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

"She dares!"

Zhang Guiying was deliberately trying to annoy Zhao Chengxin and his wife, glaring at them and saying, "Even if we sever ties, Zhao Chengxin still crawled out of my gut!"

"It just so happens that your father and I haven't asked them for alimony since we wrote the letter severing ties last time. That little bastard Zhang Xia dared to lay a hand on me, I'll extort her until she can't even afford to wear a cup of bitter tea!"

Zhang Guiying not only wore it herself.

He also made Zhao Binghe wear the clothes that Zhang Xia had bought for him.

Neatly tidy up.

Zhang Guiying, with an air of indifference, led the way to Aunt Zheng's house.

……

"Snapped!"

At Aunt Zheng's house.

Zhao Chengxin looked at the fermented soybeans he'd been eating on the table for half a month straight, and finally slammed his chopsticks down in exasperation. "Why are we eating fermented soybeans again today?!"

Zhao Chengxin was going crazy. "You eat fermented soybeans every day, don't you get enough? Now even my farts smell like fermented soybeans! We finally get a day off, can't you buy half a pound of meat, cook a couple of decent dishes, and give the whole family a good boost?!"

"I've been out of my parents' house for over two weeks, and my pants are already a size too loose!"

Zhao Chengxin was filled with regret.

He shouldn't have broken ties with his parents and moved out of their house!

Back when I lived at home, the food wasn't much, but my mom was a great cook and would always come up with different ways to make it delicious. On Sundays, when the whole family had the day off, my parents would buy a couple of pounds of meat to treat us.

But ever since we moved to Aunt Zheng's house.

Let's not talk about meat.

Zhao Chengxin has never even eaten an egg.

All he did every day was make fermented soybeans, and his hands and feet felt weak from working in the factory.

Zhao Chengxin was on the verge of a breakdown. "I do manual labor at the factory, and you feed me fermented soybeans every day. How can I have the energy to work?"

"Our family isn't destitute. I earn over seventy yuan a month at the steel mill. You can earn more than a dollar a day by taking on matchbox pasting jobs on the street."

"We can earn a little over a hundred yuan a month. After deducting rent and living expenses, we're left with just as much as we did when we were at home. Why can't you cook something nice for us?"

"If you don't think about us, you should at least think about the two kids. Both of them are growing, and they're eating only pickled vegetables and steamed buns every day. Look how thin they've become."

Zhang Xia was furious.

He slammed his fist on the table and started yelling, "Zhao Chengxin, you're not being honest! Did I tell you to eat fermented soybeans by yourself? You ate fermented soybeans for so long, and I ate them with you for just as long!"

"Why am I being so frugal? It's because I want to get back the money that old hag your mother took from me!"

"Everyone wants to live a good life; what can you expect to live without money?"

I thought of her money.

Zhang Xia's eyes were red with hatred. She shoved Zhao Chengxin hard, "Why are you yelling at me? If you're so capable, go find your parents! If they hadn't taken our money, would we be living such a miserable life?"

Zhao Chengxin stumbled from the push, grabbing the table to steady himself. He asked incredulously, "You mean, until we save that money back, our family will have to live like this every day?"

"right!"

"..."

Zhao Chengxin's vision blurred. "You want me and the kids to eat fermented soybeans for four years?!"

"Of course, it's impossible to eat like this every day."

Zhao Chengxin breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could finish, he heard Zhang Xia say again, "If you want to change things up, I'll have Da Bao and Xiao Bao go to the market tomorrow to pick up some vegetable leaves for you to dip in soybean paste."

"..."

Zhao Chengxin felt his vision blurring as he listened.

Zhang Xia got angry at his attitude. "You just have a job, what's there to complain about!"

"I have to do housework, take care of the kids, and even glue matchboxes around the house. I'm so busy every day I don't even have time to fart, and I still cook for you every day. What more do you want?!"

"This is all the money we have at home. If you want to eat well, fine, go ask your parents for the 4700 yuan we owe you! If you can get the money back, I'll make sure you eat meat every day, every week... every month!"

Zhao Chengxin was in despair.

If we get the 4700 back, we can only eat meat once a month!

He knew Zhang Xia was frugal, but she had never been this stingy before!

He couldn't understand why Zhang Xia was so obsessed with money.

We're not so poor we can't afford to eat, so why live like this?

If we really live like this for four years...

He's going to risk his life.

Zhao Chengxin gritted his teeth, "This is no life for a human being. If you continue like this, I'll... I'll..."

Zhang Xia glared at her, "So what if I do that?"

"I'm not giving you my salary!"

"You dare!"

Zhang Xia rolled up her sleeves and said, "A woman marries a man for food and clothing. Which man doesn't hand over his earnings to the family? You dare to ruin my livelihood? Don't say I won't show you any respect!"

"You, what do you want? You dare to hit someone?"

"If you don't pay up, I'll see if I don't slap you and that's it."

"..."

Zhao Chengxin clenched his teeth in anger.

Of the seven siblings, he was the shortest, and with no flesh on his body, he was as thin as a monkey.

Zhang Xia was a true northerner, tall and with a large frame, half a head taller than him. When Zhao Chengxin and Zhang Xia first got married in the north, they had a fight. Zhang Xia picked him up like a chick and beat him.

Zhao Chengxin was traumatized by that beating.

As a result, after so many years of marriage, Zhao Chengxin has never dared to fight back when hit or talk back when scolded.

But this time Zhang Xia went too far!

Zhao Chengxin slammed his fist on the table and started arguing with Zhang Xia. Enraged, Zhang Xia pushed away the two crying children and rolled up her sleeves, ready to fight him. Just as they were about to start, Aunt Zheng arrived.

"Hey, what are you two doing?"

Aunt Zheng rushed into the main room and pulled the two apart. "Your parents will be here soon. Aren't you just making a scene for them to laugh at?"

"My parents?"

Zhao Chengxin was taken aback. "What are my parents doing here?"

Aunt Zheng slapped her forehead, "Oh dear, what a forgetful thing! How could I forget to tell you... Didn't I sell this house? The people who bought it were your parents."

"Today is the day we agreed on to take possession of the house. Your parents will be here in a little while, and I will hand over the keys to them. Then the house will belong to your parents."

Zhao Chengxin was taken aback.

He knew that Aunt Zheng was selling the house, but she didn't say that his parents were the ones buying it.

Zhao Chengxin's face turned green with anger. "Aunt Zheng, why are you only telling us about something this important now!"

"..."

Aunt Zheng felt guilty and didn't say anything.

She was in a hurry for the money and was afraid that Zhao Chengxin and Zhao Jinzhong would find out that Zhang Guiying was the one who bought the house and try to sabotage the deal, so she didn't dare to tell them the truth.

Aunt Zheng said awkwardly, "Chengxin, don't worry. Aunt Zheng is only doing this for your and Jinzhong's own good. Mother and son don't hold grudges overnight. You're renting your parents' house, so you'll have to deal with each other a lot in the future. Maybe your relationship will improve someday."

"Who wants to make peace with that old hag!"

Zhang Xia goes berserk whenever she hears Zhang Guiying's name. "That's my money! My money! That old hag used my money to buy the house!! They robbed my family of their money, used it to buy the house, and now they want to earn my rent? That old hag is dreaming! She's dreaming!!"

The words fell.

A cold laugh came from the doorway. "You don't want to pay rent? Shameless bastard, do you think you can take advantage of me so easily?"

Zhang Guiying kicked open the courtyard gate, yelling, "Zhao Xueyi, get this shameless slut out of here!"