Chapter 110
Is Mrs. Zhong missing?
Lin Yao was startled and began to imagine all sorts of things. She began to relate all those missing cases in the past to this.
Gu Shian's dark eyes were stained with a smile, "Don't make wild guesses. Mrs. Zhong is fine. She hurt someone and ran away to the countryside."
Lin Yao stared in astonishment: "She hurt someone and ran away to the countryside?"
Gu Shian nodded and started talking in front of his wife.
Mrs. Zhong, this old lady, has been domineering at home for decades, making her son and daughter-in-law obedient, and she is also very arrogant outside.
It was almost winter, and Mrs. Zhong had nothing to do at home, so she went to the coal mine with a group of old men and women carrying baskets to pick up coal cores. The so-called "coal cores" were the coal that was not completely burned during combustion and was thrown into the ash pile as ash. The unburned coal lumps were dumped outside in the autumn.
The old men and women in the large courtyards in the county wore cotton gloves, carried bamboo baskets, and used small iron rakes to dig coal lumps in the ash pile. Ordinary people's families only had that little coal ticket for a month. Most of the residents in the large courtyards had families. The old men and women in the family often picked up a large basket of coal cores, which could cook two meals.
Nowadays, you must know the rules when picking up coal cores. There is a "sphere of influence" for picking up coal cores. The old men and women who pick up coal have their own "exclusive coal piles". Everyone digs their own and can pick up enough anyway.
Old Mrs. Zhong has been running the compound for many years. She is used to eating more and taking more. Every time she stretches her bat claws into other people's territory, she will just smile and be fine if she meets a kind old man or old woman, but she will directly fight with her if she meets an irritable one.
Just now, Old Mrs. Zhong and a young daughter-in-law started a fight. The young daughter-in-law is strong. She held Old Mrs. Zhong's hands and slapped her in turns, and spit on Old Mrs. Zhong's face.
"You old bastard, you are trying to bully me. Let's see if you are qualified!"
The other old men and women hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Hey, what are you doing? Let's talk it out!" "
That's right, young man, don't bother with an old woman."
Old woman Zhong was "notorious" and a group of old men and women knew her character.
The young woman felt relieved after being beaten. She stood up and wanted to leave with her coal basket. Old woman Zhong jumped up, cursed, picked up a piece of coal and smashed it on the young woman's head.
The young woman was hit on the back of her head. After a scream, she fell straight to the ground and lay there motionless like a dead person.
Everyone present was shocked and hurriedly carried the person to the health hospital.
While the crowd was in a panic, Mrs. Zhong buried the bloody stone with her trembling hands, and returned to the compound with shaking legs. She packed up some tattered clothes, packed her bag and went to the country girl's house to hide. Mrs.
Zhong didn't come home for several days, and the son of the Zhong family was very worried. He searched for her several times in the county but couldn't find her.
Finally, he went to the county public security bureau to report the case, and the first thing he said was that someone had kidnapped his mother.
The county public security bureau investigated and brought back Mrs. Zhong, who was crying with her old mouth leaking teeth, the next day.
The young daughter-in-law who was hit on the back of the head was lucky. The back of her head was only slightly broken, and she was sent to the health hospital for two stitches and it was nothing serious.
Mrs. Zhong thought it was no big deal, and went home feeling refreshed.
The Zhong family also paid fifty yuan to the young daughter-in-law's family, and the two families reconciled.
"………"
After listening to the gossip about the old Zhong family, Lin Yao sighed for a while, and seeing that it was getting late, he began to prepare dinner.
The family of six can all eat. Lin Yao asked Deputy Director Gu to wash the basket of mushrooms that had just been bought, and he scooped the noodles and rolled out two large sheets of noodles. Zhang Cuilan came back and took out the old military uniform of her eldest son, and sat in the yard to unpack it. When Gu Doudou saw his father's green military uniform, his eyes lit up, and he ran into the main room and moved a small stool. His big eyes flickered, and his eyes refused to leave the green uniform for a moment.
Gu Mancang, who was pumping water in the yard, looked at his grandson's eyes and said with a smile.
"Doubou wants to wear a military uniform?"
Gu Doudou held his head and nodded, then performed a set of military boxing in the yard, making the whole family laugh.
Lin Yao blinked at Deputy Director Gu.
"Like father, like son."
As a mother, she was more concerned about participation. After
Gu Doudou performed military boxing, he followed a wild donkey that was unbridled, and followed Gu Shidong. The uncle and nephew led Dahei and Xiaohei to the entrance of the alley, shouting.
Lin Yao couldn't even catch him from behind, so she turned around and complained to Deputy Director Gu with her hands on her hips about her son, "Your son must be dirty again after just changing his clothes this morning."
Even dogs would hate his dirty look!
Deputy Director Gu listened silently. He could only listen when his wife complained about her son. In the evening, the two brats came back very dirty.
The old father could only change the clothes for the brats and give them a bath.
The old Gu family had fried mushrooms with meat and mixed cold vegetables for dinner. The whole family enjoyed the meal. The mushrooms picked from the mountains were delicious, and half of the plate of fried mushrooms went into the mouths of the two brats.
After dinner, Lin Yao and Deputy Director Gu strolled in the alley, and strolled until they arrived at Guihua Hutong.
In the courtyard of Old Xu's house, Gu Chunmei sat under a tree with a ball of wool in her big belly, knitting a sweater. Xu Xiangqian stood by her side like a sentry.
