It was freezing cold, and the neighbors were all staying indoors. They were used to the noises coming from his house from time to time, and no one would come over to stop them.

If he hadn't gone out, someone might have died today.

Upon hearing this, Lin Qiuyu's face immediately darkened: "I won't allow you to leave. Go back to the kang and lie down!"

"How are you? Not tired from coming back from the coal mine today?"

Knowing the gravity of the situation, Chi Zhang, unusually, ignored her and went straight out, lifting the curtain.

This is the first time Lin Qiuyu has encountered a man who doesn't listen to her since she married into this family.

She immediately dropped her needle and thread, put on her shoes, and chased after him out the door.

"Chi Zhang, you come back here right now. I'll count to three, and if you don't come back, we'll see!"

As she said this, Chi Zhang had already entered the main room.

His father was beaten and lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), looking half-dead, while his mother had red eyes.

It looked like it was about to eat people.

"Mother, my father..."

Zhou Xiaolan didn't want to see her troublesome son, so she simply grabbed a feather duster, walked past him, and left the main room.

Seeing Lin Qiuyu standing at the door of the right wing, he said coldly:

"Lin family, just wait and see what happens."

Don't forget how I brought you into my family. Over the years, I've thought about how difficult it is to be a daughter-in-law, so I haven't made things difficult for you.

You're really taking advantage of my kindness, aren't you?

Count it, go ahead and count it. What do you want to do after I've counted three times?

My son is a good son. Although he is a bit indecisive, he is obedient.

What happened after I married you?

Let me tell you, starting today, you'd better keep your little schemes to yourself.

Also, keep your tail tucked between your legs. If you keep acting like that, my family won't tolerate you.

If one woman in my Chijia'ao village divorces her husband, another will follow.

Did you used to think that we mountain people couldn't afford to get married, so we could only be good to our wives and coax them?

Now you see, we're not short of money. Even without you, I can still find Ah Zhang another daughter, Da Huang.

As for you, what will happen to you after you leave our family is up to your own fate!

Now, the money from selling vegetables and charcoal at home is all in Zhou Xiaolan's hands.

Given the previous incident of Liu Qingshan divorcing his wife, Lin Qiuyu really didn't dare to talk nonsense.

So even though he was angry, furious, and resentful, he was helpless and could only slink back into the house.

Finally putting on her mother-in-law act, Zhou Xiaolan saw her son standing motionless in the main room and angrily yelled at him:

"What are you still standing there for? Didn't you see your grandparents have already gone out?"

"Get out there and keep an eye on those two old folks right now. If they do anything, I'll skin you alive!"

They're all such a handful. If her Ah Qing were here, she wouldn't have to worry about them so much.

Liu Mei, who went out to buy chicken, asked at several shops along the way, but none of them were very successful.

After finally arriving at the clan chief's house, they heard Zhou Xiaolan's farcical act of hitting a man.

She stood at the door for a while, but ultimately didn't go in.

When she returned to Lao Chi's house, she had nothing in her hands.

Chi Yu glanced at her and, before Liu Lingling could speak, said:

"It's cold outside, so the chickens aren't laying eggs. Plus, the harvest is bad, so everyone's trying to save as much food as possible. It's normal that we haven't been able to buy any."

"Aden's wife, come over here and start the fire, warm yourself up while you do. I'm going back inside to check on your mother."

Because of Chi Yu's words, Liu Lingling and Liu Mei both subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, they were quite afraid of upsetting their aunt. They felt that their aunt didn't care about their mother and was unfilial.

If their aunt really makes that assumption, their lives will probably be difficult from now on.