Chapter 98

Lu Yuanzheng had actually been involved in a murder case. Normally he was fine, but now he was unhappy and his murderous aura was somewhat exposed.

Not to mention the second aunt who was the first to be hit, everyone else was a little scared.

Seeing that she had behaved herself, Lu Yuanzheng shook off her hand, pulled Xu Wen behind him, and said calmly, "God is watching what you do! You'd better do less immoral things. How you treat grandma today is how your children will treat you tomorrow!"

Second Auntie couldn't listen to such talk. She wanted to show Yuanzheng the way but was afraid of him, so she just pointed in a circle. When she pointed to Xu Wen, she quickly crossed over and said, "Don't you just rely on your numbers? You wait for me! Who doesn't have a child yet?"

After saying that, he turned and left.

The eldest aunt looked at the second aunt's back and swallowed her saliva in fear: "She must have gone to call someone!"

"She only has a daughter-in-law, a son-in-law and a son. Why should I be afraid of her?" The sister-in-law looked disgusted.

Zhu Meizhen knew what her aunt was worried about, and she felt a little troubled. "Her family is in this village. Her brothers are also unreasonable."

Their whole family is like this.

Zhu Meizhen brought her grandmother home because she didn't want to be angry with them.

Lu Yuanzheng comforted her, "Mom, it's okay. I'm here."

The second uncle said with a bitter face: "His brothers from his mother's side are very arrogant! They are well-known hooligans in the commune, hanging out with a few scoundrels all day long."

"You are the same, how can you find such a wife!" the aunt complained to her second uncle.

The second uncle was anxious, and stood up suddenly, feeling very aggrieved: "Did I find her? It's because our family is poor and no one wants to be with me. She was willing to be with me at that time, didn't you all think it was a good thing?! Now you blame me for finding such a slut? How many times do you see her in a year? I live with her every day, what did I say? I am not even as good as a live-in son-in-law."

The little aunt stopped talking immediately, because she knew that her second uncle was wronged, so the Xu family turned a blind eye to many things. They would give in whenever they could and try not to make things difficult for him.

After the second uncle got married, the whole family found out that Wang Yulan had actually been promised to someone earlier, but she had not made it public when she first started dating. As a result, the man was frightened by Wang Yulan's hot temper and they broke up after just a few days of dating.

You have to know that at that time, people were dating with the intention of getting married.

They are talking about dating, just like an engaged couple, just waiting to choose a date to get engaged.

Wang Yulan is not only hot-tempered but also bold. She kisses and touches men wherever she should when she is on a blind date with them.

The man broke off the engagement. It was strange that the Wang family could do anything about it. The whole family rushed to the man to settle the score.

When they arrived at the man's house, they saw Wang Yulan beating the man so hard that his face was bruised and swollen.

Seeing that the Wang family refused to give in, the man wanted to fight with them, and said that anyone who married a girl as fierce as Wang Yulan would be in trouble for eight generations.

The Wang family was afraid that if the news got back, Wang Yulan would really not be able to get married, so they settled the matter privately with the man. They even paid for the man's medical expenses to keep him quiet, and made sure that their family never had any contact with Wang Yulan.

The Wang family is afraid that the night will be long and the man will let the cat out of the bag one day.

No matter how unreasonable his family was, they knew that if the truth was told, Wang Yulan would have no chance of finding a partner, so they thought about marrying Wang Yulan off as soon as possible.

He was worried about her marrying far away, fearing that she would go on a rampage and beat someone up, so he thought of finding an honest man nearby to marry her.

It was also a coincidence that my second uncle was at the age to find a partner at that time, and was looking for someone to propose marriage to him.

The Wang family came to the door and said that they did not want a dowry, but would give a dowry, and they also had two old houses that could be given to the couple as their wedding house.

For the Xu family, this was like pie in the sky.

The Xu family lived in the east end of the village, and the Wang family lived in the west end. At that time, they didn't eat from a big pot, and the two families had no contact with each other, so naturally they didn't know that Wang Yulan was so fierce.

The matchmaker accepted the gift from the Wang family and only spoke well of Wang Yulan when proposing marriage, not mentioning such a nasty thing about her.

The Xu family was kept in the dark and married the second aunt back home.

She was only well behaved for a few days after her marriage, but soon her true colors showed and she often fought with her second uncle.

At first, my second uncle was not used to her and would hit her back when he was beaten hard.

This stirred up a hornet's nest. Wang Yulan went home and cried, and her brothers from her mother's side came and beat up her second uncle.

After being beaten so many times, my second uncle became scared and gradually became the cowardly person he is today.

Sometimes, even though they knew that the second aunt was bullying, the Xu family was afraid that the second uncle would be sad when he returned home, so they would not care about it if possible.

So my grandmother lived with Xu Qiushi's family for so many years, and my second uncle never took a penny from her.

