Chapter 71 Chapter 71 Spicy, Wu Shuangshuang's Family Courtyard...

When Lin Zhengrong arrived at Zhou's house, Zhou Biao was crying loudly. When he saw Zhou Biao being pressed on a wooden stool and spanked, his anger subsided a little.

"Deputy Captain Lin, you're here." Zhou Xingzu locked his wife in the room and didn't let her out to join in. "I know what happened. I was planning to go see your child later. If you are angry, feel free to beat him up. This brat deserves a beating. I have decided to send him back to his hometown to suffer tomorrow. Let's see if he dares to bully his classmates again in the future!"

Without waiting for Lin Zhengrong to open his mouth to settle the account, Zhou Xingzu announced the treatment first.

Seeing the red marks on Zhou Biao's butt, Lin Zhengrong knew that Zhou Xingzu was a tough guy, so he couldn't help but teach him a lesson. "Xingzu, we all live in the same compound. It's not that I want to meddle in other people's business, but the child must be taught well, otherwise he will be a problem when he grows up."

"Yes, yes, I know. This child has never suffered from hardship since childhood. Unlike us, we didn't even have enough to eat when we were young."

Zhou Xingzu slapped his head again, "I let you be naughty, causing me trouble all day long. You don't study hard and you are held back again. I will make sure you don't go to school anymore and live in the countryside forever!"

Zhou Biao went back to the countryside, but he disliked it because there was not even electricity and several people had to squeeze into one kang.

When he heard that his father was going to send him to the countryside, he cried and begged for mercy, saying that he didn't dare to do it anymore.

"Last time you said you didn't dare, this time I won't let you go easily, I will tell your grandpa and grandma that you should eat whatever they eat." Zhou Xingzu carried his son into the house, and when he came out he gave Lin Zhengrong a cigarette, but Lin Zhengrong said he didn't smoke, "I've never had such a headache, this kid always makes trouble for me, it's all his mother's habit. I let him go to the countryside to suffer a little, if he's not good enough, he'll study in the countryside in the future, and won't be harmed by his mother anymore."

"You can't just pick a woman casually. In our time, we would just meet her once and get married if we liked her. It's nothing like today, where people can still fall in love freely."

After saying this, Zhou Xingzu asked Lin Zhengrong to look at the top of his head, indicating that he was starting to lose his hair.

Seeing Zhou Xingzu so worried, Lin Zhengrong gave him a suggestion, "The Women's Federation has a blindness class, let your wife attend it as well."

"What's the use of this?" Zhou Xingzu didn't understand what Lin Zhengrong meant.

"Your wife went to a blindness class, but she didn't want to study, so she dropped out. Since she is so afraid of studying, you can use this to pressure her in the future. As long as she pampers Zhou Biao again, send her to the blindness class, and don't let her come back until she reaches a certain level."

Lin Zhengrong has heard many of his comrades complain that asking them to study is like asking them to die. Many of their family members feel the same way. They have lived for decades and were able to live well without knowing how to read. Now that they are asked to study, they are all in agony.

Hao Jiahui had attended a blindness class before, but she could not read large characters. After listening to the teacher for two minutes, she immediately felt sleepy and started snoring.

Lin Zhengrong patted Zhou Xingzu's arm and said, "You should work harder. She should go to the blindness prevention class. You should do more housework."

"Yes, she still has to have something to be afraid of, otherwise the children at home will be spoiled to the point of lawlessness." After moving out of the Weng family next door, his wife no longer went out to gossip about others, but she still spoiled the children.

After Lin Zhengrong left, Hao Jiahui heard that Zhou Xingzu wanted to send her to a blind literacy class. She said firmly, "No, I won't go. I can live well without knowing how to read. I will never go and suffer!"

"Then you can go back to your hometown, and leave the children with me. You can go to the blind prevention class anytime you want and come back." Zhou Xingzu was also very tough, "If you don't change for the better, we will live in two different places. You can do whatever you want in the countryside, but you can't lead the children astray. I will pretend that you are not my lover."

Living apart and not allowed to take the child away, Hao Jiahui was panicking. She had heard too many such things. It wouldn't be long before Zhou Xingzu would fall in love with a younger woman and then divorce her.

