Old man Zhou came over very quickly, his trouser legs were still tied up at his calves, and the mud on his legs had not dried yet.
It was obvious that he had been working in the fields and had rushed here immediately after receiving the news.
Looking at his youngest daughter lying on the wooden bed with a face as pale as paper, Old Man Zhou's eyes suddenly turned red and his hands shook violently.
Old man Zhou showed a look of grief on his face. He took a deep breath and stepped forward, his voice choking a little: "Mingyue, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Dad is here, Dad is here to take you home."
If he had known that marrying his daughter into the He family would have the consequences today, he would not have agreed to the marriage even if his spine was broken.
Mingyue's long eyelashes trembled, and when she opened her eyes, she saw the genuine pity in Old Man Zhou's eyes.
Mingyue looked behind Old Man Zhou again and found that he was the only one who came. Before she could even gather disappointment in her eyes, Old Man Zhou seemed to have guessed her thoughts and waved his hands to explain: "Dad didn't come alone. Our whole family is here to pick you up. Your eldest brother and second brother went to borrow a stretcher. Your mother and your eldest and second sister-in-law are slow and will be here in a while. I also asked someone to call your third and fourth brothers and ask them to ask for leave and come back tomorrow."
After hearing this, several ladies in Dagou Village couldn't help but be amazed. The Zhou family really loves their married daughter!
Now it's time to go to work. They were all invited by the village chief. Thinking of their fellow villagers and this family being really pitiful, they came to the He family to help take care of them.
But the Zhou family has so many strong laborers, and if they just take leave, the loss will be huge.
In those days, the production teams were the collective labor system, and everyone made a living by work points. One work point for each villager was 2.9 cents, and a man could earn about seven or eight work points a day, which was about 20 cents a day.
Don't underestimate these two cents, as prices were extremely low at that time, a box of matches cost two cents, an egg cost five cents, and a pound of pork cost sixty cents... However, due to the shortage of daily necessities such as oil, meat, noodles, salt, kerosene, cloth and the like, all were supplied with tickets.
When the Zhou family came, one or two dollars was gone. Isn't that surprising
But think about it, the third and fourth sons of the Zhou family are promising, they work in the factories in the county, and their benefits are very good. Moreover, the third son married a city girl, and it is said that the third son's wife's family is very rich, so it is no wonder that old man Zhou is so tough.
“Dad, I, I’m scared…” Just like a child who was bullied outside and finally met the parents who could support her, Mingyue clenched the quilt tightly with both hands and cried even harder.
Her small face, as big as a palm, looked so haggard and weak that it made people feel pitiful.
Old man Zhou wanted to wipe his daughter's tears, but when he raised his hand, he saw that it was still covered in mud. He quickly wiped the mud off his hands onto his clothes, then went up to wipe his daughter's tears with the back of his hand, and coaxed her in a soft voice, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Dad is here. Don't cry, Mingyue, and don't hurt your eyes. Just go home, and everything will be fine."
“Dad…” Mingyue threw herself into Old Man Zhou’s arms, her shoulders heaving up and down, tears falling down her face.
Old man Zhou patted his daughter's back with a sad look on his face, saying soothingly, "Dad is here, here..."
Seeing this, Aunt Wang San handed over a handkerchief and advised: "Stop crying, it's all in the past. You are still so young, you must take good care of yourself, otherwise it will be too late to regret when you are old." Aunt Li Er's tone was a little sour: "That's right, your family loves you so much, and your good days are still ahead."
Nowadays, most families value boys over girls. When a woman gets pregnant, she goes to a fortune teller to touch her belly. Many girls die in their mother's belly before they even see the light of day. Many girls drown in the river after they are born. When Aunt Li was young, she beat three men and drowned one before she finally gave birth to her son Yaozong. So now when she sees this kind of scene, she feels a little uncomfortable. She wonders why there are still men who are so fond of girls? It shouldn't be!
Aunt Wu, who was standing by, wiped her tears and thought this scene was really touching. But why didn't the Zhou family father and daughter mention the He family boys at all? She thought to herself that she should still give them a reminder. After all, Zhou Mingyue still had her family, but the five boys in the He family were pitiful. They only had this sister-in-law to rely on.
Aunt Wu wiped her eyes and walked closer: "Daqiang's wife, although you have lost your child, you still have Dadong and his family. As long as you are sincere to them, your blessings will come in the future..."
Mingyue, who was waiting for this sentence to appear, was happy in her heart. Before Aunt Wu finished speaking, Mingyue began her performance.
"No," Mingyue suddenly shouted, shaking her head violently, her voice sharp and hoarse: "No, no, they are bad people, their whole family is devils, I'm afraid, Dad, I don't want to be with them, they will kill me, they will kill me..."
Her face was as white as paper, her black eyes were full of fear, she was gasping for breath, and kept repeating that she was afraid and that she would be killed, and her whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Old Zhou was frightened. He tightly grasped his daughter's hand and said anxiously, "Mingyue, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me, Mingyue?"
The other aunts were also shocked. What on earth was going on
Aunt Wu was completely stunned, but she didn't say anything!
She opened her mouth and wanted to add a few words, but she didn't dare to say anything else, for fear that if she upset the other person again, she would be torn to pieces alive by the Zhou family.
Mingyue seemed to be immersed in her own world. She stared in the direction of the house where the five children of the He family lived. Her face was filled with strong hatred and a hint of uncontrollable fear. Tears fell down her eyes in big drops.
Suddenly she turned her head and stared at Old Man Zhou closely, grabbing his hand so hard that her nails dug into the flesh of the back of his hand.
"Dad, the He family harmed me, the He family harmed me," Mingyue said with a distorted expression, gritting her teeth, "I heard He Daqiang and his father say that I fell into the pond because they planned it. Moreover, it was He Daqiang who scattered the beans on the ground, which caused me to fall. It was he who killed my daughter in my belly. And He Dadong and the others, I also stepped on the beans last night, it was them..."
At this point, she was shaking like a sieve, shivering several times in a row. She shook her head vigorously, her voice full of fear: "This family is all bad people, all demons, no, I don't want to be with them anymore..."
The room was already quiet at this moment, and Mingyue's voice was particularly sharp, so those words fell clearly into everyone's ears.
There was so much information in her words that the village ladies were stunned for a long time before they showed an expression of disbelief.
Aunt Wu blurted out subconsciously: "No, it can't be?" Those boys from the He family are so young, how could they possibly hurt others
However, no one paid any attention to Aunt Wu at this time, and everyone was immersed in shock.