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

"Mom, what are you doing!"

Hu Lan was a little exasperated. "I've already washed these clothes twice. One more rinse and they're ready to hang up. You've thrown these dirty clothes in, and now I have to wash them all over again!"

Chen's mother said indifferently, "Then just wash it again. Summer clothes are thin. Just lather them with soap and scrub them on the washboard a few times and they'll be clean. It's not much trouble."

If it's so easy, why don't you wash it!

Just as Hu Lan was about to retort, Chen's mother sighed softly, "Your sister is in a bad mood and is still crying in the room. Hu Lan, Mom knows you're the most sensible one, so please be more understanding of her during this time."

"..."

Hu Lan took a breath and managed to suppress her anger.

After Chen's mother left, she looked at the clothes in the basin under the light and found that there were not only Chen Baozhu's clothes, but also Zhao Limin's.

Hu Lan gritted her teeth and washed the clothes.

As I washed my hands, they felt sticky.

Hu Lan took the clothes out and looked at them under the light. When she saw them, she almost threw up her dinner. Chen Baozhu's trouser legs were covered with thick, yellow snot.

Hu Lan's hands were covered in smears.

"vomit--"

Hu Lan threw off her pants, then leaned against the wall, retching violently until tears streamed down her face. After vomiting a lot of acidic liquid, she staggered to the tap, turned it on, and frantically washed her hands.

Nausea!

That's absolutely disgusting!

Hu Lan, having reached her limit, shouted, "Chen Dongguo! Come here!"

"What's wrong, honey?"

Hu Lan, feeling wronged and angry, used two fingers to pull out Chen Baozhu's pants and placed them in front of Chen Dongguo, her voice low with rage, "Look for yourself!"

"What is this? It looks disgusting."

"Isn't this disgusting? It's thick snot."

Hu Lan's stomach started churning again. She quickly grabbed a basin and threw all of Zhao Limin and Chen Baozhu's clothes in it. "Your sister's got a problem. Doesn't everyone else know she has snot on her pants? Doesn't she know herself? These disgusting clothes, she doesn't wash them herself and just makes me wash them!"

"Fine, you can give me a wash, but couldn't you at least tell me beforehand so I could rinse my nose first?"

"You didn't say anything, just smeared my hand with mud. Isn't that just deliberately disgusting?!"

"..."

Chen Dongguo was also disgusting.

But Chen Baozhu is his sister, what can he do?

"Don't be angry. This snot must have gotten on your nose when Zhang Guiying came over. That old woman is disgusting."

Knowing that Hu Lan was a clean person, Chen Dongguo rolled up his sleeves and pushed her aside, saying, "Don't move, I'll wash these clothes. You go and rest."

Hu Lan's anger subsided slightly. "Let's separate our clothes from theirs and throw them a few more times. It's really disgusting."

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely wash it thoroughly."

"..."

Hu Lan washed her hands clean but didn't go back inside. Instead, she pulled up a stool and sat down next to Chen Dongguo, complaining to him about Chen Baozhu. "I'm not saying this to be mean, but your sister is so ungrateful. She has such a good life at her in-laws' house. She doesn't have to do laundry or cook, and she doesn't have to hand over her salary. Her in-laws turn a blind eye to their secret stash of money, and she even cheats them out of their money. No wonder the old couple is angry."

Chen Dongguo was startled and quickly looked around. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found no one was around. "Why are you siding with outsiders? My sister has suffered so much injustice."

"I'm just sticking to what's right, not my own people."

Chen Dongguo glared at her.

Hu Lan glared back forcefully.

Chen Dongguo had no choice but to sigh and say, "You can say these things to me, but don't let my mother and sister hear them. They both hate the Zhao family to death right now."

"I'm not stupid."

The young couple had only exchanged a few words when Chen Dongguo, who hadn't even finished washing his clothes, was called from inside by his mother, "Dongguo, come in here for a moment, your father needs to speak with you."

"What's up, Mom? I'll be there after I finish washing the clothes."

"It's urgent, come right away."

Hu Lan was carefree and didn't think much of it. She took the clothes from Chen Dongguo and said, "Go inside and see what's going on. I'll wash the clothes."

"Alright."

Chen Dongguo casually wiped his hands on his pants and went inside. "Mom, what does Dad want to see me about?"

Chen's mother poked his forehead hard and said through gritted teeth, "You, a grown man, are being bossed around by Hu Lan. Household chores are women's work. Don't you get tired after working all day?"

Chen Baozhu immediately chimed in, "Dongguo, you can't spoil your wife. If you spoil her, she'll take advantage of you and your parents later. Let her do the work she's supposed to do. Every woman has to go through that."

Chen Dongguo was a little angry. "Sister, what are you saying? Hu Lan works all day and then comes home and does your laundry. You don't even thank her, and you're talking about her behind her back. How can you be like this?"

Dong-guk listened to her a lot when he was little.

Now that he's married, he's not on the same page as his wife anymore.

Chen Baozhu pinched Chen Dongguo's arm in anger, saying with a hint of disappointment, "You're my own brother, how could I possibly harm you?"

"Hu Lan is uneducated, so she should do more manual labor. You are a high school graduate, a cultured person, and you are different from a rough person like her."

"You've only been married to Hu Lan for a few years, and you're already siding with her like this. If I didn't advise you, you'd definitely be completely under her thumb. Just look at my father-in-law; he doesn't dare utter a single word in front of my mother-in-law, he has no manly spirit at all. Do you want to become like him?"

Chen Dongguo's face turned green. "Sister, marriage and daily life are about the mundane things like firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea. What does it have to do with education? Besides, what kind of highly educated intellectual am I?"

"Hu Lan and I are husband and wife. There's no question of one of us controlling the other. If you keep saying bad things about her, I'll get angry."

After saying that, he turned and left with a sullen face.

Chen Baozhu almost choked on her breath, pointing at Chen Dongguo's back, "Mom, look at Dongguo, who am I doing this for? He's so ungrateful."

Chen's mother was also angry, "He's been bewitched by Hu Lan."

"You've forgotten your mother after getting married. Mom, you'd better watch out and not let Hu Lan get ahead of you, or you'll be living at her mercy from now on."

Chen's mother glared at her and said angrily, "As long as I'm alive, she won't be able to turn the tables!"

Chen Baozhu was relieved.

Thinking of her money, she felt another pang of heartache, and sat on the edge of the bed, crying and cursing Zhang Guiying mercilessly.

That night.

Neither Zhao Limin nor Chen Baozhu could sleep, and they stared at each other until dawn.

The next day, after breakfast, Zhao Limin went to school with dark circles under his eyes. When he saw the strange looks from his neighbors, he wished he could tear the ground apart and disappear into a crack in the ground.

There aren't many students during the summer vacation.

The senior students finished their college entrance exams last month, and only the junior students are having extra classes at the school.

As Zhao Limin rode his bicycle to the school gate, he was stopped by a figure waiting there. The person looked delighted and said, "Director Zhao, I've been waiting for you for ages."

"Who are you?"

"I am the father of Gao Wei, a student in Class 5 of Senior Three."

The man glanced at the gatekeeper, pulled Zhao Limin aside, and secretly slipped a wad of money into his sleeve. His face was full of flattery. "Director Zhao," he said, "my son, Xiaowei, didn't get into his desired university this year and wants to repeat a year in your class. Could you please arrange that for him?"

"..."

Zhao Limin stood there, stunned.

He felt the thickness of the money in his sleeve and remained silent for a long time.