I Became Rich by Eating Melons in the Era of Literature (1970s)

　　Xia Heyu's words successfully drew everyone's attention to Su Zhengtang who was standing next to Zhu Yuemei.

　　Zhu Yuemei's eyes suddenly changed. She took two steps forward and stared at Xia Heyu: "What do you mean by that? My family's eldest son's diarrhea was not caused by illness, but by someone else?"

　　When Zhu Yuemei said this, she looked at Su Yang.

　　Zhu Yuemei gave birth to four children in her lifetime, and she had high hopes for her youngest son. His grades were better than Su Yang's, and she and Su Zhengtang once thought that it was a sure thing that Su Zhengtang would go to high school.

　　As a result, on the day of the exam, Su Zhengtang had diarrhea and was unable to enter the examination room. Of course, the exam was cancelled.

　　Over the years, the family has spent all their savings to support Su Zhengtang and Su Yang's schooling. After Su Zhengtang failed the high school entrance exam, Su Changshan stopped him from studying. He ignored Zhu Yuemei and Su Zhengtang's pleas and directly sent Su Zhengtang to the county town as an apprentice.

　　Obviously, in this era, junior high school students can already become elementary school teachers. As long as they spend some money and use their connections, Su Zhengtang can get a job in the government, but Su Changshan is unwilling to spend money. Zhu Yuemei felt hateful when she thought of this.

　　Su Changshan was unwilling to spend money on his own son, but was willing to give the money to that bitch Zhao Chunhua.

　　How could it be so easy to be an apprentice in this era? Not only did he have to serve the master's family, but he also didn't get paid at all. The master's family was generous enough to give him a full meal. Su Changshan didn't care about Su Zhengtang at all!

　　In just two short years, Su Zhengtang's hands became rough. When winter came, they would crack into large cracks, oozing blood.

　　Zhu Yuemei saw it and felt pain in her heart.

　　Zhu Yuemei could no longer hold back when she suddenly realized that there was another reason why her youngest son had failed the exam.

　　Su Yang was not panicked at all after hearing what Xia Heyu said: "Xia Heyu, if you want a divorce, then divorce. Why are you slandering me by saying all these things? When you fell into the water, my uncle and I rescued you together. Everyone knows this. What's the point of asking this now? Besides, my uncle didn't pass the exam. Everyone knows that it was because my grandma gave him rotten food. Are you trying to throw this dirty water on my head now?"

　　"I didn't expect you to be so vicious in order to achieve your goal, Xia Heyu. You're always trying to sow discord between me and my uncle. I really misjudged you all these years."

　　Schools these days all follow the 522 system. Not long after entering junior high school, Xia Heyu slipped and fell into the water on the way home. Su Zhengtang and Su Yang happened to pass by. Su Zhengtang could swim, so he immediately went into the river to rescue Xia Heyu.

　　Su Yang recognized Xia Heyu at that time and put his coat on her.

　　It was late autumn, the weather was cool, and the wind was particularly cold. Su Zhengtang went back to the dormitory to change clothes for fear of catching a cold. After Xia Heyu woke up, only Su Yang stayed by her side. Xia Heyu was paranoid, and she didn't believe Su Yang even though he explained that someone else had rescued her from the water.

　　On the contrary, she think he is a 'living Lei Feng' who does good deeds without leaving a name, and she think his character is exceptionally noble. [TL: 'Living Lei Feng' has become a noun (or adjective) for anyone who is seen as selfless, or anyone who goes out of their way to help others.]

　　Because of the rescue incident, Xia Heyu became particularly close to the uncle and nephew of the Su family. Later, she gradually fell in love with the taciturn but responsible Su Zhengtang, and Su Yang, who would argue with her, had a relatively lively personality, and did not look as good as Su Zhengtang, was regarded as a good friend by her.

　　Being with Su Zhengtang, it was Xia Heyu who pursued him first. The craziest thing Xia Heyu did was to give Su Zhengtang a gift in front of everyone on his birthday and confess her love in public. Under the encouragement of his classmates, Su Zhengtang agreed to date her.

　　However, not long after being together with Su Zhengtang, she got fed up with his poor speaking skills, and failing to get into high school was just an excuse for her to break up.

　　"I told you from the beginning that I was not the one who went into the water to save people. What's the point of you complaining about this now?"

　　Su Yang did say this at the beginning, but Xia Heyu didn't take it seriously at the time. She just thought that they had a good relationship as uncle and nephew, and Su Yang wanted to take Su Zhengtang with him no matter what he did.

　　It happened so long ago that Xia Heyu had long forgotten about it.

　　She only remembered that Su Yang pretended to be Su Zhengtang to save her. Xia Heyu was quite embarrassed.

