Outside the door, Peng Zhihua heard Liu Xinyan's roar, jumped into his cab like a cheetah, started the engine, and stepped on the accelerator.

When Liu Xinyan chased out, she met Peng Zhihua driving past her. He was baring his big teeth through the window and laughing at Liu Xinyan.

"My brother is busy now. I will play with you when I have the chance."

Liu Xinyan jumped up and down and roared behind him, "Peng Zhihua, you are a deserter. You ran away because you saw that Brother Gu was taking action.

Are you a man? Don’t let me look down on you. Are you scared? Ahhhhh, come back to me~"

Liu Xinyan came in from outside, still angry.

"Peng Zhihua is too much. I don't want to play with him anymore."

She raised three fingers towards Qiao Jiangxin. "Three rounds, just three rounds, and he ran away. He might as well not have played in the first place. Three rounds, we lost all three times. I didn't even have a chance to get revenge..."

Qiao Jiangxin nodded along with Liu Xinyan, "Yes, that's too much. It's only three rounds. Let's not play with him next time."

Liu Xinyan had suffered too much, "Jiang Xin, it's still you, come, if he doesn't come, the three of us will come."

Qiao Jiangxin smiled apologetically and said, "I've been out for so long, I'll go home first."

Liu Xinyan was reluctant to leave, "Then please come back soon."

Qiao Jiangxin ran very fast, "Tuo, I will."

As soon as I stepped into the house, I heard Liu Afang say in embarrassment, "Why don't we just forget it? I'm too embarrassed to go back after what happened."

Qiao Jiangxin looked at Liu Afang's sad face and couldn't help asking, "Mom, what's the matter?"

Qiao Youcai sighed, "Hey~, I was discussing with your mother about visiting your uncle's house for New Year's greetings."

When Qiao Jiangxin heard this, he immediately understood why Liu Afang was in trouble.

Liu Afang's parents' home is in Chuanqian Village, the westernmost village in the town, about 17 or 18 miles away from Gaoshi Village by mountain road. It is said that even the Japanese could not find it.

The Liu family's conditions were much worse than the Qiao family's. When Liu Afang married into the family, she didn't ask for any dowry at all. It was because the Liu family felt that Gaoshi Village was wealthier than their village and closer to the town, so they wanted their daughter to have an easier life.

A few years after Liu Afang got married, the two families were still in contact.

As time went on, Lei Honghua became more and more dissatisfied. She felt that the Liu family had too many gifts, including various etiquette for the New Year and other festivals, relatives' weddings and deaths.

It would be bad enough to delay work, but if she went back, she had to bring some things with her and couldn't go back empty-handed, so gradually, Lei Honghua stopped letting Liu Afang go back.

Even if Liu Afang really wanted to go back, she would go back empty-handed, eat her fill, and then come back to make up for the delayed work.

Liu Afang was of a soft nature and didn't dare to confront Lei Honghua at all.

Gradually, the Liu family probably realized that Liu Afang was in trouble, and they stopped informing her of many social interactions.

The last time the Liu family came was when Liu Qi came to visit their daughter who had a miscarriage. The old lady came from far away in the scorching sun, bringing some gifts with her to see her daughter. Not only did Lei Honghua not keep any food for her, she also mocked Liu Qi.

Liu Qi was holding his breath and felt sorry for his daughter's situation.

Liu Afang was already quite old at that time. She couldn't get pregnant at first, and even if she did get pregnant, she couldn't keep the baby. Her life was even more difficult than when she was at her parents' home.

The old lady felt that Liu Afang's current situation was due to the fact that she had not chosen the right person. Her team already had honest and hardworking young men, but she insisted on marrying her daughter off.

She wiped her tears and walked home in a trance, and fell into a ditch on the way. If Liu's family had not gone out to look for her when it was getting dark, Liu Qi would have died that day.

Although he was carried back home by his family, Liu Qi fell ill and could not get up. Adding to his depression and the lack of medical care and medicine, his health deteriorated and he passed away a year later.

During this year, Liu Qi was thinking about his daughter Liu Afang and sent letters many times asking Liu Afang to come back, but Lei Honghua intercepted them every time.

After Liu Qi passed away, Lei Honghua realized that she could no longer hide the truth, so she told Liu Afang, and the couple then hurried back.

After the funeral, the Liu family coldly informed Liu Afang that the two families would no longer have any ties.

Later, Liu Afang went back once with a thick face and did not show any displeasure.

In addition to Lei Honghua's obstruction, she had to go to work and had no money on hand. The food in the family was controlled by Lei Honghua. Various reasons combined resulted in Liu Afang not being able to return home for more than eight years.