Old Mrs. Song is reborn; get out of here, you scumbag husband and illegitimate child!

People come and go at the factory gate.

Many workers stopped to watch the spectacle.

The old man on duty in the gatehouse poked his head out, pointed at Lin Fang's back, and asked Wu Baojun:

"Section Chief Wu, whose daughter is this? She brought you breakfast so early in the morning, and she's quite pretty."

Wu Baojun was about to open his mouth to explain.

Lu Xiuyu spoke first, raising her voice to the highest register:

"She's a self-employed vendor who sets up a stall in our county. My brother-in-law kindly helped her once before, and she's been taking advantage of me ever since. She doesn't even know who she is; she's shameless for clinging to someone with a city residency permit."

A murmur of surprise immediately arose from the surrounding crowd.

"She looks honest, but she's so cunning."

"It seems like she was kicked out by her in-laws."

"These days, women in the countryside will practically sleep with anyone for a city residency permit. What's a couple of breakfast deliveries?"

Wu Baojun frowned as he listened to the surrounding discussions.

He looked at Lu Xiuyu and said, "Xiuyu, don't say such unpleasant things. Lin Fang is a very good person, and she's from a respectable family."

"Brother-in-law, you're just too soft-hearted; you can't stand seeing women cry."

Lu Xiuyu rolled her eyes at Lin Fang, completely disregarding Wu Baojun's words. "That kind of woman is best at playing the victim. If she were a good person, would she have scared Xiao Cui to tears? Or is it that in your heart, my sister who died young is not as good as her?"

As she spoke, Lu Xiuyu snatched the lunchbox that Wu Baojun had just taken from his hand.

They even snatched the fried dough stick and the pan-fried bun along with it.

"I didn't eat well last night because I was playing cards, and I'm starving this morning." Lu Xiuyu opened the lunchbox without any hesitation and took a big gulp of peanut soup. "Someone is offering me food, so I might as well take it."

Wu Baojun was stunned when he realized his hand was empty.

"Xiuyu, that's..."

Wu Baojun knew Lu Xiuyu was wrong, but his deceased wife loved this younger sister the most.

He also treated her like a spoiled little sister.

"You must have eaten breakfast in the cafeteria. My stomach hurts from hunger." Lu Xiuyu mumbled through her mouth, chewing on a fried dough stick. "This stuff is just roadside stall quality. Only you would treat it like a treasure."

Wu Baojun looked at Lu Xiuyu's matter-of-fact attitude.

He glanced again at the street corner where Lin Fang had disappeared, feeling guilty.

I was just about to ask for the things back when I ran to return them to Lin Fang.

The factory's loudspeaker came on.

The old man in the gatehouse called out, "Section Chief Wu. The deputy factory director wants you to go to his office immediately; it's urgent."

That shout wiped away the slight guilt that Wu Baojun had just felt.

He glanced at his watch, extremely anxious.

On second thought, Lin Fang is usually the most sensible and understanding person, so she will definitely understand his difficulties.

"Xiuyu, wash the lunchbox and give it to me. I need to take it to Lin Fang at noon," Wu Baojun said perfunctorily. "I'll apologize to Lin Fang again."

He turned around and ran into the factory.

She was also thinking to herself that Lu Xiuyu had been spoiled by her sister, and that she had a sharp tongue but a soft heart.

Once Lin Fang has been in the family for a while, we should try to coax Xiu Yu more. People are all made of flesh and blood, and we can always warm them up.

Only Lin Fang and Lu Xiuyu, who was munching on pan-fried buns, remained at the gate.

Lu Xiuyu stuffed the last bite of the fried dough stick into her mouth and patted the oil off her hands. "She doesn't even deserve for you to apologize."

In her eyes, no other woman is good enough for her brother-in-law.

She walked back into the shop with her head down, her steps heavy as if filled with lead.

I heard hurried footsteps behind me.

Her heart skipped a beat, thinking that Wu Baojun had a change of heart and had come after her.

Just as I was about to turn around and complain, someone bumped into my shoulder hard.

"Are you blind? What are you doing blocking the way? Stop dawdling, do you think you can pick up money from the ground?"

A middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit snorted and grumbled as he brushed past her.

He didn't even glance at her.

Lin Fang was knocked off balance and almost fell.

Watching that person's departing figure, the grievances in my heart turned into a hopeless despair.

