"Let...let me go..." Zhao Mingzhe grimaced in pain, unable to speak coherently.

Ye Weiwei increased the pressure on her foot: "Are you awake now? Do you still dare to mess with me?"

"No, I won't do it again... Ah... It hurts! Ye Weiwei... Let me go... Let me go... I'll never dare to mess with you again... Let me go..."

Hearing Zhao Mingzhe's assurance, Ye Weiwei finally withdrew her foot. "A toad trying to eat swan meat, doesn't he even know what he is!"

Xu Meijun secretly gave Ye Weiwei a thumbs up.

well played!

Chen Jiali also gave Zhao Mingzhe a disdainful look.

He looks all respectable, so why can't he do anything right?

She initially thought he was quite nice, and she was quite jealous of Ye Weiwei because of him.

You're blind!

Zhao Mingzhe watched Ye Weiwei, Xu Meijun, and Chen Jiali return to the girls' dormitory chatting and laughing before struggling to get up from the ground.

The male educated youth all looked down on Zhao Mingzhe's behavior, so no one came forward to help him.

Ye Weiwei's posture just now was too fierce.

Zhao Mingzhe was a grown man weighing over 100 pounds, but when she lifted him up, he was like a little chick, completely powerless to resist.

Moreover, Ye Weiwei really showed no mercy when she attacked!

They felt pain just looking at it.

After this incident, I believe no one will think that Ye Weiwei still has feelings for Zhao Mingzhe!

Ye Weiwei sat by the window, watching the twisted hatred on Zhao Mingzhe's face, and narrowed her eyes.

The grain was distributed the next day.

Early in the morning, a long queue formed at the rice threshing ground.

Although the educated youth received their grain after the villagers had finished distributing it, this did not dampen their enthusiasm, and they all arrived early.

The village chief and the brigade leader were at the front, one calling out names and the other supervising. Accountant Wu tallied the work points and money, while women's director Sun Yuemei supervised several young men weighing their items. Everyone was busy and working hard.

Those families who received more grain and money wore smiles on their faces, while those who were lazy and shirked their duties and earned fewer work points could only look on with envy and be looked down upon by the villagers.

Just as it was about to be the Huo family's turn, the Sun family, accompanied by Sun Hongying, stormed over aggressively, demanding an explanation from the Huo family.

“My dear in-laws, I wasn’t planning on making this trip, but what your family did was so unfair! You sent my daughter back to her parents’ home for a daughter-in-law who isn’t even married yet. They’re all your daughters-in-law, and as the mother-in-law, you can’t just treat them all equally, or at least show favoritism!”

Liu Guilan glanced at Sun Hongying, a thin, dark-skinned woman standing with her head held high beside the Sun family, then looked at Sun's mother, whose small eyes gleamed with cunning and calculation, and sneered, "Since you've brought up this issue of favoritism, let's have a proper discussion in front of everyone about who's really being biased!"

After she finished speaking, she glanced at her second son and said, "Second son, come here. This matter concerns your branch of the family, so you need to understand it clearly."

Huo Jiang walked to his mother's side and stood there, looking at the Sun family with displeasure. When he saw Sun Hongying, his brows furrowed tightly.

Huo Hai and Huo Xiao also stepped forward to protect Liu Guilan in the middle, quietly waiting for their mother's instructions.

Seeing that Liu Guilan showed no intention of pulling her aside for a private discussion, Sun's mother felt a pang of unease.

Liu Guilan is not usually the most concerned about her reputation, so why is she unusually bringing up family matters in the open this time, seemingly unafraid of being laughed at?

She knew that Liu Guilan didn't want to make a big scene and lose face, so she came to her door at the critical moment when she found out that Daqingshan Village was distributing grain today. She wanted to take advantage of the situation to put Liu Guilan in a better position.

Now it seems that's not the case!

However, Sun's mother was always flexible and adaptable. Seeing that the situation was not right, she immediately changed her tune: "My dear in-law, look how many people are here. Let's find a place to talk this out properly?"

Liu Guilan showed no mercy to Sun's mother, directly exposing her scheme: "Didn't you only come here because there are so many people today? No need to change locations, just say it here! I, Liu Guilan, have done nothing wrong, so there's nothing I'm afraid to let others hear!"

Seeing that Liu Guilan was about to break off all pretense, Sun's mother simply stopped pretending and said directly, "Pah! You've got to be serious! Liu Guilan, you really dare to say that! I've never seen such a biased mother as you! Your heart is completely devoted to your youngest son. You give him everything good. My Hongying has been married into your family for years, working like a slave in your Huo family, suffering all kinds of torment and contempt. And you actually sent her back to her parents' home just to curry favor with an outsider! You can't treat people like this! You have to give me an explanation today. Don't think our Sun family is easy to bully!"

“Sun Hongying, you tell me, how have I been tormenting you all this time?” Liu Guilan ignored Sun’s mother and looked at Sun Hongying.

When Liu Guilan called her name, Sun Hongying instinctively shrank back, only to be pinched hard by her sister-in-law behind her. Her eyes immediately reddened, and she cried, "Mother-in-law, I know it's my fault for being useless, giving birth to three money-losing babies. But I've worked hard all these years since I married into the Huo family, serving my husband and taking care of my in-laws. I've done my best, haven't I? How can you send me back to my parents' home just because of an outsider? That Ye Weiwei hasn't even married into the family yet, and she's already causing trouble. If she does marry in, how will we live?"

Liu Guilan let out a sigh of relief: "Then how do you think our Huo family should live our lives?"

Sun Hongying was crying her heart out when she suddenly heard Liu Guilan ask this question. She paused for a moment, and then, at the prompting of her mother and sister-in-law, she quickly said, "I want to separate the family! I want to separate the family! After we separate, we'll all live our own lives. Since you're so biased towards the third son, then you can live with them."

Liu Guilan felt even colder; this was an arrangement that had even taken care of the lives of the elderly couple!

Seeing Sun Hongying crying so pitifully, some people who didn't know the truth felt sorry for her, and many spoke up for her.

But when they heard her shouting that she wanted to split up the family property, everyone shut up.

The fact that the parents don't separate their households is something that people in their village value highly.

Seeing that the wind was about to change, Sun's mother immediately stepped in to smooth things over, "My dear in-law, my daughter Hongying is young and doesn't know any better, please be more understanding. But this child has really been forced into this situation. If you ask me, I absolutely do not agree with dividing the family property. It would be so much better for the whole family to live together in harmony. As long as you, as the head of the family, can treat everyone fairly from now on and not be so biased, that will be fine."

"Mother, didn't we agree..." Upon hearing their mother's words, Sister-in-law Sun and Sister-in-law Sun couldn't help but object.

Sun's mother glared at them irritably, then turned to grab Liu Guilan's arm, saying, "Children are all debts, we're all mothers, seeing my Hongying like this makes my heart ache too..."

Liu Guilan slapped Sun's mother's hand away and took a step back, saying, "Get out of here! Stop putting on airs like a pig with a scallion in its nose! Who are you trying to impress?"

Sun's mother, feeling slighted, glared at Liu Guilan with a dark expression. "In-law, what do you mean by this?"