When people are excited or anxious, they move much faster than usual. It took the brothers more than 20 minutes to walk five miles.
After entering Taohua Village, several people went straight to Zhang Cuihua's house. Her door was closed and could not be opened, so it was locked from the inside. The fifth and sixth brothers rushed forward and kicked, smashed, and pushed the door, breaking it into pieces. They ran into the yard and rushed into the main room. At this moment, Zhang Cuihua was being beaten by her parents and brothers. The corners of her mouth were bleeding, her hair was pulled by her mother and it was spread out, and her face was also covered with bruises and purples. It was probably her father or her brothers who slapped her. The few people who were beating her stopped when they heard the door being kicked.
When Zhang Cuihua returned to her parents' home that morning, her parents and brothers were all working in the fields. At that time in the countryside, every household left their doors unlocked. One reason was that the security was good, and there were no bad guys around. Another reason was that even if a bad guy broke into her house, there wouldn't be much to steal. They were so poor, even a thief would cry. After she put her things down inside, she ran to the fields to call them back. Her parents were reluctant to come back, blaming her as they walked. "Come back if you want, why are you asking them to do anything in the fields? If they left mid-work, they'd definitely lose their work points."
After returning home from the fields, Zhang Cuihua's parents stopped nagging as soon as they saw the things on the kang. Then, when they saw Zhang Cuihua pull out a thousand yuan from her pocket, the whole family was completely shocked. Old man Zhang asked his sons to quickly lock the gate to the yard and close the door to the main room. After confirming that no one else was at his house with a guilty conscience, he went into the house and quietly counted the money.
Zhang Cuihua's mother did not count the money, but went through the things Zhang Cuihua brought back pocket by pocket, pouting as she looked at them, complaining that the white flour she brought back was too little. There were so many people in the family, and it would be gone after a few meals. With the amount she brought back, there must be some elderly people in her family in Guanjia Village. The dead girl didn't care about her parents' family at all. Didn't she know that white flour was too nutritious?
After counting the money, Zhang Cuihua's father held it in his hand, feeling the satisfaction brought by the thick stack. He had never seen so much money in his decades of life.
When asked where Zhang Cui got the money from, she told him everything that had happened in the Guan family recently. When she heard that her mother-in-law and father-in-law had been taken away and would not come back, Zhang was shocked and asked Guan Lao San, who had brought the money back, if he knew about it. Zhang Cuihua said she didn't know and that she had brought it back secretly. Then Zhang picked up the kang broom and hit her with it.
Old Man Zhang had eaten too little that morning, so he lost his energy after a few beatings. Zhang Cuihua was still confused after the beating, wondering why her father would beat her after secretly taking so much money back to her parents' home. She didn't know what Guan Lao San would do to her after she took so much money away from home.
The two children at home were still young, so there was no rush to build a house or find a wife. The brothers from her natal family were all grown up and were more anxious. She could first give the money to the brothers to build a house and find a wife, and then have them slowly pay it back to her family. It wasn't like she wouldn't pay it back, so Guan Lao San would definitely agree. So she felt that she was doing the right thing, and without discussing it with Guan Lao San, she just took the money and went back.
Who would have thought that after I asked about my parents-in-law, my father would turn against me and beat me so hard that my whole body was in pain!
Why did Old Man Zhang hit Cuihua?
Old man Zhang was no fool, and he wasn't just any old man! He knew something was wrong when he heard that this money was what Old Man Guan had saved his entire life. And then he heard his daughter say that if he was caught, he wouldn't get it back. So, there had to be something fishy about the money! Who in the world could have that much money? His family didn't have it.
You can't take this money, it could cost you your life.
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