Chapter 16
Xu Daya stroked her cheek, her heart raging. Even if she had to dig in the fields, she had to set a good example for Hongxia. None of the five girls in the Xu family were cowards.
"Erya, I understand in my heart, and I won't do it again in the future."
Xu Erya said, "Not later? Sister, this time we have to sort things out and make things clear. Even if we have to fight, we have to defeat the opponent."
"My brother-in-law is showing signs of trouble. We must suppress him today. Otherwise, if he does this once, there will be another one. Then his whole family will team up to bully others endlessly."
"Today's timing is perfect. Look, Shanshan is backing you up across the mountains. With your brother-in-law's help, even if you expose the Qiang family to the sky today, you will have a way to retreat and make up for it."
Ruyi and Meili also said, "Yes, sister, this matter is not over yet. The Qiang family always uses the saying that the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother to pressure others. So let's ask, which children would dare to slap their mother in the face?"
Hongxia hid in her second aunt's arms, looking at her mother for a while, then at her aunt, feeling a little confused, yet also a little understanding.
Xu Erya touched her head and said, "Hongxia, girls also need to learn how to strive for success. If you don't have enough physical strength, you can use your brain to make up for it."
"Yeah!" Qiang Hongxia nodded heavily.
Then, the Xu sisters went on a killing spree at the Qiang family's house. They finally caught two big fat pigs, carrying Qiang Zhixiang on their backs, and rushed out, scaring the old couple of the Qiang family into running after them. Their little grandson, Qiang Guodong, clapped his hands and laughed heartily: "Play, play, Dad, Dad, I want to play too, I want to play too."
After a while, the elder uncles and aunts of the Qiang family came over with grim faces to mediate. Fortunately, there was still someone who was fair here, so they asked Sun Xiaohua to apologize to Xu Daya.
Sun Xiaohua, the hero who gave birth to the Qiang family's eldest grandson, suffered again today. She refused to apologize and even demanded that the Xu sisters pay for her medical expenses. Xu Daya walked up to her and slapped her in the face, saying, "The money you took from me in previous years is more than enough to pay for your medical expenses today."
Sun Xiaohua sat on the ground, screaming and dragging her son, Qiang Guodong, back to her parents' house, threatening to kill herself. The child burst into tears, which distressed the Qiang family. The Xu sisters were not easy to deal with, so the old couple didn't dare to take their anger out on their daughters-in-law. Instead, they grabbed their eldest son by the collar and slapped and beat him in the face. While beating and scolding him, they would glance at Xu Daya, waiting for her, the caring husband, to come and dissuade them.
As long as Xu Daya is soft-hearted, they can get away with it.
The old couple's hands were hurt from beating each other, but the cruel Xu Daya didn't move at all. It was a pity that Zhijie treated her so well. This Xu Daya had no conscience and would be struck by lightning sooner or later.
The elders of the Qiang family looked at the farce in the room and shook their heads. They asked, "Miss Xu, what do you want? Give me a definite answer."
"Separate the family!"
"Bah, split up the family? Don't even think about it." The old couple of the Qiang family no longer pretended to beat their son. When they heard the word "split up the family", they jumped out and shouted.
They even said, "We'd rather Zhijie divorce you than split up the family. If you want to split up, haha, that's only possible after the two of us old people die."
"Mom, stop talking nonsense." Qiang Zhijie glanced at Xu Daya with a resentful look, and then said unhappily, "Xu Daya, it's just a slap in the face, why are you making such a fuss? Do you have to break up this family before you're happy?"
"Qiang Zhijie, if we don't split up the family, do you want me to be beaten up by your brother-in-law for the rest of my life?"
Xu Daya hadn't wanted to split up the family, but the look in her husband's eyes instantly infuriated her. If he had defended her even a little yesterday, how could things have gotten to this point? Sun Xiaohua had only slapped him once, but hadn't she been angry enough on a regular basis?
"Qiang Zhijie, if you want to be a filial son, then be one. Don't drag me and Hongxia down with you. When Qiang Guodong rode your daughter's horse, were you blind? When Qiang Guodong stuffed earthworms into your daughter's mouth, were you blind? When Sun Xiaohua snatched Hongxia's eggs, were you blind? Ah, why don't you stay blind forever?"
Xu Daya grew more and more angry as she spoke, and she couldn't help but slap herself twice. She said, "I'm also blind. If the slaps hadn't landed on my face, I'm afraid I wouldn't have woken up."
"Er Ya, forget it. You should keep the money from Third Sister. Your village has a lot of mountains, mushrooms, and chestnuts."
Seeing the man's eyes looking at her like an enemy, Xu Daya felt a chill run down her spine. She really didn't expect that the man beside her would look at her in this way, just because she didn't endure everything like before.
"Money, what money?" Although old man Qiang is old, he has sharp ears. He asked immediately when he heard the word money.
Sun Xiaohua stopped crying too.
The room suddenly became eerily quiet.
Everyone in the Qiang family knew that the third daughter of the Xu family had married into the city, and that Xu Daya and her family had made a lot of money from mushrooms and chestnuts. But what was the connection?
"My third sister wants to buy some mushrooms and chestnuts to give away, and she's sent the money to my eldest sister. I see your family is in a big commotion, so forget it, second sister, let's do it ourselves." Xu Meili said, "Second sister, just listen to your eldest sister."
