Chapter 76: The engagement was not reconfirmed, but a fight broke out instead.
"Lin Yuan, what do you mean by 놅?" Grandma Huo was stunned. She opened her mouth and took a long time to say this.
"Grandma, you should ask Aunt Wang about this." Huo Linyuan raised a hint of coldness on his thin lips, and his eyes were like a cold blade.
He only found out about it after he broke off the engagement.
That day, he wanted to go home directly after hunting, but when he passed by Zhou's house, he thought about it and decided to give half of the prey to them. After all, the Zhou family saved Huo Linqing's life.
But when he was about to knock on the door, he heard Wang Meili say to her sister in the yard:
"Sister, take this rabbit meat back and eat it. Don't let my nephew starve."
"Hey, sister, you gave me the whole rabbit, what are you going to eat?"
"Don't worry about me. Some idiot will deliver meat to our house later."
"Are you talking about the Huo family?"
"That's right. Back then, that loser Zhou Hong actually wanted to give ginseng roots to Huo Linqing to save his life. Of course I didn't want to. They are ginseng roots, not rotten tree roots. How can I just give them away? I dug a tree root and gave it to them, but they didn't recognize it and actually gave it to Huo Linqing as a treasure. Huo Linqing is really unlucky."
"Hehe, that's just because my sister is looking for tree roots, and they are poor, so where have they seen ginseng? Isn't it a treasure at the beginning, haha."
"That's right, the Huo family is only worthy of sucking tree roots, haha..."
"Sister, where are you hiding? Does your brother-in-law not know?"
"I hid under the bed, so of course your brother-in-law didn't know. If he knew, what would happen? He's just a pushover!"
"Sister, you are really smart. Just by giving a tree root, you can get so many years of prey for free."
From then on, Huo Linyuan never sent prey to the Zhou family again.
Outsiders only knew that this happened because the two families had fallen out over the broken engagement.
When Wang Meili heard Huo Linyuan's question, a trace of fear flashed through her eyes. Then she thought that they had no evidence to prove that she had given the tree roots, so she said confidently, "Huo Linyuan, if you don't want to repay our family's kindness, that's fine, but you can't slander us. You will be struck by lightning if you are so ungrateful!"
"Lin Yuan, what do you mean? How could I be a tree root?" Zhou Hong became furious after hearing what Huo Linyuan said. His face turned red and white, and his chest kept rising and falling.
Zhou Hong was a well-known honest man in the village. Being slandered like this, he felt unprecedentedly insulted.
"Uncle Zhou, is that right? You can find out if you look under your bed." Huo Linyuan looked stern, his thin lips pressed into a straight line.
Seeing Huo Linyuan's firm tone, Zhou Hong thought of his wife's temper and wavered a little. He turned to Wang Meili and asked angrily, "Linyuan, is what you said true?"
Wang Meili's face turned pale, a hint of fear flashed in her eyes, and she stammered, "Zhou Hong, you... don't believe it, it's absolutely not true!"
Zhou Hong had been married to her for so many years, how could he not know about these hypocritical behaviors?
His face suddenly darkened, his eyes flashing with anger, and he scolded: "Did you really hide the ginseng roots? Replaced them with tree roots?"
"Do you know? This is a human life! You are going to piss me off to death! If it weren't for Huo Linqing, I would have died in your hands!"
"What's wrong with me hiding it? Why should you give away our things unconditionally? What does it have to do with us whether Huo Linqing lives or dies? Are you just mean? Are you just kind? Are you giving away things all these years? If I hadn't hidden them secretly, all the things in our house would have been given away by you. You are obviously poor, but you still pretend to be mean. Do you think people will thank you? They will only say that you, Zhou Hong, are a fool!" Wang Meili lost her temper after being yelled at by Zhou Hong, and she retorted loudly.
"you!"
Zhou Hong was so angry that he was shaking. He couldn't help but feel a surge of rage and slapped Wang Meili.
"Alright! Zhou Hong, you bastard! How dare you hit me? I'm going to fight you!" Wang Meili lost her mind after being slapped by Zhou Hong.
He walked quickly forward and scratched Zhou Hong's face.
Zhou Hong felt pain on his face from Wang Meili's scratching, so he pushed her back with his backhand. This push made Wang Meili even more crazy!
He pinched, scratched, and bit Zhou Hong. After a while, Zhou Hong's clothes became messy, his face was full of scratches, and there was a scar on his neck...
An Lan quickly found someone to notify Captain 꺶 to come, and the farce came to an end.
Captain Wu understood what happened and made the decision: "Zhou Hong, this is your family's fault. The Huo family has been giving you prey for ten years. Just convert it into money and return it to the Huo family."
"That's still a lot?" Zhou Hong was a little embarrassed. He really lost face in front of his grandmother today. He didn't know what would happen in the village tomorrow.
Captain 꺶 glanced at Huo Linyuan.
Huo Linyuan understood and took out an account book from his arms. He would keep accounts every time he went hunting, of course, including the money sent to the Zhou family.
"The total is 553.21 yuan, you just need to pay 500 yuan."
Before Zhou Hong could say anything, Wang Meili jumped over and said, "We won't return them! You gave them to our family voluntarily, why should you return them?"
Captain 꺶 was too lazy to talk to Wang Meili and turned to look at Zhou Hong.
"Captain, please let it go. We will pay it back, but my family can't afford so much money for the time being. Can you pay it back slowly?" Zhou Hong smiled a little awkwardly.
Captain 꺶 glanced at Huo Linyuan again, and when he saw Huo Linyuan nodded, he said, "Then you should pay 100 every year, and pay it off in five years. I'll write an IOU when I go back later."
"good."
As soon as Zhou Hong finished speaking, Wang Meili screamed: "Zhou Hong, if you want to pay it back, you have to pay it back by yourself. I can't pay it back with you. I'm going back to my parents' home now!"
After saying this, Wang Meili ran away.
Zhou Hong apologized to Grandma Huo and turned around to chase after her.
"Hey, what is going on?" Grandma Huo was still very angry.
Especially after Wang Meili was exposed, she still had that attitude. Fortunately, she didn't have a heart disease, otherwise she would have died of anger a long time ago.
"Grandma, don't be angry. These people are not worth your anger. Look, I brought meat. I heard from Brother Huo that you like braised pork, so I came here specially to cook it for you." After saying that, An Lan raised the pork in his hand.
"Hey, what kind of meat did you bring with you? Take it back and eat it yourself." Grandma Huo took a look at the pork in An Lan's hand. It was three or four pounds, and it was standard pork belly. It must have cost a lot of money.
"Grandma, how can I finish it all by myself? Besides, I went to the city to buy this for you. If you don't want it, does that mean you don't want it from me?" As An Lan spoke, his eyes gradually darkened and he looked very hurt.
"No, no, how could I not accept you? I have always been looking forward to you becoming my granddaughter-in-law." Grandma Huo said hurriedly in fear.
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