Renascida em 83: Começando a Enriquecer nas Montanhas

“Get out! Isn’t this just your way of saying you’ve got guts, you’ve got skills? Look at you, suffering over a job! If you’re so tough, don’t eat my food!”
When his father-in-law, Zhang Erniu, spat out those final words, Wang Dong silently set down the coarse vegetable cornbread in his hand.
He packed up the few clothes he’d brought, and walked straight out the door.
The height of summer sweltered, sweat soaking Wang Dong’s face and scalp; whether it was the cornbread disagreeing with him, a touch of heatstroke, or simply disgust for the Zhang family’s behavior, Wang Dong felt sick to his stomach.
He had been reborn, but found himself back at the most humiliating moment of his life.
After six years as an educated youth on the banks of the Nen River, Wang Dong had finally returned home, only to find everything changed beyond recognition.
His parents had passed away, the scant family property divided up by greedy relatives, leaving him no choice but to live with his father-in-law, Zhang Erniu.
He’d spent a year working hard in the ironworks, pouring his wages into supporting the whole household.
When the time finally came for regular worker assignments, Zhang Erniu used his connections to snatch Wang Dong’s position and hand it to his own son, Zhang Tai.
Having gained so much, Zhang Erniu ought to show some respect to his son-in-law, but instead, his arrogance only grew.
Wang Dong understood the reasons well.
First, Zhang Erniu was a local, well-connected in every direction.
Second, and simpler: Wang Dong had lost