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

Mr. Fang was so angry that he pinched his philtrum hard. “You’ve wasted all your education! Even that silly girl in our brigade was betrothed by her parents and they accepted a dowry. You’re just a worker, and you didn’t accept one? You’re a worker, aren’t you?”

Jiang Wenhua ate a big goose leg, and seeing how angry Fang's father was, he still had the mind to pat him on the back. "Uncle, you really have to listen to me. The reason I'm not giving a bride price is because I'm planning to do something big!"

Father Fang: "Even if you become the factory manager, you still have to give a bride price."

Jiang Wenhua: "I discussed it with Xiao Fang, and we plan to include our Fang family surname in the names of our future children."

Mr. Fang was shocked. "What?"

Jiang Wenhua used a clever trick: "What do we live our whole lives for? Isn't it just to continue our family line? You get your son a wife, your daughter-in-law gives you a grandson, and the grandson continues the Fang family line. Isn't that right?"

Mr. Fang nodded.

Jiang Wenhua: "Now that your daughter has married me and her children have taken your surname Fang, all her children will be named Jiang Fangmou or Fang Jiangmou. Will your family then prosper?"

Mr. Fang retorted, "Why would I need her to give birth to a grandson? It's not like I don't have a son."

Jiang Wenhua leaned closer to him, "Uncle, think about the child I had with Xiao Fang. They'll definitely have a bright future. What about your other grandsons? Will they have the chance to become workers or even factory leaders?"

Their parents didn't leave the village, so how can they expect to? In other words, even if they do leave, will they have a higher starting point than my and Xiao Fang's children?

Xiao Fang and I are both smart, and we're already factory workers. Our future children will only be more capable than us. As for the grandson your son and daughter-in-law give you, first they'll have to leave the village, which will be a tough step. And even if you gamble that one of them is a genius, do you know how to educate him?

In other words, if you want me and Xiao Fang to help educate your genius grandson, first you need to have such a grandson, right? Whether you can even have one is uncertain. So, to be on the safe side, Xiao Fang and my child have a higher starting point.

"Think about it for the future. You can tell everyone in the village, 'You have several grandsons in the city, all smart and clever, and you have parents who are leaders. Once that gets out, who in our village wouldn't envy you?'"

Mr. Fang fell into deep thought. "You really want the child to take my surname?"

Jiang Wenhua and Fang Yingdi had discussed having two children, and from the beginning, his view on marriage and relationships was based on fairness, so this was the name he and Fang discussed.

So he nodded solemnly, “I can write you a guarantee. If I fail to keep it in the future, you can take this guarantee to report me. I’m going to be a leader in the future, and this will be a stain on my record.”

Mr. Fang was tempted, but he was still conflicted about the bride price.

Jiang Wenhua continued to persuade him, "Uncle, think about it, when you get your son married, does the woman's family expect you to give them a bride price?"

Mr. Fang: "How is that possible?"

Jiang Wenhua: "That's right. Xiao Fang and I will also give you a grandson. Not only did I not accept your betrothal gifts, but you are asking me to accept betrothal gifts instead. Think about it, is that right?"

Mr. Fang hesitated and shook his head. "Something doesn't seem right."

Jiang Wenhua: "So, shouldn't you be grateful that I gave your Fang family a chance to show off? With a son-in-law like me, shouldn't you be secretly happy?"

At that moment, Fang's father seemed to have a sudden realization. He quickly snatched another goose leg from his eldest son's bowl and put it into Jiang Wenhua's bowl. "Little Jiang, I told you you're a good boy. I'm relieved that Sanya is with you! Eat, eat more. You're so thin. You need to eat more, otherwise when will my grandson be able to come out?"

Jiang Wenhua shamelessly thanked her, then put the goose leg into Fang Yingdi's bowl. "Little Fang should eat more to nourish herself. She is weak and didn't eat well before, so I feel so sorry for her."

Mr. Fang shouted, "Mom, bring the fish that the brigade distributed to Xiao Jiang and the others later, take the biggest one."

Jiang Wenhua and Fang Yingdi returned home laden with gifts. Fang's father even lent them an oxcart to take them a long way before reluctantly asking them to have more children for the Fang family.

Fang Yingdi stared in disbelief as this man tricked her parents so badly that they no longer listened to the words of Fang's sons.

He even went so far as to say that he would bring his younger sister, Siya, to the city and prevent them from marrying off to anyone else.

Mr. Fang was unhappy, saying that since they were no longer accepting betrothal gifts for Sanya, why were they still taking Siya away?

Jiang Wenhua then proceeded to persuade the elderly couple that going to the city was the best thing for them.

Fang Yingdi thought she had gained some experience after meeting all sorts of people during this period, but if she wanted to learn Jiang Wenhua's eloquence, Fang Yingdi was frustrated and thought that even if she had another hundred years, she would not be able to come up with such words.

Later, when she told Grandma Xia about this, Grandma Xia sighed deeply.

Grandma Xia's original words were: "Don't even mention you, even I couldn't have come up with such a thing. Xiao Jiang's bad ideas are beyond what ordinary people like us could come up with."

With the Fang family matter resolved, Jiang Wenhua began to deceive his mother.

Jiang's mother is easy to deal with; as long as her stepfather is persuaded, she won't object.

Jiang Wenhua already knew how to persuade her. Her mind was the most rotten. No matter how he and Lao Xia tried to persuade and educate her, it was completely useless. Even if they managed to persuade her at the time, she would revert to her old ways in the next few days.

Later, the two of them, along with Xiao Fang, developed a feature from Jiang's mother: whenever they came up with a new persuasive phrase, they would first let Jiang's mother use it.

If Jiang's mother didn't listen, those words wouldn't have any effect on others either.

If Jiang's mother takes this to heart and can maintain it for a week, then this advice will be enough for someone who is somewhat awakened.

If Jiang's mother listens to this and can maintain it for a month, that would be incredible. This statement would be a powerful weapon against others, with a success rate of 90%. The remaining 10% of failures are those who try to persuade someone like Jiang's mother.

The wedding was officially set, and in the days that followed, Fang's father gradually came to regard Fang Yingdi as his son. After all, whoever could give him a grandson was his son, right?

And he's such an accomplished son.

From the moment Fang Yingdi became pregnant, her father would often travel great distances to visit her. No matter what good things he had at home, he would give her half of them. No matter how much his sons objected, it was no use. Fang Yingdi was carrying the most promising grandchild of the Fang family.

Later, Jiang Wenhua successfully dismantled the deputy factory director's clique. Seeing that his power was waning, he took early retirement. Before leaving, he smiled bitterly and said that he had spent his whole life judging people, but he had been defeated by a young man like him.

Although he left, Jiang Wenhua did not become the deputy factory director immediately. Instead, like Chen Xiangbei, he followed Director Song and continued to learn.

He only got his dream job after the older generation of leaders retired.

Fang Yingdi was officially elected as the new Women's Director at that time.