The brigade cadres and village elders came forward, but they were unable to disperse the crowd. Finally, they had to call in the militia to maintain order and guard the gate of Tian's courtyard to prevent the villagers from entering. After all, the phenomenon was too bad and immoral.

But soon he called the tractor driver in the team to drive the tractor over, put straw and quilts on the tractor, carried two people out of the farmyard, and sent them to the commune clinic overnight.

One was Tian Agui, who was old after all, and might have been frightened by the people who rushed into the yard to put out the fire, and had a stroke; the other was Tian Xianglan, who was dressed neatly and seemed to have done nothing, but for some reason she fell unconscious beside the pillar of the main hall, with a bloody hole on her forehead, and she would probably die if she was not sent to the hospital for rescue.

The barefoot doctor and the village doctor in the brigade clinic were busy cooking medicine and giving it to the Tian family members one by one.

To the people gathered at the gate of Tian's courtyard to listen to the news, the village doctor gave an explanation: Tian Shuifeng had been picking herbs for herself for many years and often added some nourishing herbs when stewing soup, which was indeed good for the body, but tonight she was careless and put the wrong herb in the stewed chicken, so the whole family was poisoned! The village doctor said it was poisoning, and people were secretly shocked: This poison is so strong and so weird. In the future, I dare not eat herbs without seeing a doctor, and I dare not eat them for tonic.

Some curious people ran to the literacy class to spread the news that something had happened to the Tian family, including a fire and food poisoning. Everyone in the literacy class was shocked. Meng Tao immediately got up and ran to the village. Zhou Cuiling hurriedly called everyone to go back with her to see what was going on.

Meng Tao and the others ran back to the Tian family's door. Most of the villagers were still standing there talking. Someone had contributed two pine torches to light up the door. When they saw Meng Tao running, the aunts and grandmas immediately surrounded her and asked her where she was from. Meng Tao said the same old thing, saying that there were many guests at home, and there were not enough bowls and chopsticks for dinner, and the seats were too crowded. Tian Shuifeng asked her to go out and play for a while, and she went to the literacy class to study.

The aunts and grandmas were relieved. Some scolded Wang Shuifeng for being so mean. She called her daughter-in-law when she was working, and drove her out of the house when the whole family killed a chicken for food. Many people were just happy for Meng Tao, and they sighed loudly: "It's right for her to go to the literacy class. It's good to learn culture. If she stayed at home, it would be terrible! " The educated youths in the team also stood in the corner to watch the fun. One of the male educated youths patted the shoulder of another male educated youth and said, "Sun Yutang, it seems that I was wrong to pull you away just now. If I let you go into the house with Tian Yalan, now you would... really become her son-in-law!"

Sun Yutang punched the young man back: "Get lost!"

Amidst the laughter, another educated youth said, "They keep the wealth within their family, and cousins ​​are related by marriage. Even if you, Sun Yutang, enter the family, I'm afraid there will be no hope!"

Sun Yutang pushed the educated youths and said, "Don't make fun of me. Go back. I have hidden a bottle of Erguotou and fried some soybeans. Everyone will have a share!"

"Oh! Brothers, you are so nice! Let's go!" The educated youths walked away laughing and playing.

The villagers also gradually dispersed.

Zhou Cuiling pulled Meng Tao and wouldn't let her enter the Tian family yard. When she saw the women's director coming out, she went over to ask a few questions. The women's director looked at Meng Tao and agreed to let her go home with Zhou Cuiling temporarily. The Tian family's affairs tonight would be handled by the brigade, and several older women in the village had been invited to help, so Taohua didn't need to be around for the time being.

Meng Tao followed Zhou Cuiling's lead and went to her home.

Zhou Cuiling's father Zhou Shi'an was tinkering in the kitchen repairing a wooden shelf for sundries. He knew about the accident at the Tian family from what Cuiling's mother told him, but he did not go to the scene. Each level has its own rules, and there was no need for him, a commune cadre, to shout and point fingers at things that the brigade cadres could solve. If there were any major problems or things that needed to be reported, they would naturally come to him.

Seeing his daughter taking Meng Tao into the kitchen to find food and saying that Meng Tao had not eaten dinner, Zhou Shian went out without doing anything and asked his daughter to heat up a bowl of dumplings for Meng Tao. Cuiling's mother made dumplings tonight and used tender shepherd's purse dried in the spring as the stuffing. It was delicious. There was a bowl left in the cupboard.