"No, no. Hey, what do you know as a little kid? Since your third sister asked your eldest sister for help, how can we just turn her down? Daya, how much mushrooms and chestnuts does your third sister want?" Old Mrs. Qiang tried hard to put on a charitable face and asked Xu Daya anxiously.
Sun Xiaohua covered her youngest son's mouth tightly, for fear that he would make noise at the critical moment.
She also wanted to know how much money the promising daughter of the Xu family could come up with.
"One hundred yuan." Xu Daya said coldly, looking at everyone's faces. Suddenly, a lot of absurd feelings arose in her heart. At this moment, she understood her third sister's choice.
Old Mrs. Qiang clapped her hands, her face ablaze with smiles. Even Sun Xiaohua smiled through her red eyes, and this time she apologized without a word.
Xu Erya poked her elder sister's waist and said, "Sister, straighten your waist for me."
"Third uncle, fifth uncle, my sister wants a lot, so I'll have to trouble my aunt and sister-in-law for help when the time comes." Xu Daya ignored her family members and decided on the quantity of mushrooms and chestnuts to buy with her fair-minded uncle.
Sun Xiaohua was jealous. Seeing Xu Daya's expression and her nice words, she really wanted to beat herself to death yesterday.
Seeing that it was getting late, Xu Daya sent her sisters down the mountain first. Xu Ruyi asked, "Sister, do you really not need us to accompany you?"
"Don't worry, you still have to support me until you get the money."
"If you ask me, I shouldn't let Sun Xiaohua make money."
Xu Daya shook her head and said, "She's a mean person. If I don't keep her busy, I'm afraid she'll do something bad behind the scenes. Anyway, your third brother-in-law's business is more important. I didn't expect the mountain products to sell so well. It hasn't been long, and they've all sold out?"
At the same time, Fang Yuanzhou was also asking Fang Zhiwen this question.
"Are they all sold out?"
"They're all sold out. I was planning to use you and Mom's backdoor to deliver them to the office cafeteria, but soon after I set up my stall, someone took the bags away with them. Dad, think about it, the market is in such a state of supply right now. I don't take tickets, I just pay, so how could it not sell well?"
"You make a lot, huh?"
Fang Zhiwen held up three fingers, and Fang Yuanzhou gasped and said, "So, there's a lot of room for self-employed people to thrive?"
"You can definitely make money, it just depends on whether you have a source of goods. Also, the wild delicacies I sell are seasonal, so once they're sold I have to replace them next month."
Fang Yuanzhou thought for a long time, and then suddenly returned to the study.
Xu Shanshan asked in surprise: "What's wrong with Dad?"
"Nothing, he must have gone to write a report."
Suddenly, there was a loud noise downstairs. The wife of the director of the factory office next door rushed to the door and said anxiously, "Principal Peng, is Director Fang here? This is terrible, something happened in the Zhou family."
Peng Shuya thought something serious had happened and hurriedly pulled Director Fang out.
Fang Yuanzhou frowned and asked, "What happened?"
"A lot of police officers came to our family building and said they caught a spy."
"What?" Upon hearing the word "spy," Director Fang ran away in his slippers. Their TV factory, a key provincial unit, had caught spies before.
Xu Shanshan said with a worried look on her face, "Will the spies harm our factory?"
Fang Zhiwen guessed something, he chuckled and said, "Don't worry, nothing will happen in the factory." As he said that, he hid the thought in his eyes, took Shanshan's hand and went downstairs to Zhou's house.
At this time, the Zhou family's building was crowded with people upstairs and downstairs. The director of the factory office yelled, and everyone immediately made way for Director Fang to leave.
"What's the situation now? Who is the spy?"
"Are you saying Zhou Liguo's second son, who was admitted to university, is a spy? The police are conducting a routine search, but they haven't found any crucial evidence in his home yet."
"Zhou Liguo's son? Zhou Kai?"
"Yes, that's him."
Fang Yuanzhou only remembered Zhou Kai's name because of his son.
"Isn't this kid a sent-down youth who passed the exam to return to the city? How could he be a spy?"
"I don't know either, but I heard from the police that Zhou Kai has been colluding with people everywhere these past few days and even bribed the postman."
Director Fang was completely bewildered when he was ushered into the Zhou family's home by the factory director. He saw Zhou Kai squatting on the ground with his head in his hands, and Zhou Liguo was frantically handing out cigarettes and pouring water. When Qian Fang saw the director, she burst into tears, "Director, my son has been wrongly accused."
"Since he was wrongly accused, why are you crying? The police comrades will clear your son's name." Fang Yuanzhou said unhappily.
Outside, Fang Zhiwen dragged Xu Shanshan along to watch the fun, sneering inwardly, "I knew you had bad intentions."
But he really didn't expect Zhou Kai to be so bold that he would collude everywhere and openly bribe people.
This bastard was willing to spend a lot of money just to ruin his wedding with Shanshan.
At first, Zhou Kai went to Fang Zhiwen and said some nonsense, intending to destroy their relationship. Although Fang Zhiwen ran away in anger, he felt a little worried when he looked back, so he asked his good brother to follow him and see.
I didn't expect it to become such a big deal.
"Puff, puff, brother, brother. Here it is."
Fang Zhiwen turned around and saw his good brother Jiang Wen waving at him. He took Shanshan downstairs and asked, "Why is there such a big fuss?"
"Oh my god, who knows what's wrong with Zhou Kai? He got into a fight with someone, and they turned around and reported him as a spy."
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