"Ahhhhh, you all bullied me, I hate you all!" Zhou Mingjiao screamed wildly, covering her face.

Zhou's mother felt sorry for him and habitually scolded Zhou Mingqian, "Eldest son, your sister was just confused for a moment, she's still young."

Zhou Mingqian sneered, "Is that so? No matter what she does, she can always use 'I'm still young' as an excuse? Mother, have you forgotten that my wife is pregnant?"

Zhou's mother looked embarrassed, but as someone used to being the matriarch of the family, she said, "Alright, it's just a pregnancy. We'll give her an egg every day, but do we expect the whole family to support her?"

Zhou Mingqian's expression grew increasingly cold. He knew that whenever Zhou Mingjiao's matter came up, his usually fair mother would become unable to distinguish right from wrong.

When he was little, he had questioned her, and the answer he received was always the same: "Your sister is still young, you, as the older brother, should give in to her."

But on what grounds?

“In that case, then you can separate us out,” Zhou Mingqian said, believing that he could support his wife and children.

Zhou's mother screamed, "Impossible, absolutely impossible! If you want to separate the family, your father and I will have to die."

Shen Banxia looked at the calm scene outside with a puzzled expression. It seemed that she couldn't bring up the matter of dividing the family.

Zhou's father also frowned, "Zhou Mingqian, don't force me to hit you. Just like your mother said, you should wait until we, the old couple, die first."

Zhou Mingqian looked at his wife with a wry smile, while Shen Banxia silently shook her head, indicating that everything was alright.

The matter of dividing the family property ended abruptly and without resolution.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Zhou Mingjiao said, "Dad, Mom, I don't want to marry Zhao Zhigao. He's not the person I like."

At this point, Zhou's father appeared very cold. "There's no room for discussion on this matter. Do you think that once this gets out, you'll have no other choice but to marry him?"

Zhou Mingjiao knew, of course, that the crime of hooliganism was very serious, but those letters were not written by her at all.

But now no matter what she says, no one believes her. Even if she says that Shen Banxia wrote it, her family won't believe her.

But how could she accept that?

After all, she had always spoiled him, so Zhou's mother couldn't bear it. "Old man, why don't we have a proper talk with that Zhao educated youth again? As for Zhu Dazui, I'll talk to him properly later. As long as they don't spread it around, this matter..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted, "Stop talking. Can't you see? Zhao Zhigao is determined." Zhou's father regretted it. He hadn't expected that arranging for someone to carry manure would lead Zhao Zhigao down this path.

“But, but that’s not a good family. If she marries into that family, our Jiaojiao will suffer,” Zhou’s mother said with heartache.

"What can I do about this? If she hadn't done that herself, how could anyone have threatened her? Alright, from now on, you'd better discipline her properly," Zhou's father said with a dark face.

It's really unpleasant to feel like you've been schemed against.

Looking at his eldest daughter-in-law, who was talking to the eldest son, Zhou's father couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. They were all family, and she was being too cold-hearted.

With her eyes lowered, Shen Banxia caught a glimpse of Zhou's father's gaze out of the corner of her eye, but what could she do? Waiting to die was never in her nature.

This time, she was simply giving him a taste of his own medicine.

If Zhou Mingjiao learns her lesson, that's fine. But if she continues to be forgetful, I won't mind giving her a good lesson.

The matter between Zhao Zhigao and Zhou Mingjiao was quickly settled.

Originally, Zhou Mingjiao planned to protest by going on a hunger strike, but her father was determined this time and directly said, "If you don't get married, you'll be handed over to the Ge Wei Association."

Zhou Mingjiao harbored resentment and wanted to escape to find her beloved.

However, the letter of introduction was in the hands of Zhou's father, and it was impossible to ask Zhou's mother to help obtain some blank letters of introduction with a stamp.

Unwilling to give up, Zhou Mingjiao wrote a letter directly to the provincial capital.

Educated youth settlement.

"Zhao Zhigao, I never expected you to be so shameless. You actually took advantage of someone in distress!"

Zhao Zhigao spat out a mouthful of blood and swung his fist back, "Damn Liu Zhe, what's it to you? Zhou Mingjiao and I share the same ideals, we want to make progress together, what's wrong with that?"

The two of them exchanged punches.

“Zhao Zhigao, Comrade Zhou Mingjiao doesn’t like you at all. You’re a scoundrel. Do you think I don’t know that? Back then, Li Hua—”

Zhao Zhigao, enraged, slapped Liu Zhe directly in the mouth.

Seeing that things were in complete chaos, the other members of the educated youth group tried to mediate and break up the fight.

"We're all former educated youth; this will make us a laughingstock in the village."

"That's right, Zhao Zhigao, Liu Zhe, both of you calm down."

"Yes, Liu Zhe, Zhao Zhigao and Zhou Mingjiao's marriage has been arranged, and they're already discussing the date. Don't cause any trouble."

Liu Zhe subconsciously adjusted his glasses, only to find they had fallen out of his hand during the fight.

Thinking of the girl who had always encouraged him, he thought, "What do you know? This is not what she wanted at all. It was Zhao Zhigao, that despicable man, who took advantage of her vulnerability."

"Liu Zhe, you better explain yourself clearly. In what way did I take advantage of you?"

Liu Zhe fell silent.

Zhao Zhigao said sarcastically, "Liu Zhe, I think you're the one with ulterior motives. What? Are you jealous of me? Or do you like me too?"

"Shut up!" Liu Zhe roared like an angry lion, banging his head wildly, unable to see clearly because he had lost his glasses.

"Ha, I was right. Liu Zhe, you filthy bastard, I never thought you would have such thoughts about my fiancée. You're disgusting."

Liu Zhe's face turned red with anger. "I didn't! Don't talk nonsense! Comrade Zhou is such a wonderful person, how dare you slander her? I'll beat you to death, you despicable person!"

The two started fighting again.

When Shen Banxia heard about this, it was the people at the educated youth settlement who asked Zhou's father to uphold justice.

She was always there wherever there was excitement, especially when it was Zhou Mingjiao's excitement.

After hearing the whole story, Zhou's father's face darkened.

As a father, he wouldn't feel proud if two gay men got into a fight over their daughter.

"Wow, I didn't expect the Zhou family's youngest daughter to be so charming. Two men are fighting over her."

"Hehe, the Zhou family's daughter has a big butt, which is good for giving birth. They must be thinking about that."

"Who would have thought that educated youths from the city would be vying for the same country girl?"

"That depends on whether she's a rural girl or not."

"But wasn't Zhou's daughter engaged to that Zhao educated youth? How did Liu educated youth get involved again?"

"That's right, Liu Zhiqing is so polite, I never expected him to be a fighter."

...

Hearing the whispers around him, Zhou's father's face darkened even more.