The person who came was actually Zhang.

Oh! And there’s the skinny old man Zhang Xingyuan who serves as the background wall.

Zhang Xingyuan hid stealthily behind Zhang, and was obscured by Zhang's round figure. At first glance, he was almost not noticeable.

Since the Zhou family had built a new yard, the two men hid outside the bamboo fence and searched for a long time before finally finding the gate. They were now walking into the yard.

Ever since Aunt Wang returned from Qiushui Town that day, she leaned against her door frame and vented some heated words, finally mocking Zhang:

"Some people are so eager to kick their granddaughters out, they're clearly just throwing money away!"

She was just a girl of sixteen or seventeen, and she was hurriedly married off in order to pay less than the eight hundred coins for the head tax. If she had stayed at home for two more years, the silver she would have earned from selling the prey would have been many more eight hundred coins, right?

Although Zhang and Aunt Wang did not get along, she also felt that what Aunt Wang said made sense.

Isn’t such a big black bear equivalent to a pile of silver?

As for Li Qingqing's hunting, she didn't need to consider such an unreasonable thing at all.

Zhang tossed and turned all night, becoming more and more certain that the black bear was called by Li Qingqing. Even if it was not her, the goods she handled and sold were still hers.

Zhang felt that she had lost out by marrying Li Qingqing off!

Why can I only give five taels of silver as a betrothal gift? Even if I accept twenty taels, it would be considered too little!

After much thought, Zhang decided to ask the Zhou family for the betrothal gift again, or even just a share of the money from selling the meat!

Zhang Xingyuan didn't want to go, but he had no say.

He felt helpless.

He remembered that when he was working outside with his son, his employer would give them two pieces of meat every now and then.

If he is tired, he can force his son to help him do his part of the work.

When working outside, one's life can be as carefree as one wants.

But what kind of life is he living at home now?

Either go up the mountain to collect firewood, or go to the fields to work!

The whole person jumps up and down all day long.

Not only was he exhausted and exhausted, and the soup was bland, but the old woman Zhang also pointed at his nose and scolded him every day:

"I'm old and useless. I can't do my job well, and I haven't even handed over a penny!"

Poor Zhang Xingyuan, he is Zhang's man after all, but why is his status in the family like that of a landlord's wife and a farmhand?

Or the kind that doesn’t pay wages!

Zhang Xingyuan was dragged to Zhou's house by Zhang, and he looked helpless on the surface.

But he was thinking in his heart: If I could get more money from the Zhou family this time, maybe he wouldn't have to work like a slave at home?

This scene happened to be seen by the grandmother of the Zhao family who came to deliver clothes.

When Grandma Zhao saw that old woman Zhang and Zhang Xingyuan were acting suspiciously there, she thought they were here to cause trouble again, so she quickly ran to find the village chief of Lihua Village.

At this moment, Zhang and Zhang Xingyuan had already stepped into the Zhou family yard.

Li Qingqing was standing facing the courtyard gate. When she saw Zhang come in, her face darkened: "What are you doing here?"

This old woman is so shameless! She's asking for a beating again!

Zhang ignored him and yelled at Zhou Yimo, "Zhou boy, come here, I have something to tell you!"

Zhou Yimo turned around and saw that it was Zhang. Although he was unhappy in his heart, he did not show it on his face.

He stood there motionless, looking at Zhang with a pair of deep eyes, and asked calmly, "What brings you here, Grandma Zhang?"

"Stop being so pretentious! Let me ask you, did Zhang Daya kill a big black bear yesterday and take it to town to sell?"

"It's impossible. My wife is gentle and virtuous. How could she possibly beat such a powerful beast?" Zhou Yimo said calmly.

How could a lady possibly fight a big black bear?

This is simply alarmist!

How can it be……

wrong!

My wife was not at home all day yesterday and came back so late. Could it be that she really went to hunt a big black bear?

Zhou Yimo's eyebrows and heart were twitching.

He glanced at Li Qingqing and saw that she looked nonchalant, so he said to Zhang: "That's absolutely not the case! Even if it is true, it has nothing to do with you!"

"How can it have nothing to do with me?!" Zhang angrily said, "Even if she didn't hunt it, she was the one who sold it. How much did it sell for? Give me half right away!"

Seeing Yun Jing standing aside watching the fun, Zhang glanced at him and gave him a sidelong look.

I thought: You fooled me last time too!

They insisted that the wild boar was hunted by Zhou's cousin. Look at Zhou's cousin, his face is fair and handsome, not much different from that frail scholar Zhou Yimo. With his appearance, how could he hunt?

Yun Jing: ...

He was shot even when he was lying down!

Yun Jing turned his eyes away expressionlessly and looked at the bamboo fence.

This is their Zhou family's business, and it is not convenient for him, an outsider, to interfere.

Li Qingqing stepped forward, frowning, and said to Zhang: "Zhang, didn't we agree? Why are you coming to the Zhou family to make trouble again?"

This old woman is really haunting!

Upon hearing this, Zhang was furious and yelled, "You ungrateful little bitch, you actually colluded with others to bully my grandmother!"

Da Shuang: "You are not our grandma!"

Xiao Shuang: "Hurry up and leave, the Zhou family doesn't welcome you!"

Da Shuang and Xiao Shuang were not willing to be outdone. They had been hanging out with Xier for some time and had learned some of her cheerfulness.

Seeing this, Zhang angrily scolded, "You two little money-losing bastards..."

Xier ran over breathlessly, holding a thick piece of bamboo with great effort, and handed it to Li Qingqing.

Li Qingqing took the thick bamboo piece and stepped forward to interrupt Zhang:

"Zhang, if you continue to act unreasonably like this, don't blame us for being rude."

Zhang was so angry that her face turned blue. She pointed at Li Qingqing and cursed, "You little bitch, how dare you do this to me!"

"If you make trouble again, I'll kick you out!"

Li Qingqing weighed the thick bamboo piece in her hand expressionlessly.

She wasn't well-mannered enough to curse back at Zhang, but the thick bamboo piece in her hand could!

However, isn't the bamboo piece Xier chose a little too thick? I need to use less force later, so as not to hit him to death.

Zhou Yimo hurried forward and grabbed his wife's arm.

His eyes were gentle and he shook his head slightly at Li Qingqing.

It’s not worth it to kill someone!

That look seemed to soothe her temper.

Li Qingqing glanced at him and said nothing.

When Zhang saw Li Qingqing taking out a bamboo stick as thick as her arm and trying to hit her, she was afraid that she would suffer again, so she took the initiative and shouted:

"Oh my! The Zhou family is beating people up! The Zhou family is beating people up!"

The Zhou family lived in a single household, far away from the surrounding neighbors, so the villagers could not hear any noise.

But because Zhang was walking towards their house, they saw her and heard the commotion here, so they all rushed to Zhou's house.

Li Qingqing was furious. She had such a bad temper!

She exerted force and "snap!" the bamboo in her hand was broken into two pieces!

This scene shocked everyone in the yard, and they all turned their eyes to her hands.

When Zhang saw this scene, she was so frightened that her face turned pale.

She never imagined that Li Qingqing had such great strength that she could easily break a bamboo piece as thick as an arm into two pieces.

She stared at Li Qingqing in disbelief, stammering with fear, and then started yelling:

"The Zhou family killed someone! The Zhou family killed someone!"

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