Studying made her miserable, but divorce was a death sentence, so she had no choice but to agree. But she didn't understand that the current situation was better than when she was a child, so what was wrong with spoiling the child? The family didn't lack food for the child.

The Zhou family had agreed that Lin Zhengrong would return to the hospital. He asked Jiang Qiuyue to go back and rest, and he would stay by her side all night.

Jiang Qiuyue disagreed. "The doctor said Beibei is fine. I think this kid eats well and sleeps well, so he doesn't need to be watched at night. You have to go to the army tomorrow, so I'll be here."

Lin Zhengrong and Jiang Qiuyue sat next to each other, with no intention of leaving. "You also said that there is no need to watch over me. There are three children at home, so someone has to watch over them. Don't worry, I can fall asleep anywhere."

The couple said something to each other, making the person in the next bed jealous. A girl who was also hospitalized pulled her husband and said, "Look at her, how good she is at coaxing her lover. Look at you, I've been in the hospital for two days, and you don't say anything nice."

"What's the use of sweet words? They're not as real as me. Look at me running around every day, and you say you want to eat wontons and I go buy them right away. Isn't that good enough?" The man was sitting aside, peeling apples. He queued up to buy them. He bought two in total, and neither he nor his child were willing to eat them.

"Yes, yes, you too."

Listening to the conversation in the next bed, Jiang Qiuyue also smiled. There were other people in the ward. Since Lin Zhengrong insisted, she decided to go back first.

Lin Zhengrong rode his bike to take Jiang Qiuyue home. Jiang Qiuyue put one hand on Lin Zhengrong's thin waist. When they met acquaintances on the road, Jiang Qiuyue greeted them.

After they got home, Lin Zhengrong walked to the hospital again.

Chen Weilan and her younger brothers and sisters prepared hot water. When Jiang Qiuyue just got home, Chen Weiguo took the initiative to bring the kettle of hot water and asked Jiang Qiuyue to wash her feet.

"Thank you." Jiang Qiuyue sat down to soak her feet. After being outside in the wind, her feet were indeed a little cold.

"Aunt Jiang, how is Beibei?" Chen Weilan asked.

"He's fine. I can pick him up from the hospital tomorrow." Jiang Qiuyue also had something to ask, "Did anyone come to our house when we were not home?"

Speaking of this, Chen Weiguo got angry, "The Zeng family came, all of them, and asked if you and Uncle Lin were there. After knowing that you were not there, they went to Daya's house. Aunt Wu was very powerful, holding a mop and doing seven or eight people by herself. She also told us not to fight against a large number of people, and she herself was not afraid at all. Of course, we can't just stand by and do nothing. Nan Nan went to call the director of the Women's Department, and my sister and I went to help Aunt Wu."

After hearing what Chen Weiguo said, Jiang Qiuyue finished soaking her feet and went to find Wu Shuangshuang across the street to ask what was going on.

"What else can we do? Their child is so precious, and they have to ask us for an explanation just because there is a cut on his face."

Wu Shuangshuang stood at the door and looked back at home. "I was so angry today. My parents-in-law didn't dare to come out at first. When my mother-in-law came out, she just told me to step back and stop making trouble, so as not to be laughed at. It's really funny. I didn't do anything wrong. Why should I be afraid of being laughed at?"

As she spoke, Wu Shuangshuang raised her voice. Now her parents-in-law were afraid of her and did not dare to argue with her.

"What happened next?" Jiang Qiuyue asked.

"I asked the Zeng family to wait. I said that when you come back, we will go to the Zeng family to settle the accounts. We must let their whole family see the strength of us rural people!" Wu Shuangshuang said and laughed again, "That Qiu Hongyan is so great because she came from the city. Aren't we all military dependents? Who is more noble than who?"

As she said this, she patted Jiang Qiuyue and said, "I have already said something harsh, so don't be a coward. Pick up Beibei tomorrow and go to the Zeng family with me."

Jiang Qiuyue certainly had no objection. If no one offended me, I would not offend anyone. Originally, the children had a fight, and the mastermind Zhou Biao had been beaten. The other children were not a big deal, so they didn't care. But the Zeng family was full of farmers, and they refused to stop. Let them see how powerful the farmers are.

You know, 70% of the family members in their family compound are from rural areas.

