Outside the Gao family's gate, Aunt Hao was so angry when she heard the absurd logic that Old Lady Gao had spouted that she was about to roll up her sleeves and go up to argue with Xing Zhaozhao, but Xing Zhaozhao stopped her.
"It's alright, Auntie, I can do it myself." Xing Zhaozhao said, handing the little Hongling in her arms to Aunt Hao. "Could you please keep an eye on the little Hongling for me, so she won't be frightened later?"
Aunt Hao took the little red ribbon with a bewildered look: "Were you scared?"
What's the meaning?
The next moment, she saw Xing Zhaozhao walk up to the Gao family's door, raise her foot, and kick it hard.
With a loud bang, the Gao family's gate shook violently.
Aunt Hao stood to the side, and everyone who saw it was dumbfounded.
That... that's some real force!
Hongfei and Hongyu looked at their mother, their little faces flushed with excitement and surprise.
It was the first time they had ever realized how amazing their mother was.
Xing Zhaozhao frowned as she looked at the still tightly closed door.
It's not open yet?
One more kick.
Then, with another loud bang, the bolt on the Gao family's gate snapped open, and the previously tightly closed gate was instantly flung open.
Inside the door, Old Lady Gao stared dumbfounded at the door that had been kicked open, looking incredulously at Xing Zhaozhao walking in from outside.
Is this really the second son's wife she knows?
Xing Zhaozhao entered the Gao family home, ignoring the old lady Gao who was standing there dumbfounded, and went straight to her original room.
Actually, even without going there, she knew roughly what it was like inside; it looked like it had been ransacked.
That's how it was in my past life.
In her past life, she didn't pursue the matter in order to stay.
Never again in this lifetime.
When Old Lady Gao saw Xing Zhaozhao's hostile look, she knew something was wrong and immediately called to Gao Meimei, "Quick, go and call your grandfather and parents back. Tell them the traitor's wife has returned..."
Gao Meimei nodded and immediately ran out.
No sooner had Gao Meimei left than Xing Zhaozhao came out of her room, looking at Old Lady Gao expressionlessly: "Where are my things?"
Old Mrs. Gao stubbornly refused to admit it: "How would I know?"
If she doesn't tell me, then she'll have to search for it herself.
Xing Zhaozhao turned her head and went straight into Old Lady Gao's room.
"What are you doing? Stop right there!" Old Mrs. Gao said anxiously, trying to grab Xing Zhaozhao.
Unexpectedly, instead of being able to hold on, Xing Zhaozhao dragged him into the house.
Mrs. Gao: "??"
Grandma Gao hurriedly called out to her grandchildren who were standing there dumbfounded, "What are you all still standing there for? Come and help Grandma!"
The children then realized what was happening and immediately swarmed forward.
Hongfei and Hongyu couldn't bear to see their mother suffer like this, so they rushed over and started fighting with the other children.
Aunt Hao was thrilled to see this and wanted to help, but she was holding her child and couldn't go. She was so anxious that she paced around in circles.
Just then, her daughter Hao Xiuning, who was next door, heard the commotion and came out to see what was going on: "Mom, you're back? What happened?"
Aunt Hao handed the child in her arms to Hao Xiuning: "You watch the child for me, I'll go in and help your sister-in-law Zhao Zhao."
After saying that, without waiting for Hao Xiuning to say anything, she rushed into the Gao family's house: "Liu Cuihua..."
At this point, the work in the fields finally ended.
The villagers walked home in twos and threes.
Gao Meimei quickly spotted Old Man Gao and her parents in the crowd and rushed over: "Grandpa, Dad, Mom, something terrible has happened! The traitor's wife is back! We're going to take her things back!"
Upon hearing this, the Gao family members' expressions immediately changed, especially the eldest and third sons' wives. They had been involved when the old lady of the house was ransacking Xing Zhaozhao's belongings, and they had even kept quite a few for themselves.
Without saying a word, they immediately ran home.
Old Gao, his face grim, was about to follow when someone grabbed his arm.
"What were they just saying? 'Traitor's wife'? Is that what you usually call Mingcheng? The military leaders haven't even had concrete evidence to draw any conclusions yet, and you're already throwing such a load of crap at your own child? How dare you, Gao Dahe?"
The voice, stern yet tinged with anger, sent a shiver down Old Gao's spine.
He slowly turned his head to look at the person who was grabbing him beside him, forcing a stiff smile: "Brother Dahai..."
Gao Dahai is a cousin of Old Man Gao's uncle, who lives in the next house, and is also the village's brigade leader.
"Mingcheng's wife was discharged from the hospital today? How come I didn't know? Why didn't you go to pick her up? And what about Meimei saying she wanted to take her things back? Did you take her things while she was away?" Captain Gao asked in succession.
Old Gao was drenched in cold sweat and couldn't utter a single word.
Captain Gao glared at him angrily: "You guys really do things like this."
As he spoke, he strode towards the Gao family's house.
Hearing this, the others' eyes lit up, and they even forgot about their meals, following along to watch the excitement.
When they arrived, a large crowd had already gathered in front of the Gao family's house.
Thinking that the village had produced such a promising young man, Gao Mingcheng, who was only 30 years old and had already become a battalion commander in the army, with a limitless future ahead of him, and now that his life was hanging in the balance on the front lines while his wife and children were being bullied right under his nose, the veins on Captain Gao's forehead throbbed.
He quickly pushed through the crowd and squeezed in, but when he saw the scene in the Gao family's courtyard, he froze: "What... what exactly is going on?"
The Gao family courtyard was in complete chaos. Old Mrs. Gao was pinned to the ground by Aunt Hao and couldn't move. The two couples, Gao the eldest and Gao the third, were lying on the ground groaning, each with a handprint on one side of their face. Even the children had been subdued by the two little guys, Hongfei and Hongyu.
In the center of the courtyard, there was a bed sheet, on which were piled various clothes, quilts, shoes, cups, and basins, with some money and tickets scattered among them.
Then, Xing Zhaozhao came out of Gao Laoda's house carrying a bunch of things. She casually threw the things onto the bed sheet in the yard, clapped her hands, and said, "Okay, that seems to be all."
After saying that, she wrapped all those things in a bed sheet into a huge bundle, picked it up, and weighed it in her hand.
Everyone around was stunned.
"Ming, Mingcheng's wife..." It took Captain Gao a while to find his voice.
Xing Zhaozhao turned to look at Captain Gao, her eyes lighting up: "Captain, you're here! I was just about to look for you. I can't stand being in this house any longer..."
Before Xing Zhaozhao could finish speaking, Captain Gao understood: "You want to split up the family?"
Indeed, even he wouldn't be able to stay in such a home.
Xing Zhaozhao shook her head.
Captain Gao: "??"
"I want to sever ties with my family," Xing Zhaozhao said.
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