In fact, the whole village saw what happened to the Zhang family.
There was originally a wasteland at the foot of Arashiyama. In the early years, refugees had nowhere to live, so they settled down here. Gradually, a village was formed, and it was also built against the mountain, so it was directly named Arashiyama Village.
Everyone's ancestors have taken care of each other, and even if they don't have the same surname, the relationships are mostly very close.
The Zhang family are all honest people, and when people talk about their family, there is a lot of sympathy in their words, especially this generation. The eldest son is almost as good as dead, the second son married a lazy wife, causing Li Mizhen to have to work at an old age, and the youngest son is a scoundrel who doesn't work hard and is obviously going to have no future.
Now the third son has another daughter who is not his own. Just looking at the chubby child, you can tell that she is not easy to raise. Can the Zhang family have an easy life?
Sure enough, not long after that, the incident had already reached the captain’s house.
"What a sin!" An aunt shook her head with lingering fear. Fortunately, her sons married honest men, otherwise their family would have become like this sooner or later.
Another aunt nodded and said, "That's right. We must be careful when choosing a daughter-in-law for our family in the future."
Having said that, we still have to watch the fun.
In Zhaijia Village, a group of people gathered in front of the captain's house. The middle was empty, with only the captain, Ding Yusu, and several other people from the Zhang family.
Even Zhang Zhidu, who was working outside, was called back.
They were surrounded in the middle, Tianjiao was protected by Zhang Rui behind him, watching everything from behind him.
Second Aunt was complaining to the captain, she was singing and singing, without any of her previous reserved arrogance: "Captain, you don't know, my mother-in-law is good to the whole family, except for me, I don't get any eggs at home, but this damn..." Feeling Li Mizhen's glare and Zhang Rui's cold face, she silently changed her words, "This girl has an egg every morning, and I usually eat any delicious food in my room, rarely at the table..."
Some people in Zhaijia Village who didn't know the inside story couldn't help but sympathize with the accusations.
Zhai Aiguo's wife clicked her tongue twice and said, "This is too cruel. He really doesn't treat his daughter-in-law as a human being at all."
But just after she finished speaking, Zhai Aiguo pulled her back and signaled her not to speak: "You don't know the situation. Didn't you see that none of the Zhang family members said anything?"
His wife curled her lips and whispered, "What else can I do? It's just bullying. It's pitiful for a daughter-in-law to go to someone else's house."
She was insinuating that she had a wicked mother-in-law at home who was always eyeing her and her husband's good things to support the other two younger brothers of the Zhai family. If Zhai Aiguo had not had a good relationship with the team leader, they would have been eaten up to the bone.
Her complaints were heard by another person nearby, who smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true. Ding Yushu is well-known in Dingjia Village for being lazy. She's still unmarried in her twenties. If she wasn't good-looking and the Zhang family was doing well at the time, no one would have married her."
Zhai Aiguo's wife was surprised: "Is it true?"
"Of course, you'll know everything if you ask around. I just happened to hear some of it before. She never does any work at home and even steals food from her sisters. Another sister in their family got married last year to a bachelor in his thirties because she wasn't good-looking and was lazy, so no one wanted her."
“Oh my god…”
Someone asked: "If they don't work, then their family must be very poor?"
The man nodded: "Yes, but there are still hardworking people in their family. Old Ding's parents are honest people. They work hard. Now that they are old, they still earn ten work points a day. They are a little poor, but they are both soft-tempered and can't teach their children."
There were quiet murmurs of surprise around them, and the eyes towards Ding Yushu had changed.
…
Ding Yushu, who was still crying, wiped away her tears. After she finished the preparation, she felt that the eyes of the people around her had changed. She didn't realize that they were looking at her in the wrong way. She thought that they were disgusted with the Zhang family because of her words. She smiled smugly in her heart, but said bitterly on the surface: "I want to split up the family, captain, please, be magnanimous and let me get rid of this sea of suffering!"
Zhang Zhi, who was called back temporarily, held her and kept coaxing her. Just by looking at the scratches on her face and neck, one could tell the consequences.
The whispers around them grew louder.
Those strange looks seemed to become real and fell on Ding Yushu. She just thought they were sympathizing with her.
She really couldn't stand it anymore. The Zhang family was okay, but that was all thanks to Zhang Zhi. The bulk of the money every month went to the dead old woman, and they didn't get much at all. The money for her to buy snacks every month was not enough, so she could only eat a little, especially after having a child, there was even less to eat.
Now the old woman wants Dabao. As long as she can divide the family property, she will be able to live a prosperous life!
No one knew what she was thinking, but the changes in her emotions were very obvious. Tianjiao sensed everything clearly, and her delicate little brows were furrowed.
Although this person is crying, he is not sad. Instead, he is very happy and even excited.
And she told lies.
