Yi Zhonghai, harboring doubts, pressed on with his questions, falling into the trap set by the second aunt.
Before coming, Aunt Er overheard Yan Fugui and Lao Shen's wife discussing Zheng Ya's contracting of the forest behind the courtyard. Although she didn't understand what "contracting" meant, she figured that their interest in the forest must be a way to make money. So she kept a watchful eye on them and met two young boys on the way. She asked them to find someone to spread rumors about Yi Zhonghai being cuckolded.
You should know that her two youngest sons, Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian, were beaten by Liu Haizhong every day, as a result of the family discipline of "spare the rod and spoil the child".
However, Liu Haizhong never beat his eldest son, Liu Guangqi, thus contradicting Liu Haizhong's excuse that "spare the rod and spoil the child."
If they are treated equally, the two youngest sons in the bangs will not harbor resentment or bitterness, thus preventing potential problems.
Especially in the last two days, Liu Haizhong was tricked by Granny Long and others into losing all his family property. He was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger, so he gave his two youngest sons a beating.
This caused Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian both pain and hatred.
Even though she hated her biological father Liu Haizhong for his cruelty and inhumanity, she couldn't do anything about it. She was still a teenager and living in a time of famine. Running away from home would mean starving to death.
However, the source of this beating from Liu Haizhong, after more than ten years of beatings and scoldings from Liu Haizhong, has led the two to develop a habit of using their thoughts to distract themselves from the pain, analyzing the reasons for being beaten, and striving not to make the same mistake again and be beaten.
What was supposed to be a path of self-reflection for the child to learn better has instead become a way for the two parents to distort their minds and reduce their pain, and over time it has become a habit.
Naturally, each time they were beaten, they could think of why they were being beaten.
The two had been beaten so badly these past two days that they guessed the main reason for the beating: it was because Granny Long and Yi Zhonghai had set a trap for Liu Haizhong, causing him to lose all his family fortune. It was only natural that Liu Haizhong would beat them up.
As a result, the two of them hated Old Lady Long and Yi Zhonghai to the core.
Second Aunt knew her youngest son's temperament all too well. Seizing the opportunity to indulge and guide him, Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian began to instigate outsiders to witness Yi Zhonghai being cuckolded.
Therefore, Aunt Er had essentially set a trap for Yi Zhonghai to fall into. Faced with Yi Zhonghai's questioning, Aunt Er hesitated and said, "But you're the one who told me to say this."
Let me make this clear beforehand: no matter what happens afterward, you must not suspect that I have any ill intentions towards you or Old Lady Long.
You know my husband, he likes to hit people, and I'm afraid of getting beaten up..."
"Okay, I understand. I promise I won't pursue this matter afterward. Tell me what you know and what you think?" Yi Zhonghai truly didn't trust Old Lady Long.
The reason why his daughter-in-law Zhang Dongmei was asked to take care of Grandma Long's daily life was simply to take advantage of Grandma Long's status as a recipient of the "Five Guarantees" (a government welfare program for the elderly without family support). This would allow her to act tough in the courtyard, and no one in the courtyard would dare to argue or fight with an elderly person receiving the "Five Guarantees," lest they get into trouble.
This inadvertently provided Yi Zhonghai with a kind of protection, which led him to collude with Old Lady Long to scheme against the people in the courtyard.
For Yi Zhonghai, Granny Long was useful to him. He had his barren wife take care of Granny Long's daily life to create a harmonious and filial environment in the courtyard, so that he could scheme to have her take care of him in his old age and see him off in death.
Anyway, for him, all the hard and dirty work was left to his wife who couldn't lay eggs, so he didn't get tired. Why not?
Besides, Granny Long is rich and has some connections. We can scheme to get her some high-end ingredients so that Sha Zhu can cook them and satisfy his cravings!
In short, he could take advantage of Old Lady Long, so he made his wife treat her like royalty, even though he didn't really like her.
Besides, Old Madam Long is so ruthless and vicious that Yi Zhonghai is afraid that one day she will sell him out and make him a scapegoat.
Second Aunt used to be a housewife with no opinions of her own. She would just do whatever the head of the household, Liu Haizhong, said.
But these past two days, even Liu Haizhong hit her, and being hit in front of the child, it triggered her inner demons, making her feel like she had to do something.
At this moment, Yi Zhonghai kept pressing for answers, and the second aunt pretended to be nervous, looking around. When she didn't notice that passersby were paying attention to them, she lowered her voice and said, "He's an old man, I'll only say it once!"
First of all, this morning, Zheng Ya got up and called on Yan Fugui and the Shen family to prepare to contract the woods behind the courtyard.
As for what to do and what contracting is, I didn't understand, and I didn't hear it all.
This incident aroused the envy of the women and old women in the courtyard.
As you know, Zheng Ya gave money to people twice in a row.
The first time Yan Fugui received half the money, it was ten thousand yuan! Who wouldn't be envious?
The second time was last night, when I publicly gave Yan Fugui and the Shen family each a thousand yuan!
Good heavens! My husband has saved several thousand dollars, but he has never brought back a bill that is more than five hundred dollars!
I'm so envious! You can only imagine the expressions and thoughts of those women and old ladies in the courtyard.
Everyone wanted to get close to Zheng Ya and share the profits!
So you, Yi Zhonghai, and Old Lady Long, together with my husband, have offended Zheng Ya in the courtyard, which is tantamount to cutting off their source of income.
Tell me yourself, instead of retaliating against us, they fawned over Zheng Ya and tried to get him to give them money next time?
Secondly, I'm not saying anything bad about Grandma Long, but you know her best, you know better than I do what kind of person she is, right?
Let's put aside the sordid things that Granny Long instructed you and my husband to do in the yard, and just talk about the scandals that have been exposed these past two days. How are we going to clean up this mess?
Do you really think that putting forward a Jia Zhangshi can avert disaster and cover up the crimes you've committed?
Ask yourself honestly, is it possible?
In my opinion, the only way to bring peace back to life is to put forward the most authoritative person who can make everyone in the compound feel vindicated as a scapegoat. Otherwise, everyone will be implicated and have to live with the gossip and criticism of outsiders!
After all, Wu Wei had moved into the hospital; she was sent by higher authorities to thoroughly investigate the cause of death of Zheng Daotong and Zheng Ya's grandmother.
Do you think Wu Wei and the police will drop the case if the real reason isn't found out?
Does Zheng Ya not want revenge?
Finally, you've become entangled with enemy agents.
Enemy agents don't care about who lives or dies. Once they're caught, they'd be happy to drag others down with them so they won't be alone on their journey, right?
So, do you think the police won't investigate the case involving Granny Long, Yi Zhonghai, and the enemy codebook provided by Sha Zhu?
In short, with no one capable of taking the blame for all of this, do you think you can calm things down and get through this peacefully?
"You, you're right. According to your line of thinking, you mean that Old Lady Long wants to push me out as a scapegoat?" Yi Zhonghai belatedly had a sudden burst of inspiration and realized the truth.
It seems that besides him and Old Lady Long, there is no one else in the courtyard who can be the scapegoat?
After all, Liu Haizhong's involvement in the case wasn't deep, and Sha Zhu certainly didn't have that ability.
The second aunt waved her hand and shook her head in denial: "I didn't say anything, you just guessed it yourself!"
After all, I think if you think about the future of your unborn child, you'll be a scapegoat...
"No, I'm going to kill Old Lady Long, damn it..." Yi Zhonghai roared in fury, then calmed himself down!
At this moment, Zheng Ya encountered a major problem...
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