Chapter 118 Oh no, trouble has broken out in Hongqi Village!
"Comrade Zhou, it's me!" A deep voice came from outside the door; it was Su Da!
Zhou Yexin put her mind at ease, suppressing her grief, and stood at the door, asking in a low voice, "Is something the matter?"
Su Da was stunned for a moment. He had clearly heard crying from inside the house, and he was worried that something had happened, so he knocked on the door to ask.
I didn't expect this answer.
But he also knew that he was just a bodyguard, and all he had to do was do what his master told him to do.
There is an important issue that I need to report to my husband.
It's extremely urgent!
"Okay, call me if you need anything! I'm off!"
"good!"
After Zhou Ye answered, Su Da left.
Bai Xue hugged Zhou Ye again and deliberately lowered her voice to say, "Sister Zhou, everything will be alright."
I trust you! "
Zhou Ye was very disappointed in herself. Although she couldn't believe it, the truth was right in front of her: her brother really didn't exist.
so……
The brother who became her emotional anchor, the brother who would appear to protect her whenever she encountered difficulties, turned out not to actually exist.
This was a huge blow to her...
She stood up weakly, leaned on the table in the main room, and whispered to Bai Xue, "You should go back and rest first, it's getting late!"
I need to calm down.
How could Bai Xue dare to do that...?
Looking at her worriedly, she said, "Sister Zhou, please don't do this, I'm scared!"
"Listen to me, go back inside! I want to be by myself for a while."
Bai Xue shook her head: "No, I want to stay with my sister forever!"
Zhou Ye lowered his head, his eyes changing instantly, the coldness in them could freeze a person to death!
I said...go back!
Bai Xue was stunned for a moment, thinking that Zhou didn't want to trouble her, but she was Zhou's only and most trusted sister.
How could I leave at this crucial moment?
No, I must stay with Sister Zhou.
"Sister Zhou..."
"I said... go back! Don't you understand?"
Zhou Ye looked up instantly, staring coldly at Bai Xue, startling her so much that she almost took several steps back and sat down on the ground.
"you……"
After catching her breath, Bai Xue finally managed to utter a complete sentence.
"Are you Zhou Ye?"
Zhou Ye glared at her menacingly: "Otherwise what? Do I need to say it again?"
Bai Xue immediately stepped back warily: "No...no need, I'll leave now!"
The door slammed shut with a "bang"!
Zhou Ye returned to his room, closed the door, and his eyes softened, a stark contrast to his earlier demeanor.
"elder brother?"
Zhou Ye's personality was released.
Seeing her brother looking so wronged, she reached out with trembling hands to touch his face, tears streaming down her face in disbelief.
How could it be just my imagination?
That's impossible! This face clearly has warmth, and it looks completely different.
"Xiaoye!"
Zhou Ye's eyes overflowed with heartache, but her voice was muffled, and she couldn't utter a word...
"Brother, tell me, they were all lying to me, weren't they? You are my brother, do you remember me?"
Zhou Ye looked at Zhou Ye silently for a long time before suppressing his sorrow and nodding, "Yes, you're right! I am real in Xiao Ye's heart."
We don't need anyone else to understand, your brother understands you, okay?
Zhou Ye couldn't stop her tears and almost choked up as she said, "Brother, do you remember when Grandpa and the others went to the countryside? I was so worried and told you to take good care of them."
Yes or no? "
"Yes! That's right!"
Zhou Ye's voice was hoarse!
Zhou Ye hugged Zhou Ye and cried silently. Yes, why are all my experiences and memories with my brother fake?
My brother cares about me so much, and he's so genuine.
After crying enough, Zhou Ye gradually regained her senses.
Looking at her brother, a smile played on her lips: "Brother, I hope you live a good life, okay?"
"Okay, brother will definitely live!"
Zhou Ye thought silently, "Brother, if all of this is just my imagination, I hope you will never disappear."
If I am really sick, I hope I never get better!
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhou Ye said softly to Zhou Ye, "Xiao Ye, your brother has something to do. Why don't you get some rest?"
So much has happened these past few days, you need to rest and recover!
