On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Yu Qiuying's family was having lunch when they suddenly heard Zhou Qiming crying and shouting next door.
Zhou Jiahong, holding his bowl and chopsticks, jumped up and went out to watch the commotion.
Yu Qiuying didn't pay attention at first, thinking that Zhou Qiming had done something wrong again and was beaten by Zhou Jianbin. But soon she heard Lü Sanmei crying and wailing.
Then a familiar voice rang out, "Let go, or we'll take you with us!"
It was the voice of Qian Dasong, the old policeman.
Just as Yu Qiuying was about to get up and go out to see what was going on, Zhou Jiahong rushed in, "Mom, Zhou Qiming has been arrested by the police!"
At midday, a police car stopped at the village entrance, and four policemen escorted Zhou Qiming into the car.
A large crowd gathered at the village entrance.
"I thought the police were going to that widow Yu's house again, and I was wondering what good thing had happened to her this time. I didn't expect they were going to arrest Zhou Qiming. What did that kid do wrong?"
"Who knows? This kid has become more and more inhuman these past two years. He deserved to be arrested."
"Fortunately, Liu Jinhua stopped her son from playing with Zhou Qiming, otherwise her son would definitely have been led astray."
"You know what, Dong Chunfu is quite well-behaved now. It seems he was led astray by Zhou Qiming before."
"Tsk tsk... They're all born to the same parents, but the eldest, Zhou Qidong, and the third, Zhou Qichao, are quite upright. However, the second son, Zhou Qiliang, and the fourth son, Zhou Qiming, are no good at all. It seems that this is a problem of education!"
"That's right. Zhou Qidong was raised by his grandparents, Zhou Qichao was raised by his uncle and aunt, but Zhou Qiliang and Zhou Qiming were raised by Lü Sanmei. Lü Sanmei herself is not a very good person, and she has ruined these two sons."
Lu Sanmei's third son, Zhou Qichao, is nineteen years old this year. When he was two years old, he was adopted by her maternal elder brother. Her elder brother and sister-in-law had been married for six years and had four daughters. Later, when her sister-in-law gave birth to her fifth child, she suffered a severe hemorrhage and damaged her health. The doctor said that she would not be able to have children in the future, so Lu Sanmei's third son was adopted.
Everyone in the village knows this. Although Zhou Qichao was adopted out, he did not sever ties with his biological parents. On the contrary, he remained close to both sides.
Zhou Qichao is quite shrewd, sweet-talking, and good at handling things. He calls both sides "Mom" and "Dad" and enjoys the benefits from both sides.
Speaking of Zhou Qidong and Zhou Qichao, the villagers feel sorry for them, having been born with brothers like Zhou Qiliang and Zhou Qiming.
"I wonder what Zhou Qiming did this time. Do you think it might implicate Zhou Qidong and Zhou Qichao if he did something serious?"
"Really? I've never heard of anyone getting arrested for committing a crime and having their family implicated?"
"Of course not. Zhou Qiming is Zhou Qiming. What does his crime have to do with Zhou Qidong? What does it have to do with Zhou Qichao?"
The villagers gathered at the village entrance and discussed it for a long time.
The next morning, I heard that Zhou Qiliang had also been arrested by the police in the county town.
However, Yu Qiuying and her family were unaware of this, as they were already at the Dongkang City train station.
Today, Dongkang Railway Station is still a third-class station with extremely rudimentary infrastructure. The old brick-and-mortar station building is dusty and the waiting room is very small and crowded with people.
In the past two years, more and more people have gone to work in other provinces, and in the next few years, there will only be more. Back in the early 2000s, people squeezed onto trains with all their might, and when they got off, they climbed out of the windows. The scene was very chaotic.
Fortunately, the situation is not too bad. Although there are many people in the waiting room, it is not chaotic yet. Many people are probably traveling far from home for the first time, so they don't dare to speak too loudly. Most of them are looking around curiously, or looking around nervously or warily.
Just like Zhou Cailian and Zhou Jiadong at this moment, one looked around at the people around her with unease and tension, while the other looked around curiously.
Zhou Jiahong, on the other hand, was full of excitement, finding everything he saw fascinating.
"Mom, what are those people saying? I can't understand them at all." This was Zhou Jiahong's first time in the city. He had no idea that dialects varied from place to place. He listened to the people around him for a long time but still couldn't understand what they were saying.
Yu Qiuying understood. In her previous life, she had worked hard for more than ten years and had met many people from all over the country. She could understand the dialects of many places.
The person next to him was probably from the neighboring Qingyu County. He also spoke a bit of Hakka, but it was the first time Zhou Jiahong had heard it, so it was normal that he couldn't understand it.
Yu Qiuying thought for a moment and reminded Zhou Cailian and the other two, "Once we arrive in Dongguan Province, you all need to get used to speaking Mandarin, because people outside can't understand our dialect."
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