"Are you back?" Xu Yan turned around when he heard the noise.

Before she could see Xie Zhuo clearly, Xie Zhuo hugged her and kissed her on the corner of her lips.

"Well, I'm back," said Xie Zhuo.

After that, without waiting for Xu Yan to say anything else, he washed his hands and began to cut the vegetables from Xu Yan's hand. "The matter is over. It's that box of yellow croaker..."

"It's okay," Xu Yan sat in front of the stove and stuffed a handful of firewood into it for kindling. "We can't spend it if we keep it in our hands, and we're worried all day long."

"Yes," Xie Zhuo heard her say and continued his movements, "It's this Mr. Zhang..."

Xie Zhuo had just said half of his words when he heard Kai Xin shouting in the yard, and then Da Bao and Xiao Bao ran in from outside.

Seeing Xie Zhuo and Xu Yan in the kitchen, he called them "Uncle and Aunt", and then kept talking about what happened when he went out just now.

Xu Yan listened for a long time before he realized that the two of them followed Xiao Shuanzi to watch the fun.

"There was a quarrel at the captain's house," Dabao said. "It was a big quarrel. The aunt threw the captain's things outside."

"What aunt?" Xu Yan was confused and looked up at Xie Zhuo.

Xie Zhuo didn't understand either.

"That's right," Dabao tried to explain it more clearly, but he didn't stand too close when he went to watch the fun. He and Xiao Shuanzi and the others just stood far away and watched for a few seconds, so he couldn't explain it clearly.

"It was Grandpa Song's aunt who threw Grandpa Song's things outside and took a kitchen knife," Xiaobao added, "Aunt Li asked us to come back."

"Cleaning knife?" Xu Yan frowned.

Why did you resort to knife?

Xie Zhuo was preparing to cook, but when he heard Xiao Bao's words, he wiped his hands and said to Xu Yan, "I'll go back and take a look."

"Okay," Xu Yan nodded.

It has been almost half a year since she came here, and she has learned a lot about the people and things in Qingshan Brigade. Mainly because of Li Aihua, Xu Yan has heard a lot of things from her.

For example, Song Guangming’s third daughter-in-law is a city girl.

He looks good, but has a bad temper.

The reason she fell in love with Song Guangming's third son was because he had a job in the city. The two of them were in a free love relationship, and after they fell in love with each other, they got married.

Originally, the third daughter-in-law didn't want to live in the countryside and wanted Song Guangming's third son to live with her in the factory dormitory. But because she was pregnant and had no one to take care of her, she had to come back to live.

Since ancient times, there will be conflicts when mother-in-law and daughter-in-law live together.

After living here for more than half a year, there have been five or six quarrels, big and small, at home.

But no matter how much noise or action they took, it was not as severe as this time, where blood was even seen!

When Xie Zhuo arrived at the door of Song Guangming's house, there was already a circle of people gathered outside, and there were a few elderly uncles and aunts in the yard trying to persuade them.

Yan Yuhong was pinching Zhang Guiying's neck tightly with one hand and holding a kitchen knife with the other. Her hair was a mess like a chicken coop and she was staring straight ahead with bloodshot eyes.

Looking at Zhang Guiying again, she was obviously having difficulty breathing and her face had changed color.

Song Guangming was anxious and angry, and pointed at Yan Yuhong with a trembling finger, "Why can't you say it nicely? Ah? Let go of your mother-in-law."

"Oh, talk nicely?" Yan Yuhong turned her gaze towards him, "When I talk nicely to you, do you use that attitude to talk nicely to me?"

Song Guangming's face turned blue with anger.

People around were also trying to persuade him, and some had even run into the city to look for Song Guangming's third son, Song Zufeng.

"Why are you still looking for him?" Song Guangming glared, "Just go to the police station and call the police. This is outrageous."

When Xie Zhuo heard this, he quickly pulled Song Guangming and said, "Uncle, stop talking."

Seeing more and more people coming, Yan Yuhong's expression changed. She laughed a little crazily at first, and then said coldly: "Since everyone is here today, let's settle the accounts today."

"If you want to talk, just say it," an aunt said, "Can you please loosen your hands a little? What are you doing?"

"Oh, what should I do?" Yan Yuhong looked at her, "Why don't you ask her what she wants to do?"

"You only saw this tiny cut on her neck and thought I went too far. In places you couldn't see, she was trying to force me to death!"

"You," the aunt wanted to say something, but Song Guangming pulled her back, "Let her speak."

"And you," Yan Yuhong pointed a kitchen knife at Song Guangming, "Your whole family is not good people."

"You think I can't hear you when you say bad things about me behind my back? You also said I was shameless and only ate thick food. You also said I gave birth to a girl and I am not worthy of eating at the table."

"Heh," Yan Yuhong laughed again and said sarcastically, "Wasn't your mother a little girl when she was young? I don't think you starved her to death, did you?"

Yan Yuhong has a very loud voice, and the entire courtyard is filled with her voice.

"I said I was not feeling well and had to take care of Xiaoya, so I couldn't have children for the time being, and you were planning to give the child away. Are you so vicious?"

"It was fine that you sent your daughter away to exchange for food before, but now you are targeting my daughter. I really want to kill you two old fools right now!"

"I'm going to kill you, you slut. Say something again and see what your mother says!" Song Guangming suddenly bent down, picked up something from the ground, and pounced towards Yan Yuhong.

The other people around were so shocked by Yan Yuhong's words that they were a little dazed. After they reacted, they hurried to pull Song Guangming.

Yan Yuhong was also frightened by Song Guangming's action, and her hand subconsciously rubbed Zhang Guiying's neck.

The bright red, warm blood instantly flowed down from the blade.

I don't know who screamed, but the yard suddenly became chaotic.

When Xie Zhuo returned home, it was already afternoon. Xu Yan waited for him to wash his hands before heating up the meal for him.

"Did it really end up at the police station?" Xu Yan was sitting opposite Xie Zhuo.

"Well," Xie Zhuo swallowed what he had in his mouth and frowned, "When Aunt Zhang was sent to the hospital, she was terrified. The captain and the eldest and second eldest brothers of Song took her directly to the police station."

Xu Yan didn't say anything.

After a long while, he asked, "What about the captain's third son?"

"Are you talking about Song Zufeng?" Xie Zhuo said.

"Yeah," Xu Yan nodded, "Did he agree too?"

"Yeah," Xie Zhuo responded, frowning again, "He also slapped Yan Yuhong twice and kicked her a few times."

Xu Yan didn't speak for a long time. He had known for a long time that the concept of favoring boys over girls was quite serious in rural areas in the old days, but he didn't expect to encounter it in person.

In fact, it was not this era, nor in the countryside. Since ancient times, boys have been valued over girls, and mothers have been honored by their sons. Even in later generations, she has heard many things about favoring young girls.

Not to mention the endless stream of cases online where parents let older sisters drop out of school to work in order to support their younger brothers' education, even among the people she knows there are some who have extremely serious ideas of favoring boys over girls.

Her mother gave birth to five children, four daughters and one son. When she graduated from junior high school, her family urged her to work in a factory to earn money, but she refused and managed to finish high school.

Later, she worked to earn money to support herself through college. During that time, her family kept urging her to get married, and they wanted to use her dowry money to buy an apartment in town for her younger brother to live in while he was in school.

"What are you thinking about?" Xie Zhuo stretched out his hand and hooked Xu Yan's chin. Seeing that she finally came back to her senses, he asked softly.

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