After Ding Ermei pressed her fingerprint, Xiao Fang had two other accomplices distract her while he added an extra "1" before the number. Ding Ermei's debt immediately increased from fifty to one hundred and fifty.
Ding Ermei knew nothing about it.
While eating the meal brought by Xiao Fang's family that evening, Ding Ermei thanked Xiao Fang profusely, saying she had met kind people that day.
The three of them exchanged glances, their hearts filled with smugness.
Fifty yuan wouldn't be enough to get a "big fish" like Ding Ermei. Sure enough, with a little thought, a trap was set, and a hundred and fifty yuan was made in just a few minutes.
Zhao Zhenzhu ultimately couldn't leave the house because Zhou Bingxing and Ding Xiaocui arrived.
Zhou Bingxing and Ding Xiaocui spent most of the day searching in town, asking around as they went. It was already past nine o'clock at night, but they still hadn't found Zhou Jiaxiang.
Both of them panicked.
A few years ago, some children in town were abducted by human traffickers while at the market. Could their Jiaxiang have encountered human traffickers as well?
Thinking of this, Ding Xiaocui couldn't help but cry.
"Cry, cry, cry! What are you crying for? If crying would have helped, Jiaxiang would have been found long ago. As a mother, can't you put your heart into your children? All you think about is going back to your parents' home whenever you have free time." Zhou Bingxing said impatiently.
"Bingxing, I didn't know Jiaxiang would get lost today when he came to the market with Mom!" Ding Xiaocui said aggrievedly.
"Forget it, let's stop talking nonsense. Let's go back to the village and ask Dad if he has any ideas," Zhou Bingxing said dejectedly.
I searched for my child for most of the day and didn't even have dinner.
Zhou Bingxing was hungry and tired, and he didn't want to look anymore.
"Bingxing, let's go check out the Zhao family! Zhao Qingshan is a capable man; maybe he can find a solution?" Ding Xiaocui was unwilling to go back.
Ding Xiaocui knew that Zhou Bingxing's return to the village to ask Zhou Fugui for advice was a pretense; his real intention was to stop searching.
If Zhou Fugui cared about his grandson, he would have come to town this afternoon.
“It’s so late, Zhao’s family should be asleep. It’s not really appropriate for us to come now,” Zhou Bingxing said hesitantly.
“What’s wrong with that? We’re not hearing from Jiaxiang, and we won’t be able to sleep anyway if we go back. We might as well wake up Zhao Qingshan and the others to help us think of a solution! If it weren’t for Zhao Zhenzhu’s mischief today, our mother wouldn’t have been arrested by the police. If our mother hadn’t been arrested, Jiaxiang… he would definitely have gone home with her. Why would we be searching for him like headless flies?” Ding Xiaocui felt more and more that she made sense.
Ding Xiaocui and Zhou Bingxing spent most of the day inquiring in town, but they couldn't find out Zhou Jiaxiang's whereabouts. However, they did find out exactly why Ding Ermei was arrested.
Ding Xiaocui hated Ding Ermei and Zhao Zhenzhu to death.
All Jiaxiang wanted was a bowl of wontons. Why was Zhao Zhenzhu, his aunt, so stingy?
And the mother-in-law too. If she can't control Zhao Zhenzhu, then she shouldn't act so arrogantly in the market! Not only did she embarrass herself and get arrested by the police, but she also dragged her Jiaxiang into it.
Zhao Zhenzhu can't stay at her parents' house forever. Wouldn't it be better to settle accounts with her after she returns home?
Of course, in front of Zhou Bingxing, Ding Xiaocui wouldn't say anything bad about Ding Ermei; she would just push all the blame onto Zhao Zhenzhu.
“Yes…right, Zhao Zhenzhu has indeed gone a bit too far lately. Let’s go find Zhao Qingshan! Let him keep an eye on Zhao Zhenzhu.” Zhou Bingxing said angrily.
