"Hey, what are you doing?"
The crying broke Zhang Yuping's heart, and she rushed forward to rescue the little boy from Lu Yuan's grasp.
"Ah Yuan, your little brother is so young, how could you hit him?"
Without asking why, he spoke accusingly in a gentle tone, making people subconsciously feel that Lu Yuan was in the wrong.
Lu Yuan said, "Who hit him? Which eye saw me hit him?"
"You've already run into him and you still won't admit it. You even made my little brother cry, and he just said you hit him," Lu Xiaoqin said.
Lu Xiaoqin is the eldest daughter of Zhang Yuping after she married Lu Guoqing, and is Lu Yuan's half-sister.
However, under Zhang Yuping's influence since childhood, this younger sister disliked her older brother Lu Yuan very much.
Lu Yuan glanced at his brainless younger sister, ignoring her. He looked at Lu Guoqing.
"He sneaked into my room without permission to take things, and when I caught him, he didn't repent. When he saw you come back, he lied again. If you don't discipline him properly, he will be the next troublemaker."
Lu Guoqing frowned. His eldest son was already ruined, and he couldn't let his youngest son go astray.
Just as she was about to say something, Zhang Yuping realized something was wrong and quickly said,
“Ah Yuan, I know you don’t like me, and by extension, you don’t like your younger brother and sister either, but you can’t say that about Xiao Jun. He’s always been well-behaved and sensible, and he never lies. How could he become a scoundrel?”
Upon hearing this, Lu Guoqing realized it made perfect sense. His youngest son was usually very well-behaved and obedient, and had a sweet tongue; how could he possibly become a troublemaker?
He immediately looked at Lu Yuan with displeasure, and said with a stern face,
"You're such a grown man, and you're still bullying your little brother? How pathetic!"
"Go to the fields and earn work points tomorrow, or don't eat at home anymore."
Lu Yuan shrugged. Lu Xiaojun wasn't his son, so what he became of him was none of his business.
They don't care about discipline, and they're too lazy to bother with further explanation. Anyway, they won't be the ones suffering in the future.
"I'm not going to work tomorrow, I'm getting married," Lu Yuan said.
"What the heck?"
The topic changed so quickly that Lu Guoqing didn't catch it.
Zhang Yuping's eyes lit up.
"Ah Yuan, have you agreed to marry that widow Li?"
I haven't heard anything about Lu Yuan and Wen Moxue yet.
The brigade was divided into several teams. Their family was not in the same team as the others who had gone to the river to watch the excitement, and they also worked in different places, so they didn't know about this.
They assumed that Lu Yuan had finally come to his senses these past few days, which was why he agreed to marry the widow.
Then she said with a smile, "That's right. Although Widow Li is pregnant, her ex-husband left her a fortune. She has money and food, so you won't have to support the child."
"Besides, Widow Li is quite capable. Even now, while pregnant, she can still work in the fields and earn eight work points a day, which is better than many men. After she marries into the family, she will manage the household and handle everything inside and outside the home. Your life will be quite good."
Although Lu Guoqing was not satisfied with Widow Li being pregnant, he also felt that the conditions were indeed quite good.
The key issue is the character of her eldest son; it's not easy for him to find someone like Widow Li.
"Since you've decided to get married, let your mother make the trip. From now on, just live a good life together."
Lu Xiaofang, who had been standing silently to the side, blinked and looked at Lu Yuan as if he were a heartless man.
She was Zhang Yuping's daughter with her first husband. She was only one year old when she came to the Lu family, and her surname was changed to Lu.
Lu Yuan looked at the two of them talking to themselves and couldn't help but laugh.
"Stop! I'm not marrying Widow Li, but Wen, the educated youth from the educated youth settlement."
A thunderclap seemed to appear out of nowhere, and everyone stared at him in disbelief.
Who is Wen Zhiqing?
Everyone in the village knows it.
She is really beautiful.
Her skin was as white as a peeled egg, smooth and delicate. Her features were exquisite and beautiful, like a fairy.
Moreover, she was an educated youth from the city, knowledgeable and cultured, and I heard that her parents were both factory workers.
How could someone like that possibly look down on a slacker with only an elementary school education?
No one believed it to be true; they just thought he was indulging in wishful thinking.
Zhang Yuping covered her mouth and laughed, "Oh, Yuan, don't joke like that. Who is that Wen Zhiqing? How could he possibly look down on... a family like ours?"
Then, as if realizing something, she asked in surprise, "You didn't do anything to Wen Zhiqing that forced her to agree to marry you, did you?"
“Ah Yuan, you can’t do such a despicable thing. If you do, you’ll be acting like a hooligan. Even if Wen Zhiqing agrees to marry you, our family will be drowned in everyone’s spit.”
With a worried look on her face, she said, "And what about your younger siblings? Xiaofang is about to get married, and Xiaoqin won't last two years. If you do this, how will they find good families in the future?"
Upon hearing her say that, Lu Guoqing's face darkened again.
"You bastard, how could you do such a despicable thing? If you're going to die, don't drag your family down with you."
Lu Yuan blinked.
What he did to deserve such outrage and resentment that they reacted this way and that way?
The two men's confident tone almost made him lose confidence; had he really done something fatal to Wen Zhiqing?
This stepmother still enjoys smearing him as always; she's quite cunning.
With his easily influenced father, how could he possibly have a good reputation?
"Hey, can you two stop talking to yourselves all the time? You're making up stories out of thin air, as if I've really done something wicked."
"Anyone who didn't know better would think you two were putting on a grand opera. What good would it do you to make up this story for me? Just like you said, if my reputation is ruined, would it benefit any of them?"
"No, didn't you say yourself that Wen Zhiqing was going to marry you? How come it's just empty talk again?" Zhang Yuping asked.
Lu Yuan rolled his eyes at her without any attempt to hide it.
"I said I was going to marry Wen Zhiqing, but did I say I did something bad to her to force her?"
"You're just making these up yourself, and then you conclude that I did something immoral and that it even affected my younger siblings."
"What do you call this? You're deliberately trying to frame me, trying to pin this on me, you know that?"
"I don't."
Zhang Yuping looked at Lu Guoqing with a wronged expression.
"Old Lu, you know that's not what I meant. I was just worried."
Lu Guoqing glared at her, "How dare you speak to your mother like that?"
Lu Yuan raised his hand to interrupt him, "And you, you believe everything this woman says."
"She accused me of doing something to Wen Zhiqing without any evidence, and you just concluded that I did something."
"Don't you have a brain? You just listen to that woman's nonsense all day long?"
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