"Okay!"
After watching his brother leave, Zhou also sat down against the door.
To help calm your emotions.
Little did they know, Zhou Ye, filled with anger, went directly to Zhou Weiren.
Once inside, seeing Zhou Weiren still fast asleep, he grabbed him by the throat, his eyes filled with such ruthlessness that it seemed he wanted to strangle him to death.
"Cough cough...cough...what are you doing?"
Zhou Weiren struggled desperately...
"You still have the nerve to struggle? Do you really think that just because you're Xiao Ye's grandfather, I won't dare to lay a hand on you?"
I'm telling you, I know everything that happened to Xiaoye, everything she saw, I know it all.
But she had no recollection of what I made.
Even if I kill you, she will never know it was me!
Do you understand, old man?
Zhou Ye used ruthless tactics, leaving Zhou Weiren with almost no ability to fight back!
"I... Xiao Ye..."
With a "bang," Zhou Wei's face instantly swelled up, but fortunately, his neck was given a chance to breathe.
He tried to breathe deeply, but Zhou Ye grabbed his collar tightly: "Old man, what exactly do you want to do?"
You keep pushing my limits, do you have a death wish?
"If it weren't for the fact that I value you because of your age, you would have died eight hundred times over."
"First you made Xiao Ye marry someone else, and now you're telling her the truth yourself. Do you really want to make her sad?"
"But...she's sick! You shouldn't exist! Do you know that? You're not human! You're not a complete person!"
Zhou Weiren stared at him menacingly.
Zhou Ye sneered and looked at Zhou Weiren with a mocking expression: "So what? I won't hurt her."
I am her older brother. My existence will not affect her. I will always protect her, and I can handle her sadness and heartbreak.
And you?
What do you know?
Zhou Weiren looked at Zhou Ye and said sternly, "You can kill me, but I must make myself clear!"
You are Xiao Ye's second personality! Your existence will affect her health and her thoughts.
Just like you said, you know everything she does and everything she thinks!
But she doesn't know what you did!
Do you know why?
Zhou Ye paused for a moment and looked at Zhou Weiren.
"That's because you are stronger than the main personality. The stronger your presence is, the more it will influence her thoughts."
In the end, you will completely replace her.
She'll become Zhou Ye! Xiao Ye...maybe she'll disappear!
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ye's pupils contracted sharply.
"You're saying I'll replace Xiao Ye?"
Zhou Weiren looked at Zhou Ye with sharp eyes: "That's right, if you're strong enough! But I only have one granddaughter, Xiao Ye, and I won't let anything happen to her."
I'm already looking for a doctor for her!
if……"
Zhou Weiren paused for a moment: "If you really care about Xiao Ye and want what's best for her, then just disappear, okay?"
"Oh……"
Zhou Ye sneered, "Do you think you can just disappear whenever you want?"
"You... want to stop me?" Zhou Weiren sensed something was wrong.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Ye looked at Zhou Weiren seriously and said, "Grandpa, there may not be many more opportunities to call out in the future. But you must find the best doctor for Xiao Ye."
We must cure her. If she re-emerges with her personality, she might not end up like me, don't you think?"
Zhou Weiren didn't expect Zhou Ye to say that.
He seemed to understand why Xiao Ye trusted this older brother so much and why she couldn't believe it was true.
Xiao Ye must have been devastated, heartbroken, and feeling like she was living a life worse than death. This older brother came to save her.
His throat tightened, and he seemed unable to speak. He patted Zhou Ye's shoulder, as if to comfort him, and also to comfort himself.
After Zhou regained consciousness, he went to the fields with Bai Xue and the other educated youth. In the past few days, everything had been planted, including vegetable seeds. Almost all the land in the village was planted to the brim.
Nowadays, everyone is employed by the government, and there is a food shortage. Except for the educated youth who can apply to go back to their settlements to cook, other villagers cannot.
After all, some of the educated youth had support from their families.
The village chief can't expect people to hand over their subsidies for their children to the village as well, can he?
That's so unfair!
