Zhang Datou was eating candied hawthorns his father bought when his mother told him to speak.
He sucked his saliva and immediately said, "Dad, that lazy bum hit me, and he hit Mom too. You have to get revenge for us."
Good son, Tu Meili really wanted to give her son a thumbs-up and praise him for speaking so well.
But considering Zhang Liuhuo was still there, she didn't show anything.
Hearing his son say this, Zhang Liuhuo found it hard to believe, "Does Zhang Liunian really dare to do that?"
"How dare he not? If you ask me, he was definitely faking it before. This time he saw you weren't here and found our heads."
"Outrageous! I'm going to find him to settle this." Zhang Liuhuo only had this one son. If his son was beaten, how could he, as the father, not seek retribution?
"He hasn't come back yet, but we can go to the educated youth dormitory to settle accounts with Jiang Qingqing first." She also wanted to see what they were up to, but Tu Meili didn't say that.
Zhang Liuhuo, who was about to step out the door, stopped and asked confusedly, "Educated youth dormitory? What are we going there for?"
"Alas, Zhang Liunian rented that courtyard in the female educated youth dormitory. I don't know what he's using it for, and now Jiang Qingqing and the others are all there."
"Rented a courtyard? Where did he get the money? Isn't he the poorest man in the village?"
"That was before. These past few days, he's earned some money by being a private entrepreneur and eats meat every day. It seems like he even wore new clothes today. How annoying, I haven't had new clothes in a long time, but that bitch Jiang Qingqing does."
"Private entrepreneur? Is he crazy? His second brother Liuxing is a prominent figure in the south city. Isn't it embarrassing to his second brother to be a private entrepreneur?"
"Anyway, it's not our reputation that's being tarnished, what does it have to do with us?"
"..." It seemed to make sense. It really didn't concern them.
Alas, he wouldn't think about it anymore. He was going to find some justice for his son, and also see if Zhang Liunian had really changed.
It was really strange. After a few days away from home, his cousin changed. Could it be that he was possessed by a ghost?
With a stomach full of doubts, Zhang Liuhuo arrived at the female educated youth dormitory, but the gate was tightly shut, and he couldn't get in.
"Bang bang bang!" "I am Zhang Liuhuo. Let Zhang Liunian and Jiang Qingqing open the door."
A rapid knocking sound was heard. Jiang Qingqing, who was dozing, heard it and showed a distressed expression, not wanting to open the door.
Because she knew that her cousin coming to the door would never bring anything good.
But if she didn't open the door, Zhang Liuhuo wouldn't give up. "Open the door, open the door, or I'll break it down if you don't."
Hearing this, Jiang Qingqing helplessly told Zhang Xiaomei to open it.
As soon as the door opened, Zhang Liuhuo was about to unleash his anger, but he looked up and met Zhang Xiaomei's face, and the words that were about to come out got stuck. "Xiaomei? It's not a holiday, why aren't you staying at the Tie family's house, how did you end up here?"
Zhang Xiaomei and Zhang Liuhuo had played together when they were children, but their relationship was only average. Seeing her cousin at the door now, she didn't know what he wanted. She quietly said, "I'm divorced." Then she said nothing more.
Zhang Liuhuo was stunned. Divorced? In the surrounding villages, there wasn't a single woman who dared to say divorce or go through with a divorce.
He didn't expect his cousin, who used to be timid, to get a divorce so readily. This truly made him jaw-drop.
"You're divorced? How dare you?"
"I dare because third brother is here."
"..."
He had only been to the south city for a few days, why was everything so strange everywhere?
"Heavens, you're peeling poisonous insects! Who are you peeling them for? Don't tell me it's for people in the city to eat!
You must be crazy, taking these things to make money and harm people, you're desperate for money!" Tu Meili, who had slipped into the house at this opportunity, suddenly shouted.
"It's not poisonous."
Jiang Qingqing, holding her stomach, argued, secretly thinking it was bad. Now that Tu Meili had discovered it, the matter could no longer be hidden. She wondered if her man could handle it.
"Hmph, of course you would say that. Now that the evidence is here, let's see how you'll explain yourselves to everyone." Tu Meili hadn't expected them to be so bold as to peel something deadly for people to eat.
That's great. Now, if she reported them, Zhang Liunian and Jiang Qingqing would definitely have a hard time.
"It's really not poisonous, it's not something that harms people." Jiang Qingqing, seeing that she wanted to make a big fuss, could only keep explaining.
But not only did Tu Meili not believe her, Zhang Liuhuo didn't either.
He walked forward and saw the shells of poisonous insects everywhere in the house, as well as the prepared insect meat. His heart felt the same as Tu Meili's; they were peeling them to harm people.
"Jiang Qingqing, you don't mean to tell me you don't know this is a recognized poisonous insect in our brigade? If you want to die, don't harm everyone." Zhang Liuhuo used to think Jiang Qingqing was an excellent woman, but now she seemed so foolish.
How could she bring out this thing to harm people? It was too wicked.
"We are not harming people, listen to me..."
Before Jiang Qingqing could finish speaking, Zhang Liuhuo impatiently interrupted, "I can't stop you if you want to harm people. I came to ask if Liunian beat Datou and Meili while I was away."
Zhang Liuhuo couldn't be bothered with who they wanted to poison. He only wanted to get justice for his only son and daughter-in-law.
"They made the first move, so you can't blame Liunian." Jiang Qingqing explained anxiously.
But Zhang Liuhuo didn't care who made the first move. He just wanted to confirm that Zhang Liunian had indeed acted.
"It seems to be true."
Zhang Liuhuo clenched his fists in anger, then roared, "An eye for an eye. He hit Datou and Meili, and today I'll get it back from you and Ye Hua."
Saying this, he menacingly walked towards Huabao, who was squatting on the ground playing with lobsters.
Seeing this, Zhang Xiaomei quickly stepped in front to stop him, "If you want to hit Huabao, hit me first."
"You can't hit Huabao, she did nothing wrong. Your Datou snatched Huabao's bun and pushed her." Jiang Qingqing rushed out, coming to Zhang Xiaomei's side, intending to protect her daughter.
Huabao heard Datou's father was going to hit her, so she got up from the ground, her eyes red, and cursed, "You're a bad person, a bad person."
Zhang Liuhuo snorted at this, then cast an unfriendly gaze at Zhang Xiaomei and Jiang Qingqing.
He had no habit of hitting women. If they insisted on blocking his way, he would beat them all up. "Get out of the way, or I'll hit you too."
As soon as he finished speaking, the mute ran out from the kitchen, blocking Zhang Xiaomei and Jiang Qingqing's path. "Ah ah" he kept babbling.
He meant that they shouldn't be hit.
Zhang Liuhuo understood, but where did this mute come from? He was confused, but remembering his purpose, he had to speak again, "Mute, this doesn't concern you. Get out of my way."
The mute shook his head and refused to move. He resolutely spread his arms to block Jiang Qingqing and the others. Zhang Xiaomei looked at the mute like this and for some reason felt a strange sensation in her heart.
"I'll count to three. If you still don't get out of the way, I'm really going to hit someone."