Solve Zhangjia
Sun Ming and Grandpa Wang, the two older men, attacked Grandpa Zhang, while Aunt Zhang and Li Yuanhong took care of Grandma Zhang, and Uncle Zhang and Uncle-in-law held Zhang Ping'an down with hammers.
Sister-in-law Zhang tried to rush up to help her husband, but Jiang Manyun twisted her hands behind her back and pinned her to the ground.
Wang Shuitao pushed Meng Songying away, preventing him from touching Zhang Pingkang, who was so fragile, lest he be extorted.
The branch, still stained with her brother's blood, was whipped again on her younger brother's face, neck, and arms. Wherever the skin was exposed, Wang Shuitao would give it a good beating.
After calming down, Wang Shuitao only used a branch to poke the mouths of the five members of the Zhang family.
The moment it appeared, it struck with pinpoint accuracy.
Meng Songying stayed by her side to help, grabbing the arm that was covering his face.
The aunt kept looking around to see if anyone else was coming.
Zhu Qiuguo found a sharp pebble and scrambled over to Zhang Pingkang's side, her shyness long gone.
With his head covered in mud and having been hit by pebbles several times, Zhang Pingkang certainly didn't think she was there to help him.
Just as he was about to dodge, Wang Shuitao kicked him back, landing precisely on his buttocks, where there's plenty of flesh.
After kicking, Wang Shuitao even rubbed the ground with the sole of her shoe.
Zhu Qiuguo pressed her knee against Zhang Pingkang's stomach, pointed the sharp end of a pebble at his throat, and roared, "Marry me! Otherwise, your entire Zhang family will go to jail!"
Aunt Zhang, with two people sitting on her back and their faces covered in mud, hurriedly said upon hearing this, "Marry, marry, marry right away, quickly let go of my eldest son!"
Grandpa Zhang was forced to hug the tree like a sloth and nod his head frantically to show his agreement.
It was all because the eldest son, Zhang Ping'an, had his face stepped on by Wang's uncle, and his uncle-in-law was eager to try and put his foot between his legs.
It looks like I want to just stomp it and crush it.
Even with her mouth covered, Sister-in-law Zhang struggled fiercely, fearing that her husband's manhood would be turned into mincemeat.
There was nothing Zhang Pingkang couldn't understand; from the moment Zhu Qiuguo reappeared and approached him, it was all a setup.
He never expected that his parents would give up on him so easily.
No, actually it was expected.
Seeing him standing there blankly, Zhu Qiuguo lifted a stone and plunged it forward hard.
The skin between his collarbones was torn open, and sticky, moist blood oozed out. Zhang Pingkang immediately lost interest in being sentimental.
He readily agreed to marry Zhu Qiuguo, and went to meet her as soon as it was light and she went to work!
Anyway, my parents have favored my older brother for over twenty years, so there's not much to think about. I only have one life, and it's not easy to have struggled to survive until now.
If it weren't for the fact that I drank too much and ruined my health in my haste to climb the corporate ladder after I got a job, my parents wouldn't have suddenly dropped their masks.
He wanted to climb the internet to prove himself to his parents and outdo his older brother. If he had known, he wouldn't have been so stubborn.
Otherwise, why would he have married a woman from the countryside?
Zhu Qiuguo met his gaze, her disdain blatant, and immediately slapped him across the face.
The five members of the Zhang family were tied up in the middle, and the thick hemp rope was brought by Wang Shuitao from Wangjiazhuang.
Sun Ming officially announced: "Starting at dawn, Zhang Ping'an will be transferred from the workshop to clean the toilets."
Before the Zhang family could express their dissatisfaction, Li Yuanhong sneered, "Unwilling? Fine, we'll go to the police station at dawn."
Grandpa Zhang smiled ingratiatingly, but his words still betrayed his refusal to accept his fate: "Look, factory manager, you have no evidence. Can't we just let Kangzi marry this girl and call it a day?"
Wang Shuitao pushed aside Meng Songying, who was blocking her back: "No, the only way to bargain is to report Zhang Pingkang for having illicit relationships with women."
You all know what you've been doing to Zhang Pingkang, and you also know whether he has any leverage over you.
Grandpa Zhang turned to look at his second son, only to see a silent back of his head. He mumbled a couple of times and then shut up.
Aunt Zhang was still unwilling to give up like this: "If we do that, that girl's reputation will be ruined."
Zhu Qiuguo understood that it was easy for her to marry into the Zhang family, but she would have to rely on this group of people to avoid being tortured to death.
She spoke decisively: "I'm not afraid. As long as I can be with Brother Kang, I don't care if we're like a pair of star-crossed lovers."
Sister-in-law Zhang said anxiously, "I already said I would marry you. You are already a member of our Zhang family. Why are you still siding with outsiders?"
