Because he really hadn't thought about this question.
After a while, he said, "What do you want? I'll discuss it with your fourth sister-in-law. She's not a stingy person, so she won't disagree."
An Hongdou finally laughed, "Forget it, I won't tease you anymore, but you should remember what I said today. You are a man, the pillar of the family. If you can't hold up the pillar, your wife and children will suffer in the future."
An Hongdou was not trying to scare him; she was speaking from the bottom of her heart.
Although the fourth and older brothers love the original owner very much, the one with whom he has the best relationship is still this youngest brother.
The close age is one thing, and the other is that he is well-known for being honest. As the original owner said, this brother will hit you wherever you point your finger. He is the kind of person who will watch you happy when you are truly happy, and will make you happy when you are unhappy.
An Hongdou inherited the original owner's memories and emotions, so naturally he treated An Si Ge as his own brother.
"I know, I know." Fourth Brother An begged for mercy with a smile, "Little sister, I won't do it again, but don't tell anyone about this. A lot of things have happened recently. The family has split up and built a house. My eldest brother and his family are also going through a difficult time. It won't look good if there is a quarrel."
"They don't think it's embarrassing when they take advantage of others, and they're not afraid that things will get out of hand and there will be a quarrel. Why should you, a victim, worry about it?" An Hongdou didn't say whether she agreed or disagreed, but it definitely wouldn't work to just let it go.
Otherwise, she would feel suffocated.
Moreover, no matter how she thought about it, she felt something was wrong.
The family split up not long ago, and we were all together last winter. Everyone in the family wore new clothes, except Fourth Brother An, who didn't wear any. Did no one notice?
Or is it that it’s not that he didn’t notice, but that even if he knew, he pretended not to know, because he wasn’t the one who suffered anyway?
It doesn’t seem right to say this. Even if others don’t say anything, she is his mother. She wouldn’t let herself see her youngest son suffer such a big loss, right?
An Hongdou thought this way and felt that she was really wrongly accusing others.
He wore a sweater inside and it was cold, so his outer clothes were buttoned tightly, so no one could pull his clothes open to look inside.
Moreover, Lin Cuihua was also smart. She did not change the fabric of the clothes she made for Brother An Si, but only changed the cotton inside. Who could notice this!
However, before An Hongdou could figure out what to do, she saw Zhou Qingcao coming out of the door with a dark and ugly face.
"Fourth sister-in-law." An Hongdou called out.
Fourth Brother An also turned around immediately, and after seeing Zhou Qingcao, he looked obviously at a loss.
Zhou Qingcao sighed, no longer showing the cheerful look he had just shown in front of Old Lady An.
When his gaze turned to Fourth Brother An, it was filled with deep disappointment.
After a while, she said, "I don't agree with this matter, so let it go."
Zhou Qingcao thought that she might have really taken the wrong path.
After what happened to Zhao Yun, she saw through the true nature of Fourth Brother An, but she thought that it didn't matter if he was honest. As long as he was obedient, down-to-earth and capable, they could still make a living.
But life after marriage was not as simple as she had imagined, but very complicated. And Fourth Brother An was a gentle person, always thinking that the family should not be too upset, and he always took a conciliatory attitude in everything.
Because they wanted to divide the family property, she had just gotten married and several of her sisters-in-law made a very ugly scene without caring about their dignity.
But at that time she had just entered the family and her mother-in-law was in control of the household, so it was never her turn to speak.
But things are different now. After the family division, although the mother-in-law is still in charge of their small family on the surface, that is because she does not care and feels that she is still young and hopes that there will be no harm in the mother-in-law helping her more.
But if she really wants to be the manager of the household, then logically, the household should be handed over to her.
Zhou Qingcao is the eldest sister in the family. She has been very sensible since she was young, but she is also very stubborn.
She never likes to take advantage of others, but she also doesn't like being taken advantage of. She doesn't want to live such a depressed life.
She hasn't been in the An family for long, but she feels that she has tolerated a lot towards her sisters-in-law.
It would be fine if they were always sharp in their words, but look at what they did, do they act like sisters-in-law?
Li Xiaomi took away the wool that her brother-in-law used to knit a sweater and only gave him a pair of socks. Lin Cuihua was even more outrageous. She took the old cotton from her own son's clothes and put it into other people's new clothes, but took up the new cotton that belonged to them.
She really broadened her horizons. It was the first time she heard of such a thing.
Zhou Qingcao didn't care what the two siblings of the An family thought. Since the first and second houses were close by, she just walked over and called them.
After the couple from the third branch of the An family came out, Zhou Qingcao had already gone back to the yard, and only An Hongdou and Fourth Brother An were standing at the door.
Brother An was still wondering, "Old Four, Little Sister, why did you ask us to come out?"
Fourth Brother An had already anticipated what would happen next, and he felt that it was reasonable to make a fuss, but when he thought of the consequences, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.
What else can An Hongdou say?
She didn't approve of Fourth Brother An keeping silent about his mistakes, and now she couldn't hide it anymore, so she could only say sullenly, "Ask yourselves about what the eldest and second sisters-in-law did."
Lin Cuihua and Li Xiaomi suddenly felt a pang in their hearts and quickly wondered if they had done anything wrong recently.
Wang Dahua looked at her eldest sister-in-law, then turned to look at her second sister-in-law. She was the loud speaker in the village, so she was even more curious and asked directly, "Sister-in-law, did you do something bad behind our backs?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? We are just women. We spend the whole day either busy working in the fields or doing housework. What bad things can we do?" said Li Xiaomi.
At this time, Zhou Qingcao had already walked out holding the cotton jacket and holding socks in his hands.
Brother An Si must have felt bad being treated like this. He wore the cotton-padded jacket several times, but his socks are still new and have never been worn once.
"You haven't done anything bad, but you have bad hearts and are immoral!" Zhou Qingcao was very angry and said directly.
When Lin Cuihua and Li Xiaomi saw the clothes and socks Zhou Qingcao took, they already had a bad feeling in their hearts, and even though they were scolded, they did not dare to reply.
On the contrary, Brother An, who didn't know the truth of the matter, thought it was outrageous when he heard his sister-in-law scolding his sister-in-law, and he immediately shouted, "Fourth sister-in-law, this is your sister-in-law, how can you talk like that?"
Zhou Qingcao was not afraid at all. He just sneered at Brother An Si and asked him, "Did you see that? You wanted to take a loss to keep things quiet, so you tolerated your sister-in-law in every way. Why didn't your brother have the same idea as you? When he yelled at me, did he think that I would be angry with you?"
Fourth Brother An's face turned pale in an instant and he subconsciously clenched his fists.
Brother An also heard something wrong in these words, so he simply asked Brother An, "Brother An, what's going on? Tell me?"
Perhaps it was Zhou Qingcao's words that triggered Fourth Brother An's rebellious mentality. He pointed at the clothes in Zhou Qingcao's hand and said in a cold voice, "My younger sister bought cloth, cotton and wool for the family last year. Qingcao hadn't come into the family yet at that time. My clothes and sweaters were made by my eldest and second sisters-in-law. My eldest sister-in-law made a cotton-padded jacket. The jacket was new, but the cotton inside was old. My second sister-in-law said that the child had grown taller and the wool was a little insufficient, so she knitted me a vest. I agreed, but later she said that she accidentally used up all the wool and the remaining thread was only enough for a pair of socks."
Zhou Qingcao was determined not to give up until he got justice. He took a pair of scissors and cut the clothes, revealing the blackened cotton inside.
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