Chapter 684: The 1950s Motherhood System (Chapter Concluded)

Consequently, the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law gradually intensified.

Neighbors living next door to the Zhuang family could hear the sound of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law arguing every other day.

Xie Yang listened to the Main System relish in broadcasting the live, ongoing farces of the Old Zhuang Family, and raised her eyebrows: She hadn't even exerted any effort to take revenge yet; simply by withdrawing from the Zhuang family, with no one left to raise their child with cerebral palsy and no one left to work like a beast of burden for them, this family had already managed to make a mess of themselves?

But how could this be enough?

The suffering the original owner endured in her past life was far more than this.

When the time was ripe, Xie Yang wrote an anonymous letter to Beijing.

Sent along with the letter was a stack of evidence materials that the Main System had helped collect.

"Mingcheng, it's bad! Something has happened to my family!"

That day, Chen Wanru received an urgent telegram sent from her maiden home, went to the Post Office to make a phone call home, and heard this bolt from the blue from her mother's mouth.

"Your father, he—he is being investigated! If things go poorly, he might be made an example of and sent down to a Nongchang! What should we do, Mingcheng! What are we going to do!"

Zhuang Mingcheng was also stunned upon hearing this.

What! The father-in-law had been toppled?

And toppled completely, sent straight down to a Nongchang?

Then what was he supposed to do? He was still waiting for his father-in-law to pull strings for him so he could find an opportunity to return to his post!

Now that his father-in-law had been toppled, could he still go back? Would he be implicated?

"What exactly did Father do? How could it be so serious?"

Seeing that he was actually using a tone of blame toward her father at a time like this, Chen Wanru couldn't help but be incensed by shame and anger:

"What else could it be! Sitting in his position, even if he didn't want to accept gifts, there were plenty of people who would take the initiative to shove them into his hands. Also, when you were reported and removed from your post back then, if it weren't for my father maneuvering behind the scenes, do you think you could have had it so easy? Now you're actually blaming my father! Zhuang Mingcheng, you have no conscience!"

Zhuang Mingcheng cried injustice: "How do I have no conscience? I was just asking a question in passing. Is it wrong to be concerned?"

"It better be! Hmph!" Chen Wanru glared at him.

At this moment, the young couple was too busy arguing to realize how fiercely the fire in Beijing was burning.

It wasn't until several days later that several public security officers came to the Old Zhuang Family.

Only then did they know that Chen Haiping, the towering tree that sheltered his children, had fallen, and the mistakes Zhuang Mingcheng had committed were also dug up, with the mud clinging to the roots, to be held accountable once again.

In addition to the misappropriation of public funds, the case of "conniving with parents to buy a Child Bride" was also brought back to the table.

He was taken away by public security for investigation and was subsequently sentenced to labor reform.

Chen Wanru was unwilling to go to the Nongchang for reform with him, so she published a notice in the newspaper to dissolve their marriage, abandoned her young son who was still in the month of confinement, and returned to Beijing alone.

Before the couple Qiu Caohua and her husband could recover from the series of blows—the incident with the in-laws and their son being sent down—they had to shoulder the responsibility of raising their two grandsons.

A bolt from the blue!

Looking at the eldest grandson with cerebral palsy and the youngest grandson in swaddling clothes, Qiu Caohua felt like she wanted to die.

"Oh—why is my life so bitter—"

While the villagers were sympathetic, they weren't saintly enough to help the Zhuang family raise their grandsons.

Qiu Caohua's brothers from her maiden home were also completely unreliable.

Since Qiu Caohua had no money to raise her grandsons, she went to find her brothers to have them repay the money they had borrowed from her in the past.

Her sister-in-law made excuses about having no money, then offered her a lousy idea: "Doesn't your Shili Village have an orphanage built specifically to take in orphans? Why don't you just send the children there! Don't talk about face or no face; how much is face worth anyway? Isn't it good to have someone else raise your grandsons for you? You're all in the same village anyway; if you miss your grandsons, you can go see them whenever you want."

Believe it or not, Qiu Caohua was actually moved by such an outrageous suggestion.

Upon returning to Shili Village, she went to find the village secretary to explain the situation, wanting to foster her two grandsons at Nuan Shu Zhi Jia.

The village secretary's face turned black upon hearing this: "Nuan Shu Zhi Jia takes in orphans of martyrs. Your family's two children aren't without a father or mother; even if their parents aren't by their side, don't they still have you as their grandfather and grandmother?"

"But at our age..."