Zhu Qiuguo sneered: "Kang is treated like a slave in your family. If I marry a slave, I'll become an animal too. The worse off your family is, the better off I'll be."
Sister-in-law Zhang stammered for a long time without being able to get a coherent answer.
Zhang Pingkang roared, "So what if we make our eldest brother clean the toilets? What's wrong with that? It's all because of him that things have turned out this way!"
The thought of how he had fallen to such a state while his older brother was still a perfectly good worker made his heart ache as if he had fallen into an anthill.
"If you keep talking, we'll go to the Great Northern Wilderness together!"
The Zhang family fell silent once again, and Zhang Ping'an didn't say a word, hanging his head as if he was too ashamed to face anyone.
Zhu Qiuguo then walked up to Wang Shuitao and the others with a smile, bowed, and said, "Thank you all for helping me. If I suddenly fall ill, become disabled, or die at the Zhang family's house, it will definitely be their doing. I'm sure I can get the evidence, and I'll put it there..."
She lowered her voice and approached Wang Shuitao.
The Zhang family members behind them craned their necks and stared, but they couldn't hear a single word.
Wang Shuitao nodded seriously and said in a loud voice, "Okay, I understand. There are three places, right? Don't worry, I'll definitely go through them one by one if anything happens."
After Zhu Qiuguo finished speaking, she turned around and slapped Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang across the face.
"What did you two old hags say when you asked me to go on a blind date? Huh? You turned your back on me after just a few days, didn't you? You spineless bastards!"
He grabbed Zhang Ping'an's hair and slapped him hard across the face, saying, "You're the most despicable one!"
Next was Sister-in-law Zhang, who also slapped her: "Did you feel good hitting me just now? You bitch!"
Zhang Pingkang wasn't left out either, but she didn't give any reason, she just looked at him and smiled.
Zhang Pingkang managed to force a smile, his face bearing the two symmetrical handprints.
Watching this farce unfold, Wang Shuitao noticed her grandfather muttering behind her, "Which brigade leader's daughter is this girl? I don't think I've ever seen her before."
Aunt Wang Zhenzhu glanced at him and realized she didn't recognize him, but she didn't take it to heart and said, "Dad, how many people do you know? You're toiling in the fields all day long, and you don't even know everyone in our brigade."
Grandpa grumbled, "Then why would I know them? Is the brigade leader the same as someone else? They're all officials. Back then, they had to be the village head..."
"father!"
The uncle quickly interrupted him: "What are you saying? If someone hears you, the brigade leader will be angry again. Besides, there are so many people in the brigade, what if she comes from a faraway place?"
Grandpa had just said something wrong. He turned his head to look around and then fell silent.
Wang Shuitao exchanged a glance with Meng Songying, who had been watching her, and then noticed that Jiang Manyun's expression was somewhat strange.
"What's wrong?"
She asked.
Jiang Manyun hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say anything more.
As they yawned incessantly, dawn finally broke, and a group of people surrounded the Zhang family members, first taking them back to the Zhang family's household register.
The elderly people on Xiangyang Street sat on their doorsteps again, basking in the morning light.
The people who had spoken with Jiang Manyun recognized her and lowered their heads, unwilling to get involved in this obviously troublesome family matter.
Zhu Qiuguo had been lingering here for many days and had long been noticed, but these old people seemed oblivious to the disheveled faces of the five members of the Zhang family.
Zhang's four eldest grandsons had already woken up and were about to complain about why the adults in the family had been missing for so long, but when they saw the menacing-looking group of people, they shut their mouths again.
After receiving the household registration booklet, I went to the marriage registration office.
Zhu Qiuguo's supplies were also fully prepared.
As the clerk stamped the document, he smiled and said, "Young lady, you're a former educated youth from Shanghai. You're a lucky young man."
Wang Shuitao raised an eyebrow, but she didn't care about Zhu Qiuguo's identity. So what if he was an educated youth, or even a descendant of the so-called "stinking intellectuals"?
The two women got what they wanted; Zhu Qiuguo had already done what she said about helping her get rid of Zhang Pingkang's entanglement.
As for why she insisted on marrying Zhang Pingkang, that's her business.
Jiang Manyun was astonished. She said that this girl was quite different from the girls she usually saw in the village, and she thought that the brigade leader's family had raised her with great care.
I didn't expect you to be from Shanghai. That's a very fashionable place, and I heard you're quite wealthy there.
Zhu Qiuguo looked back at Zhang Pingkang, whose face was filled with surprise, and slightly curled the corners of her mouth.
An even bigger surprise is yet to come.
Having finally resolved the Zhang family's matter, Zhang Ping'an silently and obediently went to clean the toilets.
Meng Songying watched Wang Shuitao stride away, her ponytail swaying behind her. She touched her face and hesitated.
The bruises on my face have faded, and the scratches have healed.
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