Today, Zhou also instructed Brother Luo to deliver 500 jin of cornmeal and 300 jin of sweet potatoes to Hongqi Village.
"Zhou Zhiqing, thank you so much! You are a great benefactor to our Hongqi Village! In this natural disaster, your kindness is truly admirable!"
With the food you've sponsored, we have nothing to fear!
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ye chuckled and said, "Village Chief, this is good news, but what follows might be less good news!"
Village chief Xie Youfu exclaimed "Ah!" and looked at Zhou Ye.
Zhou Ye said softly, "Village Chief, as you know, I'm only fifteen years old. Being able to do this much is already my greatest skill!"
Therefore, we will no longer provide food to Hongqi Village.
It's best for everyone to rely on their own efforts.
Zhou Ye said these things not to make things difficult for the village chief, but because he had noticed that very few people who used to search for wild vegetables in the mountains to fill their stomachs were going there anymore.
People started to become lazy...
Her intention was to help, not to support them.
If this continues, I'm afraid we'll end up making enemies.
Upon hearing this, the village chief's first reaction was to blush. Yes, Zhou Zhiqing was only fifteen years old; he was truly senile.
The livelihood of the entire village should have been his concern, but instead, it was dumped on a young girl...
That's so wrong!
"Alright, alright, it was my oversight! I'll gather everyone together and explain! It's May now, the weather is much warmer, and there are more wild vegetables on the mountain."
The village chief was very quick; in less than half an hour, the entire village had gathered at the threshing ground.
"Village chief, what's the matter? I still need to go to the fields to keep an eye on things."
"Yes, village chief, is something important? Has more grain arrived? When will we be able to eat a proper meal?"
"Yes, yes, I'm so hungry I'm seeing stars!"
"Where is Zhou Zhiqing? When will he send us more food?"
The ones who were talking were a few troublemakers. They weren't very hardworking, and when things were good, they would just coast along. When things were bad, they would mooch off neighbors here and there, as long as they didn't starve.
There's absolutely no extra work to be done!
The village chief was so angry that he cursed, "You cowardly women, how did your husbands raise you?"
I think it's because I've been eating too well these past few days!
How could you keep eating Zhou Zhiqing's food? She's just a young girl.
How old are you? Your children must be older than them, right? Can you even get food on your own? You'd be lucky if you could feed yourselves!
How can you have such big faces?
After the village chief finished scolding them, these people were not convinced!
Despite being hungry, his ability to argue and make trouble remained undiminished.
"No, village chief, what do you mean?" A woman named Cuihua glared at the village chief.
“What do I mean? I mean that the green mountains behind our village are rich in resources. In the future, we can’t just rely on Zhou Zhiqing’s help to make a living. We have to find our own food. The money that Zhou Zhiqing brought to the countryside has all been spent on our Hongqi Village.”
I am ashamed!
Sister-in-law Cuihua first glanced at Zhou Ye, then looked at the village chief, and shouted indignantly, "Village chief, this is going too far!"
Are you just going to abandon us like that?
Hey, it's only been a few days! Don't take on a job you're not qualified for. Zhou Zhiqing, you're just a young girl, I don't even want to talk to you.
How much money did your parents bring you when you went to the countryside?
"It's already used up in just a few days?"
Then, suddenly remembering something, he slapped his thigh and exclaimed in shock, "Zhou Zhiqing, you're out of money?"
You don't mean you want to have dinner with us, do you?
Good heavens, how could you be so cruel? This is our grain, the grain of our entire village!
If you eat it, we'll have one less unit of food.
Who will get less then? I won't stand for that!
The village chief turned pale with anger and pointed at Zhao Cuihua, shouting sternly, "Cuihua, doesn't your Zhao family have any shame?"
What do you know?
The educated youth, Zhou, spent his last bit of money to buy us grain, which was just delivered today.
What gives them the right?
You have quite the nerve! I think you shouldn't come to eat at the communal meals anymore. Go pick wild vegetables in the mountains and eat them yourself.
"And let's get your problem properly treated!"
