Zhou Ju glanced around the room and asked Zhou Chun in a low voice, "Brother Chun, isn't your wife home?"

Zhou Chun glanced at him. "Yeah, she went back to her parents' home. You're looking for her, is there something you need?"

"Ah, it's nothing, it's nothing. I was just curious why my sister-in-law would let you drink at home, right?" Zhou Ju raised his glass, clinked it with Zhou Chun's, and said with a grin.

Zhou Erleng knew everything about Zhou Ju and Pan Shi's affair. He even noticed that Pan Shi was trying to seduce him, and whenever they bumped into each other on the street, her eyes would stare straight at his face.

Seeing Zhou Chun and Zhou Ju looking like good brothers, he subconsciously glanced at the top of Zhou Chun's head.

Zhou Erleng glanced at Zhou Ju, smiled faintly, and raised his glass to clink with Zhou Chun's. "Brother Chun, tell me, what's the reason for calling the brothers here for drinks today?"

Zhou Chun chuckled, "Are you guys short on cash lately?"

“Look at what you’re saying, brother. We’re not like those families with good ancestors, how can we not be busy? Do you have any good jobs here? You should bring the brothers along to make money too!” Zhou Erleng said with a smile.

“Yeah, bro, don’t forget your brothers while you’re on your way!” Zhou Yuan chimed in at this moment.

He had just started an affair with Pan, but before he could even get her, she went back to her parents' home, which made him restless and unable to sit still.

When Zhou Chun asked him out tonight, he was both scared and excited. Fortunately, he didn't discover anything.

"There are ways to make money, it just depends on whether you dare to do them," Zhou Chun said in a low voice.

“Go for it! With you leading the way, what are we afraid of? You have a family to support, while we're all single.” Zhou Ju chimed in with a grin.

Zhou Chun nodded. "I've observed that Wang Cai and Lin Cai's families all have gates, but Zhou Quan's family doesn't. I heard that Zhou Sanli has ordered a gate from the Niu family, but it's not finished yet. Why don't we go to their house tonight and see if we can get anything out of them? I reckon Zhou Ermao and his gang must have made their move on those families who had things stolen these past few days, and they probably succeeded."

Upon hearing that they were going to Zhou Quan's house, Zhou Ju, Zhou Erleng, and Zhou Yuan perked up.

"Brother, if we don't get the stuff, can we at least touch the person? Zhou Quan is a cripple. Even if he gets married, he definitely won't be able to take care of her. Wouldn't that be a waste of a wife who's as beautiful as a flower?"

At this moment, Zhou Ju rubbed his hands together and said in a lewd manner.

Zhou Yuan and Zhou Erleng also had a glint in their eyes, but they didn't say anything.

Zhou Chun rolled his eyes at him, "You look decent enough, but is this all you've got? Our goal tonight is to steal silver. If you dare ruin things because of this, I'll personally send you to the clan chief."

"Hehe, no, no, I'll listen to you, brother!" Zhou Ju quickly surrendered with a grin, saying he wouldn't dare to do anything reckless.

"Okay, let's discuss how to cooperate!" Zhou Chun gestured for the group to come closer and began to discuss things with them in a low voice.

In the middle of the night, Zhou Quan suddenly woke up because he needed to urinate.

He stared blankly at the roof. How long had it been since he had been woken up in the middle of the night by the urge to urinate? He used to be careful not to eat or drink too much at night.

But ever since Li Mai came into the house, he has been given half a bowl of water to drink before bed every day. He thought it was okay to drink half a bowl of water because he didn't wake up needing to urinate a few nights ago. But why did he wake up needing to urinate today?

The more you hold it in, the more you feel the urge to urinate. Zhou Quan slowly sat up, looked at Li Mai beside him, and couldn't bear to wake her.

Since she married into the family, he has been too embarrassed to ask Zhou Lei to bring him the chamber pot before bedtime.

Even if he didn't get up at night before, he would still prepare such things, but with Li Mai around, he always felt that it wasn't appropriate to put such things in front of Li Mai.

No, the feeling was too strong tonight. He couldn't hold back and could only slowly prop himself up, trying to get out of bed, at least to go outside to pee.

"Husband, what's wrong?" Suddenly, Li Mai's sleepy and languid voice came from beside her.

"I..." Zhou Quan said somewhat awkwardly, "I'm sorry, I woke you up."

"It's okay, do you want to poop or poop?" Li Mai sat up. He always felt the urge to poop or pee when he woke up in the middle of the night, so she guessed that he probably had that need.

Zhou Quan coughed lightly and said in a low voice, "Xiao, you need to pee, and you're really holding it in. I've never felt this way at night before."

“Wait a minute, I remember there are a few chamber pots outside the latrine, which one is yours?” Li Mai asked.

“The round one!” Zhou Quan said with his eyes closed.

At this moment, Zhou Quan was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into, but if he didn't find something to pee on, he was afraid he would wet his pants.

Xiaomai couldn't lift herself by herself, so she could only wait for her to come back with the chamber pot.

Li Mai acknowledged and got off the bed, lit a lamp, and wanted to go out wearing only her undergarments.

"Put on your coat, it's chilly at night!" Zhou Quan whispered to him.

Li Mai agreed, put on her outer skirt, picked up another lamp, lit it on this lamp, and carried it out.

Li Mai sighed inwardly, missing flashlights and neon lights.

He went to the outhouse and saw two chamber pots lying there. He picked up the round one and walked back.

Suddenly she heard what sounded like low voices outside.

Li Mai looked up at the night sky. It must be the middle of the night. Why are there still people squatting outside her house talking?

She became more cautious, blew out the lamp in her hand, and quietly returned to the house through the shadows, handing it to Zhou Quan, saying, "You take care of this first, I'll go out and check."

"What's wrong? Is someone there?" Zhou Quan asked instinctively.

"Hmm, don't worry, I can handle it." She turned and left quietly, closing the door carefully.

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