Old Lady Zhang's Rebirth: Going Mad! Severing Ties with Family! Becoming Incredibly Rich!

"Want to eat but can't you cook for yourself?"

Zhang Guiying immediately retorted, "Don't you have hands or legs? I'm an old woman, do you expect me to serve you? Do you think I'm owed anything by you?"

Zhang Xia's face was covered in spit. "Mom, I was comforting the child."

Zhang Guiying continued her tirade, "Zhao Dabao and Zhao Xiaobao are five years old, not five months old. Can't they walk yet, or haven't grown legs? Why do you need to carry them and comfort them?"

"You never hold the child unless it's absolutely necessary, but when it's time to cook or do housework, you're glued to the child's arms. You cunning, sly devil, do you really think I'm blind?"

Taking the opportunity, Zhang Guiying set a rule: "Put the child down and go to the kitchen to cook. From today onwards, I will no longer serve you."

Zhang Xia didn't want to go.

Zhang Guiying usually does all the housework, like washing clothes and cooking. If she takes over, will she be able to get rid of these chores in the future?

Zhang Xia held her child, looking troubled. "Mom, it's not that I'm lazy, it's just that my cooking isn't as good as yours. Our whole family loves your cooking."

"You're not lazy? You're the laziest person in the whole family. You're the only one who doesn't work. If it were someone diligent, they would have done all the housework by now. And you? You're arrogant even though your cooking is terrible. If you can't cook well, learn. If you can't learn, get out!"

"I'm so old, do you heartless bastards expect me to serve you for the rest of my life? When I die, are you all just waiting to starve to death?"

Zhang Xia was furious. "Mom, why are you yelling at me? Even if I'm not the best, I can still cook. The fourth and fifth sons have never even stepped into the kitchen. Why don't you talk about them?"

The two brothers, who had just gotten off work and were taking a shower shirtless in the corner, both turned pale at the same time.

If you're going to argue, then argue.

Why bring them along?

They've worked all day, can't they even rest when they get home?

Zhang Guiying's rules were originally set for everyone, and she didn't spare the two of them either. "Fourth and fifth sons have to do it too. From now on, all of you will take turns doing housework. When the eldest son's family leaves, it will start with the third son's family. Each shift lasts for a week. Anyone who has any objections can get out of the house!"

Zhao Jinzhong protested, "Mom, I can't cook."

"If you don't know how, then learn. If you still can't learn, then pack your bags and get out of here. Don't get in my way!"

"mom……"

"If you have a problem, keep it to yourself. If you can't hold it in, get out now!"

"..."

Zhao Jinzhong gritted his teeth in anger and muttered under his breath, "It's all my sister-in-law's fault. If she hadn't brought us up, Mom wouldn't have made us do chores or scolded us."

Zhao Xueyi shook his finger. "Fourth Brother, you're wrong."

"Um?"

Zhao Xueyi sternly corrected him, "Mom scolded you for not taking me with her."

"Do you want to cook and do housework?"

"In no mood."

"Then you object! My voice alone is too weak. If we both object, Mom will take it seriously."

Makes sense.

Zhao Xueyi turned to Zhang Guiying and saw his mother glaring at him with eyes blazing with fury, as if she would beat him to death if he dared to object.

Without any hesitation.

Zhao Xueyi decisively turned his head back.

He raised his voice and said righteously, "Fourth brother, your thinking is unacceptable. Even crows know to feed their parents and lambs know to kneel to suckle. Mother has served us all her life. Now that we have grown up, it is time for us to repay Mother."

As he spoke, he grinned and gave Zhang Guiying a fawning smile. "Mom, I have no problem with taking turns cooking and doing housework. If I don't know how, I'll learn. Someone as smart as me can definitely cook a meal without any trouble."

Zhao Jinzhong stared at Zhao Xueyi in disbelief.

After a long pause, he managed to squeeze out two words through gritted teeth: "Traitor!"

Zhao Xueyi didn't like hearing this, so he corrected him again, "Fourth Brother, I'm just being pragmatic."