Seeing that Sister Cuihua still acted as if she had done nothing wrong, the village chief was so angry that he stepped forward and lectured her: "Let me tell you, even if Zhou Zhiqing doesn't deliver any more grain in the future, even if he takes away all the grain delivered today, I would still think it's right!"
Sister-in-law Cuihua was completely stunned. This won't do!
If they take everything, what will they eat?
By then, I'll be the enemy of the whole village. I glared at the village chief in my heart. It's all the village chief's fault. He thinks he's powerful just because he has a son in the army.
You wouldn't believe it, would you? His son is disabled, so what's he still so arrogant about?
snort!
If I were the village chief, I would tie that brat up and make her give me all the money to buy grain.
Why should I care if everyone else dies?
Thinking about this, I couldn't stand the village chief anymore.
"What do you mean, 'should'? Village chief, you're using the entire village's food rations as leverage. Are you threatening us?"
So, is Zhou Zhiqing important, and I'm not?
Besides, she's broke and useless now!
Why are you still protecting her? If you ask me, we should search the former educated youth settlement and see if she's hiding anything else.
That's all our food.
snort!
What if there's meat in it? I smelled it yesterday! Eating alone, shameless!
"Smack!"
Wang Guihua was already furious!
When Zhao Cuihua made those shameless remarks, I couldn't hold back any longer and slapped her hard across the face.
Perhaps because he was strong from doing farm work, he slapped Zhao Cuihua so hard that she sat down on the ground.
"Oh my god, Lao Zhao, where the hell have you been? Your wife has been beaten up!"
Why don't you care?
I was only thinking about everyone's food supply. Wang Guihua, you are still my elder. I call you aunt every day I see you, and you actually hit me!
Waaah...
I don't want to live anymore!
"I don't want to live anymore!"
Seeing Zhao Cuihua acting shamelessly, the women who were on good terms with Zhao Cuihua exchanged glances.
Wang Haiying was usually closest to Zhao Cuihua, and her family often brought along relatives, so naturally she sided with Zhao Cuihua.
He stepped forward and pretended to be gentle and polite to apologize to Zhou Ye: "I'm sorry, this was our fault!"
Actually, we should be grateful to you for bringing so much grain to our Hongqi Village.
But it's not appropriate for you to stir up conflict between the village chief and everyone else, is it?
Your sister-in-law has been through this, she knows what you do!
You want the benefits, don't you?
Our Hongqi Village has been flooded twice; every household is struggling, and there's nothing of value to be found.
"Just now, your sister-in-law Cuihua was too angry and said a few inappropriate things. Please forgive her for what I said."
Forget it!
Your sister-in-law is a reasonable person. Today, she will be your witness. In front of everyone, you should apologize to your sister-in-law, Cuihua.
Let's get some pastries or something to make up for it.
Let's just forget about it!
We promise we won't pursue this matter any further!
Wang Guihua pointed directly at his nose and cursed, "Wang Haiying, were you raised on shit? How dare you talk like that?"
We shouldn't have let Xiao Ye receive food relief in the first place.
You deserve to go hungry.
"Ha... I didn't beg her!"
Zhao Cuihua knew that Zhou was also broke, so she wasn't afraid of anything!
The other villagers were also furious with Zhao Cuihua, and finally an uncle couldn't stand it anymore.
"Zhao Cuihua, Wang Haiying, you're both rotten rats! You've spoiled the whole pot of soup!"
Zhou, the educated youth, is our benefactor. Don't bully him!
"Watch out or I'll beat you up! I'm your elder, so hitting you would be pointless!"
"That's right, what nonsense are you spouting? When we were in the flood, people helped us."
You're saying I made a mistake?
Isn't that going too far?
"That's right, don't let her eat anymore!"
"Pah! Who would want to eat that!"
Zhao Cuihua spat out!
Among the crowd, the educated youth were so angry that their faces turned red and their necks bulged. Huang Ying went straight up and grabbed Zhao Cuihua, and they started fighting.
"You shameless old man, you start cursing as soon as you put down your bowl, how dare you do that? I'll beat you to death."
Shameless bastard.
Seeing this, Li Hongying exchanged glances with the other female educated youth, rolled up her sleeves, and went straight to work!
