After the Zhou family was awakened by the noise, Zhou Dafu and Zhou Ergui ran out holding their shoes.
In the yard, Zhou Xiaohu was holding a bundle, and Song Yuehua was blocking the gate. Zhou Dafu immediately understood what was going on and became furious.
"What's going on?"
Zhou Lizheng followed out with his clothes on. When he came to the front yard, he saw Zhou Xiaohu like this and instantly became angry. Without saying a word, he took off his shoes and started to hit him.
"You are so capable! You even dared to run away from home! You can even come up with such an idea, are you too powerful?"
"Dad!" Zhou Dafu stopped Zhou Lizheng and said, "Don't be angry, I'll do the beating!"
Zhou Xiaohu, "..."
Song Yuehua took a step back. Zhou Xiaohu was like a dead pig. He was hit on the body by the soles of his shoes, but he just stood there motionless.
"Grandpa Zhou, Uncle Zhou, stop hitting me!" Song Xiaocao came running from somewhere, crying and trying to stop them.
Lin pulled Song Xiaocao away and said, "Don't worry about it. It's only natural for a father to teach his son a lesson."
Zhou Lizheng became angrier and angrier, so he simply threw his shoes away and walked into the house cursing, "You're so capable now, you have your own ideas, if you want to leave, just leave, and I'll just pretend that I've never raised a bastard like you in my family!"
Zhou Dafu pulled Zhou Xiaohu and said, "What are you doing here? Hurry up and go in and apologize to your grandfather."
"Dad, I must go to Qingzhou." Zhou Xiaohu said.
Zhou Dafu didn't know what to say for a moment.
"He can go wherever he wants to go. Why are you trying to stop him? Let him go!" Zhou Lizheng's voice came from the inner room.
Zhou Xiaohu knelt down in the direction of Zhou Lizheng, kowtowed heavily and said, "Grandpa, when I get to Qingzhou, I will send a letter back home."
There was no sound from the inner room.
Lin turned around silently and went back to the house.
Zhou Dafu said helplessly, "Wouldn't it be the same if you waited for Xie Wenwu to come back and then learned to cook with him? Why do you have to take this risk and make your grandfather feel uneasy?"
Zhou Xiaohu said, "Dad, although the timing is not very good, I don't want to miss this opportunity. Xie Wenwu is not afraid, Xiaoyu is not afraid, so what should I be afraid of?"
"well……"
Zhou Dafu sighed, "Why choose this time when there are so many good times? There might be a famine this year. If you are out there, who can protect you? How can you ask Grandpa to agree to this?"
Zhou Xiaohu turned to look at Song Yuehua and asked, "Daya, Xiaoyu is alone in Qingzhou, how can you be at ease?"
Song Yuehua exclaimed, she didn't expect the topic to be thrown to her all of a sudden.
"I'm not as reassured as you think, but at least she has the reputation of Qingyun Embroidery Workshop to protect her. Besides, Pei Feng will go with Xie Wenwu this time. Although he will protect Xiaoyu, I'm still worried."
Zhou Xiaohu said, "We will go to find Xiaoyu first this time. There are so many people here. Father, just let me go. The Xie family's uncles will escort us all the way to Qingzhou, so nothing will happen."
Zhou Dafu sighed, turned around and went into the house to persuade Zhou Lizheng.
"If he wants to go, let him go." Zhou Lizheng's voice came slowly, and at this moment he seemed to have aged a lot.
Zhou Xiaohu kowtowed to his parents a few more times and stood up. Then the Chen brothers ran over.
Chen Shu said, "Xiao Hu, we'll see you off."
Zhou Xiaohu nodded. Just as he was about to leave, Lin called him over and stuffed a small purse into his arms. "Here are 15 taels of silver. Keep it close to you. Don't lose it. You will need to spend money a lot when you are outside."
"Don't worry, mother, I will take good care of myself, and you should take good care of yourself too." Zhou Xiaohu nodded with tears in his eyes and promised in a low voice.
"Mom is at home, there's no need for you to worry about her." Lin's eyes reddened and she turned away.
Song Xiaocao stood aside holding a large bundle, stammering, "Brother Xiaohu, this is the change of clothes that Auntie prepared for you..."
"Thank you." Zhou Xiaohu thanked him after taking it.
"Brother Xiaohu, I know you hate me," Song Xiaocao lowered her head and pinched her fingers, whispering, "That engagement doesn't count. When I grow up, I'll go to work and earn money, and return it to the village head grandfather. We..."
"This has nothing to do with you," Zhou Xiaohu explained, "and since the engagement has been made, I have no intention of going back on it. Of course, if you really don't want to, I won't force you."
After Zhou Xiaohu finished speaking, he turned around and left.
He saved Song Xiaocao with good intentions, but was blackmailed in the end. He was young at that time and naturally disliked Song Xiaocao. Although he knew that this was not what Song Xiaocao wanted, he was clearly doing good things, so why should their family accept it?
Over the past few years, the two have hardly spoken to each other. Song Xiaocao is also diligent at home. She helps with housework as soon as school is over. She also practices calligraphy by scratching on the ground with a branch.
He knew all this, but he just felt uncomfortable.
He made up his mind to go to Qingzhou, because he really wanted to learn some skills.
Xie Wenwu once said that the food in Qingzhou was extraordinary and that he would definitely make progress on this trip. He was not as good as Xie Wenwu, but as long as he worked hard and learned from others, he would be able to improve his skills.
Moreover, he had a hunch that if he missed this opportunity, he would never have such an opportunity again.
Xie Feng's ox cart was also waiting at the entrance of the village. Xie Wenwu and Pei Feng were already there. Zhang Rushan, Liu Xue and Xie Yu were talking to Xie Wenwu.
After Chen Lin sent the person away, he burst into tears and called out "Brother Hu".
"Stop crying." Chen Shu wiped Chen Lin's face with his sleeve.
Zhou Xiaohu had no choice but to bring the Chen brothers to Zhang Rushan. "Rushan, although Xiaoshu is not as good as you, he is also quite talented in studying. Please help me take care of him."
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