country bumpkin

The person who changed the most after returning to the city was Gu Yu. Her family moved away, and Sun Fei and Sun Limei watched her leave.

Yun Ya didn't miss the chance to say goodbye to Gu Yu in the city. When she returned from her grandmother's house and heard that Gu Yu had moved away, it had already been half a month since he moved.

Because of her father's job transfer, Gu Yu's family sold their house and moved to another city, where they bought a new apartment.

That city, Ningcheng, was much larger and more prosperous than their small county town, Yicheng.

Gu Yu's departure didn't cause much of a stir; it just meant losing a playmate.

However, when Sun Fei and Yun Ya play together, they occasionally mention Gu Yu, that clever little devil.

At times like these, the two would still sigh, wondering how Gu Yu was doing and whether she had made any new friends.

The Gu family's old house was sold to a despicable woman. Why do I say that? Because her whole family are bloodsuckers, a family with poisonous hearts and rotten consciences.

Here's what happened: The lady of the house was a thin, yellow-skinned widow with a mean face named Shi Zhenxiang.

Her ex-husband died in a work accident. His company paid some compensation, but this vicious woman ran away with the money and her child, abandoning her husband's elderly parents.

The children are a boy and a girl, and she has corrupted them. They only listen to her and cannot distinguish right from wrong at all.

Upon arriving in the city, after making inquiries, they learned that Gu Yu's family was in a hurry to sell their house. They took the initiative to visit them to negotiate the price and eventually managed to buy the house at the lowest possible price.

Gu Yu's house is also a brick and tile house, although it is a bit old, but it is still a very good house that doesn't leak wind or rain.

After the children's father left, Shi Zhenxiang transferred the children's household registration to her own name. Her son was renamed Shi Keliang, and her younger daughter was renamed Shi Duoduo.

She never returned to the village and moved to the city with her. Her poor in-laws could only survive on subsidies from the village committee and the help of other villagers.

After buying the house, Shi Zhenxiang didn't have much money left. She had to look for work everywhere and finally found a job as a laborer on a construction team.

After working on the construction team for a month and getting to know my fellow workers, I gradually started to get creative.

The foreman was intelligent, and she had no chance of getting close to him. After lying low for a while, she learned from other people's gossip that there was a bachelor named Tian Dali.

He was an orphan who grew up in the village, relying on the kindness of many families. He had no blood relatives; the elders in the village were his family.

When I was a child, the village helped build me a mud-brick house. Every day I helped the villagers cut grass and plow the fields, and the villagers were happy to give me some food.

As he grew up, his family was too poor, and no one was willing to find him a wife. So he remained single until he was 25.

Seeing no way out in the village, he came to the city to work. At first, he was completely clueless when he arrived in the city, so he picked up scraps and garbage.

Later, I found a job as a laborer on a construction site, and I did it for a year, honing my skills along the way.

He mixes cement and sand quickly and well, and he moves bricks quickly and in large quantities. He also learned bricklaying from a bricklayer. Now, five years later, he is getting better and better at his job and has saved some money. He plans to find a wife, get married, and start a family.

This unfortunate person met Shi Zhenxiang, a bloodsucker.

Shi Zhenxiang found out that Tian Dali had no parents and was single, and that he saved all the money he earned!

He's young and strong, and he doesn't have any powerful family backers, so he's easy to manipulate.

After finding her target, Shi Zhenxiang used the excuse of having greasy hair during lunch to get close to Tian Dali.

Tian Dali was an honest and simple man; he didn't have many tricks up his sleeve. He quickly became acquainted with Shi Zhenxiang.

After get off work, Shi Zhenxiang cooked for him a few times and helped him with his laundry, occasionally pretending to accidentally brush against his sensitive areas.

After many attempts, Tian Dali, who had never eaten meat, was finally tricked into marrying Shi Zhenxiang.

They moved in together after being together for a week. It was Tian Dali who moved into her house.

Shi Zhenxiang's two children don't call him "Dad," they just call him "Hey, hello."

When the foreman heard about this, he found Tian Dali alone to ask him about the details and repeatedly warned him, "Dali, I've been through this before. I know more than you and see things more clearly. You... are too naive. Take my advice and stay away from that woman. Otherwise, she'll be like a leech, sucking you dry until you're nothing but skin and bones."

Tian Dali paused for a moment, then thought about Shi Zhenxiang's attitude towards him. He scratched his head and said with a smile, "Thank you for reminding me, brother. I don't think A Xiang is that kind of person. She is very gentle and considerate, and she is very good to me. She even helps me with my laundry and cooks for me."

The foreman felt that there was no point in saying more. Since the man was already infatuated with that woman, no matter how much he spoke the truth, the man wouldn't listen and might even think he was jealous of him!

The foreman shook his head, sighed, and finally said, "I hope I've misjudged you and you're right. But as your older brother, let me remind you, never give her all the money. Leave yourself a way out, secretly save some money for your retirement, understand?"

Tian Dali chuckled and said, "Okay, big brother, I'll listen to you, don't worry!"

The foreman didn't know if he had listened or not, but that was all he could do to help. If he wasn't stupid, he would have left himself a way out.

After finishing his work, the foreman went off to get busy, leaving Tian Dali alone in front of the pile of bricks, lost in thought about what the foreman had said.

Shi Zhenxiang saw that the foreman had just left when Tian Dali was standing there in a daze. She wondered what the foreman had said to him and felt a little uneasy.

She asked, "Dali, what's wrong? What did the foreman say to you?"

Tian Dali snapped out of his daze and replied, "It's nothing. The foreman said that it's not a long-term solution for us to continue like this. Living together in this ambiguous way isn't legal either. Why don't we take some time to register and get married?"

This was the best solution Tian Dali could think of. He felt that as long as the two of them got married, they could live together as one. This way, he could feel at ease handing the money over to her.

Shi Zhenxiang was surprised to hear him say that, but she was overjoyed. She was just wondering how to swindle all his money, and now Tian Dali had given her a great idea.

Once they're married, she can openly and legitimately keep his savings and monthly salary in her own hands.

Seeing Shi Zhenxiang still hesitating, Tian Dali felt a pang of anxiety. [Could it be that the foreman was right? She doesn't want to marry me and is just trying to scam me out of my money.]

Shi Zhenxiang noticed that Tian Dali's expression had changed, so she quickly explained, "Dali, I didn't expect you to actually want to marry me. You don't mind that I'm a widow with two children?"

Tian Dali was overjoyed, thinking that Shi Zhenxiang seemed to agree. He immediately hugged her tightly, not wanting to let go for even a moment.

Shi Zhenxiang smiled sinisterly and smugly from his unseen shoulder.