"..."

Zhao Xiazhi and Zhao Qiuzhi, who were washing clothes in the yard, also agreed to the decision.

Zhang Guiying's expression softened, and she immediately announced another matter, "Your father and I are getting old and need to save money for our retirement. Starting today, we will no longer give the third son's family the 15 yuan monthly subsidy."

Zhang Xia's world has collapsed.

The family ate and lived at home. Zhang Guiying gave them 15 yuan a month, which was just enough for household expenses. Zhao Chengxin was able to save all the money he earned.

If Zhang Guiying doesn't give them the money, they'll have to pay for it themselves.

Zhang Xia complained about being poor, "Mom, Chengxin is the only one working in our family. He earns money to support four people, so we don't have much money left. Da Bao and Xiao Bao are both boys, and we still need to save money for their weddings. You can't just abandon us."

Zhang Guiying was furious when she heard this and retorted, "You're a descendant of Kublai Khan, spouting nonsense!"

"Over the years, your father and I have worked hard to support our family of more than ten people, and no one has ever starved to death. Zhao Chengxin's salary is higher than my mother's, so how come he can't support your family of four?"

"I know! You heartless bastard, haven't you been sending all my son's salary back home to support your family? I'm calling your parents right now to ask them for the money!"

Terrified, Zhang Xia dropped her child and clung to Zhang Guiying's leg, crying, "Mom, Mom, I haven't been able to support my family..."

"Snapped!"

Zhang Guiying slapped him across the face. "You didn't support your family, so you've spent all of my son's salary. You spendthrift woman, you've squandered all of my son's seventy-odd yuan a month salary. Is this how you live?"

"I don't……"

"You haven't done anything? You haven't been a spendthrift? Right, I haven't seen you buy anything for the house. Then what about my son's money? Zhang Xia, you don't have a lover outside, and you're spending all my son's money on other men, do you?"

Zhang Xia was horrified. "Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? How can you talk about your daughter-in-law like that? Having an affair is a crime of indecent assault. If this gets out, how can I face anyone?"

"What about my son's money? Tell me! If you can't give me a straight answer today, I'll kill you!"

Zhang Xia couldn't fool them anymore. After comparing the various charges, she realized that squandering money was the least serious one. She went against her conscience and humiliatingly admitted, "I've spent it all. I've spent it all."

"You spendthrift! You've squandered my son's salary from several years of work. If you don't know how to manage a household, you should hand over my son's salary to me as soon as possible."

Zhang Xia has truly experienced Zhang Guiying's fierceness today.

She couldn't argue with Zhang Guiying at all, and her eyes turned red with anger. "Fine, I don't need the 15 yuan subsidy, okay?"

"Do you have enough money now?"

"enough!"

"Then what are you standing there for? Go cook!"

This time, Zhang Xia didn't dare to say a word. She angrily went into the kitchen, turned on the light bulb, and soon a clanging and banging sound, as if venting her anger, came from inside.

Zhang Guiying pretended not to hear.

The four siblings in the courtyard didn't dare to breathe loudly.

Has Mom gone crazy today?

The siblings exchanged glances, none of them daring to slack off, and buried themselves in their work.

Zhao Chengxin rushed back during the meal, looking travel-worn. Upon seeing Zhao Binghe, Zhao Chengxin's emotions were complicated.

Zhao Chengxin was also an employee of the steel plant. When he heard about the accident in Workshop 2, he was so frightened that he thought Zhao Binghe was also in trouble, so he rushed to the hospital to check on him.

He only found out when he got to the hospital that his father had taken leave.

It was a great relief to have escaped death, but when Zhao Chengxin learned that the families of the deceased workers would receive more than 10,000 yuan in death benefits, he became unsettled again.

Seeing his father alive and well, Zhao Chengxin realized that he was mostly relieved.

With red eyes, he said, "All four workers next to blast furnace No. 1 are gone, and four others were injured... Dad, thank goodness, thank goodness you took the day off today."