Reborn in 78, I made my fortune by working in the mountains, supporting three families on my own.

"Brother Dazhuang, I know this guy like the back of my hand! He used to gamble with me and still owes me over a thousand yuan. I'd recognize him even if he were ashes!" the pockmarked man said through gritted teeth, seething with resentment.

Wang Dazhuang was shocked upon hearing this: "What? I owe you over a thousand yuan? That much?"

The pockmarked man nodded firmly: "Yes, he borrowed a lot of money from me back then. This guy is Zhao Lei from the Peace Brigade, haven't you heard of him?"

"Have you heard of him? Never heard of him. Is he famous?"

"He himself isn't very famous, but he married three wives, each one of whom is extremely famous! The first one is Qin Yuchan, a teacher at our Tuanjie Township Elementary School, the beautiful teacher with big breasts, a big butt, and a fiery temper!"

The moment the topic of women came up, several of the bricklayers nearby became interested and gathered around.

"What? You mean Qin Yuchan? Oh my, this woman is quite beautiful, with big breasts and a big butt, she makes people's blood boil... It's just a pity that she has such a bad temper!"

"It was her. I glanced at her a couple of times when I took my child to school, and she gave me a good scolding. I'm afraid she'll make things difficult for my child later."

"Hey, yeah! You know what, I go to pick up my kid whenever I have free time, just to see this woman with a great figure. To be honest, she's really beautiful!"

"You mean, this tall man is Zhao Lei, the one who divorced Qin Yuchan?"

As if he had found a kindred spirit, the pockmarked man slapped his thigh and lamented, "That's right! This guy not only ruined such a beautiful woman as Qin Yuchan, but he also married Jiang Xinyue, the capitalist's daughter who was sent down to our village for labor reform!"

"Jiang Xinyue?"

A collective gasp rippled through the crowd.

She immediately recalled that sweet-looking, elegant, and well-educated capitalist's daughter.

When she was sent down to the Heping Production Brigade, it caused quite a stir in the neighborhood.

Unfortunately, in the early years, everyone was very hostile to capitalists, and Jiang Xinyue was like a rat that everyone wanted to kill wherever she went.

These men had the desire but not the courage; they only dared to steal a few glances from afar.

When the workers heard that Jiang Xinyue had also been taken over by the tall man who had just shaken hands with Boss Wang, they couldn't help but sigh.

"Holy crap! He even messed with Jiang Xinyue! Why does this kid only target pretty women?"

"Oh my, who can argue with that? Back then, before I got married, I was really fond of Jiang Xinyue. But my parents said she had a bad family background, and marrying a woman like that would be bad luck, and might even get my family imprisoned, so I didn't dare to marry her."

Wang Dazhuang glanced sideways at his coworker beside him and scoffed, "Heidan, you're just a toad lusting after a swan. Look at yourself, you're as black as coal, and you dare to look down on Jiang Xinyue? Do you think she'll even give you a second glance?"

Wang Heidan was filled with shame after being spoken to, and he lowered his head and remained silent.

Lai Mazi continued to embellish the story, saying, "That's not all, there's also Su Wanqing, our village's resident doctor!"

The few coworkers who had been watching the commotion without saying a word immediately became agitated upon hearing Su Wanqing's name.

She immediately interjected angrily, "No way? Su Wanqing is a well-known beauty in our Tuanjie Township, and she actually married this guy?"

"Yeah, I only heard that she had been married and divorced, but I didn't expect that he got all of them."

Lai Mazi quickly added fuel to the fire, saying, "That's right! This Zhao Lei is a good-for-nothing in the village, lazy and good-for-nothing. He smokes and gambles all the time. He's a complete good-for-nothing."

Lai Zi harbored resentment towards Zhao Lei for scaring him with a gun last time, and a deep sense of grievance lingered in his heart.

He was also very wary of Zhao Lei and dared not stay in Heping Brigade. He could only rely on the introduction of a few cronies to work at the red brick kiln in Taiyang Brigade.

Today, it seems we've run into each other on a narrow road. I seized every opportunity to keep criticizing Zhao Lei.

The bad things he said about Zhao Lei were originally things others used to describe him, but now he put on a righteous act and listed all of Zhao Lei's faults.

He was the person involved himself, and he spoke vividly about it, making his coworkers nod in agreement and occasionally exclaim in surprise, before launching into a tirade of abuse at Zhao Lei.

"Holy crap, what a beast! I never expected this kid to be such a scoundrel."

"Yes, he's fair-skinned and tall, but I never expected him to do such despicable things."

Suddenly, someone snapped out of their reverie and exclaimed, "Oh, I remember now! Isn't that the guy my wife always talks about, the one who got married and divorced three times? It's him!"

The pockmarked man kept fanning the flames: "Yes, yes, it's Zhao Lei! Not only has he been married and divorced three times, but he also beat his wives."

"What?! That's outrageous!"

"That's right. Think about it, if he truly treated his three wives well, why would all three women divorce him?"

"Hmm, Ma Zi, you're right. But I heard that these three beautiful women are still staying at the Zhao family's house?"

"Oh dear, Brother Dazhuang, it's because you're too honest that you can't find a wife. Zhao Lei beats his three ex-wives at home all the time, and the women couldn't stand it anymore, so they filed for divorce. But after the divorce, Zhao Lei wouldn't let them leave, threatening to beat them to death if they dared to leave, and even the children would suffer. The three poor women were too scared to do anything, and they're still suffering in Zhao's family."

The workers present were all hot-blooded men. After hearing how Zhao Lei treated his ex-wives, they all gritted their teeth and clenched their fists.

Moreover, all three ex-wives were exceptionally beautiful, and many of the workers already regarded them as goddesses in their hearts.

Now that he knows the girl he loves is going through such a torment, how can he suppress his anger?

Wang Dazhuang, in particular, already had a bad impression of Zhao Lei and his group, and after hearing these words, he was so angry that his nostrils were practically spitting fire.

He rolled up his sleeves, revealing his muscular arms.

"Damn it! Zhao Lei eats human food and spits human shit, but does nothing human! I'm going over there right now to beat him up!"

Seeing this, the pockmarked man continued to fan the flames: "That's right, we're acting on behalf of Heaven, we can't show mercy to this kind of beast. Besides, I didn't think he had good intentions coming to the factory today. He still owes me a thousand yuan, and he's threatening to come and buy bricks instead of paying back the money? How could a good-for-nothing like him afford to build a brick house?"

The few relatively rational coworkers initially thought it was Zhao Lei's family matter and didn't want to meddle and cause trouble.

After hearing what the pockmarked man said, I suddenly remembered the recent spate of red bricks disappearing from the brick factory.

"Hey, now that you mention it, could Zhao Lei, with such a bad character, be the thief who stole the red bricks from our factory?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Dazhuang's anger flared even more: "No wonder I disliked him from the first glance; it turns out this kid is a thief! The factory has lost several thousand yuan worth of bricks in the past two weeks, and I was just worried about not being able to catch the thief, and he actually dared to come knocking on our door?"

Wang Dazhuang grew angrier the more he thought about it, grabbed a shovel from the side, and charged straight at Zhao Lei and the others at the door.

"You son of a bitch, don't you dare run away!"