Old Mrs. Liang sighed, she also knew the family’s situation. The three eldest granddaughters in the family were already married off, and among the grandsons, the eldest was Liangzi. His room in the future was to be given to him when he married a wife. "Cai Feng, you know the situation at ho. You and Mom and the three nieces will have to squeeze in together."
Liang Caifeng was completely disheartened by now and said nothing, putting down her luggage. There wasn’t anything valuable, so she let them rummage through it.
She wheeled her cart out. She worked at the Agriculture Bureau. Because there were few people, there were still so dormitories available there.
She went directly to the Director, "Director, I’m divorced now and don’t have a place to live. I’m applying for a dormitory."
Ma Youcai was stunned for a mont, "Mr. Liang, you’re already at this age and got divorced?"
"Yes, I’ll submit my application right away. I have nowhere to stay tonight."
Ma Youcai nodded, "Okay, I’ll arrange a dormitory for you."
Liang Caifeng wrote the application in the Director’s office, and Ma Youcai signed it directly.
She went to take a look at the dormitory, it was a four-person room, with three already living there. Adding herself made it full.
She did a simple tidying up and then rode her bike back ho.
Her luggage, placed on the old lady’s kang, had clearly been tampered with, though she had packed it herself originally.
"Mom, give the industrial tickets and so money. I’ll be eating at the canteen from now on and will need a lunchbox."
Old Mrs. Liang now dared not provoke her daughter and handed her three industrial tickets and five yuan.
Liang Caifeng took them and put them in her pocket. "Mom, I’ve already applied for a dormitory, I’m moving out. Consider it as if I’m getting married again. I’ll send the money back to you every month."
"Cai Feng?"
"Mom, I’ve dedicated enough to this family over the years, and besides, I’m not a son, just a married daughter."
After saying that, she left with her luggage.
The eldest sister-in-law and the younger sister-in-law of the Liang family were not ho, otherwise, it wouldn’t have gone so smoothly.
Old Mrs. Liang sat on the kang, her eyes brimming with tears, her daughter was now blaming her. But she couldn’t let her son and grandson suffer either, could she?
Liang Caifeng felt a huge relief instead, and directly cycled to the dormitory, where she tidied up her bed.
However, she was lacking many things, like a washbasin and towel.
Yet she only had five yuan and three industrial tickets, and a lunchbox was quite important too.
With no other option, she had to borrow from her colleagues; she hadn’t even entered the office when she overheard them discussing her issue.
She didn’t feel embarrassed and found her best female colleague, "Xiao Fan, lend ten yuan and so tickets. I have nothing, but I need to prepare a washbasin, towel, and lunchbox. Don’t worry, I’ll pay you back when I get my paycheck this month."
"Cai Feng, you know my family’s situation, I don’t have any tickets or money."
Liang Caifeng took a deep breath, turned to look at her colleagues, seeing them all with their heads down, no one responding.
She left the office with big steps. Back at the dormitory, she broke down crying on the bed. How did she end up like this at her age?
After crying her fill, she got up and rode her bike back to her natal ho. By then both the eldest sister-in-law and the younger sister-in-law were there. She was direct, "I need two lunchboxes, a washbasin, a towel, a cup, a thermos, and food tickets. Sister-in-law, prepare them for ."
"Liang Caifeng, what kind of attitude is that? How can the family have all those things? The family is living so tightly."
"You won’t give them to ? Then I’ll pay a visit to the Revolutionary Committee. I don’t believe that over three thousand yuan can’t exchange for these."
Liang Caifeng now had nothing to lose.
"Liang Caifeng, you’re already divorced, acting like this will an you have no natal family in the future." The eldest sister-in-law said squinting her eyes.
"Do I have a natal family now? One word, will you give them or not?"
The younger sister-in-law went to bring out Old Mrs. Liang.
"Cai Feng, are you trying to force to death?"
"Mom, are you also trying to force to death? I’m a person, I need to eat, drink, and live. What? I ask for a little bit of daily necessities and you won’t give them? How do I expect you to take care of in the future then?"
"Eldest, whatever she wants, hurry and prepare it."
"Mom, we really don’t have any."
Liang Caifeng didn’t bother and turned to leave.
But she was blocked by her sister-in-law and younger sister-in-law. She looked at them and sneered, "If you have the guts, kill . Otherwise, I’ll go complain, and then you’ll all go to labor reform. That way, I have a place to stay and don’t need to squeeze in a dormitory with others. I have a job and can survive. Co on, let’s see if you have the guts."
The sisters-in-law were stunned, as if their sister-in-law had beco a different person.
"I’m so pissed, hurry up and get her what she wants. If you don’t have it, go borrow it." Old Mrs. Liang angrily thumped her cane on the ground.
The two sisters-in-law had no choice but to split up to prepare.
"Eldest sister-in-law, prepare twenty jin of food tickets for , I’m eating three als a day at a jin per al."
Liang Family’s eldest sister-in-law’s heart was bleeding, but now it was impossible not to stabilize her.
"Cai Feng, what will you do in the future?"
"I will support myself. For your sake, my family is gone. What, are you still not satisfied? Or do you want my life?"
Old Mrs. Liang clutched her chest in anger.
"Mom, you don’t need to act anymore. I was stupid before, willing to trust you, but don’t put on a show for in the future either. The Liang family owes a lifeti. Rest assured, as long as no one provokes , everything will be fine. But if soone takes a wrong turn, I have nothing to be afraid of. Do you think bare feet fear shoes?"
"Cai Feng, why have you beco like this?"
"Mom, if you were nice to from the start and treated a little better, I wouldn’t have seen through you, and I would have been like I was before. But you all left no way to live, so what do you want to do?"
"But we are your natal family."
"Yes, you are my natal family. For you, I divorced my husband, whom I was to spend my life with, and I haven’t even raised four children.
Mom, is this how you treated your natal family too? How co I rember you never gave my grandmother any money? And after my grandmother passed away, you never returned to your natal ho?
I was so naive back then? Deceived by you. Mom, you ruined my life, you ruined my whole life."
Old Mrs. Liang was infuriated, and so spoke carelessly, "That’s because you were stupid, you were willing."
The smile on Liang Caifeng’s face was uglier than crying, "Yes, I was stupid. But fortunately, my husband left a way out. I’m not afraid. Short of dying, I’ll go to the Revolutionary Committee and complain. You’re my natal family, I won’t let you go to labor reform, but you will pay back every month.
You’ll have no choice because you’ve already left a criminal record at the Revolutionary Committee.
Rember this: don’t shortchange a penny."
At this mont, the eldest sister-in-law of the Liang family ca over, "Cai Feng, Mom was just upset, don’t take it to heart. You are, after all, mother and daughter."
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