Chapter 223 The Unjust Sister 38
"You watched them grow up, too. They've never worked before, so how could they do that kind of work? Yuanchun, you're a good kid. As long as you relax and return your uncle's half-month salary to us, I'll..."

Yuanchun interrupted her coldly, "Ma Xiaolan, no one is born knowing how to pick up coal slag and garbage. I learned it little by little. If I can learn to do it, why can't they learn it?"

"Back then, you had the heart to force me, who was only seven or eight years old, to pick up coal slag and garbage to make money. They could watch me get up early and work late to make money to feed them, and you deliberately snatched away all the white flour buns I earned, leaving me hungry. Why should I pity them?"

"Ma Xiaolan, since I left the Zhong family, I am no longer a member of your Zhong family. Why should I give in for you?"

"Zhong Daming gave me half of his salary as compensation for the property my father left me. If you want me to not take Zhong Daming's half of the salary, then you should return all the money my parents left me."

Ma Xiaolan didn't have the money to pay her back.

Even if the money was not lost, Ma Xiaolan would be reluctant to take it out and return it to Yuanchun.

Ma Xiaolan said with a disappointed face, "Yuanchun, you have changed. You were not like this before. You used to be so sensible and well-behaved. How could you become like this? Don't you care about the family relationship between us? I know that I have not been good to you over the years, but I have raised you for more than ten years and have been your mother for more than ten years. Can the love between us be calculated with money?"

"Yuanchun, you are not short of money now, so just consider it as you helping the Zhong family. I won't give you your uncle's salary for now. Wait until your three brothers and sisters graduate and get jobs, okay? Just do me a favor and consider it as my request. Otherwise, I will kneel down and beg you."

Having said that, Ma Xiaolan really wanted to kneel down in public.

Yuanchun sent a mental hint to Ma Xiaolan, who was stunned for a moment, then changed the subject and said, "Forget it. It is my Zhong family who has let you down and caused you to suffer so much. We have let you down and my sister and brother-in-law. I...I will not embarrass you anymore. I will not come to you again in the future. Yuanchun, just live your life well in the future."

Ma Xiaolan turned around with a stiff expression and slowly left the school.

After returning home, Ma Xiaolan forgot about Yuanchun. From then on, Ma Xiaolan never appeared in front of Yuanchun again.

Because his grades were so bad, Zhong Guoqiang failed the high school entrance exam again. Zhong Daming was very angry, but he didn't dare to hit him for fear of hurting him and having to spend money on medical treatment.

But this time, Zhong Daming let Zhong Guoqiang drop out of school, instead of making Zhong Guoqiang repeat three years before dropping out like in his previous life.

In this life, Zhong Guoqiang did not drop out of school to learn barbering like he did in his previous life, and that barber shop does not exist yet.

After staying at home for a while, Zhong Guoqiang was sent to work at Zhao's Steamed Bun Shop through Ma Xiaolan's connections, which was the same job as the original owner in the previous life.

But Zhong Guoqiang was lazy and couldn't get up in the morning. He stopped working after working for a few days.

Ma Xiaolan had no choice but to use her connections to help him find a job as a cooking apprentice in a newly opened restaurant.

Zhong Guoqiang refused to go. "Mom, didn't you say that men don't go into the kitchen? Didn't you say that men can't do these jobs? And you asked me to learn how to cook. That's women's work. I won't do it."

So Ma Xiaolan had to help him find another job. Coincidentally, a newly opened shoe factory was recruiting workers, so Zhong Guoqiang joined the factory as a porter.

(End of this chapter)