Composing himself, he heavily turned on his phone, and a strong male voice, sounding somewhat weary, came through.
Even without a speakerphone, I could hear the other person's voice.
"Da Mao, your grandma wants you to go to the village to pick them up tomorrow! Oh, by the way, your grandma said you're going to catch chickens and ducks, so don't dress too nicely, or you'll upset your grandma, and I won't be able to save you. Okay, that's all, I'm hanging up now."
Li Zhongguo's voice was filled with anticipation and joy, but Li Damao's was like that of someone going to the execution ground.
His wife looked at him, wanting to ask but not daring to, and finally saw that he had barely eaten any food.
He stood up, his tall, handsome face full of worry, and said, "Yingying, I'm going out for a bit. Don't wait for me tonight. I'm going to my dad's place and will be back the day after tomorrow."
The woman watched his retreating figure, her heart filled with worry. She felt she couldn't just sit idly by and wait for her fate. Tomorrow, she would take her son to visit her father-in-law and, while she was at it, pay a visit to her grandfather.
Her father-in-law and grandfather lived together in a big house. She wondered if he was afraid. Every time she looked at her grandfather, she felt like she was meeting a leader, and she was extremely nervous and scared.
I heard Da Mao say that his grandfather had been on the battlefield when he was young, had carried a gun, crossed rivers, climbed mountains, and fought bandits. He was quite a figure.
I don't know what made me so blind to fall for that awful grandma.
In the eyes of the five brothers, their grandmother, mother, and sister were the oddballs and the worst in the family, and they couldn't afford to offend them, or they would be beaten up.
He was beaten by his father, grandfather, grandmother, and mother. Before his sister was born, the five of them lived a life of hell on earth.
The worst off was his father, who was almost divorced by his mother.
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