Li Qiuxia and her husband followed behind with their child in their arms, looking at them in bewilderment. Only when they saw Li Laoer running away cursing did they react, "Third sister, third brother-in-law, what happened to second brother? What happened?"
"They wanted to steal my bicycle..." Li Qiuyue angrily pointed at Li Laoer who was running home in a panic and recounted what had happened.
Her face flushed red, and her voice rose three degrees in anger. "Tell me, how did we end up with such a family? They have made us lose face."
Li Qiuxia glanced at Zhou Huaishan and Gao Dalin and felt like she couldn't even lift her head. "Third sister, why is he still like this? He wants to take anything he likes. We don't know what we owed him in our previous life that he would treat us like this."
Both sisters felt it was too embarrassing, especially Li Qiuyue. When she thought that none of her sisters-in-law's families were like hers, she felt too embarrassed to face anyone.
Seeing the two sisters standing there with red eyes, Zhou Huaishan advised them in a muffled voice: "Why bother getting angry with that kind of scumbag! Let's go down the mountain to Ning'an."
"Yeah, don't bother with him. It's not worth it if you make yourself angry." Gao Dalin also persuaded clumsily.
"I'm not angry. There's no point in being angry with a guy like him." Li Qiuyue took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, then reached out and pulled Li Qiuxia, "Let's go down the mountain to Ning'an to see my brother-in-law's leg."
"Yes!" Seeing that they were still willing to take them to Ning'an, Li Qiuxia and her husband thanked them gratefully, "Thank you, Third Sister, Third Brother-in-law, don't worry, we won't default on our debt."
"We are sisters, how can I not believe you!" Li Qiuyue felt better when she saw how happy the two of them were.
Li Qiuxia thought about it and asked worriedly: "Third sister, is Second Brother really going to call someone to beat up Brother-in-law?"
"He can't call anyone." Li Qiuyue curled her lips. "Li Laoer is a bully at home, and he doesn't even dare to fart outside. Who would take him seriously?"
Over there, Li Laoer stumbled back home, and seeing the back door ajar, he pushed it open and walked in cursing, "Damn it, you dare to hit me..."
Mrs. Li Er saw that he was covered in mud and asked, "What happened? Did that bastard Zhou Huaishan attack you?"
"Are you blind?" Li Laoer looked at his mother and brothers in surprise, "Go, call all your uncles and brothers, stop Zhou and make him pay for my medicine... Damn it, you dare to hit me..."
Li Hongxing hurriedly said, "Yes, leave their bicycle behind before you can leave." He pushed Li Meili and said, "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and call someone!"
Li Meili turned around and said, "I'm not going. If you want to go, go and call me."
"You dare not go." Li Hongxing waved his fist at her, "I will beat you to death."
Li Meili took a few steps aside and said, "It's useless to go. Now everyone is counting on the Zhou family to make money by collecting truffles and red mushrooms. If they say something, no one in the village will speak up for us."
She glanced at her parents and continued, "If you piss off Miss San, she'll tell everyone that you stole her bicycle. If the news gets out, no one will be willing to introduce a date to Hongxing."
Mrs. Li thought that even the brigade secretary had to curry favor with the Zhou family. "That's right, that bitch Qiuyue doesn't care about our life or death. Just now Zhou Huaishan said that he would not accept our truffles and red mushrooms in the future."
She regretted it when she thought about having to walk for a long time to sell truffles in Pulin Town. "If I had known, I should have waited for them to come back and talked to them about borrowing them for two days. What should I do now?"
Li Hongxing sat down on the chair and stretched out his legs. "I don't care. You must buy the bicycle back, otherwise I won't go on blind dates anymore..."
"You can't even get a bicycle at home. Even a pig is smarter than you." Li Laoer kicked him angrily. "You're threatening me. If you don't go, even if you beg me, I'll keep the hundreds of dollars for myself."
Li Hongxing pointed at him and said, "Mom, you see, this old man is not capable of fighting Zhou Huaishan, but he dares to bully me."
"You are just a bully at home. If you have the guts, make Li Qiuyue leave the bicycle here!" After hearing this, Li Ersao immediately protected her like an old hen.
“……” Li Laoer was so angry that he pushed her away, turned around and went into the house to lie down.
When Mrs. Li saw him enter the house, she opened the back door and looked in. Seeing that Li Qiuyue and the others were almost reaching her back door, she quickly locked the door.
Li Qiuyue saw her head shrink back immediately, she was amused and angry, "Look, little sister, the Li Laoer family are all bullies."
"Alas!" Li Qiuxia sighed and said to her, "Third sister, our bag is still at Second Brother's house."
Li Qiuyue turned her head and asked, "What are those things?"
Li Qiuxia said a little embarrassedly: "Two sets of clothes to change into."
Li Qiuyue looked at their tattered clothes and thought, why would she take them if they were just rags and rags? But then she thought of her past and swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue. "We'll be waiting for you on the roadside. Come over when you get them."
"That's right!" Li Qiuxia held the child and waited until they turned the corner and walked past before she gave the child to Gao Dalin and knocked on the door. "Second sister-in-law, open the door, we'll get the backpack."
After more than ten seconds, Mrs. Li's unpleasant reply came from the room, "Wait!"
"Yes." Li Qiuxia stood outside and waited for a while. The door creaked open and Li Ersao handed her the jacket with a dark face. "What's the matter? Did Qiuyue and his wife agree to lend you money to see your legs?"
