Chapter 17: Flies Don't Bit Seamless Eggs
Zhou Yong raised his hand to interrupt her, then left with a sad look on his face, leaving Li Caiyun at a loss.
He was not walking fast, so Li Caiyun caught up with him and grabbed his arm.
"Don't be angry, okay? I really know I was wrong, and I promise this will never happen again..."
Zhou Yong looked down at Li Caiyun and said, "Since you are so sincere, I will forgive you this time. If you do it again, I will punish you according to the family rules."
After hearing his words, Li Caiyun breathed a sigh of relief, and a confused look gradually appeared on her face: "Family rules?"
When did her family have any family rules?
Zhou Yong held her in his arms and lowered his voice: "I will keep you from getting off the bed for three days..."
Li Caiyun's face instantly turned red: "You?"
"Three days are not enough for you? Then change it to five days."
Li Caiyun stomped her feet, pushed him away, walked forward with her head lowered, her face full of shyness.
Zhou Yong said from behind her: "I can satisfy you in seven days..."
Li Caiyun's legs went weak and she staggered and almost fell. After she stood firm, she raised her hands to cover her ears and started running.
Zhou Yong laughed heartily, feeling very happy: "Run slower, don't fall down."
When they got home, Zhang Guifang was still awake, mending clothes by the kerosene lamp.
"What happened to the team?"
Li Baotian was called away from his home when Zhang Guifang was brushing shoes in the yard.
Li Caiyun briefly recounted the whole story and Zhang Guifang listened for a long time without being able to recover.
Anyone who heard about this kind of thing would be furious, but Bai Jie had a bad reputation, so even if this kind of thing happened, the one-sided comments were that she had deserved it.
If she had behaved herself properly and not taken advantage of men, Han Ergou would not have targeted her.
"A fly won't bite an egg without cracks. There is some truth to this saying..."
Zhang Guifang murmured to herself with great emotion.
Li Caiyun chatted with Zhang Guifang for a while, and then she returned to the west room.
When she entered the west room, Zhou Yong had washed his feet and was lying down.
Li Caiyun looked at the basin of clean foot-washing water, took off her shoes, sat on the stool and washed her feet.
Zhou Yong was lying in bed reading a book, while Li Caiyun was washing her feet slowly, her eyes always on her man.
Before Li Caiyun could get on the kang, the voice of Zhou Yong's second brother Zhou Gang came from outside the door.
"Zhou Yong, that's Zhou Gang's voice. Hurry up and take a look. Something must have happened at home."
Something happened?
Nothing happened to the Zhou family on this day?
Or did I remember it wrong?
Zhou Yong was holding a book and thinking about it. He had no intention of getting up. Li Caiyun pushed him and said, "Would you like to get up soon?"
"I'm not going. Whoever wants to go can go."
Li Caiyun stamped her feet anxiously and went out in her slippers.
"Sister-in-law, isn't my brother at home?"
Li Caiyun looked at her brother-in-law and did not answer Zhou Gang's question. Instead, she changed the subject: "Is there something wrong at home?"
If something big hadn't happened in the Zhou family, Zhou Gang wouldn't have come to see Zhou Yong at around nine o'clock at night.
Zhou Gang looked anxious: "Sister-in-law, something happened to my mother. She said her stomach hurt while she was sleeping, and then she lost consciousness. The village doctor checked her and said it was appendicitis, and asked us to go to the county town for treatment..."
Before he could finish his words, Zhang Guifang came up to him.
After learning what had happened, Zhang Guifang went into the house to get the money without saying a word.
Li Caiyun comforted Zhou Gang: "Don't worry, Auntie will be fine..."
Zhou Gang looked towards the west room of the Li family and said, "Sister-in-law, I came here to borrow money, and on the other hand, I want my elder brother to go back and see my mother..."
When Li Caiyun heard this, she looked troubled.
"Zhou Gang, you know your elder brother's temper. He doesn't listen to me at all."
Zhou Gang's face was filled with disappointment. He lowered his head and said, "Don't blame my brother for this."
Li Caiyun wanted to say something but stopped herself, and Zhang Guifang came out of the room at this time.
She gave Zhou Gang thirty yuan.
"You can use this money first. If it's not enough, we can find another way."
Zhou Gang showed a look of gratitude and hurried home with the money.
Zhang Guifang waited for Zhou Gang to walk away. She couldn't help but mutter, "Whenever there is something wrong, they only ask our family for help. It's as if we are the only relative in the Zhou family..."
The arable land in Huaixi Village is limited. Even a strong laborer cannot earn many work points throughout the year. Each household has many people, so it is good enough to ensure that they do not starve. Few families are well-off.
Li Caiyun glanced at her mother and said, "Mom, please stop talking!"
The Zhou family is not the kind of shameless family, and they will not speak to the Li family unless it is absolutely necessary.
The problem is that the Li family also has to make a living. Although Li Baotian and Zhou Yong receive salary and food subsidies, due to financial constraints, neither the father-in-law nor the son-in-law receives salary every month.
Zhou Yong keeps his own salary, while Li Baotian and Zhang Guifang pay for all household expenses. Her family is small and can save some money, but they have many poor relatives. You come to borrow, and he comes to ask for money. No one can stand it for a long time.
Moreover, the money lent out was never repaid, so it was no wonder that Zhang Guifang kept nagging.
Zhang Guifang glared at her daughter and said, "Girls are outgoing. It's useless for me to love you."
Li Caiyun smiled and pulled her mother's arm to act coquettishly. Zhang Guifang smiled and shook her head, with a look of helplessness on her face. The mother and daughter walked into the house while talking.
"Zhou Yong, my aunt has appendicitis and has fainted from the pain. Zhou Gang and his friends are going to the county town to treat my aunt. Why don't you go and see her?"
appendicitis?
Zhou Yong closed the book, his mood not changing much.
Seeing this, Li Caiyun didn't want to say any more. She poured some water for washing feet, went into the room, locked the door, and got on the kang.
After Li Caiyun lay down, Zhou Yong turned off the kerosene lamp. The room was quiet and neither of them spoke.
Li Caiyun knew that he was in a bad mood at the moment, so she blushed and snuggled into Zhou Yong's arms.
Zhou Yong looked down at her, then hugged his young wife who had thrown herself into his arms and smiled.
"Why are you so proactive tonight?"
He is in a bad mood, but he will not implicate innocent people, nor will he use the issue to vent his emotions.
Li Caiyun's face turned red with embarrassment. She buried her face in Zhou Yong's chest, did not respond, and pretended to be asleep.
Zhou Yong chuckled, touched by Li Caiyun's childish behavior, and his fucked-up mood improved slightly.
He looked at the night sky outside the gap in the curtains, and his heart seemed to be grasped by a big hand!
Zhou Yong tried to understand what his mother did, but he could not forgive her after all.
If his mother hadn't threatened to commit suicide, how could Zhou Yong have married Li Caiyun out of despair?
If he hadn't married Li Caiyun, he wouldn't have been criticized by others, and he wouldn't have felt inferior to others because of rumors.
If these things hadn't happened, those tragedies wouldn't have happened, and he wouldn't have lived in self-blame for the rest of his life.
The past was too painful to recall. Zhou Yong slowly closed his eyes and forced himself not to think about those bad things.
At this time, Li Caiyun moved cautiously in the bed, and Zhou Yong turned over with a smile on his face and pressed her under him...
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