On the Zhou family's side, Zhou's father and mother held different opinions, which made Zhou Laosi feel upset.

Looking at the culprit, Zhou Mingjiao, he slowly approached and said, "Little sister, I think you should go talk to your sister-in-law."

Zhou Mingjiao didn't expect her fourth brother to say that. "Fourth brother, you know my relationship with my sister-in-law. Even if I go and tell her, she won't help me."

Zhou Laosi said impatiently, "How do you know your sister-in-law won't agree if you don't try?"

"Fourth Brother, you've changed. You used to love me so much, but now you've become like this. You don't care about my feelings at all," Zhou Mingjiao said sadly.

"Little sister, you know how good your fourth brother used to be to you. You don't want to see your fourth brother remain a bachelor, do you?" Zhou Laosi looked at Zhou Mingjiao expectantly. He had been so good to her in the past, so he should at least think about his brother's feelings.

"Of course I don't want my fourth brother to stay single, but I really can't do anything about this right now. Once I get through this, I'll definitely make money in the future," Zhou Mingjiao thought to herself, since she was the kind of person who could have precognitive dreams.

Zhou Laosi glanced at her disdainfully, "You! Make money? Are you kidding me?"

Zhou's mother was still angry. Looking at them, she asked, "What are you two whispering about over there?"

Zhou Laosi chuckled and said, "I didn't say anything." He knew very well that his mother favored her youngest daughter the most.

Zhou's mother looked at him suspiciously, "Did you bully your sister?"

Zhou Laosi shook his head, "No."

"Your sister's eyes are red even without you. I think you really need to be taught a lesson," Zhou's mother said, squinting at him with ill intent.

Zhou Laosi felt more wronged than Dou E, "I did nothing, I just wanted my younger sister to ask my sister-in-law for help."

"Oh, you still haven't given up? I told you not to go, not to go, but you ignored me!" Zhou's mother was furious.

“Why can’t we go? We’re all family. Are we really going to empty our pockets and borrow money to clean up our sister’s mess? Just because of her, is our family going to starve? Is she the only one who’s our biological daughter, and all of us just adopted?” Old Zhou said bluntly.

Zhou's mother was too lazy to talk, so she directly hit him with her hand, "I'll teach you to talk nonsense, I'll teach you to keep your mouth shut. That's your own sister who came from the same mother's womb, don't you want her to be well?"

Zhou Laosi cried out in pain, "Mother, are you trying to kill me? I wish her well, but why doesn't she wish me well? There are girls my age who already have children, but what about me? I'm still a bachelor. Do you want me to be a bachelor for the rest of my life?"

Zhou Laosi's words were truly hurtful, and Zhou's mother, who had been holding back, showed no mercy.

Zhou Laosi couldn't take it anymore and stepped in front of Zhou Mingjiao, who was gloating. Zhou's mother couldn't stop herself from slapping Zhou Mingjiao across the face.

Five finger marks appeared instantly.

Zhou Mingjiao was stunned by the beating. When she came to her senses, she tasted rust in her mouth.

Zhou's mother was stunned. She looked at Zhou Mingjiao with heartache and asked cautiously, "Jiaojiao, are you alright?"

Zhou Mingjiao spat out a tooth, still covered in blood, and stared blankly at Zhou Laosi.

Zhou Laosi looked at her sheepishly, "Little sister, your fourth brother didn't mean it."

He hadn't expected her to be so ruthless; he was even feeling wronged, thinking his mother hadn't held back at all.

"Ahhhhh, my tooth fell out!" Zhou Mingjiao finally realized what was happening.

She touched her face again, "Waaaaah, I'm disfigured, waaaaah!"

Everyone instinctively covered their ears; the sound was so shrill that it felt like their eardrums were about to burst.

Zhou Laosi reacted the fastest, "Let's hurry and go see my sister-in-law."

Zhou Mingjiao didn't care about her discord with Shen Banxia.

However, when they arrived at Shen Banxia's place, they were told that she had gone to the provincial hospital.

The grandfather specially arranged the car.

Zhou Mingjiao was furious. "No, I want to go to the county hospital too."

Zhou's mother advised her, "It's so far away, why don't you wait for your eldest son's wife to come back?"

Zhou Mingjiao wouldn't listen to a word, glaring at her mother with hatred, "Mother, do you just want to disfigure me?"

Zhou's mother felt a pang of sadness at the hatred in her eyes; she knew that wasn't what she meant at all.

But she was the one who hit her daughter. "No, no, how could I want you to be disfigured? I was hitting your fourth brother."

Zhou Mingjiao gritted her teeth, "It's all his fault. If he hadn't pulled me to the front, my teeth wouldn't have fallen out."

"Let me deal with him," Zhou's mother quickly coaxed.

Zhou Mingjiao pouted, "I'm going to the county hospital."

"Alright, alright, Mother will think of a way."

After returning home, Zhou's mother instructed Zhou Laosi, "Laosi, take your sister to the commune on your bicycle and see if there are any buses going to the county town."

Zhou Laosi shrank his neck. "Mother, it's so cold, you want me to ride a bicycle?"

"What? Are you feeling wronged? If it weren't for you, you brat, how would you have lost your teeth?" Zhou's mother glared at him angrily.

Zhou Laosi muttered, "Who knew they would be so ruthless."

"Are you asking for a beating, fourth brother?" Zhou's mother said.

Zhou Laosi dared not cause any more trouble; if his father were to take action, he would definitely not come out unscathed.

Zhou Mingjiao covered her face with a scarf, while Zhou Laosi in front of her didn't have such good treatment. He was panting heavily as he rode, struggling to ride because of the thick snow.

The snowflakes were falling directly down my neck, freezing me to death, and the wind blowing from the front felt like a razor blade.

My hands are almost no longer my own.

After riding to the commune, thankfully there was still a bus to the county town.

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