Reborn As Lucky Star-Chapter 264: A Distant Glance

These past few years, Ma Jinbao’s life had been tough.

His family’s Fruit Orchard was destroyed in a fire, returning their lives to the pre-liberation era overnight.

Although he later spent money to buy new fruit trees to plant,

firstly, there were too many people in Jinshan Village leasing orchards now, and the fruit hardly fetched a good price.

Secondly, due to the careless maintenance, the newly grown fruits were not as crisp and sweet as before, and their quality did not improve.

Previously, it was Yue Xiaofang who took charge; at home, neither Li Zhaodi nor Ma Cuicui could endure hardships.

The widow Pan Xiumei he married later, proud of having borne a son, would not even dip her fingers in water touched by the spring sun, let alone tend to the Fruit Orchard.

All the burdens were thrown onto Ma Jinbao’s shoulders alone.

Ever since the accident of the Fruit Orchard burning down, his health had also greatly declined; naturally being a man who glossed over things, he couldn’t properly maintain the orchard.

The Ma Family had some savings, but they couldn’t withstand such wear and tear, and while other hardworking families’ lives were getting better, the Ma Family’s days became worse by the day.

The scarcity of material goods was secondary; Ma Jinbao’s mental stress was also significant.

Pan Xiumei’s personality was not as soft as Yue Xiaofang’s used to be, and Li Zhaodi tried to enact the old tactics to set rules for the new daughter-in-law, but Pan Xiumei directly fought several battles with her.

The two women broke who knows how many bowls in the house, and Ma Jinbao would often come home from a busy day at the orchard only to be caught in the middle of the two women’s disputes.

Li Zhaodi would cry saying she had struggled to raise Ma Jinbao, and the woman he married dared to lay hands on her; she might as well hang herself in the living room and die.

Pan Xiumei would then mockingly tell Li Zhaodi to drop the act and go make amends to Ma Zhuzi, who had swallowed a bullet instead.

Ma Jinbao, originally a mama’s boy, would raise his hand to strike Pan Xiumei upon hearing this.

Pan Xiumei would defiantly tilt her left cheek up, "Come on, don’t you like hitting your wives? Bring it on. I’ll tell you now, dare to touch even one of my fingers today, and I will take my son and jump into the river later; no need to wait till tomorrow."

Their son was the Achilles’ heel for both Ma Jinbao and Li Zhaodi, who were held hostage to the point where they dared not touch Pan Xiumei.

Always taunted for not being close to the Yue Family, Ma Cuicui would giggle coldly off to the side.

’Retribution, this is our family’s retribution; back when Yue Xiaofang was at home and not treated well, now it’s all damn deserved,’ she sneered.

Li Zhaodi, furious, pinched her fiercely, but Ma Cuicui didn’t care; she quickly ran out of the house and often didn’t return until midnight.

In such a situation, when Ma Jinbao suddenly heard news of the Yue Family from others, he was stunned.

The speaker clearly sought to upset him, describing the situation vividly on purpose.

"The Yue Family is doing well now; I heard they bought a house in the city, quite different from us grubbing in the fields. Yue Jiannan has become a college student, aiming for a limitless future."

"Yue the eldest’s business is doing so well; mention it and everyone gives a thumbs up. Even a little leaked from his fingers can cover our food and living expenses for half a year or a year. Oh, and your ex-wife, I’ve heard she’s also earning quite a lot. Ordinary goods don’t interest her; she only picks choice jobs. It makes sense, given how well she managed the Fruit Orchard before, clearly a person of wealth."

"People say that anyone who can be related by marriage to the Yue Family would have their dogs and chickens ascend to heaven. Tsk tsk, Yue Jiannan is out of reach, but many think marrying Yue Xiaofang would also show capability, many young lads are murmuring about it, such a pity, really."

That person deliberately glanced at Ma Jinbao with a look that conveyed regret with an ulterior motive.

Over the years, Ma Jinbao had long avoided conflicts with others; even knowing the other’s intent, he would act as if he hadn’t heard, bending his back as he returned home to sit on the doorstep.

Ma Jinbao didn’t want to go inside; the room was constantly filled with shouting, and he had no idea how those two women could find so much to argue about every day.

Ma Jinbao watched the sunset redden the sky and suddenly felt the impulse to go take a look at the Yue Family’s banquet.

Just to take a look from a distance...

To see how that woman was doing now.

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