Reborn as an 80s-aged woman, her unfilial son begs for forgiveness on his knees.

"Comrade Zhang Wenying, Pan Xiaoming also condoned others to commit evil deeds outside during his labor reform. He was convicted of multiple crimes and this time, he was sentenced to life imprisonment."

As for you and Comrade Shen Mo, you have made a great contribution this time. The city has decided to award you the title of "Advanced Individual in Righteous and Courageous Acts" and a bonus.

Zhang Wenying waved her hand and smiled, "I don't care about titles or anything like that. As long as those bad people get the punishment they deserve and my daughter and son are safe and sound, I'll be content."

"You deserve the title, and you also deserve the bonus. The city remembers the contributions you and Comrade Shen Mo made this time."

Comrade Zhang Wenying, our country needs good comrades like you who are not afraid of powerful forces and dare to fight against evil forces.

Don't worry, the sky in Haishi will become increasingly bluer in the future.

The leaders of Shanghai personally visited Zhang Wenying, shook her hand, and solemnly promised to thoroughly rectify the public security system and restore a bright and clear world for the people.

The news of Zhang Wenying and Shen Mo being praised made it into the newspaper, and their photos appeared on the front page.

In no time, Zhang Wenying and Shen Mo became household names in Shanghai. Walking down the street, people would always recognize them, greet them warmly, offer them cigarettes and water, and some would even insist on treating them to a meal.

As the daughter of a hero, Li Xiaomei naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.

At school, her classmates looked at her with admiration, and even her teachers praised her for having a good mother.

This made Li Xiaomei both proud and somewhat uncomfortable.

She remembered something her mother often said: "The real heroes are not those who stand in the spotlight and receive applause, but those who silently persevere in the darkness and light a lamp for others."

But she is still proud of her mother.

As for Wang Fang, she instigated Pan Xiaoming to find someone to retaliate against Li Xiaomei. She was also expelled from school and detained by the public security authorities in accordance with the law.

Li Xiaomei had already let her off the hook once, but she showed no remorse and even tried to ruin Li Xiaomei's life.

This time, the law did not give her another chance.

Li Jianguo secretly went to Ma Hongping's place again.

However, Ma Hongping's cooking skills were not as good as Zhang Wenying's. Li Jianguo put down his chopsticks after a few bites, feeling empty inside.

"Hongping, I give you twenty yuan a month, why don't you ever cook some meat for us?"

During this period, all he ate when he came over was cabbage and radish, and he was so tired of it that his mouth was practically tasteless.

If you eat here and walk back, you'll get hungry again very quickly.

Ma Hongping slammed her chopsticks on the table and sneered, "Twenty yuan? Do you think this is twenty years ago? Pork is now 1.5 yuan a pound. How many pounds of meat can you buy with twenty yuan?"

Also, my son is growing a lot and eats more than an adult every day. With that little money, we're lucky if he can even eat his fill.

If you don't like the food, bring more money!

Li Jianguo was speechless, and silently shoveled down a couple of mouthfuls of rice, but in his mind he couldn't help comparing Zhang Wenying to the woman in front of him.

Although Zhang Wenying had a strong temper, she never skimped on food or clothing for him and the children. No matter how tight their finances were, there was always a dish of meat on the table.

Moreover, Zhang Wenying has now become a hero, receiving both bonuses and honors.

Today, several of his old coworkers at the factory were laughing at him, saying he was blind to have such a good wife and insisted on messing around with another woman.

Li Jianguo felt increasingly uneasy.

"What, you're having second thoughts?"

Li Jianguo, don't forget that you and I have a son.

The men in my family will find out about this sooner or later; I can't hide it from them anymore.

"Once I divorce that man, you have to marry me, or I'll expose this to your factory and make you suffer the same disgrace."

Li Jianguo's chopsticks fell to the table with a "thud," and his face instantly turned extremely ugly.

"Ma Hongping, why are you saying all this now?"

"You were the one who kept pestering me back then, and now you're blaming me?" Li Jianguo lowered his voice, a layer of fine sweat appearing on his forehead.

How could he marry Ma Hongping?

Why are you so stubborn?

Although your husband is not particular and is a bit vulgar, he can earn money.

Every time he comes back, doesn't he bring you money and gifts? Wouldn't it be better for you to live a good life with him than with me?

Besides, as long as my son stays here, no one will dare to bring up his identity.

But if you divorce your husband, your son will be criticized and called an illegitimate child, which will hurt your son's feelings.

Isn't it good that we're like this now?

Let's be a couple in name only, you live your life, I live mine, and we can take care of our son on both sides. Neither of us will suffer.

Think about the money your man has; many families can't save that much money in a year.

Hongping, I like you very much, and I really don't want you to go out and be pointed at and talked about.

Don't worry, I will always take care of you and our son.

Come to my house tomorrow night.

I live alone there now, and there's no one to do my laundry.

"Come and help me do the laundry."

If he doesn't wash soon, he won't even have any clothes to change into.

In the past, Zhang Wenying would wash his dirty clothes clean and fold them neatly, placing them on the bedside table.

But now, he can't even find a clean shirt.

Upon hearing this, Ma Hongping quickly nodded: "Okay, then I'll go over tomorrow night."

Remember to leave the door open; don't make me wait too long at the door, it wouldn't look good if someone saw me.

I never expected that Jianguo would actually ask her to go to his house!

She had been with him for many years, but had never been to his home. She had mentioned it a few times before, but he always made excuses to avoid it.

The fact that he took the initiative to speak up shows that he still has feelings for her.

No rush. As long as she becomes more sensible and diligent, Li Jianguo will definitely marry her in the future.

Why isn't that old shrew Zhang Wenying dead yet?

Not only did he make a lot of money, but he also became a model citizen in the city.

That old bitch, does she even deserve it?

Ma Hongping felt a surge of jealousy and hatred.

Just wait, she's determined to defeat Zhang Wenying and make Li Jianguo completely hers.

Two days later, Shen Mingyuan came over to bring food again.

"Comrade Zhang Wenying, tomorrow is my senior's birthday banquet."

I asked you about it a couple of days ago. What's your decision? Would you do me the honor of coming along?

Shen Mingyuan's gaze was sincere, and his tone carried a hint of expectation.

"Don't worry, the senior said that as long as you go over and help cook two dishes, he will give you a hundred yuan as a service fee."

Money was secondary; he just wanted her to make an appearance so the old general could see if Zhang Wenying was indeed his daughter.

Zhang Wenying nodded without hesitation.

"I will definitely do what I promised."

What time tomorrow? Where? I'd like to prepare the ingredients in advance.