After Jiang Qiuyue left, Wu Shuangshuang just walked into the house, and her mother-in-law told her not to quarrel with others. She immediately said with a displeased face, "Mom, am I the one who wants to quarrel with the Zeng family? It's the Zeng family who refuses to stop, right? They came to our house to quarrel today. If you and dad don't want to help, just don't hold me back, and don't say anything about Daya. She's my daughter, and I can discipline her myself."

"You..." Seeing her daughter-in-law enter the room and close the door, Shu Sanmei could only sigh.

She and the old man stayed in the living room, and Lin Juexing was also unhappy. In the past, when Wu Shuangshuang came to celebrate the New Year, she would still tolerate it, but this year, she was completely disrespectful. It was their turn to live by their daughter-in-law's mood. "Don't come next year!"

"Really not coming?" Shu Sanmei was afraid of what the villagers would say. In order to highlight how much her eldest son valued her, at the end of every year, Shu Sanmei and Lin Juexing would brag to the villagers that their son had written to them early to urge them to come for the New Year. Having a son who was a soldier was a great honor in the village, and everyone envied them for being so lucky.

Lin Juexing was filled with anger, but he had to hold it in. He didn't dare to speak out loudly, "What are you doing here? Do you want to live your life by the face of others? Just now you advised her not to quarrel with others, but listen to what she said?"

At home he had to look at Wu Shuangshuang's expression, so he decided to go out for a walk. If others looked at him for a little longer, Lin Juexing would think that person was gossiping about him, so he stayed in the yard every day, feeling very depressed.

Lin Juexing didn't know it at the moment. In fact, people in the village talked a lot. Some people said that Lin Juexing and his wife were too concerned about their reputation, which led to the incident between Lin Tao and Lin Wu.

Some people also said that Lin Juexing didn’t dare to go back. If he went back, wouldn’t he have a fight with Lin Laowu?

After all, all the gossip in Lin Laowu's family was due to Wu Shuangshuang's return to the village.

"What will you say if the villagers ask you about it?" Shu Sanmei also felt that it was hard to have to look at her daughter-in-law's face, but the good thing about her daughter-in-law was that as long as she didn't take the initiative to talk about it, her daughter-in-law would not pay much attention to the two old people.

Lin Juexing felt that life in the family home was depressing. "In the future, I will say that I have been here for so many years and I have to spend the New Year with my youngest son and his family. I can't be partial to any one of them."

"Well, that's all I can say." Shu Sanmei still liked coming to the family compound, but unfortunately everyone knew about Lin Tao's matter, and she really couldn't stay there. Now she had no confidence to talk to her daughter-in-law, for fear that she would bring up the past.

The two old people were saying that they would not come over for the New Year in the future. In the room, Wu Shuangshuang was talking to Lin Rong about going to Zeng's house tomorrow. Lin Rong asked if he wanted to come with him, but Wu Shuangshuang said no, "What's that word? First... first what soldier?"

"Begin with courtesy, then use force."

"Yes, we should use courtesy before force. Qiuyue and I will go and talk to them. If a fight really breaks out, you and Lin Zhengrong can go and help." Wu Shuangshuang snorted, "I don't believe that in this family compound, there is anyone who can quarrel more fiercely than Qiuyue and I?"

Lin Rong raised his eyebrows and expressed his love for her. Indeed, no one was more powerful than his lover.

The next morning, Jiang Qiuyue went to pick up Lin Beibei from the hospital. Because of the fight, she specifically told her that she could not go out to play that day.

Jiang Qiuyue and Wu Shuangshuang walked hand in hand to the gate of the courtyard where Zeng's family lived. Wu Shuangshuang called out Qiu Hongyan's name in her loud voice.

After a while, Qiu Hongyan came to open the door, "How dare you come?"

"Why are you embarrassed?" Jiang Qiuyue looked at him with a smile, "I heard that you brought your whole family to our house yesterday. In order to avoid trouble in the future, we came here to talk today to avoid quarreling again in the future."

"There's nothing good to talk about with you rural barbarians!" Qiu Hongyan was furious when she came back yesterday. "I don't want your compensation, either, lest your money gets dirty on my hands!"

"Hey, you're a country barbarian all the time. Do you know how many country people live in this courtyard?" Wu Shuangshuang snorted. "What's so great about city people? If you're so capable, why do you want to live in the same courtyard with us country people?"