Back in the shop, Lin Fang silently picked up a rag and began wiping the table.

The table was so clean you could see your reflection in it.

She kept scrubbing, as if she wanted to tear the tablecloth.

The ugly woman was chopping vegetables in the back kitchen.

Seeing my daughter so distracted, my heart skipped a beat.

"What's wrong now?"

The ugly woman put down the knife, and when asked, she wouldn't say anything.

She wiped her hands on her apron and hurriedly ran to find Song Xianglan.

Song Xianglan was chatting with Old Man Zhao when, after hearing Liu Chounu's description, she threw the longan peel in her hand onto the ground.

He sneered:

"She must have gotten herself into trouble at the food factory. It's good that she didn't run into Wu Baojun, but if she had run into his awful sister-in-law, with your daughter's doughy personality, she would have been completely crushed."

"Lanlan, what should we do?"

The ugly woman paced anxiously, "Xiao Fang is so stubborn, she just won't get it."

"No rush."

Song Xianglan picked up her teacup and took a sip. "Your Xiaofang is even more love-struck than Wang Baochuan, who guarded the cold cave for eighteen years. She'll have to be scolded to wake her up."

I reckon Wu Baojun's sister-in-law won't settle down so easily; she might come over and cause trouble again today.

When Old Zhao heard that there was going to be some excitement, his eyes lit up.

"Then I'll have lunch at the snack shop today."

Song Xianglan glanced at him:

"Sure, but you have to treat me to a meal while you're at it."

Lunchtime.

The store was bustling with noise.

Song Xianglan didn't offer any help, instead sitting confidently at a table near the door. She ordered a bowl of taro rice, a piece of glistening braised tofu, a dish of braised oysters, and a bowl of steaming fish ball soup.

She ate slowly and leisurely.

Old Zhao and Song Xiangmei also came over.

They ordered their favorite dishes and kept glancing towards the door while eating.

Lin Fang carried a plate and moved between the tables and chairs, her face completely pale.

A sudden screech of brakes came from the doorway.

Lu Xiuyu parked her bicycle across the doorway, carrying the unwashed aluminum lunchbox in her hand, and strode in.

She spotted Lin Fang clearing the dishes immediately.

He threw the lunchbox in his hand to the ground.

"Clang!"

With a crisp sound, the lunchbox lid flew far away.

The restaurant fell silent instantly, and all the diners stopped eating and looked over.

"You slut who sleeps around and keeps lovers," Lu Xiuyu cursed, pointing her finger at Lin Fang's nose. "All you ever do is hang out with men."

She can't resist men; she has absolutely no manners.

My brother-in-law didn't eat the peanut soup you so eagerly brought over, so he asked me to bring it back to you.

Lin Fang almost dropped the stack of bowls in her hands.

His face flushed red. "You... what nonsense are you talking about?"

The surrounding diners began to whisper among themselves.

"This Comrade Lin usually seems quite honest."

"Hey, you can know a person's face but not their heart. There are some women who look honest but are the most cunning inside."

Hearing the surrounding whispers, Lu Xiuyu became even more smug.

He stood with his hands on his hips, spitting as he cursed:

"Everyone saw you at the food factory gate this morning. You were shamelessly trying to give my brother-in-law food, but he's a decent man and didn't drink a drop. He specifically asked me to bring it back to you. Tell you to stop bothering him like that."

"Lu Xiuyu, don't go too far."

Lin Fang was trembling all over.

"It was the matchmaker who came to propose marriage, and it was also Wu's parents who took the initiative to come and meet me. I didn't try to take advantage of anyone."

"Your words, good or bad, all depend on your mouth." Lu Xiuyu stepped forward, her finger almost poking Lin Fang's face. "I've seen plenty of sluts like you. What despicable things wouldn't you do for a city residency permit?"

The ugly woman rushed out from the kitchen.

He was still holding a kitchen knife when he saw his daughter being pointed at and scolded.

His eyes were red.

Before she could rush up, a burst of laughter suddenly erupted from the table next to her.

Song Xianglan slammed her chopsticks on the table and stood up.

"Oh, I thought someone was baring their teeth and pooping here, it smells so bad."

Song Xianglan waved her hand in front of her nose. "You keep babbling on and on. Your mouth stinks more than a septic tank. You start spewing filth the moment you loosen your anus."

Who's as flamboyant and provocative as you?

