Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife

"Blood brother, blood brother, our blood brother visits us, and this is how we treat him? Did you see Wang Zhengjun’s expression? He was angry and disgusted. I guess he felt humiliated by his elder brother and thought the amount of food he brought was too less."

"If he were my brother, I wouldn’t even give him a single head of cabbage, let alone dried sweet potatoes, corn cobs, cabbages, radishes, and beans!"

"Country folk are so straightforward and simple, didn’t you hear old Li say that?"

"We need to be cautious of Wang Zhengjun. This man, he’s no good. If he treats his own brother like this, how would he treat others? If he gets promoted, we, the ones who often compete with him, are done for!"

"Right, right, right, we can’t let him get ahead. His wife is no better than him. Haven’t you heard her sister-in-law complaining?"

"We can’t ostracize him too openly, or else he will surely hold a grudge against us."

"Let’s pretend we don’t know anything about this. Keep it to ourselves and don’t mention it in front of him."

"We’ll quietly report to Director Wang later. We should advise her not to confront or criticize Wang Zhengjun no matter what she hears. Otherwise, he’ll remember all of us and will seek revenge when he gets a chance. People who keep up appearances and hold grudges are like that. He won’t know who reported him and he would knock us all into the water."

"Makes sense, makes sense. A gentleman is open and aboveboard, while a petty man is always uneasy. We can’t afford to offend such a man."

Wang Zhengjun was oblivious to the fact that many of his colleagues were gossiping behind his back. He stared angrily at the morsels of food at his feet. The pitiful amount of food that couldn’t even fill a tooth gap had caused him great embarrassment. He remembered his elder brother, but he couldn’t retaliate. He knew that if he showed even a hint of dissatisfaction, others would surely label him as ungrateful.