Xu Wen also vaguely knew about this, but he was still angry and said, "No matter how rude he is, I have to reason with him."

Xu Qiushi knocked on the table and opened his mouth, but still no sound.

Zhu Meizhen and Xu Qiushi had been married for many years, so they had some tacit understanding. She acted as an interpreter: "Your father said he doesn't care about the second child. What do you mean by this? Do you acknowledge him or not?"

Xu Qiushi patted Xu Wen again and pointed at the bill.

Xu Wen looked at Xu Qiushi blankly.

Zhu Meizhen said: "Your father asked you to take out all the hospital receipts and show them to your uncle and aunt."

Xu Wen agreed and went back home to get all the receipts.

This time, Xu Qiushi didn't even make any gestures and just looked at Zhu Meizhen.

Zhu Meizhen nodded and said to her uncles and aunts, "Mom was very ill in the last month. She had to be rescued twice. You know that. No matter how hard we tried, we still spent more than a thousand yuan. We also received more than a thousand yuan as a gift this time."

But part of the money was also spent on renting a mourning shed, making a coffin, and entertaining guests. All the expenses are recorded here, and anyone of you can check the accounts if you want.

And what about the money? Just as the second brother said, one hundred and fifty-seven yuan for each stall. See when you can come up with the money.

Don't worry, the money won't go through our hands. Don't worry about us being greedy like the second brother's family. We can just go to the hospital and return it to them."

Of course Xu Qiushi's family had no objection, but it was obviously difficult for Second Uncle to handle the situation.

You can only look at your eldest aunt, second aunt and younger uncle individually.

Just as the uncle was about to speak, he was pinched by the aunt, who said, "Brother and sister-in-law, where is the money? Logically, we should get it. After all, we are mother's children. But you also know that our family has been adopted by our uncle. We now call him father and have to support him in his old age. It can't be that both of us support him in his old age, right? Who will be willing to adopt in the future?"

After the aunt finished speaking, silence fell inside the room.

After a while, Sang Xiaoqing couldn't help but speak up: "Auntie, it's not my place as a youngster to speak about matters concerning you elders. But, you can't say that, right? My uncle was born and raised by my grandmother. He was passed on to my aunt only so that after my aunt passes away, my uncle can be a filial son. It doesn't mean that you are to take care of my aunt's eating, drinking, defecating and urinating."

On weekdays, he always uses the excuse of being adopted as an adoptive son and doesn't want to spend money, but when grandma gives him New Year's money during the Chinese New Year, he always calls him his biological grandson.

Sang Xiaoqing couldn't stand her character of using the excuse of inheritance to go wherever there was benefit.

The young aunt was younger and not as shameless as the second aunt. After being exposed by Sang Xiaoqing, she said awkwardly, "I'm not saying we won't take it. We can't share it equally with the brothers and sisters, right? After all, we are indeed adopted. The house of mom and dad has been officially passed on to your family. We won't fight for the house, nor will we share mom's property. Just give a hundred yuan, okay?"

Xu Qiushi said nothing, but just glanced at his uncle. His uncle lowered his head and avoided Xu Qiushi's gaze.

Where did grandma get the inheritance to share?

But it is a fact that these two gatehouses actually belonged to Xu Wen's family.

So Zhu Meizhen and the others didn't say anything, and finally Xu Qiushi nodded.

The eldest aunt stammered, "I have no reason to take it. It's just that..." She sighed, "We are all brothers and sisters, and I am not afraid of your laughter. You all know my situation, and I have no say in the family's money. I have to go back and discuss it with my husband."

This time everyone refuted her.

If my second uncle was cheated by the Wang family, then my eldest aunt was just unlucky because she married the wrong person.

My uncle was addicted to alcohol when he was young. He seemed like a serious person at other times, but he would beat her when he drank too much.

At that time, my grandfather was still alive and went to visit me.

My uncle kowtowed, admitted his mistake and swore that he would never do it again.

But it will happen again next time I drink.

After my grandfather passed away, my uncle became even more violent and didn't even apologize after beating someone.

The financial power of the family is not in the hands of my eldest aunt.

After my grandmother passed away, my eldest uncle came to visit, left a ten-yuan gift and left.

Everyone looked at my aunt, who puffed out her chest and said, "I have no reason. I will pay what I should pay."

Xu Wen looked at his aunt with a little more surprise.

They all worked in the production team and earned work points. No one's family was well off, so they just had to make ends meet.

One hundred and fifty-seven dollars, not life-threatening but not a small amount either.

Otherwise, the auntie wouldn't bargain.

In Xu Wen's impression, this aunt was the one who got the least along with grandma, and she always said that grandma was partial to her.

She often quarreled with her grandmother and fought severely. After several quarrels, the mother-daughter relationship was severed.

