When Grandma Kong saw that Zhou Lihua still wouldn't kneel down, she yelled again, "Kneel down!"
Zhou Lihua knelt down and kowtowed three times to Old Lady Kong.
Grandma Kong snorted, "Zhou Lihua, don't think you can be in charge just because you're here. I'm telling you..."
Before she could finish speaking, Zhou Lihua stood up from the ground and looked at her, saying, "Back then, the moment I entered your house, you made me kowtow three times to you. Now that I'm leaving, I'll kowtow three more times to you. From now on, I, Zhou Lihua, have nothing to do with your Kong family."
Grandma Kong was taken aback: "You're leaving?"
Zhou Lihua's gaze was firm: "Yes."
Grandma Kong immediately flew into a rage: "No way! You are our Kong family's adopted daughter-in-law."
Zhou Lihua looked at Old Lady Kong and said, "This is a new society now. Besides, I helped your Kong family with chores as soon as I arrived, and I even gave birth to five children for your son. I, Zhou Lihua, don't owe your Kong family anything."
"No. You were raised by the Kong family, and you will die in the Kong family."
Zhou Lihua repeated, "This is a new society now."
Grandma Kong glared at her: "So what if it's a new society? You can't be ungrateful in a new society!"
"Ungrateful?" Zhou Lihua gave a bitter smile: "Yes, your Kong family gave me food, but I have also served your Kong family as a servant for so many years. Aunt, I, Zhou Lihua, have done right by your Kong family."
Grandma Kong didn't think so: "If it weren't for our Kong family giving you food, you would have starved to death long ago."
Zhou Lihua knew that saying anything more would be useless. In Old Lady Kong's heart, she would have to serve the Kong family like a slave for the rest of her life: "Auntie, just consider me Zhou Lihua ungrateful."
After saying that, Zhou Lihua walked towards the door.
The eldest, second, and third brothers were all dumbfounded. They just wanted to remember the old days, not for Zhou Lihua to leave.
Grandma Kong was furious: "Zhou Lihua, if you dare to leave through this door today, don't even think about coming back in."
Zhou Lihua continued walking forward.
Grandma Kong snorted: "My son is a battalion commander now."
Zhou Lihua continued walking forward.
Grandma Kong never imagined Zhou Lihua would dare leave the Kong family. But... "Fine, you can go. Once you're gone, I'll find my son another daughter."
Now, the eldest, second, and third sons were even more dumbfounded. They were all so grown up; what if their father married a younger woman…
The third child said, "Grandma, I don't want a stepmother."
Grandma Kong glanced at the third son and said, "Don't worry, with Grandma here, your stepmother won't dare to bully you."
"Wah..." The fifth child cried as soon as he heard "stepmother": "Grandma, I don't want a stepmother."
Fourth brother: "I don't want it either."
Grandma Kong glared at the fourth and fifth sons: "Shut up, you have no right to speak here."
The fifth child cried even harder.
The fourth son chased after Zhou Lihua and grabbed her arm: "Mother, don't go."
The fifth son also ran over and grabbed Zhou Lihua's arm: "Mother, don't go, Mother, I don't want a stepmother."
Tears welled up in Zhou Lihua's eyes and fell instantly: "Mother will come back to see you."
"Wah..." The fifth brother cried even more bitterly.
The fourth son's eyes also reddened: "Mother, Father will be back soon." The fourth son thought that Zhou Lihua was leaving because Grandma Kong made her kneel down: "When Father comes back, Grandma won't dare to make you kneel down."
Grandma Kong glared at the fourth son: "I'm the one who calls the shots in this family. Even if it's your father, if I tell him to kneel, he has to kneel obediently for me."
The fifth son looked at Old Lady Kong and cried, saying, "You... Waaah... You're a bad person. I'll never like you again. Waaah... Bad person! Bad person!"
Grandma Kong glanced at the fifth son: "You little brat, how dare you yell at me? Dafu, go and drag those two damned girls over here."
Kong Dafu agreed and walked towards Zhou Lihua.
The fifth brother was so frightened that he clung to Zhou Lihua's leg.
Zhou Lihua looked at Kong Dafu and said, "Dafu, the fourth and fifth children are still young, don't scare them."
