In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

Thinking of this, Meng couldn't help but touch Su Zhizhi's hand and said, "Good child, you... have suffered a lot following me these years."

Seeing that his advice worked, Su Zhizhi suddenly became happy.

"That's right, mother, you have to think positively. We still have a lot to accomplish, like finding out the truth about father's crimes. I also believe that father is an upright man and would never embezzle military rations. We have to find out the truth for him and restore his reputation!"

Su Zhizhi grabbed Meng's hand and spoke from the bottom of her heart.

Meng hesitated for a while, and finally expressed her concerns.

"If today's incident gets out, I'm afraid it will affect your and Peizhi's reputations, not to mention Peizhi hasn't even married yet."

Su Zhizhi immediately understood what was going on. She took Meng's hand and said seriously, "Mother, filial piety comes first. You've survived the brink of death to give birth to Peizhi and me. This is already a great favor. As your children, we shouldn't ask anything of you. Secondly, I'm already married. Reputation doesn't matter to me. As long as our family is harmonious and happy, that's all that matters. And Peizhi, he's about to reach adulthood. He has his own responsibilities and concerns to worry about, right?"

When Meng heard Su Zhizhi's words, she immediately fell into deep thought. What Su Zhizhi said today was something she had never thought about before.

Seeing that Meng remained silent, Su Zhizhi must have been shaken in her heart, so she took advantage of the situation and continued.

"As for people like the First and Second Houses who flatter the powerful and bully the weak, we should just live well and act like human beings to piss them off to death. And what happened today wasn't Mother's fault in the first place. She didn't do anything inappropriate; she just stayed in her room. It was he who harbored evil intentions and dirty thoughts, having inappropriate thoughts about Mother."

"The mother is a victim. We, as victims, shouldn't feel ashamed. If the bad people who hurt others and did wrong don't feel ashamed of their actions, why should we ask the victims to reflect on themselves?"

Su Zhizhi looked at Meng seriously.

Meng was slightly stunned after hearing this. She muttered to herself, "I didn't do anything inappropriate. It's him! He has evil intentions and dirty thoughts. He's the one who's wrong! Why should I die?"

Meng's originally lifeless eyes suddenly became shiny and hopeful.

Su Zhizhi felt relieved when she saw this. It was good that her mother could figure this out. She was afraid that her mother would not be able to figure this out and would be trapped to death.

"I swear to God here: for everything Second Uncle did to Mother tonight, I will make him pay a hundredfold or a thousandfold in the future."

Su Zhizhi looked at Meng with a solemn expression and promised.

Meng's eyes immediately turned red when she heard this, and she couldn't help but hug Su Zhizhi tightly in her arms, "Good child, good child, your mother knows your feelings. I'm sorry, you've suffered so much with me all these years. It's all my fault that I'm weak and incompetent and can't give you a better life. I made you bear so much alone..."

Meng said to Su Zhizhi with great guilt.

Su Zhizhi smiled faintly upon hearing this, and comforted Meng, "It's okay, what nonsense are you talking about? Mother, we are a family, and it's only right that we help each other."

At the same time, Second Aunt Li saw that the sky outside was gradually getting darker, and Su Zhonghuai was still not coming home. She could not help but stand at the door and curse, "This damn thing, it's so late and he still hasn't come home. I don't know where he is fooling around. I will beat him to death when he comes back tonight."

At that moment, the sound of footsteps reached Li's ears. Thinking it was Su Zhonghuai, she quickly stepped forward and cursed, "Alright! Where have you been fooling around again today? You'd better explain yourself to me, or I'll kill you."

As soon as Li finished speaking, she took a closer look and found that the person was not Su Zhonghuai but Aunt Zhao from next door.

Li scratched her head in embarrassment and said, "I'm sorry! I thought it was our guy. He hasn't come back yet so late."

Unexpectedly, Aunt Zhao's eyes widened in surprise after hearing this and she asked, "Really? I saw your man walking towards the third room an hour or two ago!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Li's face changed immediately.

"Really?" Li pretended to be calm.

"Of course, I saw it with my own eyes." Aunt Zhao said with a confident look on her face.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you!" Li sent Aunt Zhao away with a forced smile.

After Aunt Zhao left, Li's face was distorted. "Okay, okay, you bitch, you're crazy about men, right? You've set your sights on me, right? Then I have to teach you a lesson."

In fact, deep down in her heart, Li knew that this matter must be the fault of her husband Su Zhonghuai. She had always known that her husband Su Zhonghuai had an immoral private life, but after all, she and Su Zhonghuai were a family.

So she could only vent her anger on Meng, which would make Meng notorious, and Su Zhonghuai would naturally restrain himself and behave himself.

And there was no loss to their family. As for Meng's life or death, that was not her business.

Thinking of this, Li knocked on Aunt Zhao's door next door without hesitation.

"Boom boom boom——"

"Who is it?" Aunt Zhao's voice came from inside the house.

After the door creaked, Aunt Zhao was surprised to see Li standing at the door. "Sister Li, what are you doing..."

Li pretended to be helpless and aggrieved, and her eyes became moist without her knowing when, as if tears were about to fall at any time.

Aunt Zhao saw that Li had something to say, so she cooperated and said, "Come on, it's cold outside, but warm inside. If you have anything to say, just come in and tell me."

"Okay." Li nodded slightly.

Aunt Zhao brought Li into the house and gave her a cup of hot tea. Then she slowly asked, "Sister Li, what's wrong with you?"

Li hesitated and then spoke, "Well, what else could it be! Our father-in-law hasn't come back yet."

When Aunt Zhao heard this, a trace of doubt suddenly appeared on her face. According to her understanding, Su Zhonghuai was not a good person. He had not gone out to do any work for so many years. He was lazy to death and only survived by relying on the family's savings and the subsidies from the old lady of the Su family.

Of course, Aunt Zhao couldn't say these words directly, otherwise it would offend Mrs. Li. Everyone in the surrounding villages knew that Mrs. Li was a fierce woman.

In short, neither of them is a good person.

"What's going on? Did something happen? Do we need to call the police?" Aunt Zhao pretended to be very anxious.