We really didn't have any contact for a few years, and my sister-in-law even didn't come back to her parents' home during the Chinese New Year.

Xu Wen would not be surprised that his aunt couldn't say the money, but he was surprised that she agreed so readily.

Not only Xu Wen, but several other members of the Xu family had similar expressions.

The young aunt felt a little embarrassed by being stared at, and said in a hoarse voice: "Why are you all looking at me? Don't you want me to pay? Then I won't pay."

The eldest aunt shook her head, "You and mother...you two..."

The younger aunt sighed, "When I was young, I didn't know much and always blamed my mother. After I gave birth to a child and became a mother, I realized how difficult it was for my parents. I regretted it a long time ago. It's just that I'm used to quarreling with my mother, and I can't change it. My mother raised us so hard, so what's wrong with each of us giving a hundred yuan? Whose family is not poor? With a hundred yuan, we can't make a fortune, but with less a hundred yuan, we won't be much poorer."

The younger sister-in-law choked up as she spoke, "Home is where you have a father and a mother. You and I, in the past, could still say we were going back to our mother's house during the holidays. No matter how long I haven't been here, I could still find things familiar from my childhood. But now that my mother is gone, we have no home anymore!"

After saying this, the younger sister covered her face and started crying.

Xu Qiushi put out his cigarette, walked over, patted his aunt on the shoulder, and opened his mouth.

Zhu Meizhen sniffed and continued translating: "Your eldest brother said that even if our mother is gone, this is still your home. You can come back whenever you want!"

The little aunt was like a child who had been wronged, crying and shaking her head: "It's different! It's different!"

Xu Wen understood that what she said was different.

No matter how good Xu Qiushi is, she can only say "I'm going to my brother and sister-in-law's house" instead of "I'm going back to my parents' house" in the future.

Xu Wen thought that perhaps among all of her grandmother's children, her aunt was the one who looked most like her.

Transparent and open-minded.

When the eldest aunt heard this, she also started crying.

There was a sudden cry in the main room.

This was different from the controlled crying during a wake; this was the heartfelt sorrow of several children who had just lost their mother.

When Xu Wen heard about it, the younger generations just stood silently in the middle of the room, and no one tried to persuade them.

Because I know that the elders all need such a farewell.

Saying goodbye to grandma also means saying goodbye to the deepest bond between them as siblings.

Lu Yuanzheng's ears twitched and he suddenly turned his head to look out the window.

Xu Wen, who was standing next to him, looked out the window following his gaze, but saw nothing.

She whispered to him, "What's wrong?"

"Some people are coming." Lu Yuanzheng said softly, "quite a few."

Xu Wen was stunned for a moment, looked out the window again, and still saw nothing.

She pricked up her ears and listened carefully. After a while, she finally heard the faint sound of footsteps.

The footsteps became clearer and more chaotic, there must be quite a few people.

After a while, the Xu family heard the noise and looked outside.

The hurried footsteps were mixed with cursing.

"Xu is so powerful that he actually hit my sister?!"

"I heard there's a soldier among them, and he's pretty fierce. Be careful!"

"Bah! Being a soldier is nothing. I can still beat him with one punch."

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Zhu Meizhen frowned, looking worried: "Oh no! Your aunt really sent someone over!"

The eldest aunt and the youngest aunt were also a little panicked: "What should we do? Those people are not easy to deal with!"

Lu Yuanzheng lowered his head and asked Xu Wen, "I'll go out and take a look."

This prevents them from coming in and damaging things in the house.

Xu Wen nodded, "Be careful."

Lu Yuanzheng nodded, took off his coat, handed it to Xu Wen, and walked out.

Xu Wen quickly followed, "I'll go with you."

Xu Wen followed to the door and looked out.

Xu Wang and Sang Xiaoqing also followed and squeezed together at the door.

Zhu Meizhen and her aunts and uncles gathered at the window to look out.

Xu Qiushi patted Xu Wen on the shoulder and pointed outside.

It means he has to go out too.

Xu Wen shook his head, "Dad, you don't have to go out. There are many opportunities out there... just follow my brother."

Xu Qiushi disagreed, thinking that as an elder and the head of the family, it was unreasonable for him to let his son and son-in-law go out.

Xu Wen was not sure what to say, so he just said, "You wait and see. It won't be too late for you to go out if they can't defeat you due to the long journey."

The second uncle originally wanted to take the opportunity to go out and secretly beat up the Wang family to vent his anger, but when he heard Xu Wen say this, he had no choice but to stay inside the house.

Xu Wen turned around to look at his second uncle, thought for a moment, and opened the door. "Second uncle, if you want to go, go ahead! Follow behind Lu Yuanzheng and don't go forward."

Xu Qiushi took the opportunity to follow him out.

Xu asked: "..."

When the uncle saw this, he thought it was inappropriate for him to be the only man in the room, so he followed him out.