Several against two...
Even if we lack strength, there are many of us!
They beat Zhao Cuihua and Wang Haiying until they cried out for their mothers.
"Ah... Stop hitting me! Stop hitting me! I was wrong, I was wrong! I won't do it again! Help!"
"Village chief, help me! They're going to kill me!"
"Ouch...don't pinch me, it hurts!"
"Don't bite me, waah...it hurts...I haven't showered in ages!"
The village chief was already holding a grudge, so he deliberately didn't stop it.
Wang Guihua went up to break up the fight, but she took sides, holding Zhao Cuihua down and preventing her from moving.
Once they saw that it was about time, the village chief had his men pull them apart!
"Look at you all, what kind of behavior is this? Fighting during a village meeting? If other villages found out, they'd laugh at you to death."
None of them are easy to deal with.
Zhao Cuihua and Wang Haiying had bruises all over their faces and dark circles under their eyes, just like pandas.
Even their leader didn't dare to speak up.
After all, he knew he was in the wrong!
The village chief looked at Zhou Ye, who hadn't said a word, with a very serious expression.
"Zhou Zhiqing, what do you think we should do about this?"
"Since it was a fight, then everyone should go back and reflect on their actions. Don't bother eating! There's not much food left..."
Huang Ying and the others glanced at Zhou Ye, who blinked and instantly understood!
"Okay, since fighting is wrong anyway, let's set an example and stop eating here in the group!"
Go back and reflect on your actions!
With that, he pulled everyone away.
Zhao Cuihua spat and said, "No way! I just want to eat!"
Wang Haiying also looked misunderstood and felt very wronged: "Village chief, you can't do this."
We only eat two meals a day.
If we miss one meal, we'll starve!
We've all been beaten, let's just let this go, shall we?
The village chief looked at Zhou Ye, and Wang Guihua, fearing that Zhou Ye would soften his heart, pulled him back.
Zhou smiled, raised his eyelids, glanced at everyone, and slowly and ruthlessly said, "Yes, I'm broke! But so what?"
I delivered today's food, and I'm in charge of what I say!
I'm sorry, but I don't want to give my food to ungrateful people. Zhao Cuihua, Wang Haiying, I assume you're not hungry and don't want my food.
This is a good thing for me, and for everyone else.
"When I'm cooking lunch today, neither of you nor your families are allowed to come for lunch."
You can curse at me, curse me all you want!
Among the crowd, Zhao Cuihua and Wang Haiying's family members were extremely anxious!
He pushed his way forward and shouted indignantly, "Why should I?"
Zhou sneered, "It's my grain! It was bought with my money, so what I say goes!"
Those words, each one seemingly as cold as ice, pierced the hearts of both families and caused some panic among the crowd.
Even when people do good deeds, they're not without their tempers.
"Then...then we won't give any to that woman. We need to eat too, we have elderly people and children at home!"
Everyone needs to eat!
Zhao Cuihua's husband said.
"Weren't you here just now? Why aren't you taking care of your own woman? What are you doing spouting this nonsense now?"
Zhou didn't want to pay any attention to the man.
Birds of a feather flock together; they're all cut from the same cloth!
Upon hearing this, the man's face showed embarrassment...
He was still trying to figure out a way to say something nice to the person serving the food, since they were all from the same village anyway.
It's not too bad-looking.
But... Zhou also seemed to have seen through their scheme.
“I’ll be right here today, watching you eat. If anyone secretly gives food to their family, even their children, I’ll let them know.”
Then there will be no food for the next meal!
After saying that, he locked up the cartload of grain that he had given to the village chief earlier, and only took out a portion for one meal.
"this……"
Zhao Cuihua's man was stunned!
Is it really necessary to be so ruthless?
As he spoke, his heavy fist slammed into Zhao Cuihua's face, head, and body...
"ah……"
Screams...pleas for mercy...
It really sounds beautiful when it's surrounded by your ears.
Meanwhile, the men in Wang Haiying's family are eager to try!
Zhou Ye revealed a calm yet manic smile...
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