As she spoke, she said to the crowd watching the excitement, "Everyone, look here. This person looks down on us poor peasants with good family backgrounds and calls us barbarians!"

Jiang Qiuyue cooperated and said, "Let's not bother with her. She is from the city and thinks she is more noble."

"You...you guys!" Qiu Hongyan pointed at Jiang Qiuyue and the other person, "Aren't you guys going too far?"

The people who were attracted were all nearby neighbors, many of whom came from rural areas. Qiu Hongyan had never looked at any of them. After hearing what Jiang Qiuyue and Wu Shuangshuang said, someone immediately scolded, "She really has high standards and doesn't want to talk to us rural people. Last time I met her in the public toilet, she pinched her nose and looked at me. I thought I had peed my pants!"

"Yes, yes, yes. I kindly gave her some vegetables that I grew myself, but she threw them away. What a mean person."

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Qiu Hongyan threw away the vegetables because she was disgusted by the manure on them. She did not dare to refuse them in person, but threw them away quietly. She did not expect to be seen. But she had never grown vegetables since she was a child, and did not know that this was how vegetables were grown in the countryside. Even the vegetables bought from the supply and marketing cooperative were grown with chicken and cow manure fertilizers, otherwise they would not grow well.

Seeing that people were talking in a strange tone, Qiu Hongyan's face turned red and she was speechless for a while. She was almost crying until her father-in-law came out.

Zeng Xiong is a teacher. Seeing so many people pointing fingers at his family, he thought in his heart that they were really uncultured. But now he could only smile and say, "Misunderstanding, it's all misunderstanding. We don't mean to look down on rural people. Please don't misunderstand." He turned around to look at his daughter-in-law and motioned for Qiu Hongyan to apologize.

Qiu Hongyan was very reluctant, but as more and more people came, she could only put on a stiff face and say it was a misunderstanding.

"Is it really a misunderstanding?" Jiang Qiuyue smiled. "Then don't let me hear you talking about peasants this and peasants that in the future. Let's talk about the fight between our children. Your son was disfigured and my son was hospitalized. It was your children who followed Zhou Biao to start the fight. Tell me, how do you solve it?"

Qiu Hongyan glanced at her father-in-law, and Zeng Xiong said, "It's just a fight between children. Since it's nothing serious, let's just forget it."

"That's not what you said when you came to my house yesterday." Wu Shuangshuang refused to give him face. "You said Zeng Junjie had disfigured his face and insisted that my family pay for it. Why don't you insist on it today?"

That was because Qiu Hongyan's husband scolded them after he came back, saying that they were too foolish and that if there was something wrong, they shouldn't make such a fuss. It was their child who started the trouble, so they were not right in this matter, and he told them to stop making trouble.

Otherwise, Qiu Hongyan wouldn't have just said stop and didn't want compensation.

Zeng Xiong looked embarrassed. He had already given in, so why was Wu Shuangshuang still being aggressive?

Jiang Qiuyue also spoke up, "I calculated the cost of my son's hospitalization and divided the total by five. Your family only needs to pay one-fifth of the medical expenses and the nutrition expenses. Don't say that Zeng Junjie was disfigured. I haven't even taken into account the expenses for my other three children."

As for the other four families, Lin Zhengrong had already gone to Zhou's house. Zhou Xingzu bought something and sent it to their house. The other three families did not come to make trouble, so Jiang Qiuyue and Wu Shuangshuang did not want to cause trouble. There were many children in the compound, and there would always be one who made noises. It was impossible for every child to be well-behaved, as long as the adults were reasonable, it would be fine.

Zeng Xiong's face turned red as he saw more and more people gathered around. He had been teaching for so many years, but he never expected that after retirement, he would be scolded by others. He told Qiu Hongyan to go and get the money quickly as he didn't want to be bothered any more.

Jiang Qiuyue took the money and said with satisfaction, "I will let this matter go for now. But if my son has any sequelae in the future, I will come to you again. We rural people are not barbaric, we are all reasonable. You see, if you are willing to talk, we will not take action."

"That's right, let's talk more about reason!" Wu Shuangshuang echoed.

After getting the money, Jiang Qiuyue and Wu Shuangshuang left with satisfaction.

As for the people watching outside Zeng's house, they watched the excitement for a while before leaving.

