Chapter 731 Mrs. Tang
Zhou Liang's house has an "L"-shaped courtyard. The chicken coop is located in the backyard, and there is a small door on the side. The sound seems to come from the main courtyard gate.
The three of them went out from the small door on the side of the chicken coop and turned the corner, but were blocked by people in circles inside and outside.
"Wow, it's so lively!"
Wang Honghong was frightened when she saw the crowd of people and immediately stood in front of Ye Rou.
If my sister-in-law gets bumped into something, Brother Jiang will come back and twist her head off and kick it like a ball.
Zhou Liang was so anxious that he wanted to force his way in.
Ye Rou called out to him, "Let's go through the yard!"
Zhou Liang slapped his forehead and said, "Sister-in-law, you are still smart."
The three of them returned to Zhou Liang's house through the side door, walked through the yard and came to the main gate.
The door was ajar from the outside, and Aunt Zhou's loud voice came from the door.
Zhou Liang rashly tried to push the door open and go out.
Ye Rou grabbed him and said, "Don't worry, figure out what's going on before you leave."
Zhou Liang is not very smart, but he has one advantage - he is obedient.
Ye Rou didn't let him go out. He looked out the door anxiously, but he held back his breath.
Wang Honghong caught sight of the ladder in the yard and hurriedly pulled it over: "Sister-in-law, you stand on the ladder and we'll sit on the wall."
"Okay." Ye Rou did not refuse.
The wooden ladder was leaning against the corner of the wall. Wang Honghong kicked it a few times to make sure it was sturdy before letting Ye Rou go up.
Wang Honghong took a running start and jumped up using the debris piled up in the corner.
Zhou Liang had gained weight and wasn't as flexible as before. He tried several times but failed. "Honghong, come and help me."
Wang Honghong pulled the person up.
"I say, you really should lose weight!"
Wang Honghong cursed while trying her best to pull the man up.
The alley was not wide, and the neighbors nearby were all climbing on the wall to watch the fun, and did not notice the three people who suddenly appeared on the wall.
Ye Rou showed half of her head and looked towards the crowd with her big eyes.
Aunt Zhou stood at the gate with her hands on her hips, and at her feet was a dirty bucket that had been kicked over.
Zhao Yuehong's belly had grown bigger. She stood beside Aunt Zhou, holding her belly and looking at the woman opposite.
It doesn't look like the quarrel between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law.
Ye Rou followed their gaze and looked across.
The front door of Zhou Liang's house faces a small vermilion door. Compared with his iron gate, the gate of the house opposite is obviously more magnificent.
On the cement steps in front of the door stood a woman who looked about the same age as Aunt Zhou, but was dressed much more fashionably than Aunt Zhou and looked quite wealthy.
Her hair was tied up high, and it seemed that it was too tight, which pulled the corners of her eyes upwards, making her eyes squint.
But his round face and fair skin don't make him look mean.
Ye Rou asked Zhou Liang: "Who is she?"
Zhou Liang sighed: "The neighbor across the street just moved back from Country M. I only know his last name is Tang."
Wang Honghong interrupted and asked, "Is your family not on good terms with this family?"
Zhou Liang nodded: "We had a few arguments over the drainage ditch these days."
"Drainage ditch?" Ye Rou looked down into the alley.
There were indeed several drainage holes next to the dirty water bucket, right in the corner of Zhou Liang's house.
All I heard was Aunt Zhou yelling at the top of her voice, "You fake foreign devil, you're so unreasonable."
"The government dug the sewers so we could dump our domestic sewage. The subdistrict office also used loudspeakers to announce that we should not pour our sewage onto the street but into the sewers."
"Why, you just touched my lips and told me not to pour the water, so I won't pour it. You have the nerve to be more arrogant than the government. You are really unreasonable."
As soon as these words were spoken, the people watching the excitement nodded, indicating that what Aunt Zhou said was correct.
Compared to Aunt Zhou's loud voice, Mrs. Yuanliang's voice was surprisingly gentle.
"Comrade, you have misinterpreted my meaning."
"Of course, there's nothing wrong with dumping domestic sewage, but you shouldn't be pouring dirty water containing chicken plague down the drain."
"Many diseases are spread by water, and every household has a sewer. If you spill it, several nearby households will suffer. It's okay if the chickens get sick, but it's unbearable for families with children or pregnant women."
"My daughter-in-law will be back in a few days. She's pregnant, so we have to be extra careful."
As soon as the wealthy woman said this, the neighbors around her believed it and started to scold Aunt Zhou for being heartless.
Aunt Zhou was anxious and said immediately: "This is all the waste water from my family's cooking. Why can't we pour it out?"
"Besides, my chickens don't have fowl plague at all!"
The rich lady smiled gently and asked, "How do you prove that your chickens don't have fowl plague?"
"My chickens don't have fowl plague. They just haven't been fed the right things these past few days, so they might be having diarrhea. But this is definitely not fowl plague!"
Aunt Zhou regretted it as soon as she finished speaking.
Sure enough, Mrs. Fu said, "Comrades, you all heard it! She said that the chickens at home are indeed sick. She knew this was the case, but she still poured water that might have chicken plague into the sewer. Isn't this harming people?"
Aunt Zhou's face flushed with anger: "My daughter-in-law is also pregnant. If you say so, am I harming her?"
"That's not what I meant." Mrs. Fu spread her hands. "But if you think so, I can't help it."
"Why do you say I think so? You just said it clearly. If my chicks really have fowl plague, will my daughter-in-law be okay? She's fine now, which means my chicks don't have fowl plague, they just have diarrhea!"
Mrs. Fu shook her head: "Listen to what you said, don't you think it's contradictory?"
"I'm just saying one thing. Regardless of whether your chickens have fowl plague or not, it's a fact that your chicks are sick, right? You just admitted that."
Aunt Zhou didn't try to argue, and replied frankly, "Yes, I did."
"According to what you said, you can't explain exactly what disease your chickens have, but it's always better to be safe than sorry. What if it's fowl plague?"
"If you have any sense of public morality, you should also consider us, your neighbors, and stay away from throwing dirty water. This is what a decent and moral person does."
The rich lady's words immediately elevated the ordinary issue of throwing dirty water to a moral level.
The people around nodded, thinking she was right.
The more reasonable and well-reasoned the rich lady was, and the softer her voice was, the more unreasonable and unreasonable Aunt Zhou seemed.
The other families in the alley all spoke up:
"Mrs. Tang is right. No one with a sense of public morality would pour water that might contain chicken pox down the drain."
"She's just a country shrew who quarrels with her pregnant daughter-in-law every day. I've heard her do it at least six times."
"Besides, you don't know! Her daughter has even separated from the family. She would rather go out and live alone than come back. Doesn't this speak volumes?"
"She probably abuses her daughter-in-law quite a bit. Just now, she even used her daughter-in-law's pregnancy to prove the chicks at home don't have fowl plague. Even if they don't have fowl plague, a pregnant woman shouldn't be allowed to be in the same yard with sick chicks!"
Mrs. Fu heard everyone around her speaking up for her and looked at Zhao Yuehong: "Comrade, I think you are more reasonable than your mother-in-law. Why don't you tell me what we should do?"
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