Knowing that it was Old Man Zhou who beat Old Man Zhou so badly, the villagers watching couldn't help but sigh, exchanging ambiguous glances. The extent of parental favoritism was truly astounding, a stark contrast to the behavior of the villagers at the head of Yegou Village.
Someone whispered criticisms of Old Man Zhou and Old Woman Zhou, disapproving of their behavior, and Old Man Zhou and Old Woman Zhou immediately jumped up in anger.
"Stop talking so much! I've never seen such a chatterbox. You're meddling in other people's business, meddling in everything! You troublemakers, what are you doing here?" Old Zhou cursed gruffly.
"Whoever said that my husband and I were biased and that we were trying to kill our second son, step forward! I'll hang myself in front of your house right now, and I'll die right here in front of you!" Old Mrs. Zhou threatened to kill herself, but she managed to suppress all the other voices.
The villagers looked at each other for a moment, then scattered in a hurry, not wanting to be taken advantage of by Old Lady Zhou, which would be extremely unlucky.
"Get out, get out, don't let me see you again! None of you have good intentions, you just want to see my family make a fool of themselves!" Old Mrs. Zhou cursed at the departing villagers.
Old Zhou sneered, his lips curling into a cold smile. His family had long been a laughing stock. It was utterly unreasonable for his own family to be so useless and yet blame others for laughing at them.
Seeing that there was nothing more for him to do, Zhou Laoda turned to leave, but then added before leaving, "I think Lao Er's injuries are quite serious. It would be best to take him to town to see a doctor."
"You have herbs at home, so if you can gather them yourself, send some over these next few days. What kind of lousy idea is it to send them to town? We're starving, where are we going to get the money to hire a doctor?" Old Zhou cursed.
"I'm not a doctor, why are you clinging to me like this? Why should I gather herbs for your family? We have too much work to do at home, I don't have time." Old Zhou roared back angrily. If he hadn't seen the crack on his second brother's head and was worried that his life was in danger, he wouldn't have bothered to say those words.
Try cracking open the skulls of either Zhou Laosan or Zhou Laosi; they definitely wouldn't even glance at it. The sooner they die, the sooner they're free.
You want him to pay for herbal medicine? Go to hell!
Xingxing had already woken up from her afternoon nap. Zhao Guihua waited for her to wake up, then picked her up and prepared to go to Old Zhou's house to take a look. Just as they reached the eaves, they saw Old Zhou's eldest son returning with a bunch of his sons.
"Why the long face? Did your parents give you bad luck again?" Zhao Guihua put Xingxing on a low stool and sat down. She went to the main room, poured a bowl of water, and handed it to Zhou Laoda.
Zhou Laoda finished his drink in one gulp, waved his hand and said, "There's nothing to say. My parents are just like that. I've seen through them long ago. I just feel sorry for my second brother's family. They've been bullied terribly. My second brother finally stood up for himself today, but the old man smashed his head open with a single-headed stool."
Zhao Guihua gasped, "Your father is really ruthless. In his eyes, apart from his twin sons Zhou Laosan and Zhou Laosi, you and your second brother are dispensable. He's going to destroy your second brother."
At this moment, Zhao Guihua felt very fortunate. It was a good thing that they were separated back then, otherwise it might have been her husband who had his head smashed open today.
"Speaking of which, I secretly gave my second sister-in-law a few pointers a while ago, telling her to think more about the two children. Da Ya and Da Fa's lives are not human, how is it any different from when they were fleeing the war? At that time, my second sister-in-law only knew how to cry, and after crying she looked dazed. I was really impressed. I was just worrying about things that don't concern me."
Zhou Erfu, with a stern face, continued, "If I were Second Uncle, I would immediately separate from Zhou Laosan and Zhou Laosi. If Grandpa and Grandma dared to disagree, I would smash up the house. What kind of life is Second Uncle living? We might as well all just give up and go down together."
What's there to be afraid of? I'm much stronger than my third and fourth uncles. I'll definitely be better off after the family splits up. Back when their family split up, they didn't get a single penny, and their parents still had to support the five brothers. They still managed to get through it.
"What are you yelling about? Why are you smashing things and destroying the house? All you do is fight and smash things. Can't you think of anything else? Use your brain more on your studies. Don't come here and upset me." Zhao Guihua felt like she had a heart attack just seeing him yelling like that.
"No, Mother, I'm just expressing my thoughts. Don't let my appearance fool you; I may seem like a rough, uneducated man with only brute strength. My second uncle is just as strong as our father and very capable, but he's too slow-witted and too soft-hearted. He's not ruthless enough when he needs to be."
"You all watch, I definitely won't be like my second uncle. Anyone who dares to bully me or my family, I'll beat them to a pulp, making sure they never have a moment's peace. If they don't let me have a good time, I'll make theirs even worse."
Zhou Erfu spoke with spittle flying and his eyes wide with anger.
"Alright, shut up. You think you're so capable? You're never going to stop." Zhao Guihua felt even more suffocated. She felt that Erfu was destined to be a peasant and would probably end up as a hunter in the future.
Well, being a hunter isn't so bad. He has a lot of brute strength to spare, so he goes into the mountains to hunt wild boars and wolves, which lets him vent his energy and prevents him from thinking about fighting all the time.
Zhou Sifu nodded in agreement, agreeing with his second brother. If you don't have the strength to win, that's fine, but if you can win, you must never back down.
Zhao Guihua tapped her fourth son on the head, saying, "What are you nodding for? You seem to get along well with your second brother."
"You just went over for a quick look and came back?" Zhao Guihua looked at Zhou Laoda. "These people really have nothing better to do than make you go over whenever something happens. You can't even refuse."
"What can we do? If I were adopted, it would be fine, but I'm his biological son. The old man just wants me to take the medicine over, and he doesn't want to pay for the doctor for my second brother." Zhou Laoda got angry just thinking about what his father had said.
"But upon closer reflection, if I really didn't care whether my second brother lived or died, not only would I have to live with myself, but I'm also afraid that if something happened to him, the Zhou family would only have those few good-for-nothings left. Without my second brother to support the family, we'd be the ones in the biggest trouble after all."
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