Grandma Kong: "It's precisely because they're young that we need to teach them properly. Dafu, drag those two wretched girls over here."
Kong Dafu agreed and grabbed Lao Wu.
The fifth brother kicked Kong Dafu while crying, shouting, "Bad guy! Bad guy!"
The fourth brother also went over and pushed Kong Dafu, saying, "Let go of my sister! Let go of my sister!"
Zhou Lihua also wanted to bring Lao Wu back. But how could a woman compete with a young man in his twenties?
A moment later, Kong Dafu dragged the fourth and fifth sons in front of Old Lady Kong. Old Lady Kong raised her hand and slapped the fourth and fifth sons twice: "You traitors!"
The fourth brother swayed.
The fifth child fell straight to the ground. "Wow..."
Zhou Lihua panicked immediately: "You...you...they're still children. You...you..."
Grandma Kong slapped the fourth son again. This time, the fourth son also fell to the ground: "They are my granddaughters, I can teach them however I want."
After the fourth child got up from the ground, he pulled the fifth child up as well: "We are not your granddaughters."
Fifth child: "Yes, sob...we...sob...we are not your granddaughters. You...you are a bad...bad person."
"You brats!" Old Mrs. Kong grabbed the fourth and fifth sons and kicked them, saying, "I'll teach you to talk back."
Zhou Lihua tried to pull the fourth and fifth brothers apart, but as soon as she got there, Kong Dafu pushed her away. Zhou Lihua could only shout, "Stop hitting them! Stop hitting them! They're still children!"
Grandma Kong glared at Zhou Lihua: "Get out!"
Fifth son: "Mother, it hurts. Mother, it hurts."
Fourth son: "Mother, don't go, Father will be back soon."
Hearing this, Old Lady Kong hit even harder: "You brat, I'm going to beat you to death today."
Now, even the fourth child burst into tears: "Waaah..."
Zhou Lihua wiped away her tears and looked at Kong Dafu, saying, "Kong Dafu, are you going to let me pass or not?"
Kong Dafu stood still: "Grandma is teaching her granddaughter."
Zhou Lihua looked at Kong Dafu and said "good" three times.
Kong Dafu's heart skipped a beat.
Zhou Lihua ran back into the house, grabbed the knife that Battalion Commander Kong had given her, and ran out again.
Kong Dafu panicked immediately: "What...what are you going to do?"
Zhou Lihua charged toward Kong Dafu with a knife in hand.
Kong Dafu turned and ran: "Grandma, Grandma, Zhou Lihua is going to kill me!"
Grandma Kong turned around, cried out "Mother!" and ran away, leaving her two granddaughters behind.
Even if Xiangzi from Kong Laosan's family was clever, he was only ten years old. When he saw Zhou Lihua rushing over with a knife, he was so scared that he couldn't move: "Grandma, Grandma, help me."
Grandma Kong couldn't care less about him now: "Run! What are you standing there for?"
The eldest, second, and third brothers were all so frightened that they turned and ran away.
Eldest son: "Mother, Mother, I am your son."
Second son: "Mom, calm down, murder is a crime."
The third son: "Mother, I was wrong. I was wrong."
They all ran away, and Xiangzi from Kong Laosan's family burst into tears: "Mother, Mother, I want to go home, I want to go home."
Zhou Lihua stopped at the door: "Don't run! Stop!"
Upon hearing this, the group led by Kong Dafu ran even faster.
Zhou Lihua only closed the door after they had disappeared from sight. Originally, she had planned to leave immediately, but now…
The fifth son ran over and hugged Zhou Lihua's leg. "Mom, you're amazing."
Zhou Lihua patted the fifth son's head: "Fourth son, fifth son, are you going to wait here for your father or come with your mother first? If you want to wait here for your father, your mother will take you to the Niu Regiment Commander's house next door. If you want to come with me first, I will wait for your father to come back and then send you back."
Fifth child: "Mom, I want to go with you. Grandma hit me."
Fourth son: "Mom, didn't you already chase Grandma and the others away?"
Zhou Lihua's eyes dimmed: "You don't understand. Are you going to come with your mother first, or wait for your father at Commander Niu's house?"
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