Chapter 184 I hate greedy people the most
Knowing that the man's family favored boys over girls, Cui Shufen resolutely let Zhou Xia marry him just to offer a slightly higher gift price than other families.
Zhou Ling's words pierced Cui Shufen's heart, and she cried out of pain and gasped for breath.
Zhou Jiefang said nothing. He recalled those things and gradually fell into deep thought.
Zhou Ling helped Cui Shufen to the edge of the kang and said, "Mom, I don't want to marry Lu Xiangdong. Please don't force me, okay?"
Cui Shufen looked at her daughter with tears in her eyes. She cried and said, "It's hard to find a family like the Lu family. Why are you not willing?"
Zhou Ling's eyes were red, she wiped Cui Shufen's tears: "Mom, the Lu family is good, but have you ever thought about it, we are not a good match for the Lu family, even if I marry them now, I will not have a good life in the future..."
Lu Xiangdong has been away from home for most of the year after marriage. How does she live alone in the Lu family?
There was also Lu Xiangdong's request to her to be filial to his parents and grandmother on his behalf.
Cui Shufen wiped her tears and listened quietly to her daughter's words.
"After all, I am the only one in the Lu family who doesn't have a job, so naturally all the cleaning work will be mine..."
After running around for the Lu family, Zhou Ling dared to say that she didn't get anything good out of it.
Cui Shufen sighed: "But the Lu family is really good."
She still hopes Zhou Ling will marry Lu Xiangdong.
Zhou Ling smiled bitterly and spoke again: "Mom, if you force me again, I will have no choice but to die."
Cui Shufen's heart skipped a beat: "You dare?"
Zhou Ling: "Mom, don't I even have the right to die?"
Cui Shufen opened her mouth and the room suddenly became quiet.
Zhou Jiefang looked at the mother and daughter and said, "Alright, let's leave it at that for now. It's not shameful to quarrel."
Cui Shufen was depressed and started to curse her man.
Zhou Jiefang was very upset after hearing this, so he got up and left the house.
Cui Shufen had a severe headache and she lay down on the kang muttering to herself. Zhou Ling went up to the kang to get a pillow for her mother on top of the quilt and then went out.
Cui Shufen was alone at home. She closed her eyes and cried silently, thinking back on what she had done.
Afterwards, Cui Shufen never mentioned Zhou Ling's marriage to the Lu family again, but she still did not agree with her daughter marrying into the Zhao family.
Zhou Ling knew that this matter could not be rushed, but her age was there. If she didn't get married, she would soon become an old maid.
With no other options, Zhou Ling went to Zhou Yong again, hoping he could persuade Cui Shufen.
Zhou Yong looked at the uneasy Zhou Ling quietly, with a cold face: "I can only help you once, do you want to rely on me for everything?"
Everyone has his own path to follow, and Zhou Yong cannot break his principles again and again because of Zhou Ling.
Zhou Ling's face turned pale: "Brother, I really have no choice."
Zhou Yong said expressionlessly: "I hate greedy people the most."
His words made Zhou Ling feel ashamed, because she knew that her elder brother was right, she was just greedy.
It was clearly her own business, why did she let Zhou Yong get involved?
Zhou Ling gradually lowered her head: "Brother, you go ahead and get busy."
Zhou Yong sat at his desk. He picked up the big teacup and said out of the blue, "You have the courage to pursue your own happiness, but you don't have the courage to face them?"
Zhou Ling bit her lip and looked at Zhou Yong: "Mom has a bad temper. I'm afraid she will hit me."
Zhou Yong shrugged his shoulders: "Since you are afraid, just leave it to fate!"
He doesn't even dare to fight for his own marriage and relies on others for everything. Is such a person worthy of his help again?
Zhou Ling went back. Zhou Yong drank some water, put down the big teapot, and continued to work on the things at hand.
With a creaking sound——
Li Baotian led his three children into the office.
Zhou Yong closed the pen cap and said, "Dad, why did you bring them all here?"