The Zhishu Xifu took over the conversation: "Then find someone to help. When Xiao Xie raises seven children and can't manage alone, doesn't she pay out of her own pocket to hire people to help? You are the biological grandmother of the two grandsons; are you even reluctant to spend this little bit of money? It's not for me to say, Sister Caohua, but money is something you can't bring with you when you're born and can't take with you when you die. If it should be spent, it must be spent. If you don't spend it now, when are you planning to hide it until?"

Qiu Caohua: "..."

Where was she hiding any money!

Her money was either borrowed by her brothers and not repaid, or chewed to pieces by rats.

The clothes and household items her son took to the Nongchang were things she had emptied her coffin savings to provide!

Her daughter-in-law ran away the moment she could; let alone helping Mingcheng, she didn't even leave a single cent for raising her son.

"Old Zhuang Family member, I advise you not to set your sights on Nuan Shu Zhi Jia. Nuan Shu Zhi Jia was built with the approval of the township and funded by Xiao Xie; it only provides support and assistance to the descendants of martyrs. Your family's children are not suitable."

Even though the village secretary said this, Qiu Caohua was still unwilling to give up.

She always felt that the reason Nuan Shu Zhi Jia could open was partly due to her son's contribution. Without the money her son gave, would that little slut surnamed Xie have the money to adopt other people's children?

Consequently, she took her two grandsons directly to Nuan Shu Zhi Jia.

Xie Yang called the police, and after the public security officers arrived, she accused Qiu Caohua of "abandoning her grandsons as a grandmother."

Qiu Caohua was taken away and detained for two days; when she came out, her expression was haggard. After that, she was much better behaved.

Just like that, the couple Qiu Caohua and her husband were forced to walk the path the original owner had once traveled.

Without the original owner's uncomplaining care, the ungrateful wolf child didn't have enough to eat or wear in this life, not to mention he was frequently beaten and scolded by Qiu Caohua, who vented all her pent-up resentment on him; his days were truly miserable.

Knowing that their family was doing so poorly, Xie Yang felt relieved.

In this plane, she played the Farm Game, stockpiled Fish, meat, vegetables, and fruits, indirectly supported five-digit numbers of children all over the country, helped over a hundred thousand people anonymously one after another, donated batch after batch of supplies from the Smart Farm, and when she was truly bored, she could eat melon and watch the farce of the Old Zhuang Family's messy life; her days were nothing if not fulfilling.

By the sixties, entering that special period of history, Shili Village, blessed by "miracles," had become a paradise on earth unaffected by the storms of the outside world.

Although during this period, it wasn't as if no one had set their sights on "Nuan Shu Zhi Jia."

Once, a new person in charge was even parachuted in, attempting to replace Xie Yang and take over "Nuan Shu Zhi Jia."

Before Xie Yang stepped down, she had Ace move the Smart Farm modules into the deep mountains and had the Main System retrieve everything she had taken out into the Aircraft Cargo Hold.

These things disappeared in front of everyone's eyes, so they couldn't blame her.

She was happy to return to her own home, close the door, and live her own little life.

However, what was there to fight over regarding Nuan Shu Zhi Jia, which was left with nothing but an empty house and a few children waiting to spend money?

Not only did they fail to gain any benefits, but their "backyard" also caught fire!

These people dared to covet even an orphanage that adopted the children of martyrs, which showed they were not "clean" people at all; a casual investigation revealed quite a few shady dealings.

Xie Yang had the Main System deliver the concrete evidence it had investigated to the desks of the relevant high-ranking officials in charge.

Very quickly, these people were all caught.

Other public officials took this as a warning, which consequently led to a reduction in many unjust, false, and wrongful cases.

Since then, no one dared to come to Nuan Shu Zhi Jia to cause trouble, because this place was truly protected by "immortals"!

Including the entire Shili Village, it became a paradise untouched by the storms of the outside world.

As the adopted children grew up one by one—

Some achieved academic success and, after graduation, were assigned to scientific research units and development departments; some, although not great at studying, had a good head for business, and after the policies were relaxed, they jumped into business, and once they made money, they returned to the village to build bridges and repair roads, contributing much back to their hometown; others stayed in the village, got married and had children when they reached the age, contracted hills and fields after the Reform and Opening-up, and after the tourism industry flourished, they opened homestays and restaurants right there, their lives also full of promise.

As for Xie Yang, after the Farm Game System reached its maximum level and she unbound from the reluctant Ace, she traveled around feeling light and carefree, and when she was about to leave this plane at the end of her natural life, she donated the jar of gold, silver, and valuables that had been dug up when the pond was originally excavated in the name of Xie Yun and his daughter, then headed off to the next Task plane...

{End of this volume}