Help others? It's better to help yourself - Chapter 42

When Xu mother received the notice of Xu Jianshe being sent to the countryside, her anger was understandable. Xu Jianshe was also panicked when he found out.

That night, Xu father and mother gathered money and things to find someone to intervene. The other party told them that they had learned too late, and the list had already been finalized, and the notices had been sent. With no other choice, the couple could only beg and plead, eventually managing to change Xu Jianshe’s destination to H City.

At first, they thought someone was jealous and causing trouble, but when they found out it was the eldest daughter-in-law’s scheme, the elderly couple was even more exhausted, both physically and mentally.

Xu mother kept her frustration to herself, first calming down her fourth son and urging him to continue working. Meanwhile, she busied herself with preparing supplies for her son who was going to the countryside. Once everything was ready, Xu mother returned to her workplace to hand over her responsibilities from her son.

That’s right, Xu mother was going back to work. The eldest daughter-in-law’s scheme was simply to get rid of the eldest son, thinking she could take over this job. Ha! Dream on!

Since Xu mother stopped working, both she and her daughter-in-law were home all day. The constant proximity increased their friction.

Xu Duoduo was increasingly dissatisfied with her current life. Everywhere she looked, there were trivial, petty matters that drained all her energy. Taking care of three mischievous sons every day wore down even the highest of spirits.

This was not the life she had envisioned. Was her situation now really any different from when she lived in her original family? It was just a change of families.

Was she really going to spend the rest of her life buried in endless housework, fighting with her mother-in-law?

She had to get out of the house and find a job for a different kind of possibility. At the same time, with the fourth son leaving, it would only be her and her husband left at home with the three children. After a while, the elderly couple would calm down. After all, they would eventually rely on themselves for retirement. Their belongings wouldn’t be cheap for others either.

Moreover, there were always those envious and jealous people in the family dormitory, occasionally stirring up trouble between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Some people had sharp eyes and ears and knew everything, but they didn’t say anything. Weren’t they just waiting to watch the show?

After discussing with her husband, Xu Jianguo, Xu Duoduo signed up for Xu Jianshe’s assignment. The couple, fearing a beating in the next few days, took the children and went to Xu Duoduo’s family home. Of course, they also paid 5 yuan in accommodation fees to the her family!

Their plan seemed good, but when they returned with the children, they found that Xu mother had already taken on a job.

Although Xu Duoduo was disappointed, she tried to comfort herself: no matter what, at least her mother-in-law wasn’t at home, so they wouldn’t have to face each other all the time. The tension between them could ease a bit.

However, just half a month later, Xu Jianguo received a job transfer notice. Xu Jianguo was stunned! What was going on? How did their family become the model workers, and why were they being strongly urged to go to the northwest for construction work?

Although they were still workers and their salaries hadn’t changed, their job and environment had completely changed!

Now, their family was going to the desert to plant trees and work on greening efforts!

The neighborhood office arrived, banging gongs and drums, carrying a letter written in bl00d. It was said that the couple had written a volunteer letter to go to the northwest with their own bl00d. How could he not know about this?

Several reporters from different newspapers came to interview and take photos. The head of the neighborhood office personally led a team and handed them a bouquet of red flowers.

At that moment, Xu Duoduo wanted to divorce; she felt she could leave Xu Jianguo and the children behind. But the letter was written in both their names. Looking at the large banner in front of them that read “People enter, sand retreats” and “We will never return until the desert is green,” Xu Duoduo felt her vision go dark.

The Xu family had become famous!

More precisely, Xu Jianguo and Xu Duoduo had become famous!

Now, the two of them had been pushed into a situation from which they couldn’t back out. If they dared to say they didn’t want to go, no one would allow it! They could only grit their teeth and accept the situation.

Both of them understood in their hearts that this was revenge. The ones capable of doing this were Xu Jianshe and Xu Jingping. After all, only the second and fourth children in the family could have written that letter, as Xu father and mother were both illiterate.

Xu Jingping’s actions surprised Xu Duoduo, but upon reflection, it was understandable.

Since their marriage, Xu Duoduo had often pushed Xu mother to ask Xu Jingping for benefits. First, because their two families lived close by in the city; second, because she couldn’t even escape the entanglement of her own family, so why should Xu Jingping? She definitely had to hold onto her tightly!

Xu Jingping, also the heroine of another story, was not someone who could be easily manipulated. She was best at seizing opportunities and striking decisively.

Though Xu Jingping’s life wasn’t as glamorous as in the original story, under her careful management, she was living better than most people.

As soon as the news about Xu Jianshe going to the countryside came out, she knew something was off. When she found out that it was the eldest couple’s doing, she realized the opportunity had arrived. Was she really going to let them get away with taking advantage of her?

Everything they had swallowed down had to be spit back out!

She immediately discussed with her fourth brother how to handle them.

Otherwise, would Xu Jianshe leave quietly without a word? The Xu family never had such people! This included the third daughter, Xu Jing’an, who flew far away!

Seeing that the situation was bad, Xu Duoduo immediately started packing. From now on, this family would never return!

After packing everything, she would send it ahead. Anything that couldn’t be taken would either be sold or exchanged with others, but she wouldn’t leave anything behind for the Xu family!

She had figured it out—this damn family was full of ruthless people!

In the past few days, Xu’s mother had taken leave and stayed home, keeping everything tightly controlled, vowing not to let the eldest daughter-in-law take a single thread or needle!

The eldest couple had at least done some good—Xu father got promoted to a group leader, and Xu mother immediately found a lighter job. When she mentioned taking leave to send the children by train, the leadership agreed right away.

Xu Duoduo could only feel frustrated and returned the hammer and screwdriver she had secretly borrowed.