Chapter 277

Closing the door.

Jia Zhang started cursing loudly.

She was even angrier than Yi Zhonghai, after all, the money was being donated to the Jia family.

Wan Ping'an ruining the donation meeting was equivalent to cutting off her source of wealth; cutting off someone's source of wealth is like killing their parents, not to mention the two families already had a grudge.

"It's over now!"

"I had originally planned to have Yi Zhonghai hold a donation meeting every two months so our family could live better."

"But with Wan Ping'an messing it up, it'll be impossible to hold donation meetings in the future."

Jia Zhang was grinding her teeth so hard they were about to break.

Jia Dongxu didn't say a word.

Jia Gensheng was gone; he was the saddest person, and also the most anxious.

When Jia Gensheng was alive, when Jia Zhang threw a tantrum, there was someone to share the fire, but now he had to bear it alone.

"Why are you hanging your head?"

"Just now at the donation meeting, why didn't you even make a peep?"

"What's the use of me having a son like you?"

Jia Dongxu's ominous premonition came true.

Jia Zhang was venting her anger on him.

He could only endure it silently, not daring to talk back.

He knew very well that if he didn't talk back, Jia Zhang would curse for a while and be done with it; if he dared to talk back, it wouldn't just be a matter of cursing for a while.

"I'm hungry, I'm going to cook."

Jia Zhang cursed for a while, and her stomach growled.

"Mom, there's no grain left, give me some money, I'll go buy some."

Jia Dongxu said in a low voice.

In 1950, they hadn't entered the era of ration coupons yet.

Whether buying grain or meat, no coupons were needed; money was enough!

"What money?"

"Go find Yi Zhonghai, he promised to take care of us."

Jia Zhang covered her pocket.

She didn't want to take out a single cent.

"By the way, after you start working, you must hand over all your earnings to me."

"You're too young, I'm afraid you'll spend money recklessly. I'll save your money for you to use when you get married, do you understand?"

Jia Zhang remembered a very important matter.

When Jia Gensheng was working, she controlled the family's economic lifeline.

When Jia Dongxu went to work, she still had to control the family's economic lifeline.

She knew very well that the one who managed the money was the boss.

Even in the near future, when Jia Dongxu got married, she would still have to control the family's economic lifeline; a daughter-in-law was meant to be a beast of burden.

She absolutely couldn't compete with her for family status!

Jia Dongxu had no choice but to go find Yi Zhonghai.

"Your mom won't give you money to buy grain?"

Yi Zhonghai was slightly stunned.

Then he reacted.

When Old Jia was still alive, Jia Zhang controlled the Jia family's economic lifeline.

"Fine, I'll give you ten jin of cornmeal, take it back and eat it first!"

Yi Zhonghai brought ten jin of cornmeal.

He planned to observe for a while longer; if there were no problems, he would take Jia Dongxu as an apprentice and cultivate him carefully, making Jia Dongxu his old-age provider.

Jia family.

"Look, didn't I say so?"

"If you go find Yi Zhonghai, he won't let you go hungry."

Jia Zhang was triumphant when she saw Jia Dongxu had gotten the grain.

She took the bag and opened it, and her face turned black again!

"Why is it cornmeal?"

"I wanted fine grain, I want to eat white flour, not cornmeal!"

Jia Zhang was very annoyed.

"Mom, having cornmeal is good enough."

"Mom, why did the First Elder lend us grain?"

Jia Dongxu was confused.

Having just entered the new society, everyone was poor.

Many people still couldn't get enough to eat, and most families didn't have enough for themselves, so how could they lend grain to others?

"Why do you care so much?"

"If he dares to lend it, we dare to take it. Why aren't you going to cook?"

Jia Zhang lay down on the bed.

Just waiting to eat.

Wan family.

"Ping'an, you were truly amazing just now!"

"The First Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder in the courtyard, plus the deaf old lady—the four of them combined are no match for you."

"And that Seeing Shazhu, he's just too stupid."

"If he were in our village, listening to others instead of his father, his father would definitely break his legs."

Just got home.

Qin Huairu was chattering excitedly, admiring Wan Ping'an very much.

For a long time.

Qin Huairu finally calmed down.

"There's another good show tonight, do you believe me?"

Wan Ping'an said with a smile.

"What good show?"

Qin Huairu was confused.

"Given Jia Zhang's personality, she definitely won't swallow this insult."

"I estimate she'll come to retaliate tonight."

Wan Ping'an was one hundred percent sure.

This wasn't an unfounded guess.

Being provoked during the day and retaliating at night was something Jia Zhang had done several times.

Either smashing windows.

Or splashing feces.

Or stealing things.

In short, disgusting tactics.

"What do you plan to do?"

Qin Huairu was a bit excited.

She could see Wan Ping'an take action again.

"Of course, I'll teach her a harsh lesson."

A cold light flashed in Wan Ping'an's eyes; one shouldn't be polite to animals.

Dinner.

The two of them ate another chicken.