While Meng Tao was eating dumplings, Zhou Cuiling went to the main room and showed her father the three letters from Tian Zhigao. After reading them, Zhou Shian also slammed the table and cursed: "You bastard, your conscience has been eaten by a dog! All those promises and nice words you made back then were just lies? Mr. Meng is gone, but the rest of us are still alive. I want to see how strong his wings are! No matter how high he flies, he will never forget his roots!"

Zhou Cuiling also said that the reason Meng Tao was able to escape tonight was because the Tian family had meat to eat, so they sent her out. She went to the literacy class on an empty stomach. Such situations had happened countless times in the past four years.

Zhou Shian was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "Mr. Meng had given me something to ask of him before he passed away. I am so sorry for him! I didn't take good care of her all these years, but Taohua is so... how can I put it? She runs away like a gray rabbit when she sees people, and it's hard to get close to her, let alone talk to her. She is timid and cowardly. When she entered the Tian family, she treated it as her home and only listened to Wang Shuifeng. We are all outsiders. Apart from talking to Tian Agui and Tian Shuifeng from time to time and giving them a few instructions, what else can I do? I asked the brigade to take back half of the Meng family's yard, otherwise... Alas, Taohua can't stand up on her own, it's so difficult!"

Zhou Cuiling said: "Taohua is weak and doesn't know how to resist. She was deceived because she refused to go to school and was closed-minded. Because I want to write to Tian Zhigao, she is eager to learn. I have to insist on taking her to literacy classes. I believe that knowledge can change a person. She will become strong and independent."

"Oh, it's no trouble. Taohua was just buried by the Tian family. In fact, as I got to know her better, I found that she is quite smart."

"Taohua is just weak, not stupid. She was very smart and cute when she was little. When Old Meng was alive, she was also okay. She would greet people and wasn't afraid. Maybe it's because she was born without parents, brothers or sisters, and her grandfather passed away early, so her personality became like that - she wants relatives and someone to rely on, but she misjudged Tian Zhigao. The Tian family is not a good family, especially Wang Shuifeng. She is the most cunning woman in the village! Look at how she treats Taohua, and Taohua is still grateful to her."

"Dad, Tian Zhigao said in that letter that he is going to hold a wedding with the 'third sister-in-law' in the city on October 1st this year."

Zhou Shian snorted: "It's not that easy!"

After Meng Tao finished eating the dumplings and washed the dishes, she came into the main room. Zhou Shi'an spoke to her as gently as possible. Seeing that Taohua no longer wanted to run away like a gray rabbit, and could respond well, Zhou Shi'an was very satisfied and thought it was because of the company of his daughter Zhou Cuiling.

As Meng Tao was not the original owner, she could not feel sad about being abandoned by Tian Zhigao. She could only try her best to recall her grief when her grandmother passed away in her previous life. Only then did she shed two lines of tears. Then she just lowered her head and wiped her eyes vigorously, saying:

"He doesn't want me anymore, so I will move back to my own yard and won't go to the Tian family anymore."

"Tian Zhigao is the son-in-law of the Tian family. You should live in your own house. This is what your grandfather wants. Your grandfather is also doing this for your own good. With your personality, you will suffer if you live in the Tian family."

Zhou Shian frowned and continued, "How dare Tian Zhigao not want you? Your marriage to him was witnessed by the whole village. You are the original wife, don't worry, he can't marry anyone else. We will catch him back for you!"

Meng Tao cried and waved her hands: "I was young and ignorant before, but now I understand that there is a difference between being educated and being uneducated. Even if he comes back, his heart can't come back, what's the point? Let him go, so that both of us won't be sad."

Zhou Shian frowned even more tightly: "Taohua, as long as you still want to be husband and wife with him, he must come back. Unless you don't want him anymore, then make other plans, do you understand?"

Meng Tao: "I'm not worthy of him, so I won't waste his time. Let's break up."

"You mean you don't want to be with him anymore?"

"He taught the sixth and seventh sons in the letter to call another woman "the third sister-in-law". They are already living with that woman. What else do I need him for?"

Zhou Cuiling agreed: "Taohua, you are right to think so! Tian Zhigao has been with another woman for such a long time, and we still think he is dirty. He is dirty and has a dirty heart. We don't want him! Taohua, it's not that you don't deserve him, it's that he is bad and he doesn't deserve you!"

Zhou Shian was speechless, and nodded after a while: "Okay, I understand your idea. Let's discuss it with the team tomorrow and see how to do it."

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