Li Qiuxia hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Yes! The brother-in-law of the youngest brother of my third brother-in-law is a doctor. They are willing to lend us money to treat Dalin's leg injury."
After hearing this, Mrs. Li's eyes turned red with envy. She sneered, "Are they so kind? They lent you a lot of money? Have they already given it to you?"
Li Qiuxia felt unhappy after hearing this. "My third sister said she didn't bring any money. The doctor over there is an acquaintance, so don't worry."
"Qiuyue is such a stingy girl. She refused to borrow our bicycle for two days and even said we wanted to steal her bicycle." Li Ersao said angrily, "Bah! No matter how poor they are, they are still her family. If we ruin our reputation, she will lose face."
Li Qiuxia looked at her and said, "Second sister-in-law, don't say that. Third sister is just a little impatient. She is not the kind of person who gossips."
"What do you mean?" Mrs. Li looked at her sarcastically and said, "I understand. As the old saying goes, whoever gives you milk is your mother. Now that Li Qiuyue has agreed to lend you money, of course you have to speak up for her!
Who said your brother from your mother's family is incompetent and doesn't have that much money to lend you! We deserve to be abused, but I tell you, no matter what, you are married into the Li family. We have no face, and you have no face at all."
"Second sister-in-law, how can you talk like that? Third sister and her husband came all the way here without saying a word to outsiders."
Li Qiuxia mustered up her courage and said, "Tell your second brother to change the way he calls him in the future. Otherwise, if this continues, Hongxing will never be able to find a wife."
"You are a person who has no food to eat, and you still have the nerve to criticize me. Your Gao Bin will never be able to find a wife in the future." Li Ersao gave her a disgusted look, "You still don't forget about this bastard."
Before he finished speaking, the door was closed with a bang.
Gao Dalin was so angry that the veins on his forehead bulged, "Xiaoxia, let's go."
"Yes!" Li Qiuxia took the backpack and took a deep breath. She turned around and put it on her shoulder and said to Gao Dalin, "Put the child in it. I'll carry it on my back."
"Yeah!" Gao Dalin glanced at her, put his second sister in his back, and said softly, "Xiaoxia, wait until my legs are healed, and I will work hard."
Li Qiuxia nodded and said, "I'll help you."
Although Dalin is a little slow in speaking, he is much better than the men in my mother's family. He is hardworking, willing to endure hardships, and will not hurt himself.
As long as his legs are cured, and the two of them are strong and work hard for two years, they can pay off the debt and build two houses so that the children will have a place to live when they grow up.
Li Qiuyue and Zhou Huaishan were pushing their bicycles beside the tractor road waiting for the two men to come over. "Qiuxia, hang your backpack on the back seat of your brother-in-law's bicycle, and Dalin will sit behind him. I'll take you."
"Hey!" Li Qiuxia put down the backpack, Zhou Huaishan took it and looked inside to see his second sister looking up at him, "How old is she?"
Gao Dalin smiled and said, "Almost three years old."
"Third Uncle!" The second sister called him sweetly.
"Be good!" Zhou Huaishan rubbed her sparse yellow hair, "Be good and sit in the backrest. Third uncle will take you to Ning'an."
The second sister nodded quickly, "Go Ning An!"
After the backpack was hung up, Zhou Huaishan and his partner pushed the bicycle up the slope. Li Qiuxia and her husband sat behind them and headed towards Ning'an.
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After Yang Chunyan and his party arrived in Ning'an, they unloaded the goods and loaded them into the warehouse, then went to the cinema to watch a movie. The movie being shown was the thrilling anti-spy feature film "The Cuffed Passenger".
Everyone was watching with great interest, except Zhou Xiaolin, who fell asleep in Zhou Huaijun's arms halfway through.
A group of people came out of the cinema, and a few children were chattering about the plot all the way, and dancing from time to time.
Several adults took them to see the new house that was still under construction. Several other households were almost finished with their houses, some with courtyard houses and some with two-story buildings.
Zhou Huaian and his team thought about renting out the house in the future, so they built a three-story building. The first floor was separated from the upper floors so that they could live in it themselves. After the roof was completed, they built a courtyard wall and the work was complete.
Zhou Jiakang listened to the adults for a while, then pulled Zhang Xiuxiang and said, "Mom, this is also our home, right?"
Zhang Xiuxiang nodded, "This is our home. Don't talk too much outside when you get home. Remember?"
Zhou Jiakang: "I know. My grandma said that those people are very jealous. We can't tell outsiders about our family affairs."
Over there, Zhao Huifang was also giving instructions to Zhou Jiaming and his brother. After taking a walk, she went to the hotel to take a look.
Yang Chunyan found that after the Chinese New Year, only the cinema, supply and marketing cooperative and department store in the county town were relatively lively, while even the hotel and bus station were much quieter.
After looking at the house, the group went to Huang Yongcai Restaurant, ready to have a meal. But when they got there, they saw a sign on the door saying "Open on the eighth day of the first lunar month."
Yang Dongmei shrugged, looked at Wang Zhen, and said with a smile: "Master, what do you want to eat?"
Wang Zhen thought for a moment and pointed ahead, "There is a mutton restaurant on South Street. It opened on the third day of last year. Shall we go and have mutton hotpot?"
Zhou Huaian nodded, "Okay, let's go eat mutton hotpot."
Zhou Huairong and the others also nodded, "Mutton hotpot is good." (End of this chapter)
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