Chapter 144 Understanding Zhou Yong's Difficulties as a Son-in-Law
Zhou Yong picked up his youngest son, and the three children huddled together in his arms, refusing to give in to each other. They pushed each other and were about to fight, but Li Caiyun quickly took one of the children away and resolved the small dispute.
Zhang Guifang watched the scene with a smile, feeling warm in her heart. She glanced at the clock on the wall, put down her sewing, put the sewing basket out of the child's reach, and got up to make dinner.
Seeing this, Li Caiyun put the child on the kang and asked Zhou Yong to look after him. She went downstairs and prepared to help her mother cook.
Zhou Yong responded, but before Li Caiyun could put on her shoes, Xing Laoqi came.
Xing Laoqi led the team to the mountains to hunt. On the way back, he personally hunted a pheasant. The brothers hadn't had a meal together for a while, so he came to Zhou Yong's house to have dinner.
It was time to cook. Li Baotian was in the brigade accompanying the blasting workers and would not be back for a while. If Zhou Yong went to Xing Laoqi's house for dinner, Li Caiyun would have to take care of the children, and Zhang Guifang could only cook by herself.
Zhou Yong was thinking about these things, feeling a little troubled. Xing Laoqi frowned and said, "Why don't you hurry up? Let's go to Masanjia together."
"Seventh Brother, I won't go."
Xing Laoqi was confused: "What's wrong?"
Zhou Yong looked at his children and said, "If I leave, no one will take care of the children."
Xing Laoqi frowned: "Aren't my sister-in-law and aunt at home? How come there is no one to look after the child?"
Li Caiyun and Zhang Guifang were at home, but the mother and daughter had been looking after the children all day. Zhou Yong returned home and left before he could even sit down. The main thing was that he was having dinner with friends. If he had something important to do, he would have left as he was afraid that his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would be unhappy.
When Xing Laoqi learned of Zhou Yong's concerns, he curled his lips and said, "You think too much. There are not so many things. I'll go and inform my aunt and my sister-in-law."
Zhou Yong failed to stop Xing Laoqi by shouting at him, so he went to find Li Caiyun and Zhang Guifang.
What can the mother and daughter say in front of Xing Laoqi?
Li Caiyun added some firewood to the stove, then got up and went back to the west room to check on the children. Zhang Guifang was standing by the stove picking vegetables.
Zhou Yong observed the expression of his young wife, then came out to look at his mother-in-law's expression. Seeing that they were not unhappy, he left home with Xing Laoqi.
On the way to Masanjia, Xing Laoqi said that Zhou Yong was now timid in doing things.
Zhou Yong felt helpless. He was not afraid that Li Caiyun and Zhang Guifang would be angry, but he did not want to cause family disharmony because of trivial matters.
After listening to Zhou Yong's words, Xing Laoqi frowned slightly, sighed, patted his good brother's shoulder, and showed a sympathetic look.
Zhou Yong paused: "What's that expression on your face?"
Xing Laoqi sympathized with his good brother from the bottom of his heart and understood the difficulties Zhou Yong faced as a son-in-law.
Zhou Yong gritted his teeth and listened to what Xing Laoqi said, which made him laugh out of anger.
"Don't try to save face for yourself. I understand you."
Understanding? Zhou Yong narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists tightly. He told himself again and again in his heart not to be angry.
After calming himself down, Zhou Yong strode towards Ma Sanjia's house. Xing Laoqi caught up with him.
When they arrived at Ma San's house, Liu Juan was cooking, Ma San was helping to light the fire, and the child was sleeping in the house!
When Xing Laoqi explained the situation, Ma San showed a hesitant look. Liu Juan smiled and said, "You go ahead. I can handle it myself."
Ma San glanced at Liu Juan and said, "Then I'll go?"
Liu Juan responded and reminded him to drink less, and Ma San agreed readily.
"Fuck, you guys are really slow."
