◎Second update◎
"Zhou Guoping, what are you arguing about?" Liang Baozhen and Zhou Yun walked over arm in arm.
Zhou Guoping was holding the crying Xiaohu in one hand, while Xiaolong was holding his thigh tightly and kept yelling at him to put his brother down.
Zhang Rong heaved a sigh of relief when she saw help coming. She had just asked Biaozi to call for help, but it seemed that Xu Shengjie was still not there. There were not many people in the courtyard today, and she was worried that she could not hold on.
"Baozhen, you should go back and rest first." She was pregnant, so she had to be careful not to make any noise from the pushing and shoving.
"It's okay, Aunt Zhang. I just prepared some candies for Xiaolong and Xiaohu, and I wanted to give them to them." Liang Baozhen took out a few fruit candies from her pocket and stretched out her hand, "Xiaolong and Xiaohu, come here and take the candies."
Zhou Guoping looked at Liang Baozhen with some resentment. If she hadn't helped Liu Nianhua catch the adulterer, how could he have become what he is now? But when he thought of the man behind her, the tall retired soldier Xu Shengjie, Zhou Guoping became depressed again. "No more eating. I'll take them out to eat."
"Zhou Guoping, if you have anything to say, wait until Nianhua comes back. She is working outside. How can you take the child away?" Zhang Rong grabbed his hand and did not let him leave.
Xiaohu was frightened by his father's dominance. Although he liked his father, his father was very fierce today and insisted on taking him away! His mother said that he had to get her permission before going anywhere, especially when he saw his father.
"Dad~" Xiaohu twisted his body and tried to get out of Zhou Guoping's arms, but the adult's arms were like iron hoops. "I won't go, I won't go! I want to get off."
"Xiao Hu!" Zhou Guoping looked at his younger son with a hurt face. The older son was older and had his own ideas. He was not very enthusiastic every time he saw him. He suspected that Liu Nianhua had said something to her to deliberately alienate the relationship between father and son.
Yes, even if he had done something wrong to Liu Nianhua, he had done nothing wrong to his son. Yet, this vicious woman Liu Nianhua was trying to sow discord between him and his son!
Fortunately, Xiaohu is young and not that worried. When he sees me, he happily calls me dad.
At first, he thought that if he stayed with Wang Fang, he could still have another child, but that bitch Wang Fang stole all his savings and ran away. Now, no matter what, the blood relationship with his son cannot be severed.
"Little Tiger, be good and listen to me. Daddy will buy you some candy."
Xiaohu sniffed. It was too cold that day. He had just been warming himself by the fire in the house when his father carried him out. He didn't even have time to put on his cotton padded jacket. He was frozen outside for another ten minutes. His face was red and his nose was almost full of snot. He felt even worse. "No, I want to go home."
There was a fire in the house, which warmed his hands. He struggled to run towards his home.
"Dad!" Zhou Long is a big kid now. He can distinguish many things. For example, his father doesn't care about anything right now. "Xiao Hu is going to catch a cold."
"You won't feel cold if you go to my place. It'll keep you out of the wind!"
"Zhou Guoping, the children are so cold, and you still want to take them out to get some fresh air?" Zhou Yun couldn't stand it. This man kept saying that he wanted to take the children to celebrate the New Year and buy candies for them, but he didn't even care that the children were cold.
"This is our family affair, why do you care?" Zhou Guoping knew that his scandal had been exposed long ago, and everyone in the compound knew about it, but he didn't care, and just fell out with these neighbors who were on good terms with him in the past.
"If you really love your child, let Xiaohu go into the house and warm himself by the fire. If he continues like this, he will catch a cold." Liang Baozhen was a little tired from standing, and she spoke while holding her stomach with her hand.
Xiaohu cooperated. At this moment, he sneezed three times and cried, "Dad, I'm cold! I want to warm myself by the fire."
Zhou Guoping knew that this group of people was deliberately wasting his time. If he waited for Liu Nianhua to come back, he would not be able to take his son away. Thinking of this, he hugged Xiaohu and was about to leave.
"Just bear with it, we can go back to the house soon."
Zhou Guoping was about to leave with Xiaohu in his arms. Zhang Rong and Zhou Long both stepped forward to pull him back. Zhou Yun was not idle either. He took a few quick steps to try to pull him back, and at the same time told his grandson's wife not to go near them.
