There was so much noise in the Gu family yard that Gu Nianwei and the others all ran out in their cotton-padded jackets. The houses in the city were not as big as those in the countryside, and the alleys outside were very small, so it was hard to stand. Xu Manqiu climbed up the Chinese toon tree and then shrank back down.
"Auntie Zhang is setting up a ladder by the wall, and Wang Lichuan is squatting on top of the wall."
Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei looked at each other, feeling a little embarrassed, so they compromised and went to look in the alley outside.
As soon as they went out, they saw Zhang Yubing's wife standing at the door of her house. She waved to Jiang Youtao and the others.
Zhang Yubing's house is just opposite Gu Hanshen's house. From her doorstep, she can see clearly what is happening in the Gu family's courtyard.
Anger at being teased surged up in Gu Hanqing's heart. She strode forward and slapped Lin Manrou twice: "Bitch, tell me, are you really classmates with Huang Jiawei? Did he write to you because of your teacher exam?"
Lin Manrou said nothing. She had experience of being beaten in her previous life. It would be wrong to say anything at this time. It would only anger the people who beat her, so keeping silent was the best way to deal with it. When they had beaten her enough and vented their anger, she would be fine.
Old Madam Zhang leaned over the wall and said slowly, "What classmates? Don't you guys find out clearly before you marry someone? That's Lin Manrou's boyfriend. Her parents don't agree with her marrying Huang Jiawei, so she came to you."
Old Mrs. Zhang had already found out everything with her granddaughter. She felt that Liang Shufen was very confused. Before Gu Hanshen got married, she had told her to find out everything carefully and go to the school or somewhere else to inquire.
As a result, Liang Shufen said that Lin Manrou knew her family very well, and she said this with bad intentions. This made Mrs. Zhang very angry, and she would never talk to Liang Shufen again no matter what happened in the future.
What a fool. Fortunately, she is not her daughter-in-law, otherwise she will be angry to death sooner or later. Gu Hanshen is such a kind child, but she found such a thing.
Old Mrs. Zhang didn't know what to say.
Liang Shufen was even more devastated.
Father Gu came back from outside in a hurry, forgetting to put on his cotton monkey hat. He looked at his wife, daughter, and daughter-in-law who were in a mess in the yard and shouted, "What are you doing? Go home and talk if you have something to say."
Father Gu still had authority at home. Once he spoke, no one dared to make a noise. Liang Shufen let go of Lin Manrou's hair and pushed her into the house. Gu Hanshen and his sister followed her in.
Father Gu came into the room and turned to look at Gu Hanshen: "Your mother was making a fuss, and you didn't know how to stop her? What will the neighbors think of us now?"
"What else do you want others not to see? Now everyone in the commune knows that Lin Manrou is cheating on my brother. If we don't make a fuss, won't the neighbors laugh at us?" Gu Hanqing retorted to his father.
"Why didn't you do some research before you found a partner for my brother? I'm afraid people would start laughing at us the moment he married her."
Gu Hanqing used to feel that people looked at her family strangely, especially in recent times, the way they looked at her was even stranger. She blamed those people at the time, thinking that they were sick and who knew what they were gossiping about again.
Who could possibly link this matter to Lin Manrou? Today she finally understood that when people looked at her family, they were actually looking at a big enemy.
Lin Manrou leaned against the door, with her head down and said nothing, as if she was not the one being scolded and had no sense of shame at all.
Father Gu pointed at Liang Shufen and said, "When your good sister first mentioned this matter, I thought it was not right. But you insisted that they were both from a family that you knew well, and the girl was beautiful and educated, and only such a daughter-in-law was worthy of your son."
"Is she still worthy of him now?" Gu's father had never said a harsh word to Liang Shufen in his entire life. Liang Shufen covered her face and cried. She didn't dare to look at Gu Hanshen. She felt that she was sorry for Gu Hanshen.
Gu Hanshen didn't say anything. Father Gu took out his pipe and rubbed it in his hands: "I'll go call the second brother and the others, and we'll go to the ditch in a while."
Xiahegou is Lin Manrou's home.
Lin Manrou's eyes moved.
To her shame, she hasn't been back to her parents' home once in a month or two since her rebirth. She even forgot about the people in her parents' home.
Liang Shufen wiped away her tears, washed her face and refreshed herself. She decided that when she saw Liang Lai Di, she would go up and give her a claw.
This woman is so bad.
Gu Hanqing pouted in the direction of Lin Manrou. If it weren't for what Gu's father had just said, she would have wanted to slap her twice.
Gu's father soon arrived with his brothers and nephews. There were many males in the Gu family. The second son alone had three sons. Now the three sons were all adults, all of them were tall and strong. Together with the children of other families in the Gu family, the group went down to the ditch with their hands in their pockets.
They attracted countless people's attention along the way.