Cao Biao and Liu Dazhuang had been waiting for them at Xing Laoqi's house for a while.
Xing Laoqi took over the conversation, and her wife brought the food to the table.
After having the meal, Zhou Yong realized that Xing Laoqi was not just looking for them to have a meal, but that his wife Shao Hongmei's eldest brother and his family wanted to move to Huaixi Village.
Cao Biao frowned slightly: "Why do you want to move to Huaixi Village?"
In rural areas these days, very few families move away, and they will only move away when they really can't make it in their original village.
Xing Laoqi sighed and told everyone the whole story.
Shao Hongmei's elder brother had an argument with his neighbor. He beat the other party and paid compensation for the medical expenses, but the neighbor refused to give up and kept causing trouble for them every now and then.
It was not a solution to continue like this, so Shao Hongmei's elder brother approached Xing Laoqi and wanted to move to Huaixi Village.
Zhou Yong secretly raised his eyebrows. He glanced at Xing Laoqi who was making things vague. "What's the other party's background? Even if there was a quarrel, they wouldn't have to move away, right? Besides, didn't they compensate for the medical expenses?"
Xing Laoqi smacked his lips and stammered as he told the story truthfully.
Shao Hongmei's eldest brother has a daughter who is as beautiful as a flower. Now she is old enough to find a husband, and the neighbors have repeatedly asked matchmakers to propose marriage to her.
If it was a good family, Xing Laoqi's eldest brother-in-law would not object to this marriage. However, the men in his family all have the habit of beating their wives. As a father, how could he be willing to marry his daughter to such a family?
However, the neighbor refused to give up and started to have bad intentions. He spread rumors to discredit Shao Hongmei's niece, which led to a quarrel between the two families.
Cao Biao was furious when he heard this: "How can this damn family be so evil?"
Xing Laoqi took a sip of wine, looking melancholy: "My eldest brother-in-law is also afraid that his family will do something else outrageous and ruin my niece's life, so he has no choice but to move..."
Now Shao Hongmei's elder brother wants to move to Huaixi Village. He needs a relocation certificate from the production team where he currently lives, and a receipt certificate from Huaixi Village.
It is easy to get the acceptance certificate. Zhou Yong just needs to tell Li Baotian. The problem is that if they move here now, they will not be able to get food rations in the fall.
Xing Laoqi looked at everyone and said, "You have to help me think of a solution."
Liu Dazhuang frowned: "Do we have to move here now?"
Food rations are distributed per capita. If other people’s rations are allocated to his brother-in-law, what will happen to those families who don’t get any rations?
It would save a lot of trouble if we waited until after the autumn harvest.
Xing Laoqi shook his head, obviously things couldn't wait until then.
Everyone started discussing this topic, and finally Zhou Yong came up with an idea.
Let Shao Hongmei's niece stay with Xing Laoqi first, and after the autumn harvest, his eldest brother-in-law and his family will move in.
Unexpectedly, Xing Laoqi shook his head and said, "This method won't work..."
Because Shao Hongmei's niece went to her grandmother's house after something happened to her, the neighbors still caused trouble again and again.
Cao Biao sneered: "What's the matter? Are the neighbors trying to rob us? Doesn't their village security brigade care about this?"
"Why don't you care? He was taught a lesson and still behaved like that a few days later. What can you do to a family like that?"
Liu Dazhuang said quietly, "If it doesn't work, just find a husband for your niece, so that the other party won't worry about it."
Xing Laoqi smiled bitterly: "That girl has studied for a few years and has some knowledge. If she was willing to find a random husband, how could things have come to this point..."
After hearing what Xing Laoqi said, Ma San said, "Seventh Brother, what do you think of Sun Qing?"
Sun Qing?
Xing Laoqi narrowed his eyes and said, "Sun Qing is a good guy. Do you want to bring them together?"
Ma San nodded with a smile, and Xing Laoqi looked thoughtful, pondering the matter in his mind.
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