Since Zhao Zhenzhu and Ding Ermei had a fight three days ago and Zhao Zhenzhu took the child back to her parents' home, many things have gone wrong in the Zhou family.
All the housework fell on the shoulders of the eldest and second wives.
Ding Xiaocui and Chen Jinfeng were so busy that they either didn't have time to feed the chickens or forgot to feed the pigs.
Ding Ermei yells at her two daughters-in-law every day at home, and Zhou Bingxing is fed up with it.
Now, provoked by Ding Xiaocui, Zhou Bingxing also felt that it was all Zhao Zhenzhu's fault.
Zhou Bingxing was furious, so he knocked on the door with all his might, making a loud "thump-thump" sound.
Zhao Zhenzhu opened the door with a stern face.
Zhao Zhenzhu was both angry and relieved.
What's infuriating is that Zhou Bingxing's knocking was so loud, it sounded like he was coming for revenge. The neighbors will definitely be asking about it tomorrow.
Fortunately, Zhao Zhenzhu was just a few seconds away from "driving" out for a stroll in her spatial dimension.
"Sister-in-law, is your in-law home?" Zhou Bingxing asked with a forced smile.
"Come in and let's talk," Zhao Zhenzhu said, stepping aside.
Talking outside the door late at night will disturb others.
No matter how much Zhao Zhenzhu disliked Zhou Bingxing and his wife, they couldn't be turned away when they came to visit.
"Sister-in-law, you've really put us through a lot today," Ding Xiaocui said accusingly as soon as she sat down.
"Second sister-in-law, what's going on? It's so late, you didn't come here just to pick a fight with me, did you?" Zhao Zhenzhu asked with a stern face.
The planned outing was abruptly canceled due to the arrival of Ding Xiaocui and her husband. Zhao Zhenzhu was also in a bad mood; since Ding Xiaocui had come to provoke her, Zhao Zhenzhu was determined to retaliate.
“Sister-in-law, your second sister-in-law is right. We’ve really been let down by you today. My Jiaxiang is missing, and we’ve been looking for him for most of the day without success.” Zhou Bingxing chimed in.
"Zhou Jiaxiang is missing? What does that mean?" Zhao Zhenzhu was somewhat shocked.
In Zhao Zhenzhu's previous life, Zhou Jiaxiang's disappearance never happened.
Zhoujia Village is three kilometers from Taohua Town, and there is a straight road. If you follow the road straight, you will arrive in less than half an hour.
The older children from Zhoujia Village would come to the town's purchasing station in their spare time to help their families sell eggs, or they would come to sell chicken feathers, duck feathers, empty glass bottles, and other things that their families had saved up for a year.
“Sister-in-law, Jiaxiang came to the market with Mom today. Everything was fine until you insisted on arguing with her and even got her taken to the police station. My Jiaxiang is all alone in the market now. I don’t know if he can’t find his way home or if he’s been kidnapped. Sister-in-law! You’ve really caused us a lot of trouble today!” Ding Xiaocui said, and then burst into tears.
"Are you two trying to shift the blame? My mother-in-law was arrested because she attacked the police, not because she argued with me. If you don't believe me, go ask the police station yourselves." Zhao Zhenzhu laughed angrily.
According to Ding Xiaocui's logic, Ding Ermei was locked up in the police station, and the pigs at home lost several pounds due to hunger, all of which was Zhao Zhenzhu's fault.
"I don't care, my Jiaxiang got arrested because of your fight with Mom! My poor Jiaxiang, where are you?" Ding Xiaocui slapped her thigh and cried out.
Hey! I'm about to lose my temper.
Zhao Zhenzhu rolled up her sleeves, preparing to throw Ding Xiaocui outside.
At this moment, Zhao Qingshan came out of the house.
Zhao Qingshan originally did not want to come out.
It was getting late, and Zhao Qingshan was used to going to bed early.
Later, I just couldn't listen to it anymore.
With Zhou Bingxing and his wife behaving this way, are they here for help or for revenge?
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