Zhang Yubing's wife watched them walk away, but she felt regretful: "I don't have many relatives in Xiahegou, otherwise I would have gone to visit them."
It's snowing heavily, and they have to say it's quite hard work to go visit relatives just to watch the fun.
As soon as Zhang Yubing's wife finished speaking, they saw Old Lady Zhang wearing a cotton-padded jacket with a basket hanging on her wrist, and walking out with her hands tucked into her sleeves.
"Auntie, where are you going?" Jiang Youtao asked.
Mrs. Zhang saw that it was her and replied with a huff, "An old sister of mine sent me a letter a few days ago saying that she was not feeling well and asked me to go see her. I was busy the past two days, but it's snowing heavily today, so it's a good time to visit relatives..."
After Mrs. Zhang said this, everyone understood. She just wanted to go and watch the fun. What about seeing the old sisters? It was just an excuse.
Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei looked at each other, then she looked at Xu Manyu and smiled: "That's perfect, we need to go to school, let's go together."
After the weather became particularly cold, Gong Xubo no longer went back and forth between the four rooms every day. Instead, he lived in the school's duty dormitory. They guess he is sleeping soundly now.
Jiang Youtao just didn't believe that the Gu family would let Gong Xubo go.
Their feet made a crunching sound as they stepped on the snow. They walked quickly and slowly, and arrived at the school just in time.
Gong Xubo was pinned to the ground and beaten by Gu Hanshen's brother. He protected his head and wailed in pain, not even daring to beg for mercy.
Gu Hanshen just watched coldly from the side, smoking without saying a word.
After knocking out two of his teeth and causing his nose to bleed, Gu Hanshen said, "Okay, let's go. If you keep hitting him, something bad will happen."
Gu Hanshen has always been the leader among the children of the Gu family. When he spoke, his cousins all stopped. One of them squatted beside Gong Xubo and patted his head with his hand: "As a man, there are things you can do and things you can't do."
"You stole the woman of our Gu family. Didn't you ask around in the community about who our Gu family is? You'd better behave yourself in the future, or you will be beaten up."
After saying that, he stood up and walked outside.
It gets dark at five o'clock in the winter, and it's almost two o'clock now, and they still have to go to the ditch.
Gong Xubo lay in the snow for a long time. After the pain in his body subsided a little, he stumbled to the health center, holding his chest.
He was kicked several times in the chest and it hurt to breathe. He must have broken his ribs.
Just after his wound was bandaged in the clinic, Gong Xubo was taken away by two police officers. The reason for taking him away was simple: he had destroyed a military marriage.
Gong Xubo's face turned pale with fright. He just wanted to play with Lin Manrou. After such a long time, he just held Lin Manrou's little hand and did nothing else. He also had no intention of interfering in her marriage.
After seeing the tragic scene of Gong Xubo being beaten, Jiang Youtao was happy, Gu Nianwei was also happy, and Xu Manqiu who was watching on the side almost clapped.
They didn't plan to go down to the ditch because it was too cold and it would be painful to catch a cold. They also tried to persuade Mrs. Zhang, but she was determined to join in the fun.
The snow was so thick, and Mrs. Zhang was usually so kind to them, so they were really worried about her, so they had to go together.
At the Lin family in Xiahegou, Lin Manrou's mother Liang Laidi saw so many people coming from the Gu family, and Lin Manrou with messy hair and untidy clothes, her face changed all of a sudden.
"Shufen is here? Come in and sit down. It's so cold and it's snowing so heavily. You must be frozen. Come up quickly..." Liang Lai Di put on a warm smile on her face.
She and Liang Lai Di were from the same village. Although they had the same surname, they were already five generations apart. Liang Shufen's family was well-off, so she was easy to fool since she was young. Liang Lai Di had four sisters in her family. Her parents dreamed of having a son, so they were particularly bad to them.
In order to eat better, Liang Laidi had been coaxing Liang Shufen since she was a child. It was not until she got married and got out of the quagmire of her natal family that she became too lazy to associate with Liang Shufen.
After she gave birth to Lin Manrou, seeing that she was a good-looking girl, she decided to raise her well and let her marry off to a good wife when she grew up so that she could help her two sons.
This was also the idea behind supporting her studies.
The guy Lin Manrou dated in high school, Huang Jiawei, had no other merits except for his gentle looks.
His family was extremely poor. He had four brothers and he was the least favored one in the family. He had to borrow money from his uncle to go to high school.
How can such a family afford such a high betrothal gift?
Liang Lai Di thought about it and thought of Liang Shufen's son. Although he was a few years older than Lin Manrou, he was a soldier. If Lin Manrou got married and couldn't join the army, the Gu family would have to accommodate Lin Manrou from the bottom of their heart.
Liang Shufen is even less to be feared. She is easily influenced by others and has a soft personality.