Zhang Rui held her because he was afraid that she would be hurt, but the Zhang family treated her very well. They provided her with delicious food and drinks, but they also did not deprive her of anything. Moreover, when Zhang Rui gave her all kinds of delicious food, she would pretend not to see it and never blamed him.
Tianjiao naturally didn't want such a family to be wronged. She was not an ordinary child and her thinking logic was very clear. Therefore, after Ding Yushu finished speaking, she immediately shouted loudly: "Liar, it's not like that! You are a big liar!"
The tender voice of a child was clearly heard, causing an uproar around. Everyone looked at the child in surprise and started a new discussion.
Zhang Zhi looked at the girl, his mouth twitched, wanting to say something, but he didn't know how to say it. He was not good at speaking, otherwise he wouldn't have been a driver for so many years and never got promoted. However, his wife slandered his mother like that, and he felt really cold in his heart.
Especially when looking at Li Mizhen, Zhang Zhi's heart twitched. He had never seen such a cold face before. Even when looking at himself, he was so cold.
He couldn't help but regret that he had insisted on marrying Ding Yushu.
I regret that in the past two years, I turned a blind eye to the conflicts between them and just thought that everything would be fine as long as the family was harmonious and that I could endure everything.
But now that things have come to this, he pulled Ding Yushu and whispered, "Stop it, I want to split the family, split!"
Ding Yushu pushed him, her red eyes showing determination: "There must be an explanation now. She must be punished for hitting me."
…
As the couple was talking, Zhang Rui was also startled. He didn't expect Tianjiao to jump out. He protected her with some worry: "Don't worry, grandma will take care of it. Jiaojiao, don't say anything."
Children, especially girls, still have to consider their reputation. He doesn't want anyone to point fingers at his child in the future.
Moreover, this was mainly his second brother's business, so it was not easy for him to intervene, especially since Ding Yushu was alone and weak at the moment. If more people spoke on their side, it would make people feel that they were bullying her.
Zhang Dagen had been supporting Li Mizhen, fearing that she would faint from the shock. When he heard Tianjiao speak, his heart softened a little: "She is still a good child."
Li Mizhen pulled the corners of her lips and couldn't laugh anymore.
These days, she no longer rejected the child, but she just resisted the urge to give her special treatment. Even though she liked girls, she still couldn't get over the hurdle in her heart. She couldn't bear to give her the good food at home. But at this moment, she really felt a warm current.
He was also the dumbest one, and Zhang Zhi followed him, but he was not stupid at heart. He looked at the woman coldly and whispered, "Let's separate the family. If we continue to quarrel like this, it will be difficult to get along in the future. When the second son suffers a little, he will know that he was wrong."
Li Mizhen nodded slightly, but some things still needed to be made clear. Her heart was cold, so she couldn't suffer any loss.
But before she could say anything, the little girl who was still struggling and looking at Ding Yushu unwillingly took the lead and expressed her confusion and grievance in her clear, loud and pleasant voice: "But she lied! Sister Huahua said that good children can't lie! Jiaojiao can't let grandma be bullied!"
Zhang Rui smiled with relief and didn't stop him.
As the captain, Zhai Xingwang had to handle the matter impartially, but because of what Ding Yushu said before, even if he knew some details, he couldn't tell them for the time being. Now that the child had spoken out, he went with the flow and said softly, "Don't worry, Zhang family kid. This child seems to be articulate, and children won't tell lies."
Zhang Rui nodded: "Go ahead, just tell me what you know."
Tianjiao was delighted, and a smile appeared on his tender little face. Then he spoke a lot of words fluently: "Captain, she was lying. Before, only grandpa, second uncle, and dad could eat eggs. Dad's eggs were given to me, so I could have eggs. Second uncle's eggs were eaten by her. Second uncle would buy her candy. She didn't like to eat with us, so she always let second uncle serve the food to her room. Second uncle washed her clothes, and grandma cooked the meals at home..."
Just when everyone thought this girl was really pretty, they heard a lot of words, all of which were full of envy, jealousy and condemnation. They all said in the same voice: "...My God, with such a good in-law family, this person wants to split up. Is he blind?"
Seeing that something was wrong, Ding Yushu quickly rolled up her sleeves and said, "But she hit me. You can see that I have scars all over my body!"
Zhang Zhi tried to stop him but failed.
She doesn't work on weekdays, so her skin is delicate. The scar is clearly visible at a glance. It's purple and looks quite serious.
Beating people is indeed a problem, but in this rural area, fights between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law are common, and they can't stop it, because they are so poor nowadays that they can get hurt for a little bit of money.
The captain could only cough lightly and said, "It was indeed wrong for Comrade Li to hit someone. How about an apology?"
Seeing that her son finally had the upper hand, Ding Yushu was overjoyed. She yelled with a ferocious face, "Not enough, not enough. I've been beaten like this..."
Zhang Zhi finally broke down: "Ding Yushu, shut up!"
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