Li Baotian smiled and said, "Your mother and her friends were picking soybeans at home. The three of them were being naughty, so I brought them out..."
Zhou Yong checked the time: "Dad, I'll take them out to play for a while..."
Among the three children, one is more mischievous than the other, making it impossible for Zhou Yong to concentrate on his work.
Li Baotian responded, and Zhou Yong picked up his hat and led the three of them out of the office.
Three children came out and ran around in the brigade yard. Zhou Yong watched them quietly, occasionally reminding them not to fall.
After playing for a while, the three children probably felt bored and pulled Zhou Yong to the grocery store.
The salesperson was familiar with the siblings. He chatted with Zhou Yong and gave some candies to the three children.
After eating the candies, they all quieted down. Zhou Yong bought them some more candies and took them out of the grocery store.
"Dad, where are we?"
Zhou Yong didn't know where to take them, mainly because they were naughty and it was inappropriate for them to go to anyone's house.
It was always cold outside, so Zhou Yong took them to the public security brigade.
When Li Hongjun saw the three siblings, he immediately picked up Zhou Kexin.
Zhou Yong smiled and brought his two sons to the stove to warm themselves by the fire.
"Uncle, please put me down."
Zhou Kexin kicked her legs in Li Hongjun's arms.
Li Hongjun teased her: "Let your uncle hug you."
Zhou Kexin looked at Zhou Yong, and Li Hongjun smiled, afraid that she would cry: "Silly girl, I bought you candy for nothing."
When they reached the ground, Zhou Kexin threw herself on Zhou Yong with a smile, which made Li Hongjun shake his head helplessly.
Li Hongjun came to the stove, but before he could sit down, the people from the public security brigade pushed the door open, panting.
"Captain, Xiao Ba and Han Ergou started fighting, they both used knives..."
Li Hongjun's eyes widened and he hurried out: "Did you use surgery? Why?"
The two men left while talking, and Zhou Yong, who was sitting in front of the stove, frowned.
"Dad, don't you want to go and take a look?"
Fights are under the jurisdiction of the Public Security Brigade, and Zhou Yong can go or not.
Zhou Yong glanced at his daughter, wondering how he could not understand Zhou Kexin's little thoughts.
Although this girl is young, she loves to watch the fun.
Zhou Yong smiled and said, "Didn't you hear that I was using a knife? Aren't you afraid of hurting you?"
Zhou Kexin smiled and said, "Dad will protect me."
Zhou Yong raised his hand and rubbed his daughter's head a few times: "But Dad can't protect you three."
Zhou Kexin looked at her two younger brothers, smiled and said nothing more.
After a while, the people from the Public Security Bureau brought Han Ergou and Xiao Ba back. Zhou Yong sat in front of the stove and glanced at them.
Li Hongjun sat on the table: "Tell me, why did you fight?"
Fighting is fine, but using a knife is too much.
Xiao Ba said hurriedly: "Captain, Han Ergou molested women, I couldn't stand it so I said a few words to him, but he scolded me for meddling in other people's business..."
Li Hongjun frowned: "Han Ergou, is this the case?"
Han Ergou looked at Xiao Ba with a bad look: "Captain, he is slandering me. I just said a few words to Shi's wife and didn't flirt with her at all. Xiao Ba came up and scolded me..."
The two of them insisted on their own opinions, and Li Hongjun was given a headache by their quarrel.
He slapped the desk and said, "That's enough. Do you all want to be locked up in a small dark room?"
Han Ergou and Xiao Ba calmed down. If you go into the small dark room in the first month of the year, you will be skinned alive if you don't die.
Li Hongjun slowly stood up and said, "Xiao Ba, you said you saw Han Ergou molesting Shi's wife. Did you see it with your own eyes?"
Xiao Ba nodded: "Of course I saw it with my own eyes."
Li Hongjun glanced at Han Ergou, who showed no guilt at all. "Then the matter is simple. If we find the wife of the Shi family and ask her about it, wouldn't it be clear what's going on?"
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