　　Jiang Youtao complained to the system: [ So this second female protagonist's behavior and actions are all based on her own imagination? ]

　　The melon-eating system did not reply. This was the first time it had encountered such a person. It was now typing furiously on the System Home forum to complain about the characters in the Weird Small World.

　　Xu Dazui said with emotion: "What bad luck did Zhu Yuemei have? After the incident with Su Changshan, she was blamed by the whole family. Even her two daughters came back to complain about her several times. Zhengping hasn't talked to her for several days."

　　"Marry a granddaughter-in-law, but she's still like this. Look at what she said, which one of them is not trying to sow discord between Su Yang and Su Zhengtang? This Su family needs to be broken up."

　　Xu Dazui shook his head.

　　Fourth Aunt Jiang also spoke up: "That's right, tell me what kind of sin this is."

　　There are all kinds of opinions in the village about Su Changshan's incident. Some people think that Zhu Yuemei should not have been so ruthless. If Zhao Xiaotao wanted to deal with Luo Xuemin, she should have done it. Zhu Yuemei should have refused to protect Su Changshan.

　　Now, Su Changshan has been sent to labor camp, but what good has she gotten? The whole family blames her.

　　Some, like Xu Dazui, think that Zhu Yuemei did the right thing. At least after Su Changshan and Luo Xuemin were sent away, there were fewer cases of adultery in the village, and no man had entered Widow Liu's room for many days.

　　Gu Nianwei asked Jiang Youtao for a handful of melon seeds. This thing is really addictive. Now Gu Nianwei wants to have a handful whenever she has time.

　　Everyone was eating melon seeds happily. Over there, Su Zhengtang pulled Zhu Yuemei out of the confrontation between Xia Heyu and Su Yang. He didn't care about Su Yang and Xia Heyu's affairs: "Don't involve me in your affairs."

　　Su Zhengtang's voice was unexpectedly pleasant, as deep as the hum of a cello.

　　Xia Heyu didn't expect Su Zhengtang to say such words to distance himself from the matter, and she was about to cry.

　　Xia Heyu suddenly remembered that in her previous life, she was arguing with Sun Xiaojuan and Su Yang and was seen by Su Zhengtang. Su Zhengtang always helped her without leaving a trace.

　　It was these subtle helps that made Xia Heyu feel that Su Zhengtang still liked her, otherwise he would not have been with Zhao Yonglan three years after she married Su Yang.

　　Moreover, the affair between Zhao Yonglan and him at that time was completely initiated by Zhao Yonglan. If it weren't for Zhao Yonglan's calculations, Su Zhengtang would never have married her!

　　Xia Heyu felt a sour and swollen feeling in her heart, which made her want to cry.

　　But she quickly cheered up. Su Zhengtang was so anxious to cut off his relationship with her because he didn't want her to be misunderstood by Su Yang. After all, he always cared about her so much. When they were dating before, she just made a hole casually, and he would feel distressed for a long time when he saw it.

　　Only after experiencing a man like Su Yang, will you realize that men who are not good at speaking and do not understand romance are actually very good. They have a sense of responsibility that men who are only good at talking do not have.

　　This man is always so attentive.

　　Xia Heyu suddenly felt a little shy and sweet in her heart.

　　Xia Heyu's inner drama was so rich that it made people smack their lips. Su Zhengtang, who was accidentally looked at by her with affection, felt goose bumps all over his body. But he didn't know why, but he felt a sense of secret joy in his heart. When he thought about it carefully, the feeling disappeared without a trace.

　　Su Yang obviously also saw this scene, and he felt that there was a green glow above his head.

　　"Xia Heyu!" Su Yang shouted loudly.

　　Xia Heyu, who was immersed in her own thoughts, was shocked: "Why are you shouting so loudly? Even if I remembered the rescue incident wrongly, can you swear to heaven that you didn't cheat during the high school entrance exam?"

　　This was said in the previous life when Su Yang was drunk. Long before Su Yang and the other two took the high school entrance exam, Su Changshan had said that only one of them could go to school, and whoever had better grades would go.

　　Su Yang didn't want to be a farmer who worked hard all his life, and he knew very well that he couldn't pass the exam as well as Su Zhengtang, so he thought of a way to put chin bean powder in Su Zhengtang's bowl.

　　Because he knew that Zhu Yuemei was stingy, she would save some unfinished food for the next meal. Food goes bad quickly in summer, so it was normal for someone to have diarrhea after eating.

　　If Su Zhengtang had diarrhea, he could only blame Zhu Yuemei for being stingy and Su Zhengtang for being in poor health.

　　Su Yang never believed that there was retribution in this world. He did that thing very secretly. Even the croton powder was bought by him from a random kid in the commune at the health center. No matter how they investigated, they couldn't trace it back to him.

