Chapter 53 Discussing the Explanation

At this time, most families are eating at home, and after dinner, most people turn off the lights and go to bed.

In the village, everyone's habit is to work from sunrise to sunset, so there is no need to light oil lamps or candles.

Besides, oil lamps and candles are not as bright as during the day, which makes it inconvenient to do things.

At this time, most people don't go out.

If he goes out, it must be for some urgent matter.

And hearing the dogs in the village barking one after another, it seemed that the noise outside was very loud.

Su Erya quickly put down the steamed buns and the bowl in her hand and said, "Aunt San, I'll go out and take a look."

Su Xueyi said: "It's not in front of our house, it should be next door."

Shen Yueyao's expression changed and she asked, "Is this Sister Zhou's house?"

When making kudzu root powder before, Su Xueyi helped borrow the Zhou family's wooden mortar to pound the kudzu root.

When she returned it after a few days, she gave Zhou a small bag of kudzu root powder and taught her how to brew it.

She brewed a bowl of tea on the spot, and Zhou kept saying it was delicious and was very grateful to her.

In fact, Shen Yueyao knew that Zhou was a kind-hearted person.

When her predecessor first came to Liuhe Village, she had such a bad temper that Zhou couldn't stand it and tried to persuade her a few words, just to ask her to live a good life with Su Xueyi.

But the predecessor didn't listen.

Later, when Dabao and Erbao were being abused, Zhou couldn't bear it and came over to say a word or two. Occasionally, when she saw that Dabao and Erbao were hungry, she would secretly give them some food.

That night, when she had just put it back on, Su Xueyi fainted, and it was Zhou who came and called her.

Shen Yueyao is not the kind of person who meddles in other people's business, but considering all this, she should go and take a look at what's going on with the Zhou family.

Shen Yueyao put the steamed bun in her hand into her mouth and said, "I'll go see if there's anything wrong with Sister Zhou's family. I can still help."

Su Erya said, "I'll go take a look too."

Dabao and Erbao were curious and wanted to get down from the stools. Su Xueyi said, "Eat well."

He wanted to get up, and Dabao was very sensible and hurried to help his father get the crutches.

Su Xueyi followed him out with the help of a cane to see what was happening.

The Zhou family had dinner early and were preparing to rest after dinner. They were frightened when they suddenly heard knocking on the door.

"Why are you knocking on the door in the middle of the night?" Liu Cheng got up and lit the oil lamp.

Zhou said, "Don't tell me this is another incident involving our neighboring Su family. I feel like Miss Shen has been quiet lately and seems to be living a peaceful life. Could it be that something has happened again, so she asked us to go over and take a look?"

Liu Cheng and Zhou's son, Liu Damao, also woke up in a daze. He put on his clothes and was about to go out. "Mom, there's a noise outside. Did my brothers Dabao and Erbao get beaten?"

This has happened before.

In the past, when Dabao and Erbao were beaten, Dabao would sometimes come and knock on their door.

Liu Damao feels sorry for his two younger brothers, Dabao and Erbao, but their mother is too bad. He is afraid of Dabao and Erbao's mother, but he is also afraid that Dabao and Erbao's younger brothers will be beaten.

Zhou was puzzled and said, "They wouldn't knock on the door so loudly. Let's go out and take a look."

When Zhou walked out of the yard and opened the gate, she saw her sister Zhou Tong and her daughter Zhou Ni standing at the door.

Zhou was startled. "Sister, why did you bring Ni here? What happened in the middle of the night?"

Zhou took a closer look in the moonlight and found that her sister and niece Zhou Ni had both cried, especially Zhou Ni, whose face was still red and swollen, with what looked like a slap mark.

Zhou was very angry and was about to explode when she saw this.

"What's going on? Why are you like this for no reason? Ni, tell Auntie who hit you. I'll tear his face apart."

Zhou looked at the pretty girl's face, which was now so swollen.

Zhou Tong choked up and said, "Sister, I'm going to make you laugh if I tell you this, but it was Shi Ding who beat her. I don't understand how he could be so cruel. He beat Ni'er to death just because she's not a boy?"

Zhou Tong felt too aggrieved. He held his breath and walked three miles with his daughter to find her elder sister.

Her parents were gone, and she had no one to talk to, and no one could make decisions for her.

She was even a little unsure of what to do, so she came to her sister to discuss it.

Zhou was stunned. "What?"

"He's a live-in son-in-law, yet he dares to hit Ni'er. She's his own daughter, how could he do that?"

"Why does he have the right? You work so hard as a carpenter and provide him with good food and drink, and he treats you like this."

"That's your house. Even if he ran away, he was the one who escaped. Why did he treat you like this?"

"No, I'm going with you now. I'll see if he dares to bully you."

Zhou was so angry that she was fuming.

"Did he beat you again?"

Zhou was asking about Zhou Tong.

Zhou Tong hesitated and said nothing.

Zhou Ni cried and said, "Dad drank and beat Mom. He said Mom looked down on him, that I was just a girl, that others looked down on him, and that he was sorry for his dead parents..."

Zhou Ni knew that she shouldn't blame her father, but she was not a child anymore. Her mother worked the hardest. She gave so much to the family and worked as a carpenter from dawn to dusk. But her father not only didn't feel sorry for her, but he also always scolded her.

Dad does almost nothing.

She felt that her father was different from when she was a child.

Zhou was about to faint from anger.

Zhou said, "Shi Ding is going too far. Has he forgotten what he said when he was my father's apprentice?"

"He was the one who promised to treat you well when he married into my family. If it weren't for Dad, he would be nothing."

When Shen Yueyao and Su Erya came out, they happened to hear a few words.

The main reason was that Zhou was angry and couldn't help but speak loudly, so everyone heard it.

Su Erya was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion, "Aunt San, why does the name Shi Ding sound familiar?"

The corners of Shen Yueyao's mouth twitched, and she said, "We heard it this morning when we went to the alley in the east."

Su Erya suddenly remembered, "Yes, that's when I heard it, but we saw him with a woman at that time. What's going on?"

Shen Yueyao narrowed her eyes dangerously, it seemed that things were getting complicated.

Zhou was still talking to her sister when she suddenly saw Shen Yueyao and Su Erya.

Feeling a little embarrassed.

Zhou Tong saw that her sister didn't say anything, so she turned around and saw the person next door.

Zhou Tong said apologetically: "Sister Chen, I'm sorry for disturbing you so late at night."

Zhou Tong had been to her sister's house before and knew what was happening next door, but it was indeed their fault for making a noise.

In addition, Zhou Tong also took on an order to operate a small food truck.

Then he said to Zhou Ni, "Be polite."

Zhou Ni whispered, "Hello, Auntie."

Although Shen Yueyao is young, she is still called aunt when she is married.

Shen Yueyao raised her eyebrows and looked at Zhou Tong with a higher opinion.

Although this man grew up in the countryside, he looks very well-educated.

The eyebrows and eyes are soft.

But when Shen Yueyao saw the little girl, her expression changed. She looked very similar to Shi Ding, whom she met in the town. They should not have the same name but be father and daughter.

Shen Yueyao had some thoughts in her mind, and walked forward and said, "Sister Zhou, if it's not too much trouble, let's go into the house and talk."