When Zhao Qingshan and his group arrived at Zhou Chunping's house, they saw that the door was closed and there was no sound of anyone talking or walking.
"Dad, what should we do? Break down the door?" Zhao Guohui asked with red eyes.
Zhao Guohui was feeling miserable. The issues surrounding Zhao Yunxiang, Xu Liqin, and Zhou Zhixin had all filled him with rage. He simply wanted to yell or fight to vent the anger within him.
"Wait." Zhao Qingshan looked at a group of people coming from a distance. They looked very much like Li Chunjiao's father and brothers.
Zhao Qingshan only had four people with him: three adults and one child. Although Zhou Yuanyuan had inherited the Zhao family's martial arts, it had only been a day, so Zhao Qingshan didn't consider her a capable fighter. If a fight broke out, they might even have to assign one person to protect her.
Zhao Qingshan had already made plans when he arrived. With only two of Zhou Chunping's three grown men, they could suppress the situation. That's why he felt comfortable bringing Zhou Yuanyuan with him. Bringing Zhou Yuanyuan to Zhoujia Village offered Zhao Qingshan and his men many advantages. First, it let the villagers know he wasn't there to cause trouble, but to reason with them. Who would bring a child along as a burden if it was a premeditated act? Second, Zhou Yuanyuan strongly requested to come along to watch the fun, and Zhao Qingshan doted on her and rarely objected to her requests.
Unexpectedly, Li Chunjiao's family came to the house early in the morning. The Zhou family suddenly had seven or eight more men. If a fight broke out today, they might suffer.
Zhou Yuanyuan used her spiritual sense to take a look and was immediately amused. Li Chunjiao's family members all looked aggressive, each carrying a wrist-thick wooden stick hidden behind their backs. It was impossible for them to be guests at Zhou Chunping's house.
Zhou Yuanyuan looked into Zhou Chunping's house again and almost laughed out loud. She saw Li Chunjiao lying on her own big bed, with a startling circle of bruises around her neck, foreshadowing what had happened.
Before Zhou Yuanyuan had the chance to tell Zhao Qingshan what she had "seen", Li Chunjiao's father Li Dafu and his group had already walked up to her.
Li Dafu's heart skipped a beat when he saw Zhao Qingshan and the others at the Zhou family's door. Didn't Chunjiao say that Zhao Yunxiang and the Zhou family had fallen out the last time she visited? Why was Zhao Qingshan bringing his children to pay New Year's greetings right after Chinese New Year?
Li Dafu had served in the army for a few days when he was young, so he had seen a lot of the world. Even from a distance, he smiled and greeted Zhao Qingshan: "Brother-in-law Zhao, are you visiting the Zhou family today?"
As the saying goes: Don't strike a smiling person. Li Dafu was very enthusiastic, so Zhao Qingshan would not take action at this time. He just replied with a fake smile: "Father-in-law Li, it's just after the New Year, and you have something to do with Zhou Chunping?"
Li Dafu's smile widened upon hearing this. Zhao Qingshan refused to even address Zhou Chunping as "in-law." It seemed he had come with ill intentions. But if Zhao Qingshan was here to cause trouble for Zhou Chunping, why would he bring his granddaughter along? Were they sure they weren't visiting relatives?
Li Dafu looked again and again, but did not see any gifts in the hands of Zhao Qingshan and his group, and his heart finally settled a little.
Zhou Chunping was indeed a little too arrogant. Even an ordinary farmer like him couldn't stand it, let alone Zhao Qingshan, an old revolutionary with a high status?
Although Li Dafu guessed Zhao Qingshan's intention, he did not let down his guard. No matter what, he had to vent his anger for his daughter today.
"Dear relative Zhao, I won't hide it from you. My daughter Chunjiao was forced to hang herself by the Zhou family yesterday. What the daughter-in-law did was wrong, but our parents are still alive! It's okay to call us here to teach them a lesson. There's really no other family in the surrounding area that forced their daughter-in-law to hang herself like the Zhou family. So, I brought my two useless sons and a few nephews with me to seek justice for Chunjiao." Li Dafu spoke eloquently and told Zhao Qingshan the purpose of his visit.
Although Li Chunjiao is ugly, she is Li Dafu's only daughter. Furthermore, Li Chunjiao looks exactly like Li Dafu, so Li Dafu loves Li Chunjiao the most among the three children of the Li family. A few days ago, when Li Chunjiao returned to her parents' home, she cried to Li Dafu's wife, saying that Zhou Zhigang was shameless and had an affair with a little witch outside.
Li Dafu wanted to call his two sons to Zhoujia Village to teach Zhou Zhigang a lesson, but Li Chunjiao refused, saying that after her family intervened, she was afraid she would no longer be able to stay in the Zhou family. She and Zhou Zhigang had several children, so she couldn't just get a divorce now. It would be better to wait and see what Zhou Zhigang did next before deciding whether to ask her brothers from her family to intervene.
After Li Chunjiao hanged herself yesterday, Zhou Meimei was extremely scared. She sneaked out of the house and found the village chief's wife, Li Cuilian, and asked Li Cuilian to deliver a message to her grandfather's house.
When Li Cuilian heard that Li Chunjiao had been forced to hang herself by Zhou Chunping and his wife, she was filled with rage. It was Li Cuilian who arranged the marriage between Zhou Zhigang and Li Chunjiao. By calling Li Chunjiao a jinx, Zhou Chunping and his wife were essentially calling her a "bad luck star." Wasn't that essentially accusing Li Cuilian of finding a shady wife for the Zhou family?
Li Cuilian was furious and called her parents' village on New Year's Eve using the brigade's phone. The Li family was a well-established family in the village, and the news that Li Chunjiao had been forced to hang herself by her Zhou parents-in-law reached Li Dafu's ears within five minutes.
According to Li Dafu's temper, he would have brought the men of his family to Zhoujia Village to vent his anger for Li Chunjiao last night. Li Dafu's wife had to persuade him to stop. Early this morning, Li Dafu did not wait until dawn, but called a few young men of his family to come and find trouble with Zhou Chunping.
Zhao Qingshan couldn't help but laugh when he heard what Li Dafu said. It seemed that Zhou Chunping had done so many evil things that even Heaven couldn't stand it. No! Not only did the Zhao family want to teach him a lesson, but Li Dafu also wanted to teach him a lesson.
"Father-in-law Li, Zhou Chunping is such a jerk. He's been bullying my daughter Yunxiang, so she's been staying at her parents' house for a while. Your daughter Chunjiao is so hardworking, but she's not worthy of the Zhou family's approval? That's too much!" Zhao Qingshan spoke with great skill. He first talked about his daughter being bullied, and hinted to Li Dafu that he was here to pick a fight. Then he took the opportunity to talk about Li Chunjiao being bullied, and hinted to Li Dafu that they could join forces to give Zhou Chunping a lesson.
"Isn't it? You bastard, you only know how to pick on the weak. Today, we must let him taste the power of our Zhao and Li families! The two fathers-in-law came to visit, but the Zhou family didn't even open the door? How arrogant. Boys, let's do it, let's smash the door of his Zhou family to pieces first." Li Dafu became bolder when he heard what Zhao Qingshan said.
Zhao Qingshan clearly said that he came to cause trouble for Zhou Chunping, so he had a legitimate reason to do so. Even if he made a big fuss, the police would give him some face with Zhao Qingshan around.
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