Chapter 55 Chapter 55 I followed silently...
Zhao Ruyue kept the two little girls at her home, feeding them with snacks, fruits and sweet potatoes that she had put in the brazier.
In the afternoon, Ning Shiqiu and Ning Shixia went home after playing outside, and the four children started playing together again.
During this time, Zhao Ruyue saw her cousin Zhao Hongli circling the door for several times. He seemed to want to come in, but he didn't dare to, probably because he was afraid of being scolded by her.
Once he was probably mentally prepared and wanted to come in to find the two children.
But he met Ning Shaoming who just came back. After exchanging a few words, Ning Shaoming asked him if he had gone to Liang Guobing's house to play cards last night.
Zhao Hongli stammered and couldn't say a complete sentence. Ning Shaoming knew at a glance that he had probably lost a lot, and advised him not to go there in the future, and to use the money he earned to take a break and renovate his house.
The house he owned was not much better than the one owned by Zhao Ruyue's eldest brother-in-law, the cousin who had just married a fool. If he had not been so good-looking when he was young, he would probably not have been able to find a wife.
As a result, he doesn't cherish his wife even after marrying her.
Of course, Ning Shaoming didn't say these words directly in front of others. Ning Shaoming had been his neighbor across the street for so many years, and he knew it was useless to persuade him.
He just saw Zhao Hongli strolling around his doorstep and looking towards his house. He felt something was wrong, so he came over and said a few words.
Zhao Hongli was impatient with being nagged, and the person would leave after he said a few words.
As expected, as soon as Ning Shaoming told him that farming at home was not profitable and asked him to go work with him, Zhao Hongli immediately found an excuse to slip away.
After Ning Shaoming entered the room, he was about to talk to Zhao Ruyue, but he saw Zhao Hongli's two children were there.
Without telling her two children, Zhao Ruyue secretly told Ning Shaoming that Zhao Hongli had lost all the money he had saved for the New Year, leaving not even enough money for the children's red envelopes.
He suddenly realized: "Zhao Hongli is really a piece of shit now. He was quite normal when he was a child. Why has he become like this now? Those two children are pitiful too. Let them eat lunch at home. I will go make something good now."
Zhao Ruyue said, "No, which child would want to eat food during the Chinese New Year? They would rather eat snacks that they can't eat on other days. By the way, your eldest brother and second brother went to Liang Guobing's house to play cards last night. Did you ask them if they lost money?"
Ning Shaoming was helpless when talking about this: "My second brother lost money, and my second sister-in-law was quarreling with him, but the couple was too proud to let anyone know. Their quarrel scared Danjie, and she hid and cried quietly. I found out and that's how I got to know."
"But my eldest brother..." Ning Shaoming's tone became even more helpless, "He won some money last night and was feeling very proud. I talked to him for a few words, but he wouldn't listen. He said he's not stupid and he must know when to quit and won't let himself suffer any loss. Now he's like this, even my parents can't control him, let alone me as his younger brother. I'll have to stay away from him in the future."
Zhao Ruyue didn't believe in quitting while she was ahead, but she couldn't control others and could only hold on to her own money.
It was not until the evening, almost time for dinner, that Zhao Silian and Zhao Sikui's mother Donglan came back to look for the children, and Zhao Ruyue let the two sisters go with her.
Zhao Ruyue also took her two children in to wash their hands and prepare for dinner.
Ning Shaoming boiled some hot water, poured it into a basin to mix it with warm water, and was about to wash the children's hands.
Suddenly, I heard several clanging sounds of things being smashed.
Everyone else in the family suddenly ran out of the kitchen with bowls in their hands.
Wang Haiyan wiped the oil off her mouth and said, "I heard such a loud noise outside, I thought it was you two who were fighting."
Zhao Ruyue: "Sister-in-law, your ears are not very sharp. It's the noise outside."
Wang Haiyan looked excited and gossipy: "I have to go out and take a look. It sounds like it's quite close to our house. I hope it doesn't hit the incense sticks at our door."
The others didn't say anything, but they seemed to want to watch the fun. They didn't even put down their bowls, but followed Wang Haiyan to the door, even the old couple were no exception.
Zhao Ruyue and Ning Shaoming looked at each other and followed him out.
When I walked outside, I found that the noise was coming from Zhao Hongli's house next door.
Zhao Hongli's wife had a slap mark on her face. She ran to the door, stood there with her head down, wiping her tears.
She cried and said, "That's the children's..."
"Just shut up!"
Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Zhao Hongli's rude roar. It seemed that he was also afraid that it would be embarrassing if others knew about this.
After yelling, he wanted to drag his wife home.
His wife didn't dare to go in and held on to the telephone pole at the door without letting go.
At this time, Zhao Hongli's elder brother and sister-in-law heard the noise and came out to persuade them.
Brother Zhao Hongli scolded him a few words and dragged him to his home before his wife dared to enter the house.
A farce was interrupted, and others gathered with their bowls and neighbors to talk, saying that there were quite a few people here today and a couple was arguing at home.
Nine out of ten families where people quarrel are because one of them lost a card game.
Zhao Ruyue glanced at her second sister-in-law who was standing not far away, and saw that her expression changed from excitement of watching the fun to gloomy and serious.
The eldest sister-in-law had a very proud look on her face, as if she really wanted to show off that her husband won the card game, but everyone around her said that she lost, and fortunately she didn't lose too much, so she didn't dare to say it.
But when she returned to the dinner table, in front of her family, she couldn't help showing off in a seemingly casual but actually boastful manner, but everyone could see the pride that she wanted to hide but couldn't.
Huang Xiuhua and Ning Da couldn't stand such things. They didn't want their family members to be involved in such things from the bottom of their hearts.
