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

After Yang Su went back with Old Chen, he stayed up all night, planning to have Old Chen ask Chen Xiangnan and Chen Xiangbei for money when they returned.

But those two bastards took the money and ran away, never to return.

That night, Yang Su tossed and turned, feeling restless and agitated, while Old Chen next to her slept soundly.

The next day, as soon as it was light, Yang Su couldn't stay in bed any longer. That was several hundred yuan; anyone would be frantic if they lost it. Seeing Old Chen sleeping like a log, Yang Su was furious and woke him up.

Old Chen was sleeping soundly when he was disturbed, so he was in a bad mood. Besides, he thought Yang Su was a gentle person, unlike Old Lady Xia who would slap him at the drop of a hat. So he vented his morning grumpiness on Yang Su, "What are you doing so early in the morning?"

Yang Su didn't care about his tone; all she wanted was to get her money back. "Brother Chen, what am I going to do about my money? Xiang Nan and Xiang Bei didn't come back at all last night."

After taking a nap, Old Chen almost forgot about the money. It wasn't his money, so he didn't really care. "Money? Didn't I promise you I'd ask them? What's the rush?"

Yang Su: "I'm just worried that if I find a suitable job, I won't have the money to buy it. Although that money might not be enough, at least the amount I need to borrow won't be too much. I can't possibly use your money, can I?"

Old Chen: "At worst, I'll cover for you. Why are you so anxious about such a small thing?"

Yang Su was still worried. Her original plan was to have Old Chen find a job and then have him use his connections to pay for it. She would keep her own money in case her children needed it in case of an emergency. But now the money was gone and the job was still uncertain, which made Yang Su very anxious.

If she finds a job, and Old Chen pays for it, then she can let those two brats take her money. Anyway, she won't pay Old Chen back, so it's even, and she can even make a little profit. But right now, there's no news about Old Chen finding a job.

"Old Chen, how's your job search going?" Yang Su asked. "I ran into the rural affairs office the other day, and they're pressuring me again. My second son... what am I going to do?"

Old Chen: "There really aren't any good jobs these days. You have such high standards, you don't want him to do manual labor but you want to work in a good department. Those positions are reserved for the children of leaders, how could we possibly get them? We have to wait for an opportunity, don't we?"

Yang Su also wanted to find Wang Ming any job to get by, but the boy couldn't handle hardship at all. He had been in poor health since childhood. If he really did manual labor like the eldest son, his body definitely wouldn't be able to take it, and he would have to go to the hospital again, which would be a loss.

Moreover, if he just takes a job with no career prospects and earns that little salary for the rest of his life, what kind of good wife will he be able to marry? He has high aspirations, so what if he ends up being a bachelor for the rest of his life?

Yang Su was heartbroken. She wanted to tell Old Chen what was on her mind, but Wang Ming wasn't Old Chen's biological son. If she told him, Old Chen might call her pretentious and say she wasn't a real man.

But the rural affairs office was really pressing for him. After thinking for a moment, Yang Su said, "Brother Chen, how about a regular position in the office? Please help him out. I'm afraid someone will come knocking on my door if it gets any later."

Old Chen scoffed: "So what if they went to the countryside? My Xiang Hong went to the countryside too. After she came back, she worked as a sales clerk at a supply and marketing cooperative in Shanghai. Now she's found a job again and she's doing just fine."

Yang Su: "But going to the countryside is so tough."

Old Chen: "You spoil your child too much. My Xiang Hong, a girl, can endure hardship. Is your Wang Ming, who is so tall, not as good as my Xiang Hong? As parents, sometimes we just have to let go."

Yang Su was stunned. What did this old man mean by that? Did he not actually help her Wang Ming find a job, and was he just giving her empty words all day? Judging from this, he didn't care about Wang Ming's life or death at all. "Old Chen, are you determined to send my second son to the countryside?"

Old Chen still didn't understand. "If we want to be good comrades, we have to respond to the call!"

Just as Old Chen closed his eyes to take a nap, Yang Su flipped him and the bed over. His old bones were nearly crushed to death. He struggled to crawl out from under the bed, pointed at Yang Su, and said, "Are you trying to kill me?"

Yang Su was furious. She felt like she had been deceived by Old Chen's previous words. He had said that finding a job would be so easy, that he could just ask him to, that he had found a job for his second brother, and how capable and respected he was at the machine factory. He had clearly promised her that he would definitely find a good job for Wang Ming and would never send him to the countryside.

But, they've only been married for a short time, and this old man's words have changed. He's talking about responding to the call, bah, he's preventing his three kids from doing so.

Is it because her second son went to the countryside that he can still create a persona outside, saying how great he is, and taking credit for Wang Ming's work in the countryside?

That bastard! Before marriage, I could coax him with anything, but once we got married, he slowly started to show his true colors.

Fine, since he's already shown his true colors and isn't even going to find Wang Ming a job anymore, then she's not going to pretend anymore. She's lost her money and her job, so what's the point of her pretending anymore?

What nonsense about being gentle and virtuous, what nonsense about being kind and gentle? Screw it, Yang Su is going to show him who she really is today.

"Ah~" Yang Su yelled and started smashing things. These things belonged to the Chen family anyway, not hers, so she didn't care.

"Old Chen, you're a liar, I'll never believe you again."

"You said you'd help me find a job, but now you're saying you won't."

"You said you wanted to ask your two sons for my money back, but you almost forgot after you took a nap."

"You said you would take good care of my child and me, and now you're trying to force me, aren't you? You're trying to drive me crazy."

Old Chen was about to scold Yang Su, but he swallowed his words back. Seeing that Yang Su had rummaged through all the clothes and blankets, throwing them around, stepping on them, and tearing them, he was heartbroken. "Yang Su, don't get agitated. Talk to me properly. These things aren't cheap. Aren't my things all yours? We're family."

Yang Su: "Go to hell! You've forced my son to go to the countryside, how can I be family with you? You feel sorry for these dead things, but my son, a living person, is about to be taken to the countryside, why don't you feel sorry for him? You're just a money-grubbing old man."