suitors.

Later, he directly found a son-in-law for his daughter, a man he had been observing for a long time and had his eye on.

A man who lost both his parents but took over his father's job.

After Aunt Wang's husband moved in with her family, everyone took Aunt Wang's surname and called him Uncle Wang/Brother Wang. Aunt Wang's father only had one request for him: to treat his daughter well for the rest of his life.

Uncle Wang immediately swore that if he treated Aunt Wang badly, he would let lightning strike his family's ancestral grave.

After hearing this, Aunt Wang's father felt that this child was a tough guy and would definitely have a bright future.

Uncle Wang is quite a character. After climbing up to Aunt Wang's father, he started to slack off.

Although Aunt Wang's father's position as section chief may not seem very useful, he actually has influence in various aspects, and although he has retired from the army, the camaraderie he formed with his comrades from back then remains.

These things are bound to give Uncle Wang more resources.

With so many resources, even if one doesn't strive hard, a normal person would at least want to be a minor leader.

But Uncle Wang is different. He used to perform quite well at the factory, but he started slacking off after getting married. He avoids doing anything if he can, and he avoids taking any certification exams.

All these years, his rank has remained unchanged.

Back then, he was younger than Old Chen, but at the same rank. Now, even a fool like Old Chen has become a minor leader, and is about to be promoted, but what about him?

He was still that incredibly lazy man; even before his father died, Aunt Wang felt he had chosen the wrong person.

They had four sons, but two of them died young.

Fortunately, Aunt Wang was strong-willed and got a good job thanks to her father's connections; otherwise, her family would probably have been dirt poor after her father's death.

Although Uncle Wang is not ambitious, he is very good at managing household affairs and firmly believes that as a son-in-law who has moved into the wife's family, he should take on the role of the wife in charge of external affairs and the husband in charge of internal affairs.

He always acted as if Aunt Wang was the boss, always smiling and easy to get along with.

If they hadn't lived with him for several years, they would never have known that he could get into a fight with a salesperson from the supply and marketing cooperative over a time when the price of fatty and lean meat was the same, but the salesperson gave him more lean meat.

In this era, fatty meat is more popular than lean meat, and most of the time it is more expensive.

Finally, they even ended up at the police station, where he argued vehemently, leaving the police speechless with his twisted logic.

After Shengli got the meat he wanted, he straightened his clothes, shook hands with the other party and apologized, saying that he had used harsh words and left everyone confused.

After getting the benefit, he reverted to his usual refined and courteous demeanor.

This is something that only those who have been his neighbors for several years would know, but Aunt Wang's feelings towards her cheap husband are even more complicated.

For example, after causing a scene at the police station, Uncle Wang returned home politely. After closing the door, he neatly cut the meat, placed it in a basin, and put the basin on the table. He then sat down beside it, waiting for his wife and children, who were taking a nap, to wake up.

The meat was placed in a spot where they could see it as soon as they stepped out of the room, and he was prepared to listen for praise, sitting in that position for two hours.

At that time, Aunt Wang's youngest son, Wang Dahe, was still a child. He had just woken up and wanted to pee when he saw his father smiling at him with a stiff face. He was so frightened that he peed himself, leaving him with a lasting trauma. As a result, he rarely smiled when he grew up, and had a perpetually expressionless face.

In the end, Uncle Wang was chased around the courtyard several times by Aunt Wang with a broom, and she even ordered him not to eat meat.

Such things are commonplace in Aunt Wang's household.

Besides Old Ma, Aunt Wang was the one in the compound who was most concerned about her son's marriage. She wanted to find him a gentle, kind, and understanding normal woman to be his wife.

There are just too many abnormal people in their compound. Sometimes Aunt Wang even wonders if normal people are a rare species in their city.

But looking at the young men and women in the factory, I realized that there are actually quite a few normal people. I just don't know why so many abnormal people are concentrated in their compound.

You can just look up and there's some weirdo there.

Therefore, Aunt Wang's requirements for finding a wife for her eldest son were very low: she just needed to be a normal woman who could speak reasonably and wouldn't do anything strange.

With such conditions, one would think that any matchmaker could introduce them to many girls. Aunt Wang had already met several with her eldest son.

Every time he went out to meet a girl, she was perfectly normal, but the next time she would either say she didn't want to meet her son anymore, or suddenly get sick, or something would happen that caused a problem, or she would suddenly act strangely when she came to their compound.

Sometimes, Aunt Wang wondered if the feng shui of their courtyard was bad.

She was heartbroken, and dared not speak of such things lightly, so her eldest son, now quite old, still hadn't found a wife.