As for He Yongan's parents, the less said the better. They were notorious throughout the production brigade for how harshly they treated their eldest son. Naturally, this cruelty was reserved solely for him, while their other sons—especially the youngest—were spoiled rotten beyond all reason.
Some people gossiped behind their backs, whispering that He Yongan might not even be their biological child, perhaps picked up from somewhere, otherwise, they couldn't possibly treat him with such harsh indifference. But when Wei Xiangcui caught wind of these rumors, she marched straight to the gossips' doorsteps with a chopper in hand and cursed them out for three days and three nights. From then on, talk regarding He Yongan's parentage dropped dramatically in the brigade; after all, nobody wanted to cross that shrew.
People loved to gossip, but if it brought trouble to their own doorsteps, the price simply wasn't worth paying.
Chapter 31