The Zhou family's reputation in the village was completely ruined. Old Man Zhou was captured and could not come back, and Old Lady Zhou fell ill. The village doctor said she had a stroke and was paralyzed, and she would have to lie in bed and need someone to take care of her from now on.
As soon as they heard that Old Lady Zhou was paralyzed in bed, Liu Zhaodi and Sun Erni went back to her parents' home. Old Master Zhou and Old Second Zhou no longer went to Old Lady Zhou's room, and Old Fourth Zhou didn't even come back to see her.
Only Zhou Laosan and his wife still took care of her food and drink, but Zhang Cuihua would never forget how she treated her two children.
Zhang Cuihua had done her best by giving her a bowl of rice every day. The second and first wives, whom she had always cherished, had long disappeared.
Zhou Laosan couldn't bear to see his wife suffer like this at home, so after thinking about it, he went out after dark. He planned to find Zhou Yunzhou.
Zhou Yunzhou is competing with Jiang Qingyuan in cooking at home, and the two are competing with each other.
Jiang Qingwu went to open the door, and when she saw it was Zhou Laosan, she immediately let him in. "Brother San, please come in. Yunzhou and my brother are busy in the kitchen."
Zhou Laosan was too embarrassed to enter the room, nor could he say it in front of Jiang Qingyuan, so he said, "No need, sister-in-law, please call Laowu."
Jiang Qingwu thought that he must have something he didn't want to say in front of her and her brother, so she went in and called Zhou Yunzhou.
"Third brother, why are you here? What's the matter?"
Zhou Yunzhou came out holding Little Sun and saw Zhou Laosan pacing back and forth, rubbing his hands, as if he was in some trouble.
"Zhouzi, third brother really has no other choice. Mother is paralyzed in bed, and those two have run away. Your third sister-in-law is having a hard time at home," Zhou Yunshun said, feeling sorry for his wife.
"Brother San, if you have any questions, just tell me directly. I will help you if I can."
Zhou Yunshun still hesitated and said, "Zhouzi, can you lend me 100 yuan? I know it's a bit much, but if you don't have it right now, forget it."
Zhou Yunzhou definitely has this money, but he has to ask clearly what he wants to borrow it for. If it is to pay for Mrs. Zhou's medical treatment, then forget it.
"Third brother, what are you borrowing money for?"
"Don't worry, I'm not using it to treat her illness. I want to buy a piece of land from the team leader and build an adobe house. Your sister-in-law can't suffer injustice in that family anymore."
Zhou Yunzhou understood what he meant. As long as he was not borrowing money for those people in the Zhou family, he could certainly lend the money.
"Wait for me, I'll be out soon," Zhou Yunzhou returned home holding Little Sun.
Soon he came out with 150 yuan and handed it to Zhou Laosan, "Go build a better house, don't let the two children suffer anymore, and you and your sister-in-law will be able to live a comfortable life."
After saying that, Zhou Yunzhou went home. Zhou Yunshun looked at the 150 yuan in his hand, wiped his tears and walked back home.
Zhou Laosan took the money and went back home. After entering the room, Zhang Cuihua asked him what he had been doing. He told Zhang Cuihua about borrowing the money and handed her the money.
"Zhouzi, please lend me 50 more yuan so I can build a better house. Tomorrow I'll go find the team leader to buy the foundation, and then find someone to help make the adobe bricks and build the house. Soon we can live our own lives."
Zhang Cuihua also wiped away her tears excitedly. Her days in the Zhou family were finally over, and from now on, her own family could live a happy life.
"Okay, let's work hard and try to return the money to Yunzhou and his wife as soon as possible."
It’s not that the two of them are unfilial, but the Zhou family’s life has really made them suffer for many years, and old lady Zhou is not worthy of Zhang Cuihua’s filial piety.
Ruan Pingcheng and Zhou Lianhua went to get their marriage certificate today. Zhou Lianhua was only thinking about pleasing Ruan Pingcheng and didn't think about Old Lady Zhou at all. Now if the third wife doesn't care about Old Lady Zhou, no one will care even if she dies of stinking in the room.
"Brother Pingcheng, let's go to bed. Today is the first day of our wedding," Zhou Lianhua said carefully after helping Ruan Pingcheng wash his feet.
Seeing that Ruan Pingcheng didn't move or pay attention to her, she reached out to unbutton Ruan Pingcheng's shirt, but was pushed away by Ruan Pingcheng.
"Get lost! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been laughed at by the villagers. You're just like me. Why don't you look in the mirror and see what a pig you are?"
Ruan Pingcheng only found out today after getting his marriage certificate that Mrs. Zhou had suffered a stroke and was paralyzed. The other members of the Zhou family would definitely not agree to support him and Zhou Lianhua, so Zhou Lianhua would have no value to him at all.
"Brother Pingcheng, how can you say that to me? I've been so good to you, and you married me voluntarily," Zhou Lianhua accused Ruan Pingcheng aggrievedly.
"Oh, if I wasn't about to be arrested and taken to the commune and never be able to return to the city, do you think I would be willing to marry you? Look at this fat body of yours, your hair and face covered in oil, and your mouth stinks. Do you think you are worthy of me?"
Ruan Pingcheng sneered and said the most unpleasant words. Zhou Lianhua saw that he was going to completely break up with her, so she stopped pretending and decided that everyone might as well just die.
She pushed Ruan Pingcheng down on the kang, pressed on him and slapped him hard, "I'm praising you, but you think you're so precious. Let me tell you, since you married me, you're my man, so you have to sleep on my kang. If you behave yourself, you'll get beaten less often. If you don't behave yourself, you'll get beaten every day."
There was no way a weakling like Ruan Pingcheng could beat Zhou Lianhua, a big and strong rural woman. He was beaten black and blue by Zhou Lianhua and had to serve her on the kang.
Old Mrs. Zhou was lying on the kang in the dark room, sobbing and unable to speak. She tried to reach out to take the cup of water on the table but ended up knocking it over.
Daya from the eldest house heard the noise in Old Lady Zhou's room and wanted to go in to check, but was stopped by Old Lady Zhou, who scolded her and told her not to go and not to meddle in her grandmother's affairs.
The son whom Mrs. Zhou had loved since childhood did not worry about her affairs, let alone Zhou Yunzhou, the son she had never raised since childhood.
After dinner, Zhou Yunzhou pestered his wife to go back to his room. Unfortunately, the little sun was in good spirits that day, and Jiang Qingwu coaxed her for a long time before she fell asleep.
"Honey, I think our son might want breast milk. He always tries to pull at my clothes, but unfortunately I can't feed him," Jiang Qingwu felt very guilty towards her son, so she felt a little lost.
"That won't do. Even if I can, I can't feed him. This is mine, mine alone," Zhou Yunzhou said, feeling a little distracted as he and his wife took a bath together.
Jiang Qingwu really didn't want to say anything to him after hearing what he said. "Alright, it's yours, all yours."
The two of them played games together for most of the night. When Jiang Qingwu fell asleep, he felt like his waist was about to break and his legs were weak.
Jiang Qingyuan stayed with Jiang Qingwu for three or four days before he had to go back. Although he bought a lot of things for Jiang Qingwu in the town and the county, he was still worried about the lives of the mother and son.
Before he packed up and left, he put 200 yuan and some tickets under his pillow, and wrote a note asking her to buy whatever she wanted.
After Jiang Qingyuan left, Jiang Qingwu and Xiao Taiyang felt a little uncomfortable. When Jiang Qingwu went into the house to clean the room, she found the money and notes left by her brother, and tears flowed uncontrollably.
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