The pomegranates in the big courtyard weighed down the branches. Lin Yao picked a few good ones, wrapped them in newspaper and brought them to Gu Chunmei.
Gu Chunmei opened the box and took a look. The pomegranates inside were big and red. The cracks revealed the bright red pomegranate seeds, which tasted sour and sweet.
The two sisters chattered while eating pomegranates together. There was a commotion outside, saying that Old Lady Zhong was making a fuss in the bathroom again.
"Hey, what's going on?"
"The old woman from the Zhong family is making trouble again! The little girl from the Zhong family fainted and was sent to the health room. The doctor checked her and found that she was suffering from anemia just like Yaoyao. What kind of sugar should she take?"
Glucose? "
Yes, it's that glucose. The doctor gave Xiaoya glucose for two days, and Xiaoya got much better. Just now, the doctor was about to give Xiaoya glucose, but old lady Zhong came out of nowhere and said that Xiaoya was not sick and that a little girl was not worth wasting money, and she refused to let the doctor give her the injection. The daughter-in-law of the Zhong family got the news and rushed over. Seeing that Xiaoya's face was as pale as paper, she cried and begged her mother-in-law to treat Xiaoya. But old lady Zhong was really a piece of shit. She refused to let her and slapped her own daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law of the Zhong family had had enough, so she rushed over and started fighting with old lady Zhong.
Hey, the sisters-in-law present couldn't pull away. That's why I heard the letter and wanted to go to the street to find Director Ge.
"This old woman, this is a sin!"
Xu's mother was very angry when she heard it.
The brows of the people around her also frowned.
"Okay, old Deng, I will go to Director Ge's house with you."
Several sisters-in-law in the alley were filled with righteous indignation. Some of them had a bunch of children at home and wanted to go but couldn't get away. They hurried home to pack a bag of food and two bags of steamed buns, and a few taels of brown sugar for several sisters-in-law, asking them to take them to the sick little girl, which was also a token of their thoughts.
The sister-in-law agreed, and asked her mother-in-law to take care of the two children at home. She didn't know when she would be back.
Old woman Zhong made a fuss After this incident, Gu Shian and Big Head Brother could no longer stay at home. This kind of family affairs, if it is a minor matter, will be handled by the street commune, and if it is a major matter, it will be handled by the public security bureau.
It was not until late at night that Gu Shian and his wife returned home, dragging their tired bodies.
The bathroom was noisy. Both of them were able to eat. They had to have a midnight snack after working overtime at night. Lin Yao quickly made some salt and noodles. The two of them ate two big bowls in a row before they were full.
"Boss, why are you back so late? "
Zhang Cuilan cut the apples into pieces and brought them over.
After eating their fill and regaining their strength and spirits, the two began to talk.
"Hey, don't mention it, Mom. You don't know, that old lady Zhong is a nobody, and that son of the Zhong family is even less of a nobody. He dared to hit people in front of so many people. If the doctor from the health center hadn't stopped him, he would have dared to hit the little girl!"
Xu Xiangqian took a bite of the apple and was very angry.
Zhang Cuilan's eyebrows jumped, "Hit the little girl?"
"That's right, the son of the Zhong family usually looks simple and honest, but I didn't expect him to be such a person! "
Big Head Brother snorted angrily and gestured to Zhang Cuilan, "He wanted to hit the doctor, but Gu Shi'an knocked him to the ground with just one move, and he couldn't get up. Old Mrs. Zhong still wanted to make trouble, so Director Ge and Secretary Chen from the steel plant came. They were very angry and said that the son of the Zhong family should be transferred out of the workshop to sweep the streets, or go back to his hometown to farm. Old Mrs. Zhong was so scared that she fell over."
"Can he really be allowed to go back to his hometown to farm?"
"Secretary Chen is the old secretary of the steel rolling plant, and he is very reliable. "
Lin Yao held Gu Doudou who had just woken up. The kid had fallen asleep due to tiredness from playing with Gu Shidong earlier, and had not eaten much for dinner, so she steamed a bowl of egg custard for him.
Zhang Cuilan was talking to her son-in-law when the kid woke up with a whimper. Lin Yao was eager to try the custard, so Deputy Director Gu held the fat son and fed him the steamed egg mouthful by mouthful.
"It's not that easy. The old man of the Zhong family had made military achievements on the Korean battlefield before. With the old man's prestige in the factory, it would be difficult unless he made a serious mistake.
Secretary Chen was just talking in anger. It's possible that he would be sent to sweep the streets. "
Zhang Cuilan sighed, saying that this society is too unfair to women.
Why can men hit people, and women have to be beaten, and have to endure the beating. If you fight back, that will be terrible. You dare to hit your own man, you are really a shrew, and the children raised by such a woman will not be good children.
The spit outside can drown you, and women can only endure it for the sake of their own children. As
Zhang Cuilan spoke, she also aroused the anger of the rich lady who came to the house to chat.
"There's more. We women have to endure a lot of hardships in our lives. We have to take care of all the housework at home. When we marry into our husband's family, we are like an old ox, working and doing housework, serving our parents-in-law and sister-in-law, and also being responsible for giving birth. If it's a boy, it's ok. But if it's a girl, you've given birth to a loser. You have to keep giving birth. If you can't give birth to a boy, you're like a hen that doesn't lay eggs!"
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