　　He didn't know how Xia Heyu knew about this, but no matter what, he couldn't admit it. If he admitted it, not only Zhu Yuemei, but also his parents would not let him go.

　　In a big family, everyone has their own little thoughts, but harming others for the sake of those little thoughts is not allowed in any family.

　　It's true that Su Yang is the eldest grandson of the Su family, but he is not the only child of his parents. If he can harm his uncle today, he can harm his brothers and sisters or even his parents tomorrow!

　　Su Yang raised his hand and swore, "I, Su Yang, swear to heaven, if I had cheated in my uncle's exam, I would be struck by lightning and die miserably."

　　Xia Heyu was at a loss for words in an instant.

　　She was not a very smart person. She was able to go to junior high school because the admission score of the commune middle school was low and anyone with money could get in. She was able to go to high school because her father gave her money to go.

　　She spent two years in high school and two years in junior high school just dating, and didn't learn anything she was supposed to learn. If she had been smarter in her previous life, she wouldn't have been held back by Su Yang for more than ten years.

　　Su Yang had known that she was stupid, and he was amused to see her at a loss. He really couldn't understand why Su Zhengtang would like a woman like Xia Heyu, who was useless except for her good looks.

　　"I don't care. I just don't want to live with you anymore. I'm going to go to the commune to file for divorce." Xia Heyu and Su Yang had obtained a marriage certificate when they just graduated. In her previous life, Xia Heyu hated her own stupidity countless times.

　　Jiang Youtao was speechless watching Xia Heyu and Su Yang quarreling. With this fighting ability? To call her a scumbag was to flatter her. Su Yang's few words made her lose her temper.

　　No wonder she did that in her previous life, she abandoned her husband in trouble and eloped with a little wolfdog, and after eloping, she was cheated of her money by the little wolfdog, so she came back to her ex-husband and killed her own child.

　　Too stupid, Zhao Yonglan's IQ is at least 50 points higher than hers if they stand next to each other. Jiang Youtao never thought that one day she would think Zhao Yonglan was smarter.

　　This world is truly magical.

　　Thinking of the reward that had not yet been obtained, Jiang Youtao raised her hand and clapped her hands expressionlessly. The crisp sound of the clapping attracted everyone's attention.

　　Gu Nianwei pressed Jiang Youtao's hand down: "What are you doing?"

　　Jiang Youtao lied with her eyes open: "A fly flew in front of me and buzzed in my ear. It was uncomfortable to hear, so I swatted it."

　　There is nothing wrong with what Jiang Youtao said. There are indeed a lot of flies in the summer, and there are still a lot of them now that autumn is approaching.

　　After she said this, no one doubted it anymore.

　　Sun Xiaojuan came out to smooth things over: "Alright, Heyu, stop bothering Su Yang. We've already told him about the embarrassing incident yesterday. He knows he was wrong. When you return home in the morning, I'll go back with you and apologize to your parents."

　　Without waiting for Xia Heyu to speak, Sun Xiaojuan looked at Su Yang fiercely again: "Look at what a bunch of idiotic things you have done! If I were Heyu, I would also quarrel with you. Apologize to Heyu immediately."

　　Su Yang is a spoiled and chauvinistic man, but he listens to Sun Xiaojuan because his whole family has doted on him since he was a child, except Sun Xiaojuan. If he makes a mistake, Sun Xiaojuan will really beat him.

　　Su Yang was subdued by Sun Xiaojuan and listened to her more.

　　Sun Xiaojuan asked him to apologize to Xia Heyu. Even though he was reluctant, he still lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, I was wrong."

　　Xia Heyu became even more angry when she saw this scene. It was the same in her previous life. No matter how much trouble she had with Su Yang, Su Yang would unconditionally side with Sun Xiaojuan as soon as he knew that Sun Xiaojuan intervened.

　　What Sun Xiaojuan said was like an imperial decree. No matter what she said, Su Yang did it.

　　Nine out of ten times she fought with Sun Xiaojuan, she ended up losing. Because she went against her mother-in-law, her reputation in Liushugou was particularly bad. In the end, no one believed her. When she said outside that Su Yang had a woman outside, Sun Xiaojuan said outside that she made it up.

　　No one believed her, just like now.

　　She said that Su Yang cheated during Su Zhengtang's exam because of Sun Xiaojuan's interference.

　　No one believed it.

　　Everyone believed what Sun Xiaojuan said.

　　Someone in the crowd said, "So that's the case. Let me tell you, Xiaojuan, your Su Yang was really dishonest in what he did yesterday. How can a prospective son-in-law not be bullied when he comes to your house? You married off the daughter they raised with so much effort, and you didn't even allow her parents to vent their anger?"