She is pregnant and can't let anything happen.
Liang Baozhen naturally knew her limits. She thought that if she went over with a big belly, she would just be asking for trouble. Not only would she not be able to help, but it would also be easy for something to go wrong. So she just watched from afar, hoping that the street office or Xu Shengjie and Liu Nianhua would come back soon.
She looked around, but no one was in the other houses; everyone had gone out.
Naturally, Zhang Rong and Zhou Yun could not stop Zhou Guoping. After all, he was a tall man. Although his right hand was disabled, he was still quite strong. He pushed the two of them away in no time and ran to the entrance of the yard.
"Xiao Hu!" Xiao Long followed and chased after him.
Liang Baozhen went forward to see Zhou Yun and Zhang Rong who were pushed away by Zhou Guoping. Fortunately, there was no big problem. The three of them followed them out, but saw Zhou Guoping being blocked at the door.
When Xiaolong saw Zhou Qingdang coming back, he rushed to him and cried loudly, "Uncle Zhou, my dad wants to take Xiaohu away!"
Uncle Zhou? Zhou Guoping looked at the man in front of him. He recognized him. It was Zhang Rong's son who had returned to the city from the countryside - the educated youth Zhou Qingdang. When did his son become so familiar with him?
"Uncle Zhou, I'm cold!" Xiaohu was also noisy when he saw Zhou Qingdang. He always had lunch at Zhang Rong's house and was familiar with Zhou Qingdang. Moreover, Zhou Qingdang loved to take him out to play. When Xiaohu saw him coming, he felt like he had met a savior and wanted to jump into his arms.
"Xiaohu, whose son are you? Ah? Your father is here!" Zhou Guoping's voice was filled with anger.
"Don't be afraid, Xiaohu. Uncle will take you to warm up by the fire." Zhou Qingdang had just got off the bus and walked outside the large courtyard when he heard a commotion inside. Every household should have gone out to buy New Year's goods today, so there should not be many people in the courtyard. It shouldn't be so lively.
As a result, when I reached the door, I saw a man rushing out with a child in his arms, and I bumped into him head-on. When I looked closely, it turned out to be Zhou Guoping!
Zhou Guoping was slightly alert when he saw the man suddenly appear. Zhang Rong and Zhou Yun were older, and Liang Baozhen was a pregnant woman, so they certainly couldn't stop him. But Zhou Qingdang...
"Who are you? How can you be in charge of our family affairs?"
Zhou Qingdang sneered and tried to snatch Xiaohu away when Zhou Guoping was not paying attention, but Zhou Guoping reacted quickly and held Xiaohu tightly. Zhou Qingdang was worried that the two would hurt the child during the struggle, so he had to let go first.
"Zhou Guoping, how dare you come and snatch the child?" He knew about Liu Nianhua's affairs. Zhou Guoping was just a dirty man who was fooling around outside.
"Why are you so ashamed? No matter what, Xiaohu and Xiaolong are still my sons!"
"Dad, do you still remember that we are your sons? Then just let go, Xiaohu is freezing."
"Zhou Guoping, no matter what, you should let Xiaohu put on his cotton jacket first. It's so cold today, and he's only wearing a sweater. Look how frozen he is!" Liang Baozhen found Xiaohu's cotton jacket on the sofa in Liu Nianhua's house, took it and wanted to put clothes on Xiaohu first.
Xiaohu was being blown by the wind and snow. His sweater was windy and could not compare to a cotton jacket. He was shivering with cold and wanted to wear a cotton jacket!
But Zhou Guoping took a few steps back with his son in his arms, and looked at Liang Baozhen warily, "When I was dressing the child, you wanted to take Xiaohu back, right? Don't think I can't see what you were thinking. I must take Xiaohu away today!"
I have nothing now, but my son is my own child, and this can never be changed.
"Dad, wuwuwu, I'm cold! I'm so cold!" Little Tiger's nose was full of snot, his ears and face were red, and he was shivering and crying, "I'm cold!"
"Good boy, you won't be cold anymore soon. If it weren't for these people blocking our way, we would have been home by now."
"Where are you taking Xiaohu?" Liu Nianhua ran to the gate of the compound after receiving the news. She just heard her little son's wailing and Zhou Guoping's words. Her eyes turned red and she rushed forward to snatch her son back.
