Xu Haicheng was helpless, "Mom, I didn't mean that. Isn't this all a misunderstanding? Besides, Lingling's face was injured, I can't force her to apologize to Jiang Li."

Fang Peilan looked at Xu Haicheng with eyes full of disbelief and disappointment, which made Xu Haicheng feel choked.

"Xu Haicheng, kneel down in front of me. I didn't expect you to become so confused about right and wrong.

Where have all the moral principles you learned gone? Even if Du Ling wanted to harm someone else instead of my good girl, she is still vicious.

If you did something wrong, you did it wrong. Apologizing is the most basic thing to do, and then compensation. Don't try to smooth it over by saying it was a misunderstanding, as you did.

I am so disappointed in you! From now on, you will stay at home and reflect on your mistakes! And you, Du Ling, get out of the Xu family!"

"Mom, calm down! I will definitely let Lingling apologize to Jiang Li."

Xu Haicheng pulled Du Ling, who had been beaten silly by the ruler. Now she was frightened to death when she heard that she was going to be kicked out of the Xu family.

Zhou Hui now realized that Jiang Li was actually the child of the youngest daughter of the Xu family who died early, and was also Fang Peilan's granddaughter.

Xu Haicheng kept begging for mercy, and Zhou Hui gradually became a little unconvinced. She was just a granddaughter, how could she be as close to him as a granddaughter?

Besides, the men usually make the decisions in the family. Why is Fang Peilan, an old lady over 10 years old, jumping around all the time? What's the use of her words?

Fang Peilan didn't want to see her uncompetitive eldest son, his daughter-in-law and stepdaughter again, so she just watched the housekeeper pack up Du Ling's things.

Du Ling just cried. Zhou Hui held Xu Haicheng and said, "Haicheng, you are the eldest son and grandson in the family, why do you still listen to your mother?

In my opinion, this old lady is too old and confused, and her words cannot be trusted.

She doesn't live with us, so can we just tell Lingling to move out?"

A loud slap slapped Zhou Hui's face. Xu Haicheng looked at the eyes and ears filling the yard and for the first time regretted bringing Zhou Hui back.

In the countryside, he had a bad reputation and lived in a cowshed. Only Zhou Hui would give him some food from time to time to help him.

Once he had a high fever, if Zhou Hui hadn't sent him some herbs she had picked, he would have died that rainy night. He was really grateful to her in his heart.

After being rehabilitated, he took Zhou Hui back to the city. Zhou Hui did not know how to socialize and often made fools of herself in public. He just thought that Zhou Hui was uneducated, but not a bad person.

I just didn't expect Zhou Hui to say such things, showing no respect for her elders.

Even though Fang Peilan didn't accept her, she never made things difficult for her in public. She actually managed to bring herself to disobey her mother.

"You disappoint me so much! Zhou Hui, you are a kind-hearted person in the village, why do you change when you come to Haicheng?"

Zhou Hui was dumbfounded. There were many elderly men and women in the village who were thrown out of their homes by their sons and were not allowed to sit at the table to eat. Why was it that this was not the case with Xu Haicheng?

In fact, the reason why Fang Peilan had the final say in the family was not only because of her son's filial piety, but also because of the will left by Mr. Xu.

All the Xu family's property was distributed by the old wife, and if there were any unfilial and unrighteous children in the family, they would be punished by Fang Peilan.

What's more, the Fang family is not poor. What they have in their hands and what they have always had makes Fang Peilan stand up straight.

In less than two hours, all of Du Ling's things were packed up and thrown in front of the Xu family's door.

With Fang Peilan's tacit consent, Xu Haicheng sent Du Ling to a house near the school.

The family quarters with three bedrooms and one living room were very comfortable to live in. But for Du Ling, it was like falling from heaven to hell.

The Chinese-style garden where I used to live had a different view at every step, which took several hours to walk to. Now, the whole house is in full view.

In the past, I had a driver when I went out, a nanny to cook for me, my clothes were clean, and my house was tidy. Now I have to do everything myself.

Zhou Hui was reluctant to leave her daughter, but she was worried if she didn't stay with Xu Haicheng, so she was in a dilemma.

Du Ling threatened to commit suicide and cried all the time. She was afraid her daughter would do something stupid, so she had no choice but to move in to take care of her.

After two seconds, Du Ling couldn't stand it anymore.

"Mom, please talk to Dad and ask him to let me move back home. This house is as big as a pigeon cage. I really can't stand it."

"Doesn't Dad listen to you the most?" Du Ling pulled her mother to make a fuss, and Zhou Hui also looked helpless.

She had asked these questions indirectly, but Xu Haicheng just wouldn't give in. When she got anxious, he turned around and left.

"Mom, you mentioned the village. Didn't you save Dad's life? Dad is a soft-hearted person. He will definitely agree if you mention this."

Zhou Hui covered her mouth and said, "Don't mention saving my life anymore. Be careful not to be overheard."

Du Ling opened her hand without hesitation, "This is not the Xu family, no one here can hear it. Mom, you are too cautious."

"You don't know, except for the medicine delivery. I don't know anything about the previous things. If your father asks about any details and I don't answer correctly, what should I do if he gets suspicious?"

Zhou Hui felt very guilty. Ever since she came to the city, the hard days she had lived in the village seemed like a nightmare. She didn't want to recall them, and she didn't want to go back.

She got married early, but her husband was a gambler and drunkard. Not only was he idle all day, but he also beat people when he was drunk.

Finally one day, he got drunk on a snowy night and fell into a village well and drowned. She then became a widow and returned to her parents' home with her daughter.

She had an older sister who was unmarried, but because her father was disabled and had a fever when he was a child that made him mute and unable to speak, he never got married.

She once discovered that her elder sister was giving the saved food to the people in the cowshed, which frightened her to death.

But later I heard people in the village talking about how the bad elements in the cowshed were going to be rehabilitated. They all came from big cities and would go back sooner or later.

She was very excited and eager to go there after hearing this, as she had never been to a big city.

Finally, one rainy night, her dumb elder sister limped down from the cottage, holding a bundle of herbs.

She was speechless, and could only gesture vigorously, asking her to deliver the herbs to a prescription.

Zhou Hui knew that was the cowshed. She would definitely not be willing to go there in the past, but since the rumors in the village became more and more numerous, she began to have some thoughts.

So she agreed, not only went over with the herbs, but also boiled the medicine, stripped the man naked and wiped his body.

Finally, she followed Xu Haicheng back to Haicheng.