Is anyone home? Someone come out.

In the twelfth lunar month, it was already pitch black by six o'clock in the evening, but most families in the forest farm were still awake and their doors were wide open.

Zhang Shuzhen, leading her son and grandson, ignored everything else and went straight into the courtyard, where she stood and shouted loudly.

The Guo family had just finished dinner.

In fact, most families eat two meals a day in the dead of winter, with dinner around four o'clock in the afternoon.

The Sheng family is waiting for Sheng Xiping today, while the Guo family is eating late simply because no one is doing any work.

This Guo family has nothing to do with Guo Yongping; they are a completely different family.

The Guo family has four children: two sons and two daughters. The eldest son is a worker who works on the mountain. The second and third sons are daughters who are married. The fourth son is a year younger than Sheng Xiping and also works in the educated youth team on the mountain.

Old Mrs. Guo never does anything productive all day long. She just wanders around from house to house, talking nonsense and never comes home until it's dark and time for dinner.

In the past, Guo's eldest daughter-in-law was capable and never argued with her mother-in-law.

His eldest daughter-in-law gave birth to another child this autumn, and the baby is only three months old now.

My mother-in-law is never home after meals. Guo's eldest daughter-in-law has to take care of the children, do laundry, and cook. How can she possibly make it in time for dinner?

So around six o'clock, the family had just finished eating, and Guo's eldest daughter-in-law was washing dishes in the outer kitchen.

Hearing someone shouting outside, Guo's eldest daughter-in-law was quite puzzled.

It's already dark. Who is this person? Coming to my house but not coming inside, just standing in the yard shouting?

Hearing the noise, Guo's eldest daughter-in-law pushed open the door and came out of the house. She glanced outside and asked, "Who is it? It's so late, what do you want?"

It was dark outside, and Guo's eldest daughter-in-law couldn't see who was outside. She only saw several people of different heights, so she asked.

"Oh, it's the eldest daughter-in-law. Um, where's your mother-in-law? Tell her to come out for a bit, I need to talk to her."

Zhang Shuzhen coughed and said.

They all work in the same forest farm, so they see each other all the time. How could Guo's eldest daughter-in-law not be able to tell what Zhang Shuzhen was saying?

"Oh, is this Aunt Sheng? It's so late at night, and it's freezing outside. Come on in and let's talk."

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Guo family is quite nice. As soon as she heard it was Zhang Shuzhen, she quickly invited them into the house.

"No need, I just want to say a few words to your mother-in-law, you can call her out."

Zhang Shuzhen waved her hand, she didn't want to go inside. She would talk outside and leave after she finished. She didn't have time to chat with them about other people's business.

When Guo's eldest daughter-in-law heard this, she thought, "Oh, something's not right about these words. They sound like they're full of hostility."

"Auntie, wait a moment, I'll go back to the house and call someone for you." Guo's eldest daughter-in-law didn't dare to delay and quickly went back to the house to greet her mother-in-law.

"Mom, it seems that Aunt Sheng from outside is here with her son and grandson. I wonder what they're doing here?"

They insisted they wanted to see you, but they wouldn't come in even though I invited them inside.

In the east room, Granny Guo was sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed) playing with her grandson when she heard this. Her heart skipped a beat.

"Why are they looking for me? I don't have any dealings with Zhang Shuzhen."

Despite muttering to herself, Granny Guo still put on her shoes, got out of bed, and put on her thick cotton-padded coat before heading outside.

"Oh my, isn't this Old Sheng's sister-in-law? What brings you here?"

"It's so cold outside, what's wrong? Come inside and talk. What are you doing standing there?"

There are some people who are born to bully the weak and fear the strong, like this old woman from the Guo family.

When she was defending her grandson, she didn't dare to exert any force against Sheng Xitai; she only dared to scold Chen Feng.

When the Sheng family arrived, Guo's mother felt guilty, so her attitude was naturally extremely polite.

"No, I wouldn't dare go into your house. What if it implicates you?"

After all, none of our relatives are good people, so we wouldn't dare marry into a good family like yours.

"Don't you think so, Cao Yufen?" Cao Yufen was indeed the name of the old woman from the Guo family.

"Oh dear, sister-in-law, what are you saying? Is there some misunderstanding?"

You and Lao Sheng are both from three generations of poor farmers, good families. How could you possibly be involved with those shady people?

These have all been tested by the organization. If you can't trust others, how can you not trust the organization?

Upon hearing this, Cao Yufen quickly waved her hand, saying that such words should not be spoken carelessly.

In previous years, Sheng Liancheng was also investigated, but the investigation team investigated for several months and still couldn't find anything wrong.

The Sheng family has been farmers for generations, honestly farming the land and never doing anything out of line.

After the investigation was completed, Sheng Liancheng was promoted to director of the small repair shop.

This is no joke. Cao Yufen knows very well that if she makes baseless accusations against the Sheng family, and the Sheng family files a complaint with the forestry bureau or the local government, the Guo family will be in deep trouble.

"Isn't that right? Then why did you say my parents were bad people this morning? And why did you call him an unwanted wild child?"

Xiaofeng is a relative's child who stayed at our house for a while. What do you mean by saying that?

Zhang Shuzhen had no intention of letting Cao Yufen off easily. This kind of person who spews nonsense and throws mud at others at will had to be taught a lesson.

"What, are you saying that our family has connections with those shady people?"

Did you see it with your own eyes, or hear it with your own ears? What proof do you have?

Zhang Shuzhen was holding back her anger, so naturally her tone wasn't very pleasant.

"Oh dear, this, this is all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."

"I've seen Xiaofeng staying at your house for so long, and his parents haven't come to pick him up. I was worried something had happened to them."

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