Qiu Zean didn't stand on ceremony with Shen Dou. If the Shen brothers, Shen Mi and Shen Dou, were unreliable, Qiu Zean wouldn't have chosen Shen Mi to be his father's bodyguard back then, and he wouldn't have helped the two brothers so much over the years.
These two brothers are loyal to each other, and Qiu Zean doesn't treat them like outsiders.
Chen Dou looked at the dust and frost on Qiu Ze'an's clothes, thought for a moment, and said:
"Brother Qiu, have you had dinner yet? I'll make some noodles, let's have some together."
Qiu Ze'an wanted to say no, but his stomach growled. Chen Dou didn't expose him and said while chopping the cabbage:
"The porridge I had tonight wasn't filling at all, so I just remembered I should make some stir-fried noodles. Brother Qiu, you can keep me company!"
Qiu Zean laughed and scolded:
"You're getting more and more slippery, aren't you? If you can hear my stomach growling, so be it! What are you trying to cover up for!"
Chen Dou grinned and said:
"No way, I'm really hungry. What else can I do to think of something to eat?"
There's no need to think about what to eat. Although it's the first month of the lunar calendar, in these times, no family is wealthy, and how much grain can Chen Dou possibly have stored?
The best thing they have is the noodles at home. Even so, it's worth mentioning that Chen Dou is a full-time worker with no elderly parents or young children, so he eats better than other families.
Stir-fried noodles are simple and can be made in just over ten minutes. Chen Dou brought out the steaming hot stir-fried noodles, and the two of them each had a bowl. Neither of them said a word, and they started slurping the noodles.
This meal not only filled Qiu Zean's stomach but also dispelled the chill that had gripped him.
Chen Dou then tentatively asked:
"Brother Qiu, did you have a fight with your family? What was it about this time?"
Qiu Ze'an took out a cigarette from his pocket, offered Chen Dou one, and said as he lit it:
“It’s an old story. I made Zhou Cuifen return everything she stole from me.”
Shen Dou couldn't stop smiling; Zhou Cuifen was obsessed with money.
Back when she asked her older brother for help, she was stingy with the price she offered. In the end, she managed to win over all the people she had asked, even though they were just young men. You can imagine what kind of person she is.
Just this one person made her vomit up food she'd been eating for years. Shen Dou could only imagine the chaos this woman would cause.
Shen Dou looked at Qiu Ze'an with great sympathy and said:
"Brother Qiu, you've suffered. How are you? Are you alright? Did that woman manage to turn you into potato shreds?"
"If you're injured, just say you don't have anything else at home, but you do have iodine and gentian violet."
Although Brother Qiu is skilled, she is, after all, his stepmother. If they really got into a fight, Brother Qiu would inevitably suffer a loss.
Qiu Zean waved his hand and said:
"What are you talking about? If I wasn't sure, would I have brought this up? She spilled everything, but the atmosphere at home really wasn't great. I stayed at your place for the last few days before I left!"
Chen Dou gave a thumbs-up and said:
"Brother Qiu, you're amazing! That woman spat it all out, and you haven't been turned into potato shreds yet. That's really something!"
"Stay here with me. You definitely can't go back to the Qiu family. Let her make a scene with your father!"
After eating and chatting for a while, Qiu Zean's fatigue from the day began to set in. He yawned twice in a row, and Chen Dou felt a little sorry for him and quickly said:
"Alright, alright, we'll talk about it in detail tomorrow. I'll go heat up the kang (heated brick bed) for you, Brother Qiu, go to sleep now!"
…………
Qiu Zean has fallen asleep this time, while Aunt Zhou is sitting on the sofa in the living room, showing no sign of wanting to sleep.
She had no money left; that wolf cub took it all.
That wolf cub is too cruel! That was the money she had saved for Xinping's future wife. How could she just leave like that? What would happen to her Xinping?
Old Qiu showed her no consideration at all. Not only did he not help her, but after the wolf cub left, he even blamed her for sowing discord between father and son.
Not only that, but they also asked her to give them 200 yuan, saying that it was for sending back to their hometown this month, and that after the New Year, their hometown must have spent it all, so they should give them more.
Speechless. My mother opened the door for speechless. Speechless. What kind of family is this? They spent all their savings over the New Year.
He even sent 200 yuan back home. Why didn't he just say he'd move his whole house back home?
How dare they compare her to that bitch Min Qiurong and say she's inferior to her?
Wasn't it the time he complained about that wretched woman's extravagant spending habits? Now he's saying she's stingy?
If she had that bitch's family background, she would be willing to be so calculating!
And then there's that brat Qiu Minting, who doesn't know how to help her own mother at all. She's such an ungrateful wretch, always changing her mind. There's just no one she likes.
Aunt Zhou had considered going all out and revealing what Qiu Ze'an had.
Since they've already been taken away anyway, if she's not doing well, no one else will either.
But reason brought her back to reality. Since this thing was in Qiu Ze'an's hands, it still belonged to the Qiu family, and she would get it back one day.
But if it gets out, it's all gone for good, and you'll be indulging in wishful thinking if you want it back!
So even though Aunt Zhou hated him to the core, she suppressed her belief in fighting to the death.
Aunt Zhou was absolutely unwilling to accept this loss, and she was thinking about how to trick Qiu Ze'an.
Feeling like she'd forgotten something, Aunt Zhou glanced at the dark sky outside and suddenly remembered.
She had arranged to meet Qian Huijie at the Zhao family's house tonight to discuss the marriage!
This is truly a case of "searching high and low without finding it, only to have it come to you effortlessly"—the opportunity has arrived right here!
She overheard the wolf cub's phone call; he's got his eye on someone, which has offended the Zhao family!
She knew that the man surnamed Zhao had the best relationship with the wolf cub's uncle back then, and had helped the wolf cub openly and secretly over the years.
She wanted to see if the Zhao family would still be able to help him after this incident.
Without the Zhao family's support, what future can the wolf cub have?
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