You spend the first half of the night watching your brother-in-law, and the second half cuddling your own man; you're exhausted but happy.

That's too blunt.

The diners in the restaurant all stared wide-eyed, forgetting to even chew their food.

Lu Xiuyu was stunned by the scolding and glared at Song Xianglan.

"Who do you think you are, giving me the right to point fingers?"

"Saying you graduated from prenatal education is giving you too much credit. You dare to talk about manners?" Song Xianglan put her hands on her hips, her aura ten times stronger than Lu Xiuyu's. "Your stench can be smelled for miles around."

She's having an affair with a slut and yet she acts like she's the empress.

Lin Fang's blind date is Wu Baojun, and your man is Wang Dachui. Who gave you the audacity to act so arrogantly here?

The turtles in the salt pond—they've made your mark with the saltiness.

While cursing, Song Xianglan gave Liu Chounu a wink.

How could I tolerate keeping an ugly woman?

He threw the cleaver on the table and charged forward with a roar.

"Dare to insult my daughter? I'll tear your mouth apart."

Liu Chounu grabbed Lu Xiuyu's permed, messy hair and slapped her across the face with her other hand.

That slap landed squarely.

Lu Xiuyu was hit so hard that she staggered and screamed, "I'll teach you to make baseless accusations against me! I'll fight you to the death!"

"I'm going to beat you up, you shameless slut." The ugly woman grabbed her hair and pressed it down, then slammed her knee into her.

Song Xianglan stood by, arms crossed, giving instructions.

"Tear her mouth apart. Slap her, teach her a lesson for her foul mouth."

"After beating her up, we'll go settle accounts with the Wu family. Their own son is having an affair with his sister-in-law and still wants to ruin someone else's daughter."

The scene was quite chaotic at one point.

Lu Xiuyu is usually quite feisty.

He was no match for the ugly woman's desperate efforts and was pinned to the ground, his face scratched raw.

Lin Fang stood to the side, tears still streaming down her face as she watched the two people wrestling.

Her mind was filled with Song Xianglan's words about brother-in-law and sister-in-law.

Lu Xiuyu struggled to get up from the ground, her face bearing several bloody marks.

He slapped the ugly woman across the face while cursing:

"You whole family are despicable. I knew you had no good intentions. You're just dreaming if you think you can break into the Wu family and take my sister's place."

This slap seemed to wake Lin Fang up.

All the pent-up resentment, anger, and humiliation he had suffered at the factory gate that morning finally erupted at this moment.

Lin Fang grabbed Lu Xiuyu by the neck.

"If you like Wu Baojun, just say so!" Lin Fang roared, her voice shrill and distorted. "I don't have that kind of fetish for stealing men from a used woman."

You come here to cause trouble every day. You are unscrupulous, immoral, and insidious. You cheat on me and then try to smear me with your own dirty deeds.

"Aren't you just afraid that once I walk in the door, your little affair with your brother-in-law will be exposed?"

As soon as those words were spoken...

The entire audience erupted in uproar.

Lu Xiuyu's eyes rolled back as she was being pinched, and she desperately tried to pry Lin Fang's hand off.

But Lin Fang had already gone mad by then.

They held on tightly and wouldn't let go.

"Your teeth are yellow, your breath is foul, and you're all baring your teeth," Lu Xiuyu forced out the words from her throat. "You're the one who harassed my brother-in-law... Xiao Cui was so scared she cried..."

"Going upstairs to pick your ass—you really know how to elevate yourself." Song Xianglan added coldly from the side, "If you're going to have an affair, then have an affair, why bother calling yourself brother-in-law."

Half of my sister-in-law's buttocks were covered in my brother-in-law's insults directed at you immoral people.

"You're so protective of Wu Baojun, anyone who didn't know better would think you're his mistress."

The onlookers finally understood.

Their gazes turned meaningful as they pointed and gestured at Lu Xiuyu.

"So that's how it is."

"Tsk tsk, I knew this sister-in-law was being too nosy."

"Do you know this fellow student of Wu Baojun?"

Lu Xiuyu's face flushed red and then turned pale, partly from embarrassment and partly from being pinched.

Looking at Lin Fang, who was usually weak and easily bullied, she finally felt a sense of fear.

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...I don't know why I often can't see your comments in the backend, especially new ones. They only appear after many days.

Happy Lunar New Year's Eve! May all the girls be beautiful and happy!