　　Sun Xiaojuan smiled and said, "That's right, that's right. We talked to Su Yang about it yesterday, and he already knows he was wrong."

　　Someone else said, "Xiaojuan, you need to teach your daughter-in-law a lesson. She has a bad temper. If she is angry, she should just make a scene behind closed doors. But she is making a scene outside. Isn't this just a joke?"

　　Sun Xiaojuan's smile never changed from beginning to end: "Before I got married, my old in-laws told me that Heyu is a girl with a bad temper and willful, and asked me to be more tolerant of her. You said that she was brought up by her parents and how can I control her? We were like this before we got married, and it will be fine when we get older."

　　Sun Xiaojuan's speech was very exaggerated, and she characterized Xia Heyu's divorce as a temper tantrum caused by her dissatisfaction with what happened yesterday. The things Xia Heyu said were just to slander Su Yang, and Su Yang never did anything.

　　"It's so early in the morning, everyone should go home. The autumn harvest will start in two days, and everyone should not slack off then." Sun Xiaojuan kindly drove away the onlookers, and her face drooped the moment she turned around to close the door.

　　The look she gave Xia Heyu was like one filled with poison.

　　Jiang Youtao and the others also returned to the educated youth site.

　　She took Gu Nianwei's arm and said, "Sun Xiaojuan is really amazing. Look at what she said. She was so good at it. Xia Heyu will have a hard time in the future."

　　Li Yunying said, "She insisted on getting married. If she hadn't come here yesterday, would this have happened? Her parents must have been deeply hurt by what she did. They tried so hard to save her face, but she ended up trampling on her parents' face."

　　"And let the in-laws look down on her." In Li Yunying's view, getting married is a game between the in-laws and the parents' family. If the parents' family is strong and willing to stand up for the girl, then the girl's life in the in-laws' family will not be too bad. If the parents' family is not strong and does not care about the girl, then the girl's life in the in-laws' family is likely to be difficult.

　　Of course, there are also those who ruined a good hand like Xia Heyu. Her parents were willing to help her, but she turned around and threw her parents' face to the ground and stepped on it. It would be fine once or twice, but after a long time, no one would stand up for her.

　　Everyone agreed with Li Yunying's words.

　　Jiang Youtao felt sympathetic: "If I get married in the future, I must look carefully. If my mother-in-law is too strong, I will leave immediately. Otherwise, why don't I just stay single? Why do I have to make myself unhappy?"

　　Gu Nianwei looked at Jiang Youtao approvingly: "Good sister! I think so too." After the stepmother incident, Gu Nianwei was completely Buddhist. She didn't want to get married anymore, but she still wanted to talk about love.

　　The best thing to talk about is the kind of irresponsibility that does not violate morality or the law.

　　Li Yunying has a different idea from them: "I will never get married in this life anyway. Being single makes me happy."

　　Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei looked at each other and thought of Wang Shanxi at the same time: "Let's make a bet. If you go back on what you said today, you will give us ten yuan each. How about that?"

　　Li Yunying felt that she would never lose this bet: "Okay, it's settled. But if you are all married and I am not, you have to give me ten yuan."

　　Ten yuan was a small amount of money for Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei, so they agreed and decided to write the bet on a piece of paper and sign it. Zhang Huihui was standing by and clamored to be a witness.

　　Only Zhao Yonglan was unhappy.

　　Jiang Youtao saw it and asked her, "What's wrong with you?"

　　Because of the friendship from the last fight, the relationship between Zhao Yonglan and Jiang Youtao and the others has eased a lot. Zhao Yonglan is grateful to them and knows how to be careful when speaking to them, and says fewer sour words like before.

　　They have been getting along quite well these past few days.

　　Zhao Yonglan hesitated for a while and said, "If Su Zhengtang really failed the high school entrance exam because Su Yang drugged him, how pitiful that would be."

　　Thinking about the fact that Zhao Yonglan was Su Zhengtang's official partner before Xia Heyu was reborn, Jiang Youtao looked Zhao Yonglan up and down.

　　Zhao Yonglan felt very uncomfortable being looked at by her. Zhang Huihui was someone who knew her very well, so she immediately walked over to Zhao Yonglan and said, "It's not right for you to say this thing. Normally, you would say something gloating."

　　"Come and tell me, what happened between you and Su Zhengtang, and what is your relationship now!"

　　Everyone became interested and surrounded Zhao Yonglan to make fun of her, making her blush.

　　At the Su family, Xia Heyu was experiencing a bolt from the blue, because she just learned that Secretary Su, Su Yang's grandfather, Su Zhengtang's biological father, and her future father-in-law, was sent to a farm for having an affair!!!

　　This is something that never happened in the previous life!!!

　　Xia Heyu's screams echoed throughout the Su family.