Reborn in 85: Starting with a family split and becoming the richest man, the ungrateful wretch regre

Grandma Lu shouted at the top of her lungs, "My son has been dead for eighteen years. She has been a widow in my house for eighteen years. Last year, she suddenly said she wanted to work at the fertilizer factory and has never come back since. She has been hiding from us. That's why I came here to look for her!"

The neighbor was somewhat disappointed. After being widowed for so many years, she heard that both of her children had gone on to university, so it was normal for her to remarry. However, it was not very proper for her not to mention it to her husband's family.

Old Mrs. Lu saw through her neighbor's thoughts and sneered, "Do you think I'm angry that she remarried?"

“I’m angry that she encouraged my eldest son to embezzle village funds for his wife and children. My eldest son was reported last month and is still in detention. He has been expelled from the Party!”

“She never did anything in our family, but she was always finding fault and causing trouble for eighteen years, which forced my eldest daughter-in-law to move out with her three children.”

The neighbor was stunned and exclaimed, "My goodness!"

"How much money did they embezzle? They'll have to pay it back to the village."

Just as Grandma Lu was about to speak, Guan Xiuqin suddenly opened the door, tears welling up in her eyes, and said, "Mom, your eldest son is almost forty years old. He's not stupid. Would I encourage him to be greedy?"

"Didn't he do all the embezzlement himself?"

After hearing this, the neighbor and several other residents who had gathered around also calmed down instantly, realizing that the old lady Lu was deliberately making a scene.

With a cold face, Old Mrs. Lu questioned Guan Xiuqin: "Stop talking nonsense! Do you dare to swear that if Jianjun embezzled money and spent it on you three, you will all die a horrible death!"

Guan Xiuqin took a step back and said excitedly, "Mom, you...you come in first and talk."

Grandma Lu shouted at the top of her lungs, "You wouldn't dare, because you really did spend all the money, seven thousand yuan, Guan Xiuqin, where did you spend it all?"

"I don't!"

Guan Xiuqin immediately retorted.

The neighbors upstairs and downstairs were all speechless when they heard this; such an outrageous thing doesn't happen often.

Grandma Lu pressed aggressively: "How much did you spend?"

With red eyes, Guan Xiuqin grabbed Old Mrs. Lu's arm and said, "Let's go inside and talk."

Grandma Lu angrily retorted, "Hmph, you were just pretending to be dead, did you think you could get away with it? You've done so many despicable things, and now you want my son to take the blame for you!"

"I'm not going in. I'll just sit in front of your house and curse you, you bloodsucking slut!"

Guan Xiuqin noticed that the neighbors were looking at her strangely, and hurriedly tugged at Old Mrs. Lu's sleeve, saying, "Mom, please, let's go inside and talk about it."

Grandma Lu remained seated on the ground, her face extremely gloomy: "Don't pull me. Jianjun has been completely drained by you three all these years, and now he's ended up with a broken family and in jail."

"You just pack your bags and leave, washing your hands of everything, and then you want to become the factory director's wife? Bah!"

"You must make up for the seven thousand, or I'll follow you wherever you go. I'll let everyone know what kind of person you are!"

Guan Xiuqin cried with tears streaming down her face, looking pitiful, and said, "Are you trying to force me to my death?"

"Where would I get that much money? Qingqing and I were swindled by Lu Yang a while ago, and we almost ended up in jail because of him."

"You really think all that money was spent on us three? Lu Yang is shrewd and cunning; he definitely spent the lion's share!"

Grandma Lu looked at her with a stern face: "Stop pretending. You may be able to charm men, but you can't charm an old lady like me!"

"We've lived together for almost twenty years. Do you think I don't know what kind of people we are?"

"I'd believe you if you said Lu Yang tricked you and almost got you arrested, but there's absolutely no way he would spend the money Jianjun embezzled!"

Guan Xiuqin cursed inwardly, thinking that the old bastard knew everything perfectly well.

Seeing that she couldn't hide it any longer, Guan Xiuqin thought for a moment and said, "Mom, have you eaten? I haven't had an appetite lately. I just cooked some lean meat porridge but haven't eaten it yet. You can eat while we talk."

She knew that Old Mrs. Lu had a particular fondness for food, so she said that on purpose.

Grandma Lu turned her head and looked at the stairwell, only to find that Lu Yang was no longer there.

She then picked up her backpack and went into the house with Guan Xiuqin.

Guan Xiuqin naturally noticed her reaction and cursed Lu Yang inwardly. She knew without a doubt that Lu Yang was the one who sent this old bastard here.

After they closed the door, upstairs, Granny Xu covered her mouth and laughed, saying, "What did I tell you? She's a vixen. She's lucky if one out of ten things she says is true. You didn't believe me before!"

“You all say she has had a tough time, supporting two children through university on her own, but look at her hands. Do they look like they’ve been working in the countryside for almost twenty years? Even my daughter, who grew up in the city, doesn’t have such fair and delicate hands.”

Old Mrs. Chen chimed in, "That's right. She works as a tester at the fertilizer plant, which is the easiest job in the whole plant, but she still complains that there are too many test reports to fill out and that it's tiring. People like her don't feel tired doing the kind of work where they lie in bed and shout to collect money."

People around couldn't help but laugh. A neighbor asked in confusion, "Why would her brother-in-law embezzle village funds to spend on her and help raise her children?"

Granny Xu rolled her eyes: "Yu Tong, why do you think that is? You've been forced by your sister-in-law to raise three children alone. Why do you think that is?"

"You'd better keep a close eye on your daughter from now on, keep her away from her, and don't let her lead her astray!"

Yu Tong glanced at her neighbor across the hall and felt annoyed. How could there be such disgusting people in this world?

The group didn't try to hide their conversation at all. After discussing it in the hallway for a while, they left the building.

Such a thing would spread throughout the entire neighborhood within a day.

Guan Xiuqin stood at the door with a gloomy face. Of course, she had heard clearly what people outside were saying about her.

She turned her head and saw that Grandma Lu had already finished eating three large bowls of lean meat porridge.

Seeing Guan Xiuqin staring at her, Old Mrs. Lu gave a mocking smile and said, "In the Lu family, making you do housework is like taking your life!"

"It takes three hours to cook a pot of pig feed, and a whole morning to wash five pieces of clothing. The rice you make in two hours tastes just like pig feed."

“I used to think you were a good-for-nothing, but your lean meat porridge is actually pretty good. You were just pretending before.”

With only the two of them present, Guan Xiuqin dropped the pretense and said coldly, "Of course I'm pretending. Do you think I'm that idiot Tian Zhaodi? Do you think I'm someone who does whatever you say, working myself to the bone all day long and still getting all the humiliation!"

Grandma Lu put down her bowl, let out a burp, and said, "Tian Zhaodi will definitely have a much better life than you in the future."

Guan Xiuqin laughed as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world, and tears streamed down her face.

"How could that good-for-nothing Tian Zhaodi possibly be doing better than me?"

"Who does she think she is? I can easily defeat her. She's suffered countless losses at my hands over the years, but I've never met anyone dumber than her!"

Grandma Lu took a sip of water and said, "She has Lu Yang, and Lu Yang earns money for her to spend."

"What do you have? You have two ungrateful wretches who keep asking you for money."