Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

Huang Liping immediately became furious and stood up abruptly.

"What did you say? You spent it? Didn't you say it was for child support? You spent it?"

Huang Dajun didn't care at all, "Isn't it just money to be spent anyway? What's the rush?"

"how much is it?"

Seeing his sister get angry, Huang Dajun felt a little guilty. "Ten yuan? They're so stingy!"

In the past, Huang Liping provided him with food, supplies, money, and food coupons, which she basically gave him.

Now he's spending the money he got in the child's name.

Huang Liping yelled, "Do you have no heart? You even spend the child's money? Do you have any left? Give it to me!"

She searched Huang Dajun's body and finally pulled out a handful of loose change from his pants pocket.

She counted it and found she only had two yuan and thirty cents.

"Is this all you have left?" she exclaimed. "A roast duck only costs a few dollars! Did you go gambling again? Huh?"

Her voice startled the child awake, and he cried uncontrollably.

Huang Liping pushed Huang Dajun away, picked up the child and comforted him, saying to Huang Dajun, "You're really something! The child has no formula, and you didn't even buy half a biscuit, all you thought about was eating roast duck and drinking alcohol. Okay, you're really something!"

Knowing he was in the wrong, Huang Dajun tried to make amends, saying, "I'll go out and buy some in a bit, okay? What can such a little kid eat? I'll just feed him some rice porridge later, won't that be enough?"

Why don't you go drink some rice porridge?

"Okay, okay, I won't say anymore, alright?"

Huang Dajun left, and Huang Liping was furious. She looked at the child in her arms.

The child was not even a year old, pale and thin, and looked exactly like Jiang Lei.

No one would believe it if you insisted the child was Jiang Sen's.

Therefore, when she went to see Jiang Sen, she did not agree with her mother's suggestion to say that the child was Jiang Sen's.

She knew in her heart that Jiang Sen had never touched her, and if he really said that, what awaited her would be an even more unbearable humiliation.

It might end up like before, with people throwing vegetable scraps and rotten eggs at you.

She could only play the victim.

She has nothing now, and the only thing she can use is herself.

In the kitchen, Huang's mother whispered to her son, "We'll be relying on your sister from now on, so you mustn't anger her. If she moves out again, or if the Jiang family takes the child back, our source of income will be cut off!"

"I know, I wasn't too happy just now, so I didn't notice."

Mr. Huang sat in front of the stove, smoking and looking at the fire. He said, "I think you'd be better off going out and finding a job. You're always thinking about cheating people, and even cheating your own family. You'll suffer sooner or later."

Huang Dajun said, "We just want them to owe us money!"

Huang's mother was displeased. "You ate plenty of the things Jiang Sen brought before, and now you're saying this? It's like you've been the only one doing all the good work, and we're all the bad guys!"

Mr. Huang fell silent.

That's how it is with these things; once you've gained something, it's hard to bear the days without it.

Huang Dajun wandered around for a moment, then took a piece of roast duck from under Huang's mother's knife, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it, and left.

……

Jiang Sen encountered Huang Liping early in the morning, and felt a tightness in his chest.

This is a terrible thing that he can't get over in his two lifetimes.

The more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable I felt. I ran to a deserted spot by the Houhai Lake, parked the car, and yelled at the lake, "Ah...ah..."

He knew all along that once he returned to Kyoto, those flies and mosquitoes would definitely come after him again.

He couldn't just kill everyone; he was just getting annoyed and frustrated.

Why does this never end?

Do you have no shame at all?

He didn't want to cause trouble, but he wasn't afraid of trouble either.

Since none of you want peace and quiet, then let's not have any peace and quiet!

He got on his bicycle and rode towards the factory's residential compound.

This matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise, not only myself, but also Yingzi and the old cripple will have to worry about it.

He went straight to the neighborhood committee, and Aunt Zhao was overjoyed to see him.

