Upon learning that her family had returned from Zichang County, Hu Guilan and Zhou Miao each took their husbands and children back to her parents' home that night.

As soon as they entered the main hall of the Hu family, Li Ping and his family saw three young men and women with dark red faces and thin bodies.

These three people were Hu Dongfeng, Hu Nanfeng and Hu Xiuling who had returned from the countryside.

Just as everyone finished greeting, they saw the other two married daughters of the Hu family, Hu Cuifen and Hu Xiuyun, coming over with their families.

Hu Xiuling and Hu Xiuyun are twin sisters. In 1968, they were both fifteen years old. Logically, they should have gone to the countryside, but coincidentally, Hu Xiuyun had just gotten engaged two weeks before the policy of going to the countryside was announced, so she escaped.

Although Hu Xiuyun lives in the city and does not have to work in the fields every day, her husband's family is not well off. They live a tight life. They can only eat half full at every meal and rarely have meat. In addition, she has to do housework and take care of the children.

So her face looked a little sallow and she looked a little old.

However, when she sat with her sister Hu Xiuling, she suddenly looked much younger.

After a round of pleasantries, Hu Guilan looked at Hu Dongfeng and the other two, a look of heartache in her eyes. "You two should stay home and take good care of yourself. I'll introduce you to potential partners later."

Hu Dongfeng forced a smile and said directly, "Sister, brother-in-law, can you lend us some money? Nanfeng and I want to set up a breakfast stall."

When the people in the room heard this, their faces changed.

Hu Yang, the head of the Hu family, passed the job promotion assessment in 1977 and was promoted to a higher level, and his salary also increased a little.

His eldest son, Hu Yitong, works in a fertilizer factory. In recent years, the welfare benefits of the fertilizer factory have been second to none in the entire county, and he also has extra income from selling grain.

The combined income of the two of them not only covers the family expenses, but they can even save some every month.

It was precisely because she knew this that Hu Guilan allowed Hu Dongfeng and the other two to recuperate at home for a period of time.

But now Hu Dongfeng not only didn't respond, but also borrowed money from Hu Guilan and her husband.

Isn't this tantamount to slapping your parents in the face?

Everyone knew that he would never say such a thing for no reason.

Everyone understood after a moment's thought that it was most likely because someone was unhappy about Hu Dongfeng and Hu Nanfeng's return and said something in front of them.

A family's property is limited. If one more person gets it, the others will get less.

So usually parents are very happy when their children who have gone to the countryside come back, but it is different for brothers.

In order to get a larger share of the family property, some people hope that their brothers who have gone to the countryside will not come back.

Hu Yang's face was filled with anger. He looked at his other sons and said through gritted teeth, "What did you say in front of the fourth son and the others?"

The eldest brother, Hu Yitong, quickly expressed his opinion, "Dad, I said the same thing as my eldest sister. Let them rest well at home, and I also said that I would buy some ducks to nourish them tomorrow."

The second son, Hu Yiwan, said, "Dad, this is none of my business."

Hu Yang understood their personalities and trusted them quite a bit. He said "hmm" softly and then looked at his third son, Hu Yitiao.

Hu Yitiao muttered for a long time before finally squeezing out a sentence, "I didn't say anything."

Although he said this, his behavior spoke for itself.

Hu Yang flew into a rage, slammed the table hard, then rushed to him and slapped him hard, cursing, "You little beast, I'm going to beat you to death today."

After saying that, he raised his fist and hit him.

It was obvious that he really wanted to beat Hu Yitiao to death, and he swung his fist towards his head.

Seeing this, others were afraid that someone might be killed and rushed forward to stop them.

The Huyang, who was being held captive, still refused to give in. "Let me go, please let me go. I'm going to beat this little beast to death."

Hu Yitiao's face was filled with pain. He covered his head and shouted, "Lao Liu also said so. Why didn't you beat him?"

Wow, everyone was shocked by this sentence.

So there is also the matter of Hu Xifeng, the youngest son of the Hu family.

Hu Xifeng is the youngest among his peers. He is lucky because he missed the first two times of going to the countryside because of his age. When he reached the age requirement, Tang County issued a policy that as long as someone in the family goes to the countryside, the rest of the family does not have to go even if they meet the age requirement.

So Hu Xifeng stayed at home all the time.

It is said that the emperor loves his eldest son and the people love their youngest son. As the youngest son, he has always been loved by his parents in the Hu family.

Whenever there was something good at home, the old couple of the Hu family would give it to him first.

But I didn't expect that I would end up raising something like this.

Hu Yang stopped struggling and stared at Hu Xifeng blankly, "Do you have a share in this?"

Hu Xifeng pointed at Hu Yitiao in panic, "It was Third Brother. I said I didn't want to go, but Third Brother insisted on dragging me along and even threatened me, saying he would beat me if I didn't go."

"You're talking nonsense! You were the one who dragged me there," Hu Yitiao roared. "Lao Si, Lao Wu, Xiuling, tell me for yourselves, didn't I only say two sentences at the time? He said the rest."

When they heard this, everyone knew that what he said was probably the truth.

Hu Yitong's face turned ashen. As Hu Xifeng shouted "Brother, don't", he grabbed his neck and gave him two big slaps.

At this moment, Hu Guilan suddenly realized, "It's ok to say those things to Lao Si and Lao Wu, but why did you say them to Xiu Ling?"

Hu Yitiao panted and explained, "Lao Liu said that when Xiuling gets married, the family must also subsidize her dowry."

Everyone was shocked.

Hu Xifeng, you don't even want your parents to pay for the dowry. How vicious are you?

Mother Hu pointed at Hu Xifeng tremblingly, opened her mouth, then her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

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