Before Liang Laidi could finish her words, Liang Shufen rushed over and scratched her face with her claws. No blood came out, but the skin was broken and Liang Laidi screamed in pain.
The Lin family members who were lying on the kang in the house during the winter heard Liang Lai Di's shouting and hurried out.
Liang Shufen was obviously furious. Before Liang Lai Di could react, she slapped her again and then pulled her hair: "Liang Lai Di, I trusted you so much. You said your daughter was unmarried and wanted to be my relative, so I agreed. But what is your daughter?"
"She is a slut. She messed around when she was in school and she is still not content even after getting married."
Liang Lai Di fought back whenever she had the chance: "My daughter had a boyfriend in high school and she didn't hide it from anyone. You didn't ask around before they got married. You believed everything I said like a fool. You blame me? Did I tell you not to ask around? You've lived for so many years, and your brain has become a dog's stomach?"
"Why are you throwing tantrums at me? My daughter is married into your family and she's still having affairs with other people. It must be that your family treats her badly."
"How should I treat her well? Should we light two incense sticks in front of her as a sacrifice? Is that how your family treats her?"
"Her mother is a slut. It's up to you."
The two men cursed and fought each other, and soon they rolled into the snow.
The Lin family members who ran out of the house and the villagers from Xiahegou who came to watch the fun were silent after hearing the conversation between the two.
Father Gu over there was not an easy person to get along with either. He waved his hand at the Gu family and said, "Smash it for me."
The Gu family rushed into the Lin family's house and threw everything they saw on the ground. Lin's father tried to stop them but failed. The captain of Xiahegou came forward to talk to Gu's father, and Gu's father's attitude was relatively gentle.
"As you know, we spent a lot of money to marry into the Lin family. We paid 288 yuan for the betrothal gift alone. In addition to this, we also paid a lot of other money. Just to marry such a daughter-in-law, my family spent 500 to 600 yuan."
"If you ask around in the county, there aren't many families that can afford such a high gift as mine. We're not asking for much, but it shouldn't be difficult for Lin Manrou to live a good life with my son, right? But look at what she has done?"
"The Lin family is not honest. They relied on their friendship with my wife when they were young and concealed the fact that Lin Manrou had been dating someone in high school. Out of trust, we didn't go to the school to inquire."
"We found out later, but we didn't think it was a big deal. It's normal for young people to date one or two people. Isn't it enough to settle down and live a happy life? But Lin Manrou hooked up with someone again. How can we tolerate this?"
"My son has divorced Lin Manrou. What happens to Lin Manrou in the future has nothing to do with us. But we have to let go of this bad feeling, right?"
The captain of Xiahegou was silent. He also had a son. To be fair, if his family married a daughter-in-law like Lin Manrou, they would probably do something even more excessive, right?
The result of the captain's tacit consent of Xiahegou was that the Lin family was smashed to pieces by the Gu family, and even the cooking pots were taken out and had several big holes in them.
The Lin family's house was banging loudly, and Liang Lai Di was crying outside and almost couldn't breathe. Countless people looked at Lin Manrou, but Lin Manrou pretended not to know.
She had a deep understanding of what her mother was like in her previous life. She only had eyes for rich people.
She is rich. Not to mention that she is a lady, she is a rich man's mistress. Even if he is a ghost, her mother would go up to him and lick him.
When she had money, she gave a lot to her mother. Her mother said that she was saving the money for her. But her mother used the money to build a house for her brother and bought a house for her younger brother in the county town. When she was sick and came back to ask for money, she gave her 100 yuan.
Like sending away a beggar.
Lin Manrou felt that her mother also played an important role in her betrayal of Gu Hanshen. If her mother had allowed her to marry Huang Jiawei, nothing would have happened.
Huang Jiawei's subsequent success shows that he has some talent. She was reborn. Huang Jiawei was easy to fool and would definitely treat her well. Gu Hanshen was a lunatic, a complete lunatic.
What's the point of him confessing to the country that he is a reborn person? He won't get any benefit at all. Wouldn't it be better to keep these things to himself and make more money while the country is still under development?
What a fucking stubborn person.
The Gu family came out after smashing and destroying the Lin family.
Liang Lai Di looked at the mess on the ground and sat on the snow and cried. She cried and cried, then she got up from the ground, ran to Lin Manrou and slapped her into the snow.
Then she beat her with a big stick again and again, cursing at her. Words like bitch, and slut came out of her mouth one by one.
Lin Manrou dodged her stick and stood up from the ground, avoiding the big stick that Liang Lai Di swung at her again. She smiled despite the pain and said, "They say that a daughter is like her mother."
"Mom, didn't I learn this from you? When I was a kid, my dad went out to do a side job, didn't you and my uncle do the same?"
"Why, you can do it, but I can't?"
Jiang Youtao and others walked a few steps away and suddenly could not walk anymore.
Oh my god, there are too many melons, I can't go back!