"Nianhua!" Zhou Guoping hadn't seen Liu Nianhua for a long time. When he saw her again, he felt that she had become much more beautiful, as if they had returned to the time when they had just got married.
When facing Liu Nianhua, he was stunned for a moment and then the child was snatched away by someone.
Liu Nianhua held the child in his arms and felt that the child was cold. He quickly put on his cotton jacket with Liang Baozhen, then raised his head and looked at Zhou Guoping fiercely, "What are you doing here? Zhou Guoping! You still have the nerve to come here? Do you want me to tell Xiaolong and Xiaohu about your ugly deeds before you are satisfied?"
"Nianhua, I am still Xiaolong and Xiaohu's father, and this will never change. The New Year is coming soon, so what if I want to have a meal with the kids?"
"How dare you say you are their father! Xiaohu is so cold, don't you feel sorry for him at all? Do you want to freeze him to death?" Liu Nianhua shouted at the top of his lungs, scolding this hypocritical man. He picked up his son and went back to the house first. The house was warm from the burning coal stove. Xiaohu leaned close to the coal stove and his body gradually warmed up.
"Zhou Guoping, last time I let you go for the sake of our son, thinking that I would let you get a divorce, but are you a human being? You don't even care about my son's life or death!" Liu Nianhua found the letter of guarantee Zhou Guoping wrote last time, and was so angry that his head was dizzy. "You must come to ruin our lives, right? Fine, then we will all die. Now I will go to the street office, the revolutionary committee, and the public security bureau. If you go out and mess around, wait for the criticism. Go ahead!"
"Liu Nianhua!" Zhou Guoping listened to Liu Nianhua's every word and felt that she was terribly unfamiliar. Was she still his soft-tempered wife who allowed others to manipulate her at will? She was furious, her eyes were red, and she didn't hesitate at all, as if she really wanted to fight to the death with him. "Are you really so cruel? How many years have we been married, and you want to send me to jail?"
"Yes! I regret it now!" Liu Nianhua recalled seeing Xiaohu just now, such a small child wearing only a thin sweater, shivering in the snow and wind, and felt a heart-wrenching pain. Zhou Guoping is even worse than he thought! "I used to think that you would not eat your own cubs, but I didn't expect you to be so selfish to your own son. You don't care about your son's life or death. Are you still a human being? I think anyone in the prison is better than you. You deserve to have your hand broken by Wang Fang's man. You should lose your job and never drive again! You won't have children to support you in your old age!"
Liu Nianhua finished cursing in one breath, and then he felt a lot better.
"Liu Nianhua, it's only been a short time, how come you have become like this?" Zhou Guoping stepped forward and tried to snatch the letter of guarantee from her hand. If he wanted to take it back, this person would not threaten him.
"Get out of my way!" Liu Nianhua dodged and pushed people away, but Zhou Guoping was still very strong, so he relied on the strength of his left hand to hold on to Liu Nianhua.
The room was in a mess. The labor protection gloves in Liu Nianhua's pocket fell to the ground and were torn to pieces by being stepped on during the tug of war.
Boom!
Zhou Qingdang could no longer tolerate Zhou Guoping attacking Liu Nianhua, so he stepped forward to pull Zhou Guoping away and knocked him to the ground with one punch. Seeing Zhou Guoping getting up and trying to struggle, the two of them immediately started fighting. Zhou Qingdang was used to doing physical work during his time as an educated youth, and Zhou Guoping was not bad either, but after all, one of his hands was disabled. After a few punches, he was no match for him and had to endure several punches from Zhou Qingdang.
"What's going on? What's going on?" The street office staff rushed over after being notified by Xu Shengya. They heard a commotion in the house and found that someone was fighting. "Why is there a fight? Let go!"
"Save me..." Zhou Guoping was hit in the face by fists as big as sandbags, and his face was instantly bruised and swollen. At this time, people from the street office came, and it was like seeing a savior.
Liu Nianhua rushed forward with tears in her eyes, holding the hand of a woman from the street office, and cried, "Sister Hao, I want to report this to you. This is my ex-husband. He was having an affair with Wang Fang from Dongsheng Street, and now he is harassing me and my son. My son is almost frozen sick, and he even wanted to beat me. Fortunately, there are enthusiastic neighbors in our hospital who helped us."
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