"I was just joking, Accountant Zhou. Where are you planning to go next? I'd like to go to the hospital." Seeing Zhou Bingqiang's face darken, Liu Moli quickly changed the subject.

Zhou Bingqiang is still useful to Liu Moli, and Liu Moli doesn't want to fall out with him for the time being.

"What are you going to the hospital for?" Zhou Bingqiang asked.

“My stomach hurts a lot every time I have my period, and I’m thinking of going to the hospital to get some traditional Chinese medicine to take home,” Liu Moli said, looking a little uneasy.

"Go to the hospital yourself! I'm not going. I still need to go to the supply station to buy fertilizer for the brigade." Zhou Bingqiang was unwilling to accompany Liu Moli to the hospital.

Liu Moli went to see a doctor for a woman's illness; is it appropriate for a grown man to accompany her?

If someone sees him and goes back to the village to gossip, Dazhu's mother will start to suspect him.

"Alright, go ahead and do your thing!" Liu Moli was secretly delighted, but put on a magnanimous expression.

Coincidentally, Liu Moli didn't want Zhou Bingchen to force himself to come along either.

Zhou Bingqiang was her mother-in-law's "eyes and ears" today. Whatever Liu Moli did in town, Zhou Bingqiang would report to Zhou Dazhu's mother when he returned to the village.

After Liu Moli took a few steps, Zhou Bingqiang called out, "Dali's wife, wait a minute."

A hint of impatience flashed across Liu Moli's face. When she turned around, a smile had already appeared on her face.

"What's wrong? Is there something else?" Liu Moli asked.

"Here's a dollar." Zhou Bingqiang took a dollar out of his pocket and stuffed it into Liu Moli's hand.

"Thank you, Brother Bingqiang," Liu Moli said sweetly.

"Ahem! Accountant Zhou." Zhou Bingqiang looked around and, seeing no one was around, quickly reminded him.

"Thank you, Accountant Zhou," Liu Moli readily agreed.

The two smiled at each other before turning away.

Liu Moli held a crumpled one-yuan coin in her hand, a cold smile appearing on her lips.

This Zhou Bingqiang is really interesting. He gave her a dollar for medical treatment. Was he trying to make her fall head over heels in love with him? Or did he have some other purpose?

Tsk... Just one yuan? Zhou Bingqiang is such a stingy man.

However, even a dollar is still money, and Liu Moli wouldn't refuse it.

Ever since Zhou Dali died, Liu Moli's mother-in-law has taken all the money in the house, including Liu Moli's.

When Zhou Dali married Liu Moli, he gave her a dowry of 100 yuan, which Liu Moli deposited in a three-year fixed deposit account.

The deposit slip was also taken away by Liu Moli's mother-in-law.

Zhou's mother knew that Liu Moli had no money, which was why she was determined to stay in Zhoujia Village.

Liu Moli couldn't possibly obediently do as her mother-in-law wanted.

In recent years, Liu Moli has spent a lot of time looking for people in the village who can help her.

Unfortunately, Zhoujia Village didn't have any capable people.

The most capable one was Zhou Dali's older brother, who was also the brigade leader, Zhou Dazhu.

The only one who could rival Zhou Dazhu was Zhou Bingchen, an officer in the army.

Unfortunately, Zhou Bingchen was stationed in the military most of the year, and even when he came back to visit his family, he was rarely alone. Even if Liu Moli wanted to seduce him, she wouldn't know where to start.

After much deliberation, Liu Moli finally seduced Zhou Bingchen's older brother, Zhou Bingqiang.

Zhou Bingqiang is the accountant of Zhoujia Village and the eldest son of Zhou Fugui, holding a high position in the family. His younger brother, Zhou Bingchen, is an officer in the army. Even if Liu Moli and Zhou Bingqiang's affair were exposed, Zhou Dazhu's family might not dare to offend Zhou Fugui's family to the point of no return.

Moreover, Zhou Bingqiang doesn't have to work in the fields every day; his workplace is right at the brigade headquarters.

Letters sent to Zhoujia Village from various places would be delivered to the brigade headquarters by the postman, who would then distribute them to the recipients.

