Li Mingqing was listening and saw everything clearly.

Another person who added fuel to the fire was Liu Xiang.

She probably wished that Li Goudan would die outside while working on the river.

After hearing this, Zhou Xiaoshuang whispered, "How cruel! You two are a couple now."

"None of your business."

Old Lady Xu said, "That's right. No matter what happens, Li Goudan will be your lifelong support."

"Depend on? I might as well rely on myself."

"Don't forget to flatter yourself. If you rely on yourself, you will starve to death," Wu Liqiang added.

Liu Xiang didn't say anything else and just left.

Wu Liqiang stared at her back and cursed her several times before he stopped.

Li Mingqing was just about to go home when he saw the old couple from the Liu family coming over.

As soon as Old Lady Liu saw Liu Zhenzhu, she cried, "My dear, I finally see you. Please save us."

Old Mrs. Zheng stood in front and stopped her.

"My dear relative, I came to you because I was really desperate. You must help me. Otherwise, we really won't be able to survive this winter. The whole family is waiting for life-saving food."

After her performance, Old Man Liu made a grand appearance.

The old man ran straight towards Li Mingqing.

"Comrade Li, I know you're capable and have stored a lot of food at home. Since my daughter and you are from the same village, please have some mercy on us."

Li Mingqing never thought that the affairs of the Liu and Zheng families would involve him.

"Who the hell do you think you are?"

"You can't say that. After all, we've met so many times. I heard that your Lijia Village has a very good harvest, so we have to help."

"I didn't expect you to want to eat for free at your age. You've only grown older but haven't made any progress as a person."

Old Man Liu complained: "You, a junior, speak to me like this!"

Old man Zheng took out a shovel from somewhere and slammed it hard in front of old man Liu.

"Get out of here, you old bastard!"

"We're all family, how can you say that? I just want to borrow some bran, not fine grains. Of course, fine grains would be better."

Liu Zhenzhu stood there with an embarrassed look on her face.

Zhang Cuihua, Xu Po Po and several other old ladies were ready for battle.

It would be disastrous if all the relatives came to the village to borrow grain like the old couple from the Liu family.

If there is one, there will be two, then there will be three.

But there is not that much food.

The village chief was the first to speak up and say, "The autumn harvest these past few years is indeed better than the previous two, but it's only enough for our own family. Now all the villages are working on river projects and managing the white flour buns. You can go."

They knew about this, but had no plans to go.

Don't want to put in any effort, just want to reap the rewards.

"One thing is one thing, the daughter I raised should be filial to us old couple."

Liu Zhenzhu's eyes were slightly red as she said, "Mom, stop making trouble and go home quickly."

"I'm not trying to make trouble. We're struggling at home, so what's wrong with you sharing some food with us? Do you really want to watch your father and I starve to death?"

"It's just the beginning of winter, how could there be no food?"

"We are out of food. Stop talking nonsense and bring out the food quickly."

Old Lady Zheng stepped forward and said, "I'm the head of the family, and Zhenzhu doesn't have the final say."

"You damned old woman! My daughter, Zhenzhu, is still a young widow in your Zheng family, and you treat me like this! You have no conscience, no conscience, and you are so cruel. No wonder my two sons died—"

Liu Zhenzhu stopped her and said, "Mom!"

Old man Zheng hit old woman Liu with a shovel.

Old Lady Liu rushed forward and grabbed her hair tightly.

"You old fool, you dare to come to our house and talk behind our backs? I'm giving you a lesson on behalf of your parents. You're so outspoken. Are you a human being? I was so blind to choose you as my in-law. If it weren't for Pearl's sake, I'd scratch your face and see how you can go out and see people."

Old man Liu stood aside, feeling anxious.

"You people from Lijia Village are bullying the weak with your numbers. Why don't you help us quickly?"

After he said that, he looked at Li Mingqing specifically.

Li Mingqing said leisurely: "This is of no help. It's really rude to talk about the dead. You came to the village to cause trouble in the first place."

The other people in the village showed no intention of helping.

In the end, Old Lady Liu was beaten so badly that she saw stars and her hair was disheveled.

Old man Liu hurried over and helped her up.

Liu Zhenzhu was in a dilemma and didn't know who to help.

The old couple supported each other and walked towards the village entrance.

"You, Lijia Village, are bullying others by taking advantage of your power and using your numbers to bully the few. I never realized it before. Just wait and see."

After saying those harsh words, he left without looking back.

Old Man Li sighed and said, "People are coming in waves."

"Dad, who else is coming?"

"Your Aunt Guiying's two daughters came over a couple of days ago."

"Are you here to ask for food as well?"

"Of course. I've never seen him come so often before. He always comes when something good happens."

After hearing this, Li Mingqing wondered silently whether his wife's family and Yang Daya's family would come.

Sun Jiaxue and Yang Daya looked at each other.

The same worry could be seen in their eyes.

Sun Jiaxue said, "I hope this winter goes smoothly."

Yang Daya sighed, "Hey, who said it wasn't true?"

It doesn't matter at all, but it's like a fly that I can't get rid of. It gives me a headache just thinking about it.

Li Mingqing saw his wife's worried face and comforted her: "What's wrong? I'm here and nothing will happen."

"I'm afraid of causing trouble for my family."

"What are you talking about? He probably won't come after getting beaten up like that last time."

She was worried to death.

The family was originally spending the winter happily in harmony, but they didn't expect that there would be a big surprise from the Sun family.

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