Old Man Zhang asked Zhang Cuihua, "Girl, you must have had a good relationship with the Second House over the years, right?"

Zhang Cuihua was speechless at the question. After a long pause, she said, "Not very good. Second Wife used to just keep her head down and work, never saying a word all day. How could I have a good relationship with her?"

"It's okay that we didn't have a good relationship before. After all, I'm a brother to the third brother. The third brother found work for his brother-in-law. It only takes a word for two brothers to do it."

Zhang Cuihua was stunned when she heard this: "What? Dad, why don't I understand what you mean? What do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do? Are you fucking deaf or mentally retarded? Didn't you tell me that everyone in your village is doing handicrafts to make money? Go back and ask the third brother to find his second brother and arrange work for your brothers. Don't assign them anything too strenuous. Your brothers are still young and can't do heavy work. Just let them be team leaders, record work points, and be in charge."

Zhang Cuihua was completely upset. She felt that she couldn't do this on her own. No, the third brother couldn't do it either! If she asked the third brother to go find Guan Laoer, regardless of whether the third brother was willing to go, her mother-in-law would definitely not forgive her when she returned.

"Who are you showing this dead look to? What? Don't you want to? What the hell are you thinking about such a small thing?" Old man Zhang saw Zhang Cuihua in a daze and raised his hand to hit her.

"Dad, I can't do this!" Zhang Cuihua said in a low voice, not daring to look up.

"I'm giving you face by not asking you to bring money back from your husband's house every month. What? You can't do such a small thing? What can you do? You deserve a beating, right?" As he said that, he slapped Zhang Cuihua in the face. His big hands, which had been farming for many years, were very strong. Half of her face turned purple from this slap, and some blood came out from the corner of her mouth.

Old Lady Zhang came over hypocritically, covered half of Zhang Cuihua's face and said softly, "Cuihua, what your father said is not a big deal. Just let the third brother tell his brothers. But you are still taking advantage of it! If your father is forced to beat you, your mother will feel very distressed. If you just agree, you won't be slapped."

"Mom, you don't know how bad the relationship between the second wife and my in-laws is now. During the New Year's production team distributed some grain to him, but the second wife didn't send a single grain to my parents-in-law. She didn't even come to the New Year's Eve dinner or stay up all night. Dad said they should go to our village, but they're not from our village to work and share the money. How can the villagers do it? How do you think we can let the third wife go to him?"

"Cuihua, I know what you mean, but think about it. You are a daughter-in-law of your village, and your family is not considered an outsider. This manual labor is not like farming in the production team. Each production team has a set number of people and a certain amount of land, and the harvested grain is divided according to the number of people. This is a matter of earning money by work, and whoever does it does it. Your second uncle is the team leader, so it is not difficult to arrange a few people to work. Instead, he should be grateful to our family for sending four people to help him with the work, so that he can finish the work and hand it in earlier.

Because you have brothers from your mother's side, you can stand tall in your husband's family. When you are old, who will take care of you? Who will support you? You still have to rely on your brothers from your mother's side! Our family has nothing to eat or drink, and there is no food at all. Do you want to starve your parents and brothers to death? I think what your father said is not a difficult thing. It's just arranging a few people to do the work. It's not like going directly to the village to distribute food. Why can't it work?"

"Mom, I really can't look for her. If I do, my mother-in-law will definitely not forgive me. How can I live in Lao Guan's house in the future?"

At this point, the four brothers who had been eavesdropping under the window in the yard rushed into the house and started punching and kicking Zhang Cuihua, and their mother couldn't stop them.