He immediately stopped Wang Haiyan: "Don't say these things in front of the children! Is playing cards a good thing?"
Wang Haiyan saw that her parents-in-law looked unhappy, so she subconsciously followed their instructions and kept silent.
When she was almost done with the meal, she suddenly remembered that now that the family was divided, she could be the head of the family and no longer had to look at the faces of her parents-in-law. Why should she listen to them just because they didn't allow her to speak?
She suddenly developed a rebellious mentality. She had already eaten her fill and was planning to leave the table, but now she didn't leave. She sat there with an empty bowl and started talking again.
However, Wang Haiyan was a little careful. She no longer mentioned that her husband had won, nor did she mention how much he had won. She was worried that the third brother's family would not have enough money to build a house in the future and would have to borrow money.
They just exaggerate by saying that so-and-so's husband won a lot, so-and-so's husband also won a lot, and so-and-so won even more.
Huang Xiuhua glared at her several times, and even told her to stop talking, but she retorted.
When Zhao Ruyue started saying these again, she pulled Ning Shaoming and took the child out.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Ruyue returned to her parents' home and met Zhao Hongli during dinner.
The two were not sitting at the same table, but at the table where she was sitting, she could hear Zhao Hongli excitedly describing to others how he played cards and asking others to join him.
However, I saw many couples quarreling and even fighting on the first day of the new year. Others were relatively sober and not as easily excited as him.
They only agreed with him verbally, and when they were really asked to go, they didn't go.
After Zhao Ruyue finished paying New Year's greetings and having dinner at her parents' home, she finally had some free time to chat with her cousin Zhao Ruyu, who was also visiting her parents' home to pay New Year's greetings.
A group of sisters who played together since childhood, got married when they grew up, and some of them only saw each other once a year, gathered around the brazier, asking about each other's recent situation, and occasionally interspersed some gossip around them. The atmosphere was very lively.
"Sister Ruyan, I heard that my brother-in-law's cousin got married? He married... a fool?" She lowered her voice for the last word, but everyone heard it.
Even though it was just her husband's cousin marrying a fool, it was her own in-laws' business after all. Every time someone asked her about it, Zhao Ruyan felt a little embarrassed.
Someone in the family actually married a fool. She always felt that others would look down on her in-laws and think that she had married badly.
"Yes, he's so old, it's good enough that he can get married." Zhao Ruyan responded vaguely. When she was about to change the subject, she saw her eldest daughter running in with her younger brother in her arms.
She was about to scold her daughter for running so fast while holding her brother when she heard her daughter gasping, "Mom, my aunt told me to ask you and my dad to go to my cousin's house quickly. My cousin is about to be arrested by the police!"
When Zhao Ruyue heard what her niece said, she paused while peeling peanuts, then lowered her eyes and continued peeling as if nothing had happened.
"What!" Zhao Ruyan no longer had time to scold her daughter and hurriedly got up to find her husband.
No one else said anything.
It was not until Zhao Ruyan and her husband left with their child that people began to talk about it and asked Zhao Ruyue if she knew what was going on.
Zhao Ruyue spread her hands and said, "I don't know, I really don't know."
He said he was too busy before the New Year and during the Chinese New Year, and only had some free time today, so he really didn't have time to pay attention to his neighbors.
"Why don't we go and have a look?" Zhao Ruyu wanted to go and see the fun, but was embarrassed to go alone, so she pulled the others along, "If anyone asks, just say we went to Sister Ruyue's house to play."
Others were curious and wanted to go, and Zhao Ruyue also wanted to see if the girl’s real family had come.
When they went out, they didn't have to go to the man's house. They could see several cars parked in front of the man's house by standing at the door of Zhao Ruyue's parents' house.
Two of them were police cars, and the other four had no obvious markings and appeared to be ordinary private cars.
The man's house was surrounded by cars and onlookers, and Zhao Ruyue and her companions couldn't get through.
Wu Li was also in the crowd. Seeing Zhao Ruyue, she struggled to get to her side and said, "I heard that his backyard was also blocked by cars. It seems that he really committed a serious crime, and the police are afraid that he will run away."
As they were talking, they heard a man's roar from inside, followed by the sounds of smashing and destroying things.
Zhao Ruyue tiptoed and looked inside to see what was going on.
But there were many men standing in front of her, and her view was completely blocked. She couldn't see anything even if she stood on tiptoe. She could only look at the back of other people's heads and listen to the noise.
It was not until Zhao Ruyue heard a familiar voice, which was very similar to the voice she heard when she called that day, that she was completely relieved.
After feeling relieved, Zhao Ruyue didn't want to look anymore: "It's so crowded here, I can't see anything, and it's freezing cold. Why don't we go back and warm ourselves by the fire? When everyone here leaves, we can ask my sister and she'll know what's going on, right?"
The other sisters were shorter than her and couldn't see anything either.
So I followed her suggestion and returned the same way to wait for news.
When Zhao Ruyue was trying to squeeze out, she was nearly bumped by someone who reeked of alcohol.
She glared over unhappily and found that the person who almost bumped into her was the drunk Zhao Hongli.
He was arm in arm with someone and was trying to squeeze into the crowd, muttering something like "Brother, trust me, you're so lucky, you're guaranteed to win, you could potentially become not only a 10,000 yuan household but a 100,000 yuan household in one night, this is much faster than making money by working" and so on.
Zhao Ruyue frowned and was about to leave, but when she glanced inadvertently, she found a strange-looking man staring at Zhao Hongli.
The man saw Zhao Hongli and the other man almost squeeze out of the crowd and followed them quietly.
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