Since Liu Moli married Zhou Dali, she has not received a single letter from her relatives or friends.

Liu Moli couldn't guarantee that others wouldn't be so heartless, but her aunt Liu Jingxian wouldn't. When Liu Moli's parents were alive, they had a very good relationship with Liu Jingxian.

During the first six months after Liu Moli went to the countryside, Liu Jingxian sent her money and tickets.

Liu Jingxian has been out of contact for so many years, and Liu Moli suspects that her in-laws intercepted her letters.

After Liu Moli hooked up with Zhou Bingqiang, she asked him to keep an eye on her letters.

Sure enough, Zhou Bingqiang took a letter from Liu Jingxian that she sent from Shanghai last night to try and win her over.

Liu Moli burst into tears after reading the letter.

Aunt asked Liu Moli if it was because she had opposed Liu Moli's marriage that Liu Moli hadn't replied to her letters for so many years.

To show off his accomplishment, Zhou Bingqiang told Liu Moli that he had risked being scolded by Liu Moli's mother-in-law to secretly hide the letter for her. Over the years, all of Liu Moli's letters had been taken and destroyed by her mother-in-law.

Liu Moli rushed to the post office today to call her aunt to confirm.

Liu Jingxian told Liu Moli that she had sent Liu Moli at least a dozen letters over the years, each containing twenty yuan and some ration coupons.

Liu Moli hated it to the core.

Zhou Dali ruined her life, and even after Zhou Dali's death, his mother still wants to control her life.

No, she won't just sit and wait to die.

Back then, Liu Moli's marriage to Zhou Dali was a last resort.

Liu Moli was beautiful, and Zhou Dali had his eye on her as soon as she arrived in Zhoujia Village. Zhou Dali was the youngest son of her parents, more than ten years younger than her older brother Zhou Dazhu.

Zhou Dali took a liking to Liu Moli at first sight and wanted to marry her.

Zhou's mother initially disagreed. Liu Moli was delicate and frail, and not good at physical labor, earning less than three work points a day. Zhou's mother wanted Zhou Dali to marry a strong and capable wife.

Zhou Dali insisted on marrying Liu Moli, and even went on a hunger strike at home. His mother couldn't persuade her son otherwise, so she had no choice but to agree.

When Zhou's mother approached Liu Moli about marriage, Liu Moli flatly refused.

Liu Moli was not originally required to go to the countryside, but something happened in her family, and her aunt asked her to go to the countryside to hide for a while, and then find a way to transfer Liu Moli back to the city in two or three years.

Zhou Dali is ugly and much older than Liu Moli. How could Liu Moli give up the opportunity to return to the city for someone like him?

Liu Moli rejected the marriage proposal, thinking that the matter was over.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Dali refused to give up and found an opportunity to rape Liu Moli.

Liu Moli cried and wanted to go to the police station to report Zhou Dali for rape and to get him shot.

Unfortunately, Liu Moli didn't even get out of the village before Zhou's mother and several daughters-in-law dragged her back to the Zhou family home and locked her up.

Zhou's mother is a formidable character.

Now that Zhou Dali has made his move, Zhou's mother will not allow Liu Moli to escape her control.

Zhou's mother first tried to persuade him gently, saying that Zhou Dali was so fond of Liu Moli that he had the idea of ​​"making the deed done with the deed." She explained that their family was a prominent one within the Zhou household (Zhou's mother had eight children and over thirty grandchildren and great-grandchildren), and Zhou Dazhu was the brigade leader. She said that if Liu Moli married Zhou Dali, she could work whenever she wanted, and if she didn't want to work, she could stay home and do housework; Zhou Dali could support her.

Zhou's mother then threatened Liu Moli, saying that if Liu Moli did not marry Zhou Dali, she would spread the word in the village that Liu Moli was already a "loose woman".

When that time comes, all the bachelors in the village will definitely have their eyes on Liu Moli.

Moreover, Zhou Dazhu is the brigade leader and village party secretary. If Liu Moli refuses to listen to reason and is forced to take the blame, she will be assigned dirty and tiring jobs in the future, and she will have no way to complain.

Liu Moli was shocked and finally agreed to marry Zhou Dali.