"Mom, what are you doing? Are you happy that our family has lost face? If you really wanted to die, why didn't you just sleep until midnight and then hang yourself quietly? I guess your soul has already crossed the Naihe Bridge by now." Zhou Jiaqin shook off Li Chunjiao's hand with force.
Zhou Jiaqin's face was filled with resentment. He didn't understand why his mother loved to make such a scene, making every little thing known to everyone. Wasn't it just to make herself the boss of the family? He had also witnessed what happened yesterday. Grandpa and grandma scolded Mom for not raising Big Brother well, and they were right! Otherwise, why would Big Brother, a good person, become a thief?
"Jiaqin, you..." Li Chunjiao was heartbroken by Zhou Jiaqin's words. What did it mean to quietly hang yourself in the middle of the night just because you wanted to die? Was he disgusted that he didn't die? What was he thinking?
Zhou Meimei was standing in front of the door, jumping up and down anxiously. However, there were too many people in the yard and it was a mess. Zhou Meimei didn't dare to run into the yard to pull Zhou Jiaqin back into the room.
"Wow! This kid is so cruel!"
"Oh my! This kid has the energy of a wolf."
"Oh my god! How cruel! He told his own mother to die quickly. I've lived for most of my life, and this is the first time I've seen a son act like this."
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The villagers couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Li Chunjiao's heart was filled with sadness. No! She couldn't let the children stay in the Zhou family any longer. The Zhou family had a bad reputation, and the children were at the age when they would learn everything they saw. The eldest child was already ruined, and if this continued, the second child wouldn't be much better. She, Li Chunjiao, only had three children in her life. For the sake of her children, she was determined to divorce.
"Zhou Zhigang, I'll give you some face. Let's part ways amicably. I'll take the two children with me. As long as I, Li Chunjiao, have something to eat, I will never let the children starve." Li Chunjiao ignored Zhou Jiaqin, who was standing aside with a look of resentment, and walked to Zhou Zhigang and said calmly.
"What? My grandson of the Zhou family, why should he go with a woman like you?" Before Zhou Zhigang could reply, Zhou Chunping was furious. In rural areas, children and grandchildren are the future of a family. When a couple reaches a point where they can no longer make ends meet, the woman often leaves the children behind at her husband's house and leaves on her own. Only when the husband's family is too poor to support the children will the woman be allowed to take them with her.
Li Chunjiao's intention to take the child away had obviously touched Zhou Chunping's sore spot. Zhou Chunping cared about face the most in his life. He was not so poor that he could not afford to support the descendants of the Zhou family. How could he allow Li Chunjiao to take the child away?
Zhou Zhigang remained silent. He didn't want the children to leave, nor did he want Li Chunjiao to leave. However, he knew that Li Chunjiao was a little different today. If he didn't agree to Li Chunjiao's request, Li Chunjiao would definitely reveal his affair with Liu Moli to everyone. Seeing Zhou Chunping coming to stop him, Zhou Zhigang was relieved and pursed his lips without saying a word.
"Dad! Don't force me. I think you know everything about Zhigang and that woman, but you're hiding it from me, an outsider, right?" As expected, Li Chunjiao used Zhou Zhigang's affair to threaten Zhou Chunping. However, Li Chunjiao remembered that there were many people around, so she lowered her voice when she spoke.
Zhou Chunping glanced at Li Chunjiao and said contemptuously, "Catch the thief and the stolen goods, catch the adulterer and the couple, you just talk nonsense, and people will believe you? Today, your Li family came here and made such a big fuss, and I, Zhou Chunping, asked you to take the child away. Then I, Zhou Chunping, will have no right to live as a human being in the future."
"Then...what about the time you killed my uncle? Is it worth it for you to let me and the children go?" Li Chunjiao risked her life. She had the evidence in her hands! While her third brother's wife's family was around, as long as she revealed what she saw that night, her third brother's wife's family would definitely stand on her side.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Sure enough, Zhou Chunping's face changed drastically.
"Whether it's nonsense or not, you know it in your heart." Li Chunjiao snorted and said, "If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself. There are gods above us! I wonder if my uncle's ghost will come to the Zhou family after he wakes up, or if he will come after you, Zhou Chunping."
"Li Chunjiao, don't talk nonsense." Zhou Chunping's eyes were a little crazy when he looked at Li Chunjiao. He hadn't figured out how to deal with Li Chunjiao.
Kill her? Under the watchful eyes of the public, he would still be caught by the law. Let her go? No one knows when this woman would come out and start talking nonsense, and he would still be killed.
Zhou Chunping felt his mind was in a tizzy. He hadn't expected that Li Chunjiao would see what he had done that night, even though it was so secretive. What should he do? Should he really agree to Li Chunjiao's request?
"Dad, forget it, let Chunjiao take the children away!" Zhou Zhigang felt uneasy. These days, Zhou Zhigang often had nightmares, dreaming about what happened that night, and dreaming about Zhou Zhixin with blood all over his face. Zhou Zhigang guessed that Zhou Zhixin should be dead, otherwise why didn't he come back to settle accounts with them after so many days?
If he didn't agree to Li Chunjiao's request today, and Li Chunjiao told everyone about the matter, he and Zhou Chunping would not just be scolded by the villagers. Killing someone means paying with one's life, and he, Zhou Zhigang, didn't want to die!
"Dad, let her go, I don't want to die." Zhou Zhiqiang was also scared. Didn't his elder brother and dad say that no one knew about what happened that day? How did Li Chunjiao see it? At this moment, Zhou Zhiqiang wished that Li Chunjiao, who knew about it, would stay away from him. Otherwise, when he saw Li Chunjiao, he would think of what happened that night, which was too embarrassing.
"Humph!" Zhou Chunping felt very embarrassed when he heard that Zhou Zhigang and Zhou Zhiqiang had agreed. However, he was still considerate of Li Chunjiao and did not curse again, but he still threatened: "Li Chunjiao, I can take the child away with you, but from now on, as long as there is any rumor outside, I will settle the score with you!"
Li Chunjiao glanced at Zhou Chunping, but didn't respond and walked away. Li Chunjiao knew that Zhou Chunping was just a coward! The Zhao family was still standing in the yard to defend Zhou Zhixin!
When Zhou Jiaqin rushed out to curse, Li Dafu had already told the men in his family to stop. The kitchen in Zhou Chunping's house was already a mess. The stove hadn't been completely stripped, only half of it. Wu Jinfeng wouldn't be able to cook for the next few days.
Wu Jinfeng stared blankly at her kitchen, unable to shed tears. She didn't understand what her old man was up to. He was bullying her, so why didn't he resist? How many people were there with Li Dafu? There were so many people in Zhoujia Village. A single spit from each of them could drown them.
Oh, and where's Zhou Hongming? Li Dafu's been causing trouble for so long, so why hasn't the village chief, Zhou Hongming, shown up?
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