Fast-forward to the era of cannon fodder

Chapter 1419: Honest Woman 2
Ever since Zhou's mother came, Zhou Dabao gave all of his monthly salary to her, and forced the original owner to hand over all her salary. When the original owner had her period, she didn't even have money to buy toilet paper, and she had to ask her mother-in-law for money.

"Why buy toilet paper? That's a waste of money. The money didn't come from the wind. You can just use some rags and sew some ash in them to pad your toilet paper. You can wash it and reuse it."

Over time, the original owner became the workhorse of the family.

There is work to do, shifts to attend, and money to earn, but I cannot spend a penny of the money I earn on myself. I haven't bought new clothes in several years since I got married. I wear the same clothes over and over again. When my shoes have holes, I just patch them up with cloth and wear them again.

In contrast, Zhou Dabao and Zhou Xiaomei buy new clothes and shoes every quarter. Zhou Xiaomei also buys vanishing cream, silk scarves, and hair ties.

All the money spent was the original owner's and Zhou Dabao's salary.

Whenever the original owner asked to buy new clothes, Zhou's mother would scold her, "Everyone's clothes need to be worn for three years, mended for three years, and mended for another three years. When you got married, our Zhou family gave you two new sets of clothes, which were enough for you to wear for more than ten years."

Whenever the original owner objected, Zhou's mother would pretend to have difficulty breathing and be so angry that she was about to die, which scared the original owner so much that she never dared to talk about buying clothes again.

The original owner was so insecure in her husband's family, partly because of her personality, and partly because she gave birth to a daughter and didn't get pregnant again for more than ten years. Mother Zhou scolded her every day for occupying the nest without laying eggs, saying that she was an old hen that couldn't lay eggs and had ruined her son.

She cursed the original master for wanting to cut off her Zhou family's bloodline.

The original owner felt that she had let down the Zhou family and her husband, so no matter how hard and tiring her work was, when she returned home, she would do her best to serve her family comfortably.

In 1999, Zhou Lingling was admitted to Didu University, but Zhou Dabao stole her admission letter and gave it to another girl to go to university instead of her. Zhou Lingling was knocked unconscious by her mother and sold to a fool in the city as a daughter-in-law for 50,000 yuan.

It happened that the original owner's mother was seriously ill during those days, and she insisted that the original owner go back to her parents' home to take care of her for a few days. When the original owner came back, she learned that her daughter was married to a famous idiot in the county who was known for beating people. She was so angry that her heart stopped and she died suddenly.

After death, the original owner's soul has been lingering around the Zhou family.

Only then did she discover that Zhou Dabao had an old lover in the countryside, an old widow who was five or six years older than her.

Zhou Dabao has had an Oedipus complex since he was a child and likes women older than him. At that time, Zhou Dabao was only 19 years old, just graduated from high school, and had not found a job yet. He did not do farm work in the village. He strolled around the village all day long dressed in formal attire to attract the attention of women.

Liu Yuxiang is five years older than Zhou Dabao. Her husband had just died, and she was a young and beautiful widow. Zhou Dabao, who was fair and delicate, was just her type. They fell in love at first sight and soon became a couple.

When Zhou's mother found out about this, Liu Yuxiang was already pregnant with Zhou Dabao's child.

To others, Liu Yuxiang said that she was pregnant with her deceased husband's posthumous child, and the time difference was only ten days or half a month, and no one discovered that she was lying.

Zhou's mother was furious, but she didn't dare to make a fuss, for fear that it would ruin her son's reputation. So she used the pension left by her eldest son Zhou Daquan to buy a job for Zhou Dabao in a textile factory.

After Zhou Dabao came to the city to work, he interacted less with Liu Yuxiang, but he would still return to the countryside during holidays to secretly visit Liu Yuxiang's house to see his son and have sex with Liu Yuxiang.