Zeng Xiong closed the door and was so angry that his chest was suffocated. "In the future, don't bother with this kind of barbarian. He is ignorant, rude, and shameless!"

Qiu Hongyan was equally upset. "Whoever provokes them will be in trouble for the rest of their lives. Dad, are we really going to take this loss?"

The doctor said that the scar on her son’s face might leave a mark. She felt sad at the thought. What if it affected her son’s future partner-hunting?

"Are you going to argue with them? Can you win?" Zeng Xiong took a deep breath. "It's really disgraceful. They are a bunch of people who are not presentable. Just wait and see. There will be no good results for such people. They will definitely be in trouble!"

"Tell Junjie not to play with people like this in the future. Zhou Biao is not a good person either. Tell Junjie to stay away from them."

"I understand." Qiu Hongyan felt that her father-in-law was right. Slutty women like Jiang Qiuyue and Wu Shuangshuang would definitely get their comeuppance in the future!

Jiang Qiuyue also believed in retribution, but she didn't think she had done anything wrong, so she wasn't afraid of it.

When she and Wu Shuangshuang returned home, they saw Tang Jiang bringing Tang Hai to apologize. Jiang Qiuyue asked the two brothers to go into the yard to talk.

"I'm sorry about what happened yesterday." Tang Jiang pushed his younger brother out from behind him. "After my parents passed away, I was busy with work and neglected to discipline him. Tang Hai, apologize quickly."

Tang Hai was fair and clean, and he didn't look like a naughty boy. He was pushed out by his brother, and he was still scared. But before he could say anything, Jiang Qiuyue called a few children over.

"This is a matter between children, and the apology should be made to the children," Jiang Qiuyue said.

Tang Hai looked at his brother, then went to apologize to Lin Beibei and the others, "I shouldn't have followed Zhou Biao to bully others. It's my fault. I won't play with Zhou Biao anymore."

But in the compound, only Zhou Biao and a few others played with him. The other kids thought he was too boring, and some even laughed at him for having neither a father nor a mother.

Lin Beibei was like a normal person. When she heard Tang Hai say that he didn't want to play with Zhou Biao, she immediately forgave him. "Zhou Biao is not a good kid. If you don't play with him, then you are a good kid. Let's make a pinky promise."

Tang Hai had never heard of this logic, but when he saw Lin Beibei extending her hand, he pinky-pinched his promise with her anyway.

Others came over to make pinky promises with Tang Hai. Lin Daya was the strongest. "Do you want to recognize me as your elder sister? I can protect you... Hey, mom, why are you patting my head?"

"What do you want to do? Do you want to be recognized as your younger brother?" Wu Shuangshuang glared at her daughter, "Stop making trouble all day long. Learn more from your Aunt Jiang and be more gentle."

Lin Daya curled her lips. She didn't want to be a lady. Is a lady as strong as her? Can a lady fight as well as her?

Wu Shuangshuang used to be afraid that her daughters would be bullied, especially after she gave birth to two more daughters. She heard others say that girls were not as good as sons, so she was tougher when educating her daughters and made them firmly believe that they were no worse than boys.

But now seeing the fierce look of the eldest daughter, I feel complicated again. Forget it. Qiuyue has told her privately that one cannot have it all. It is better to be a little fierce than to be weak and be bullied.

The Tang and Jiang brothers had a good attitude. Jiang Qiuyue and Wu Shuangshuang didn't bother with them, and the children didn't hold grudges. Chen Weiguo said to continue playing kicking stones. Tang Hai watched for a while. Chen Weiguo asked if he wanted to play together, so Tang Hai joined in.

Tang Jiang has always had a headache about his younger brother's education. He is only 23 years old and has not yet married and had children. He is not sensitive enough to capture the emotions of a seven-year-old child.

Seeing his younger brother playing with Lin Beibei, Tang Jiang was also surprised that the relationship between the children could be improved so quickly. He said a few words to his younger brother and asked him to go to the cafeteria to eat at noon by himself, as he had to return to the unit.

Jiang Qiuyue and Wu Shuangshuang went into the yard to pull up some vegetables. After drying them in the sun, they prepared to make wine lees dishes.

As the two of them were picking vegetables, Jiang Qiuyue calculated the days until the Chinese New Year and asked, "Sister Shuangshuang, I'm planning to smoke some bacon. Do you want to join me?"