"You didn't bring your wife? Come on, let's go home! We absolutely have to have dinner at home today."

"I came from work today. I was bored and thought of you, so I came."

"Alright, let's go!"

The two walked towards Aunt Zhao's house, talking as they went.

Jiang Sen came without bringing anything, saying he missed her and wanted to freeload a meal.

At noon, Aunt Zhao made noodles with soybean paste and also bought braised beef from the deli near her home.

She usually wouldn't dare to eat it, but when Jiang Sen came, she not only bought some, but also prepared to take out a bottle of wine.

"Save it for Grandpa Zhao!" Jiang Sen quickly stopped him. "I don't like drinking anyway, noodles with soybean paste will do!"

"Then don't drink it, eat more beef!"

"Where's Grandpa Zhao? Is he at work?"

“He’s still guarding the gate! The equipment factory is better than before, they built a small house for the gatekeeper, so he doesn’t come back at night, he just stays there. He eats in the factory canteen in the morning, and I deliver lunch and dinner to him.”

Jiang Sen noticed that Aunt Zhao had fried a lot of sauce, so he guessed what was going on. He took an empty bowl and scooped half of the beef out of the plate.

"You child, you eat yours, he only needs two pieces," Aunt Zhao said, refusing to let him have any.

“Don’t argue with me!” Jiang Sen said. “He’s all alone over there. He looks like he has nothing to do, but he’s actually quite busy! He’s getting old, and the weather is cold. I’ll bring that bottle of wine back to him later.”

Aunt Zhao laughed even more happily and stopped stopping him, but she kept putting the remaining beef on Jiang Sen's plate.

Jiang Sen ate heartily, and after finishing, he watched as Aunt Zhao cleaned up before getting down to business.

Aunt Zhao got angry after hearing that.

"After you told me last time, I went to see them. They repeatedly assured me they wouldn't look for you again, so why did you go again?"

"Don't get upset about this. Leave it to me. If they come looking for you again, just give me a call."

Jiang Sen nodded. "Don't get upset. They're alright, they're always the ones who lose out. I came here today because of trouble caused by other people."

"Huh? Not them? Who?"

Jiang Sen then recounted how Huang Liping had come to his door early that morning.

After saying that, he added, "I really didn't expect that she would abandon all sense of shame for money."

Aunt Zhao was furious, but she calmed down instead. "Don't worry, you don't need to get involved. I'll go to their neighborhood committee. Is there no law anymore? They're just letting one person bully them!"

Despite achieving his goal, Jiang Sen still had mixed feelings.

Aunt Zhao helped her time and time again, yet she still took advantage of her.

But if he didn't do this, he wouldn't be able to get rid of their harassment. He couldn't very well just go to their door and beat them up!

Since Yingzi came into his life, Jiang Sen feels that his temper has improved a lot.

“Aunt Zhao, don’t be angry. I know what to do. I’m just afraid they’ll cause trouble for my wife while I’m not home. Give me the food, and I’ll take it to Uncle Zhao.”

"Alright, I know what I'm doing! Breaking up someone's family adds another charge to their list. Let's see how they can act this time! Go ahead, if your Uncle Zhao isn't at the gate, just leave it on the table."

After leaving Aunt Zhao's house, Jiang Sen rode his bicycle to the equipment factory.

The main gate of the equipment factory is still the same, except that there is an extra room next to the guard post.

As expected, Grandpa Zhao wasn't there. A driver who was waiting to go in and pick up the goods said that he had gone in to check his delivery slip.

Jiang Sen left the food on the table in the guardhouse and then left.

When I arrived at the company, I saw that the people inside were still busy, and there were several tricycles moving goods in front of the warehouse at the back.

Wang Jianguo was checking the inventory in his office when he saw Jiang Sen arrive, so he put down the ledger in his hand.

"I thought you weren't coming. Have you eaten?"

“We’ve eaten!” Jiang Sen said. “Have you checked on the elementary school? Should we renovate it?”