Of course Zhou Yuanyuan knew this custom. When Gu Dahua bent her knees, Zhou Yuanyuan had already taken a big step to the side, just missing the direction in which Gu Dahua was kneeling.
Even so, Zhou Yuanyuan was still very angry.
Gu Dahua's ulterior motives were not difficult to guess. If Zhou Yuanyuan hadn't been so clever, she would have surely accused her of disrespecting her elders by deliberately standing before her to receive such a gift. If Zhao Qingshan and the others didn't agree to Gu Dahua's request, the news would have spread throughout Zhoujia Village within half a day.
Although what Gu Dahua did was not something that could be publicly mentioned, it must be said that she was quite quick-witted. Zhao Qingshan and Zhao Guohui might not care about themselves, but they would not care about Zhou Yuanyuan, whom they cherished like the apple of their eye.
Zhou Yuanyuan's avoidance directly made Gu Dahua's plan fail.
Zhao Qingshan's face was as gloomy as water. Gu Dahua's kneeling made Zhao Qingshan's heart harden a little. He directly rejected Gu Dahua's request: "Zhiqiang's wife, we can't help you with this. There is no way to help you."
"Exactly. I don't know how some people can be so brazen. If the person Zhou Chunping wanted to kill that day wasn't my brother-in-law Zhou Zhixin, but your own Zhou Zhiqiang, I wonder if you would still beg for mercy?" Zhao Guohui was also furious. This is often the case. When it doesn't happen to you, many people will stand aside and criticize others with moral judgment: "They've already apologized? Why don't you forgive them? Or maybe they hurt you, but didn't they kill you? How can you keep harping on them? Don't you see how heartbroken the family is?"
Although Zhou Zhiqiang didn't personally attack Zhou Zhixin, it's clear that he participated in Zhou Chunping's plan. If Zhou Zhiqiang truly cared about their brotherly love, he should have warned Zhou Zhixin before the incident occurred. It can be said that Zhou Zhiqiang didn't act because he didn't want to, but because he didn't have the opportunity to do so.
Moreover, among those who went to Widow He's house to catch the adulterer early the next morning, Zhou Zhiqiang was the most active one.
This kind of person still wants his family to go to the police station to plead for mercy? How can Gu Dahua have such a big face?
Zhao Guohui didn't even bother to glance at Gu Dahua, who was kneeling on the ground. He bent down and picked up Zhou Yuanyuan, who was lying on the ground, and strode out of the Zhou family's house. The air here was too polluted. If Zhao Guohui stayed any longer, he didn't know if he would suffocate.
In Zhao Guohui's heart, his little niece is the most important. Today's work has been successfully completed, so he has no time to stay in Zhou's house and listen to Gu Dahua's nonsense.
Zhao Qingshan and Wen Ziqing glared at Gu Dahua, then followed Zhao Guohui and walked away. Gu Dahua's plot against them was nothing, but her plot against Zhou Yuanyuan made everyone feel suffocated.
Gu Dahua was speechless. She had indeed kneeled before Zhou Yuanyuan on purpose, hoping to create an excuse so that Zhao Qingshan and the others would agree to let Zhou Zhiqiang go. She had just seen the leading police officer from the town relax completely after hearing Zhao Qingshan's words. Didn't this indicate that Zhao Qingshan and the police chief were on good terms?
I didn't expect Zhao Qingshan and the others to see through my little trick so quickly. Even Zhou Yuanyuan was so clever. This path is no longer feasible. Gu Dahua was a little annoyed.
Let’s not talk about the mess left by the Zhou family, and talk about Zhou Zhixin and Zhao Yunxiang who stayed in Zhaojiagou.
Zhou Zhixin and Zhao Yunxiang got up early in the morning and went to the kitchen together to prepare breakfast.
According to the custom in Yuyuan County, breakfast on the first day of the Lunar New Year is prepared by the men in the family, as a recognition of their wives who have been busy at the stove for a year.
Zhao Yunxiang knew Zhou Zhixin's cooking very well. Apart from being well-cooked and delicious, there were no other surprises. This was Zhao Yunxiang's first time spending the New Year at her parents' home after getting married, and she certainly didn't want Zhou Zhixin's cooking to be criticized by his father and his family.
Although Zhao Yunxiang was thinking about divorcing Zhou Zhixin, she subconsciously defended him. Zhou Zhixin had been acting cautiously in front of Zhao Qingshan and Zhao Guohui these days, which made Zhao Yunxiang feel distressed.
Under Zhao Yunxiang's command, Zhou Zhixin steamed a basket of white flour buns, cooked a pot of porridge, and heated up the leftover dishes from last night before asking Zhou Jiasheng to call Zhao Qingshan and others to eat.
Zhao Qingshan's family has many houses. At Zhou Yuanyuan's strong request, Zhou Yuanyuan and Zhou Jiasheng each have their own independent small room.
After Zhao Yunxiang and Zhou Zhixin got up, Zhou Jiasheng heard the noise and got up too. When Zhou Jiasheng got up, the house was quiet.
Zhou Jiasheng thought his grandfather and sister were still sleeping in, so he didn't make any noise. He was playing with the snow on the leaves in the yard by himself, his palms turned red from playing.
Zhou Jiasheng heard Zhao Yunxiang's instructions and quickly ran to Wen Ziqing's door and knocked. As soon as Zhou Jiasheng got up, he wanted to play with Wen Ziqing. He had been holding back for a long time.
The door was ajar. Zhou Jiasheng knocked on it and the door opened a crack.
"Brother Ziqing, get up quickly!" Zhou Jiasheng shouted first, then pushed the door and walked in.
There was no one in the room and the quilt on the bed was neatly folded.
Zhou Jiasheng thought Wen Ziqing had gone to Daqing Mountain to practice martial arts early in the morning, so he had to go find his sister and grandfather.
After running around several rooms, Zhou Jiasheng returned to the kitchen to report to Zhao Yunxiang: "Mom, grandpa and the others are not at home."
Zhao Yunxiang and Zhou Zhixin looked at each other in bewilderment. Where had they gone so early in the morning? They hadn't mentioned anything last night about anything they had planned for today.
After the three of them finished breakfast and cleaned up, it was already around ten o'clock in the morning, but Zhao Qingshan and the others still had not returned home.
Zhao Yunxiang thought for a moment and said to Zhou Zhixin, "Zhixin, you'll be returning to the army in three days. While Dad and the others are away, tell me what you think!"
"Yunxiang, I'll submit an application when I get back. Don't worry, my monthly allowance is enough to support you three." Zhou Zhixin had thought about it over and over again for the past few days and felt that this arrangement was the best. Even if Zhao Yunxiang didn't ask today, he would talk to his father-in-law tonight about Yunxiang and the others joining the army.
Zhou Zhixin's rank was already high enough, so submitting an application for his family to accompany him to the army was just a formality, and approval wouldn't take long. Zhou Zhixin estimated that within a month, his family would be reunited in City N.
"Then...what about your family? You don't need to say anything to them." Zhao Yunxiang didn't hear what she wanted to hear, so she quickly asked.
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