I Became a Vicious Supporting Role in the '70s

The people from Shenji had come to Lu Family Village to observe the workshop situation, which was now spreading throughout the village. Previously, some had confidently believed that even if Shen Meng and Zhou Jiaojiao stopped being involved, the village cadres would never truly let go. Only at this moment did everyone truly feel that their once famous Head Flower Workshop in the Lu Family Village was most likely doomed.

Some of the women who had been the most aggressive in the fracas were now cowering at home, not daring to go out. Aunt Hua, who was particularly close to Zhou Jiaojiao, was currently being harshly scolded by her mother-in-law.

Zhou Jiaojiao was, after all, pushed into the role. Though she fainted at the Xiangyang Commune, it still did not salvage her reputation. She and Lu Jiaxuan, under the pretext of caring for their child, also stayed cloistered at home all day long.

This made Liu Sanjin so distressed. She loathed the couple Shen Meng and Lu Zhenping to the core. If it weren’t for her own child and the money mailed from Shangjing every month, she would have let everyone know Lu Zhenping’s true colors, that he was the spawn of someone of disrepute.

"Wuwuwu, Elder Brother and his wife are too much. His wife already has such a good job, yet she’s so restless, always meddling with this workshop or that workshop. Really, it’s too much! A woman always putting herself out there, and Zhenping, as head of the family, doesn’t even manage her. It’s unbecoming for a man to stay at home and take care of the children all day. And as for the workshop, would it matter who managed it? Isn’t it all under the Lu Family anyways? Old Lu, Jiaxuan is your son too, are you really going to let outsiders talk about him like that? And Jiaojiao, the baby she carries is your blood grandchild. Our Jiaxuan has a promising future; you can’t just stand by and do nothing!"

Lu Changzhu looked at Liu Sanjin with disgust. Clearly, it was Lao Si and his wife stirring up trouble, yet in her mouth, it became Elder Brother and his wife’s fault.

"You care for Jiaxuan and his wife, but who’s going to care for Elder Brother and his wife? Xiao Meng worked herself to the bone helping the old mothers of the village; you sure had your share of chilling comments to make back then. When Lao Si and his wife took over the workshop, you praised their capabilities, saying all the good and bad things. What is your mouth, a windmill? Turns whichever way the wind blows."

"Lu Changzhu, in the end, you’re biased! In your heart, it’s only the child born by that woman. I’ve been married to you for so many years, having children and raising them. If there’s no merit, there’s at least the hard work. Now with Jiaxuan being poked at the spine by others, how can you let him work at the Commune in the future?"