The Zhao household was large. Wang Lianhua had given birth to three sons and three daughters. Her two eldest sons were already married and had provided her with five grandchildren, ranging in age from ten years down to a mere six months. Her eldest daughter had married and moved away, her second daughter had been sent to the countryside, and the youngest daughter, who was seventeen and in her first year of high school, still lived at home. Counting Zhao Liansheng, the grandparents, and Wang Lianhua and her husband, there were fifteen people in total, all crammed into a rather small courtyard.
The Zhao courtyard was a third smaller than the Song family’s. There were only five rooms in total; aside from one used as a dining and living room, only four were available for sleeping. With Wang Lianhua and her husband, the elderly couple, and the two eldest sons and their wives, those four rooms were fully occupied. Zhao Xiaomei and Zhao Liansheng had no choice but to sleep on bunk beds in the living room. If Zhao Liansheng were to marry, there would simply be no room for him to sleep.
Because of this, Wang Lianhua began eyeing the Song family’s property and money. She wanted to swallow the "extinct" household whole, and Zhao Liansheng wanted the same. Zhao Liansheng had only found temporary work three months prior. Originally, it should have been him sent to the countryside, but despite his ugliness, he was Wang Lianhua’s favorite. Unable to bear the thought of her youngest son go…
Chapter 1498