So, outside the door became a battlefield for men, and inside the house became a grandstand for women.

Sang Xiaoqing had a good relationship with Xu Wen, and was worried about Xu Wen. She tugged at Xu Wen's clothes and asked her, "Do you think your brother and his men can beat the Wang family?"

Xu Wen actually had no confidence.

Lu Yuanzheng had never fought in front of her.

There were several times when people came to the island and they were also found and subdued by the sentries, and Lu Yuanzheng was just there to clean up the mess.

Now that he is the chief officer on the island, there are fewer times when he needs to take action himself. At least Xu Wen has never seen it.

I only occasionally saw him fighting with his men on the training ground, but I never saw him lose.

Should this be okay? Xu Wen thought anxiously.

But he said firmly: "Don't worry! We can go on this long journey."

Having said that, he looked outside with a heavy heart.

Lu Yuanzheng and the four men from the Xu family were blocking the door.

Second Aunt led seven or eight men to stand on the opposite side.

There were seven or eight people, the youngest was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and the oldest was about forty or fifty years old.

Some are tall and strong, some are short and thin, and all have fierce faces.

The second aunt pointed at Lu Yuanzheng and said, "He was the one who beat me."

The leading man raised his eyebrow and asked, "Did you hit my sister?"

Lu Yuanzheng shook his head: "I don't hit women."

Second Aunt's brother's expression softened a little, thinking that Lu Yuanzheng was giving in. Unexpectedly, Lu Yuanzheng added: "Otherwise, I would really beat her up."

"Fuck!" Wang Yugang, the second aunt's brother, cursed, and without saying a word, he swung the stick in his hand and hit Lu Yuanzheng.

Lu Yuanzheng's expression didn't even change as he watched the stick about to hit him in the face.

Xu Wen inside the house couldn't help but clench his fists and shouted, "Be careful!"

At the same time, Lu Yuanzheng outside the house moved. He stretched out his hand, grabbed one end of the stick and pulled it forward, then moved his body to the side. At the same time, he raised his right leg, bent his knee and pressed it against the lower abdomen of Wang Yugang, who was falling forward with an unstable center of gravity.

All that was heard was a muffled groan from Wang Yugang.

Lu Yuanzheng bent the hand holding the stick upwards, and Wang Yugang let out a wail and let go.

When Wang Yugang's brothers saw that he had suffered a loss, they shouted, "Brothers, come together!"

Lu Yuanzheng turned around, calmly grabbed Wang Yuguang's arm and threw him in the direction they were coming from.

Wang Yugang, whose center of gravity had never been stable since he rushed towards Lu Yuanzheng, staggered like a drunk and bumped into the group of brothers who rushed over to save him.

"Ouch!"

"Ouch!"

According to the action and reaction, the faster their original speed, the harder Lu Yuanzheng threw Wang Yugang, and the greater the force when they collided, the more painful it was.

After a few calls, nearly half of it fell down.

The remaining half of the group successfully reached Lu Yuanzheng.

Lu Yuanzheng raised the wooden stick in his hand and smashed it head-on into the stick in the hand of the thug who was running the fastest and in the front.

This is a battle of pure strength.

The other person let out a scream and loosened his grip on the tiger's mouth.

Lu Yuanzheng raised his toes to hook the wooden rollers that had fallen to the ground, and holding one in each hand, he chopped down the other two men horizontally at the same time.

The wooden sticks they were about to throw at Lu Yuanzheng fell at the same time, but they were a step too slow, and the severe pain from being hit in the abdomen forced them to withdraw their hands.

Lu Yuanzheng threw away the wooden stick, grabbed their collars, one in each hand, and slammed them against the middle door, causing their heads to collide with each other, making a sound like bones hitting each other.

Xu Wen felt a little sore in his teeth after watching this. It must have been very painful.

Sang Xiaoqing murmured, "Too amazing!"

At this moment, Wang Yugang had already climbed up from the ground and yelled, "I'm going to fight you!" and rushed towards Lu Yuanzheng without giving in.

This time, Lu Yuanzheng didn't wait for him to get close. He estimated that the distance was enough and kicked him directly.

Second aunt's brother looks to be at least 1.8 meters tall, with a big frame and a strong build. He doesn't even need to move, but he is very intimidating just by standing there.

But the strong man was kicked by Lu Yuanzheng and flew backwards, knocking down another man who had just gotten up.

The two men fell together, groaned at the same time, and could no longer get up.

At this moment, except for the second aunt herself, there were only two people she brought with her still standing, and their hands holding the sticks were obviously shaking.

When Lu Yuanzheng takes a step forward, they take a step back.

They are still giving in to each other.

"You go first!"

"Why don't you go up?"

"Useless things!" The second aunt scolded the two people who were retreating, snatched the stick from one of them, and hit Lu Yuanzheng.